Mechanical Alchemist

"Good stuff."

Su Lun looked at the sales information of the batch of mechanical equipment projected on the public screen, and it was impossible not to be greedy.

This batch of imported equipment from Mafalai is the best of the best. If it really falls into his hands, it doesn't even need to be modified much. With the high-precision equipment on the submarine before, it can be assembled into a mature industrial assembly line in the mechanical war factory in the small void world.

This will at least save several years of time compared with the previous plan to transform the old equipment into the assembly line.

It just so happened that the batch of materials from the Thunder Cat Chamber of Commerce had also been obtained, and there was no shortage of materials. Now with this batch of instruments, the mechanical puppet army can also form a group combat power in a short time!

And, more importantly, after missing this opportunity, Su Lun didn't think he had other channels to get such good equipment in a short time.

At the beginning, the group of people from the New Deal obtained such a batch of imported goods through means at the imperial level. Ordinary people, no matter how rich they are, have no channels.

Even if there are some smuggled goods on the black market, the quantity will definitely not be many, with such complete functions!

For Su Lun, this was definitely a "big opportunity" for him to meet a pillow when he fell asleep.

The inevitable one!

But after the surprise, Su Lun wasn't overwhelmed by such a good thing about a pie from the sky.

Instead, he smelled a conspiracy and thought more calmly.

Now the machinery industry in Luying as a whole is very backward, and these imported equipment, which have been decades beyond the technology of the current era, are very tasteless to others. It is almost only useful for forces that want to study mechanical armor.

So correspondingly, this special supply and demand relationship also screens buyers.

There are many rich people in the Lu Ying Empire, but not many are willing to be taken advantage of.

So, this message feels like a targeted bait.

Attract certain groups of people.

Once someone is interested in them, it is certain that this person will use these instruments to be useful, and they can almost certainly be used to make mechanical armor.

Except for Grand Duke Raphael, whose technological level is unknown, and Su Lun, who are capable of making their own mechanical armor. Probably no one is interested in buying such a bunch of "tasteless instruments" that are many times more expensive than ordinary equipment.

Su Lun usually takes the worst into account before making some risky decisions.

Thinking of this, he pondered in his heart: "Assuming that this batch of goods is bait for someone to fish, then there are two major forces that are seriously suspected, one is Raphael's people, and the other is Mafa's people."

Su Lun had neuromechanical technology in his hands, and also cut off the "Secret Submarine Machinery Research Institute" that the Marfa Empire used as a dowry to Oleg, the king of the North Sea.

These two forces are the masters of suffering.

But it is not ruled out that this information has been learned by other forces, such as the Luying Military Intelligence Department, or other forces.

After all, in the previous battle in the city-state of Moros, the information that the mechanical puppet army killed the Quartet appeared in the newspapers. A knowledgeable person can roughly guess that he may have the ability to manufacture mechanical armor after analyzing it.

But Su Lun also felt that if this was really a fishing conspiracy, then there must be enemies, and it doesn't matter who it is.

But you must have the consciousness of planning for the worst.

Various possibilities flashed through Su Lun's mind in an instant.

After much deliberation, the biggest uncertain factor is not others, but the organizer of the dance!

After the "Shadow Lord" with the golden mask said a word from the opening, he didn't speak again, and sat quietly in the shadow of the light.

He is like the director of a stage play, silently watching everything that happens on the stage behind the scenes.

The Full Moon Ball was organized by him,

This man knows everything.

Because Su Lun knew that this was an old man whose life was at the end of his life, he also understood his indifferent attitude.

But this is also somewhat incomprehensible.

It is impossible for the great alchemist not to understand his physical condition. When a person is about to die, regardless of power and money, it is just a fleeting moment. So what is the purpose of this person who is still active in the ball?

Which side does he represent, or... does he only represent himself?

Su Lun felt more and more mysterious about this "Shadow Lord".

He didn't have time to understand these doubts for the time being.

Because the seller has made it very clear that if no one buys it, the sealed equipment will fall into the hands of Grand Duke Raphael, and it is impossible to buy it back.

There is no room for hesitation.

The dance was still going on, and the melodious classical dance music was wafting in the banquet hall.

Su Lun thought for a moment, then asked Sabina who was dancing in her arms, "Is there a way to determine who sent that message?"

Sabina is very smart, she naturally knew what her master was talking about, and responded softly: "I can't do it now. But I can check it, but the risk is not small."

When Su Lun heard this, a thought flashed in his eyes, and he didn't continue to ask.

Sabina's answer didn't embarrass him, it was just a casual question.

Because he knows very well that this method will not work.

Even if the owner of the cargo was contacted privately, if it was a conspiracy, there was still a risk and one had to face it.

Even more dangerous.

On the contrary, if you contact through the platform of the dance party, there is still a middleman who can cover the bottom line.

He also wanted to use this to confirm whether this "Shadow Lord" was absolutely neutral and how much power he had.

After pondering for a moment, Su Lun said again: "I'm going to take this batch of goods. Just in case, when you get off the airship, all the people you are going to notify you will be lurking."

Once there is a problem with the organizer, Sabina's disguised identity will be exposed, and most of the intelligence network that has been established with great difficulty may have to be abandoned.

Sabina was not surprised at all, and responded without hesitation, "Yes."

She had this awareness from the beginning.

After all, everything about her belongs to the master.

The risk is worth the gamble compared to the gain.

Su Lun had already thought of a countermeasure in his mind. Without any hesitation, he chatted privately with the person who provided the clues, and then handed over two silver coins, reaching an agreement.

The ball is on the airship, which is several thousand meters high.

For others, there is probably no place to escape.

But for him, life-saving is not a big problem.

Moreover, he also felt that even if the organizer was an accomplice in fishing, there was a high probability that they would not do anything on the airship.

Otherwise, the "full moon dance party" has been operating for so many years, and the neutral person setting will collapse immediately. Losing such an important resource platform, even if you get the technology, the price is not light.

What's more, Sabina's identity is fake, and no one is sure that they must be the right ones.

To do it, it is after getting off the airship!

As Su Lun expected, after he reached a deal with that buyer, nothing happened.

The full moon dance lasted for more than two hours.

Then they each returned to their rooms, the airship landed somewhere unknown, and they were sent back to the city of Lingdon by special car.

Not long after, Su Lun and Sabina got into the special car they took when they came here before.

In the airtight compartment, Su Lun took out the black umbrella and expanded the range of perception.

Everything is normal.

No one followed except the driver.

From getting on the car before the dance, to the airship, and now, there are communication signals blocking the whole process.

Now that it's down, Su Lun opened the mouth to Sabina with a space technique, asking her to issue a hidden order to the person who organized her line in the first place.

Su Lun thought about it, and just to be on the safe side, he squeezed the surgeon's seal and said softly, "Psychic!"

The black pentagram array lit up, and the alien plane was connected to the void, and suddenly a thick undead aura hit the carriage.

Looking again, a crow with shiny coat was psychic.

The psychological quality of professional intelligence personnel is naturally not bad. Even if she guessed that she might be in danger, Sabina still behaved very calmly. She looked at the extra black crow in the carriage, her beautiful eyes lit up, as if she had a little more fun: "Wow ~ master, is this your legendary two-way crow?"

At the beginning, Moros city-state's ability to reduce dimensionality in World War I and II shocked the whole world, but now this suicidal bird is as famous as Su Lun, a proper "big star".

Also because of it, the price of crow pets in Lingdun has skyrocketed by more than ten times.

Su Lun nodded, "Yes."

"Wow"

Sabina read the introduction in the newspaper in detail, but she didn't expect that the bird of death, which is said to be extremely dangerous, looked cute and silly before it transformed.

She asked again, "What's its name?"

As soon as these words were said, before Su Lun could answer, the black crow on his shoulder called out: "Master Crow, Master Crow!"

"Huh?"

Sabina was amazing, and asked in surprise, "It can still talk?"

Speaking is secondary, the key is to be able to understand people's language!

"Um."

Su Lun couldn't laugh or cry, and explained a little more, "It's called 'Uncle Crow'."

Hearing this, Sabina Lek became interested. Although the name is cheap, it seems very interesting!

She rolled her eyes, and asked eagerly: "Master Crow, your feathers are so beautiful, can I touch you?"

Black Crow tilted his head and looked at her coldly.

Su Lun explained with a little helplessness: "This stupid bird has nothing to eat, and he doesn't like to talk to people."

"That's it"

Sabina thought about it, took out a piece of jerky, and tried it, but the black crow didn't even look at her.

Su Lun thought about it and handed her a piece of rotten meat, and said, "It has a very picky mouth. Feed this."

"ah?"

Sabina picked it up beautifully, and found it more and more interesting.

She took the carrion in Su Lun's hand and fed it.

If not, the black crow swallowed Hu Lun happily after changing the one he liked, and then he did not forget to flatter people: "Big beauty! Big beauty!"

Su Lun's eyes twitched and he glanced at it.

"Thank you~"

Sabina was also happy in her heart, hahaha smiled, and responded in a serious manner. She reached out and touched the black crow cautiously, as if treating a human being, and responded politely, "Wow, Mr. Crow, you are also a very handsome bird."

Uncle Crow obviously understood that he was praising him, and jumped onto Sabina's hand with his legs fluttering.

Look at its arrogant demeanor, as if to say: Uncle Crow allows you to touch it a few more times.

Seeing the vivid anthropomorphic expression, Sabina couldn't help but laugh.

Su Lun was a little surprised, and complained: "You are the first person this silly bird will take the initiative to approach."

Sabina blinked, listening happily, "Really?"

The owner's pet must be on good terms with each other.

The steam car drove Su Lun and the others for half an hour, entering the urban area from the suburbs.

There was no problem in the first half, but at this moment, Su Lun suddenly sensed something, and his expression changed slightly.

Sabina was still teasing the black crow, keenly sensed the change in Su Lun's expression, and asked, "Is that so?"

Su Lun said in a deep voice: "The traffic lane deviated, we just turned into 'Hot South Street'. This is not the road to Queens, but to Franklin."

Sabina immediately understood what she heard, and her expression became serious.

It stands to reason that this car will send them back to the designated place.

But now it's off.

This is a big problem.

She glanced at Su Lun with a serious expression, but didn't speak. It was obvious that her master had expected it.

The worst may have happened.

Su Lun frowned at Ning Chuan, recalling the cobweb-like city lines of Lingdun City in his mind, and knew their current location very clearly.

The inexplicable turn just now could be interpreted as a temporary lane change caused by certain road conditions, but then there were several wrong routes without looking back, which made him finally sure that there must be something wrong with this driver!

"Is there really a problem with the organizer?"

Su Lun's expression was very solemn, which was almost the worst situation.

Or. Someone infiltrated into Yuanyue's misunderstanding and bribed the driver?

But it doesn't matter anymore.

What is certain now is that there is going to be a fight!

There is a prohibition to prevent perception in the carriage, so the driver probably doesn't know that Su Lun has discovered the problem, and the speed of the car is very fast.

But since it was determined that there was a problem with the route, it was naturally impossible for the driver who Su Lun was watching to drive them into the ambush circle. The black crow has not warned yet, which means that there is no fatal danger around. There is still time to start in advance.

Thinking of this, Su Lun waved his hand, and suddenly a large black scythe appeared in his hand.

He didn't intend to communicate with the driver at all, and without hesitation, he slashed out, cutting off the top of the carriage and the head of the driver in the cab in front.

The cold wind blows in at night, and the airtight compartment suddenly becomes a "convertible car".

In front of the car seat was a headless corpse that was gushing blood.

Su Lun swallowed the "gray fog" on the driver's body, and quickly jumped out of the car with Sabina in his arms.

Because the steam locomotive had no control, it crashed into a red brick house directly in front of it.

With a loud "boom", the front of the car crashed into a wall and rushed in.

Su Lun didn't even look at her, and pulled Sabina into the alley, "Let's go!"

It's past midnight now.

There was hardly anyone to be seen on the block except a few drunks who passed out.

After the temperature dropped, this time period was also the time when the fog in Lingdun City was the thickest, and the visibility was only 20 to 30 meters. In blocks that are not the main roads of the city, gas street lamps are very sparse. The faint light in the corner half a street away does not give people the slightest sense of security. Pedestrians walking on the street feel like facing an abyss.

But it didn't affect Su Lun at all.

Even in low visibility, spatial awareness allows him to clearly distinguish the situation around him.

He jumped up with Sabina in his arms, and jumped onto a tower not far away, just at this distance to observe the scene of the car accident from a distance.

Su Lun observed the movement in the block, and at the same time digested the memories that had just been stripped away. He was a little surprised, and thought, "It's not the organizer's order?"

But also relieved.

After stripping the driver's memory just now, Su Lun found that that guy was also a long-term secret agent arranged by other espionage forces at the full moon ball.

But specifically who is behind the scenes, this kind of guy doesn't know.

He was just following orders to drive to the fresh fish market in Franklin.

Now that it is confirmed that it is not the mysterious "Shadow Lord" who is doing the trick, the pressure is suddenly relieved by most of it.

Su Lun ran away in no hurry.

He also wanted to see if he could find more clues as to who was laying the bait.

There was a lot of movement in the car accident, and residents around were awakened one after another, and some lights were turned on.

Seeing Sabina with a tense expression beside her, Su Lun motioned her to relax, and said, "It's not the party organizer who did it. You can tell your people not to be too nervous. Wait a while to see the situation before taking the next step." Decide."

He knew that Sabina was still waiting for his judgment to issue a second order.

"Um!"

Sabina breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

Then she quickly sent a ciphertext through the communicator: Standby.

There are many people in the chain of her intelligence team. To avoid being traced and implicated, it is necessary to erase some key "hardware".

Not sure who the enemy was before, Sabina issued an order for everyone to prepare for ambush.

If the second message is "execution", or if no order is received within a certain period of time, all spies will immediately enter an emergency latent state, and each will disconnect and "disappear".

In a short period of time, even Sabina will find it difficult to contact them, and some will even lose contact forever.

This is similar to the cost of breaking an arm to save your life, and the loss will definitely not be small.

It is natural to be thankful that losses can be avoided now.

Moreover, if the enemy is the party, it is a real disaster.

Now it is confirmed that it is not the case, and the threat level has dropped by half immediately.

Sabina's frown finally relaxed a little, she pondered for a moment, and gradually revealed a smile, and said, "If it wasn't for the organizer, you might have been blessed by misfortune, master."

Su Lun glanced at her, "Oh?"

Sabina explained: "We had an accident on the car at the prom, obviously something went wrong inside them. In this case, "Shadow Lord" will definitely compensate us. There was a similar accident before, someone broke the trading rules of the dance party and caused a huge loss to a member. But within two days, the "Shadow Lord" sent someone to handle everything perfectly. It made up for the loss of that member, and also gave that person enough sincere compensation.”

When Su Lun heard these words, he immediately had a higher opinion of the organizer of the Full Moon Ball.

With such courage, no wonder it can be done so well.

Thinking about the ostentation at the previous dance, Su Lun also guessed that the compensation must be sincere enough.

But he felt that compensation and so on can be discussed later.

What Su Lun was more concerned about was, what about the shipment?

Taking such a big risk, it would be a pity not to get the goods.

No matter how good the compensation is, he feels that it is not as valuable as the batch of imported machinery currently brought to him.

Sabina obviously understood her master's thoughts very well. She frowned and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, if the goods really exist, they will be delivered according to the agreement at the ball. The "Shadow Lord" The energy in Lingdon is terrifying. "

Su Lun nodded as well, "I hope so."

Although it seems that there is no danger at present, this batch of goods is actually a gamble of his life.

If he hadn't discovered the problem in advance, he might have fallen into the enemy's ambush circle at this moment.

Since the other party dared to fish, he naturally had the confidence to kill the fish.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in Lingdun City, Su Lun didn't think that he would be able to survive in other people's trap.

The two squatted in the tower and observed for a while.

The car accident attracted some people to watch, including ordinary people and professionals.

Su Lun watched secretly, but did not wait for those who wanted to fish.

Those guys probably also know that there is only one chance to intercept and kill, and if they lose it, they have to find a way to wipe their ass quickly.

After all, the "King of Ringdon's gang" was not a good person. If you dare to make small moves on his territory, you have to be prepared to be madly retaliated.

As far as the "cases" that Sabina said happened before, everyone who participated in the interception this time will be caught out.

The consequences are definitely not something ordinary people can bear.

Su Lun was looking forward to it.

Because he guessed that the Marfa Empire or Grand Duke Raphael were probably behind this matter.

He also wanted to see how the "Shadow Lord" would deal with these people.

Before the patrol arrived, a group of mysterious men in windbreakers arrived first. They quickly cleaned up the scene and took away the corpses and vehicles.

A car accident stopped here.

Judging by the professionalism of the floor scrubbers, Su Lun also guessed that these men in windbreakers must be the ones sent by the king of the Lingdun gangsters to clean up the mess.

It's impossible for this kind of thing to go to the authorities.

After the crisis was over, Sabina was not a little nervous, but she didn't contact anyone just to be on the safe side.

The two jumped off the tower, and wandered aimlessly in the foggy streets of Lingdon in the middle of the night.

The previous sense of crisis of being pointed at the back of the head with a gun was gone, as if there was nothing important about it.

Sabina held Su Lun's arm affectionately, and the two walked slowly without being in a hurry.

There is a sign with the words "Tailor Street" on the iron road sign on the side of the road.

Surrounded by some low red brick houses, in the past hundreds of years people have lived in tailors, which is also the lowest occupation in Lindton. This is also one of the oldest neighbourhoods.

The house is very dilapidated, and the white walls have turned a mottled gray-black over the years. The road is not smooth, it is a stone slab that existed hundreds of years ago, and occasionally raised stones will hurt your feet when walking on it.

Because it is not a main road, there are no rail trains, and there are not even a few street lights.

Dark, quiet, serene, harmonious.

There is a completely different ancient and old style from Lingdun, but it makes people see a different atmosphere in the city.

Walking in the foggy ancient street in the middle of the night, the two of them didn't speak, as if their hearts were soothed to the environment, and they died together with the night.

The two walked, from the street to the alley.

At this time, they had just passed by, and out of the corner of their eye, they caught a glimpse of the sign "73 Twilight Lane" on the rusted doorplate.

The house number doesn't matter.

The important thing is that this is a dark alley that is secluded enough that no one will pass by.

Good for something romantic.

Here, even if the movement is louder, it probably won't disturb other people's lucid dreams.

Sabina turned her beautiful eyes and stopped suddenly. She said provocatively: "Sir, don't you think the environment here is very good?"

Su Lun was still thinking about the previous events in his mind, and was slightly taken aback when he heard that, his eyes instinctively focused on the dark street in front of him.

That's it? ? ?

But after a moment, Su Lun saw the coquettish smile in Sabina's beautiful eyes in the dark, and immediately understood.

The dim light revealed the dumbfounding expression on Su Lun's face, and he said in an uncertain tone, "Is this not very good?"

Sabina's charm is engraved in her bones, she is not shy at all, she generously took Su Lun's hand and penetrated into her windbreaker, hinting: "Skirts are very convenient~"