Chapter 102 A Ravage of the Magic Weapon Sect: Burning All Blueprints…
Jin Suiqing disregarded everything else and rushed back to the laboratory.
On the workbench, the instruments simulating special legal machinery rotated continuously, while at the very center, the sulfur combustion engine emitted a faint golden light.
Gong Xiaoyang was so excited that he was incoherent: "You just installed the last screw and left after putting it on the simulator. I've been watching it the whole time, and it's been running nonstop for a long time. Look, it's still running!"
Jin Suiqing's eyes widened, and tears of joy welled up in her eyes.
It's done! It's done!
After nearly five years of research, it's finally done!
She successfully broke the centuries-old monopoly of Kyushu on super sulfur combustion engines, dismantled the shackles of the Jin family bloodline, and took the first step towards industrial innovation in Kyushu!
She's going to publish in a top-tier SCI journal! She absolutely has to be the first author!
Immediately, Jin Suiqing went to get paper and pen, but then thought, "There are no SCI papers in Kyushu, what's the point of writing a paper? To hell with that headache-inducing, ridiculous format."
She's already famous throughout the land!
Jin Suiqing was so excited she couldn't speak, overwhelmed with joy. She jumped around like a monkey, spinning in circles.
As soon as Jin Suiqing turned her head, she saw Jin Shiyu standing at the door.
With a few quick steps, she leaped straight onto Jin Shiyu, startling him so much that he quickly caught her with his hands, afraid she would fall.
Overjoyed, Jin Suiqing wrapped her legs around Jin Shiyu's waist, wriggling and kissing his head repeatedly: "Waaaaah, brother, it's been five years! I finally made it! From now on, even if Jin Guizhong dies, I won't need your blood anymore. Brother won't have to stay in the capital anymore. I can go wherever I want..."
Jin Shiyu paused, and for some reason, his eyes welled up with tears: "You risked your life to research sulfur combustion engines, all for me?"
“Um…not entirely…” Jin Suiqing suddenly stopped crying, pursed her lips, and hiccuped, “but that’s definitely one of the reasons.”
After all, it also includes Ye Zhufeng's storyline, her interests, and her determination to initiate an industrial revolution in Kyushu.
Kim Si-ok, probably makes up about half.
That's already a lot.
Seeing Jin Shiyu's dejected expression, Jin Suiqing lifted his face and shook him forcefully: "From now on, you can travel with me to the ends of the earth, so what's there to be sad about? Shouldn't you be happy?"
Jin Shiyu's eyes lit up: "Where you go, I'll go?"
"certainly."
Jin Shiyu held Jin Suiqing in one hand, wanting to make a pinky promise with her. Jin Suiqing pushed his hand away: "What do adults do with pinkies? This is what we should do."
After saying that, he cupped Kim Shi-ok's face and kissed her forcefully.
As the kiss reached its climax, Jin Suiqing pinched Jin Shiyu's earlobe and gently rubbed it, occasionally letting out a soft moan, which startled Gong Xiaoyang so much that she quickly turned around and screamed, "Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!"
Jin Suiqing then remembered that there were still people in the room, and quickly pulled away, jumping off Jin Shiyu.
Jin Shiyu's grip loosened reluctantly; she had clearly struggled to leave. Jin Suiqing, slightly annoyed, slapped Jin Shiyu's buttocks the moment she landed.
Not only that, she also squeezed and rubbed it hard a couple of times.
Jin Shiyu took a half step forward, his eyes darkening.
She had only rested for a few days when she was already in trouble.
Gong Xiaoyang covered his face, peeking at the two through his fingers: "Although it can run, it still needs to undergo other tests, which will require the testing machine of the Magic Machinery Sect."
Jin Suiqing calculated the time and began to pack up the blueprints: "Let's enter the palace now."
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Under the cover of night, Jin Suiqing and Jin Shiyu put on makeup, changed their clothes, and together with Gong Xiaoyang, rode in a rhinoceros-horn carriage into the palace.
The carriage swayed, and Gong Xiaoyang lowered his voice, saying, "When we enter the palace later, I will say that you are my students who will be spending the night at the Magic Machinery Sect to conduct experiments. When the guards ask questions, just answer like this..."
After explaining everything, the rhinoceros-horn carriage stopped, and Gong Xiaoyang got out, holding the token of the Law Machine Sect, and negotiated with the Imperial Guards.
Jin Suiqing lifted the curtain to observe. Gong Xiaoyang, dressed in an official robe, was smiling and gesturing to the imperial guards.
Jin Suiqing listened intently and it seemed that Gong Xiaoyang was trying to get close to the imperial guards.
Gong Xiaoyang said, "I've never seen you before. Where's the older brother who used to be on duty?"
The guard smiled and accepted the token: "My lord, you may not know this, but he has been transferred to a post in the inner city."
"Huh?" Gong Xiaoyang touched his nose and said, "He just told me last time that he applied for a post in the outer city for the convenience of going home. How come he was transferred back after only two days?"
The guard suddenly stopped, his hand gripping the token tightened abruptly, he glanced coldly at Gong Xiaoyang, then smiled, a somewhat eerie smile: "Is that so? It's rare to see someone so knowledgeable about the guards' family affairs, sir."
Gong Xiaoyang realized he had asked the wrong question and broke out in a cold sweat. He remained silent, thinking to himself, "Oh no, could they have blocked us at the Meridian Gate?"
However, after carefully examining the token and verifying it, the guards confirmed that it belonged to the Magic Weapon Sect and did not conduct any further checks, allowing the rhinoceros-shaped carriage to enter.
Gong Xiaoyang climbed back onto the rhinoceros chariot before daring to wipe his sweat. Jin Suiqing frowned: "Tonight's investigation seems to be a bit too broad."
Gong Xiaoyang said sullenly, "It's wide, but not that wide. Look at the carts behind us that are delivering vegetables, meat and fresh fruit to the palace. They're all stuck at the gate. The guards said that the inner city is under monthly inventory and we can't enter the city. We have to wait for people from inside the city to come and pick us up."
Jin Suiqing said in surprise, "Today is neither the beginning nor the end of the month, nor the middle of the month, and we specially sent someone to pick us up. Doesn't that add an extra step to the process? It doesn't make sense."
“There are countless complicated procedures in Ziwei City. You can see that the imperial merchants outside the gate are not annoyed and are waiting calmly, which shows that this is a common occurrence for them.” Gong Xiaoyang stroked his chin. “What is unusual is that the imperial guards looked at the token and actually said, ‘There is something going on today. Officials of the Magic Weapon Sect need to be on duty an hour early. You have come so early, sir.’ The key point is that I have not received any news about this.”
Jin Suiqing asked somewhat uneasily, "Does the Magic Machinery Sect usually have this kind of situation?"
"Yes, but it's always during festivals or important events of the previous dynasty. We have to work overtime for free, and we still have to keep attendance records," Gong Xiaoyang said indignantly. "In the entire Ziwei City, the sect that can work the most overtime is the Magic Weapon Sect."
It's still not right.
Since it's neither a festival nor does the previous dynasty have any urgent matters to attend to, why bring up the matter of summoning the magicians back to the city?
Could it be that something went wrong in Dengzhou that Ye Zi didn't tell her?
Jin Suiqing countered, "Is there any news from Dengzhou?"
Gong Xiaoyang: "With one great victory after another, the assault team is invincible and is about to invade the territories of Japan and Baekje."
Jin Suiqing pondered, then there might be some unusual activity in the palace.
She was at a loss, lacked sufficient evidence, and was only guessing, so she could only say to Gong Xiaoyang, "Now that we're in, we need to be careful. Since the magician wants to enter the palace early, our time will be even more precious. After the test is over, don't make a fuss, and leave the city immediately."
Gong Xiaoyang nodded.
Upon arriving at the Magic Machinery Sect, Gong Xiaoyang went ahead to activate the equipment. Jin Shiyu squeezed her hand: "When we entered the palace earlier, there were significant problems?"
“Hmm,” Jin Suiqing nodded, then said uneasily, “The guards don’t even check the people inside the carriage. As long as they confirm that someone is a magician, they immediately let them pass. This is against the palace rules.”
Jin Shiyu frowned: "What my sister means is not that the control is too lenient or too strict, nor is it some important matter from the previous dynasty, but that the Imperial Guards only allow magic users to enter the city."
"From another perspective, if I wanted to keep the magic masters under control within Ziwei City, I would use this method." Jin Suiqing suddenly realized, "Brother, think again, what would be my purpose in keeping all the magic masters imprisoned in Ziwei City?"
Jin Shiyu tilted his head, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly smiled slightly: "Rebellion, forcing the emperor to abdicate."
After the gold shattered and the green hue faded, a chill ran through my heart.
Especially now, the Magic Weapon Sect has also mastered the methods of manufacturing firearms!
"Oh my god..." Jin Suiqing quickly covered her mouth, "Brother, pinch me, am I overthinking this?"
Jin Shiyu rubbed Jin Suiqing's sweaty hands and then held her cold fingertips in his palm: "I don't know if you want to rebel, but Huangfu Li probably does, so he did it."
Jin Suiqing was greatly alarmed.
What a twist of fate! She walked right into the trap. Before the prince could even catch her, she had already walked right into it!
She hurriedly rushed into the Magic Weapon Sect, called out Gong Xiaoyang, grabbed the two of them on either side, and said in a loud voice, "Stop testing, let's run away first."
Gong Xiaoyang grabbed her: "Why are you running? The prototype is already running, how can we just stop it like that!"
Jin Shiyu remained calm and pushed Gong Xiaoyang and Jin Suiqing's hands apart. "Huangfu Li is trying to force the emperor to abdicate."
Gong Xiaoyang's expression hardened: "What! Then what are we waiting for? Run!"
"Why are you running?" Jin Shiyu grabbed Gong Xiaoyang's collar with one hand and took Jin Suiqing's hand with the other, pulling the two back into the Magic Weapon Sect and locking the door from the inside. "At this time, Ziwei City is probably only allowing entry and not exit, so don't make any rash moves. Since the message to send the magic weapon master back to the palace early has not been sent out yet, it means that he is still preparing. We still have a chance and can do a lot, so don't panic."
With his reassurance, Jin Suiqing calmed down considerably.
After a quick thought, she said, "I will send a message to Huangfu Feng to inform him of the changes in the capital; Gong Xiaoyang will inform Chai Zixin, since Mr. Chai is an elder of the Magic Weapon Sect, and his message to others will be more credible."
Jin Suiqing: "Brother, find all the blueprints and parts of the firearms in the Magic Weapon Sect, gather them together and burn them. They must not be left behind."
With the plan finalized, the three quickly got to work. They assembled the scythe to relay messages, searched for blueprints and parts, and accumulated a pile of materials to be burned.
Jin Suiqing looked at the prototype still running on the test machine. The data results were perfect, fully proving her success. She was mesmerized, even more affectionate than when she looked at her young child, but she gritted her teeth and took out the prototype's blueprints from her bosom, throwing them into the things to be burned.
Gong Xiaoyang asked in surprise: "You painstakingly drew this picture, and you just burned it like that?"
"Burn them all. Burn all the blueprints," Jin Suiqing said. "The blueprints are in my mind. No one can steal them. We can just take the prototype and leave."
The blueprints contain specifications and detailed structures, and if you understand them, you can make them; however, mechanical disassembly involves data measurement and parts matching, which is more difficult and time-consuming. If it falls into Huangfu Li's hands, he won't be able to figure it out in a short time.
Jin Suiqing entered a room where mechs were stored, and skillfully took out the super sulfur combustion engine, the core of the mech, and placed it next to the prototype.
In terms of appearance, the two are almost identical.
Jin Suiqing was lazy and simply reused the old sulfur-burning engine's exterior design, but unexpectedly it came in handy today: "When they're all mixed together, it's impossible to tell which one is the prototype."
The three men set the fire, but didn't leave immediately. They quietly hid in a corner, and when the fire grew a little bigger, someone shouted:
"Fire! The Magic Machinery Sect has been attacked!"
"You can't burn the things inside!"
"Help! Help!"
Soon after, a group of palace maids and eunuchs rushed to put out the fire.
People were fetching water, taking off their clothes to beat the fire, and carrying flammable materials out—the Faxie Sect was in complete chaos.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gong Xiaoyang picked up a piece of clothing and changed out of his official robes. They blended into the crowd, inconspicuous, and quickly left the Magic Machinery Sect with the box containing the sulfur-burning machine.
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