Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 390 New partner, Neptune-class battleship

There are too many treasures in the Crystal Palace, and they can't be salvaged in a while. Just as everyone in the Dawn Regiment was a little tired from fighting hard, they set up tents by the lake and planned to repair them.

There is no difference between day and night in the sea ruins. The light of the alchemy lamp illuminates the top marching tents in the jungle, and everyone is busy.

With Kama, the little apprentice, who carefully set up the tent, Su Lun also felt relieved.

The injury on his body was a "water poison" blessed by divine power, which was really tricky. Fortunately, with the help of Dr. Banks, the recovery was not slow.

It will be two days after the treasures in the Crystal Palace are salvaged.

The members of the Dawn Regiment set off.

In the dense jungle of Alcatraz Island, the leader of a thousand-person team.

Because [Sea King] was killed, the undead monsters in the sea market did not have a commander, and they could not gather a large group of monsters.

The threat to the Dawn regiment is not too great.

High-level monsters are usually not low in intelligence, and they perceive that the dawn group is not easy to provoke, and they rarely come to trouble. However, occasionally they would pass by the swamps and rivers, disturbing one or two very troublesome high-level undead monsters that were dormant. But under the concentrated fire of everyone in the dawn group, it can also be dealt with without any risk.

The crowd moved forward cautiously.

Alcatraz Island is very big, and it takes a day for a large army to march in a hurry to reach the seaside.

This trip has harvested a lot of treasures, and everyone is very excited.

In the center of the team, Su Lun and Chijo walked side by side, and there were young people from Kama's regiment beside them.

This kid Tani has been excited since last night because he got a big baby.

At this moment, he is showing off the new spell he has successfully mastered.

He used the trident to condense a big water polo, and excitedly said: "Lolotta, Karma, look, I can condense the second-order profound art [Water Element Imprisonment]!"

This technique is very complicated, even if many veteran second-order professionals in the group come, few of them can master it.

It's really amazing.

Karma listened, smiling without saying a word.

Lolota rolled his eyes at him, and said faintly, "Mr. Su Lun didn't give you that treasure. Otherwise, you're still a long way from condensing this technique."

Tani didn't mind admitting this fact, and showed off the trident in his hand again, his proud butt was almost raised to the sky, and said, "That's it! Mr. Su Lun's [Aegir's Seagod Trident] is a forbidden item. 's baby!"

As he said that, he did not forget to shout to Su Lun, "Thank you, Mr. Su Lun."

Su Lun listened and smiled and nodded.

[Egil's Seagod Trident] This forbidden item can control the waves, and it is considered a treasure of the water element, but no one in the group can use it. Su Lun first gave Tani to practice the control of the water element. He mastered the ability to control the wind and waves that his innate talent awakened.

The other members of the Dawn Regiment before and after listening to the slapstick of a few young youths also showed friendly smiles.

The forbidden item is given away as soon as it is given, which is impossible to see in any other team, even the wealthy Lu Ying royal family. Although the Dawn Regiment has only been formed not long ago, the atmosphere has become more and more harmonious over the past few days.

Listening to this guy Tani showing off so much, Lolota shook her ponytail, "Humph~"

Because of Qianjo's relationship, she and Su Lun have long known each other very well, and they can be regarded as half-disciples.

Like her teacher, this girl has developed a big personality. She immediately trotted to Su Lun's side, and said in a resentful tone: "Mr. Su Lun, you are partial."

Su Lun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't understand the hint, so he could only answer: "Haha. Next time, if there is one, I will get Lolota a famous knife too."

Lolota listened, and immediately became energetic, "Okay"

But before he could be happy, a scabbard hit his head with a thud.

She turned to look at Qianjo next to Su Lun with a face of grievance, and said with a bitter face: "Teacher, why are you knocking me again~"

Qiantiao said angrily: "If you don't practice swords well for a day, you will think about other things. Choose good things, and when you have enough kendo skills, you will naturally encounter good swords. Otherwise, even if I give you something like [Zongzheng]" You can't control the Twelve Good Workers and Famous Swords."

"Oh."

Lolota was trained to be very temperamental, and pouted, "Got it, teacher."

Saying this, the others laughed even more brilliantly.

Meanwhile, at the end of the line.

Barrett was chatting with "Red Nose" Miles, the leader of the "Black Panthers".

The family of the two was originally a long-term friend, so when they met this time, they were naturally embarrassed.

The big change of the jury caused a lot of uproar in Lu Ying. The Queen personally ordered that no one thought that Barrett could survive.

To meet again is a life-and-death farewell.

What's more, if they hadn't encountered the Dawn regiment this time, their Black Panther regiment would have been wiped out in this "sea market".

This meeting was not easy.

Two friends who have not seen each other for a long time have a lot of things to talk about since they met yesterday.

They naturally put everything in front of them into their eyes, looking at him and smiling.

Looking at the happy atmosphere of the Dawn Regiment, Miles sighed slightly, envied and said with emotion: "Your Dawn Regiment is really a very special team. That young man is indeed very powerful. However, I am also curious, why You, Barrett, who even dared to throw his hat off the Grand Marshal of the Empire, would be a squad leader in the regiment? If you were willing to stand in the team, you wouldn't have to lead the troops outside all day long. It's too early now. Even if he is a 'Lieutenant General' of the military, he won't encounter that kind of thing."

This old friend is also very puzzled. Apart from the Marfa Empire, it is hard to imagine that there are forces that can make Barrett an imperial general willingly serve. In addition to the two major empires, there is no platform that can support the development of an empire.

"The jury is a thing of the past."

Barrett shook his head bitterly, those past events were no longer important.

Honor, military rank, and status have all turned into clouds of smoke.

After this catastrophe, he also wanted to understand too many things.

He looked ahead and said meaningfully: "Su Lun is a young man with great courage and courage. The Dawn Group is also very special, everyone is excellent. In the future, it will definitely shine."

The situation of the Dawn regiment is very special now, even if it is an old friend, he did not say much.

Miles didn't ask much, but he recalled the scene of yesterday's battle, "I'll wait and see."

The genius of the imperial capital of Lu Ying is like a crucian carp crossing the river, but he has never seen such a monstrous young man.

And not only the combat power of a certain person, but the entire dawn regiment seems to make people see a vibrant atmosphere.

It was unlike any team he had ever seen.

Thinking of this, Miles sighed again, "The decaying empire is like a setting sun, it's really hard for people to see a glimmer of hope. Now that you say it, I only know that Lu Ying's situation is so bad. If it wasn't for me, I still have too many worries, I really want to meet the light of dawn with you"

Barrett's expression was also very complicated, he shook his head and chuckled, "Yes, you still have family."

When I mentioned this, Miles seemed to think of something, sighed slightly, and said again: "Hey. I didn't make the list this time. After hearing what happened to your jury, I ran a lot of relationships in Lington. , and your teachers and classmates at Zhanzheng College have also tried various methods, but to no avail. No one dares to disobey the order given by Her Lady Queen herself."

Barrett shook his head, looking down on many things: "No, don't feel guilty, my old friend. You've helped me a lot. My brothers and I, thank you very much."

"Hey"

Miles sighed.

After pondering for a moment, he said again: "If there is a chance to go back to Lingdun to see your teacher, Admiral Rostov, he wanted to protect your family because he helped you bail the jury, but the politicians in Congress took the opportunity. The suppression has also been implicated a lot.”

As he spoke, his tone suddenly became indignant: "That kind of loyal old general has been treated so unfairly, and sooner or later the empire will be devoured by those goddamn arms dealers and filthy worms!"

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Barrett listened, his expression darkened, and he did not speak.

This "Devil Island Treasure" attracted more than 100,000 people to hunt for treasures, and in the past two days, there were obviously unwitting adventurers breaking into the sea ruins one after another.

The sound of battle can be heard all over Alcatraz Island, and through the fog, the light of artillery can occasionally be seen on distant islands.

The Dawn Mission has personally tested it. There are countless undead monsters in this sea market, but not all adventure groups have the strength of the Dawn Mission.

The adventurers who have been fooled by the treasure this time are destined to suffer heavy casualties and countless deaths.

Su Lun and the others are planning to leave the sea ruins, but they also left some signs engraved with text on Alcatraz Island along the way. That's what clarifies the truth about this treasure, and how to get out of the sea ruins. It can also be considered a chance for those who survived to survive.

Now to go, but also need warships.

Two of the three ships of the Dawn Regiment were destroyed. Going to the beach to see, the remaining one was also devastated by monsters.

Obviously, the tattered ship couldn't support them all leaving.

There is a spare ship in Su Lun's small void world.

but now,

They clearly have a better option.

Su Lun has been thinking about the Neptune-class battleship "Eternal Night Emperor"!

During the first artillery battle, Dr. Banks left his mark on the black sailing warship. Now everyone in the Dawn Regiment has also searched all the way, and in a harbor, they also successfully found the legendary battleship that was quietly parked there.

There are more than a dozen tattered ancient ghost ships on the side.

Without the [Sea King], this battleship seems to have lost the king's throne, arrogant, but a little sad.

But this is good news for the Dawn regiment.

There are not many ships, which means that there are no endless undead monsters.

Su Lun and a crew member of the Dawn regiment observed on the cliff for a long time, told the dead bird to fly in a loop, and the perception professionals tried their best to confirm that there were not too many high-level undead monsters.

They decided to attack!

Not long after, the battle started.

"One group intercepted the bay, the second group cleaned up other ghost ships, and the third group rushed in with me to clean up the monsters in the cabin of the 'Eternal Night'!"

"Everyone check ammunition and prepare to fight!"

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Under the command of Barrett, the members of the Dawn Regiment bravely rushed into the bay.

Probably because those undead monsters are scattered to hunt down various adventure groups. There are not many monsters here, and it is estimated that there are ten or twenty thousand.

It's a bit cumbersome, but not too big.

Su Lun's dozens of mechanical octopuses were the first to appear, directly and completely destroying those tattered ghost ships.

Everyone in the Dawn Regiment gathered and pushed the army across, and Su Lun harvested the "gray fog" everywhere in the group, preventing the monsters from resurrecting. Their aura was like a rainbow, like sharp daggers mercilessly inserted into the group of monsters.

The battle cleanup proceeded in an orderly manner without incident.

After Barrett and Qianjo killed several high-level undead monsters, the battle came to an end.

The members of the Dawn Mission successfully boarded the "Eternal Night Dawn".

What is the experience of boarding the "Neptune-class" battleship?

The hull of more than 300 meters is really like an aircraft carrier!

The top deck is so spacious that you can even drive a quad bike around.

A random identification shows that the mast is a permanently solidified seventh-order rune variant of the [Moises Solid Rune]. This kind of rune language specially tailored for the material really achieves the perfect fit. The runes of the mast are not isolated, but are connected to the entire battleship. When the mast is attacked, the entire hull will share part of the energy shock, which also greatly increases its defense.

The wood of the ship is [Golden Oak Cursed by the Demon God], this wood is a mythological material, and antique shops occasionally have some small pieces.

Want to get a boat?

Oh, it's unpredictable.

After boarding the ship, Su Lun identified all the way because he was worried about the hidden danger on the ship.

But the more he looked at it carefully, the more shocked he was.

Every detail on the boat was used just right.

The cables on the boat were identified as being woven by the monsters [the whiskers of the mountain fish cat], which kept them from decaying for hundreds of years. But the arm-thick cable coiled on the deck is probably several kilometers long, and the amount of beard that this consumes is unimaginable.

And the most shocking thing is that the keel of the battleship is not actually wood, but the skeleton of an ancient [Blue Dragon]!

The sail is not woven, but the skin of the [deep-sea lantern fish], which has super toughness, compression resistance and corrosion resistance.

Although the ship is large, it looks like a finely crafted work of art, and the details show the wisdom of Moises, the legendary master of shipbuilding two hundred years ago.

This is a masterpiece of the highest craftsmanship of a sailing warship.

This is a "legendary battleship", even if there are blueprints, it is impossible to build a second "legendary battleship".

There were sporadic fighting sounds in the cabin, and it was the people of the dawn regiment who were cleaning up the monsters hidden in the shadows.

This huge warship has a total of six decks, which are divided into countless cabins, and the internal structure is as complicated as a tunnel.

Ammunition compartment, artillery compartment, storage compartment, waterproof compartment, galley, ship energy compartment

Huge dining hall?

Oh, this is unimaginable on other sailing warships. I heard that only the super-large infuriating warships of the Marfa Empire have such a luxurious configuration.

Before Su Lun and their three "second-class battleships", the crew members would eat by themselves, looking for the deck, or squatting in a corner to eat.

"Hahaha now our Dawn Mission has a good ship!"

"Oh, the number of soldier cabins is enough for one of us to sleep in one! The sound insulation effect of the cabin is actually so good. Haha, finally the guy Sandro who doesn't have to listen to his snoring."

"Yeah. This ship is probably built for 5,000-10,000 people as standard, and we can fit several times more people. God, the legendary 'Neptune-class' battleship is really exaggerated!"

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The crew was also excited.

The sea boat is equivalent to most of their home. With such a good boat, everyone's living and living environment has been qualitatively improved.

Su Lun followed the group members all the way down to clean up, be sure to clean up the "Eternal Night Emperor".

Because there are many mysterious cabins with special enchantments that limit perception.

All the way to clear the past, but encountered a few hundred years of evil spirits trapped on the boat and formed resentment.

If this thing is not cleaned up, it will inevitably create some "spiritual events" for the people on board at night.

As soon as Su Lun's black umbrella came out, he immediately took it as fertilizer.

The magic lights were hung up along the way, and the cabin, which had been dim for hundreds of years, was also illuminated for the first time.

After a while, they came to the artillery cabin.

The undead monsters here have been slain, and the crew is unloading the corpses with usable loot and throwing those skeleton racks into the sea.

Because Su Lun can perceive the layout of the space, when he came here, he already had a clear understanding of the structure of the entire ship in his mind.

The three-story artillery compartment is connected up and down, and the design is very delicate.

What is amazing is that after drifting in the sea market for so many years, the black powder in the ammunition sealed compartment is still very well preserved!

Several people were walking, and they were also looking around.

The most striking thing in this cabin is naturally the sixty cast-iron artillery pieces weighing several tons or even dozens of tons.

Because it was fired by those undead gunners two days ago, the cabin was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Qiantiao tapped the heavy gun barrel with his hand, making a dull sound, and muttered: "Yeah, these iron lumps are not rusted, the casting process is really good."

Barrett also looked at these old antiques, recognized them, and said with a little emotion: "This [M1817 cannon] is the most advanced artillery two hundred years ago. Now there are several samples in the museum of Luying War College. There is also the label of the Luying Military Shipyard on it. In the past, except for the royal warships, there would be no leakage from any channel. I don’t know how these pirates got it.”

Thinking that it is probably the masterpiece of those greedy arms dealers, after all, the parliament has been dominated by arms dealers for hundreds of years.

Barrett shook his head in thought.

After a pause, he added: "In order to pursue the range of this cannon, it must be made large enough, with a long enough barrel, so it also occupies a large position. In naval battles back then, there were hundreds of artillery pieces. War is Wudi's. But these days, any gun you can buy has the power of these guns. But they're smaller and more convenient."

Su Lun listened with a smile and said, "Yes. With the current number of 200 artillery pieces on one side, the artillery battle is enough to overwhelm the sailing battleship. If you replace the artillery with the current technology, the same weight, the number is completely acceptable. It can be doubled several times. Well, part of it can be replaced with ship-based rapid-fire guns and anti-ship missile launchers. It can even be added with a steam-mechanical boiler to provide some extra power when necessary.”

The exaggerated displacement of this [Eternal Night Emperor] is enough to support more heavy equipment.

Today's technology is very different from two hundred years ago. Su Lun is a mechanic himself, and he immediately thought of countless possibilities for modification.

But the question is, where are they going to get so many advanced artillery and modified equipment now?

The best ship-based artillery was in Lu Ying's army.

Might be able to get a door or two on the black market, but would like to equip them in bulk.

You have to rob the pirates of the North Sea Fleet!

Oh no!

And Archduke Raphael!

Su Lun had once seen the giant steel battleship of Archduke Raphael, and under the Archduke, he secretly developed a lot of good things.

When the topic came to this, Su Lun and Chijo and Barrett looked at each other, and the three of them could see the meaningful smile in each other's eyes.

They are pirates now.

Build it yourself, where can robbery come fast.

In a short time, Su Lun and the others cleared all the way to the bottom warehouse.

This [Eternal Night Emperor] was the pirate ship of the "Pirate Emperor" Francis Drake, and some valuable antique treasures were also found on the ship.

But after all, the Dawn Mission just came out of the Crystal Palace, and everyone has long been numb to the treasures.

Checked it out, nothing to look forward to.

"Everyone, clean up the cabin, this will be the battleship of our Dawn Regiment in the future!"

"Okay! Brothers, let's start"

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Except for the structure of the ship itself, almost all the items that came with it were decayed.

This will be the new home of the Dawn regiment in the future, and the crew members are very excited to start the cleaning work.

There is no problem with the functions of the ship, and the marine mechanics have also begun to tinker, so that they can go to sea with a little maintenance.

After cleaning up the monsters, Su Lun and the others are preparing to go up.

But at this moment, Tani's voice suddenly echoed from the bottom bin: "Mr. Su Lun, come to the cockpit, there is a small problem here."

Su Lun looked up and saw that the sound was coming from the delicate brass pipes on the wall.

Two hundred young people do not yet have a mechanical communicator, but such a large ship also needs timely communication. Therefore, the captain's cabin and the cockpit have "communication pipes" connecting all important cabins.

Shouting to the mouth, the sound can be transmitted to a specific place.

That guy Tani probably understands these old antiques, and it is useless to have a communicator. He is probably testing it.

Su Lun went all the way, and soon came to the spacious cockpit.

Tani is the chief navigator of the Dawn regiment, so the cockpit is naturally his territory, and he stays here as soon as he gets on the ship.

But looking at his frowning look now, it seems like he has encountered some trouble.

As soon as Su Lun entered, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Tani pointed to the old rudder with obvious signs of time, and said quite speechlessly: "Although I don't think a brave alchemist should say this, it seems to be really 'haunted'. I didn't move just now, but The rudder moved on its own. I checked and the structure was fine, just the gears and bearings should be oiled."

Haunted?

Su Lun raised his brows and asked, "The rudder moved by itself?"

Lolota on the side also said with a puzzled face: "Yes. Mr. Su Lun, I saw it just now."

Karma also replied: "Teacher, I saw it too. But I didn't find any trace of the ghost."

Tani shrugged, indicating that he was not talking nonsense, and then described the strange feeling in his heart with cerebral palsy, "Also, I feel as if this boat is different from other boats. It doesn't seem to like being manipulated very much. ."

For materialistic alchemists, supernatural events are almost all special phenomena of various abnormal energy overflows.

But Su Lun listened to the three of them saying this, and he also took it seriously.

[Eye of All-Knowing] After identifying it, there is nothing special. The cockpit is full of antiques, and there are a few alchemy objects, but it is nothing special.

Su Lun thought of something, took out the black umbrella and held it in his hand, and he became too keen to sense it.

Suddenly, he noticed a slight soul fluctuation, and immediately realized what was going on with this haunted incident, and muttered: "Ship ghost?"

Tani on the side listened, obviously he had heard of this term, and exclaimed: "The legendary 'ship ghost'?"

"Um."

Su Lun nodded.

It is said that some ships have been drifting at sea for a long time, because of some special circumstances, they gradually have their own spirituality.

There are many legends of "murder ships" and "ghost ships". In fact, the sea ships gave birth to evil ship ghosts, which would murder those who boarded the ship.

But there are some good ones too.

It is well documented that the ship ghost can automatically repair the ship, sail, avoid danger, find the wind, and guide the correct course.

In Su Lun's understanding, it is like a certain level of intelligent driving.

It can bring a lot of positive help to the adventure group in the sailing battle.

When he first saw the identification of the "Eternal Night Emperor", he was reminded that "it has given birth to a powerful ship ghost", but he swept around the ship before and found nowhere.

It was here.

Su Lun thought, walked over and put his hand on the handle of the rudder.

Sure enough, at this moment, he felt a faint spiritual body fluctuation.

Unlike the soul fire of humans or other creatures, the fluctuations are very weak.

But very special.

Like a little cat with a new intelligence, curious about the world, and very timid.

That "ship ghost" was probably the first to come into contact with humans, and was frightened by Su Lun's perception, and the rudder also turned nervously.

Tani, who was on the side, looked at the strange situation and whispered, "That's it! Here we go again!"

Su Lun smiled.

He touched the rudder, touched the past with his soul, and introduced himself: "My name is Su Lun, we are the 'Dawn Group'. It will definitely be the greatest adventure group on this sea in the future."

Having said this, he paused, and then asked in a very solemn tone: "Are you willing to be our partner?"

Hearing what Su Lun said, the three of Karma looked at him with strange eyes: Are you talking to the ship?

As soon as these words came out, the cabin fell into a dead silence.

It doesn't seem to get a response.

Su Lun pondered for a moment and thought of something. Suddenly, there was an aura that looked down upon the world in his eyes, and the phantom of the death god of death with a wicked scythe rose behind him. The coercion was released, and the terrifying aura that was like the coming of death instantly swept the entire cockpit.

This domineering aura made the faces of the three of Karma in the cabin turn pale.

At the same time, the "ship ghost" also felt it.

Treasures have souls, and only the strong are worthy of such a top battleship!

The "ship ghost" that was born with intelligence also felt Su Lun's mind and responded with a thought.

Although not able to talk like a human, but that means: I will.

Su Lun looked at it, the corners of his mouth raised an arc, and he caressed the rudder, as if stroking the head of a kitten: "In the future, you will be our partner!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole ship seemed to be happy, the rudder turned cheerfully, and the whole ship swayed slightly.

Like a dancing kid.

The three of Tani looked at the scene of the gods in front of them, and there were surprised and excited smiles on their faces, as if there was a cheerful atmosphere that infected them.

At the same time, on the ship, the unknown Dawn crew members were still wondering what went wrong.

Su Lun shouted loudly through the brass communication pipe in the cab: "Everyone. Welcome to our new member of the Dawn Regiment, the 'Eternal Night Emperor'!"

With that said, someone immediately understood what had just happened.

"Ship ghost! It was the ship ghost controlling the ship just now!"

"Oh my God, our battleship has a ship ghost!"

"Hahaha, welcome to join our dawn group"

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In an instant, there were warm cheers and shouts in the cabin.

(End of this chapter)