The sun is rising, and the morning sun is shining into the eye.

Li Nuo sat on the speeding motorcycle, squinted his eyes, raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight, and looked at a black line in the sky.

In one of the anime related to giants, there was one of those huge walls that surrounded the city.

Li Nuo saw the real thing at this time.

The black line rising from the horizon gradually turned into a city wall that spanned dozens of kilometers.

It is as tall and thick as a dam for a large water conservancy project, towering into the sky and obscuring the sky.

The walls stretched several kilometers underground, enclosing the entire nest of aberrants in the Great Rift, forming a semi-enclosed container.

Such a huge alchemy project is not to protect the inhabitants of the walls from the invasion of things outside the walls, but to monitor and limit the nests of aberrant beings in the great rift inside the city.

The landmark of the city is the arc-shaped wall that surrounds the entire city.

Essentially, the alchemists, the alchemists, the common people, every building, every person in the city, are all contributing to the containment of the aberrations in the Great Rift.

Interestingly, why put people and buildings inside the walls?

Leno threw the question to Fars.

Fars shook his head and said like a storyteller:

"In the beginning, the Convergence City was not called the Convergence City, it was called the Aggregation Aberration Merge Control Area. In the open space inside the wall, there are no buildings or humans except for the large rift, but people will periodically enter the rift to clean up the distortions and maintain the underground plumbing.

"I've told you before that the aberrant manure contains a high-purity multipurpose metal powder.

"While building the wall, the Alchemy Sanctuary has installed a complete set of alchemy devices to collect aberrant feces and extract universal metal powder in the underground deformed lair.

"Every three months or so, the underground alchemy device will use strong air currents to eject the collected universal metal powder onto the ground, forming a metal powder rain that lasts for about a day. We call this day 'Powder Spraying Day'. ”

Fars sighed:

"Human greed is the driving force of everything, Li Lei.

"Originally, according to the original plan, only on the day of the spraying day, people from outside the wall could enter the wall and collect the universal metal powder. But later, some people broke the rules and set up strongholds within the walls, and occupied advantageous positions for a long time. This caused an infighting among the many alchemy forces.

"The Alchemy Sanctuary stepped in and united all parties to discuss and decide to allow all alchemy forces to develop the area within the city. The Alchemy Sanctuary divided the city into more than twenty plots and sold them to the alchemy forces at auction. The specific ownership of the land is determined by the result of the auction. After that, there is the Aggregation City you see now. ”

Li Nuo nodded slowly when he heard this, "In that case, if we think the city is too crowded, we can still move out and live, right?" Isn't it the same to go into town before Dusting Day begins? ”

"No, no, no." Fars' head shook like a rattle:

"You don't know. Once the issue of land ownership is resolved, everything in the plot belongs to the owner of the plot, including the air directly above the plot, the universal metal powder that has not yet fallen to the ground, and all the underground areas below the plot. Without the authorization of the land owner, it is not possible to collect universal metal powder in the land plot. ”

"I see," Li Nuo thought for a while and said:

"So, the so-called zoning of plots is actually the division of areas for collecting powder, right? If there is a lot of metal powder in that area, the price of the plot will be high, and vice versa, it will be cheaper. ”

"That's pretty much it." Fars looked at the wall that obscured his vision, and his tone became agitated:

"Finally back! When I sent the spring water to the alchemy workshop, I took the payment to pay the rent for the laboratory, and then soaked it in it for ten days and half a month before coming out... Ah, no, no, Mark, when is the next dusting day? ”

Mark spent the whole night driving his motorcycle.

He raised his hand, covered his mouth, yawned, and counted on his fingers:

"I'll do the math... There are probably seven or eight days left. I'm not so sure. ”

Mark turned his head and looked at the captain:

"Head, do you know the date of the next dusting day?"

"Seven days later, it's Dusting Day. Do not leave the city of Convergence in the near future, lest you fail to make it. If you want to make money, then the powder spraying day is the most critical thing. ”

Kante smiled at Li Nuo:

"If you're lucky, after seven days, you'll be able to get together the 100,000 yuan for your ID card. We, the security company, are not directly involved in the collection of powder, but we are to protect the alchemy facilities where the powder is collected. If the alchemy facilities are intact, then there will naturally be more powder collected, and the company will definitely pay us. ”

Kante touched his brain and sighed:

"But I'm afraid someone will come and make trouble. Iron Thorn Shield offends a lot of gangs on weekdays. During the three days of Powder Spraying Day, it was dark, and the miscellaneous members of the gang would come out like rats to wreak havoc, and then there would be a bloody storm. ”

Li Nuo asked in confusion:

"Why does the Alchemy Sanctuary allow such a gang to exist? In the Empire, such groups are treated as illegal forces, and the situation in the Golden Federation is completely different. ”

"Who knows... That's it when I came anyway. Kante shrugged his shoulders.

Mark also looked confused, obviously as a local, he had long been accustomed to the existence of the gang and had not considered this issue.

Fars shook his head slightly, and pouted:

"Let you read well, but if you don't read well, I don't know now. This part is covered in the book. ”

Fars raised his fingers and shook them from side to side, and said in a playful manner:

"We alchemists pay attention to one qi, two directions, three states, and four elements.

"One qi refers to the qi of nature, which means that all alchemy materials, alchemy runes, and alchemy formulas come from nature in the final analysis.

"Two-way" refers to the two directions of movement: ascending and descending. Tendency to chaos is up, and return to order is down. ”

"The three states, which refer to the ascending, steady, and descending states, represent the state in which things are located.

"There is nothing to say about the four elements, it is nothing more than the four basic elements of fire, wind, earth, and water.

"Your security company corresponds to the declining state of returning to order, and the gangs correspond to the ascending state of pursuing chaos. If you are treated as a whole, your hostile relationship is stable.

"Of course the Alchemy Sanctuary knows that the Gang is not a good thing. But that's what the sages in the temple do. They believe that only the coexistence of three states is the most perfect state.

"That's why you are against the gang, and neither can help the other. If you think about it carefully, when you made a violent fuss, it wasn't the Alchemy Sanctuary who sent someone to mediate. ”

Conte sneered at the stinking fars:

"And where to show it? What's the use of these dry theories, in the end, it's not like I'm going to help you out. ”

Mark next to him covered his head and frowned, looking like he wanted to grow his brain:

"Ahh It's complicated, it seems that I am really not suitable for studying, so I might as well try my luck in the ruins of the ancient dynasty. Head, take me with you next time you enter the ruins. ”

Li Nuo glanced at the other team members around him, and they all looked at Fars blankly as if they were listening to a book from heaven...

Sure enough, the high literacy rate of the Federation does not mean that ordinary people have a high level of knowledge.

The natives of the Federation have no problem hearing and reading and writing, but it is better to understand the esoteric alchemy theory than to pull the trigger and fight with people.

Fars, as if he had not heard Cante's taunt, shook his head, and said as if he were self-absorbed:

"Say whatever you want about me, Conte. Anyway, after this dusting day, you don't want me to come out of the lab. You beg me to help you identify things, but I don't care about you. ”

"Then don't expect me to help you fight next time."

"Love to help or not~"

The closer you get to the Convergence City, the more lively the atmosphere within the party becomes.

After a long journey of one day and one night, the tired faces of the team members began to show smiles that they were about to unload their burdens.

Li Nuo looked at the way Kante and them were arguing, and secretly laughed in his heart.

The people of this fission wilderness are fierce and gunfights are constant, but on the whole, it is much better than the oppressive empire.

…

…

Approaching the city gates, the speed slowed down.

The plots in the city are divided into fan-shaped areas around the large rift in the center of the city, and the gates connected to the fan-shaped areas are guarded by the owners of the lots.

Ironthorn Shield is a subsidiary of the Gold Chamber of Commerce.

The Gold Chamber of Commerce controls sector 7 in the lower city.

Correspondingly, the No. 7 doorway in the fence wall was guarded by the Iron Thorn Shield Security Company.

Li Nuo now understands how the clean ID card came from...

The daring was issued by the gatekeeper security companies and gangs themselves...

Whoever prints a clean ID card and who gets a clean ID card are all controlled by the security company and the gang executives, and they are all in their hearts.

If there were clean ID cards on the black market, the top brass of the forces would be able to quickly find out who had sold them without permission.

Those who sell can't run away, and those who print can't look down on the money.

This is probably the reason why you can't see a clean identity card on the black market.

With Conte, the security captain, there, Li Nuo passed the audit without any danger and stepped into the No. 7 sector controlled by the Gold Chamber of Commerce.

Walking all the way through the bustling streets, smelling the smog in the air, and looking at the passers-by in overalls, windbreakers, and dresses, Li Nuo seemed to have returned to urban life.

The buildings in the city are not very tall, no more than five stories high, but they are arranged close to the road, which gives a feeling of overcrowding.

Sewers, manhole covers, and street lamps illuminated at night are all available, which is extremely close to the modern living environment before the crossing.

But there are no wires and poles, no transformers or anything.

The light used here comes from alchemical lamps. The built-in glowing alchemy array stably converts the energy in the coal into light and exhaust gas.

Similar alchemy daily necessities, as well as alchemy stoves, alchemy washing machines, alchemy kettles, and so on.

They are all powered by an alchemy array.

Comparing the products of alchemy civilization with those of information civilization, Li Nuo felt that each had its own merits and advantages, and each had its own advantages and disadvantages.

Just as Li Nuo shook his head from side to side, immersed in observing the alchemy society, the convoy stopped in front of a building.

Conte yelled and got out of the car:

"Alright, guys, that's it! It's still the old rule, rest when you should rest, and go to the hospital when you should go to the hospital. Tonight, we'll see you all over the 'money dreams', and I'll bring the reward at the celebration banquet, and yours are indispensable... Mark, you take someone to dispose of the corpse and the loot, and I'll report the mission and talk to the president. Fars, go to the alchemy workshop yourself. ”

"Okay, head! We withdrew! ”

"Oh roar~ 'Money Dreams' chicks, I'm here~"

"Someone came to take a hand, my leg was injured and I couldn't get out of the car.."

"Hey, don't rush to leave yet, come and help me get the body bag to the morgue." Mark beckoned to a few of the team members and took the body bag from the car.

Fars thanked everyone and hurried away, muttering about his alchemy lab.

Li Nuo wanted to see where the morgue was, so that he could prepare the materials for his "Death Technique" in advance.

He picked up the body bag and walked into the building with Mark and the others.

After coming to the morgue on the third basement floor and placing the body bag, Li Nuo briefly walked around and confirmed that the scale of the place was not large, only a few corpses, and then lost interest.

Returning to the ground the same way, the team members can't wait to leave and go to play in the "Money Dream".

Mark yawned and beckoned to Lino:

"Come, Li Lei. I'll take you to your dorm. If you are not satisfied with the dormitory, you can choose to rent a room outside. You can go to the captain and apply for accommodation subsidies. Well, I don't think you need that right now, so come with me. ”

Follow the stairwell to the fifth floor.

At the door of a small room with an area of five square meters, Mark opened the door and threw the key to Li Nuo:

"Alright, we're here. This room is yours. You clean up after yourself. Toilets and shower rooms are shared and are at the end of the hallway. Oh, by the way, the captain asked me to advance a little money to you to buy clothes and groceries or something."

Mark grabbed a handful of crumpled bills from his pocket, shoved them into Leno's hand, and then rushed to the stairwell:

"Come to me for something 'Money Dreams'. I've been delayed for so long, and I don't know if my little cutie is still waiting for me..."

The footsteps of "Oooo

Li Nuo looked at the money in his hand, then at the stairwell, and smiled dumbly.

Mark thought of women and forgot about borrowing books.

I don't know what kind of woman can fascinate these people who lick blood from the knife edge like this.

Li Nuo shook his head slightly, walked into the room, and locked the door.

He pushed the table, chair and bench into the corner, turned up the bed board and leaned against the wall, making room for space in the room.

He had coveted the Dusk Giant's Soul Casting Technique for a long time, and he had never had the personal space and time to practice.

Now there's finally a chance.

Li Nuo took off his backpack, took off his dirty coat, and piled it on the table in the corner.

He called up the "Soul Casting Technique" in his mind, and made a gesture while comparing it with the map.

As soon as he stretched out his hand and took a side lunge, Li Nuo discovered a place that he had not noticed before.

He has already used deconstruction to take "Soul Forging" into his mind, and he is completely familiar with it.

But when it came to actual operation, a feeling of physical and mental disharmony arose.

He knows how to move, but his body just doesn't listen to him, and he is constantly out of shape, out of shape, or unstable in his center of gravity.

It's as if he knows how to build an airplane, but he can't screw it well.

This feeling is very peculiar, which makes Li Nuo have a feeling that what he thinks in his heart is contrary to his actual actions.

"Could it be that my soul has not completely merged with this body?

"Or maybe I memorized Soul Casting with deconstruction, but only carved it into my mind and didn't transform it into my body's instincts?"

Li Nuo nodded slowly, feeling that the second scenario was more likely.

He calmed down and rehearsed the first set of actions on "Soul Casting Technique" completely.

Beads of sweat spilled on the ground, a layer of water appeared on his skin, Li Nuo gasped, lowered his flat arm, and completed the last movement.

[System message: You tried to practice the first set of moves in Soul Forgery. 】

[The completion rate of the action is 31%.] 】

[You have not been able to unlock the relevant passive skills and attribute rewards, please keep up the good work.] 】

"The system gives the completion of the action... That's good feedback, and it saves me the trouble of correcting my movements in the mirror. ”

Li Nuo raised his eyebrows, secretly happy in his heart, and rehearsed the first set of actions again.

He didn't sleep well in the second half of the night, which made him feel a little dazed, but the training made him very excited.

This is something that you could only see in it before!

There are a lot of male protagonists, all of whom rely on martial arts cheats, body forging, breathing methods and the like to reach the pinnacle of martial arts and achieve an immortal body!

What man can resist the temptation of this thing.

Anyway, Li Nuo can't.

Although he already has death spells around his body, the so-called skills are not pressing, and if he practices his body well, won't he have an extra hole card?

Others think he's a "death test subject", but hey, he's actually a hanger who has mastered death spells.

Others thought that his hole card was a death spell, but Li Nuo directly burst his clothes, transformed into a Super Saiyan on the spot, and used a big iron fist to tell the other side what the real hanging is.

A necromancer without huge muscles is not a good traverser!

This picture, tsk, is exciting to think about.

Under the effect of exhaustion and excitement, he rehearsed the movements over and over again, and finally at the moment when he was tired and sat down on the spot and his muscles trembled, the system sent congratulations.

[System News:]

[You successfully practiced the first set of moves of "Soul Forgery"! 】

[60% completion of the action.] 】

【Based on this degree of completion, you will receive the following rewards:】

[1. You have gained an active skill:]

[Burst of power, level 1, 1/1 number of daily uses.] 】

[After activating this skill, your [Strength] attribute is temporarily +1.] Every 10 seconds of the skill costs 1 energy. It can last up to 1 minute. 】

[2. You have unlocked the "Strength" attribute, which is only related to your physical destructive power, and the current attribute value is 1 point. 】

[3. You have unlocked the "Training Progress Bar" of the first set of actions in "Soul Forgery", and the current training progress is 0.6%]

[After reaching 100% progress in the training progress bar, you will receive a stat value bonus.] 】

Training progress bar?

Wow~

Not bad~

The visible progress bar growth is the easiest to motivate, and this is the effective positive feedback.

Lenovo stood up against the wall, put the bed back in place, and lay on his back.

While resting, I thought about my future plans in my mind, and the schedule for the future gradually became clearer.

First of all, the energy value and soul strength should be kept in a certain inventory.

The energy value continues to be in a state of explosion, and you have to find a way to spend it, so as not to affect the automatic recovery of the energy value.

Keep the upper limit of -1 energy and 200 soul strength, and you should be able to deal with emergency scenes.

Secondly, the top priority is to raise the "spirit" and raise the upper limit of energy value.

Finally, the leisure time should be used to practice the Soul Casting Technique. Li Nuo wanted to see what the attribute reward was after the training progress bar was full.

Until you have enough ability to protect yourself, everything is based on improving your strength.

Not only to be a scholar, a master, but also to be a big muscle bully!

Well!

So decided!

Li Nuo regained some strength while lying down, reluctantly sat up, and began to tidy up the room.

Ten minutes later, he walked into the communal shower room with the security uniform he found in the closet.

After washing incense, changing into clean clothes, putting on a scarf and sunglasses, and covering his entire face and neck, Li Nuo came to the hall on the first floor.

The main customer of the Iron Thorn Shield Security Company is the Golden Chamber of Commerce, but it will also take some orders from outside, so a female front desk is arranged here in the lobby.

Li Nuo talked to them for a few words, and inquired about where he could buy alchemy books.

"When you go out through the door, turn left and go all the way, and at the third alley you turn right into the alley, where there is a bookstore where you can buy all kinds of books. The owner of the bookstore has a cooperation agreement with us and will give you a discount. ”

The female receptionist who spoke blinked, and looked curiously at Li Nuo, who couldn't see his true face, and her eyes were full of curiosity.

The colleague next to her had the same look...

Li Nuo waved his hand in thanks, turned to leave, and there were whispers between the two behind him, speculating about how good-looking he looked...

The corners of Li Nuo's mouth twitched, and he sighed silently.

It seems that the effect of the attribute "charm", like the literal description of the system, is not only related to "appearance", but also related to "temperament".

Although he covered his face, his walking posture, tone of voice, speaking habits, body contours and other details have not changed, and he will also reveal his temperament...

Forget it, just let the "charm" toss.

…

In front of a bookstore called "Time Boils".

Li Nuo pushed open the glass door and walked into the bookstore to the jingling of bells.

The shelves on the left and right are filled with books.

In front of you is the cashier's counter.

A balding old man with glasses is lazily lying on a chaise longue, holding a colorful atlas in his hand.

When he saw that there were customers in the store, he put down the book in his hand without blushing and without a beat, coughed lightly, took out the book with a simple shell from the counter and read it, and beckoned at the same time:

"Oh, welcome, just take a look."

The old man raised his glasses and glanced at the customer with the thick lenses:

"Are you the new armed security guard of Ironthornshield? What are you doing with a face towel? I was shocked, I thought my shop had been robbed. ”

Li Nuo thought this old man was very interesting, and said casually:

"I'm too handsome, I'm afraid of being tied up by a woman, and I can't do it without a face towel."

The old man said disdainfully:

"Cut, oily and slippery young man... What books are you going to buy? Pleasure reading? At the bottom of the bookshelf on your left, look for yourself. ”

"I'm going to take a look at the books on the self-study alchemy exam." Li Nuo's gaze swept around, throwing deconstruction techniques in succession.

"Mark, you can borrow it from him, you can't come to me to buy it, anyway, you people who use knives and guns can't stand it, and it's a waste to buy it."

"You're not doing business anymore, it's rare to have a customer coming, and you don't recommend him to buy it." Li Nuo touched the bookshelf, and an extra layer of ash appeared on his fingertips, and he seemed to have an understanding in his heart.

He looked at the old man, threw out the deconstruction, and his eyes trembled slightly.

Without waiting for the old man to reply, he preemptively said in his usual tone:

"Mark went to 'Money Dreams' to find a woman, said to lend me books, and forgot about it as soon as he entered the city. Why don't you show me a copy first, or if I can read it, I'll pay for it. ”

"Oh well, poor little Mark is going to be drained by a woman again." The old man shook his head, put down his book, held on to the armrest of his chair, and stood up tremblingly:

He fumbled around the counter, took out a hard-shell cover alchemy book from a drawer, and placed it on the table.

"Well, take a look. "A Brief History of Alchemy in the Golden Federation", "Basic Alchemy Theory", "Basic Alchemy Array Principle", "Sage Particle Basic Encyclopedia", "Common Types of Sage Manuscripts"..."

The old man muttered the name of the book.

Soon there were half-human-tall stacks of books on the counter.

Li Nuo swept the spine of the book from bottom to top, throwing deconstruction in succession.

"Mark recommended that I start with A Brief History of Alchemy in the Golden Federation, what do you think, boss?"

The old man didn't answer the question immediately, but moved his glasses and glanced at Li Nuo with his eyes:

"Only those who have a lot of reading experience will ask for the opinions of others before they are formally exposed to a subject... Do you have a good academic education? Youngster. How did you join the security team and become a deadlock gunman? ”

The old man shook his hand and did not ask Li Nuo to answer the question:

“… If you want to study alchemy systematically, I recommend starting with Basic Alchemy Theory. Although this book is boring, it is a general outline for the basic stage. To understand it is to roughly understand the principles of alchemy. At this time, if you look at other readings, you will know what the book is talking about, instead of reading "A Brief History" as a storybook like Mark's kid. The evolution of alchemy in "A Brief History" is the main theme of the book, and the bloody plots of fighting and killing are just desserts for a meal. ”

"Very good advice, thank you to the owner. How much is Basic Theory? Leno smiled.

"The complete set of "Basic Theory" has three volumes: first, middle and second. You buy the book first, 1500 aggregate coins. ”

1500 for a book?

Hiss...

Li Nuo was slightly stunned, and he didn't understand the reason why alchemy books were so expensive for a while.

Could it be that it is normal for alchemy books to be much more expensive than guns, food, and other things in the Golden Federation?

Considering the relationship between the bookstore and the Iron Thorn Shield, the bald boss shouldn't have cheated him.

Li Nuo fumbled in his pocket, took out all the banknotes on his body and handed them over, and even the money given by Mark to buy clothes was not left, just over 1,500 yuan.

The old man pushed the book and change forward, and bent down to put the rest of the book back in the drawer:

"If you feel that you can't stand it, you can return the book, but I can only return half of the aggregate coins to you, this is the rule in the city, you can ask around."

"Okay, boss."

Li Nuo picked up the book and didn't leave in a hurry.

He slowed down, his gaze swept rapidly under the lenses, and he threw out a lot of deconstruction.

After reading all the books in the bookstore, he nodded slightly and shook his hand at the old man lying down:

"Gone, boss."

"Oh, it's a little lighter when you push the door, the door hinges are about to break."

Going out, Li Nuo walked back while checking the system messages in his mind.

[You used deconstruction to completely deconstruct 218 books, with a cumulative energy consumption of 5575 points and an existing energy value of 15587/16 points.] 】

"Hey, hey, hey. I'm a, and you, the system, you're the real white prostitute weapon~Wow Ka~"

Don't think that using your energy to loot a bookstore is a loss-making business.

Li Nuo had read it, and the most expensive book in the bookstore was on the wall behind the old man, protected by an acrylic cover, and with velvet cushions underneath.

The cover of the book is gleaming with a limited edition of the words and the author's autograph on the cover.

Obviously, it's the old man's treasure, a real treasure!

Although the price code is not marked, it must be very expensive, otherwise the old man would not have shown it like this.

Of all the books deconstructed, this book should be the one that consumes the most energy.

Li Nuo rummaged through his mind and soon found this book with a difference:

The Alchemy Suit: The Supreme Computing Power – The Most Outstanding Alchemical Invention of the Century.

Limited Deluxe Edition.

Limited edition of 100 copies throughout the Federation.

Comes with an autograph from the original author, Taulmanx.

The energy cost to deconstruct it is:

4000 points!

You know, Li Nuo's deconstruction of "Basic Theory of Alchemy: Volume I" only cost 10 points.

If "Basic Theory: Volume I" is worth 1,500 aggregate coins, how much will this book that requires 4,000 points to deconstruct be worth?

600,000...

Wow, cow's.

It saved 600,000 all at once.

Li Nuo gave the system a thumbs up again.

Thank you Ye Jiangming for the 500 points you rewarded!

Thanks to hvkjv for the 100 points!

Thanks to Li Lushan for the 1100 points rewarded!

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