The Goblin Laboratory is the most high-end scientific research institution in the Clockwork City, a place that specializes in alchemy.
Such an important place is naturally extremely heavily guarded, but Mu You has the ability to disguise, so it is not difficult to sneak in.
Now that his demand for weapon accessories has been basically met, Mu You is ready to have a try in this so-called laboratory.
But before he could start, a prompt suddenly popped up in the game.
[You see a mechanical beetle running along the cracks in the ground to your feet, climbing up along the mecha's leg bones and onto your shoulders. 】
[Your reconnaissance beetle has reported to you some news that you may need. 】
[It learned from a conversation between two elderly goblin workers that the 'Clockwork Clock Tower', built eight hundred years ago, is located in the center of the city and is responsible for telling time throughout the city. 】
[Due to the special significance of the clock tower to the Clockwork City, if you want to ensure that the time is accurate for many years, you need an extremely precise and wear-resistant main gear. At that time, the alchemy level of the goblins was not enough to produce such sophisticated accessories. It is said that in order to build the bell tower, the chief designer had to place a precious 'golden gear' in the core mechanism of the bell tower...]
"oh?"
Mu You was stunned.
He was about to go to the goblin laboratory, but he didn't expect the news of the golden gear to arrive.
The clock tower mechanism, which needs to be highly precise, uses golden gears, which is reasonable in principle.
But after all, it happened more than 800 years ago, and the specific facts remain to be verified.
After thinking about it, Mu You decided to go to the bell tower first to confirm whether the information was true or false.
[You walk towards the central street of Clockwork City...]
[You have arrived at the foot of the 'Clockwork Clock Tower'. 】
[The clock tower is the core time-telling device of the entire Clockwork City and one of the most important buildings in the city. All the goblins and machines in the city carry out their daily work and life based on its time. Once the clock tower's time is disrupted, the entire city may fall into chaos and come to a standstill. 】
[You are hiding in the blind spot under the bell tower and activate 'Detect Sand Spider Nest'. 】
[Mechanical spiders the size of gravel crawled out of the spider nest, quickly crossed the ground, and climbed towards the top of the bell tower...]
Detecting the Sand Spider Nest is a detection device that Mu You accidentally found in the Clockwork City. It is an epic alchemy prop that can immediately produce one hundred and sixty mechanical sand spiders after activation. It lasts for one hour. Each time All have super climbing, jumping and detection abilities.
When these sand spiders leave their nests, they leave behind a piece of silk invisible to the naked eye, which can extend up to two thousand meters away. Any information the sand spiders detect along the way will be reported to the main body in real time through the silk thread.
[The sand spiders quickly climbed to the top of the bell tower and penetrated through the gaps in the surrounding walls. Complex and sophisticated mechanical clock structures constantly appear in your mind...]
[The cluster of densely biting gears could not stop the sand spiders from sneaking in. After going through many obstacles, one of the sand spiders finally reached the core of the clock tower first. 】
[You saw the only small golden light and shadow among the countless gray and black gears. 】
[Golden Gear: A gear with 'eternal' characteristics that cannot be damaged or worn in any way. 】
"It really does!"
Mu You's eyes lit up, he didn't expect the rumors from eight hundred years ago to be true!
Gears with eternal characteristics are no wonder so precious.
This thing is an accessory designed for the long-term stable operation of high-end instruments, and there are probably only a few of them in the entire Clockwork City.
The first-generation conversion device made by the old goblin was a test product for path exploration. It was used as a lower replacement just to verify the feasibility of the idea. But for formal production, if you want to maintain the stability of the conversion device under high pressure for a long time, you need something like a golden gear.
In this way, the sources of both mission props are found.
However, this clock tower is the time-telling device of the entire Clockwork City. Once the clock tower is broken, all robots' sense of time will be disrupted, so even if they know something is inside, they cannot rush to do it, otherwise they will expose themselves in advance.
We’ll talk about the golden gear later, but now we’d better go explore the goblin laboratory first.
[You have arrived in front of the goblin laboratory. 】
[This is a large-scale academic base covering an area of more than 100 acres. It is one of the areas with the strongest armed forces in the entire Clockwork City. There are a large number of fully armed guard robots patrolling outside, and there are various types of surveillance cameras all over the walls of the base. device. 】
[You switch to disguised form: cleaning robot. 】
[You swing the dust brush on your forearm, cleaning the dust along the way, and gradually approach the base gate. 】
[You crossed the cordon, and the surrounding guard robots continued to patrol as usual, turning a blind eye to you...]
Sure enough, no matter how strict the defense system is, it is difficult to avoid such basic loopholes.
The monitoring devices on the wall monitor the approach of living creatures, but mechanical bodies are not within their jurisdiction. After all, who would have thought that a mechanical body would have the consciousness of a living person?
And the cleaning robots that are spread all over the city are one of the most easily overlooked mechanical bodies. Even a place as important as Goblin Laboratory cannot lack the existence of such low-level hard workers.
[Relying on the disguised form, you successfully sneaked into the laboratory. 】
[In the main building of the laboratory, there are many cleaning robots just like you, scattered around, busy with their respective tasks. You blend in among them and are inconspicuous. 】
[You sweep past the wall, taking the opportunity to observe the layout of the building. You see various mecha models placed on exhibition racks around the building, most of which are in an unfinished state. 】
[M-9 guard robot...]
[U-7 flying reconnaissance robot...]
[S-12 Goblin manned airship...]
…
Mu You has been walking around Clockwork City in the past few days, encountering countless mechas of all kinds on the way, and he also knows the naming rules of various mechas of the goblin clan.
However, the models currently on display in this building were all mechas he had never seen before, and they were often robots of similar models, one or two generations taller, and functionally superior to the previous generation robots. More or less progress.
Muyou secretly observed all the way through the perspective of the sweeping robot, trying to find anything good.
As a result, before I read it for a while, a golden word suddenly flashed across the text, which was extremely eye-catching.
[You see two humanoid robots in front of you carefully carrying a frost-covered glass instrument. In the center of the ice and snow inside the instrument, a metal sheet the size of a baby's fist lies quietly. The surface of the sheet shines with a faint golden light. . 】
[Automatic enemy detection circuit: a type of robot combat circuit, a legendary alchemy accessory. The long-range attack triggered by the combat robot is equipped with the function of automatically tracking enemies. Attacks that are not locked on the target after being fired will automatically pursue random enemies within the range. 】
Mu You was dumbfounded and looked for enemies automatically. There is such a thing?
All long-range attacks are equipped with a tracking function, which is amazing, especially for something like a mecha. It is equivalent to transforming all bullets and artillery into missiles, and the attacks fired will be perfect. What is this concept?
If nothing else, let's just say that the two shotguns he just bought were originally range attack weapons and were not practical when fighting a single target. But with this circuit, the two guns can fire a total of 400 energy bombs per second. Pour it onto a target, and the damage will definitely explode.
[You see two robots carefully carrying the refrigeration equipment and transporting this precious combat circuit to the depths of the hall...]
As soon as he saw the thing being sent away, Mu You hurriedly controlled the character to follow him. This thing made him jealous and he had to get it.
As a result, he was stopped before he took two steps.
[You followed the robot to a workshop deep in the laboratory. Seeing two robots pushing the door open, you hurriedly followed, but as soon as you stepped into the yellow line in front of the door, the goblin guarding the door immediately scolded you: "What are you doing? Why are the cleaning robots here?"]
[The cleaning robot's program has a rule that it will never step into the cordon. The goblin noticed that your behavior was abnormal, and his eyes signaled to the two guard robots beside him to take you down. 】
[The two combat robots immediately raised their weapons towards you and were about to kill you...]
Mu You hurriedly backtracked according to the table.
Time passes and goes back to before stepping onto the yellow line, and the character is immediately ordered to cancel following.
[You stopped in front of the entrance cordon, hurriedly changed direction, continued your work as if nothing had happened, and silently moved away from the vicinity. 】
[The goblin in front of the door glanced at you, but didn't pay too much attention and continued to play with the instrument in his hand. 】
[You stay in front of the wall, motionless, pretending to stop recharging, and quietly observe the workshop. 】
[Mysterious workshop: The unmarked workshop located deep in the goblin laboratory is the core of the entire laboratory. Most of the first generation models of alchemy technology in the history of the goblins were born here. It is the gathering place of the star spirit world. A holy place where the cutting edge wisdom of alchemy crystallizes! 】
"Holy land..."
Mu You looked at the text description, thought about it, and clicked on the Sand Spider Nest in the panel.
[Mechanical sand spiders emerge from you one after another, along the cracks in the floor, and quickly pass the warning line in front of the workshop. 】
[A piercing alarm suddenly sounded in the hall: "Warning, an unknown mechanical body is trying to invade!" Along with the alarm, countless small muzzles automatically appeared on the copper and iron walls of the studio. The next second, a large amount of firelight spurted out, accurately impacting every sand spider in the cracks in the ground. 】
[All your sand spiders are dead...]
"Backtracking."
Mu You pressed the watch again, returning to the calmness just now, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
As expected of a top-secret place, the defense here is several levels higher than outside... However, the more tightly guarded a place is, the more likely it is that there are good things hidden!
The rules here are very strict, but it is not seamless. For example, just now, didn't two robots enter the door without any hindrance?
As long as there is a mechanical body that can enter, he will have a chance to sneak in.
Mu You simply stopped at the door and waited with peace of mind.
Next, robots would come in and out from time to time, and they were all the same type of robots.
Mu You carefully observed the information about this robot.
[All-round assistant robot: The great alchemist Barney Wade's personal assistant robot is specially built for himself. It can do various auxiliary tasks such as taking care of daily life, serving tea and water, transporting supplies, conveying instructions, and carving precision accessories. At the same time, it has certain combat capabilities and is equipped with an automatic counterattack device and a chaos circuit. It can serve as a personal guard at critical moments. It is also the only mechanical body qualified to freely enter and exit the core workshop. 】
"I see……"
After reading it, Mu You understood that this thing was actually the 'secretary' type robot built specifically for him by the owner of this laboratory, to handle various daily chores for it so that it could immerse itself in research with peace of mind.
Looking at this description, Mu You estimated that this great alchemist Barney might be a senior nerd who stayed in his workshop all year round and did not go out. All the work that required going out was done for him by these assistant robots.
That would be easy. He only needs to kill an assistant robot, disguise himself as the other person, and then he can easily blend in.
Next, Mu You continued to clean in the hall while waiting for movement in the distant workroom.
Unfortunately, most assistant robots only wander around the laboratory after going out, carrying some things, or transferring materials to others, etc.
Mu You could only wait patiently.
When the floor was almost washed into lenses by him, he finally got a new tip.
[You see an assistant robot walking out of the workshop holding a list of materials, without stopping in the laboratory, and running straight to the exit outside the hall...]
"coming!"
Mu You hurriedly controlled the character to follow.
[You followed the assistant robot out of the goblin laboratory and walked all the way to the alchemy warehouse on the west side. It seemed that you were going to extract materials. 】
As long as you get out of the door, you can find an opportunity to kill the opponent outside.
But this time we can no longer use the overload pen to make fire, because this thing has a special identity. If something happens and other robots see it, it will definitely notify the goblin alchemist in the laboratory, thus arousing its vigilance.
This time, Mu You could only assassinate him personally. Fortunately, he already had the capital.
Seeing the text prompting the other party to enter the warehouse, Muyou controlled the character to hide in a corner where there was no one nearby. At the same time, he removed the two devices and replaced them with a strong magnetic attractor.
[Wait for a moment, and you will see the assistant robot just now, pushing a cart of ore out of the warehouse...]
[When the assistant robot passes by the alley in front of you, you suddenly activate a strong magnetic attraction to it. 】
[Under the intense gravity, the assistant robot flies towards you uncontrollably. 】
[You take out the old-fashioned freezing device, but before you can fire out the freezing energy, a counterattack warhead automatically appears on the shoulder armor of the assistant robot and rushes towards your waist quickly. 】
[You received 341 points of damage, your waist armor was damaged, and your exoskeleton was damaged. Because of the opponent's 'chaos circuit', you enter a state of 'chaos', and all attacks have a 75% probability of hitting random directions. 】
[The next moment, your freezing energy was fired, but it hit the wrong direction, freezing the wall next to it into an ice wall. 】
[The assistant robot was unscathed and took the opportunity to activate the alarm fireworks. A gorgeous firework shot straight into the sky and exploded over the city...]
"Backtrack!"
Mu You was caught off guard by this unexpected battle. Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and pressed the watch immediately when he saw something was wrong.
The chaotic effect makes the target miss with a 75% probability. This is the first time he has seen this magical effect!
Looking at the words 'Chaos Loop' again, it is clearly a purple epic!
After Mu You was surprised, he was pleasantly surprised. The goblin engineer was indeed extraordinary. He could use a circuit of this level at will. He had so many assistant robots, one for each, which was quite arrogant. This also made him more determined to enter the mysterious workshop. .
This chaotic circuit is very strong. Fortunately, this kind of probabilistic thing is naturally defeated by the pocket watch. Mu You simply backtracked twice and successfully exempted from this effect.
[The frost energy successfully hit the assistant robot, and the robot fell into a frozen state...]
After being frozen, the rest was easy to deal with. This assistant robot was not a professional combat robot. Mu You took turns using the powerful weapons he had recently acquired, and easily wiped out the opponent's life before the freeze was lifted.
(End of chapter)
