Constructing-Style Wizard

Chapter 137

After hearing that biochemical soldiers were used as a power source on that ship, Darick looked around and asked:

"Does anyone know how much thrust can drive that cargo ship? How many biochemical soldiers are needed to create such a thrust? There can't be hundreds or thousands of biochemical soldiers on that ship, right? What's the difference between this and declaring war on the Alchemy Temple ?”

"I'll figure it out, I'll figure it out..."

Hedson's arms waved in the air like the tentacles of an octopus. While sketching the layout of the interior of the cargo ship in his mind, he murmured:

"The sail room, coal storage bunker, and combustion chamber are all occupied, that is, the weight of coal must be subtracted from the weight of the entire ship. Assuming that the ship is fully loaded, it needs to continuously output at least 1,000 horsepower to navigate the ocean. Does anyone know how much thrust a bio-soldier can provide?"

Everyone looked at Li Nuo again.

Li Nuo spread his hands:

"Sorry, everyone. In the information I received, there is no detailed data on biochemical soldiers. This is the top secret of MI3 of the Tatis Empire. I have only seen images of biochemical soldiers, and this is the first time I have seen real ones. We might as well make the worst assumptions. For example, the ship is full of biochemical soldiers, they are piled together like bricks, at least one or two thousand."

There was silence for a few seconds.

Darick clapped his hands:

"Li Lei is right. We must prepare for the worst possible outcome. We first use diving equipment to secretly board the ship to determine the number of cargo and biological and chemical soldiers on board. If the reconnaissance results are really alarming, then we will trigger an emergency in this sea area. The fog trapped the cargo ship at sea. At the same time, it was reported to the Alchemy Temple, and the alchemists of the Temple will deal with the cargo ship."

As Darick gave orders, the cabin became busy.

Ms. Esmere used alchemy sea fish to monitor the cargo ship. Heideson and other expedition members cooperated in a division of labor. Some of them started the boat and approached the cargo ship in an invisible state, while the other prepared diving equipment.

It is very dangerous to board a ship for reconnaissance, and the traces will be exposed if you are not careful.

Theoretically speaking, it is the safest and safest way to scout the cargo ship by Li Nuo's psychic magic.

But Li Nuo didn't want to expose his hole cards.

He intends to board the ship to check the situation himself.

In such a short period of time, Li Nuo walked around the cargo ship with the help of "jump of vision". He failed to find a trace of the Imperial Lieutenant.

This guy locked himself in the fully enclosed captain's cabin and never came out.

At the same time, only one magic vision can take effect. When Li Nuo activated "Spiritual Vision", he could not activate "Life and Death Tracking".

Therefore, if the target is hiding in a closed space that is not connected to the outside world and has no transparent windows, Li Nuo cannot see him with the "spiritual vision".

This was the case with the Imperial lieutenant.

If Li Nuo wants to deconstruct him, he must board the ship. Turn on "Life and Death Tracking" at close range, see through the captain's room, and then deconstruct the target.

Another reason that forced Li Nuo to board the ship was to protect Darrick and the others. Li Nuo didn't want to cause undue casualties because of an infiltration operation.

Whether it is the failure of the operation or the reduction of staff, these are not the results that Li Nuo wants to see.

He consulted with Darick and offered to participate in the infiltration operation himself.

Dariq wanted to refuse.

But he quickly changed his mind because of Li Nuo's actions.

Li Nuo put on an iron ring for himself, pretended to activate the magic on the ring, and released "perception tampering" towards Darick.

After obtaining "The River of Mind: Volume II", Li Nuo learned several new mind magics.

"Perceptual tampering" is one of them.

This mental magic is very useful.

"Perceptual obstruction" simply reduces the range of perception.

"Perception tampering" is to tamper with the target's perception results.

It makes a person think of an apple as a pear and a toilet plug as a spoon.

It can also make a living person become the air in the eyes of the target.

After Li Nuo cast "perception tampering" on Darick, his sense of existence in the eyes of the other party became zero, and he became an existence like air.

When demonstrating this magic, Li Nuo was standing in the area directly in front of Darick five meters away.

As long as Dariq is not blind, he can definitely see him.

The actual situation is that even if Darick looked directly in Li Nuo's direction, he couldn't detect Li Nuo's existence, just like Li Nuo wasn't standing in front of him.

When someone asked him what he saw, he only said that he saw the floor, walls, wall lamps and other things in the cabin, and he didn't notice Li Nuo's existence at all.

This is the power of "perception tampering".

Of course, because the level of this spell was too different from that of Darick, the spell only lasted for about 1 second before it became invalid. Daliq rubbed his eyes, concentrated his attention, took a closer look, and immediately noticed Li Nuo standing in front of him.

Even Daliq, a fifth-level alchemist, can follow the way of "perception tampering", let alone the imperial people on the cargo ship.

As for why not use the name of the magic ring to use "psychic beacon" and "spiritual vision" to scout the cargo ship instead.

Li Nuo thought about this issue carefully.

The first reason is that "Psychic Beacon" is a high-level psychic magic, which is very rare and can only be performed with the authorization of the lecturer.

He is a death-type wizard with a magic ring engraved with ordinary spiritual magic, which is still reasonable.

But if he took out a magic ring with high-level psychic magic, no matter how he explained it, it would attract speculation.

Secondly, without the help of "Psychic Beacon", Li Nuo would have to throw "Psychic Vision" at the soldiers of the empire, which might arouse the opponent's spiritual vigilance, and then alarm the enemy.

In order to avoid this series of troublesome things, Li Nuo simply concealed the "spiritual beacon" and "spiritual vision", and instead displayed "perception tampering" under the guise of the magic ring.

Li Nuo and Darick said that their magic ring with "perception tampering" engraved on it can cast "perception tampering" seven times a day.

These 7 times of "perception tampering" are 7 insurances to avoid disturbing the cargo ship.

In addition, he also has a magic to track the living, so he can keep an eye on the movements of the people on the ship.

As a result, Daliq agreed to Li Nuo's request to join.

The two finalized the infiltration plan, and only the two of them would carry out the infiltration operation. Everyone else was obediently waiting on the boat.

With Daric's prestige, his team members did not raise any objections. The expedition team and Ms. Esmeer also had no objections.

After some preparations, Li Nuo jumped into the pitch-black seawater with Darick in an alchemy diving suit.

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On the sea, raindrops fell from the sky, splashing black water.

Under the sea surface, the alchemy array on the back of the alchemy diving suit sprayed water, pushing Li Nuo and the two to quickly approach the cargo ship.

The appearance of this diving suit is similar to that of a frogman, with multiple practical alchemy arrays arranged on it.

There are no air bubbles coming out of the mask and no noise during fast propulsion underwater.

Bubbles and noise, the two things that might reveal his whereabouts, were dealt with by the alchemy array on the clothes.

After leaving the water surface, the seawater on the alchemy diving suit will be absorbed by the alchemy array, and the water stains on the whole body will be cleaned up in a very short time, eliminating the possibility of seawater footprints being exposed.

In addition, bulletproof, fireproof, anti-electric shock, anti-acid, anti-gas and other effects are all available.

Li Nuo thought this kind of alchemy diving suit was a controlled product, but after learning about it, he realized that it was just the regular equipment of the expedition team, not a controlled product.

"The situation at sea is much more complicated than that of a cargo ship. Of course we have to protect ourselves." That's what Hudson said when helping Li Nuo put on the diving suit.

From this, it is not difficult to infer how dangerous the sea is to human beings.

Li Nuo silently prayed that the two of them would not encounter any sea monsters when they approached the cargo ship.

He followed closely behind Darick, letting the alchemy propeller on his back propel him forward.

They were lucky, until they reached out and touched the outer metal plate of the cargo ship, they didn't encounter any sea fish or monsters.

Daric took out two sets of suction cup devices from the alchemy stone, and gave one of them to Li Nuo for use.

He stepped ahead, using the suction-cup mechanism to crawl toward the deck step by step, moving like a black gecko on the smooth outer metal panels.

Li Nuo was behind him, got used to the suction cup device, and then climbed up in style.

The boarding place chosen by the two is the open-air toilet of the cargo ship.

Open air toilets are located on the upper deck, near the stern. It is generally only used by the crew working on the outdoor platform on the upper deck.

At night, especially when it was raining, no one would show their brains and run to the open-air toilet to solve their internal emergencies while soaking in the rain.

The two came here and saw that there was no one there. The whole open-air toilet was filled with sail ropes, and there was no place to step down.

It seems that this toilet has been completely abandoned and reduced to a place for hoarding ropes.

Li Nuo and the two did not rush forward.

They ducked into the shadows of the open-air toilets, avoiding the flashing searchlights overhead.

Li Nuo stared at the patrol in the aisle above, and threw out "perception tampering", hiding the two of them from the other party's eyes.

The interval between each round of patrols is about 5 minutes. Li Nuo still has 5 "perception tampering" that can be used publicly. In theory, the two of them had thirty minutes to scout the ship.

Daric reached out and grabbed a round metal ball from the alchemy stone.

The metal sphere as a whole has a dull iron gray color, which is extremely inconspicuous in a dark environment.

Daric put the ball on the ground, put on alchemy gloves for himself, and made several gestures.

The metal sphere that received the gesture command split apart, stretched out four mechanical legs, a pair of mechanical eyes with stalks emerged from the top, and a pair of mechanical pliers appeared on both sides of the sphere.

"This is my alchemy structure, an alchemy mechanical crab. To explore the path in the depths of the crack corridor full of distortions, you have to rely on such a flexible little thing."

Daric briefly introduced the alchemical structure that looks like a crab.

He made a series of gestures and manipulated the mechanical crab to investigate the situation.

The mechanical crab came to the ceiling along the wall, avoiding the bright area illuminated by the light, and shuttled silently in the wind and rain outside corridor.

Judging by Darik's proficient appearance, it is obvious that he has been using the alchemy structure for a while.

Seeing this situation, Li Nuo felt less worried.

After all, it is the sword of the gold merchant wandering below the 20th floor of the rift corridor, and it still has some tricks, so it should not be easily discovered by the patrol team on the ship.

Li Nuo lowered his head slightly, looking at the middle deck through the floor under his feet.

After activating "Life and Death Tracking", Li Nuo's eyes turned dark, and Li Nuo saw the biochemical soldiers neatly arranged on the middle deck.

All the facilities in the middle deck were removed, and artificially transformed into a four-story Datong shop.

The four layers of bunks extend from the bow of the middle deck to the stern, and each layer is full of sleeping biochemical soldiers.

This group of biochemical soldiers transformed from ordinary people lay shoulder to shoulder on the big bunk, with their eyes closed and their breathing steady.

Their brains, which are covered by glass, expand and contract at an extremely slow frequency, and the hose connected to the head is steadily delivering fluid.

Every biochemical soldier has a pipe connected to his chest. The white steam flows from the biochemical soldier's body into the pipe, and along the pipe enters the power room on the lower deck, driving the fan blades to provide power for the entire ship.

Obviously, this is a cargo ship driven by sleeping biochemical soldiers.

Li Nuo patted Darick's shoulder and whispered:

"The magic vision tells me that there are many, many humans in the middle deck. Go there and see what's going on."

Darick turned his head and saw Li Nuo's black eyes, he guessed in his heart that this was the external manifestation of casting magic, and he was not surprised.

He nodded, made gestures, and manipulated the mechanical crab into the stairwell leading to the middle deck.

After avoiding multiple patrol teams, the mechanical crab successfully sneaked into the middle deck.

"Hiss... Is this the biochemical soldier? The stick figure you drew is still quite similar. The heads of these guys are exposed like a dipper."

Darick took a deep breath, his eyes full of shock.

He frowned, and quickly counted the number of biochemical soldiers with the help of the crab's vision brought by the "perception link".

"Four floors of Datong shop, with twenty rows on each floor... There are about two thousand biochemical soldiers here?!"

Daric lowered his voice, his tone full of surprise.

After thinking for half a second, he said:

"The situation is difficult, Li Lei. There are so many biochemical soldiers, it is far beyond our group's ability to handle. I will go to check the situation on the lower deck first, and we will retreat immediately after we find out the amount of cargo in the cargo hold."

Darick was about to control the mechanical crab, but was interrupted by Li Nuo.

Li Nuo put his hand on his shoulder, raised his finger, and pointed upwards:

"Be careful, Daric. The patrolling crew has assembled and is heading for the mid-deck. Hide your alchemy structure quickly."

Darick nodded slightly, and his gloved right hand continuously changed gestures:

"Let me find out where I can hide... Apart from the bed boards, this middle deck is full of biochemical soldiers. If those imperial people come to the middle deck to inspect the biochemical soldiers, my mechanical crab really has no place to hide."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The sound of boots stepping on the corridor came from the corridor above Li Nuo's head. All patrols came out of the cabin and moved along the outer corridor towards the stairwell to the middle deck.

Daric's right hand accelerated and changed gestures, it seemed that he was hurrying to find the place where the mechanical crab was hidden.

After about 10 seconds, the movement of his right hand stopped.

Darik breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"My alchemy structure is hidden. Where are the group of imperial people?"

Li Nuo looked through the wall and followed the patrol:

"They've just come to the corner of the stairwell."

After observing for a while, Li Nuo said:

"The patrol team didn't go to the middle deck, Darick, it was a false alarm. They went to the lower deck. Do you want to follow it with a mechanical crab? The cargo compartment on the lower deck should be locked. You follow it now, The patrol will just be able to open the door for you, but there is a risk of detection."

"Let me give it a try and see if there is a chance to get in." Daric's right hand began to gesture:

"If we really don't have a chance to check the cargo hold, we'll go back to the research ship."

Li Nuo thought for a while and said:

"I have to tell you something, Darick. I observed the captain's cabin with magic vision, and there was a very tall human being inside. Judging from his silhouette, he is not the captain of this ship. I'm sure This. On the document Cindy found for me, there is the captain's height and weight. The real captain should be a medium-sized, thin person, not a strong and tall person. Just from this person In terms of size, he is larger than the group of patrolling crew. This makes me have a bad idea..."

Li Norton paused and said:

"The crew and captain on this ship should not be the original group, Darick. They are most likely soldiers of the Empire."

Darick nodded slowly:

"It is indeed possible. No, it should be said that the real situation is like this. Ordinary crew members and captains are not capable of arranging biological and chemical soldiers. I also found that the crew members are very vigilant and have obviously received military training. Especially patrols The captain of the team. Their senses are very keen. If it weren’t for the camouflage runes on my alchemy structure, they would have discovered it a long time ago. What strength do you think these people are?”

"The squad leader is at least a second lieutenant. I saw black inkjet on the back of their heads. This is the characteristic of elite combatants. What we are facing is a group of real imperial elites." Li Nuo said.

Darick paused for two seconds:

"...the real elite. This is far trickier than I thought. So be it. I'll only try to sneak into the lower deck once. If it doesn't work this time, we'll leave immediately."

The two fell silent.

Daric concentrates on manipulating the mechanical crab.

Li Nuo stared at the captain's cabin, frowning.

After turning on "Life and Death Tracking", the first two things he did were to observe the biochemical soldiers and deconstruct the captain.

That captain was the only Imperial lieutenant on the cargo ship.

Li Nuo threw the deconstruction at him and got unexpected feedback.

【system information:】

[You are about to use deconstruction on the "Unknown Extraordinary". 】

[It is expected to consume 4000 energy points to make the deconstruction complete to 100%. 】

【Notice! 】

[The system has detected that deconstructing this character will have a negative impact on you. 】

[It is recommended to deconstruct this character in a harmless way. 】

There are three unusual things about this system message.

The first anomaly, the easiest to recognize, is that deconstruction can do harm.

The second unusual thing is:

The system uses "Extraordinary" instead of "Imperial Lieutenant" to refer to that person.

According to Li Nuo's experience:

When Li Nuo knew that someone was a wizard or a biochemical giant, the deconstruction technique he threw would give back very clear information. The system will determine that this person is "Unknown Wizard" or "Unknown Imperial Lieutenant".

If this person's Extraordinary identity is different from what Li Nuo imagined, and Li Nuo has never been in contact with this kind of Extraordinary, then the system will name him "Extraordinary".

If Li Nuo's deduction is not wrong, the imperial lieutenant in the captain's room is not the "Imperial Fist", and the opponent's extraordinary path is unknown.

The third unusual feature is the amount of stamina required to deconstruct the Imperial lieutenant.

The night Li Nuo met Betty, he found that the energy needed to deconstruct the other party was higher than that of ordinary first-ring wizards.

Later he found the reason, which was caused by Betty's part-time job as an alchemist.

For each Extraordinary identity of the deconstruction object, the energy value required for deconstruction will double.

A normal Imperial lieutenant only needs 2000 energy points to deconstruct.

The name in front of me needs 4000 points, doubled.

This shows that he also has a "side job" and has a part-time job in an extraordinary job that Li Nuo doesn't know about.

It is this extraordinary profession that will have a negative impact on Li Nuo.

Li Nuo called up the personal panel and looked at it.

【Energy value】58133/22

[Soul Strength] 1313 points

Not to mention 4,000 energy points, even if it was 40,000 points, Li Nuo could still afford it.

He calculated the reserved energy reserve.

Considering that there are many skills to be upgraded, he plans to keep more energy in his hand.

Li Nuomo read:

"System, consume 4000 energy points to harmlessly deconstruct the imperial lieutenant."

A sense of trance flashed through my mind, and a large section of system messages was refreshed.

There is one more chapter to come!