After hearing that the ship used biochemical soldiers as a power source, Darrick looked around and asked:
"Does anyone know how much thrust can drive that cargo ship? How many biochemical soldiers are needed to create such thrust? There can't be hundreds or thousands of biochemical soldiers on that ship, right? What is the difference between this and declaring war on the Alchemy Temple? ?”
"Let me figure it out, let me figure it out..."
Hudson's arms waved in the air like the tentacles of an octopus. While sketching the interior layout of the cargo ship in his mind, he muttered:
"The sail room, coal storage bin, and combustion chamber are all occupied, which means that the weight of coal must be reduced from the weight of the entire ship. Assuming that the ship is fully loaded, it needs to continuously output at least 1,000 It requires horsepower to sail on the sea. Does anyone know how much thrust a biochemical soldier can provide?”
Everyone looked at Li Nuo again.
Li Nuo spread his hands:
"Sorry, everyone. There is no detailed data on biochemical soldiers in the intelligence I received. This is the top secret of the Tatis Empire's MI3. I have only seen images of biochemical soldiers, and this is the first time I have seen the real ones. We might as well make the worst assumption. For example, that ship is full of biochemical soldiers, they are stacked together like bricks, at least one or two thousand."
There was silence for a few seconds.
Darrick clapped his hands:
"Li Lei is right, we have to prepare for the worst outcome. We first use diving equipment to board the ship secretly and determine the number of cargo and biochemical soldiers on the ship. If the reconnaissance results are really shocking, then we will trigger the 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 would deal with the cargo ship."
As Darik gave orders, the cabin became busy.
Lady Esmere uses alchemical sea fish to monitor cargo ships. Haidson and other expedition team members worked together according to the division of labor. Some started the boat and approached the cargo ship in a stealth state, while others prepared diving equipment.
It is very dangerous to board a ship to conduct reconnaissance. If you are not careful, your traces will be exposed.
Theoretically speaking, it is the safest and most reliable way for Li Nuo to use psychic magic to detect cargo ships.
But Li Nuo didn't want to expose his trump card.
He planned to board the ship himself to check the situation.
In such a short period of time, Li Nuo used "jump of vision" to walk around the cargo ship. He found no trace of the Imperial Lieutenant.
This guy locked himself in the fully enclosed captain's cabin and never came out.
Only one magic vision can be in effect at the same time. When Li Nuo turns on "Psychic Vision", he cannot turn on "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 using "mental vision".
Such 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 cabin, and then deconstruct the target.
Another reason that forced Li Nuo to board the ship was to protect Darik and the others. Li Nuo didn't want to cause unnecessary casualties due to an infiltration operation.
Whether it was a failure of the operation or attrition, these were not the results Li Nuo wanted to see.
He discussed it with Darik and proposed to personally participate in the infiltration operation.
Darik wanted to refuse.
But he soon changed his mind because of Li Nuo's actions.
Li Nuo put an iron ring on himself, pretended to activate the magic on the ring, and released "Perception Tampering" towards Darik.
After obtaining "River of the Soul: Second Volume", Li Nuo learned several new psychic magics.
"Perceptual tampering" is one of them.
This psychic magic is of great use.
"Perception blockage" simply reduces the range of perception.
"Perception tampering" is the result of tampering with the target's perception.
It allows a person to mistake an apple for a pear and a toilet plug for a spoon.
You can also make a living person become the air in the target's eyes.
After Li Nuo cast "Perception Tampering" on Darik, his sense of existence in the eyes of the other party became zero and reduced to an existence like air.
When demonstrating this magic, Li Nuo stood five meters away from Darik in the front area.
As long as Darik is not blind, he can definitely see him.
The actual situation is that even if Darik looks directly in Li Nuo's direction, he cannot detect Li Nuo's existence, just as if Li Nuo is not standing in front of him.
When others asked him what he saw, he only said that he saw things like the floor, walls, and wall lamps of the cabin, and completely failed to notice Li Nuo's existence.
This is the power of "perception tampering".
Of course, because the level of this spell was so different from Daric's level, the spell only lasted about 1 second before it expired. Darrick rubbed his eyes, concentrated his attention, took a closer look, and immediately noticed Li Nuo standing in front of him.
Even Daric, a fifth-level alchemist, was addicted to "perception tampering", let alone the Imperial people on the cargo ship.
As for why they didn't use the "Psychic Beacon" and "Psychic Sight" to detect the cargo ship in the name of a magic ring.
Li Nuo considered this issue carefully.
The first reason is that "Psychic Beacon" is a high-level psychic magic that is very rare and can only be used with the authorization of the lecturer.
He is a death wizard, and he has a magic ring inscribed with ordinary spiritual magic. This is still reasonable.
But if you take out a magic ring inscribed with high-level spiritual magic, no matter how you explain it, it will lead to speculation.
Secondly, without the help of "Psychic Beacon", Li Nuo would have to throw "Psychic Sight" at the imperial soldiers, which might trigger the other party's psychic alertness and thus alert the enemy.
In order to avoid this series of troublesome things, Li Nuo simply concealed the "Psychic Beacon" and "Psychic Sight", and instead showed "Perception Tampering" under the guise of a magic ring.
Li Nuo and Darik said that their magic ring, which was inscribed with "Perception Tampering", could cast "Perception Tampering" 7 times a day.
These 7 "perception tampering" are 7 insurances to avoid alerting the cargo ship.
In addition, he also has the magic to track the living and can keep an eye on the movements of people on the ship in real time.
As a result, Darik 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 waiting on the boat.
With Darik's authority, his team members did not raise any objections. The expedition team members and Ms. Esmere also had no objections.
After some preparations, Li Nuo wore an alchemy diving suit and jumped into the dark sea water with Darik.
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On the sea, raindrops fell from the sky, splashing black water.
Under the sea, 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 formations arranged on it.
When propelling quickly underwater, there will be no air bubbles flowing out of the mask, and there will be no noise.
Bubbles and noise, two things that might reveal his whereabouts, were dealt with by the alchemy array on his clothes.
After leaving the water, the seawater on the alchemy diving suit will be absorbed by the alchemy array, cleaning up the water stains all over the body in a very short time, eliminating the possibility of exposing traces of seawater footprints.
In addition, it is bulletproof, fireproof, anti-electric shock, anti-strong acid, anti-gas, etc.
Li Nuo thought that this alchemy diving suit was a controlled product, but after getting to know it, he realized that it was just a regular equipment of the expedition team and was not a controlled product.
"The situation at sea is much more complicated than a cargo ship. Of course we have to protect ourselves." Haidson said this when he helped Li Nuo put on his diving suit.
It is not difficult to infer how dangerous the sea is to humans.
Li Nuo silently prayed that the two of them would not encounter any sea monsters when they approached the cargo ship.
He followed Darik closely, letting the alchemical propeller on his back push him forward.
They were lucky. They didn't encounter any sea fish or monsters until they reached out and touched the outer metal plate of the cargo ship.
Darrick took out two pairs of suction cup devices from the alchemy stone and handed one of them to Li Nuo for use.
He took one step ahead, using his suction cup device to crawl toward the deck step by step, moving like a black gecko over the smooth exterior metal panels.
Behind him, Li Nuo got used to the suction cup device, and then climbed up in style.
The place the two chose to board the ship was the open-air toilet on the cargo ship.
The open-air toilet is located on the upper deck, near the stern. Generally only crew members working on the outdoor platform on the upper deck will use it.
At night, especially on rainy nights, no one would be smart enough to go to the open-air toilet and get soaked in the rain while solving their internal problems.
When the two came to the place, they found it was deserted. The entire open-air toilet was filled with sail ropes, and there was no place to even step down.
It seems that this toilet has been completely abandoned and has been reduced to a place where ropes are stored.
Li Nuo and the two did not move forward rashly.
They ducked into the shadows of the open-air toilets, avoiding the flashing searchlights overhead.
Li Nuo kept a close eye on the patrol in the corridor above and threw out "Perception Tampering" to hide the two of them from the other party's eyes.
The interval between each patrol is about 5 minutes. Li Nuo still has 5 "perceptual tampering" left that can be used publicly. Theoretically, the pair had 30 minutes to scout the ship.
Darrick reached out and grabbed a round metal ball from the alchemy stone.
This metal ball appears as a whole in a dull iron-gray color, making it extremely inconspicuous in a dark environment.
Darrick put the ball on the ground, put on the alchemy gloves on himself, and made a few gestures.
After receiving the gesture command, the metal ball split apart and stretched out four mechanical legs. A pair of mechanical eyes with eye stalks appeared on the top, and a pair of mechanical pliers appeared on both sides of the ball.
"This is my alchemical structure, an alchemical mechanical crab. To explore the depths of the cracked corridor full of aberrations, you have to rely on a flexible little thing like it."
Darrick briefly introduced the crab-looking alchemical structure.
He made a series of hand gestures to control the mechanical crab to explore the situation.
The mechanical crab moved along the wall to the ceiling, avoiding the bright areas illuminated by lights, and silently shuttled through the windy and rainy outer corridor.
Judging from Darik's proficient look, it was obvious that he had been using alchemical constructs for some time.
Seeing this situation, Li Nuo's worries eased a little.
After all, the Gold Merchant's Sword wandering below the 20th floor of the Crack Corridor is still capable of doing something, so it should not be easily discovered by the patrol on the ship.
Li Nuo lowered his head slightly and looked at the middle deck through the floor beneath his feet.
Activating "Life and Death Tracking", Li Nuo's eyes turned dark, and he saw the biochemical soldiers neatly arranged in the middle deck.
All the facilities in the middle deck were removed and artificially transformed into a four-story Datongbu.
The four-level bunkhouse extends from the bow of the middle deck to the stern, and each level is filled with sleeping biochemical soldiers.
This group of biochemical soldiers transformed from ordinary people lay shoulder to shoulder on the Datong bunk, with their eyes closed and their breathing steady.
Their heads, shrouded in glass, opened and closed at an extremely slow frequency, and the hose connected to their heads steadily delivered fluid.
Each biochemical soldier has a pipe connected to his chest. White steam flows from the biochemical soldier into the pipe, and along the pipe enters the power room on the lower deck, pushing the fan blades to rotate, providing power to the entire ship.
Obviously, this is a cargo ship driven by sleeping biochemical soldiers.
Li Nuo patted Darik's shoulder and whispered:
"Magical vision tells me that there are many, many humans in the middle deck. Go there and see what's going on."
Darrick turned his head and saw Li Nuo's dark eyes. He guessed that this was an external manifestation of magic and was not surprised.
He nodded, made gestures, and controlled the mechanical crab to enter the stairwell to the middle deck.
After avoiding multiple patrol teams, the mechanical crab successfully sneaked into the middle deck.
"Hiss...are these biochemical soldiers? The simple diagram you drew is quite similar. The heads of these guys are exposed like gourds."
Darrick 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 "sense link".
"Four floors of Datongbu, with twenty rows on each floor... there are about two thousand biochemical soldiers here?!"
Darrick lowered his voice, his tone full of surprise.
He thought for half a second and said:
"The situation is difficult, Li Lei. There are so many biochemical soldiers, which is far more than our group can 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 goods in the cargo hold."
Darrick was about to control the mechanical crab, but was interrupted by Li Nuo.
Li Nuo raised his hand and put it on his shoulder, raised his finger and pointed upward:
"Be careful, Dalek. The patrol crew has gathered and is heading to the middle deck. Hide your alchemical construct quickly."
Darik nodded slightly and continued to change gestures with his gloved right hand:
"Let me look for a place to hide... In addition to the bed boards, the middle deck is full of biochemical soldiers. If those Imperial people come to the middle deck to check the biochemical soldiers, my mechanical crab really has no place to hide."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The sound of boots hitting the corridor came from the corridor above Li Nuo's head. All patrols walked out of the cabin and moved along the outer corridor towards the stairwell to the middle deck.
Darik's right hand changed gestures rapidly, and it seemed that he was seizing the time to find the place where the mechanical crab was hidden.
After about 10 seconds, the movement of his right hand stopped.
Darrick breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"My alchemical construct is hidden. Where are those Imperial people?"
Li Nuo's eyes passed through the wall and followed the movement of the patrol:
"They just came around the corner of the stairwell."
After observing for a moment, Li Nuo said:
"The patrol did not go to the middle deck, Darik, it was just a false alarm. They went to the lower deck. Do you want to use the mechanical crab to follow them and have a look? The cargo hold on the lower deck should be locked. You follow now, The patrol can just open the door for you, but there’s a chance they’ll be discovered.”
"Let me give it a try and see if I have a chance to sneak in." Darrick began to make gestures with his right hand:
"If there is really no chance to explore the cargo hold, we will return to the research ship."
Li Nuo thought for a while and said:
"I have to tell you something, Daric. I used my magic vision to observe the captain's cabin, and there was a very tall human inside. Judging from his body shape, he was not the captain of this ship. I'm sure This point. The document Cindy found for me shows the height and weight of the captain. The real captain should be a medium-sized, thin person, not a strong and tall person. Just from this person Judging from his body shape, he is bigger than the crew members patrolling back and forth. This gave me a bad idea..."
Li Nuo paused and said:
"The crew and captain on this ship should not be the same group as before, Darik. They are most likely imperial soldiers."
Darrick nodded slowly:
"It is indeed possible. No, it should be said that this is the real situation. Ordinary crew members and captains do not have the ability to arrange biochemical soldiers. I also discovered that the crew members are very vigilant and have obviously received military training. Especially patrolling The team leader. Their senses are very sharp. If it weren’t for the camouflage runes on my alchemical structure, they would have discovered it long ago. What do you estimate the strength of this group of people is?"
"The squad leader must be at least a second lieutenant. I saw black ink jets on the backs of their heads. This is the characteristic of elite combatants. What we are facing is a group of real imperial elites." Li Nuo said.
Darrick paused for two seconds:
"…the real elite. This is trickier than I thought. So be it. I'm only going to try to sneak into the lower deck once. If it doesn't work this time, we'll leave immediately."
The two fell into silence.
Darrick concentrated on controlling 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 Technique at him and received unexpected feedback.
【system information:】
[You are about to use deconstruction on the "unknown extraordinary person". 】
[It is expected to consume 4000 energy points to achieve 100% deconstruction completion. 】
【Notice! 】
[The system has detected that deconstructing this character will have a negative impact on you. 】
[It is recommended to use harmless deconstruction methods to deconstruct this character. 】
There are three unusual things about this system message.
The first unusual thing, the easiest to spot, is that deconstruction can do harm.
The second unusual thing is:
The system refers to that person as "Extraordinary" instead of "Imperial Lieutenant".
According to Li Nuo’s experience:
When Li Nuo knows that someone is a wizard or a biochemical giant, the deconstruction spell he throws will give back a very clear message. The system will determine that this person is "Unknown Wizard" or "Unknown Imperial Lieutenant".
If this person's identity as an Extraordinary is different from what Li Nuo imagined, and Li Nuo has never been in contact with this type of Extraordinary, then the system will name him as an "Extraordinary".
If Li Nuo deduced correctly, the imperial lieutenant in the captain's room was not an "Imperial Fist", and his extraordinary path was unknown.
The third unusual thing is the amount of energy required to deconstruct this Imperial lieutenant.
The night Li Nuo met Betty, he discovered that the amount of energy required to deconstruct the opponent was higher than that of an ordinary first-level wizard.
Later he found out the reason, which was caused by Betty taking a part-time job as an alchemist.
For each extraordinary identity of the deconstruction object, the energy required for deconstruction will be doubled.
A normal Imperial Lieutenant only needs 2,000 energy points to deconstruct.
The one in front of me needs 4000 points, doubled.
This shows that he also has a "side job" and a part-time job in an extraordinary profession that Li Nuo doesn't know about.
It is this extraordinary profession that will have a negative impact on Li Nuo.
Li Nuo pulled up his personal panel and took a look.
【Energy Value】58133/22
[Soul Strength] 1313 points
Not to mention 4,000 energy points, even 40,000 points, Li Nuo could afford it with gritted teeth.
He calculated the amount of energy reserves he had reserved.
Considering that there were many skills to upgrade, he planned to keep more energy points in his hands.
Li Nuo muttered:
"System, consume 4,000 energy points to harmlessly deconstruct the imperial lieutenant."
A sense of trance flashed through my mind, and a large piece of system message was refreshed.
There is another chapter to come!
(End of chapter)
