The car eventually stopped in front of a metal façade building, which was nearly ten stories high and had a six-sided shape. At the top of the building is a statue of an unknown flower, and below it is a line in English "Theabundanceofthetower", which means "Tower of Abundance".

"This is our command building, Mr. Franklin. Please come in!" Ulson jumped out of the car, and Ulson made a gesture of please like a gentleman.

Frank got out of the car and followed Ulson, Orlan, and Jesse into the Tower of Plenty. As soon as I walked into the lobby on the first floor of the building, I saw a busy scene, with staff running back and forth in the lobby, and they didn't even have time to say hello to Ulson and a few people. Just a glance at Franklin's curiosity, they went their separate ways.

Ulsen smiled, "Don't mind, we're always busy. No way, after all, our opponent is a huge empire. No matter what, we're always pressed for time. That's why we have a saying, you have time to rest only when you die. ”

"Very philosophical. Franklin nodded.

"Thanks for the recognition. Ulsen added: "Sorry, our elevator doesn't take into account people of your height." So, we had to take the freight elevator up. ”

"It doesn't matter. Franklin didn't mind. Ulson then led him to reroute out of the direction of the freight elevator, but the width of the freight elevator was enough, but the height was still not enough for Franklin to stand, so the giant had to sit cross-legged on the ground. When he came to the tenth floor, he accidentally hit the top of the freight elevator when he stood up, and the freight elevator shook for a while, making the elevator operator's face pale for a while.

Franklin embarrassed to get out of the freight elevator, and as he turned to the elevator operator, Daoqian, a woman screamed behind him, "Be careful, big man!" He turned around, only to see that he had nearly knocked down a woman pushing a pickup truck. Looking at Franklin's dry smile, even Ulson's deep gaze had a smile.

"Welcome to my battle hall. "Walking through a long hallway, you can see the rugged steel city of Ishtar through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Passing through the busy dispatch room, I listened to the staff inside send commands to every terminal in the city with extremely fast speech speed and dazzling movements. The Tower of Fertility is like the brain of Estar as the command center and is extremely busy every day so that the whole of Ishtar can function unimpeded. This efficiency has allowed Ishtar to confront the Papal Chamber, which is moving towards the strength of a nation, both industrially and militarily.

Ulson takes Franklin to the Battle Hall on the Tower of Plenty, which is called "Horizon", and it can be seen that Ulson has no small ambitions. The Horizon Hall was much quieter and deserted than the rest. When the two automatic doors behind him close, all sound and light outside are cut off. The horizon hall is relatively dimly lit, and in the center of the spacious hall floats a holographic projection model of the continent, centered on this model, surrounded by three layers, the upper and lower workbenches. There were personnel in white uniforms on the workbench quietly operating the brain in front of them, they did not turn back because of the appearance of Ulson, everyone was concentrating on operating the brain, so countless data were generated every second.

The continent model in the hall kept making subtle adjustments, and Franklin couldn't see anything after looking at it for a long time. Zuihou Ulsen smiled faintly: "We are simulating some data, and when the results come out, it will be when we declare full-scale war on the Pope's Chamber." ”

Franklin's heart was shocked, knowing that the continent model and the staff were simulating a general assault plan in order to derive the best possible data. When this work was completed, it was when Ishtar sounded the horn of the general attack.

Ulson led Franklin to a private office, and the two of them were the only ones in the room, and Orlan and Jesse didn't come in, but went about their own business. Ulson stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looked out the window at Estar and said, "Mr. Franklin, you must be very confused that we will pay so much attention to you. As I said before, your value is immeasurable, and Sauron should know that. In order to compete for you, we planned an operation before the general offensive even began, but unfortunately that operation destroyed a research base in Sauron, but it missed you. It wasn't until now, a few months later, that we met again. ”

Franklin remembers that when he woke up at the Mota base, he did know that the base had been attacked. It's just that at that time he didn't know that it was the rebels who attacked the base, and they were still here for themselves. Ulsen continued: "Actually, our battle with the Papal Hall has been going on for nearly ten years, and Ista can have the current scale and strength I don't know how many lives of our ancestors have sacrificed, and I am just expanding the strength of its scale on this basis. I don't think even Sauron would know that, in fact, since three years ago, we already have the strength to monitor the movements of the Papal Chamber!"

"Of course, our intelligence system is not yet perfect enough to monitor the specifics of the Papal Chamber, but we cannot deduce what kind of operations they are carrying out based on the parameters of their personnel, materiel, and troop movements. And just three years ago, we suddenly discovered that the Papal Hall secretly used a lot of supplies and troops, and a group of biochemical experts were secretly taken out of the new city of Rome. This information caught our attention, and after nearly half a year of tracking and reconnaissance, we discovered that the Pope's Hall had discovered a spaceship in an underground area on the Western Continent. ”

Hearing this, Franklin blurted out, "The Ark, they found the Ark." ”

"Is the ship called the Ark? It looks like an interstellar-themed spaceship. ”

Franklin didn't speak, but clenched his fists. At the end of the Atlantean era, the war with Prosius was already in its later stages. The full intervention of the Cosmic Star Beast has a huge impact on the environment in the Earth's atmosphere, and the direct intervention of the planet's will Agradis has caused a devastating disaster. The city in the sky no longer exists, the battle has long spread from the sky to the surface, and the only remaining ship is loaded with the hopes of all the Atlanteans, so Franklin named it the Ark.

However, just as the ark was about to leave the earth with the only remaining hope of this era, leaving the planet that was about to perish, an accident happened

"Sorry, it seems to remind you of something unpleasant. Ulson's apologetic voice brought Franklin back to reality.

The Fallen looked at him and said, "Let's go back to the Ark, when the Papal Chamber discovered it and drew a conclusion from the clues on it. This ship did not come from outer space, but was a product of Earth. In other words, in the last epoch there were already civilizations that were far more advanced than they are now, and a total of twenty-seven people, including Mr. Franklin, were born across two epochs. But what surprised us even more was that the biochemists in the Papal Room had discovered something amazing in you. ”

"Adaptive Cells!"

"Adaptive cells?" Franklin smiled wryly, "Turns out it's called that now." ”

Ulson was slightly surprised, and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Franklin calls it?"

"The blood of calamity. Franklin said lightly: "But I don't want to mention its origin, it was a very painful experience."

Ulson nodded and said, "Okay, let's call it adaptive cells." This name is the word given by the laboratory of the Pope Hall, and Weishenme called it because Dr. Jane, the chief biochemist of the Pope Hall, discovered in your blood that Mr. Franklin's cells can survive in the environment of any living being, and modify them to make living things develop mutations, or evolution!"

However, this is only Dr. Jane's research published inside the Papal Chamber. Our intelligence experts were lucky enough to intercept a secret conversation between him and Zoro, only to learn that adaptive cells aren't that simple. In addition to being able to provoke the evolution and mutation of living beings, it can also allow living beings to survive in any environment! Evolution adapted to the current environment, I am afraid that even outer space will have a way to survive, and the limit of the evolution of this kind of cell cannot be calculated as far as the current set of intelligent brain pivot arrays in the Pope's Hall can calculate. In other words, as long as there is time, the carriers of the cell can evolve indefinitely until the end of their lives. And this is the greatest value of adaptive cells!"

Franklin nodded, but said in his heart, it is also the source of all calamities!

Ulsen's expression was a little excited, and after he took a long breath, he calmed down and said, "After learning the news, we knew that we had to snatch Mr. Franklin over." Because as long as you are in their hands, the Papal Hall will one day produce a biochemical army capable of fighting in any environment, and we cannot let that day come. ”

"So did you invite me to Ishtar now to use me as a test subject?" asked Franklin, if that was the case, he would have no chance of cooperating with the rebels.

Ulson shook his head and said, "We'd love to get a sample of Mr. Franklin's blood, but we're not going to send you to the bench like the Papal Hall did. Here, as the leader of Ishtar, I would like to invite Mr. Franklin to join us in overthrowing the tyranny of Sauron!"

Looking at the leader of the rebel army in front of him, Franklin shook his head: "Sorry, I'm not interested in joining any team. However, there are some goals that we can say are aligned. So, maybe you can listen to my terms of cooperation. ”

Ulsen was a little surprised, but nodded anyway, "Please speak." ”

While Franklin and Ulson were discussing the terms of cooperation, near Pier 3, the Iron Scale was swaying slightly with the undulation of the waves. On the bow deck, Deborah looked out at Ishtar at night, the city of steel lit up with countless lights. Whether it's the flickering red lights on the buildings inside the base or the bright lights on the construction site that shine like day, these lights illuminate Istar as if night would never come in the Iron City.

"It's beautiful," Deborah exclaimed.

Behind him, there was the sound of soft footsteps. Deborah didn't reply, "Biga, are you ready?"

"Ready, Captain. ”

"So, let's get to work!"

Behind Deborah stood no less than 100 pirates, led by Deputy Captain Biga, all dressed in airtight protective suits. The suit is black and has energy nodes the size of a light bulb on the back of the hand, shoulder socket, knee and chest. They are connected by a dark yellow energy slot that provides the wearer with a variety of base abilities. Wearing this protective suit, in addition to being able to work in a strong radiation environment like the sea, it can also allow an ordinary person to experience the taste of a second- to third-order ability.

However, this kind of protective clothing is not something that can be bought casually from the outside world, even if it is a large pirate group like the Iron Scale. They currently only exist in the laboratories of the Papal Chamber, and are a type of cutting-edge equipment that is not mass-produced. But now, nearly a hundred pirates have worn it.

Even the head is encased in a liquid shaped helmet, which is as simple as a bubble wrapping around the wearer's head compared to the bulky shape of previous hazmat helmets. In addition to providing oxygen, the helmet window has new features such as various vision modes, motion capture, and more. Now, it is providing night vision to these pirates, so that the dark docks are no different from daytime in their eyes.

At Deborah's orders, the pirates quietly dived into the sea like ghosts and swam in the direction of the docks. As they gripped the smooth pier façade, their palms and knees automatically created a strong suction, allowing them to swim up like geckos.

Ista soldiers were on duty on the docks, but before they could react, they slashed the throats of the pirates behind them. A hundred pirates of the Iron Scale spread out like a black tide, and soon took control of Pier 3. After Deborah saw the signal from the dock from the docks, the captain of the Iron Scale walked to the rudder on the deck, and below the rudder, Deborah opened a hidden compartment, revealing a joystick.

"It's time to act, sir!" Deborah grinned and slammed her hand down on the joystick. Suddenly, the Iron Scale shook violently. The sound of hydraulic machinery working could be heard from below the deck, followed by a crack in the center, centering and separating the deck at the front of the hull, and slowly opening to the left and right. Beneath the deck, there was a platform that began to rise, and on that platform was a tall metal body half-crouching.

In the darkness, the sound of a turbine engine working sounded, and a light grew brighter on the chest of the steel body. The main engine began to work, sending a steady stream of energy to all parts of the body, and some of the energy devices on the periphery of the mecha lit up with fluorescence, allowing it to be completely displayed in the night. It stood up, and King Arthur, the special model of the Knights of the Round Table, was hiding in the cabin of the Iron Scale, and anyone who saw this scene now would be shocked.

King Arthur, the fourth generation of new mechs in the Papal Hall. Standing at ten meters tall and weighing 32 tons, King Arthur has a sleek body compared to the bulky appearance of other Knights of the Round Table. The mecha is mainly colored silver and red, and the back of the humanoid body is equipped with an air balancer like a fish's fin. In addition to compensating for the balance problems caused by King Arthur's low weight, it also served as a battery storage and flame thruster. The former allows King Arthur to have a better endurance, while the latter allows the mech to move at the speed of sound when necessary.

As Sauron's car, King Arthur is also unquestionable in terms of firepower. The front chest panel of the mech opens to a guided missile strike system called "Kaleidoscope", the right arm armor can eject a high-frequency cutting knife, and the left hand is a plasma cannon, which can detect charged material particles, causing a huge impact on the target and also causing a secondary scorching effect.

It can be said that King Arthur is a mecha born for war. Combined with the astonishing reflexes of a high-level ability like Zoro, it is a life harvester.

In the driver's cabin, Zoro gestured to Deborah, then looked at Ista in the dark night and said, "Ulson, as strict as you, you are still greedy for Franklin's adaptive cells, otherwise how could I have such an opportunity to enter your Istar." Whoever has committed one of the seven deadly sins, let me take the place of the high god today and rain down the pure flame of your evil city!"

Sauron jerked the manipulator, and King Arthur stood up and ran on the platform. Two steps later, he had reached the bow of the ship, and with a strong jump, the Iron Scale continued to sink towards the sea level. When the waterline was almost below the bow, the giant ship suddenly rose. And King Arthur had already jumped almost ten meters above the sea and landed heavily on the pier.

Then a row of sprockets rose from the soles of the mecha's feet, and as the sprockets turned, King Arthur swept towards the highway as if he were gliding on ice. The mech's body tends to lean forward and maintain a balanced posture. It alternates its left and right legs, allowing the mech to fly freely and quickly across the road. The Arthurians were speeding away from the nuclear power plant at the southern end of the island when a truck pulled out of the plant on the road.

The driver of the car suddenly saw a huge darkness suddenly sweeping out from the other side of the road, and immediately exclaimed, "What is this?"

Before he could react, King Arthur had already lowered his body, and a high-frequency knife popped out of his right arm. The moment it encountered the truck, the mecha suddenly bounced up and spun around, and the high-frequency knife slashed across the truck like slicing cream. When the mech landed and moved on, the truck exploded into a fireball and slowly rose up the road.

The sound of the explosion alarmed the guards at the nuclear power plant, but before they could report to the Tower of Plenty, King Arthur was already in the spotlight at the outpost. The cold mech raised its left hand, and the left hand immediately deformed, and the parts were reassembled into a cannon barrel.

In the cockpit, Zoro locked onto the generator set of the nuclear power plant, and smiled cruelly: "Bloom, the most gorgeous fireworks!" Then press the launch button, so the mecha's plasma cannon continued to light up, followed by a flash of lightning in the night. A beam of charged particles from the muzzle of the cannon fell on the power plant's generator set, followed by a continuous stream of explosions and flames that kicked off the night of the Ishtar Crash!