Alien Hotel.

Chapter 409 The First Mass-Produced Machine
Inn Valley, portal hub, on the terrace connected to the outer corridor of the second floor of the Great Pyramid.

The eternal rain curtain in the silence and the prosperous city that never sleeps in the night are certainly quite novel and alien scenery, but staying in such a place where it is always rainy for a long time will inevitably make people feel a little depressed. After returning to this valley with clear skies, Yu Sheng felt that his mood was much more relaxed.

Standing on the edge of the terrace outside the hub pyramid, Yu Sheng took a deep breath of the fresh air unique to the valley and looked around with a relaxed and happy mood.

The fairytale town not far away was bathed in sunlight. There seemed to be a few more of the various imaginative and wonderful buildings than before. The king's knights were patrolling between the town and the forest, Little Red Riding Hood's wolves were chasing and running in the wilderness, Sleeping Beauty was trimming the lush rose bushes in front of her house, and a silver-gray drone suddenly flew over the town and flew straight to the end of the valley. A basket full of snacks and a brand new axe were tied under the drone, and it was obvious that these gifts were to be given to hunters and squirrels in the forest.

In the farmland between the town and the portal hub, Luna was leading a group of doll-headed kids to identify the crops in the fields - she was still wearing the "nun's uniform" she got in Shuji, and she seemed to like this new outfit very much. The children surrounding her were obviously already familiar with this strange-looking "sister". They ran around her, looking particularly happy.

On the nearby terrace, Hu Li had just set up a long clothesline. Now, with the clear sky and gentle breeze in the valley, the fox girl was humming an unknown ballad and happily hanging the tails she had just washed neatly on the clothesline - eight furry fox tails swayed gently in the wind on the clothesline, with a small skirt worn by a doll sandwiched in the middle.

Irene (Rebar), who had just finished taking a shower, was sitting cross-legged on the railing column at the edge of the terrace. She had changed into new clothes and her hair was still a little wet. When the breeze blew, she tilted her head back to face the wind, squinting her eyes in enjoyment in the direction of the wind, with a silly smile on her face.

"I still like sunny days!" The little doll suddenly turned around and said to Sheng seriously, "It rains non-stop over there in Shuji. I always feel that my joints will get moldy sooner or later in such an environment."

Yu Sheng laughed and walked over to ruffle Irene's hair.

"It's almost time to rest, it's time to get down to business."

"Great!" Irene said happily, then jumped directly from the railing post to Yu Sheng's shoulder, then turned back and waved at Hu Li, "Silly fox!"

Hu Li had already hung his tail to dry and was standing in front of the clothes drying rack, admiring the fruits of his labor with satisfaction. Upon hearing this, he immediately reacted and ran to Yu Sheng in high spirits: "Come on, come on! Are you going to make a new body for Irene?"

"Let's go," Yu Sheng nodded and raised his hand, "Let's reserve some combat power for our hotel."

The three of them left the terrace and entered the hub pyramid from the outer corridor, and then quickly passed through a short corridor and came to the alchemy laboratory that Yu Sheng had previously opened up specifically in this "wonderful building".

Of course, since Yu Sheng doesn't know any other alchemy besides making dolls, this place can also be used as a doll workshop specifically for making Irene...

The alchemy laboratory is located on the second floor of the hub pyramid. Even if facilities such as corridors, warehouses, and preparation rooms are removed, the remaining laboratory space is astonishingly spacious. Its huge alchemy operation area is like an indoor square. When this place was first built, Yu Sheng actually regretted it for a while, thinking that it was a bit of a waste to use such a large space exclusively for making dolls. But now it seems that making this place so big was just the right thing.

The lights in the laboratory were brightly on. Yu Sheng and the other two went straight to an alchemy table in the middle of the operating area. Then Yu Sheng calmed himself and began to prepare for making the puppet with ease.

First, he laid out the various ritual materials he had collected from the Secret Service Bureau, then he directly controlled the alchemy table to generate the alchemy formation for infusing spirits. At the same time, he began to gather rocks and soil from the land near the portal hub and transported them to the laboratory for use...

While Yu Sheng was making these preparations, Hu Li had already begun preparing a new "skeleton" for Irene.

The fox girl reached out and took out a piece of fox black iron from her tail. Then she ignited a cluster of dazzling flames on the tip of her tail and began to cut and melt the metal with argon fox welding.

Yu Sheng casually made a groove on the ground next to the alchemy table for pouring the skeleton. Then he thought for a while and made some adjustments to the groove. At the same time, he reminded Hu Li: "Cut less. Don't make it as strong as last time. This is a mass-produced machine. Try to keep the cost down..."

Irene stared at the scene with wide eyes. Seeing Yu Sheng shrink the skeleton casting trough on the ground three times in a row, she finally couldn't help but said, "Stop shrinking it! You've shrunk the thigh bone into a piece of iron wire! After all, we have to be combatants, so maintain some basic strength!"

Hu Li also reminded: "My benefactor, if you use too little Spirit Fox Black Iron, it may affect the 'energy storage' effect. When fighting, the battery may run out after just a dozen shots..."

Yu Sheng thought about it. He originally thought that it was a mass-produced machine, but how could he expect it to last for a long time? It would be good enough if it could follow the host machine to fire a few rounds of rays or serve as a power bank for the host machine when it was in battle. But he turned his head and took a look at Irene's aggrieved expression. At the same time, he thought that it would be better for the firepower to be a little saturated, so he had to adjust it back a little...

"Let's make a sample first," Yu Sheng said, stroking his chin as he watched Hu Li casting the skeleton. "Then let Irene control it in the 'low bandwidth' mode she mentioned, and test how well this mass-produced body can run independently with only simple commands. If it works, we'll start making finished products in batches."

Irene had already climbed onto the alchemy table nearby. She was supporting her chin with both hands while watching Yu Sheng and Hu Li busying around with a thoughtful expression. No one knew what this little girl was thinking about. After a few minutes, she suddenly said, "Should we add a self-destruct function?"

Yu Sheng was just thinking about how to cut costs for the mass-produced machine. He didn't react to what the doll said. When he realized what the other party meant, he was shocked: "...Are you serious?" "It's a mass-produced machine anyway. We won't feel bad if it's broken. And considering its limited performance, if it's caught on a single exploration mission, it may not be able to escape. It's better to add a self-destruct function and give the enemy a surprise," Irene continued to support her chin and analyzed seriously, "and I think this is quite exciting..."

Yu Sheng was immediately shocked by the idea of ​​the doll, but the next second he became very interested in the idea. The sense of disobedience in his mind was instantly cleared, and he leaned over and whispered to Irene: "How do we make it explode? Put two bombs in its belly? We can ask Dorothy for some, she has a lot of munitions... or borrow some incendiary bombs from Match? Make it self-destruct and arson?"

"It doesn't seem to work. How much can I put in there? I feel like it's not powerful enough..."

"Ask Master Yuan Hao? He's an equipment refiner. Those gods have a lot of black technology, and many of their things are very powerful."

"I don't want to put a brick in my stomach!"

"...Then we have to innovate the structure of the body itself," Yu Sheng touched his chin, "see if we can integrate an overload mechanism directly inside the body to release the energy stored in the spirit fox black iron all at once..."

"Then I have an idea," Irene said excitedly, her eyes sparkling, "Based on my experience of rubbing the electric balls these days, this thing will indeed explode if it is not rubbed properly..."

The two of them immediately started to discuss excitedly, analyzing how to stuff a big bomb into Irene's mass-produced body. No one felt that there was anything wrong with this topic. After discussing for a long time, they stopped at the same time and thought about it. Yu Sheng was the first to break the silence, saying thoughtfully, "I always feel that this topic is a bit too perverted."

Irene also imitated Yu Sheng and stroked her chin thoughtfully: "It seems so..."

"No, I still feel that this self-destruction plan is unreliable," Yu Sheng frowned and weighed the pros and cons for a long time, and finally shook his head, "These mass-produced machines usually move around in the valley, and this place is our base camp - a bunch of mass-produced dolls with bombs in their bellies running around here, it would be a lot of fun if one of them really exploded due to bumps and bumps, not to mention there are a bunch of children here."

"It seems so..."

"But you did remind me," Yu Sheng thought for a moment and said seriously, "We can indeed add some 'functions' to these 'mass-produced machines' - before, the purpose of building a body for you was just to serve as a shell for you, and I never thought of this idea at all, but now I have an idea."

Irene blinked and looked at Yu Sheng suspiciously: "What ideas do you have?"

"Do you remember my 'Portable 66 Sycamore Road'?"

Irene: “……?”

"This thing may be built into a mass-produced machine."

……

After a moment, a new puppet skeleton that had been adjusted again was transferred to the alchemy platform.

The following operations are familiar to the students.

In his hands, rocks and soil were given a brief false life, quickly squirming and wrapping around the skeleton on the platform to form the body of the puppet. A drop of blood was mixed into the body, becoming the key medium material for carrying spirituality. The spices used in the infusion ceremony were thrown into the candlelight, and in the suddenly rising flames, real vitality gradually emerged.

The body made of rock and mud took on a hint of blood, and the false life turned into real breathing and simulated heartbeat - and then at an appropriate moment, Yu Sheng gave this blank body a name.

“Erin—”

The soul infusion ritual was completed in the blink of an eye, and Irene (mass production) on the alchemy platform opened her eyes slowly.

(End of this chapter)