Although the Moon Knight who was summoned by the chief captain was full of complaints, his mobility was still super strong.

It didn't take him a few minutes after being summoned to arrive at Osborne Tower through the Worldgate's transfer, and Mason didn't intend to invite him into the office to talk in detail, so he received his companion from afar in the large lounge where Worldgate's place was located.

"Would you like something to drink?"

He held up an empty glass from behind the bar in the lounge and said to the Moon Knight, who had been feeling unwell since he came:

"Wine? Or tea? It's a bit weird to have some pick-me-ups, but it's important for us to keep calm and sanity. ”

"A glass of water, thank you."

The Moon Knight stepped forward with his cloak draped and sat on a high stool at the bar.

At this time, it was the normal version of the Moon Knight Mark, this guy's personality has always been harmonious, not as good at talking as Mr. Knight, Stephen, and his style is also a little rude.

He stared at Mason behind the bar and said bluntly:

"Before we start talking, I want to tell you two things!"

"Well, you say, I'll listen."

As Mason pricked up his ears as he poured water into the cup, he heard the Moon Knight sternly raise two fingers and say:

"First, can you put away that pistol on your waist? Its threat to us divinities made me feel like I was walking at night and encountering a tiger.

With it, I can't talk to you properly.

Second, I think we need to be clear about our relationship, I am the connector between you and the gods, our relationship is equal, and you can no longer drive me with that gesture of calling and calling.

Even if the gods give me orders, I have to say 'please'! ”

"That's your condition?"

Mason glanced at him, put the glass of water in Mark's hand, and told him very seriously:

"No, I refuse! I don't think you're qualified to make demands of me, oh, by the way, please, realize where you are, you're a servant of the gods, why can't you be a servant of Team K?

Do you think we are inferior to the gods or inferior to them?

Is that what you think? ”

"!"

The Moon Knight clenched his fists, and his arrogant gesture made him immediately want to pull out the Moon Wheel Knife and give the guy in front of him twice, but the next moment the mummy-like shroud on his body spun rapidly, allowing the more communicative Mr. Knight to appear again.

"Ahem, skip the swear talk, let's get down to business."

Stephen was indeed a talker, and he didn't bother with the details since the personality appeared, and it was clear that he knew the current form better than Mark.

This untruthful attitude satisfied Mason.

He popped out a cigarette but did not light it, and lay on the bar like a misanthropic bartender complaining about his life to a guest, and said to Mr. Knight, who was sitting in front of him:

"I need the gods to be involved in my next project, and that's what they want to do, at least some of the gods want to do.

It's quite a cunning strategy for you to want to bet on both ends and no one will be offended, but I'm not going to force you to take a stand.

We can cooperate in this situation.

So, I hope that you, the messenger of the gods, will pass on one of my requests to the beings behind you, I need the god of speed! ”

"The god of speed? Which one? ”

Mr. Knight took out a small notebook and took notes carefully, and he asked:

"There are many gods of speed, there are main gods with a high status in several major god systems, and there are also indigenous gods who control speed in the fringe god system, you have to be clearer."

"Okay, I want those speed gods who can connect to the speed force, as for the number, naturally the more the better."

Mason lit his cigarette and said to Mr. Knight:

"I'm not going to hide it from you, the fourth shock is when you test the ultimate potential of our side, and we decided to take a gamble, and if we survive the shock in our own way, then you will give me a final answer.

On the other hand, if we die, we can help you remove a wrong answer.

But it's a huge project, and I'm going to need support from all sides to really move it forward, can you understand what I mean? ”

"You're detailed, although the details are almost completely unrevealed."

Mr. Knight closed the little notebook and said:

"But I will fulfill the duties of a divine messenger, and I will deliver the word, but the god of speed who can connect to the speed force of the god is also rare among the gods, and they are all real big people, and I can't guarantee that they will definitely be willing to come.

Also, are you sure that only the god of speed is needed? Do you want to have a few more gods of war? Flesh out your power system. ”

"No, strength is not the most important factor right now, let alone a decisive factor."

Mason explains:

"And what are the unstable forces coming for? Do you think your life is too good and decide to give yourself some intensity? I don't need any more help just yet.

It's nice that the gods are willing to send the gods of speed to help.

I'll wait for your reply, and now, drink this glass of water and leave, as far as I know, the Star Castle is very busy, so I won't leave you to eat. ”

"I don't dare to drink the water you gave."

Mr. Knight got up, straightened his collar, and complained:

"God knows if there's anything dangerous or strange in there? In addition, something like today can be said on the phone, and there is no need for me to make a trip on the spot. ”

"I don't know what you're like in this regard, but I really don't enjoy the weird habit of being tapped while talking, unless I want what I'm saying to be heard."

Mason lifted the glass of water and drank it down.

Mr. Knight in front of him shrugged his shoulders, waved goodbye, and disappeared into the World Gate.

The captain glanced at the time, it was still early at noon, and he decided to take a look around several labs to see if he could help with the production task already below.

But before he could leave, a call from Engineer Mason floated in his mind.

"Come to the pocket factory, Main, there's something good to show you!"

This guy's voice was very excited, so Mason couldn't help but look forward to it, this engineering has a small surprise almost every day after reaching Lv10, and I don't know what strange and powerful things I will see today.

He opened the suitcase factory and jumped down, and when he walked into the engineer's workshop, he saw Engineer Mason standing next to a warframe storage tank, and when he saw him coming, he waved his finger and opened the storage tank.

In the sound of the mechanical structure colliding, the Neurokinetic Armor of the Lord of the Universe flashed with silver light appeared in front of Mason's eyes.

Its exterior structure had been reshaped to fit Mason's size, and it looked imposing, making the subject's eyes light up, and he quickly stepped forward to touch the armor, but then frowned.

"Wait, what's going on?"

Mason looked at the engineer and said:

"Why use vibranium and Interlon steel to repair exterior armor?"

"Nonsense!"

Engineer Mason rolled his eyes and said:

"Have you reached Lv9 in your forging skills? Didn't the Vulcan Forge of Hephaestus not be built yet? X metal can't be smelted yet, where can I find you a repair material?

It's good to be able to get to where it is now, at least it can move and fight, so stop talking nonsense and go in and see how this thing works.

I'll have to make further improvements. ”

"It's like sitting in a tractor that's going to explode at any moment."

The subject complained fiercely, but still entered the Neurodynamic Armor of the Lord of the Universe at the urging of the engineer.

This set of Brainiac's armor is not equipped with a helmet, but it is more convenient to use brainwave control, and the control system designed by the Mobius chair has been added inside, and the main combat AI has not been transplanted, so now it can only test the most basic defense and attack.

As soon as Mason activated his armor, he saw the engineer standing ten meters away with a Falk gun with a smile, the muzzle of the gun was raised, the charging began, and the dangerous green light began to beat at the muzzle.

"What are you going to do with that! What's the hell with the hell smile on your face? ”

The subject shouted, and the engineer shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Test your defense, stand still, don't move! It doesn't have a helmet, so if you accidentally hit you in the head, it's over. Hey, it's rare to get such a fair shot at you.

Look here, smile, I'm going to pull the trigger. ”

"You aim at the point!"

As soon as Mason activated the energy absorption of the Cosmic Main Power Armor, a devastating green beam of light smashed in front of him.

The Falk Gun, charged to the highest level, can penetrate a city at least, and no one knows its destructive power better than Mason, who has been using this thing for years.

So he made a gesture of crossing his hands to block, like the posture of his body when he was receiving a nuclear explosion.

But unscathed!

After the beam faded, Mason didn't even scorch a hair, and the flashing silver power armor still maintained a blocking posture, judging from the information fed back by the brain waves, the shot just now only knocked out 3% of the energy matrix's defense.

"Awesome!"

Engineer Mason gave a thumbs up when he saw this, of course, he wasn't praising this set of power armor, but referring to his engineering skills.

He assembled it with his own hands.

"Call everyone else over and test the defense in various ways, I need to see how defensive it is against other types of damage, let the alchemist come with the most powerful toxin he can make, and the enchanter and the inscriptionist prepare the magic attack.

The Forge prepares a physical attack.

The first responder is here to standby, lest I be seriously injured by the hands of you bastards. ”

Mason's main body also has a bottom in his heart.

He immediately gave the order for the entire Mason manufacturing group to assemble, and in the next few minutes, he wore this power armor to meet the indiscriminate bombardment of the entire Mason clone group.

Everyone had a great time, including Mason, the first responder.

Although the Cosmic Main Force Armor was too powerful for him to get a chance to give Mason first aid, he also made a cameo appearance as a gunslinger and fired a few shots at Mason with an enhanced version of the Fak gun.

Every attack that smashed on the main body would make the clones shout, and they were happier to see Mason's bad luck than they were to pick up the money themselves, and the atmosphere at the scene was as happy as the New Year.

However, in the second half of the test, I was very happy and sad.

The Cosmic Main Power Armor proved to be powerful, but it was not transformed by the smelting of pure X metal, and in the constant energy impact and physical attacks, the components used to connect the modules began to loosen and fall off, and finally exploded with a bang as the strong forger swung Thor's Forge Hammer into the breastplate.

It's like a bomb detonating in the crowd, and a wave takes away everyone, including the main body Mason, but fortunately, everyone is a water man who is not afraid of this physical damage, and soon reshapes itself in a mess.

"The defense is MAX, but the durability is really poor."

Mason, the main body, looked at the chronograph of the watch, turned his head and said to the engineer:

"The durability of these temporary components lasts for up to five minutes, and this time is further shortened by high-energy attacks, isn't that a three-minute superman?"

"Okay, what more bike do you need to make you invincible for three minutes?"

The engineer wasn't too disappointed.

While directing his assistants to collect the scattered components, he took out a small notebook and wrote and drew on it, and said to the subject:

"You don't need this thing for a battle of ordinary intensity, it's the kind of 'treasure of the town' that you would put at the bottom of the box in the deepest part of the arsenal, and you won't use it once in a hundred battles.

Even if you really encounter that kind of ruthless character that you can't kill for three minutes wearing it, won't you shake people?

The three bosses of the Ultimate K Team are very willing to help.

So this thing is to make you a life-saving turtle shell, and if you want it to really go into battle and become a normal weapon, you need to quickly urge the forger to get the pure X metal out.

Also, I'm going to spend my energy on learning the formula of the law of cause and effect, and don't ask me for ordinary mechanical production, and let the assistants do it for me. ”

"Well, no problem, there aren't many high-end manufacturing orders at the moment, and the rest is repetitive labor."

Mason nodded, looking at the regrouped Cosmic Main Force Armor in front of him, and said to Engineer Mason:

"Learn the law of cause and effect as soon as possible, and we will be able to increase the strength of this attack, and then we will be truly invincible, oops, this is really a promising future."

Feeling very happy to finally be able to use the most advanced defensive weapon in the universe, he stayed in the pocket factory until the afternoon when he and the engineer finalized a small change to the weapon module of the main power armor of the universe, and then stretched back to the office.

The captain stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked out at the wasteland under the sun.

From this height, you can clearly see the black forest on a plain between Osborne Tower and the ruined city of New York, where the seeds of the Forbidden Forest transplanted by Ivy have taken root in the New World.

It is said to be growing well, and there is already a rudimentary ecology and a lot of magical plants in it.

The Amazon Muscle Big Sisters keep their Pegasi and hounds in it, making it the most life-rich place in the wasteland.

It is said that many residents of Osborne Tower have recently visited the Forbidden Forest in their free time, and they have not seen such a natural scenery in many years.

"The world is recovering"

Mason watched the thriving enchanted forest with his hands behind his back as it starked against the desolate wasteland beyond.

This is only the first green of this world, but it is of great significance, and it may take years for the world to regain its former vitality, but life has started again, and it is difficult to completely extinguish it.

He loved the scenery.

He didn't want to see this fledgling hope once again extinguished by the end of the world, especially after he had personally detonated his hometown.

Although Mason rarely told people about it, he did have a shadow and guilt in his heart that he couldn't erase.

That was the first world he destroyed.

That was also the last world he hurt.

He swore to himself when his hometown turned into stardust and dissipated among the stars, he swore to himself that he would bring hope to turn all this abnormal chaos back.

Now is an important moment, he can't stop, he can't lose, he can't retreat, he can't give up.

"Well, let's go through all the plans again."

Mason rubbed his aching neck and spoke, then sat back in his chair in the golden sunset, reopened his notebook, and let his brain continue to run at high speed, making sure that everything that had been planned was in order.

In the sunset, the Sorting Hat that Mason placed on the edge of the table stayed quietly, and after Consus was sent to Night City to become a prosthetic doctor, he was the only "old man with him" left by Mason's side.

"If only one of you could be born there before the destruction of my world"

Mason raised his head, pushed the frame, and said in surprise:

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing, I'm busy with you."

"Oh, don't talk if it's okay, it'll interfere with my train of thought, you noisy hat."

(End of chapter)