"Recently, there have been suspicious and dangerous monsters nearby, so be careful and don't go out casually."

A sad look appeared on the miserable white face of the "astrological signs" of the Emperor, and his face was full of worry.

Its wide, soft body floated in the air, and Nicole in the palm of his hand admonished, "That monster looks like some kind of star, emitting an evil and bewildering flash, and can read minds, and comes and goes without a trace." ”

The star-shaped monster peered over from afar, and despite the stern warnings from the Void Fish, it didn't seem to have any intention of giving up. If you get caught, you may be eaten. ”

Nicole was curious: "Can't the Eight-Eyes Leader banish them?" ”

"The Star Monster is very strong, and if it attacks rashly, it will cause heavy casualties to the Void Fish, so the Eight-Eyed Leader adopts a conservative defensive posture. The two sides are still facing off. ”

This took Nicole a little by surprise.

The vast area around the [Astrological Clock] is the territory of the Void Fish, and this is the territory of the fish led by Yame.

The other races, whether they were other fish or shadow demons, feathered people or demons who led the cursed insects, or those who had resurrected star lords, would keep their distance from the eight-eyed leader.

Wars and conflicts are already very distant memories.

The last time the battle broke out with the outside world, Nicole remembers, it was supposed to be the glowstar sneaking up on him, trying to cause chaos and calamity here.

This caused a lot of glitches and errors in the astrological clock, keeping Nicole, a watchmaker, busy.

However, Glowstar was soon wounded by the Eight-Eyed Leader and fled.

For the star-shaped monster who took the initiative to come to the door, Nicole couldn't imagine it.

What kind of monster is it that makes the head of Yame so cautious and nervous?

"Nicole."

The sound of astrologs interrupted her thoughts.

"Has the astrological clock been reporting errors and malfunctions lately?"

"There is an error, but it is not to the point of failure." Nicole said truthfully: "In recent days, the error of the before and after capture of the zodiacal star orbit has become larger again. The exact cause could not be determined. ”

As the chief watchmaker of the Clock of Time, Nicole is very good at tinkering with the [astrological clock].

She could see the wires in every gear, in every escapement, in the governor, in the drive, in the timer, and so on.

It's her talent.

The connection between life and the world is often varied and chaotic, like countless black smoke coming out of a firewood fire, and there is no trace of it.

However, the [astrological clock] is horizontal and vertical, and each line has a fixed connected track, they will not be messy and entangled, and they are connected to each other in an orderly manner, forming a neat and precise whole.

Nicole loved the neatness.

Her job is to make sure that these lines of rules are not out of order, and if there is a deviation or entanglement, the cause must be determined first, and then adjusted and repaired.

"Not all anomalies can be determined, as long as the astrological clock is still functioning, there is no need to worry."

The astrologer's face turned into a happy face, and it slowly spread out its other hand, placing a handful of fruits of various colors next to Nicole.

"These are the sweets that the big guys find outside."

"Okay!"

Nicole nibbled on a red fruit, then opened her back bag and packed them up.

She looked at the chronograph on her wrist: "Lord astrologer, it's time for me to go back to the chord tower, it's time for a new round of calibration." ”

"Let's go first."

Nicole leaped from the master's grasp.

A hook flew out of her wrist gauntlet, wrapping around a gear shaft below, and with that force, she sank and swung half a circle, then stepped on the nearest gear.

The hook of both hands helps her jump all the way, moving lightly between gears and parallel axes, intersecting axes, staggered axes, and format worms.

Finally she followed the sprocket all the way up to the metal tower.

Nicole returned to her workbench.

The pupils of her eyes turned bright silver, and the astrological clock in front of her changed abruptly, and a large number of threads spread over and ran through its surface, like a sketch of a creation that the Creator had not yet erased.

Looking down from the upper chord tower.

Below is a strange land of gears of various sizes, which bite and drive each other, divided into upper and lower layers, and countless gears, shafts, levers and sliders make up this world.

Nicole confirms how each area is performing.

The 12 zones are all in good working order, displaying the real-time time of the different areas, which are mechanically connected and finally converge at the top of the tower to form a astrolabe.

It is a large metal circle that divides into multiple rings, overlapping to form the current status of the zodiacal orbit far away on the truth side.

Nicole looked at the astrolabe, where the two largest spheres were still slowly rotating.

They are the main planet of Gemini and the star of Libra.

There are currently only two main stars in the zodiacal orbit, and more small spheres orbit around them, which are second-magnitude and third-magnitude stars, and they are auxiliary stars, all orbiting around the main star.

The whole astrolabe is dominated by two main stars, which drive the auxiliary stars to show different trajectories.

"Looks fine."

Nicole observed.

She pulled out the polished copper discs stacked on the support frame and inserted them into the axles beside her.

With the sound of sizzling, a high-hardness metal needle began to be engraved on the copper plate, burning and preserving the nearest zodiac star track.

Soon after, the axis stopped rotating and an astrological disc was made.

Nicole took it out and looked at it carefully.

On the originally smooth circular trajectory, there is a small period of very obvious up and down oscillations and crests, which are incompatible with the smooth lines around it.

Nicole frowned.

It is normal to have oscillations, because the capture of the zodiac orbit by the astrological clock will be affected by the external environment, resulting in a certain degree of error.

But that crest was too high.

Judging by the time scale, just five days ago.

It's more like a distraction and an error.

Nicole set her sights on the axis deep beneath the astrolabe, where the massive hermetic structure was the astrologer.

The astrologer has the most numerous and complex regular lines, and it is also the core of astrology.

However, according to the feedback of these lines, the problem is the astrologer.

You'll have to go down and check it.

Nicole opened the burden on her back, grabbed the melons and fruits inside, and feasted on them first. Sweets make her mind clearer and more focused, which is what she likes the most.

Good.

Prepare for repair.

Nicole dressed up in the Craftsman's Armor.

The armor completely covered her body, adding a layer of metal supports and connecting rods to her arms, legs, and lower back, allowing her to pull the heavy levers and bolts inside with minimal effort. On top of that, it is made up of numerous gears, shafts and sliders that can be removed and replaced at any time when needed.

Then she checked the hook rope, the tool box, the fuel tank, and the calibrator.

Everything is in good condition and ready to work.

The girl looked at the bronze mirror.

Her small body was clad in bulky and wide armor, like an inflexible bear.

Nicola pulls off her mask and completely covers her head with honeycomb overlay.

"The 139th repair of the astrological clock, begun."

She walked to the edge of the tower and landed with the help of a moving sprocket to the astrologer below.

Nicole arrives at the high platform of the astrologer and stands firm.

Inspection and maintenance of the astrologer is carried out on the wall of the darkroom. It was a dark hole, not very large, but very deep, and Nicole never made it to the bottom.

In the past, astrology did this, but when Nicole woke up, it became her job. She is more sensitive and precise than astrology because she can see the lines behind every object.

Nicole cautiously climbed through the hole.

Inside, you can't see your fingers, and it's filled with the snapping sound of metal.

She pulled back the bezel on her head, and the illuminating stone inside gilded the surroundings with a blue glow.

It is not possible to use fire or other forces to illuminate here, or to touch it with special force, which will cause errors in very sensitive astrologer components, so only the most stupid methods can be used.

Fortunately, Ni may see the ability of the line, but it will not affect here.

She followed the fluctuations of the line all the way to the fault area and began the inspection process.

While I was working, I suddenly heard a voice in my ears.

"Hear it, answer it, hear it, answer it."

Nicole wasn't surprised by this.

The astrologer has to capture the movement of the zodiacal orbit on the side of truth, and sometimes it will catch some sounds, but most of them are distress signals, and there are also voices that hear a call.

But they couldn't hear the astrology, and Nicole knew that it was the sound of the lines.

She had also heard another voice.

"Come back, children, this is where you came from."

However, these sounds are transmitted through vibrators. It's impossible to know for sure if it's the same person.

Today it is peculiar. It turned out to be two people talking.

"I've found your location, and I still need time to negotiate with the local aborigines......

"No problem, please be careful and safe, I am waiting for the rescue of the Yao clan."

It seems that someone has heard the cry for help in the star track and is trying to rescue the victim who fell into it.

Yao? It's the first time I've heard of this name.

Nicole listened intently.

"There are schools of Void fish out there, and we're communicating with them, why did Orion lock you in an astrological clock?"

"Because there is a special structure here, which is an astrologer created by the spirit world, which can lock me in and use it as a trigger to run the entire astrological clock by constantly extracting my energy and signals. In the past, it was used to lock up other star gods or star shadows, but now Orion has banished me here through its first-magnitude star, just to trap me completely with an astrological clock."

"Hmm. Don't worry, we've secured the location, and it won't be long before we can find you."

Nicole was shocked.

Astrology Clock...... Void Fish ...... What is this talking about us here?

The heart of the astrologer turned out to be this caller for help?

She couldn't believe it.

"Thank you, but I've noticed something strange, there's a special creature here, and it's picking up signals between us. It has some kind of power to be able to get into the signal bands that we have now."

"Is there any such life? Then I'll have to get to know it, I can actually hear the frequency band of the electric oscillator, it's interesting."

"She's still listening...... Can you hear me, right, Nicole?"

This sentence made Nicole creepy, and she hurriedly rose all the way up with her hook and fled.

She sat on the long pole of the upper chord tower, and did not recover for a long time.

A big man flew down from the sky.

"Miss Nicole, Lord Astrologer, please take a trip."

Nicole came back to her senses: "Where are you going?" ”

"Outside guests visiting...... Indicated that he wanted to see you and brought you a gift. ”

Da Da said: "It's the star-shaped monsters that have dealt with the leader of the Eight Eyes before, they belong to a civilization called the Yao clan, and now they have negotiated and are discussing cooperation." ”

"But it's strange that the messenger knows your name."

Nicole froze.