The minecart ride to Clockwork City takes more than ten hours, and during this time there is nothing to do in the game.
But in reality, there are still things to do.
As the clock hands crossed twelve o'clock in the night, the time came to September 1st, which happened to be Monday again.
Mu You walked into the lock core space and came to the ancient tree of knowledge.
Lin Xue and Xiaoya have already taken full advantage of the intelligence increased by the ancient tree of knowledge. Even Lin Hai was quietly pulled over yesterday to improve his intelligence.
The only thing missing now is that Mu You hasn't gone in yet, so he plans to take this opportunity to quickly upgrade it, and then the ancient tree can be rented out and converted into actual income.
The time for intelligence improvement is proportional to the current intelligence value. Before entering, Mu You deliberately took off all the intelligence-enhancing equipment from his body, and took a point-washing potion to wash away all the free attribute points, leaving only the basic attributes.
At this time, his intelligence value was only the basic 16 points and the 2 points provided by the Temple of Wisdom. Mu You then stepped into the ancient tree and meditated.
Two hours later, when Mu You walked out of the ancient tree again, he had filled up the ancient tree's ten intelligence points, and his intelligence had reached 28 points.
After putting on all the equipment again, Mu You opened the panel, carefully planned it, and began to adjust attributes.
Leave 3 points for free attributes as a spare, raise your constitution to 30 to ensure that your health is not too low, and add the rest to strength, sensitivity, and intelligence, and ensure that the ratio of the three attributes is 123.
The attributes finally deployed are: strength 26, agility 52, intelligence 78, constitution 30, free attribute 3 points, health value 7000, and magic value 11800.
Early the next morning, when Mu You woke up, Lin Xue and Xiaoya had already come to the store.
The characters in the game are still on the road, and Mu You has nothing to do during the day, so he is going to take care of the pet shop.
Xiaoya went to shine the light of evolution on the animals as usual, and Mu You also sent two Chimera dragon eggs over to bask in the light.
There is only one dragon training stone. Whichever of the two dragon eggs hatches first will be used. The other one will have to be left alone and we will figure out a solution later.
After placing the dragon eggs, Mu You was about to go out and place the other animals. As soon as he came out of the space, he saw Lin Xue standing in front of the window sill in a daze, with a worried look on his eyebrows.
"What's wrong?"
Mu You walked over strangely, and it was the first time he saw Lin Xue showing such hesitation.
"My inheritance mission was completed last night..." Lin Xue said.
"Oh? It's all done?" Mu You was surprised.
"It's not that I'm done, but I've completed all the pre-tests and started the final step of 'The Tomb of Death', which requires me to go to the burial place of the God of Death in real life four days later. According to the instructions in the game, there will no longer be anything in this level. Monsters and mechanisms block the way, so you only need to enter the Death Cemetery and receive the inheritance of the Death Apostle..." Lin Xue said.
"Oh...that's good."
Mu You still looked at her in confusion. It sounded like everything went smoothly. The most difficult process was completed, and he was just short of receiving the award. Why was she frowning instead.
"The problem is... there is another competitor for this final mission who will also be participating at the same time..." Lin Xue sighed.
"competitor?"
Mu You was stunned: "You mean, there are other heirs of the Death God bloodline?"
He had always thought that the bloodline of the Death God clan was the only one, the one passed down from Grandma Lin Xue, but in the end, there were actually other clansmen?
"Yes……"
"So that's it..."
Mu You nodded.
In this way, the inheritance mission that Lin Xue received was actually not a single-player mission at all, but a multi-player competitive mission. The final inheritance of the Death God would probably have to be won...
Mu You looked thoughtfully at Vivian in front of the birdcage in the distance. It seemed that this was the source of the crisis that he divined for Lin Xue that day.
Mu You wanted to ask Vivian what would happen next, but looking at the way Vivian closed her eyes to rest, it was obviously impossible to tell them.
"Can anyone else help with this task?" Mu You asked after thinking about it.
"You can bring people into the Tomb of Death, but the number of companions cannot exceed three people, and they can only move around the periphery. Only heirs of Death's bloodline can enter the core area of the cemetery," Lin Xue said.
"Okay, then Vivian and I will go with you, and you can also bring Shadow Wolf with you." Mu You nodded.
Four days later is Friday, and the door cooling will end on Wednesday, which is enough time.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine as long as Vivian is here." Mu You comforted Lin Xue when she saw that she still looked worried.
This was also the reason for him to agree to Lin Xue to complete the mission. Vivian had personally divined it. Since she did not stop Lin Xue from going in the end, it meant that she knew what was going on, so Lin Xue should not be in too much danger.
"Um……"
Lin Xue nodded, and the worry in his eyes disappeared a little, but it was still not gone.
She didn't know why, but she always felt that she would lose something very important during this trip... She didn't know what exactly she would lose, but this was the first time she felt this completely unfounded fear...
Lin Xue's thoughts were not understood by Mu You. Soon the business hours came and the three of them were devoted to the operation of the store.
After another day of welcome and send-off, at 2:30 in the afternoon, Mu You opened the game on time.
At this time, the minecart's journey is coming to an end.
[After more than ten hours of jolting in the dark underground tunnel, you were exhausted both physically and mentally, and your whole body was almost falling apart. 】
[A burst of light suddenly hit the front, and the mine cart rushed out of the underground mine tunnel and came to a vast plain. 】
[You see a huge city looming in the mist ahead, standing on a gray-yellow background. This is the goal of your trip, Clockwork City! 】
[As the minecart drives quickly towards the city, you finally gradually see the whole city clearly. 】
[This is a huge steel city with a circular shape and is covered by dark yellow and light red copper and iron walls. It is full of steampunk style. 】
[The entire city is filled with buildings made of steel and alchemy devices. Countless high-rise buildings and castles rise from the ground, getting taller and taller from the outside to the inside. The tallest tower in the heart of the city, stretching upwards into invisible fog and clouds.
Black smoke from steam and factory chimneys in the city hangs over the city, making the air near the city smell unpleasant and fishy. But the goblins seem to like the smell of sulfur and burnt smoke. They stubbornly believe that this is a symbol of civilization and wisdom. A large number of goblins gather happily to live and work in this alchemical city...]
[You see more railroad tracks extending from all directions around you, intersecting in front of the city entrance. The intersection seems to be a processing site similar to a lighthouse platform, with a large number of robots busy in the site...]
Finally arrived at Clockwork City, but before entering the city, they encountered another checkpoint, and Mu You hurriedly chose to 'jump out of the car'.
[Before the minecart approached the site, you released the phantom and left the minecart, appearing behind a dirt bag. 】
[You show your head and silently observe the site in front of you. 】
[Three goblins are sitting in the station, registering all the minecarts entering the station. In addition to more than ten engineering robots, there are seven self-propelled artillery around them. The rotating muzzles are constantly scanning the surroundings for any unknown creatures approaching. , will cause them to fire immediately. 】
[After observing for a moment, you realize that there is no possibility of forceful entry, so you have to remain invisible and sneak around the site. Holding the passage gem given by the old goblin Eugene, you approach the city gate from another direction, trying to get through. 】
[Unfortunately, you underestimated the defense strength of this goblin base. 】
[You have just approached within a hundred meters of the city wall, and the countless alchemy cannons on the top of the city wall all turned their muzzles and pointed them at you. In the face of the most advanced goblin technology, all types of invisibility will be invisible. 】
[The next second, the alarm sounded throughout the base, and the reconnaissance robot sensed the traitor's breath. And the moment the alarm sounded, you were overwhelmed by the explosion of countless artillery pieces, shattered into dust and dissipated...]
"Depend on!"
Mu You pressed the pocket watch decisively.
Sure enough, this goblin's lair is not that easy to break into. Moreover, the gems given by the old goblin man were useless, and he was directly judged as a traitor...
There was no way, the main entrance here was impassable, so Mu You had no choice but to find another entrance. It was really impossible to enter the city from underground or underwater.
In his view, no matter how tightly sealed a city is, it cannot be completely impenetrable. There will always be some gaps.
Next, Mu You began to control the character and circle around the outside of Clockwork City. No matter what, he first explored the environment around the city.
This city is astonishingly large, and it will definitely take a long time to explore it within a week. Mu You has already prepared his strength and is ready for a protracted battle.
As a result, before he could find the entrance, a strange text popped up only two or three hours later.
[You have arrived at the swamp area on the west side of Clockwork City. The ground here is muddy and difficult to walk on. Stinky ditches are all over the barren land. The smell is even more unpleasant and pungent than in front of the city gate. 】
[You endure the smell and continue to explore. After walking forward for a while, you suddenly feel a strange wave coming from somewhere in front, which seems to be summoning something in you. 】
[You check and find that what responds to this fluctuation is the inheritance crystal in your body...]
"Inherited crystal?"
Mu You was stunned for a moment. Isn't this something only the Sky City Lord has? On the territory of the goblins, what could summon the Fool's inheritance crystal?
Mu You couldn't judge for a moment and decided to go over and take a look first.
[You chose to follow this wave and followed the direction guided by the inheritance crystal...]
[You come to a huge garbage dump. 】
[This is the swamp area in the west of Clockwork City. Because corrosive acid grows under the surface all year round, this area cannot grow crops or live for a long time. However, the acid here has the effect of corroding and digesting metal waste, so it is regarded by the goblins as A place where alchemical waste is stored. 】
[You step into this area filled with garbage. There are a large number of scattered metal parts piled on the ground, which are either rusty or riddled with holes. 】
[These alchemy accessories that may have been fine and useful in the past have now lost their luster and become useless garbage, accumulating here with almost no place to stay. 】
[You carefully avoid the sewage and acid on the ground and walk into one of the garbage piles. According to the guidance of the crystal, the thing calling is under the garbage mountain. 】
[You throw away the garbage on the surface and dig deeper...]
[You dug all the way to the bottom of this garbage mountain, and then you salvaged the remains of a robot from the acid pit below. 】
[This robot wreckage has no limbs and head, and its surface is corroded by acid and has no human shape. You rinsed away the stains and rust on the surface of the wreckage with clean water, peeled off the back shell, and discovered that there was actually a intact and shiny metal cube hidden under the robot's tattered shell. 】
[You feel the aura of 'relic' from this metal cube. 】
"Relic?" Mu You was stunned.
So, is this thing really left by a certain ancestor of the Fool?
[You carefully take out the metal block. As soon as you take it, the metal block immediately starts to automatically change its shape in your hand, and finally fixes into the shape of a small mechanical doll, only the size of a figure. It falls in your hand and stops moving. 】
[At the same time, the mechanical doll's eyes emit a ray of light, forming an image in front of you. In the image is a middle-aged man with a serious face. 】
["I am Tarif Kent, an alchemist from the Sky Clan." A voice came from the video. 】
["No matter who you are, since you can find the 'final masterpiece', it means that you must be the lord of a certain sky city, then you must be a descendant of the Fool..."]
The man in the image then began to explain his experience.
In the narrative of the text, he is a genius with superhuman talent in alchemy, who is committed to researching the idea of letting the fool's soul enter the inside of the mechanical body, thereby abandoning the physical body and achieving immortality with the mechanical body.
However, alchemy was not popular among Fools, and his idea was not recognized by the mainstream group of Fools at that time.
In order to advance his alchemy further, this man chose to cooperate with the goblins and use their most advanced alchemy equipment to continue his research.
And in the end, this person really succeeded, creating the 'final masterpiece' that can carry the fool's soul, and the 'eternal power furnace' that is suitable for the final masterpiece!
【I succeeded! But the despicable goblins betrayed me at the last moment, killed me in a sneak attack, and took away the Eternal Power Furnace to power their own city. 】
[Young Fool, I now give you the 'final masterpiece', please be sure to take back the Eternal Power Furnace! 】
Along with the last statement, a new prompt pops up.
[You have obtained a hidden relic: the special skin 'T-K2300 type robot' (aka the final masterpiece). 】
[Final masterpiece: The person who holds this relic will have a skin cap of +2 and will automatically receive the special skin 'T-K2300'. This skin is a growable robot with the ability: disguise, and can disguise itself as the appearance of a robot it has killed. Evolve, and can be integrated with the accessories of other alchemy robots to gain corresponding functions. 】
[Note: When loading this skin, you will temporarily lose your flesh and blood body, all physical attributes will return to zero, and you will not be able to use any magic and props. 】
(End of chapter)
