"Mr. Chuan, it's like this …"
Under the gaze of this young mechanic, Shi Di felt immense pressure, and hurriedly told him the script he had prepared.
Shi Di told him that this Mechanical Composition was related to the Centaur Tribe, and it was part of the [Earth King Equipment]. If others knew that he had this Mechanical Composition, it would affect the Shi Family.
"Mr. Chuan. In the North, there are not many forces that dare to offend the Centaur Legion. If news of this Mechanical Composition is leaked, it will be detrimental to me and the Shi Family … "
As he spoke, Shi Di added fuel to the fire, describing the Centaur Legion's tyrannical behavior in the North.
"A part of the [Earth King Equipment] Mechanical Composition …"
Hayashi River frowned slightly, revealing a look of reminiscence. Then, as if recalling something, he nodded. "I remember that the Mechanical Masters of the White Dwarf Kingdom were invited many times to repair the Centaur Tribe's Legendary Equipment. However, they had to sign a confidentiality agreement to not reveal anything related to it. "
"The Centaur Tribe's behavior is really laughable. They want to repair the Legendary Equipment, but at the same time, they want to protect the Mechanical Composition. No wonder there has been no progress after so many years."
Seeing the disdain in this young mechanic's expression towards the Centaur Tribe, Shi Di was overjoyed. This was exactly the result he wanted.
The Centaur Tribe's invitation to the Mechanical Masters of the Eastern Continent to repair the [Earth King Equipment] had caused displeasure among the machinists' organizations. This was because the Centaur Tribe had asked the Mechanical Masters to sign a confidentiality agreement.
This action had caused many Mechanical Masters to come to the North, only to leave in anger.
One had to know that the Mechanical Masters of the Eastern Continent would come to the North to repair the [Earth King Equipment] because of the Centaur Legion's outstanding achievements in the Hundred Years War.
Otherwise, no country in the Eastern Continent would be able to invite hundreds of Mechanical Masters to gather in the North.
The confidentiality agreement proposed by the Centaur Legion had caused a small portion of the Mechanical Masters to leave in anger. This was the first time they had repaired the [Earth King Equipment]. This caused the machinists' organizations, especially the machinists' organizations in the White Dwarf Kingdom, to have a bad impression of the Centaur Legion.
This impression had continued to this day …
Shi Di was very clear about this. Therefore, when he invited Hayashi River over, he had already thought of these excuses.
If Hayashi River was really able to figure out something from this Machinery Fragment, Shi Di would respond with such an excuse. Not only would he be able to obtain the young Mechanic's help, but he would also be able to slander the Centaur Army.
Now, looking at Hayashi River's reaction, the effect should have been achieved.
Hayashi River's expression softened. He nodded and said, "I can understand Mr. Shi Di's considerations."
Shi Di secretly heaved a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile, "It's good that Mr. Chuan understands. Please wait a moment, I will give Mr. Chuan a surprise."
Pressing a button, a small box popped up on the experiment table. After opening it, a block of metal covered in grayish-yellow rust appeared in front of Hayashi River.
"This is …"
Hayashi River walked forward in surprise. The mechanical arm in his robe reached out and switched to the form of a detector, carefully examining the lump of metal.
After a moment, he let out a satisfied sigh. "This thing has a thousand years of history. Is it part of the [Earth King Equipment] from the hundred-year war?"
"Mr. Chuan is really amazing!?"
Shi Di's face was full of shock. He looked at the young Mechanic with eyes full of admiration.
This was not intentional. He was really shocked by Hayashi River. This lump of metal was indeed a part of the [Earth King Equipment] that had fallen off during the continental war a thousand years ago.
Until now, the Shi family had invited almost a hundred Mechanic Masters, but only five of them had been able to figure out the origin of this thing.
And to be able to figure out the origin of this piece of metal in such a short period of time, Hayashi River was the first.
Now, Shi Di could be sure that Prince Munte's evaluation of this young Mechanic, as well as the information he had gathered, was not an exaggeration at all.
This young Mechanic was really a genius!
Shi Di clicked his tongue in amazement. Having been by the Third Prince's side for a long time, he habitually wanted to praise him, but Hayashi River raised his hand to stop him.
"Mr. Shi Di, I'm going to start my research. Don't disturb me. Remember to send the food over on time … "
Hayashi River lowered his head. His mechanical arm changed into various forms and began to analyze the lump of metal.
Shi Di nodded with a smile and quietly retreated. Standing outside the lab, he clenched his fists in excitement, deeply grateful for his decision.
If Hayashi River really did find something and made a breakthrough in the research of the [Earth King Equipment], then he would most likely be the next head of the Shi family.
"The head of the Shi family, the number one family in the North! How wonderful … "Shi Di mumbled to himself as he turned and walked to the main hall.
Inside the lab.
Beep, beep, beep …
Data kept jumping on the screen. Hayashi River sent the collected data to Mossy Bone for analysis. He controlled the process and soon came to a shocking conclusion.
"This is the core part of the [Earth King Equipment] … Unfortunately, it's completely damaged …
"But the structure of this core part is very valuable …"
Hayashi River's expression kept changing as he looked at the screen.
The Blue Kitty also poked its little head out from his collar and looked at the data on the screen. It could understand some of this.
The little fellow was quite interested in the legendary core part of the [Earth King Equipment], even if it was damaged.
"Indeed, this core part is very valuable. The Shi family's progress in the research of the [Earth King Equipment] probably has a lot to do with this piece of metal …"
Mossy Bone analyzed in his earpiece.
Hayashi River was silent. He could even deduce that the Shi family had been planning for a long time. A long time ago, when they unearthed this damaged piece of metal, they had already set their sights on the centaur army.
And Shi Hulie's sudden appearance and successful ascension to level eight had put this plan into action.
Hayashi River's expression changed slightly. Perhaps Shi Hulie's plan did not start 12 years ago, when he learned of the breakthrough in the [Earth King Equipment] research.
It was very likely that a long time ago, when Shi Hulie had broken through to level eight, he had already begun some sort of plan.
Ding!
Suddenly, as Hayashi River was thinking, a sharp spike popped out from one end of the piece of metal and absorbed the surrounding electromagnetic currents.
"Huh … there's a reaction …"
Hayashi River was a little surprised. He then used various methods to stimulate the metal spike, but there was no further reaction.
Shaking his head, Hayashi River thought to himself that he was thinking too much. This piece of metal was too damaged. Even if there was a reaction to the electromagnetic currents, it could not be used after absorbing them.
"The damage of this core part has reached more than 99.9%. Don't expect to activate it. Studying its structure will be of great help to us."
Mossy Bone said. Their actions were the same as what the Shi family had been doing all these years. They followed the blueprint of the [Earth King Equipment] and reconstructed the structure of this piece of metal.
Hayashi River nodded, but he was a little disappointed. If the damage to this core part was slightly better, he would have gained a lot more.
After all, he had a partial blueprint of the [Earth King Equipment] in his hands, and he had obtained first-hand information from Bayun.
From a certain point of view, his understanding of the [Earth King Equipment] was probably not any slower than the Shi family's latest progress.
If he had an intact part of the [Earth King Equipment], he would soon be able to achieve a breakthrough.
However, this was undoubtedly unrealistic. Even if the Shi family had an intact part of the [Earth King Equipment], they would not take it out. That meant that the self-destruction had something to do with the explosion of the research base.
"Meow …"
Lan Xiaomiao scratched its head with its paws. The little fellow rubbed its head with its two paws. It suddenly felt a little irritated.
"Hmm? What's wrong … "
Noticing the little fellow's unusual behavior, Hayashi River patted the Blue Kitty's head, telling it not to worry and to stay here for a while longer.
Admittedly, the research on the structure of this piece of metal was very fast. It could be completed in about an hour or two.
However, Hayashi River naturally could not be so fast. He had to hold back and wait until the afternoon to hand over a small portion of the research results to Shi Di.
Otherwise, if his performance was too shocking, it might very well attract unnecessary trouble.
This was Shi Haishan City, the Shi family's headquarters. Although Hayashi River's identity was supported by three Master Machinists, he still had to prevent the Shi family from doing anything.
After all, when it came to a place like the Sealed Territory, anything could be done in the face of shocking temptation.
"Meow …"
The Blue Kitty used its paw to scratch Hayashi River again.
This time, the little fellow's unusual behavior attracted Hayashi River's attention. He asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
The Blue Kitty scuttled out from the inner pocket of the Machinist's robe and jumped onto the workbench. It stretched out its paw and scratched the sharp spike on the piece of metal.
Hayashi River was stunned. He noticed that the sharp spike had lightly pierced through the Blue Kitty's paw, causing a trace of blood to flow.
However, the little fellow was obviously very afraid of pain and did not want to bleed too much. Only a trace of blood flowed out, and it immediately retracted its paw.
At this moment, the sharp spike trembled again, emitting a slight energy fluctuation. Then, it returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
However, in Hayashi River's eyes, or more accurately, under the gaze of the eyeball pattern on his forehead, this piece of metal and the sharp spike had changed.
Under the effect of the eyeball pattern, Hayashi River "saw" the end of the sharp spike. Circles of fluctuations spread out, suffused with a faint blood-colored brilliance.
Upon closer inspection, there were countless scarlet dust particles in the fluctuations. Those were the tiny particles formed by the blood of the Blue Kitty.
"This thing … Could it be that there's some unknown secret …"
Hayashi River muttered to himself. He immediately circulated his mental energy and injected it into the sharp spike.
The next moment, the sharp spike produced a suction force, instantly absorbing the mental energy released by Hayashi River.
This change shocked Hayashi River, and he immediately cut off the mental energy.
However, he discovered that there was a close connection between him and this piece of metal. To be precise, there was an unknown object inside this piece of metal.
Bang …
His vision blurred. Then, Hayashi River discovered that his field of vision had suddenly expanded, showing a state of omni-directional perception.
This was not a change in his eyesight, but a sudden connection between his mental energy and the object inside the piece of metal. That object was investigating the outside world.
"Beep, beep, beep …"
A cold electronic voice sounded. "The core component has been activated. Inspecting itself … 99.997% damage, almost completely destroyed. Requires a huge amount of energy to self-repair. Owner, please inject enough energy to self-repair and restore the core component … "
This cold voice sounded directly in Hayashi River's mind. He could not help but be stunned.
This is the core component of the Earth King Equipment?
It can actually be activated …
Could it be that activating the core of the Earth King Equipment requires the blood of a creature like the Blue Kitty, and it also needs to absorb mental energy?
"Core component? Is this the core component of the Earth King Equipment? "Hayashi River inquired telepathically.
"The Earth King Equipment … there are such records. Is this the core component of the Earth King Equipment? Unable to search …"
"The damage to the core component exceeds the limit. All records have been erased …"
"Owner, you need to inject energy and complete at least 5% of the repair before you can obtain the relevant information."
…
The voice sounded intermittently. At first, it spoke in the ancient language of the Northern Lands. Then, it quickly adapted to Hayashi River's inquiry and responded in the standard common language of the continent.
Hayashi River was silent for a moment, and then he informed Mossy Bone. When the latter heard this, he was so shocked that he almost cried out.
"Is this the core component of the Earth King Equipment? It can even be activated … "Mossy Bone was indescribably shocked.
"Does the activation of the core of the Earth King Equipment require the blood of Little Kitty and the absorption of mental energy?" Hayashi River asked.
Hayashi River was a little puzzled. He was rather familiar with the blueprint of the Earth King Equipment, and he had learned many things from Bayun.
However, he had never heard that the activation of the Earth King Equipment required these things.
"More than ten years ago, the Earth King Equipment that Bayun wore hadn't been repaired. And this piece of metal was a part of the Earth King Equipment worn by the strongest commander of the Centaur Legion a thousand years ago … "
Mossy Bone speculated that the complete Earth King Equipment might require such a process to be activated.
Hayashi River nodded. This speculation was very likely.
As they conversed, the voice sounded again. "Owner, please take me out of this piece of scrap metal. The rust inside is corroding the core component, and inject the same amount of mental energy to ensure that I can maintain a short period of operation …"
Take it out?
How to take it out?
Hayashi River asked telepathically. The voice indicated that he needed the blood of the exotic beast just now, about a hundred times more than the previous amount.
"Meow …"
When the Blue Kitty heard this, it immediately meowed in protest. Asking for its blood again? Was this cat abuse?!
Hayashi River squinted. A hundred times more was just a drop of blood.
This little guy was simply afraid of pain. It didn't even want to let out a drop of blood …
Under Hayashi River's coercion and temptation, the Blue Kitty had no choice but to extend its paw again and scratch the spike.
A drop of blood seeped into the spike, and a layer of light silver crystals seeped out of the spike. The crystals quickly fused together and condensed into a diamond-like object.
"Is this a small part of the core of the Earth King Equipment?"
Hayashi River was very cautious about this diamond-like object. He used the detector to examine it for a while, but he had no clue.
"I think I've seen something like this before. At the top of the Moon Pavilion in the elven territory …" Mossy Bone murmured.
The artificial intelligence system recalled that it had once accompanied a female friend to the elven territory. At the top of the Moon Pavilion, there was a device, and the material on it was very similar to this.
"Moon Pavilion? Have you heard of it? "Hayashi River immediately asked this thing for confirmation.
The diamond-like object was silent. From time to time, it made beeping sounds in Hayashi River's mind.
After a long time, it said, "In the remaining information, the words' Moon Pavilion 'appear more frequently than' Earth King Equipment '. Machine owner, if you want more information, please inject enough energy. Also, this place isn't safe. Please give me a suitable disguise. "
"Machine owner, don't worry. I'm not a threat. As the master who activated me, I have the responsibility to protect you and that alien beast. The premise is that I can restore more than 50% of the core … "
As this voice sounded, the object began to change and turned into a white bead. Its surface was dull and inconspicuous.
Hayashi River shrugged slightly and held the white bead in his palm. Feeling a chill, he tried to inject spiritual energy into it.
What surprised him was that the white bead only absorbed a small part of it and refused to absorb anymore.
"The core is too heavily damaged. It can't absorb more spiritual energy. Machine owner has been detected to have materials to reconstruct the core. Please absorb them …"
The white bead's voice sounded. At the same time, the appearance of the so-called materials appeared in Hayashi River's mind.
Hayashi River's heart suddenly trembled. This material was [Shadowlight Stone]?! It wanted to use God's Stone to reconstruct the core?
"Do I need to absorb [Shadowlight Stone]? Then I can be sure that this is the core of the [Earth King Equipment]! "
Mossy Bone said excitedly. Back when Cromwell went to the Northern Land, he brought back [Shadowlight Stone] and the first draft of the [Seventh Armament].
All the signs indicated that the key structure of the [Seventh Armament] was based on the core of the [Earth King Equipment].
Since that was the case, wasn't it normal that the core of the [Earth King Equipment] needed to be reconstructed with [Shadowlight Stone]?
"Chuan, this is good news! If this thing can really be repaired, it can be used as the core of the [Seventh Armament]. Isn't that good?
"Maybe the [Seventh Armament] you make will far surpass that legendary equipment of Cromwell's …"
Hayashi River ignored Mossy Bone's excited shouts. He carefully cut out a [Shadowlight Stone] and tried to fuse it with the white bead.
Then, the white bead stuck to the thumb-sized [Shadowlight Stone] and quickly absorbed and fused with it.
The white bead's surface glowed faintly, and the voice in Hayashi River's mind became louder.
The white bead's voice sounded, "Machine owner, there are a lot of impurities in this [Shadowlight Stone]. I need three days to remove some of them before I can continue to absorb it. If there's a [Shadowlight Stone] with a higher purity, I can continue to absorb it … "
Hayashi River: "…"
Mossy Bone: "…"
Holding the white bead in his hand, Hayashi River had the urge to step on it and stomp on it.
If it had been a few days ago, he would not have been willing to take out this small [Shadowlight Stone]. It was only because he had made a fortune in the ancient cave that he squandered it like this.
But now, the white bead still complained that there were too many impurities in the [Shadowlight Stone]. It was already damaged to this extent, but it was still so picky.
"There's no way to refine [Shadowlight Stone] now. It's long been lost. Even this kind of God Stone is almost impossible to find …" Hayashi River replied.
Suddenly, the white bead fell silent. After a while, it said, "When the core component recovers to 1%, we should be able to get the relevant information, including the method to refine [Shadowlight Stone]."
When Lin Chuan heard this, he lost interest in it. The core component was damaged, and since it was a thousand years ago, many things were outdated.
As for the method to refine [Shadowlight Stone], he only had a few God Stones on hand, and it was not enough. Every time he refined [Shadowlight Stone], a part of it would be lost, and Hayashi River could not bear to part with it.
"What else do you have in the remaining information? As for the [Earth King Equipment], how much of the core component does it need to be repaired to recover the information? "Hayashi River asked.
"There's no need to repair this. I've just repaired a little of the body, and I've already obtained one ten-millionth of the information. Among them is the complete structure of the [Earth King Equipment]."
The white bead's voice sounded, and then a detailed structure appeared in Hayashi River's mind.
This …
Hayashi River's eyes widened in shock. The thing that he had always wanted to obtain, had been so easily obtained.
"Machine owner, please don't be too happy. Your so-called structure of the [Earth King Equipment] is not that important in my database. The difficulty of creating this weapon is mainly the materials … "
Then, Bai Zhu gave Lin Chuan a list of the missing materials. Among them, just the [Stone of Shadow Light] alone would require more than 2000 kilograms of materials.
Hayashi River was silent.
Mossy Bone was also silent.
They finally understood why there had been no progress in repairing the [Earth King Equipment] for such a long time. The value of these materials was probably enough to empty a small country.
"No wonder the centaur army was so fierce back then. Spending money to such an extent, wearing such equipment, how could they not be fierce!" Hayashi River sighed.
Mossy Bone cursed the wastrel. If these materials were placed in the Dark Age, he would be able to form a second Redbud Army, provided that he could recruit so many experts.
"Alright. Let's not talk about this for now … "
Hayashi River shook his head and entered the data on the light screen. With such a harvest, he could better fool Shi Di.
In the process, he asked Bai Zhu if she knew what kind of beast the Blue Kitty was.
"The database is seriously damaged and cannot be explored. It needs to be repaired by more than 10% …" Bai Zhu replied.
Hayashi River was a little helpless about this. To repair Bai Zhu to more than 10%, he did not know how many priceless materials would be needed. He would have to wait a long time.
"Machine owner, please don't call me 'Bai Zhu'. According to the received data, this is a curse. Please call me [Moon Core]! "Moon Core gave himself such a name.
Hayashi River did not comment on this.
In the laboratory, Hayashi River finished everything and dawdled for another two hours. Counting the time, it was already afternoon, so he walked out.
At the entrance of the laboratory, there were two attendants pushing a dining cart. They had been waiting there since noon.
"Sir. You are out! "
"Sir. Would you like to eat? "
When the two attendants saw Hayashi River, they immediately stood up straight and bowed humbly with a smile.
Hayashi River waved his hand and asked the two attendants to call Shi Di over.
In a moment, Shi Di hurried over. Before he could speak, Hayashi River called him in.
He pushed the light screen in front of Shi Di and said, "This thing is seriously damaged. This is all the progress we can make. If we continue, it will take too much time, and the research progress will be very slow. I don't have the time, so this is it … "
"So … so fast …"
Shi Di looked at the light screen and carefully browsed through it. His eyes suddenly lit up. When he looked at Hayashi River again, his gaze was full of admiration.
"I'm starving. Let's eat together and talk …" Hayashi River waved his hand.
"Okay. Mr. Chuan, please wait a moment. I'll tell the kitchen to prepare something. You can go ahead and order the dessert first. "Shi Di bowed and said.
Lin Chuan nodded slightly. He was secretly thinking about how he should fool Shi Di so that he could get more information and more things from the Shi family.
Also, he did not know how Fowler was doing …
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