Chapter 470: Reading the Hidden, Codename: Mechanical Apostle Unit 23 |
"You mean to say you seem to have grasped the production method for Hundred Flowers Nectar?"
Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Simon.
"It seems so. Back when you had Professor Dale try to learn how to make the nectar, I would occasionally flip through the notes. Then, a couple days ago, I suddenly had a different insight into how to make the Hundred Flowers Nectar. Actually the production process is somewhat similar to essential oils, only some of the techniques are different..."
Yu Yuan listened as Simon explained.
"But to produce the Hundred Flowers Nectar requires far too many kinds of fresh flowers. From what I can tell right now, it's simply impossible for us to accomplish..."
Simon kept talking, but Yu Yuan interrupted him!
"Alright, Simon. Since you've already had an insight into the Hundred Flowers Nectar, spend more time flipping through that Essentials of the Hundred Flowers and see if you can grasp the methods for the other two nectars."
"As for sourcing the flowers... leave that matter to me."
Simon’s breakthrough came at exactly the right moment!
Those had been brought back specifically for the Hundred Flowers Nectar.
Yu Yuan had expected Dale to be the one to grasp it.
Now that Simon had instead, it didn't matter.
As long as someone got it, that was enough.
On the way up from the fourth underground level, Fang was handing over the requirements and precautions for the Automatic Writing Machine to Larr.
After all, this was the most dangerous part of the shelter.
Fang had every reason to be cautious.
Larr was also wary of the Pen of Longstanding Heritage that came with the machine.
She memorized every word Fang said with care.
Yu Yuan picked up the secret reports Fang had compiled during this period and checked them one by one.
Not bad — he had two secret reports a day for a while.
Little by little it added up to eleven items.
Seven of them were worthless, two were Rare-tier recipes, one a food recipe and one a medicine recipe.
The last two, however, contained contamination-tainted forbidden secrets.
The Mysticist talent was still functioning steadily and filtered the contamination.
Yu Yuan looked toward those two items, and Zhi Zhi's face showed eager expectation as well.
The contaminated hit came from one message written in a special script.
Yu Yuan did not recognize the characters, but because of the earlier forbidden knowledge contamination incidents, the content had been automatically organized into something he could understand.
It was an internal transmission from an organization called Snake Kiss, and the contamination originated from the serpent-head emblem at the start of the message.
[Confirmed intelligence: The Blood Clan is establishing contact with the "Fallen Abyss." This current Blood Clan offensive against the Wolf Clan is also an attempt to probe the "Wild Throne," backed by the Fallen Abyss.
The struggle between the Fallen Abyss and the Wild Throne over the Rational Wastes has reached a fever pitch, and the Bloodlands and Mechanist Supremacy are beginning to stir.
The Wolf Clan's collapse will not be just a fight between Blood Clan and Wolf Clan; other groups may enter the fray. We must prepare in advance.]
The amount of information in that message was enormous.
Yu Yuan frowned as he read, recalling a line the forest wolf had once said to him.
"There was trouble inside the Wolf Clan, but they already solved it."
He hadn't paid much attention at the time, but reading this note now made it clear that the Wolf Clan's defeat involved other factions.
Also, this was the first time Yu Yuan realized the Civilization Ladder contained so many influential groups.
"Rock Rank really is at the very bottom; the information cocoon effect is too severe."
Yu Yuan's eyes moved to the last piece of paper.
This message had no contamination, but it was related to the Mechanist Supremacy mentioned in the previous note, or rather it was a data file for a war machine.
— Project War Titan
Codename: Mechanical Apostle Unit 23
Design Objective: Ultimate biological annihilation weapon
Construction Basis: Bionic "Deity" skeleton
Height: 119.3 meters
Displacement: 115,000 tons
Power Core: ▇▇ crystalline energy source
Control System: Neural interface + deity remnants
Operator Requirements: 'Alpha'-rank mechanical-modified humans
[Primary Weapon Systems]
- Proton Wail: concentrates high-energy atomic streams to continuously output against the enemy...
- ▇▇▇
- ▇▇▇
- ▇▇▇
......
Reading the dossier, Yu Yuan licked his lips, pausing for several seconds.
"Is this... Silver-tier? Or Gold-tier?"
He didn't know, but this file completely reset his understanding of civilization warfare.
Between the lines it was not hard to infer the ultimate target of this so-called Mechanical Apostle Unit 23 were those Gold-rank existences.
A bionic "Deity" skeleton... an ultimate biological annihilation weapon...
This wasn't a war machine — this was an attempt to create an artificial god.
Yu Yuan began to form an understanding of how the Mechanist Supremacy operated.
He also suspected there might be some connection between the Mechanist Supremacy and the Mechanical Vanguard Society.
After all, even Molten Demon cultists existed in this world.
It made sense the Mechanist Supremacy would exert influence here as well.
The earlier joy from plundering Xiao Xi's treasure vault had evaporated with the appearance of these two secret messages.
Even though he had used Zhi Zhi’s Shadow Dimension to shortchange others, the truth was he was still only Rock Rank. Even Xiao Xi had just been preparing to ascend to Silver-tier.
Their presence to the entire Civilization Ladder and the wasteland game was still that of ants.
"Don't get cocky. Hide, survive, no reckless moves!"
He silently warned himself.
Yu Yuan collected all the papers.
He checked the newspapers from the past two days; the result was clear.
Now that he had unified Green Forest City, the city had settled down.
The news value in the papers had dropped significantly.
Yu Yuan thought for a moment and opened his friends list, clicking into the Greenfield Cruise Ship chat.
[Yu Yuan Shelter: Hello, what is your fee for intelligence on Silver and Gold-tier organization forces within the Civilization Ladder?]
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Aurora Animal Assistance Association meeting.
Within the Containment Zone.
Researchers in protective suits were testing and analyzing the spiritual creatures recently taken in.
In the monitoring hall, Jiu Feng oversaw the whole operation.
"Goblin, Glamour Elf, Morning Dew Sprite teams, be careful not to scare them. These will be our future members."
"Giant Earthworm unit, pay attention: the worm's regeneration gene is extremely scarce. Immediately take samples to the Genetic Modification Laboratory and use the Salamander Genetic Modification Serum formula to improve and complete the Regeneration Serum development."
While the researchers were tense and busy, the Unknown Artisan, who had been in a coma because of the Spirituality Inhibitor, twitched his eyelids and gradually regained consciousness.
But he instinctively suppressed the impulse to open his eyes, even forcing his breathing and heartbeat to remain at their previous levels.
He cautiously sensed his surroundings.
What the Unknown Artisan did not know was that at the first sign of his consciousness returning, Jiu Feng had already received an alert about the test subject's awakening.
Seeing the monitor still showing feigned unconsciousness, with no obvious change in breathing or heartbeat, Jiu Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and the corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile.
"Huh — it's been a long time since I've met someone this interesting."