The Goblin Laboratory, one of the most high-end scientific research institutions in Clockwork City, specializes in alchemy.

In this kind of heavy land, the guards are naturally extremely strict, but Mu You has the ability to disguise, and it is not difficult to blend in.

Now that his demand for weapon accessories is basically met, Mu You is ready to go to this so-called laboratory to break through.

But before he could leave, a prompt popped up in the game.

[You see a mechanical beetle running down a crack in the ground to your feet, crawling up your shoulder along the mecha's leg bone.] 】

[Your Scout Beetle has reported to you a message you may need.] 】

[It learns from a conversation between two elderly goblin workers that the 'clockwork tower', built 800 years ago, is located in the center of the city and is responsible for telling the time of the whole city.] 】

[Due to the special significance of the bell tower to Clockwork City, in order to ensure that the time is accurate for many years, the main gear is extremely precise and wear-resistant. At that time, the alchemy level of the goblin clan was not enough to make such a precise fitting, and it is said that in order to build the bell tower, the chief designer had to place a precious 'golden gear' in the core mechanism of the bell tower......]

"Oh?"

Mu You was stunned.

He was about to go to the goblin lab, but he didn't expect the news of the golden gear to come.

The use of gold gears for the bell tower mechanism, which required a high degree of accuracy, made sense.

However, after all, it was more than 800 years ago, and the specific facts remain to be verified.

After thinking about it, Mu You decided to go to the bell tower first to confirm whether this information was true or false.

【You walk towards the streets of Clockwork City Center......】

[You have come to the bottom of the 'clockwork tower'. 】

The clockwork tower is the core chiming device of the entire clockwork city, and is one of the most important buildings in the city. The goblins and machines throughout the city go about their daily work and life on the basis of their time. Once the clock tower is out of time, the whole city threatens to fall into chaos and stoppage. 】

[You are hiding in a blind spot under the bell tower, activating the 'Detect Sand Spider Nest'.] 】

[Mechanical spiders the size of gravel crawl out of the spider's nest, quickly cross the ground, and crawl towards the top of the bell tower......]

Detect the Sand Spider Nest, this is a reconnaissance device that Mu You stumbled upon in Clockwork City, an epic alchemy prop, which can immediately produce one hundred and sixty mechanical sand spiders after activation, with an existence time of one hour, each of which has super climbing, jumping, and detection abilities.

When these sand spiders leave their nests, they leave behind a silk that is invisible to the naked eye, which can extend up to 2,000 meters away, and any information detected by the sand spiders along the way will be reported to the main body in real time through the silk thread.

[The sand spider swarm quickly climbed to the top of the bell tower, and drilled into it through the cracks in the surrounding walls, and the complex and sophisticated mechanical clock structures continue to emerge in your mind......]

[The dense cluster of gears could not stop the sand spiders from infiltrating, and one of the sand spiders finally reached the core of the bell tower first after going through many obstacles. 】

[You see the only small golden shadow in the countless gray-black gears.] 】

[Golden Gear: A gear with the 'Forever' trait, which cannot be destroyed or worn in any way.] 】

"Really!"

Mu You's eyes lit up, he didn't expect the rumors from eight hundred years ago to be true!

Gears that perpetuate their characteristics, no wonder they are so precious.

This thing is an accessory designed for the long-term stable operation of high-end instruments, and there are probably not many in the entire clockwork city.

The original conversion device made by the old goblin before was an experimental product for pathfinding, just to verify the feasibility of the idea, and it was replaced by a lower one. However, in order to maintain the stability of the conversion device under high pressure for a long time, such a thing as a golden gear is necessary.

In this way, the source of both quest items can be found.

However, this clock tower is the time telling device of the entire clockwork city, and once the clock tower is broken, all robots will have a disordered sense of time, so even if they know that something is inside, they can't rush to do it, otherwise they will expose themselves in advance.

Golden Gear went back and said that it was better to explore the goblin lab first.

[You're in front of the goblin lab.] 】

[This is a large academic base covering an area of more than 100 acres, and it is one of the strongest armed areas in the entire clockwork city, surrounded by a large number of heavily armed guard robots patrolling outside, and the walls of the base are also full of various monitoring devices. 】

[You switch to disguised form: Cleaning Robot.] 】

[You swing the dust brush on your forearm, cleaning up the dust along the road, and gradually approach the base gate. 】

[You crossed the cordon, and the guard robots around you continued to patrol as usual, ignoring you......]

Sure enough, no matter how tight the defense system is, it is difficult to avoid this kind of basic vulnerability.

The monitoring devices on the fence monitor the proximity of living beings, and the mechanical body is not under their jurisdiction, after all, who would have thought that a mechanical body would have the consciousness of a living person?

And the cleaning robots all over the city are one of the most neglected machines, and even in a heavy place like the goblin laboratory, the existence of this kind of low-level hard labor is indispensable.

[By camouflaging yourself, you managed to blend into the lab.] 】

[In the main building of the laboratory, there are many cleaning robots like you, scattered around, busy with their own work, and you are mixed in and not conspicuous. 】

[You sweep past the wall, while taking the opportunity to observe the layout of the building.] You see all sorts of mecha models on the shelves around the building, most of them in an unfinished state. 】

[M-9 Guard Robot ......]

[U-7 Flying Reconnaissance Robot ......]

[S-12 Goblin Manned Airship ......]

……

In the past few days, Mu You has visited Clockwork City, encountering countless mecha of all kinds on the way, and he also knows the naming rules of various mecha of the goblin clan.

However, the models displayed in this building at the moment are all mecha that he has never seen before, and they are often robots of similar models to them, and the new models are one or two generations taller, and their functions are more or less advanced than the previous generation of robots.

Mu You secretly observed all the way through the perspective of the sweeping robot, trying to find out what good things were.

As a result, before I could read it for a while, a golden word suddenly flashed in the text, which was extremely eye-catching.

[You see two humanoid robots in front of you carefully carrying a glass instrument covered in frost, and in the middle of the ice and snow inside the instrument, a metal sheet the size of a baby's fist lies quietly, and the surface of the sheet shimmers with a faint golden light. 】

[Automatic Enemy Seeking Circuit: A kind of robot combat circuit, a legendary-level alchemy accessory. A ranged attack that can be activated by a combat robot comes with an auto-seeking function, which automatically pursues random enemies within range if the attack is not locked onto the target after firing. 】

Mu You was dumbfounded, and automatically asked for the enemy, there was still such a thing?

All long-range attacks come with a tracking function, which is too powerful, especially for something like a mecha, which is equivalent to all bullets and artillery turning into missiles, and the attack will be missile, what is this concept?

If nothing else, let's just say that the two shotguns he just bought before were originally range-attack weapons, and they were not practical against single targets, but if there was this circuit, the two guns would have a total of 400 energy bullets per second, and the damage would definitely be off the charts.

[You see two robots carefully carrying refrigeration equipment, transporting this precious combat circuit to the depths of the hall......]

Seeing that the thing was sent away, Mu You hurriedly manipulated the character to keep up, this thing made him too red-eyed, and he had to get his hands on it.

As a result, before he had taken two steps, he was stopped.

You follow the robot to a workshop deep in the lab. Seeing the two robots pushing the door in, you hurriedly followed, but as soon as you stepped into the yellow line in front of the door, the goblin guarding the door next to you immediately reprimanded you: "What are you doing, how did the cleaning robot come here?" ”】

[In the program of the cleaning robot, there is a rule that you will never step within the cordon. The goblin noticed that you were behaving abnormally, and motioned to the two guard robots beside you to take you down. 】

[The two battle robots immediately raised their weapons at you, and they were about to kill you......]

Mu You hurriedly traced back according to the table.

Time passed, and he returned to before stepping into the yellow line, and immediately ordered the character to cancel the follow.

[You stopped in front of the entrance cordon, hurriedly changed directions, continued to work as if nothing happened, and silently stayed away from the neighborhood. 】

[The goblin in front of the door glanced at you, didn't pay too much attention, and continued to play with the instrument in his hand.] 】

[You stay in front of the wall next to you, stand still, pretend to stop and recharge, and quietly observe the workshop. 】

[Mysterious Workshop: The unmarked workshop located in the depths of the Goblin Laboratory is the core of the entire laboratory, and most of the first models of alchemy technology in the history of the Goblin Clan were born from here, and it is a holy place that gathers the most cutting-edge wisdom crystallization of alchemy in the Star Spirit Realm!] 】

"Holy Land......

Mu You looked at the text description, thought about it, and clicked on the sand spider nest in the panel.

[Mechanical sand spiders poured out of you, along the cracks in the floor, quickly past the cordon in front of the workshop.] 】

[A shrill siren suddenly sounded in the hall: "Warning, an unknown mechanical body is trying to invade!] With the sound of the alarm, countless tiny cannon muzzles automatically appeared on the copper walls of the studio. In the next second, a large amount of fire spewed out, striking at every sand spider in the crack in the ground. 】

[Your sand spiders are all dead......

"Backtracking."

Mu You pressed the watch again, returning to the calm just now, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

It's a top-secret place, and the defense of this place is several notches higher than that outside...... However, the more tightly guarded the place, the more likely it is that there is something good to hide!

It's a place where the rules are strict, but it's not seamless, like just now, didn't two robots enter the door without hindrance?

As long as a mechanical body can enter, then he has a chance to blend in.

Mu You simply stayed at the door and waited with peace of mind.

Then every now and then there will be robots coming in and out, and all of them are the same type of robots.

Mu You carefully observed the information of this robot.

[Almighty assistant robot: The personal mobile phone aid specially created for himself by the great alchemist Barney Vader can do various auxiliary tasks such as taking care of daily life, serving tea and water, transporting materials, conveying instructions, and carving precision accessories. At the same time, it has a certain combat ability, equipped with automatic counterattack devices and chaotic circuits, can be used as a personal guard at critical moments, and is also the only mechanical body that is qualified to freely enter and exit the core workshop. 】

"I see......"

After reading it, Mu You understood that this thing was actually the owner of this laboratory, a 'secretary' type robot specially built for himself, to handle all kinds of life chores for it, so that it could immerse itself in research with peace of mind.

Looking at this description, Mu You estimated that this great alchemist Barney might be a senior dead house, staying in the studio all year round and not going out, and all the work that needs to go out is done by these assistant robots.

That's easy, he only needs to kill an assistant robot, disguise himself as the other party, and easily blend in.

Next, Mu You continued to clean in the hall while waiting for the movement of the workshop in the distance.

Unfortunately, most of the assistant robots just wander around the laboratory after going out, carrying some things, or handing over other people's materials, etc.

Mu You could only wait patiently.

It wasn't until the floor was almost washed into lenses that he finally had a new hint.

[You see an assistant robot walking out of the workshop with a list of materials, and without stopping in the laboratory, it goes straight to the exit outside the hall......]

"It's coming!"

Mu You hurriedly manipulated the characters to keep up.

[You left the goblin lab with the assistant robot far away, and walked all the way towards the alchemy warehouse on the west side, apparently to extract materials. 】

As long as you go out, it's easy to say, just look for a chance to kill the other party outside.

However, this time, you can't use the routine of overloading the pen to arch the fire, because this thing has a special identity, and if something happens and is seen by other robots, it will definitely notify the alchemist in that laboratory, so as to arouse its vigilance.

This time he could only be assassinated by Mu You himself, but fortunately, he now has this capital.

Seeing that the text prompted the other party to enter the warehouse, Mu You manipulated the character to hide in a corner where no one was nearby, and at the same time removed the two devices and replaced them with strong magnetic attractors.

[Wait for a moment, you see the assistant robot just now, pushing a cart of ore out of the warehouse......]

[As the assistant robot passes by the alley in front of you, you suddenly activate a strong magnetic attraction to it.] 】

[Under the violent gravitational pull, the assistant robot flies towards you uncontrollably.] 】

[You take out the old-fashioned freezing device, but before you can shoot out the freezing energy, a counterattack warhead automatically appears on the shoulder armor of the assistant robot, and it rushes towards your waist at a rapid speed.] 】

[You have taken 341 HP of damage, your waist armor is damaged, and your exoskeleton is damaged.] Because of the effect of the opponent's 'chaos loop', you enter the 'chaos' state, and all attacks have a 75% chance of hitting in a random direction. 】

[In the next moment, your freezing energy shot out, but it hit in the wrong direction, freezing the wall next to you into a wall of ice. 】

[The assistant robot is unscathed and takes the opportunity to activate the alarm fireworks.] A brilliant firework soars into the sky and explodes over the city......]

"Backtrack!"

This unexpected battle process caught Mu You off guard, but fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, and when he saw that it was wrong, he immediately pressed the table.

Chaos effect, so that the target has a 75% probability of being missed, this is the first time he has seen this magical effect!

If you look at the words 'chaotic circuit' again, it is clearly a purple epic!

Mu You's surprise was followed by surprise, that goblin engineer was really extraordinary, this level of circuit could be used at will, and there were so many assistant robots under his command that he was quite arrogant, which also made him even more determined to enter that mysterious workshop.

This chaotic loop is very strong, fortunately, this kind of probabilistic thing is born to be finished by the pocket watch, Mu You only simply backtracked twice, and successfully exempted this effect.

[The frost energy hit the assistant robot smoothly, and the opponent fell into a frozen state......]

After freezing, the rest is easy to do, this assistant robot is not a professional combat robot, Mu You will take turns to use the high-power weapons he recently acquired, and he will easily empty the opponent's life before the freeze is lifted.

(End of chapter)