There was actually nothing special about the Creation Temple. It was just a slightly larger mechanical house. There were gears, chains, and various mechanical structures with different functions everywhere, which made this house the highest point.
Two steel pillars stood on either side of the palace's gate.
"Welcome to the Creation Palace, new member. My name is Antonio, and I'm the guardian of the palace."
Angor looked up and saw a mechanical lion with brass skin sitting on top of a steel pillar on the left. When it opened its mouth, Angor could see the gears inside.
"Oh, Antonio. You're so handsome that I fell in love with you at first sight. Can I come to you if I'm in danger, my dear Antonio? " It was a female dancer who was standing on top of a steel pillar on the right. She was also made of mechanical parts and looked like a dancing doll in a music box.
"Of course. I'm the guardian of the palace, and I'm also the guardian of you, my Nanessa."
Every word he said was filled with absurd and comical drama. The most important thing was that —
Mithra's face darkened as he listened to the conversation. "Please, I beg you. Next time, when you have schizophrenia, you can change your voice. If you use the same voice, I'll think it's a male dancer instead of a female dancer. "
Angor found it funny because they all spoke in the same voice, which was the same lazy male voice from before.
"It doesn't matter what voice you use. What matters is what you're trying to say." The female dancer stopped spinning and looked down at Angor with her cold eyes. "New member, Antonio is a real spirit. If you sense danger within the range of the R&D department, call out to Antonio, and he will protect you immediately."
Angor was puzzled. What kind of danger could he run into in the R&D department?
"For example, if you're not on good terms with an alchemist, and he wants to harm you in the R&D department. Or, if you run into some unknown danger while doing an experiment, Antonio will become your guardian spirit."
After the Spinning Dancer finished speaking, she began to spin again, and began to sing.
Mithra also spoke to Angor. "He's right. Antonio is the spirit of the R&D department. You can call out to him whenever you need help, no matter if it's dangerous or not. It's much more reliable than someone else. "
Angor sensed a chilling wind behind him. He had a feeling that the "someone" Mithra was talking about was looking at them with a sinister expression.
"Let's go in. Didn't you ask me why I called you here?" Mithra stepped forward. "It's because a certain unreliable person wants to meet you."
The door of the Creation Temple was pushed open, and both Angor and Mithra entered.
In his mind, the R&D department was just a bunch of lab benches and tools. However, he had never seen anything like this until now.
Inside the Creation Palace, there was no spacious hall. Instead, there was a laboratory that was dozens of meters tall and divided into six floors.
People could be seen moving about in the laboratories on every floor.
Everyone was busy with their own tasks, which was exactly what Angor expected. However, when he took a closer look, he realized that these people who were focused on the experiment work were not real people at all, but mechanical dolls with exposed joints.
As far as the eye could see, there were at least a thousand mechanical dolls on the sixth floor.
Angor was shocked. He knew that some alchemists would use non-living creatures such as alchemy puppets as assistants, but he still couldn't believe that so many of them were working on alchemy experiments.
"Are all labs like this?" Angor couldn't help but ask.
Mithra shook his head. "Only someone would slack off like this."
"Slack off? That's not it. After all, my aptitude is so mediocre. I can only use more mechanical puppets to verify my conjecture through the enumeration method. Only then can I find the most suitable one among the many possibilities. "A leisurely and lazy voice came from the side.
Angor thought that it was another one of Mithra's tricks, just like the mechanical birds and lions outside. But when he turned around, he saw that it was a young man sitting in front of a desk.
His desk was covered with all kinds of documents. More and more mechanical dolls were coming out of the laboratory to hand him their files.
Angor looked at the man and saw a mechanical doll flying down from the sixth floor. "Sir, this is the latest test result. After improving the right arm's strength, we've reduced the wear rate by 2%."
"Just a little? Are there any other performance improvements? " The young man frowned and took a look at the information. "Keep these points and record the rest. Then, experiment again with the improvement method in article 1737."
The mechanical doll returned to the laboratory on the sixth floor with the report. Since each floor was separated by transparent glass, Angor could clearly see the mechanical doll telling the other dolls on the floor about the method. Soon, all of them began to move.
"Are all the mechanical dolls on the sixth floor working on the same thing?" Angor asked.
Mithra shook his head. "Not just the sixth floor. They're all working on the same thing. They're just working on different parts."
Mithra paused and looked at Angor. "Speaking of which, they're working on something that has something to do with you."
"Something to do with me?"
Mithra nodded. "Do you still remember the arm you made for your friend?"
When he was studying under Mithra a few years ago, Mithra mentioned something about Automaton Armament. "Automaton Armament?"
"That's right." Mithra smiled. "The design of the mechanical arm you designed has given me a lot of inspiration."
What Mithra didn't mention was that "someone" saw the design of the arm himself and saw how Angor helped his friend with the new arm. That was why Mithra decided to give Angor the access card.
The "someone" Mithra talked about also approached Angor.
"Mithra is right. The mechanical arm you created has given me a lot of inspiration. I'm Muse. Welcome to the team." The newcomer smiled and said, "I'm Muse. Welcome."
Muse?! Angor stared at the handsome young man in front of him in shock. Muse?
That "mediocre" Muse, one of the two city lords of Floating Mech City and widely acknowledged as the strongest machine alchemist in the world?!
Angor was still in a daze. He did not even know how to introduce himself.
After Muse heard this, he continued to smile and said, "I actually know you better than you think."
Muse paused a little and changed the topic. "Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to hearing about the concept of 'mecha' you told me about. I hope I can see it with my own eyes one day. "
Angor's head was full of question marks. When did he ever tell Muse about the concept of mecha? He only told Mithra about it. Did Mithra tell Muse about it?
"Do you think I have the right to give you an access card?" Mithra spoke in a soft voice. "Do you really think I have the right to give you an access card? When I installed the mechanical arm for your friend, it wasn't me who was there. It was someone who took on my appearance. "
Angor found Mithra's words strange. But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that Mithra was right. As Sunders mentioned, only the director of the R&D department had the right to give out the access card. And the current director wasn't Mithra. It was Muse!
Someone who was obsessed with schizophrenia turned around and looked at Mithra affectionately. His eyes were overflowing with love. "It seems that our master potion maker has not only taken over the position of the R&D Department in advance, but he is also planning to extend the time he is in charge? I'm so touched. "
Mithra shook his head. "No, I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!"
Muse grinned. He ignored Mithra's trembling body and looked at Angor. "I've been meaning to discuss the concept of mecha with you. Since you're here, why don't we sit down and talk?"
Angor was a little surprised. "Mister Muse, did you call me here just for this?"
"I've called you here for something else. However, compared to those unimportant matters, I'm more interested in understanding the concept of mecha that you mentioned before." Muse snapped his fingers, and several tables and chairs appeared out of thin air on the ground.
After asking Angor to sit down, Muse cut to the chase and asked about the matter he was concerned about.
He once discussed the concept of mechs with Mithra, and he also studied the information he got from the hologram tablet, so he did not find it strange at all.
Angor explained the concept of "mecha" based on military technology from Earth. But that was only the general framework. Angor would explain the details from an alchemist's point of view.
Muse nodded repeatedly. When Angor finished, he quickly asked several questions he was curious about.
Most of the questions were tough. Some of them Angor could answer, while others he couldn't.
Most of the questions he couldn't answer were due to the differences between two different civilizations. If Angor wanted to replicate a mecha from Earth using an alchemist's method, he would have to make many improvements, which would take a long time. Of course, Angor couldn't give an answer right away.
Still, Muse was satisfied with Angor's explanation.
Some of the questions were only hypotheses, and some of them didn't make sense. But it didn't matter. Alchemy itself was full of problems, and all they needed to do was to solve them.
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