Chapter 360 Black Candle Holder
[Manufacturing success, mechanical manufacturing proficiency +20]
Current mechanical manufacturing level LV.5 (2060/3000)
With a clatter, the alloy components were connected and the mechanical units were assembled. In front of Lin Xian, a 'Worker Ant-7' construction robot was completed. As the system started, the robot's information screen lit up and the system began to load. Then the robot's tracks began to turn and drove away, neatly arranged with the other 10 robots.
"If we build another 50, our mechanical manufacturing should be able to be upgraded to level 6."
In the No. 13 military train carriage, Lin Xian was working at full capacity to carry out manufacturing upgrades. At the same time, these robots would be of great use in the future. With each additional robot built, Lin Xian would be able to control and dominate more productivity and combat effectiveness. And this combat effectiveness was almost infinite under the nuclear power energy and his superstring reactor phase rainbow ring.
Lin Xian raised his head and saw 40 Lei Falcon 2000 drones floating in the air above the carriage. These drones were flying neatly in the air and moving according to Lin Xian's instructions. The pulse ray weapons slowly gathered energy and burst out with a powerful momentum.
"If we create some special functions like 'Thunder Prison' and 'Icefall 166', it should be more flexible. Oh, and there are also 'Iron Rain' and 'Iron Curtain' for physical attacks and defense..."
"As for this "Destroyer"... forget it."
After looking at the blueprint library, Lin Xian decided not to build this for the time being, mainly because the cost was a bit high. At this time, building more functional drones might be more cost-effective than weapon drones. The more there were, the more he could let Grace operate these construction, maintenance, and production robots according to his ideas to directly transform the interior and exterior of Infinity, and even perform some manufacturing work on his behalf.
Because he had to concentrate on making it, Lin Xian put the sleeping KIKI aside and let her lie down to rest. After all, with this little girl hanging on him, Lin Xian would be somewhat distracted.
Now is a golden opportunity to improve manufacturing capabilities and upgrade. He wants to kiss this girl every now and then when she's hanging around him, which really lowers his manufacturing efficiency!
"Try to build two different drones at the same time..."
Lin Xian was in high spirits. He started manufacturing with both hands at the same time, and immersed himself in the operation of the Mechanical Heart. He felt that his soul had merged into the myriad materials, flying in the air, and being cast according to the blueprint. Those computing units, integrated circuits, those ducted fans, micro turbojets, those high-density battery arrays, laser radars...
Lin Xian was fascinated by the countless sophisticated machines and systems. This moment reminded him of the first time he touched Unit-01 in the Terracamar Ice Valley, and the shock he felt from the powerful mechanical structure of human beings. This indescribable sense of romance made him passionate.
Sizzle.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the communicator.
"Boss Lin, Boss Lin~"
Every time Hu Lushou called out to Lin Xian, it reminded Lin Xian of the old movie about pimps smiling and shouting on the street corners. He immediately pressed the communication button and responded.
"What's up?"
"I found something good for you, are you interested?"
"What?"
Ding ding~
A message popped up, Lin Xian looked at KIKI who was sleeping beside him, and reached out to click it.
At this time, Hu Lushou appeared in a small holographic screen with a flattering smile on his face. He rubbed his fingers and pointed behind him.
"Did you see this big guy? Isn't he pretty?!"
Lin Xian focused his eyes and saw the camera move back. Hu Lushou was standing in the berth area of an aircraft with a large transport ship parked behind him.
Lin Xian recognized it immediately at first sight. It was a Dragon-type transport ship that he had seen in Qingshui Town before, but the difference was that this one was obviously intact.
"You got a federal transport ship?" Lin Xian asked with a frown.
"No!" Hu Lushou introduced seriously: "It was retired from the Federation, and was officially transferred from the military to civilian use. It's not a black market assembly product! The hull frame is made of titanium tungsten alloy, and it didn't fall apart even after being bombarded by the Xingyuan artillery! Of course, the outer armor has some minor scratches, but these are minor problems. It's a Federation standard "Dragon" MK-III heavy transport ship, 11,000 tons, real, no false labels, and the cargo hold volume can fit three football fields!"
"Retire, is Dawn City crazy to retire such a heavy transport ship?" Lin Xian said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, please say it. I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."
"Wait wait wait..." Hu Lushou quickly stopped talking, grinned and approached the holographic screen with a sly look and whispered to Lin Xian: "Boss Lin, didn't you ask me to help you find a mechanical vehicle for recycling? The owner of this cargo is a powerful person. He wants to use this aircraft to exchange for a place in the underground city with the Federation. Fuck, I was stunned at the time. I said to him, kid, are you crazy? You are using the Federation's things to exchange for benefits from the Federation. Do you think you are stupid or the people in the Federation are stupid? He stopped talking. I can see that the purpose of this group of people is to exchange this aircraft for blood essence, but this kind of thing, now except for the Phoenix Society and a few large organizations, who dares to take it, and who can afford it?"
"But I thought that maybe my boss Lin would dare to ask for it, so I came to you... Hehe."
Lin Xian paused when he heard this, thinking, didn't he ask Mochizuki Shinji to help him? Could it be that Mochizuki Shinji outsourced it to the profiteer Hu Lushou?
But he understood immediately. As soon as Hu Lushou entered the Silent City, he acted like a kid on drugs. He took a bunch of stuff he had collected from somewhere in the White City and boasted in the Silent City that these were treasures brought from the "Star Abyss". Under his exaggerated words, even the Gatling guns brought by his subordinates were praised by him as special products that had been enchanted by the "Star Abyss". He even held an auction at a gathering of several survivors in the Silent City. In less than one night, he got hundreds of blood essences, which was more profitable than the tolls collected in Aksai...
Then Mochizuki Shinji informed Lin Xian of the situation. Maybe in Mochizuki Shinji's eyes, Hu Lushou was basically half a member of his United Train, so Mochizuki Shinji told Lin Xian that he was going to punish Hu Lushou in the name of hype and speculation, and then imposed an 80% speculation tax on him, which instantly made Hu Lushou return to the situation before liberation.
Lin Xian was thinking about how Mochizuki Shinji had directly given the task of recycling mechanical equipment to Hu Lushou, probably because he didn't want to reveal the position between Silent City and Lin Xian to the outside world. As for whether he was worried that Silent City would be involved with Infinity, or Infinity would be involved with Silent City, that was another matter.
Thinking of this, Lin Xian took a deep breath and said directly to Hu Lushou
"What's the price?"
Hu Lushou raised a hand towards Lin Xian with a serious look on his face.
"50,000 first-grade blood essences, fair to all, you can't buy them at double the price on the black market! Comes with a three-year warranty!"
"Goodbye." Lin Xian said.
"etc!"
Hu Lushou quickly stopped Lin Xian from closing the holographic call and said seriously: "Boss Lin, I haven't finished yet. 50,000 first-level blood essences...I, Old Hu, paid for them myself!!"
"What do you mean?" Lin Xian frowned.
Hu Lushou patted his chest fiercely, almost giving him a stitch in the side. He immediately said to Lin Xian with a righteous expression, "I, Hu Lushou, have known since childhood that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water. This transport ship is just a small reward for the life-saving grace I gave to Boss Lin. It's a small token of my gratitude. I have absolutely no other intentions!"
Lin Xian laughed. He immediately understood Hu Lushou's intention and said
"Fifty thousand blood essences?"
“One is enough.”
"Give it to me for free?"
"Not one."
"Okay, thank you." Lin Xian thanked him evasively and pretended to hang up.
Hu Lushou's expression changed immediately, and he quickly said, "Boss Lin, do you remember what I did before?"
"Toll collector."
"No..." Hu Lushou used his hands and feet to gesture towards the transport ship, "You forgot, I've driven that thing before, I'm familiar with it, I have experience, I know how many toilets there are on each deck."
Lin Xian's eyes flickered. It seemed that Hu Lushou thought that Lin Xian was recovering the vehicle in order to expand the team, so he had been setting up the stage here for a long time just for this.
"Okay, then every deck will be under your management from now on." Lin Xian responded seriously.
Hu Lushou's eyes lit up when he heard this, but before he could say anything, Lin Xian's next sentence came.
"Deck manager."
After that, the call was disconnected.
Hu Lushou was stunned as he watched the holographic screen disappear.
Deck manager?
Why does this official position sound both big and small?
"Deck manager...what does that mean?" Hu Lushou looked at Sun Chang beside him and asked.
Sun Chang lowered her head and counted a large box of blood and sperm. She said in a dull voice, "Didn't you say that you know how many toilets there are on each deck? He asked you to be responsible for the sanitation and cleaning of each deck."
"What the hell?!!!" Hu Lushou almost collapsed on the spot.
…
On the other side, in carriage No. 13, a cold voice came to Lin Xian's ears.
"This guy wants to hug your thigh."
He turned around and saw that KIKI had woken up at some point. She was lying on the ground with her head in her hands, looking at him calmly.
"I know, 50,000 blood essences. This guy is just bragging. He is so shameless. If he really has 50,000 blood essences, Silent City will make him the city lord."
"Then you don't want it?"
"Yes, of course." Lin Xian smiled and said, "It's free. This kind of cheap courtesy doesn't come often."
A well-maintained 10,000-ton transport ship is of extremely high value even in the doomsday when the airspace is more dangerous than the ground. As long as you are lucky enough, you can fly directly from here to the Dawn Center on it. Of course, the premise is that it is not confiscated or shot down by the Federation, and at the same time, you do not encounter any strange entities or even be marked by darkness.
"He wanted me to owe him a big favor and then take him on a run."
"He is now in the Silent City, relying on such a powerful backer. Are you so sure?" KIKI circled her long hair with her fingers and said to Lin Xian.
Lin Xian shook his head, continued to make the drone with his hands, and said
"This guy is not stupid. Mochizuki Shinji of Silent City doesn't like him, and he doesn't dare to go all-in in Aurora City, so he is leaving himself a way out."
"Oh, then why did you put me down?"
"Hu Lushou is a person..." Lin Xian suddenly stopped talking halfway, and then realized that KIKI had changed the subject. He turned around and found that KIKI sat up, crossed her arms and looked at him questioningly: "Am I bothering you?"
“…”
Lin Xian thought to himself that something was wrong and explained, "I saw that you fell asleep, and I was mainly afraid of disturbing you."
"Tsk~" KIKI said unhappily: "You're lying~"
She stood up and said to herself, "I don't want to hug you yet, it's so uncomfortable."
Lin Xian lowered his head when he heard this: "How is that possible? I didn't react this time, okay?"
After I finished speaking, I felt something was not right. How come this explanation was like a slap in the face...
When KIKI saw Lin Xian's actions, she gritted her teeth, rolled her eyes at him and said, "What did you say?!"
Lin Xian felt his trigeminal nerve swelling and was about to explain something when an urgent voice suddenly came from the communicator.
"Lin Xian, there's something wrong with Zhou Lei!"
The voice came from Monica. Lin Xian and KIKI became serious upon hearing it. A few minutes later, they arrived at the area where the Queen Mo was docked.
At this time, all the members of the Queen Mo were fully armed and guarding on both sides of the train. Outside the No. 1 carriage, several team members in power armor were pointing a man with a detention electric gun. Monica stood beside him, playing with a strange instrument in her hand.
Seeing Lin Xian coming, Monica came forward and threw the instrument in her hand directly to Lin Xian.
"It's a very interesting machine. If I'm not mistaken, the other party used it to find Zhou Lei."
Lin Xian reached out to take it, his eyes swept over the man on the ground and found that he was a man who looked to be in his thirties, with a very thin and pale face. His whole body was filled with a gloomy smell that came from living in a dark corner for too long. He heard footsteps and seemed to want to raise his head, but was directly pressed firmly to the ground by the Queen Mo guard holding an electric gun behind him. The high-voltage arc of the electric gun made the man twitch all over his body, and then he fainted.
"You mean he is a person of divine revelation?" KIKI crossed his arms and looked puzzled: "How come the Silent City didn't notice him when he came to this place?"
"Because this guy is the same as Zhou Lei..."
Lin Xian quickly scanned the instrument in his hand and frowned, "The radar light can't find him at all."
As he spoke, Lin Xian raised his hand and controlled the searchlight on the roof of Queen Mo to move away from the man. Under the shadows of several team members, the man strangely appeared as a phantom, appearing to be half-disappeared.
"That's right, but this guy must be a newbie. His heartbeat was so fast when he got close to him." Monica said lightly.
Lin Xian had finished the scan at this time, and found that the design of the instrument in his hand was somewhat similar to the Soul-Dangling Value Detector. He disassembled it and found that in addition to a blood essence as a dark detection source, there was also a tiny vacuum diode filled with a black liquid that gave off an ominous feeling.
Lin Xian held the diode at his fingertips and whispered, "This is indeed some kind of detection device, but the principle is still unclear. I checked Zhou Lei's body and didn't find any tracking devices, so..."
"Could it be that the black candle can track Zhou Lei's location?" KIKI said boldly at this time.
"It's possible."
Lin Xian looked at the unconscious man and said, "Then the question is, this man is the same as Zhou Lei. Could it be that there is more than one black candle, or can it affect multiple people?"
"Just ask him directly."
Monica turned towards the direction of the train and said, "That guy has noticed something and seems to be a little nervous now."
After saying that, she took Lin Xian and KIKI to the Queen Mo. In one of the carriages, Zhou Lei was locked in a transparent isolation room. The room was not big, with only a suspended single bed and a simple bathroom. The whole room was monitored 24 hours a day. However, before the situation just now, Zhou Lei's emotions were still calm. After all, it was not the first day that this guy was monitored, and his mentality was very sophisticated. But just now, after the entire Queen Mo was mobilized to catch the sneaking man, Zhou Lei's emotions became obviously anxious, and he walked back and forth in the room.
At this moment, after seeing Lin Xian and the others walk into the carriage, he immediately came forward and said anxiously: "Lin...Captain Lin, are they here to find us?!"
"Do you recognize this?" Lin Xian showed the instrument in his hand. Zhou Lei's face suddenly changed when he saw it. He took two steps back and said in horror: "It's them... They are the people of divine revelation. This thing is used to detect taboos!!"
"It seems that my guess was correct." Lin Xian handed the instrument to KIKI and said to Zhou Lei, "So you have brought trouble to us and Silent City?"
"no……"
Zhou Lei opened his mouth and said quickly, "I didn't do anything. Captain Lin, I'm being watched 360 degrees even when I'm taking a shit here. How could I possibly cause you any trouble?"
"Then do you know why they are looking for you?"
Lin Xian leaned back and said coldly, "Don't tell me that the people from Holy Revelation and Crimson World specially arranged people to sneak into this Silent City to rescue you for a useless and betrayed pawn?"
Lin Xian was not surprised at all that people from the Divine Revelation or the Crimson World sneaked into the Silent City, but the first person they came to was Zhou Lei, which made Lin Xian suspect that Zhou Lei had other secrets.
Hearing Lin Xian's words, Zhou Lei immediately waved his hand and said
"Impossible, they... they can't come to save me."
"There must be a reason." Lin Xian looked at his watch and said, "Now that we have caught that guy, maybe it will be enough if one of you two can talk, right?"
Zhou Lei's face turned pale when he heard this: "Captain Lin, I really don't know. Since I was taken away by the people of Holy Revelation, I haven't seen any of them. I only know that the person who holds the black candle is called Lao Gui, a bastard who likes to hide in the shadows and peek at women. Apart from that, all I know is what I heard when I was monitoring those clones with disordered consciousness in the White City Research Institute..."
"You inferred from a group of mentally disturbed clones that the Crimson World and the Dawn City leaders were colluding?" KIKI frowned: "What basis do you have for this..."
"No!"
Zhou Lei waved his hands quickly: "I saw it with my own eyes, on the night I was sent to Xingyuan, in Jinhai!!"
Zhou Lei directly confessed at this time: "I was locked in an iron cage at that time. Before boarding the transport ship, I saw with my own eyes a group of people getting off another transport ship. One of them was Wen Dong, the former general manager of Jinhai City Investment Company. This guy... I would recognize him even if he turned into ashes. Wen Dong is from the Wen family and the second in command of Linglong Group. Now many people know that Linglong Group has joined Shuguang City. Wen Hui has also become a new federal congressman. Wen Dong's appearance in the territory of the Crimson World must mean that there is collusion between them!"
"Wen Dong, what a familiar name." Lin Xian frowned.
KIKI leaned over and whispered in Lin Xian's ear: "Tang Yun's husband from Yijin Lingsu Center, my... second uncle."
"Your family is truly full of loyal heroes." Lin Xian said seriously.
"I don't admit it." KIKI said disdainfully.
"So you're saying that the Crimson World has influence in Jinhai?" Monica on the side grasped another key point at this time.
Zhou Lei's eyes widened when he heard this.
"That's not the distribution of power. I think the Crimson World is in Jinhai!"
"Why?" Lin Xian asked with a frown.
"Captain Lin, think about it, I was transported to Xingyuan from Jinhai, and that place is a military base, and those clones were transported in from there in batches. Jinhai is right in front of Dawn City, and it is the bridgehead for Dawn City facing Xingyuan No. 5, and it is also the most important production line of the Federation now. The Crimson World can operate under the nose of Dawn City. In addition to indicating that they had colluded before, it also means that the Crimson World's nest is very likely under this nose!" Zhou Lei expressed his judgment.
"It sounds like it makes sense." KIKI nodded.
"Military airport..." Monica pressed the mobile terminal on her arm, and a holographic screen was projected. Soon, a dozen light spots appeared on the map: "There are many military airports around Jinhai. Which one are you talking about?"
"That... I don't know." Zhou Lei shook his head.
"Then how do you know it's Jinhai's military airport?" Lin Xian asked sternly.
"Because after the transport ship took off, I saw Jinhai's Stargazing Tower in the air!" Zhou Lei widened his eyes and said with certainty: "The airport and Jinhai's main city are definitely no more than 10 minutes' flying distance, I guarantee it!"
"Huo, you are quite cautious. You know you can't get out of Xingyuan, yet you still have the mood to pay attention to these things." Lin Xian looked at the fat man curiously.
Zhou Lei looked at him with a bleak expression, and said with some self-mockery: "In this world, people like me have no resources and no special abilities. If I want to survive, I can only be a little cunning..."
Lin Xian ignored him and turned around to discuss in a low voice with KIKI and Monica.
"What do you think?"
"Does he know too much?" KIKI wondered.
"Perhaps the Crimson World also believes that he is a chess piece that is doomed to die. There is no way he can come out of Xingyuan. And to enter Xingyuan, one must stay awake. This can explain why he can spy on some things in the process."
Lin Xian shook his head: "I'm not thinking about that. Whether what he said is true or not, it doesn't have much to do with us. In addition to the fact that the Crimson World may be outside Jinhai, as for whether Dawn City has any collusion, what does it have to do with us? I only care about why the people of Divine Revelation targeted him."
"Simple." Monica said leisurely, "Let the guy outside speak for himself."
"By the way, Lin Xian." KIKI said to Lin Xian while holding the instrument for searching forbidden objects.
"The detection method of this thing is similar to the Dangling Value. Have you noticed that based on the energy scale of this blood essence, its detection radius will not exceed 3 kilometers?"
Lin Xian's face changed when he heard this. He hadn't noticed this problem just now.
Monica crossed her arms and looked at Lin Xian
"3 kilometers, according to the berth distance, it is in the Silent City. It seems that Zhou Lei was discovered as soon as he returned to City No. 2. This guy..."
"I've been staying in the Silent City!"
At this time, Zhou Lei in the isolation cabin at the back saw that the three people ignored him, and immediately asked anxiously
"Captain Lin, can you tell me who you caught? Did he...did he confess anything?"
"Oh, I almost forgot." Lin Xian glanced at Monica.
Monica understood and immediately ordered her men to carry the man in.
Chi.
The door opened, and when Zhou Lei saw the thin man being carried in, his pupils shrank suddenly. He pointed at the man and said,
"He...he is the old ghost!"
(End of this chapter)
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