Heaven's Formula

He knew the man standing on the far right. He was also the nominal leader of the Seven Star Army. Yuyi Shuang Wuxue.Most of the rest were high-grade alchemists whose seven stars gathered in Gyeonggi, but this was the first time he had seen this old woman.

But no matter who the opponent is, those who can walk side by side with the feathered alchemist will definitely not be easy to deal with.

Ning Weiyuan could only suppress the unhappiness in his heart, and sat back on his seat, "I wonder if this distinguished guest is..."

"I'm disappointed, I've seen Your Majesty." The other party bowed their hands, and it was considered a salute—obviously, she knew the status of Emperor Qiguo clearly.

Gongshu?

This surname made Ning Weiyuan raise his eyebrows in surprise.

Is this person in front of you the representative of Xu Guo's official family?Judging from her appearance, she is about fifty years old, and her hair is already half gray, but considering that excellent mechanics are usually those who sense energy, maybe this person is even older.It's just that growing older will bring more experience, but it will also make the hands and feet dull and the eyes blurry. The older generation of mechanics usually retreats behind the scenes, and it is really rare for someone like the other party to still fight on the front line.

"The old man came to Gyeonggi originally to visit his old friends, but unexpectedly, the Mo family avoided them. He thought that something happened to them, so he thought of coming to see His Majesty in exchange for a charter. Unexpectedly, the pressure came from the royal court." She tapped the ground regularly with her crutches, "In the past, the public losers and the Mohists also had a lot of dealings, especially in the production of some precision mechanisms. Only in prison can we prevent Jinxia City from developing more advanced mechanism creations?"

The old lady's voice was not high, but it was full of the majesty of a superior, and it was difficult for Ning Weiyuan to refute every word, "No, you misunderstood what I meant..."

"How could it be? Isn't it just a girl who ran away from the Mo family? There are more than one or two people who ran away from the public losers, and there are countless people who have spread out." She snorted softly, "Separate out So what, those people can promote the competition of technology in turn, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If you deal with it like this, I am afraid that all the agency families will not be able to stay."

"But it is a fact that Mo Yun created a large number of new weapons for Jinxia!" Ning Weiyuan said angrily, "Even the Seven Stars can hardly withstand the artillery fire of Jinxia's army! Do you think this is something that Mo Yun invented by himself? She alone People are worth all the Mohists and the public losers?"

"It's just nonsense!" Gong Shuwang suddenly shouted.

Chapter 7 New Mechanism Beast

"Don't be rude in front of His Majesty!" The cronies stood up and reprimanded.

But seeing Shuang Wuxue taking a silent step forward, he quickly retreated back.

"In the field of mechanism art, the role of a genius is as important as a hundred ordinary people, and the role of inspiration is greater than half a lifetime of contemplation. That girl may be such a person who is favored by God." The disrespectful attitude didn't bother her at all, "But who said she is stronger than the two combined? The Mo family can produce geniuses, but don't there be public losers?"

"Do you have a way to deal with Jinxia's naval forces?" Ning Weiyuan subconsciously asked.

"It seems that you don't need to tell us, you already know the news about Yazhou." Shuang Wuxue glanced at the confidant beside him, "That's fine, save me having to explain it again."

The latter shivered suddenly.

"As the king of a country, I am also worried about the situation of the territory. Is there any problem?" Ning Weiyuan pretended to be tough.

If he backed down at such a time, no one would be willing to serve him.

And he knew that Qixing's current foundation was far less solid than that of the Gyeonggi Privy Council, so the other side would not be too fussy about this kind of matter.

"No, it's my fault that we didn't notify you immediately." Sure enough, Shuang Wuxue closed her eyes, and her tone eased a little, "After all, the news came suddenly, and we have to confirm it to get the full picture of the incident."

"The things made by Mo Yun are indeed extraordinary, but they are not invulnerable." The old lady continued, "Take the artillery with an extremely long range as an example. It seems difficult to deal with it because the frontline troops lack experience. If you disperse and garrison in advance, and dig deep pits to avoid, you can greatly reduce the losses caused by the explosion."

"But I heard...there are public loser's mechanism beasts on the front line, but they are not used at all, they can only be beaten passively!" Ning Weiyuan emphasized.

"That's right, those are works of the older generation. I thought they could catch the attacker by surprise, but I didn't expect that the opponent didn't even think about going ashore." Gong Shuwang did not deny this defeat, "It's a pity that Jinxia acted too late after all. After a while, a new batch of mechanism beasts from the public loser has arrived in Shangyuan. With this batch of new weapons, the situation will no longer be as passive as before."

"New... military equipment?" Ning Weiyuan's heart skipped a beat.

As a person who marches and fights, he is inevitably full of interest in new guys who take advantage of him.

"Your Majesty wants to take a look?" the old woman smiled slightly.

He was silent for a while before he opened his mouth and said, "Can't I?"

Nine out of ten users of Mechanism Beasts are alchemists.

Once it comes to those who are sensitive, his name is not so easy to use.

"You have the final say." Gong Shuwang pointed at Yu Yi with his cane.

The latter pondered for a while, "Okay, it's okay to let His Majesty see it, and it will save you from being anxious all day long."

……

A group of people walked out of the palace and came to the original Privy Council compound.

This place has been occupied by Qixing's troops, not only a camp has been erected outside the courtyard wall, but also the guards at the entrance and exit have been replaced by alchemists from other countries.

Passing through several heavily guarded checkpoints, Ning Weiyuan followed Yu Yi Shi and others to a relatively empty square.He noticed that there were many wooden square boxes of the same length and width stacked here, each of which was about the size of a Suzhou elephant.

"Could it be that the stuff in these boxes is a mechanism beast?"

"That's right." Gong Shuwang nodded with his hands behind his back, "It's not easy to transport them to Qiguo. If we go by land, we may not be able to arrive next year."

When passing by a large wooden box, Ning Weiyuan suddenly heard a heavy panting.

His expression changed involuntarily, and he took a step back subconsciously—wait a minute, is this thing alive?Only then did he discover that the top of the box was not completely sealed, but the cover was propped up with purlins, leaving a small row of gaps, and the sound came from there.

"Don't worry, they won't cause harm to people before they are injected into the soul." The old lady said.

Inject... soul?What does this mean?

Ning Weiyuan frowned, the other party's explanation not only did not reassure him, but made him even more suspicious.

Is mechanism art already researching this kind of invisible and intangible thing?

Moreover, in the past, most of the spells involving the soul were forbidden spells of chaos, so why did Shuang Wuxue and others have the look of knowing it?

Probably seeing his confusion, Yuyi took the initiative to say, "It is different from Chaos magic, because the soul that controls the mechanism beast does not come from unpredictable evil spirits, but a specially trained alchemist. You will Naturally, you will understand." At this point, he clapped his hands and signaled the soldiers here to open the wooden box.

Soon, the mechanism beast sealed in the box showed its real body.

Ning Weiyuan felt a chill all over his body.

Is this thing really a mechanism creation?

It has four legs and two hands. If you don't look at those hands, it looks like a deformed beast covered in armor. The whole body is surrounded by silver-gray plates. It's ugly, but it's just passable.But if you count the arms that grow on the back, the situation is different.

What made him feel inexplicably repulsed was the pair of big hands—it was also made of iron armor, and its outline was similar to that of Xiji's full-body armor. Whether it was the length, position of the elbows, or the five fingers with well-defined joints, they were all similar to a magnified The manpower is the same.

Coupled with the weird brass mask with a human face on the head, he always felt that this was a portrait lying on the ground.

The Ministry of Industry has designed many agency products, including humanoid and beastlike, but none of them will mix the two together, deliberately giving people a distorted and gloomy feeling.

Is this the hallmark of a public loser?

"Start it." The old lady said to one of her clansmen.

The latter opened the movable small door behind the mechanism beast, leaned over and got into its body.

About half an hour later, the Mechanism Beast slowly stood up from its prostrate position.

The whole process was very smooth, completely different from the organs Ning Weiyuan had seen in the past, as if they were not assembled mechanically, but suddenly came to life.

"But what does this have to do with injecting souls?" He looked at the mechanism animal way in front of him that was moving his wrists. "Besides, just relying on a pair of mechanism iron hands, there is no way to compete with the Jinxia Army's artillery."

"Don't worry, the fun is yet to come." Gong Shuwang said calmly.

Just as she finished speaking, several wooden boxes suddenly shook violently!Several mechanism beasts opened their arms, stepped out of the wooden box, and went straight to the hall not far away.In just a few breaths, they climbed up the wall and stood at the top of the hall!

Ning Weiyuan was dumbfounded.

These mechanism beasts have never been approached by anyone, which means that they can act autonomously without human manipulation!

Moreover, the agility and powerful explosive power shown in this climbing and jumping completely overturned his understanding of mechanism creation.If it was changed to the battlefield, he could imagine what such a flexible "mobile fortress" represented with his eyes closed.

When a unit equipped with this kind of mechanism beast faces a regular enemy force, its impact is absolutely overwhelming.

Chapter 7 and Three

"Unbelievable, isn't it?" Yu Yi raised the corners of his mouth, "Even I, when I saw this masterpiece for the first time, I couldn't help being extremely shocked."

"This research is thanks to the support given by the Seven Stars Privy Council. There are not so many alchemists who provide their own ideas of techniques, and the public losers can't turn their ideas into reality so quickly." Although the public loser said modestly, his expression was not too How humble.She turned her head to look at Ning Weiyuan, "How is it? You should be able to understand the fighting ability of this kind of mechanical beast, right?"

Although he didn't have much affection for the old woman, Ning Weiyuan had to admit that this thing definitely subverted the concept of combat, "Isn't it afraid of pain? Even if it's a deadly situation, they won't back down?"

"This is the scariest thing about the beast." Gong Shuwang nodded, "Ordinary swords can't damage its outer armor at all. As long as its energy is not exhausted, it can fight to the end."

"If there are a hundred of these mechanism beasts... they can defeat ten thousand troops!" He made a judgment, "However, they won't regard their own people as enemies?"

"Your Majesty can rest assured. They seem to be taking the initiative, but someone is actually controlling them."

"You mean... the first person to get into the mechanism beast?" Ning Weiyuan asked.

"That's right, Your Majesty has seen bees before." Gong Shuwang explained, "A queen bee can command millions of worker bees, and the latter serve only for the queen bee from birth, as if they are just a shell without a soul. These mechanism beasts The same is true, as long as one person acts as the core of consciousness, it can instruct three to four mechanical beasts of the same type to accompany it. Therefore, I named it Truth Listening, which means listening to the heart faithfully."

Isn't the injected soul the evil spirit, but the consciousness of the controller?

This thought reassured Ning Weiyuan a little.

But soon another question quietly surfaced.

Mechanisms have no soul at all—they are usually made of gears and screws, and it is impossible to feel human emotions.In other words, the things covered under these iron armors are unlikely to be ordinary mechanism components.

So what will its interior look like?

If you uncover this layer of armor, what will you see?

Live flesh and blood...

This thought made Ning Weiyuan feel sour in his stomach, even on the battlefield where the stumps were everywhere, he had never felt this way before.

But he didn't ask any more questions.

There is no doubt that the Ning family dynasty needs to rely on these powerful war machines to eliminate the enemy.

As for the technology used by the Seven Star Privy Council to achieve this, that is beyond the scope of his concern.

"Is this thing... easy to manufacture?" Ning Weiyuan changed the subject.

"It takes eight hundred catties of wrought iron, one hundred catties of red copper, and all kinds of mechanism joints and gold wires. And this is just the consumption of a Ting Ting." Gong Shuwang said bluntly, "It's not easy, but it doesn't mean the future So too."

"One of the great advantages of the Seven-Star Privy Council is that it can concentrate the power of all countries to complete the plan." Shuang Wuxue continued, "Once the production of the Ministry of Industry is on track, a large number of Truth Ting can be assembled continuously. Limiting it to become an army , on the contrary, there are enough people who are sensitive. The three-year examination can no longer meet the needs of the Privy Council, and starting from this year, it will be adjusted to once a year."

In other words, after this year, the mechanism beast will become the main weapon in the battle between the two sides.

Ning Weiyuan realized that the battlefield he knew no longer existed.

……

A week later, Noah's tree boat approached the waters of Yazhou Port for the third time.

During these seven days, they successively sank four transport ships from the north and seized a large amount of supplies.But the manpower is the most rewarding one—whenever a ship from Xu State comes to your door, Chi will create a small area of ​​windless zone, making it difficult for the sailing ship to move forward; Persuasion to capitulate” is generally successful.After transferring the goods and captives, Noah will fire the cannon to sink the ship, thereby weakening the shipping capacity of the Seven Stars.

It's not that they don't want to confiscate the boat, but Xu's Jiaotou boat is essentially an inland river boat, and it's basically a square shape under the waterline, so it's too troublesome to modify it.Therefore, after telegramming Mo Yun's opinion, Yan Qing decided to destroy it on the spot.

These days, the means of communication at sea are extremely scarce, and the carrier pigeons and fast horses that are usually useful are useless. In addition, there are continuous mountains to the north of Qi State. When Xu State realizes that there is a problem at sea, it may be possible to use Almost all ships were lost.And the time to build a Jiaotou ship is calculated in years. As long as Noah hangs around for another ten days and a half months, there may be no more ships available for the seven-star shipping line.

In the evening, the watchman noticed some movement on the shore.

He quickly reported the situation to the lock weaver Yan Qing.

"It seems that Qixing wants to rebuild the pier?" The latter put down the binoculars and said, "But it seems that all the people gathered on the shore are local residents."

"It's probably a coolie recruited by force." Gan frowned slightly.Before, he thought that Gyeonggi Prefecture was much more enlightened than the imperial court, but now that he had distanced himself, he found that the Qixing Privy Council Mansion was not as fascinating as described.Perhaps he stayed in Jinxia for so long that he ignored the difference between the two regimes of the gas-sensing people. "If we drive them away with artillery, they will surely suffer heavy casualties."

"Then let's wait until four o'clock tomorrow morning (six o'clock in the morning)." Yan Qing thought for a while and decided, "Before they start work, we only need to destroy the pier and trestle."

When the sun sank below the sea horizon, Noah's tree boat also stopped.

The distance between the two sides is still thirty miles, and all the lights on the outside of the tree boat are extinguished to ensure that it is completely hidden in the night.There are no other ships around Yazhou Port, so the tree boat occupies the absolute initiative within this distance.

However, not long after midnight ([-]:[-] p.m.), Yan Qing heard a dull crash.

It seemed to come from the bottom of a tree boat.

This unusual noise made her immediately put on her robe and walk out of the room.

A moment later, a tumbling ball of fire rose from the west of Noah, illuminating half of the night sky in the blink of an eye!At the same time, the night watch elves also sounded the alarm of enemy attack!

Yan Qing turned around and went straight to the tree platform——if she was just a green sword, she would definitely go into battle immediately at this time, but she is also the commander of the alchemist team on this trip, and her priority is to determine the enemy's situation and think about countermeasures Task.

On the tree platform, the high priest Senia and the elder Pang Ting of the Shaman family were also in place. They were perceiving everything that happened on the treeboat through the canopy of the spirit tree.

"Who is the enemy?" Yan Qing asked, "Is it the warship of Seven Stars?"

"No... there are no ships around Noah," Senia closed her eyes, and replied while connecting to the spirit tree, "the tree boat was attacked in many places, and the attackers moved extremely fast, like some kind of large Like a beast!"

beast?

in the sea?

Before Yan Qing had time to ask, the high priest's face suddenly changed, "A few are coming towards the tree platform!"

As soon as her words fell, several black shadows jumped out from the dense canopy of the tree, and smashed into the center of the tree platform with a bang!

Chapter 7 Weaving Locks

What is this……

Yan Qing was horrified.Four-legged hands, with a human face mask on his head, mechanism beast?No, its movements are far more flexible than the mechanism beast, even the Suzaku, the third princess's car, can't reach such a smooth level.

The shock was the shock, but fighting had already become Qingjian's instinct. At the same time as the high priest issued a warning, she had already buried the chains in the tree platform. The moment the enemy landed, dozens of chains shot up into the sky, imprisoning the opponent in place.