Chapter 51 -51- Clues

Later, Yvette saw some mechanical puppets coming to the temple to pray, wanting to talk to God about some problems.

The nun was transporting the energy storage box to the warehouse at this time. She asked it to wait for a while, and it sat cooperatively on the chair in the church, holding a long black object in its hand.

Yvette was curious about the prayer, but didn't want the Mechanical God to notice, so she planned to watch from a distance. However, after seeing what the mechanical puppet was holding, she couldn't help but walk over and ask, "What questions do you have? Can you tell me?"

"Hey, are you the foreign traveler lady?" The mechanical puppet noticed Yvette's human-like appearance and immediately said in a surprised tone.

"Well, you haven't seen me yet?"

"Yes, I was doing archaeological research when you and the other lady arrived, so I didn't have time to be there." The mechanical puppet bowed. "My name is 'Film', and it's nice to meet you."

"I'm Yvette Lohivia." Yvette nodded in return.

This mechanical puppet called "Film" is similar to most of the machines in the village. It looks like it was dug out from the garbage mountain of Scrap Avenue in the Blackwater District of Ish City. Its body is not flexible and is full of traces of stitches, so when doing some human-like movements, such as bending over and bowing, it looks a bit strenuous.

"Back to your question just now, what I actually want to ask is, what exactly is this stick-like thing found in the ruins." Film showed Yvette the thing in his hand. Although it was black, Yvette could roughly tell what it was based on its structure.

This should be a toothbrush, and the material is most likely "mycoplast", which is an organic synthetic material developed by Lintui Biotechnology.

The film continued, "Actually, I had a pretty good idea of ​​what it was, but my neighbor, 'Furry Ball,' saw it and insisted it must be a human 'door key,' used to open door locks. But I said, 'How is that possible? Human door locks have very small keyholes, how could something this big fit in?' But Furry Ball insisted it could fit, and he almost broke the thing."

"So what do you think this is?" Yvette asked.

"I guess this must be the legendary 'ear pick'! I've seen a portrait of a human being, drawn by an artist, and I noticed that the size of the human ear hole is just right for fitting this thing in! And look at this little stick, it has some fine hairs on it, right? It must be for cleaning ears, too!"

Film's tone was a little more proud, and it asked as if to take credit: "Well, Miss Yvette, do you think my point of view is more correct than Maoqiu's?"

"That's a great guess. I think even the gods will be on your side." Yvette couldn't help but smile, her eyes softening.

"Is that so?" The film was delighted, and then, seemingly captivated by Yvette's beautiful smile, it paused for a moment before saying, "Come to think of it, Miss Yvette, you truly live up to your reputation. How come you look so human? Um, I'd like to ask, do you have any experience in cultivation you could share with me?"

While the two sides were talking, the nun slowly approached.

After hearing the conversation between the two, the nun said to Film, "You can't do this, Mr. Film. Have you forgotten? Cultivation requires self-realization. If you rely on others to teach you, you will never become a true human being."

"Oh, I forgot." Film said blankly.

"Okay, I have opened the 'door', you can go and pray to God." said the nun.

Following the nun's gaze, Yvette looked towards the shrine beneath the central cube statue. The shrine was now in an activated state, with two small metal doors opening to the left and right, revealing a glimpse of the aging machinery within.

Yvette stared at the thing for a while and roughly understood what it was.

Wow, this signal base station from several centuries ago is still usable, so it must have been repaired and maintained.

At the same time, there are multifunctional wire ends next to the shrine. After physically connecting one of the data pipelines to himself, the film immediately lowered his head, clasped his hands together, and entered a motionless state of prayer, like a statue.

Five minutes later, the process was over. Yvette hesitated for a moment, then gave up on the idea of ​​using her hacking abilities. While this would certainly allow her to track down the Mechanical God through the internet, it would also expose her. Before she had a good understanding of the Mechanical Race, she wouldn't do anything that would alert them.

Then, after watching the film and unplugging the data cable from her body, Yvette asked, "What did God answer you?"

"God said that this requires self-exploration..." The film's tone was still filled with confusion. It pondered for a moment, then looked at the two people beside it in confusion. "Ms. Yvette, Ms. Sunflower, you are both at a higher level than me. Why do you think God doesn't answer me directly?"

"There must be a deeper meaning behind God not telling you directly. Perhaps He wants you to focus on the process of finding the answer, which is more precious than the result." The nun thought for a moment and said.

"So that's how it is. He is indeed a god." Film immediately believed it.

I think the God of Machinery is just too lazy to answer such a boring question... Yvette doesn't think so at all.

Maybe it’s because she is still the crowdsourcing delivery boy named Li You in her heart, the God of Machinery that emerged in her mind at this moment is an exhausted online customer service who has to deal with all kinds of stupid problems every day.

I feel like being a God isn't that easy...

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At night, the lights in the Puppet Town were turned on, and it looked like a brightly lit fireworks town.

Yvette was about to go somewhere else when she saw a cute puppet girl named Bingyu with short ice-blue hair coming out of the alley next to her. She said breathlessly, "Hey, Miss Kindhearted, why are you here? I've been looking for you for so long."

Yvette watched her panting, strongly suspecting it was part of human practice, and asked, "What is it?"

"The Great Elder invited us to his house for dinner." Bingyu said.

Yvette immediately thought of the cup of tea made with moldy tea leaves and dirty water in the container apartment that morning.

But she didn't refuse after all, because she also wanted to ask the Great Elder for help with something.

After a while, they arrived at the container apartment. In the container belonging to the Great Elder, Yvette saw the Great Elder who had already set the table. There were some plates on the table, and unexpectedly there were quite a few berries on the plates. Some of them were obviously rotten, but some looked like they were just picked today.

However, for the mechanical puppet, this is definitely not the staple food. Therefore, after a few glances, Yvette saw the energy storage box hidden under the small table and roughly understood what the elder meant.

The magic wire is used to charge the energy under the table, and the table is used to simulate human eating, which achieves both material and spiritual goals.

After they sat down and were eating, Yvette suddenly said, "Great Elder, can I ask you a question?"

"Miss Yvette, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will definitely answer them all." The elder said immediately.

"Have you seen a girl with blonde hair in the past one or two hundred years?" Yvette asked.

During several conversations, she already knew that the Great Elder had awakened in some ruins about 170 years ago.

It originally lived in the Black Tide Kingdom of Silver Mirror Continent and lived in a daze for 120 years. Suddenly, it had an idea to go out and explore the vast world full of deformed creatures, which was dangerous yet mysterious, just like the ice rain now.

After all, unlike the Sky Kingdom, Ash Scar, and Sky Split Kingdom, only the Black Tide Kingdom originated in Black Tide Continent. Later, due to divine oracle, the kingdom was relocated to Silver Mirror Continent. Therefore, compared to other kingdoms, the citizens of the Black Tide Kingdom tend to have a greater desire to travel.

Then, the young elder took some simple self-defense weapons and set off, using the kingdoms scattered across the three continents as safe spots.

It traveled across the country for more than 20 years, from the Silver Mirror Continent to the Emerald Continent, and finally returned to its ancestral homeland, the Kuroshio Continent, and established the present-day Agasa branch of the Kuroshio Kingdom.

With such a long life experience, Yvette thought that if Rosaline had ever returned to the End of the World, the Great Elder might have heard of it.

"Blonde girl?" the elder said in confusion. "Speaking of blonde girls, I have indeed seen a few in my life. I wonder which one you are looking for, Miss Yvette?"

Yvette thought for a moment and pulled out a portrait. It was a magically projected memory image, essentially indistinguishable from a photograph. It showed Rosalyn at 22, dressed in mage robes and already a beautiful, blond lady.

"Have you seen this girl?"

"Hiss... Such a human breath. Her cultivation level must be very high, right? What's her name?" The Great Elder said in admiration. Bingyu, who was standing by, took a few glances and immediately showed a surprised expression, and then gasped.

"Her name is Rosalyn Sheen, my student," said Yvette.

"So she's your student. No wonder her cultivation level seems so high, just like yours." The Great Elder stroked his nonexistent beard and shook his head. "I've definitely never seen a member of the Mechanical Clan like this. If I had seen her, I would have been deeply impressed."

"Really..." Yvette sighed in disappointment.

But at this moment, Bingyu suddenly raised her hand and said cautiously: "Uh... I think I've seen her..."

(End of this chapter)