There is actually nothing special about the Creation Palace. It is just a larger mechanical house, ubiquitous gears, chains, and various mechanical structures with different functions, making this house guarded to the highest point.
On both sides of the palace gate, there is a tall steel pillar.
Angel had just arrived at the palace gate. Before he stepped in, he heard a voice: "Welcome new members to the Creation Palace. My name is Antonio, and I am the god who guards the palace gate."
Angel looked up and saw that the person speaking was a brass-skinned mechanical lion sitting on a high steel pillar on the left. It opened and closed its mouth, and you could still see the gears inside.
"Oh, Antonio, your prowess made me fall in love at first sight. If I am in danger, can I come to you, dear Antonio?" The speaker at this time was a spinning dancer on the high steel pillar on the right.
It is also a mechanical structure and looks a bit like a dancing doll in a music box.
"Of course, I am protecting the palace, and I am also protecting you, my Nanissa."
Every word he speaks is full of absurd and comical drama. The most important thing is
Midora listened to this conversation with a dark face, and said expressionlessly: "Please, next time you do fine analysis, you can actually change your voice. If you all speak with the same voice, I will think that
Not a twirling dancer, but a twirling gigolo."
The reason why Angel found it funny was because they all spoke with the same voice, the same lazy male voice from before.
"It doesn't matter what sound you use, what matters is the meaning you want to express." The twirling dancer stopped spinning, lowered her head for a moment, and looked at Angel with cold eyes: "New member, Antonio is real.
Spirit, when you are within the scope of the R&D Institute, if you feel in danger, as long as you call Antonio, it will protect your safety as soon as possible."
Angel looked confused. What other dangers could he encounter in the R&D institute?
"For example, if you have a bad relationship with a certain alchemist and he wants to deal with you in the R&D institute; or if you encounter any unknown risks while doing experiments, Antonio will become your guardian spirit."
After the twirling dancer finished speaking, she started spinning again and made a babbling singing sound.
Midora also said to Angel at this time: "He is right, Antonio is the spirit of the R&D Institute. If you have anything, whether it is dangerous or not, you can call him. He is much more reliable than someone else."
Already."
A gust of dark wind blew behind them, and Angel always felt that the 'someone' in Midora's mouth should be looking at them with sadness at this moment.
"Go in, didn't you ask me why I asked you to come to the R&D Institute?" Midora stepped forward first: "Actually, it's just some unreliable person who wants to meet you."
The door to the Creation Palace was pushed open, and Angel and Midora walked in.
The R&D institute that Angel had imagined before was actually a variety of experimental benches and various experimental tools. However, Angel had never seen this kind of scene until now.
In the Creation Hall, there is no empty hall, but a laboratory with a height of tens of meters and six floors.
In the laboratories on every floor, you can see people moving around.
Everyone was going back and forth doing different divisions of labor, which was completely in line with the lively scene Angel had imagined before. However, when he observed carefully, he would find that these people who were focusing on doing experimental work were not real people at all, but
It is a mechanical doll with every joint exposed.
At a glance, there are at least a thousand mechanical dolls in the laboratory on the sixth floor.
Angel looked shocked when he saw it. He knew that some alchemists would use inanimate objects such as alchemy puppets as assistants, but he still found it incredible that so many mechanical puppets were doing alchemy experiments.
"Are all laboratories in R&D institutes like this?" Angel couldn't help but ask.
Midora shook her head: "Only someone can be so lazy."
"Lazy? No, after all, my qualifications are so mediocre. I can only use more mechanical dolls to help me verify my conjecture through enumeration. Only then can I find the most suitable one among many possibilities." Leisurely and lazily
The voice came from the side.
Angel originally thought that the mechanical birds and lions outside were "someone's fine performance" as Midora said, but when he looked back, he realized that the speaker was a young man sitting at the desk.
.
His desk was filled with all kinds of information and documents, and robot dolls kept coming out of the laboratory building and handing him the information in their hands.
When Angel looked around, he saw a mechanical doll flying down from the sixth-floor laboratory. He handed over a piece of information and said: "Dean, this is the latest test result. The pressure on the right arm is
After the improvement, the loss rate was reduced by 2%.”
"Just reduce the loss rate? Are there no other performance improvements?" The young man frowned and looked at the information: "Keep these points, keep other records and files, and then use the improvement method in Article 1737 to experiment again.
once."
The mechanical doll took the improved method and returned to the sixth-floor laboratory. Because each laboratory here was separated by transparent glass, Angel could clearly see that once the mechanical doll returned to the laboratory,
Immediately, he informed the puppets on the entire floor of the improvement method, and soon all the puppets started to move.
"All the mechanical dolls on the sixth floor are researching the same thing?" Angel asked.
Midora shook her head: "Not just the sixth floor, but all the floors here are studying the same thing, but the parts are different."
Midora paused and looked at Angel: "Speaking of which, what I am studying is actually somewhat related to you."
"Is it related to me?"
Midora nodded: "Do you still remember the refined arm you gave your friend?"
Angel was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered something he had mentioned when he was studying with Midora a few years ago: "Mechanical weapons?"
"That's right, it's the mechanical arm." Midora smiled and said, "The drawing of the mechanical arm you designed was a great inspiration to someone."
What Midora didn't say was that it was precisely because someone saw the arm drawing in person and witnessed Angel replacing it on his friend that he had the idea to change the access card of the R&D institute.
Gave it to Angel.
The 'someone' in Midora's mouth also came over at this time.
"Midora is right. The robotic arm you made inspired me a lot." The visitor said with a smile: "I am Muse, you are welcome to join."
Muse...?! Angel looked at the handsome young man in front of him in surprise. He is Muse?
That outside rumor says that one of the two city lords of Sky Mechanical City is also currently recognized as the strongest mechanical alchemist, the ‘Mediocre’ Muse?!
Angel was still in shock, and even when introducing himself, he was still a little awkward.
After hearing this, Muse still smiled and said, "I actually understand you better than you think."
Muse paused and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, I'm looking forward to the concept of 'mecha' that you once mentioned to me. I hope that one day I can see it with my own eyes."
Angel's head was full of questions. When did he mention the concept of mecha to Muse? Did he only mention it to Midora? Did Midora tell Muse?
When Angel was secretly wondering, Midora whispered, "Do you think I have the right to give you the access card to the R&D institute? When I installed the robotic arm on your friend, I was not actually present, but
Someone who loves fine points transformed into me."
Midora's words made Angel feel a little fanciful, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was really the case. Even Sanders had secretly mentioned before that only the dean of the R&D Institute was qualified to issue access cards, and now the R&D Institute
The dean is not Midora, but the Muse!
A certain person who loved fine points turned his head and looked at Midora with a kind look, the kindness in his eyes almost overflowing: "It seems that our potion master not only took over the qualification to be in charge of the research and development institute in advance, but now
Are you still planning to extend your stay? I’m really touched.”
Midora shook her head violently: "I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."
The corners of Muse's lips curled up, and he ignored Midora's trembling body, but looked at Angel: "I wanted to communicate with you about the concept of mechas before, but now that you are here at the right time, why don't we sit down and talk?"
Angel was stunned for a moment: "Is this why Master Muse called me here?"
"I came to see you for something else, but more than those unimportant things, I want to know more about the concept of mechas you once mentioned." Muse snapped his fingers, and several tables appeared out of thin air on the ground.
chair.
After signaling Angel to sit down, Muse directly asked about matters of concern without making any other pleasantries.
Regarding the concept of mecha, Angel once had an in-depth exchange with Midora. At that time, Angel also carefully studied the information in the holographic tablet, so it doesn't feel strange to talk about it now.
The concept of 'mecha' that Angel expounded is a military technology born out of the earth, but it is only the general framework. Angel still elaborates on the details from the perspective of an alchemist.
Muse nodded repeatedly after hearing this. After Angel finished explaining, he immediately asked a few questions he was curious about.
Many of the questions were very pointed, and Angel could answer some of them, and some of them he couldn't.
Most of the questions that cannot be answered are due to the differences between two different civilizations. Angel wants to use the alchemist's method to replicate an Earth mecha. There are many areas that need improvement, and these require long-term research.
Naturally, Angel couldn't tell the answer right away.
However, what Angel said already made Muse very satisfied.
Although some of Angel's questions are just assumptions, and these assumptions are obviously unreasonable, it doesn't matter. After all, alchemy itself will have many problems, and when problems arise, you only need to solve them.