A palace composed entirely of various mechanical components......

In the palace, a huge and familiar machine is placed.

"Ah, that's ...... Dream Maker! Kirishima exclaimed.

Although he stood a little farther away, Kirishima Fumi, like the three children with phobias, had dreamed of the Dream Machine many times, so he could see it at a glance.

The Dream Maker prototype was constantly surrounded by a large amount of white steam, which made it impossible to see the entire palace.

I continued to hold the hand holding the tiny dreamer, and the cobweb-like cracks in the wall quickly spread out in all directions, revealing a hole that could be entered and exited.

At this time, a tiredness came from my hand, and I was startled, and hurriedly urged:

"Don't look at it, I won't be able to last long in this passage - let's go!"

Everyone did not hesitate, under the leadership of Shen Tangzhi and Lao Dao, before I was about to lose my support, I passed through the hole in the metal wall.

I also hurried to step forward, and the octopus saw the opportunity quickly, clinging to my shoulder with its tentacles, and I carried it through the hole that had begun to be unstable.

As soon as my feet hit the ground, I was dizzy for a while, and the old knife held me up: "Is it okay?" You don't seem to look good. ”

"It's kind of ...... Dizzy. I touched my stomach, "Probably hungry." ”

"Forehead......" Lao Dao was a little speechless, "Your physique ...... Is it so scary? ”

I can only reciprocate.

“…… Is this the royal palace? Shen Tangzhi looked around, turned his head and asked Kirishima Xun and the others, "Have you ever dreamed of this?" ”

"That...... No. Kirishima shook his head.

Shen Tangzhi looked at the three children, Du Min also shook his head slightly at her, while the other two were looking up at the palace in front of them with their mouths open and shocked.

Unlike a palace in the usual sense, it is jam-packed with mechanical components – mechanical levers make up the grand pillars, floors are laid with precision-biting threaded reeds cast in brass, and huge chandeliers hanging from the iron-grey ceiling are made up of metal hinges and hollow steam hammers.

The ceiling of the main hall is a dense pile of pipes that protrude from the middle of the room, and then all lead in the same direction, as if to scramble to squeeze out of the place.

…… There are so many mechanical parts that it looks like a huge complex machine.

And in the middle of the hall of this strange palace, there is a huge machine that is roaring and running!

It was a huge machine made of hammers, landing machines, folding machines and compressors, all kinds of gears and levers formed a terrible and ugly mask, the edge of the mask was full of moving piston pumps and steam-spewing nozzles, and the scorching white steam rose up to the ceiling of the palace, and was sucked into it by countless pipes from the ceiling, forming a white waterfall tens of meters wide - and defying physical gravity, flowing backwards.

It's the same dream maker prototype we've seen in our nightmares!

And before the Dream Machine prototype, there is a huge throne of mechanical gears!

It seems that there are still people sitting on it!

"You're the ones who broke into my kingdom?!"

The sound seemed to come from an ancient megaphone, and before we could react, the floor beneath our feet suddenly began to move in the direction of the throne.

Before we knew it, the brass threaded reeds that made up the floor were moving like tracks.

"Don't move."

I steadied myself while keeping everyone calm.

I was still thinking about how to get close to the Dream Maker prototype, but the changes that had taken place were exactly what I wanted.

The mechanical throne, more than three meters high, is made up of a mass of constantly rotating gears, and the back of the chair that makes up its main body is a huge gear with a diameter of more than three meters, and the chair and other parts are facing forward, and hundreds of other gears are interjected with each other.

These gears have no bearings or other propulsion, and they turn in different directions from time to time, creating a strange pattern that flows non-stop.

Xu Liang only glanced at it, then staggered back a step, his whole face turned iron-blue, and his whole body trembled slightly.

"Don't look!"

Kirishima quickly reached over with a hand and covered Xu Liang's eyes.

Those densely chimeric gears are simply crazy to turn, even normal people will have a numb scalp when they see it, Xu Liang, a dense phobia, of course, can't stand it all of a sudden.

The same voice that came out of the ancient megaphone sounded again:

"When you see the great king of machines, don't kneel down yet!"

The amount of steam emitted by the Dream Maker made the faces of those sitting on the mechanical throne blur.

I took a step forward and stared at the man on the throne.

"The King of Machines? I remember Ster? Hemdahl is nothing more than an unknown down-and-out inventor! I said loudly, deliberately with a disdainful sneer.

"Presumptuous!"

With an angry response, we finally got a clear look at the face of the man sitting on the throne.

Sure enough, it's the face we once saw in the weird nightmare!

In the "Phantom of the Machine" exhibition at the Science Museum, we also see his photograph again.

- Ster? Hemdar!

He wears a heavy set of golden king's armor, consisting of a barrel spring and oiled pistons, and wears a helmet-style thing with a golden sprocket-rim on his head, and his scepter is a gold-plated wrench more than a man high.

Ster? Hemdal's white hair hung over his shoulders, almost down to his hands, and he looked angry, trying to put on a majestic look, but the heavy bags under his eyes made him look exhausted.

I saw a spark in his eyes......

And a flash of fear.

The king rose from his throne.

The clockwork mechanism in his armor moved, striding toward the dreamers.

"It's you!" He angrily condemned us, "Damn fate has brought you disgusting reptiles here from my nightmare!" ”

"This is my 'Plan for Paradise'! I will not allow anyone to ruin my grand plan! ”

"I've already been foreshadowed......"

Ster? Hemdar claimed that he had dreamed of outsiders exactly like us, who had come to overthrow his domination over the dream world.

"In the nightmare I saw a damn worker get my Dream Machine and use it against me. I dreamed that you people were wreaking havoc in my city, trying to overthrow my rule with a dastardly plan. ”

He spoke in a contemptuous tone, but I could see a hint of fear in his eyes.

I've been aware of this detail since we entered here, but why is he afraid of us?

Because of the miniature dream machine in my hand?

Or is there something else?

I didn't think about it for a moment - but it didn't matter, I decided to keep going with my original plan for now: to touch the real Dream Maker.

"I already know everything about you, Sturt? Hemdar. I stared into his eyes and took two more steps, seemingly inadvertently, "Don't want to know?" Why does this dream world exist? ”

"Stand down, bugs!"

Ster? Hemdal waved his gold-plated wrench scepter.

A gust of wind came in my face, and the tiny dreammaker I had hidden in the palm of my right hand emitted a slight electric current, and I took a step back to stop.

But others around me cried out:

"Uhhh

The octopus, which was originally lying on my shoulder, was no exception, and let out a "chirp!" A scream.

They flew up in the air and were knocked out of the air for several meters in an instant!

It was as if an invisible wall was knocking them head-on.

Shen Tangzhi stood a little later, and quickly retreated after the others were knocked away, and Kirishima Xun also made evasive actions, and she also easily hugged Shen Xiaoke beside her in her arms, while the rest of the old knife, Xu Liang and others were solidly knocked sideways and flew away, falling heavily on the metal floor in the distance, and it took a while to get up.

The octopus flew upside down and hit the ceiling, knocking two copper pipes away, and only then did it stabilize its body in the air.

"Are you—" Sturt? Hemdal looked like he had seen a ghost when he saw that I was all right.

But only a short-lived loss of consciousness, Ste? Hemdar reacted, roaring, "Impossible! It's mine, I'm in control! Unless ......"

He had a resentful expression: "That damn worker, gave you 'that thing'? ”

I took two more steps forward: "Didn't you dream of it?" What, why is your face full of surprise? ”

Ster? Hemdar gritted his teeth, "I'll kill you first, and then torture that damn thief!" ”

I smiled, "Before that, why don't you hear me tell me a story?" ”