The whole world was quiet, as if it was creating a quiet enough breakthrough atmosphere for Su Xia.

On the street, two columns of mechanical warriors stood quietly in the rain, their eyes flashing with blue light, fully armed, motionless, like metal sculptures in the rain curtain of the mold lake.

Small multi-legged mechanical creatures resembling spiders surged from all directions, creeping up the old roof on the left and right sides along the gaps in the walls, water pipes, and exterior wall wiring.

In the sky, more than a dozen silver-white metal creatures in the shape of pterosaurs spread their wings and circled, their sharp wings cutting through the rain curtain, and the rotating mechanical eyes took in the main block.

In the underworld, countless mechanical monsters in the shape of worms are already waiting quietly in various pipes.

Outside of this block, in the outlying areas, there are three to five interception points set up on each street, and thick and huge mechanical monsters block intersections, street corners, etc.

The rain and fog are hazy, and from a distance, the figures of these monsters seem to come from some terrifying other world.

With the pharmacy as the center, a net has been formed.

"Oh my God, what happened?"

People were terrified, and the pedestrians on the street threw down their umbrellas and hurried home in the heavy rain, closing their doors and not daring to go out.

Even the homeless people who sheltered from the rain on street corners were terrified, huddled in corners, covering their bodies with newspapers and cardboard shells, for fear that these sudden mechanical creatures would do something to them.

On the rooftops of the surrounding buildings, at intervals, human soldiers from the city defense department carried standing devices waiting for orders.

Automates are also psionic creatures and are affected by the Stance Device.

These devices are not activated unless necessary, but only serve as a deterrent.

At the headquarters of Anluo Company, countless employees are working overtime to develop an "anti-stance device", which has now basically taken shape, but it has not yet been miniaturized and is very unfriendly to users.

The requirement of the Automaton is that the Anti-Stance Device must be specific to each individual mechanical creature - in battle, the Automaton carries the Anti-Stance device, which allows them to move freely in the stance, unaffected, and exert psionic power, while enemies are weakened to normal creatures.

"Why doesn't Lord Yu Tuo do it yet?"

"Wait, the city lord has his considerations, I heard that it is an internal matter of the mechanical clan, it has nothing to do with us, just watch from afar."

The human officials of the city defense department stood on the tall building in the distance, frowning and worried.

In these cruel times, ignorance is a blessing.

These officials know too much and think too much, it's okay that the mechanical clan doesn't act on weekdays, they can override ordinary people and act as a blessing, but once the mechanical clan acts, the situation can't be the same.

As long as the cybborgs are willing, they can replace the current high-level human puppet government at any time and support a group of new people to come to power.

"Let's just do what the adults tell us to do, and don't ask anything."

They all had this intention and waited for the heavy rain to end in torment.

No one knew what Yu Tuo was waiting for.

No one knows who the prey is in this net.

Some speculate that it is a masked monster who has disappeared for many days, while others believe that it is the top of a rebel organization, and there are different opinions.

….

At this time, the rainwater collected into a shallow stream and flowed at the feet of many mechanical soldiers.

Yu Tuo was still standing outside the window, his tall mechanical body was like a high wall, although he didn't say a word, he was full of oppression.

In the store, Hong Bafu has also noticed the current situation for a long time.

Like Lan Bafu, he didn't dare to squeak, but a lot of cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead, and countless reasons for Yu Tuo to lead his troops to surround the pharmacy flashed in his mind, and finally stopped at a possibility that seemed reasonable but made him unbelievable - was it that Daddy had done something big outside?

The air in the pharmacy was terrifyingly quiet, and even the sound of the potion reaction in Su Xia's test tube seemed so harsh.

"Uhhh......h

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In the transparent test tube, the cloudy blue solution tumbled, and sticky bubbles bubbled up.

After each bubble bursts, a wisp of blue smoke appears, wafts out of the test tube, and finally dissipates into nothingness.

If there are ordinary people around here, they will have dizziness and hallucinations as long as they take a breath, and it will take a long time to wake up.

Su Xia looked focused, quietly waiting for the reaction to be complete, and then moved on to the next step.

In his mind, the swelling feeling that was about to explode was slowly subsiding, and the ocean of knowledge calmed down, gradually precipitating, leaving it for him to absorb slowly in the future.

Closer and closer to success, almost every step is perfect.

He didn't feel anything about himself, everything went naturally.

On the contrary, Lan Bafu and Hong Bafu, who had been watching, both sweated for him, and they had a strong sense of substitution, as if they were making the blue on the other side.

You must know that even if it is the two of them, the success rate of creating Azure on the other side is not high, and the success or failure is basically five-five.

The second hand of the old clock on the wall beats one by one, and the sound is crisp and pleasant.

I don't know how long it has been.

Finally, Susha completed the last step.

"Smack!"

He put down the pliers in his hand and picked up the final result.

It was a transparent glass container, the solution in the container was dark blue, a little star-like silver white rose and fell in it, gently shaken, the silver white particles were like sand particles flowing with the solution, like a dream, like a galaxy on a summer night.

It's done!

Su Xia exhaled slowly and withdrew from that state of concentration.

From this moment on, he became a true fourth-order pharmacist, and he came to the front end of this path, even if he laid down his weapon from now on, he could live a rich life unimaginable to others with only potions.

"Not bad!"

Outside the window, Yu Tuo's appreciative voice came.

The many mechanical creatures around were a little surprised, as they rarely saw Yu Tuo praise others, which represented a high honor.

On the side of the intelligence department, Wu Zhonggui was praised not long ago, and now he will brag about it every time he gathers.

Su Xia had already known that Yu Tuo was coming, and now his perception was quite acute, but he just pretended not to see it.

He put down the glass container in his hand, looked out the window, and looked respectful: "Lord of the city, it's raining heavily outside, come in and take shelter from the rain."

"Well, that's exactly what I mean."

The warriors of the mechanical clan, the shell is basically made of titanium alloy, even if it rains all day, it will not rust, this bit of rain is nothing.

….

Almost all of the high-ranking mechanical creatures like Yu Tuo are made of titanium alloy, and only the needs of some special parts are more complex, and the characteristics of titanium alloy cannot be met, so they need to be replaced by other alloys.

Yu Tuo walked into the pharmacy, his tall body looked like a giant, and the top of his head almost touched the ceiling on the first floor of the store.

He dispatched the main body with the strongest combat effectiveness, which shows the importance he attaches to this matter.

If it's a trivial matter, just use that two-meter-tall ordinary doppelganger robot for a run.

"Crunch ......"

Because the body was so heavy, the wooden floors on the ground were cracked and sunk, and they couldn't bear the weight of the all-metal machinery.

[I have known an old book friend for ten years to recommend to me to chase books, @

The guest put too much pressure on him, or maybe he wanted to be stronger and more perfect, so he wanted to replace the existing body.

"Show me the potion." Yu Tuo suddenly spoke.

"Okay."

Su Xia moved quickly, picked up the glass container beside him, and respectfully handed it to Yu Tuo.

Yu Tuo pinched the container bottle with two mechanical fingers, shook it slightly, nodded slightly, and said, "Is it a hallucinogenic potion?"

"Yes."

"Very well, when I first met you, you were a junior apprentice, and now you can be called a master."

"The lord of the castle has an overreputation." Su Xia behaved modestly, "The teacher said that a true master will always have the heart of an apprentice."

"That's true."

Yu Tuo put down the potion, his eyes flickered, and he looked around the entire pharmacy.

His voice was calm, and he continued, "I'm here for your teacher's sake."

"Lord Castle, has something happened to him, teacher?" Su Xia looked surprised, and there was a little worry in his voice, "He went out for a walk after dinner last night, and he hasn't come back since."

"He said he was going for a walk?"

"Yes."

"I haven't been back for so long, haven't you thought of contacting him?"

"I tried this morning, but the teacher left his phone in his room." Su Xia said worriedly, "I can't contact him at all now, if the teacher doesn't come back tonight, I'm going to go to the sheriff in the city for help."

"Have there been any long-term non-returnees in the past?" Yu Tuo asked.

"Yes."

Su Xia replied honestly, "The teacher has many pharmacist friends, many of whom work in the surrounding suburban towns, and the teacher will contact them on holidays and occasionally visit them."

"Last time, the pharmacist in Luoxing Town was your teacher's friend?"

….

"Yes."

The town of Luoxing, where the masked monsters first appeared.

At that time, Su Xia had just started, and his father asked him and Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu to go to Luoxing Town to deliver medicine.

However, when the three of them arrived in Luoxing Town, the entire town had been engulfed in flames, and those vicious mercenaries had plundered the entire town, turning it into a human purgatory.

It was the first time Susha had used his ability to control metal.

He made a mask out of countless blood-stained metal fragments and wore them on his face to conceal his true face, thus opening a different path of resistance.

"All three of you come here."

Yu Tuoping commanded, and took out a silver-white metal bracelet with a dark screen on the bracelet.

Lan Bafu and Hong Bafu didn't dare to resist, and immediately came to Yu Tuo.

Looking at the current situation, today's change must be related to my father, the two of them as apprentices can't help, they just want to save their lives first.

"Put on this bracelet." Yu Tuo commanded again, his tone unquestionable.

"Yes."

Su Xia knew what this bracelet was for, he had seen it in the underground laboratory, and it was also in the memories of the former commander of the north wind.

This is a test of psionic strength, and it is very accurate.

It is said that no matter how you conceal it, you can't fool this machine, and your true strength will be measured.

Fortunately, Su Xia's body could not grow normally at all, and could only share spiritual energy with the main body, and he could borrow as much as he wanted from the main body.

He used to find it inconvenient, but now it seems to be a good thing.

He borrowed a portion of his psionic energy, kept it fluctuating around level 1.5-1.6, and then put on his bracelet and waited quietly for the result.

Not long after, a cold voice came from the mechanical bracelet.

"Level 1.5 psionic ability, not a high level of threat."

At the same time, the small screen on the bracelet also gives the corresponding digital display.

Immediately afterwards, the two brothers, Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu, also measured the strength of psionic energy, which were 2.0 and 1.8 respectively

, for ordinary people, it is considered a strong person, but it is not enough to see it in front of Yu Tuo.

In this way, none of the three of them can be masked geeks, but they still can't escape the suspicion of helping Daddy.

"On the two days, you will be interrogated by different people." Yu Tuo put away the bracelet and ordered, "The business of the pharmacy will stop first, this place will be searched, if everything is okay, you still need to install monitoring, do you have any objections?"

"No...... Nope."

Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu could only shake their heads, how dare they have an opinion.

Yu Tuo was polite to them.

They also knew that there was a little bit of Su Xia's light today, after all, Yu Tuo had always valued Su Xia more.

If you are an apprentice in another pharmacy, what you have to face today may be a set of top VIP packages such as breaking doors, arresting people, extorting confessions by torture, torture into tricks, and beheading after the autumn.

The automatons don't reason with humans at all, and in their eyes, ordinary humans are no different from domestic livestock, and they can kill if they want.

Soon, the mechanical creatures in charge of the search entered the store one by one, some on the first floor, some on the second floor, and many in the basement.

They supervised it very carefully, and they didn't even let go of the brick joints in the corners.

Each area is to be scanned and examined several times in succession by a different mechanical creature.

….

As the key keeper of all areas of the apothecary, Su Xia has been following these mechanical creatures, unlocking every room, cabinet, and drawer for them.

There are a few mechanical creatures that are very experienced, and it's not the first time they've done this kind of thing: "Be careful, don't force it open when you encounter a closed area, there may be a self-destruct program left by the other party inside, try to use the key as much as possible."

The enclosed area in the basement was the most, and Su Xia followed them to open them one by one, and what they found was basically potions or potion materials.

On the second basement level, there are various ores, wood, regular collectibles, and more.

In addition to these, there are many strange things, and one box even contains the corpse of a suspected alien.

When Su Xia came down for the first time, he was curious about this alien corpse, but he never had a chance to open it.

Now I finally have the key.

At the urging of the mechanical creature, he took out the key and slowly opened the chest.

"Kacha—"

In an instant, a thick black smoke poured out from the gap, causing Su Xia to frown and immediately take several steps back.

The mechanical creatures didn't need to breathe, and still stood still, observing the contents of the box.

When the black smoke cleared, what appeared in front of them was a half-shriveled and blackened corpse, resembling a humanoid shape, but with wings on its back, a large head and a small body, long arms, and sharp nails, so that it was impossible to tell what race it was.

But a string of prompts appeared in front of Su Xia's eyes:

[Zerg corpses from the starry sky: After letting your clone devour, you may get a different power]

The doppelganger mentioned here is naturally the monster clone who is working hard to manage two hives.

Su Xia's heart moved, and he didn't say anything, just quietly watched the movements of those robots.

Yu Tuo had instructed that if it was unrelated to his father, these mechanical creatures could not be taken away, and they must be left in the pharmacy.

"Looks like a hybrid monster." One of the more experienced mechanical creatures said, "Half-human, half-worm, dead, a failure."

"Well, it's about the same as a failed hybrid made by private research institutes." Another mechanical creature said the same.

"Both the Terran and the Zerg are on the wrong path, and our evolutionary path is perfect, I don't understand why Lord Mercer went to the trouble of studying these two races, we already know their weaknesses well......

A group of mechanical creatures casually observed for a while, but soon lost interest in the corpse and continued to let Su Xia open other boxes.

The process is similar to opening a treasure chest.

Never know what surprises will come in the next box.

The light on the second basement floor was dim, and Su Xia used the light to find the corresponding key, and when he opened the seventeenth box, something finally appeared that made the eyes of the mechanical creatures shine.

"This ...... This is ......."

Inside the box, lying an irregular arc of metal, with a pitted outside, looked like it once belonged to some mechanical whole.

"It's that metal!"

"The material on the surface of the ship?"

"yes, that old guy was lucky." A powerful mechanical creature immediately closed the box, "Immediately go and inform Lord Yu Tuo, this box must be brought back."

"I'm suddenly a little interested, it looks like it's not all useless stuff here, keep opening the box!"

They weren't in a hurry, maybe the mechanical race's perception of time was different from that of humans, and they were all patiently waiting for Su Xia to find the key to the box.

At this time, the mechanical creatures responsible for the rest of the second basement floor came out.

"There's also an enclosed entrance in this corner, and there's a third floor under our feet!"

After receiving this news, the mechanical creatures that were opening the treasure chest here stopped.

Something that surprised them had already appeared on the second basement floor, what would there be on the third basement floor?

The mechanical creature in the lead interrogated Su Xia, "What's down there?"

Su Xia shook her head, "I don't know either."

"I really don't know?"

"Yes."

"Do you have a key?"

"Yes."

"So what are you waiting for, let's go and see!"

A group of mechanical creatures shoved Susha and led him to the dark corner where he had found it at the entrance.

In fact, Su Xia was also more curious.

In the past, in the entire pharmacy, only Dad had the right to go to the third basement floor, and Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu didn't know the following situation when they started early.

Not to mention Su Xia, he has only been in the first place for a short time, and he has never seen his father open the last layer.

What's the secret down there?

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