Li Nuo and Comini landed on the dusty metal floor and stood at the back of the wizard delegation.
A bearded wizard wearing a black top hat and a monocle came to settle down with Li Nuo.
He is the defense director of the wizard delegation. He comes from the Hotams Death Branch and is a death-type combat wizard with nine rings of strength.
He quietly introduced himself and the situation at the scene, and then arranged Li Nuo and Comini at the left rear of the delegation.
He specifically ordered the two of them to take out the Silent Steel Crossbow and place it in their hands, so that the enchanted crossbow arrows with Silent Magic could put pressure on the crew.
According to him, the gray sparks that bloomed when the Silent Crossbow hit the ship's shield looked small from a distance, but were actually more than three hundred meters in diameter. They were very eye-catching and far more shocking than the bombing effects of fireballs and thunder.
The crew on the ship will definitely see this scene.
Let the other party and others guess for themselves whether the gray sparks are caused by the Silent Crossbow arrows that emit gray light.
Virtual reality is itself a commonly used method in negotiations.
Therefore, Li Nuo and Comini carried the Silent Steel Crossbow to that station and attracted the attention of the crew.
These guys immediately noticed the gray light on the crossbow arrows, and quickly thought of the gray sparks that were extremely fatal to the shield. Their expressions changed slightly, showing signs of trying to suppress fear and uneasiness.
Li Nuo wore the mask of a silent enforcer and remained calm and composed.
He listened to the conversation between the two parties and found that they were still in the stage of testing and wrangling each other, and had not yet entered into matters related to the "Metal Archaeolian Dragon".
Li Nuo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the surrounding metal walls with the smallest head movement.
Throwing out the deconstruction techniques one after another, he discovered a more interesting place.
When he was deconstructing the synthetic human before, the system specifically reminded him that deconstructing the synthetic human did not mean deconstructing the integrated modules in the synthetic human body. If you want to deconstruct a module, you have to activate the deconstruction technique on the module alone.
Now, the same situation occurs on this ship.
Li Nuo used deconstruction to obtain the ship's panel information, which required 350,000 energy points.
When deconstructing various devices and metal pipes in the cargo hold, the amount of energy required ranges from ten thousand to twenty thousand to hundreds of thousands.
Mao Guess, after overturning such a behemoth, leaving no scraps behind, Li Nuo would be able to get a reward of 8 million energy points...
800w…
hiss…
When Li Nuo estimated this number, his mind was filled with the word "get rich", and he even couldn't help but fantasize about what he would do if he had 8 million energy points...
His fantasy came to an abrupt end, not because his distraction was discovered by Comini, but because something with abnormal feedback information appeared in his field of vision.
This thing is a metal sign, more than one meter long and wide, with the appearance of a shield, hanging on the metal wall directly above the main channel entrance of the cargo hold.
The metal sign has characters from an alien language and a pattern of "a dragon's claws holding the planet".
The feedback from the deconstruction technique showed that Li Nuo had better use harmless deconstruction to deconstruct the metal sign, which corresponds to an expenditure of 80,000 energy points.
The factor that makes this metal sign so unique is probably the "dragon claws holding the planet" pattern.
On the surface, this pattern is the only thing on the scene that is related to the "Metal Archosaur".
The crew members who were holding guns and wearing pilot uniforms, as well as the female crew member who was trying to stay calm during the negotiations, had no trace of being related to the "Metal Archosaur" on their bodies.
When Li Nuo tried to deconstruct these crew members, the system did not prompt him to use harmless deconstruction.
The same goes for cabin facilities within sight, and deconstructing them will have no negative impact.
Li Nuo thought carefully, focused his attention on the metal sign, and launched harmless deconstruction.
【system information:】
[You consume 10,000 energy points to launch harmless deconstruction of the "abnormal metal sign". 】
[Deconstruction successful! 】
[The target’s deconstruction completion rate is increased to 12.5%]
[The results of this decomposition are as follows:]
[1. You have obtained part of the target’s panel information:]
[Name] A metal sign that hides the will of a metal dragon
[Type] Magical creation of Metal Dragon, technological creation of Metal Creation Group
【illustrate】
This is not an ordinary metal sign, it contains part of the will of a certain metal dragon.
While the wizard delegation of Unas Ring was negotiating with the crew, a certain metal dragon was hiding in the corner of the outer starry sky, secretly observing the negotiation scene through this metal sign.
(Due to insufficient deconstruction completion, you were unable to obtain multi-panel information.)
[2. You have obtained the "Metal Fusion Meditation Method" with a completeness of 1%. 】
【Notice! Since you used harmless deconstruction to obtain this meditation, the negative aspects of the meditation have been erased.
[The integrity of this meditation method can only be improved by continuing to deconstruct the things that record this meditation method. No other means can improve the integrity of this meditation method. 】
Li Nuo lowered his head slightly to hide the fluctuation in his expression.
He blinked at the gray metal ground beneath his feet, feeling extremely excited.
I didn't expect, I really didn't expect, that the meditation method related to metal magic was actually hidden on that metal sign!
Without saying a word, Li Nuo directly consumed 70,000 energy points and launched harmless deconstruction again.
The deconstruction completion of the "abnormal metal sign" suddenly increased to 100%!
As a result, Li Nuo's energy value inventory dropped to 8122 points, finally reaching the moment when it fell below the 10,000 point mark.
As for using passive deconstruction to save this cost...to be honest, forget it...
With so many people watching, there was no way he could trigger passive deconstruction by attacking the sign.
Therefore, these 80,000 energy points cannot be saved.
After a slight trance, the results of the deconstruction were refreshed in Li Nuo's mind.
[The results of this decomposition are as follows:]
[1. The target panel information is updated, and the following content is added: ]
【illustrate】
The dragon's will hidden in the metal sign comes from the metal ancestor dragon Talsari.
This ancient metal dragon that had been escaping into the outer space for thousands of years has not withered in the long river of time.
It's still alive.
Not only that, it also integrated a small part of its will and a small part of its blood into this metal sign.
The purpose of doing this may be related to the meditation method "Metal Melting" hidden in this metal sign.
[2. The completeness of "Metal Fusion Meditation Method" has been increased from 1% to 8%. All negative content has been stripped out for you. The completeness of this meditation cannot be improved in any way. 】
Li Nuo glanced at the two groups of people at the scene.
Neither the crew nor the wizard noticed anything unusual about the metal sign.
Well, no.
There is a small chance that the crew will know.
Especially the leading female crew member. As the commander of this ship, she has a high probability of knowing the special features of the metal sign.
But if the Metal Archosaur Tarsali never reveals his whereabouts and purpose, then it is very possible that the entire crew of the ship will not know of its existence.
The crew members put it aside and did not discuss it. After all, they are human beings on the technological side and do not possess extraordinary abilities.
But why didn't the nine-ring and ten-ring wizards at the scene notice anything unusual about the metal sign?
Li Nuo felt that things were a bit tricky, and he had a vague feeling that he and others had become prey.
This feeling became stronger after Li Nuo thought of the weak performance of the Star Fleet, as if the Metal Archosaur deliberately commanded the fleet to come and kill people.
While thinking, Li Nuo clicked on the "Metal Fusion Meditation Method".
As usual, throw out the deconstruction spell first, consume some energy points, and get the panel information of the meditation method.
【Name】Metal Fusion Meditation Method
[Type] Meditation
【Completeness】8%
[Grade] Six Rings
You can practice this meditation method to level 180 (6*30).
[Related attributes] Will, tenacity, strength
[Meditation Progress] Level 0, 0/1000
【illustrate】
This is a meditation method that forcibly integrates "precious metals" into the body to greatly improve physical fitness.
Based on the quality and item level of the fused "precious metal", you will receive corresponding attribute value rewards.
When the completeness of this meditation method is 100%:
You can forcibly fuse all types of "metals", not just "precious metals".
You will gain "metal magic" during meditation.
Depending on the type of metal you fuse, you gain some extraordinary properties.
You will suffer severe negative effects from forcibly fusing metal. For example, "mental decline", "indifferent humanity", "slow thinking", "body magnetization", etc.
You obtain this meditation in a harmless deconstructive manner, with all negative effects removed from the system.
Since the completeness of the meditation method is extremely low, the energy consumption of practicing this meditation method is increased to 12.5 times. Moreover, you can only use metal things with the "precious metal" label to practice, and you cannot obtain extraordinary characteristics.
The cultivation consumables for this meditation method are "precious metals" rather than soul strength, so there is no need to consume soul strength to practice this meditation method.
【Effect】
Take a piece of precious metal with a mass of X grams and an item level of Y and place it in the palm of your hand.
Activate this meditation method and consume 125*X energy points to integrate it into the body, thereby gaining 100*X*(Y/100) points of meditation practice experience.
When the level of meditation practice increases, you will receive attribute value rewards of "will", "tenacity" and "strength".
Your current "Will" is 3 points, "Tenacity" is 19 points, and "Strength" is 5 points. Before this meditation method reaches level 4, 20, and 6, you will not receive attribute value bonuses of "Will", "Tenacity", and "Strength".
…
A meditation method that does not consume soul strength!
Li Nuo cheered in his heart.
This is the only meditation method he has obtained so far that does not require the consumption of soul strength!
You only need to consume precious metals and energy points to obtain an increase in attribute values. Isn't this very convenient to practice?
The only drawback is that it consumes too much energy.
Forcibly fusing 1 gram of precious metal requires 125 energy points. The energy value in Li Nuo's inventory is only a little over 8,000 points, which can be used to fuse more than 60 grams of precious metal at most.
The energy cost is really staggering.
However, on second thought, this might not be such a bad thing.
Li Nuo's energy limit is too low. His energy value is always at an all-time high, and he has never been able to recover his energy value automatically.
Now with the "Metal Fusion" meditation method, the problem of exploding energy levels is easily solved.
As long as he accurately controls the energy value inventory, he can enjoy the automatically restored energy value without having to worry about not having enough energy on hand in case of emergencies.
After the upper limit of energy value is raised to 100 points, he will no longer have to be too careful and will be more at ease.
Li Nuo is very satisfied with "Metal Fusion" and can at least give it a score of 88.
He turned slightly sideways, put his hand into his magic pocket, and pinched an Unas gold coin.
A deconstruction technique was cast along with the metal touch on his fingertips, and Li Nuo got the panel information of the Unas gold coin.
[Name] Unas gold coin with a face value of 1
[Type] Metal magic creation, precious metal
[Item Level] Level 10
[Quality] 2 grams
[Raw material] Gold,? ? ? ? …
【Formula and process】Unknown
【use】
1. Currency
You can use this gold coin as a gold coin with a face value of "1".
2. Practice
When this gold coin is used to practice the "Metal Fusion" meditation method, you will gain 20 points of meditation method experience.
…
Li Nuo fiddled with his magic pocket a few times with his left hand, then threw the deconstruction spell at gold coins of different denominations one after another.
1 gold coin, the item level is level 10, the mass is 2 grams, and it provides 20 meditation experience points.
5 gold coins, the item level is level 15, the mass is 5 grams, and it provides 75 experience points.
20 gold coins, item level 25, mass 25 grams, provides 625 experience points.
50 gold coins, the item level is level 30, the mass is 30 grams, and it provides 900 experience points.
…(omit some)
Li Nuo made a table in his mind and came to the conclusion after simple calculations:
If you want to save energy points, the larger the denomination of the gold coin, the better.
A gold coin with a denomination of 10,000 can provide 2,025 experience points and consume 5,625 energy points. Each point of experience consumes approximately 4.93 gold coins and 2.78 energy points.
If you want to save gold coins, it is best to use gold coins with a denomination of 20.
Gold coins of this denomination provide 625 experience points and consume 3125 energy points. Each point of experience consumes 0.032 gold coins and 5 energy points.
To summarize in one sentence:
If you have a shortage of energy but have plenty of money, use large denomination gold coins to practice; if you have a lot of energy but have a shortage of money, use 20 gold coins to practice.
The specific type of gold coins to use for practice depends entirely on your energy level and money status.
Li Nuo couldn't help but lamented that he would never be able to escape the end of spending money to practice meditation.
"Hey...Jarvis, focus..." Comini nudged Li Nuo with his elbow, pulling him back from the edge of distraction.
Li Nuo straightened his face, took out his left hand from the magic pocket, and held the Silent Steel Crossbow again.
He nodded towards Comini, and then pointed vaguely at the metal sign with the "dragon claw" pattern.
Komini followed his line of sight and his eyes narrowed slightly.
She had obviously been paying attention to the words changed by the magic mist, and it was only then that she noticed the metal sign hanging above the entrance of the passage.
Two lines of forehead lines appeared on Comini's egg-like forehead. He frowned and stared at the metal sign for a short while.
"Is this the pattern that appeared in Berkeley's dream..." Comini asked in the slightest voice.
Li Nuo nodded silently.
"It doesn't seem to be anything special..." Comini muttered, then shut his mouth tightly and stopped talking.
The members of the wizard delegation at the scene were all focused on negotiating with the crew.
Only a few wizards who were relatively close to Li Nuo and Comini heard their conversation.
These wizards pushed up the glasses frames on the bridge of their noses, looked at the metal sign, and saw nothing unusual.
Li Nuo saw the actions of these wizards and felt increasingly uneasy.
He himself can rely on deconstruction to discover anomalies in metal signs. But the wizards at the scene, no matter whether it was a nine-ring or a ten-ring, did not pay any attention to the metal sign.
I really don’t know how the metal ancestral dragon named Tarsali managed to hide his will and bloodline to such an extent.
Li Nuo thought for a while and decided that it would be better to do less than to do more. Even if the sky falls, there will still be wizards with nine or ten rings to hold it up, so he doesn't have to worry about it.
He moved slightly so that he could clearly see the words transformed by the magic mist.
Negotiations have reached a critical stage.
On the crew side, the leading female crew member came forward to negotiate.
This female crew member calls herself Roy Min. This is the name transliterated by the magic mist, which sounds a bit weird and difficult to pronounce.
Judging from the local aesthetics of the wizarding world, a blue-haired woman like her with a wide forehead, receding hairline, big nose, and small eyes cannot really be called beautiful.
The other crew members also had such facial features, which looked somewhat strange in the eyes of wizards.
Roy Min introduced that he and others were a deep space drilling team affiliated with Deep Space United Mining. The entire team has a total of 112 crew members.
The armed ship that was killed by the wizards before was an armed team affiliated with the mining company, and its relationship with her was only on the level of teamwork.
Although Roy Min has more than a hundred people under his command, each of them has a shield generator and technological firearms, so it seems that he still has the confidence to resist.
But to be honest, they are just appearances.
Even without the use of force, the wizard delegation can use their wits to defeat them.
The wizards sent by the wizard delegation are the dean of Hotams College and the minister of the Ministry of Magic of Unas Circle.
The headmaster of Hotams is named Brown, who is also one of the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Magic. He is an obviously elderly, bald old man. Of course, in front of the aliens, he would wear a black wizard hat to cover his Mediterranean.
Li Nuo had seen his images and introductions in textbooks, so he knew something about it.
The Minister of Magic is called Bart, and Li Nuo only knows his name.
The two wizards' unified demand is that the crew of the disc ship hand over control of the ship and unconditionally cooperate with Unas Ring to study the ship.
After satisfying this demand, the crew members can survive, otherwise they will be thrown into a cell, first interrogated with dreams, and then burned to charcoal with fireballs.
Based on this request, the Minister of Magic required all crew members to sign a magical contract and unconditionally serve the Ring of Unas until their natural death.
The dean of Hotams asked the crew to hand over all information related to the Metal Archosaur.
Here comes the interesting part. When they saw the words "Metal Archaeolian Dragon" transformed from the magic mist, all the crew members on Roy Min's side showed blank expressions.
Their pupils were slightly dilated, with confused expressions on their faces, and they clearly didn't know what the "Metal Archosaur" was.
Thanks to at least 270 "Spirit" points, all wizards in the wizard delegation have an energy and spell perception range with a radius of up to 2,700 meters.
They can accurately capture the energy fluctuations throughout the entire disc ship in their minds.
Subtle facial expression changes such as dilated pupils, erratic breathing rate, and humming in confusion cannot escape the eyes of the wizard at the scene.
The wizards would not easily trust the crew's reaction.
Just because the other party and others don't know what "Metal Archosaur" is, it doesn't mean that Metal Archosaur doesn't exist.
This dragon and its descendants may have changed their form and lived in the alien sky.
After all, for a metal dragon that controls metal, changing its form is nothing more than eating and drinking.
Dean Brown was not willing to waste too much time. He raised his hand, pointed to the metal sign above the entrance with the crutch he held in his right hand and asked:
"If you don't know what a 'Metal Archosaur' is, then you might as well tell me what's going on with the 'Dragon Claw' on that metal sign?"
Luo Min and her team members turned their heads and looked at the metal sign behind them.
When Luo Min turned around, the confusion on her face became even greater. She spoke an alien language in a somewhat hoarse voice.
The magic mist changes into a translation:
“This logo is the emblem of the Metal Creation Group. You are wrong. The pattern on the emblem is not 'dragon claw'. That is the 'mechanical claw' that picks up goods and materials. "
"Metal Creation Group." The wizards started talking.
"Another new alien space force"
"The name of this alien space force contains the word 'Metal Creation'. It is most likely related to the Metal Archosaur. It's just that these crew members have no idea what magic and dragons are. They don't know what the Metal Archosaur is." Nothing more."
The internal discussions of wizards are not translated by the magical mist.
The wizards complained that the crew did not understand magic and dragons, so naturally the crew headed by Roy Min would not know about it.
After a brief commotion at the scene, the Minister of Magic made the final decision and formally asked the crew to put down their weapons and surrender.
Luo Min herself agreed, but dozens of members behind her opposed her decision and cursed her cowardice in alien language.
It seems that this alien crew group is not monolithic. The conflicts and disputes that had accumulated in daily life finally broke out at the moment when Luo Min announced his surrender.
The excited crew members shouted something in the alien language and ran towards the entrance of the passage.
They forgot that the magic aerosol existed.
The magic mist translated their words accurately. The general idea is to start the ship's self-destruction program as soon as possible, use self-destruction to threaten the wizards to leave the ship, and then take the opportunity to overload the ship's engine, forcefully lift off, and rush out of this world.
The wizard delegation didn't talk nonsense to them either.
Kindness, tolerance and civility are reserved for enemies who are willing to surrender.
Since they are unwilling to surrender, they can only send them on their way.
A dozen bright and deadly spell rays shot after the backs of these people. Their personal shields were incredibly defensive, but most of them were still pierced by high-powered rays.
The shield generators of a few people were obviously extraordinary, and they actually blocked the rays from the ninth- and tenth-ring wizards.
But before they could feel proud or rejoicing, the sudden enchanted crossbow bolt pierced the shield and pierced their throats, taking away their lives with the touch of cold steel and warm blood.
From the Silent Enforcer, Silent Crossbow, this negotiation trip was successfully brought to a silent end.
Li Nuo didn't care much about the crew. Anyway, he had already obtained the metal meditation method he wanted.
The only thing that could make him pay more attention was the metal sign.
While escorting the crew away with the wizard delegation, Li Nuo threw a deconstruction spell at the metal sign before flying out of the cargo hold, refreshing the thing's panel information for the last time.
【system information:】
[You are about to cast deconstruction on the "metal sign". It is estimated that it will consume 15 energy points to achieve 100% deconstruction completion. 】
Only 15 o'clock
Eh?
etc!
what happened?
Didn’t the system determine that the metal sign was abnormal? Why is the word "abnormal" gone now, and the metal sign has become an ordinary metal creation! ?
Li Nuo was shocked.
He was certain that the return of the metal sign to normal had nothing to do with his acquisition of the meditation method.
Because after acquiring the meditation method, he used the deconstruction method to observe the sign several times, and every time he reported that there was something abnormal about it.
Could it be that the will and blood in the metal sign have been transferred to other places?
While Li Nuo was thinking, he followed Comini and flew out of the disc ship.
He splashed deconstruction everywhere, examining everything he saw.
Finally, he found traces of the metal ancestor dragon Talsali.
At some point, this metal ancestral dragon transferred its will and blood to Berkeley's magic ship.
Li Nuo had a vague feeling of creepiness.
A large part of the reason why passengers were willing to buy Berkeley tickets was because of the influence of the Hotams Metal Branch.
It is precisely because of the reliability of the Metal Branch that the passengers put their lives and wealth in Berkeley's hands and follow the other party's magic ship on a long journey.
With Berkeley dead and the magic ship anchored, Hotamus must find a way to accommodate the passengers. This is also what the Ministry of Magic requires of Hotams.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, Li Nuo and Dinas will take a magic ship propelled by deep-sea magic to arrive at the port of Balder's Gate, where they will board other magic ships arranged by Hotams and continue to Suman. islands.
It takes at least 20 days to get from the Blackfold Sea to Balder's Gate.
During these 20 days, Li Nuo and Dinas will stay on the magic ship.
Li Nuo felt his heart sinking slightly when he thought of the will and blood of the Metal Ancestral Dragon on the magic ship, which made him feel even more troubled.
"I may have to find a way to avoid this magic ship."
Li Nuo thought to himself.
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