After Wang Shui came to this world, he was reminded more than once to stay away from anything about the [other gods].

And he himself has experienced it, experienced the gaze of those terrifying beings.

With the broadening of his strength and horizons, and as the depth of information he was able to obtain increased, he also became more aware of the existence of [Alien God].

In short, they are gods, the lowest order—nine.

Their every move will have a noticeable impact on the physical universe.

For human transcendentals, or the vast majority of transcendent creatures, the limit of transcendence is the eighth order, that is, the [quasi-legendary rank].

However, legend is a very old name, the number of legends in the true sense is very small, and the update iteration is very slow, so slow that their existence is questioned.

And the 'legend' that is blown around by those netizens all day long is actually just out of their worship of those with absolute combat power.

For example, Li Junqing of the seventh order is also known as a legend, but in fact, he is still two orders behind.

If the transcendent path after the sixth order is a heavenly moat at every step, then the eighth order is another world that cannot be reached by conventional means.

In this world, and in the gray mist world next door, there is no so-called path to godhood left by the creation god, but there are indeed ordinary transcendents who have embarked on the path of God.

Some of them have successfully reached the eighth order even if they have not become gods, but they cannot be called [quasi-legendary].

They are demigods.

In the transcendent world of information, there are many legends of the demigods, but few people have seen them directly, or their miracles.

And today, in front of Wang Shui, there is such a statue - the engine.

"Can you speak up in His name?" Wang Shui cautiously confirmed with Werther.

Although there are no special checks when you come in, and there seems to be little protection here, it's always good to be careful.

"No problem, the label on the front is His message, [Mechanical Angel Gloria · A], a subordinate god who belongs to the [God of Structure and Machinery: Xi Tanta].

Some time ago, hunted by the two advanced civilizations of the [Elira Empire] and [Lehe], we lost thousands of planets before killing him, of which habitable planets alone have double digits. ”

Although it was only a short explanation, Wang Shui obtained a huge amount of information from it.

"This demigod's energy erosion level actually has an A-level?! However, his main god is actually a righteous god, and this mechanical god is not angry? Or will the Cult of the Mechanicus have no opinion? That's a big religion. ”

Werther hesitated, but said it anyway:

"Actually, there are some things that are not a secret at the top. For example, this hunt was initiated by the Mechnists, who were the main force, so they also took most of the loot.

And the engine in front of us was only made of a small part of the material cut from the [Alien Body Fragment].

As for the [Automata: Shetanta], he is the most standard god of reason, that is, a god of the [Mechanical Will].

He has no humanoid emotions and no thoughts, he only maintains mechanical laws and replies to everything that is prayed to Him according to fixed rules.

And that so-called subordinate god Golia, to the mechanical god, is no different from ordinary believers, no, even because of Golia's corrosive and abusive behavior of mechanical powers, he is very uncomfortable. ”

"That's why the Mechanics want to get rid of Golia?"

"Oh, that's not it, it's just that the current Pope wants to make a mechanical artifact."

Wang Shui's face was strange, he didn't expect that the dignified [Alien God], even if it was only a demigod level, was enough to be an eighth order, it was so easy to calculate, and it was divided into many parts.

"Don't be surprised, hunting [Alien God] is not a simple matter, if it weren't for the Ability of the Mechanic Sect to suppress mechanical angels, the two advanced civilizations would not have summoned the entity of the alien god on their own territory.

Goliath is dead, and has been dead for many years, but until now, the group of galaxies where the thousands of directly eroded planets are located has become a mechanical hell,

All planets have become living machines, and all life has been mechanized.

Their souls are trapped in steel cages, tormented by the [Phantom Pain Syndrome] brought on by eternal mechanization.

However, after that, they received the powerful corrosive energy released by Golia before her death, and became [Alien Dependents] on a large scale.

Even when the soul is mechanical, there is no pain. ”

Wang Shui didn't dare to interrupt from beginning to end with the mentality of listening to the story, and finally asked: "So, those alien gods know the danger here, and they know that they may die here, but they still want to resurrect Golia?" ”

"It's all wrong." Werther smiled and went on to explain,

"First of all, they don't know the danger, the planet is on the border of the Empire, and it is adjacent to many civilizations, and there are constant wars nearby. But everyone tacitly acquiesced in not sending devastating forces here.

So they thought that there was only a regular garrison here, so they dared to secretly plan an attack.

And in the original plan, this engine was not to be shown to the public, and we deliberately sent out a signal that there was not a large number of guards.

Secondly, they will not die. Their souls have become machines, and that kind of thing is not the same thing as a digital soul. There is no means to destroy mechanical souls, as long as the souls are not destroyed, they can gather matter and slowly restore their bodies.

In the end, they were unable to resurrect Golia, the soul of the mechanical angel Golia, who had been completely crushed and forged into many powerful items.

Without consciousness and memory, not even Death can resurrect Him. ”

"Do they also know that there is no resurrection?" Wang Shui asked.

"Probably, but the alien elements in this engine can make them sublimate to a higher level, and the temptation is big enough."

Wang Shui thought carefully for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion:

"No matter how you look at it, it looks like you're in a trap, is this a plan not to let go of even the small ones? Are you going to capture those alien dependents? ”

"Ha, almost, the three major academies of [Lehe], the Sacred Court of [Mechanism], and the research institute of our Russell family are all interested in that kind of mechanical soul."

Witt said it lightly, but some other thoughts immediately popped into Wang Shui's mind:

Hiss - these alien gods were originally also the people of the [Elira Empire], right? was involved in the disaster of innocence, and became in this strange state, and it had to be captured and studied, hey, wait......

Wasn't Goliath summoned by the Empire itself?!

They summoned alien gods when there was a habitable planet nearby?!

Could it be that they had foreseen this kind of dependents...... No, you can't think about it anymore!

Wang Shui forced himself to retract his thoughts, if there were more and deeper problems, he would naturally know when he should know, and thinking about it now would only increase his troubles and affect his acting skills.

As a qualified little brother, it's better not to think too much.

Although he gave up thinking, Wang Shui turned his head and made a more excessive request:

"I'd like to ask...... Can I touch this engine? I have equipment that allows me to see through machinery. ”

Yes, Wang Shui chose to tell the truth.

Otherwise, he only proposed to touch the engine, and even he thought it was weird.

"Uh-"

Witt obviously didn't expect Wang Shui to make such a request.

And Wang Shui had already taken off the [Hermit Hand (Gold)] and threw it to Werther.

Witt put on the gloves, he knew some alchemy, and he also knew how to use the basic alchemy array, so he could also use this pair of gloves.

Under Wang Shui's command, Werther looked at the guns on the display cabinet next to him, touched the ground, and touched himself again, before he sighed:

"The transcendent items are really strange, although they can't see through living beings, but they can see through clothes, which is quite interesting."

Witt took advantage of the fact that there was no one nearby, and rarely teased aqua regia.

But Wang Shui was not embarrassed, and he urged Werther to answer with a pure gaze.

"Ahem, if you want to see the inside of the engine, it should be fine, you can even apply to see the design drawings, but don't forget your [Erudite Course] limitations, if you want to see something of this level, you need the permission of the teachers."

"All teachers? Also those that are taught remotely? ”

"Yes, all teachers, the vote should be fast, and you need to get seventy percent of the approval to pass."

However, the vote was not cast quickly, and the teachers seemed to be discussing or hesitating about something, but in the end, the result was passed.

In anticipation of Wang Shui, Witt submitted an application for contact.

The process of opening the shield was operated by the alchemist and the guards who were in charge of the exhibit, and it took more than ten minutes for the security system to be completely disarmed.

Wang Shui pressed his mood and came to the engine, which was an angular cuboid shaped like an enlarged version of a brick, but its size could be reduced.

Wang Shui touched it directly, controlling his mental power through the glove and projecting it into the engine.

Unlike engines in the traditional sense, the Transcendent engine is generally solid inside.

It doesn't require a combustion chamber, and the interior is filled with various energy pipelines and pathways, making it intuitively look more like a chip.

Aqua Wang first examined the whole in detail several times before he began to record the structural information.

It's just that memorizing data is nothing, but he still has to enlarge the extremely small parts before he can remember, and it's just the process of amplification that makes him use up the attributeless energy in a few minutes.

Fortunately, [Star Energy] is also a universal mild energy, which can also support Aqua Aqua Australis to use perspective, but when the final memory is completed, Aqua Aqua A. Ayralica will inevitably be dizzy and even a little out of strength.

This was the first time he had been so weak since he became an extraordinary being, and his current mental state was even worse than that of ordinary people.

"You can apply for drawings, you don't have to do it to this extent, right?"

Werther also sensed the weakness of Aqua regia.

Figure ...... Drawings, not enough. Wang Shui barely stood up straight, and gently pushed away Werther's support,

"It's okay, my body is fine, it's just that the physical structure of the brain is a little overloaded, which affects the body control a little, just take a break."

"Drawings, what's not enough?"

"Yes, the combination of drawings and finished products can make all technologies more clearly reversed.

Oh, rest assured, I didn't think about imitation either. This kind of extreme quality alchemy creation is designed according to the extreme performance of the material, and it cannot be imitated only if the production process does not have the corresponding material. ”

As for the technical downgrade, it does not mean that the downgrade can be downgraded.

Wang Shui didn't explain much, he recovered quickly, and after a brief movement of his body, he left the exhibit warehouse with Werther.

He still has to shop for something of interest, and he probably won't have a chance after tomorrow.

The two returned to the castle group very late.

After Wang Shui asked Werther to rest, he went into the study.

He first read the book carefully for an hour, and then unfolded the engine design drawings that he had applied for in the afternoon, but the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became!

Speaking of which, the Russell family didn't know that Wang Shui had master-level alchemy.

The data management of the dream system is very strict, and Wang Shui has not taken the initiative to disclose it to anyone, except for Sylvia, even his sisters don't know about it.

When learning the alchemy of the Russell School a few days ago, no matter how much Wang Shui behaved, he only showed his miraculous learning ability.

The teaching of these few days alone has not allowed him to show the level of a master.

Wang Shui didn't want to do anything big, he was just habitually hiding his clumsiness, and he couldn't hide his talent, so he simply used it to exchange resources for attention, but the master-level alchemy was a bit terrifying.

However, perhaps it was because of his clumsiness that he really discovered something strange this time.

After repeatedly comparing the engine design drawings with the memories in his mind, Wang Shui finally determined a special position of the baffle, which did not exist on the design drawing!

The baffle itself is made naturally, but its position is very unsightly.

Yes, aqua regia noticed it because of its unsightliness.

Even if it's just for the sake of performance, the more advanced and powerful something is, the more beautiful and harmonious it is.

From the first glance at it, Wang Shui's instinct was to alarm - something was wrong, it was very wrong!

However, this is the end of the matter in the study, Wang Shui will not be stupid enough to do anything here.

He showed high-quality exhaustion and naturally returned to bed, before dragging out the diorama design software in the biological brain and began to draw the lines on the baffle.

Only these lines can carry the information.

Sure enough, there is really no problem with one side, but after overlapping the lines on both sides of the baffle, Wang Shui found something strange - those overlapping points are too regular!

Dividing the surface of the baffle according to the spacing of adjacent points, aqua regia quickly obtained a dot matrix diagram.

It's a binary language, and the byte length is a standard octe-bit.

The only thing that aqua regia is now certain about is whether the intersection point represents 0 or 1.

But there are only two situations, and the cost of trial and error is not high.

However, after some transformations, Wang Shui found that the [Universal Encoded Character Set] could not decode valid information.

Could it be another codeset?

"Is the moon there? There's a job, huh? Anyone? Hey, hey? ”

"Stop screaming, it's just me and my sister now."

The answer in the public channel is Sister Nephrite.

"What's going on, what about the other sisters?"

Although Wang Shui can lock any sister (including Sylvia) in one direction through the [Mind Lock] and forcibly drag them into the channel, he definitely won't do that.

"They're mad at you." Sylvia said helplessly, she seemed a little tired.

"Uh-what's going on?"

"You're lying."

"Huh? Where?! How could I lie to you? Wang Shui was confused, but he habitually quibbled first.

Then I only heard Nephrite whisper in a sympathetic voice:

"Heh, there was once a person who said that the gloves could only see through the machinery, but he didn't mention that he could see through the clothes, and we talked all afternoon, as if all the sisters had been checked by the gloves."

Yes? That's it?

"Ah this, then I'm going to quibble, ah no, then I'm going to explain, your body is made by me, I know all kinds of details better than you, why care about these details?"

"Probably everyone's body and soul have grown, and their feelings have become richer." Sylvia added flatly.

"Ahh......h However, I have an urgent need to activate the physical expansion of the crater brain.

Sister Nephrite, please go to the plant greenhouse, open the code-breaking extension module, help me verify all possible coding sets of this binary language, and the output results are verified according to the language logic, and sorted out to me in accordance with normal logic. ”

"Ah~ It's so troublesome, I really want to eat the special food of the nobility."

"Deal, I'll give you more food tomorrow."

"OK~ Start start!"

Sure enough, it's still foodies to buy.

Hidden information may not only be encrypted in the encoding set, but also in subsequent text.

Cryptography is not Wang Shui's specialty, but he can learn it.

Yes, before getting the ciphertext, Wang Shui is ready to master a certain degree of cryptography knowledge, at least to know the more popular encryption methods in this world.

And in the meantime, Sylvia, who had been silent, spoke:

"Whatever you find, I don't advise you to risk it, you'd better give the information to the Russell family."

"What? Worried about me? ”

"yes, I'm worried that we'll all have to bury you when you're dead."

Tsk, this is the constraint of dragging the family, but Wang Shui didn't plan to take the risk.

"Don't worry, I won't approach the danger on my own initiative, but I don't want to hand over the information either.

This is a good opportunity to see if the Russell family's executive power is worthy of their size. ”

Sylvia shook her head, worried that it was superfluous, this guy didn't have much guts, only a backbone.

The equipment information will not be posted in the text, and you don't have to go through it.

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【Hand of Meditation (Glove·Gold)】

[Rank: None]

[Attribute Amplification: "Perception" +2, [Thinking] +2]

[Trait 1: Hidden Perspective: Gain a mechanical perspective perspective, increase the perspective observation ability according to the "Perception" attribute, and only take effect on inanimate units or mechanical units.] 】

[Feature 2: Silver Thaumaturgy: The glove has a built-in array system that calls "Alchemy Silver Coins", which can repair mechanical damage in the air within the perspective range. 】

[Trait 3: Mechanical Affinity: Increases the basic opinion of mechanical life over equipment holders.] 】

[Special Equipment Requirements: The equipper needs to be able to use any of the alchemy arrays "00" - "09". 】

[Description: These gloves originally belonged to a fifth-order maintenance master, and it healed the dark wounds of countless mechanical life, and was deeply loved by the master.] Until one day, the master met an introverted machine girl ......]

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