Steel Chang'an

Chapter 42

Rui family.

This is not the first time Mu Yun has heard this term.But when Li Jing said that the girl with red pupils was an artificial human from the Rui tribe, Mu Yun still couldn't believe it.

He knew that the artificial humans on Pangea were divided into three categories.The lowest level is the servant artificial human. They are mass-produced by the factory, and the procedures and shapes are set according to the industries they serve. They play the role of servants in human society and do not have much self-thinking ability; the highest level The most common are the Homo androids, they have computing and processing capabilities comparable to supercomputers, and usually serve as the aides and think tanks of the nobles behind the scenes; while the androids of the Sharp are all fighters and killers, and the only purpose they were created is to kill .

The body of the Ruizu has been specially strengthened and transformed, and it also has the self-thinking ability equivalent to that of a human being. Each type of Ruizu artificial human has its own special function.There are sharp warriors who are more than two meters tall, and there are thin and thin sharp assassins who are good at ambush and assassination.

In the past in Baima City, Mu Yun had also seen the sharp bodyguard team of the lord of Baima City from a distance. Their strong body and brave fighting power far surpassed ordinary human soldiers. Even if they carried hundreds of kilograms of equipment, they could With ease of movement, everyone is like a small mobile arsenal, which left a deep impression on Mu Yun.

Looking at the girl who looked like a porcelain doll in front of her, Mu Yun really couldn't think of the use of such a sharp artificial human.Is it because such a petite body makes it easy to climb into the pipeline to install bombs for blasting?But this kind of work can be done by ordinary human scavengers, not to mention that no matter how angry Mu Yun is, he has to admit that in the eyes of most nobles, the value of a sharp artificial human is much higher than that of an ordinary human soldiers.Letting an artificial human of the Rui race take up the job of the scavenger, the team in front can be said to be extremely wealthy.

The sharp girl remained silent.Su Sheng joked that she must be broken.Perhaps falling from the ground and being caught by the claws of the iron spider damaged some of her functions.Perhaps the structure of the Rui Clan is exactly the opposite of that of the Zhi Clan: the body is strong enough, but the brain is very fragile. After all, their function is to kill, so now her brain is injured.

Li Jing suggested that they keep the girl here, "She doesn't need food or water, she'll be fine if she stays here. What's more, it's useless for us to take her out. The Rui people have a contract, and they can only serve her for a lifetime." Loyal to a master, even if her master dies, she can only be destroyed. Otherwise, no noble is willing to put a killing machine by his side."

But the girl took out a chip.When they opened it, they found that it was a diagram of the internal structure of the dead castle.The sharp girl stretched out her thin white fingers, and pointed at an area marked red.The word "尨井" was marked there, and Mu Yun guessed that was where the crystal beast was.

"Where do you want us to take you?" Mu Yun asked.

The girl nodded.There was no expression on her face, only a pair of cat-like eyes were wide open, she raised her head straight to look at Mu Yun, her red pupils were round and bright under the light.

Mu Yun hesitated.No matter what the original mission of the sharp girl was, she didn't look like she could continue to carry out the mission.He doesn't want to keep her here.

He knew that she was not a human being, and would not feel afraid even in such a gloomy underground, would not feel any pain even if she was torn to pieces by iron spiders, and would not even die even if she was trapped here forever, only because Goes into a dormant state due to exhaustion of energy.

But Mu Yun still didn't want to throw her here, let her be torn apart by unknown monsters, or run out of energy and go dormant in the lonely endless waiting.Maybe it's just because she has a human-like appearance, and those red cat eyes that are not human-like at all.

"Come on." Mu Yun opened the hatch of the cockpit, reached out and pulled the girl up.

Li Jing raised an eyebrow, obviously disapproving of his actions, but he didn't say anything.

He has something on his mind, Mu Yun thought.After seeing that sword, Li Jing's words became less, and he seemed to be thinking about something all the time.The cockpit of the Zero mech is very small.To be on the safe side, he tied the girl's hands and feet, and fixed her in a corner of the cockpit.The girl watched Mu Yun tie her limbs obediently, without any resistance.She stayed quietly in the corner, not even breathing, but Mu Yun could still feel the presence of another person in the cockpit.

The space suddenly becomes cramped and irritating.As he pulled the lever and bumped his elbow against something soft, he suddenly realized that this was the first time he'd been in such a small space with a girl.Even if the girl is not human.

"Boss, do you think the walking posture of the armor Xifeng is a bit strange?" In the communication channel, Su Sheng deliberately lowered his voice and said to Li Jing.

"Well, a little bit." Li Jing said, "Fortunately, this girl is just a cyborg. If this girl is a real person, I guess someone's legs would be too weak to walk by now."

"When he sees a girl, his legs go limp. This guy is really worthless!" Su Sheng slapped his palm, "How much this state affects the battle! In my opinion, it's better to let that girl stay in my metal back cabin, I think she is light and weak, and she will not add much weight to you, boss, do you think so?" Ever since the bright sword was inserted on the back of Mu Yun's battle armor Xifeng, Su Sheng's metal back cabin was replaced. It was Li Jing's battle armor Wuming's back, so Su Sheng said this to Li Jing.

"Hehe, is there room for a second person in your metal cabin?" Li Jing also knew exactly what his lover was planning, and he was just looking for an opportunity to get close to that Rui girl.Li Jing was also quite speechless when a humanoid girl made her two apprentices so uneasy, "In my opinion, it's better to change you to Muyun's cockpit, change that girl, and let her stay in the cockpit. How's it going in your metal back?"

"Uh, forget it then." Su Sheng shook his head like a rattle, "I don't want to be crowded with a smelly man."

"Hey, hey..." Mu Yun's face turned red when she heard Li Jing and Su Sheng's questions and answers.I thought that operating the mech to fight by myself would inevitably sweat profusely, plus I hadn't showered and changed clothes for several days, so the smell on my body was naturally so good that I couldn't smell it anywhere.It's just that the zero-type mecha is simple and simple, but it still has an air circulation system, and the smell in the cockpit is not too bad, right?But after Su Sheng said this, Mu Yun couldn't help but feel a little guilty. She couldn't help but turn her head to look at the Rui girl, wondering if the artificial man has a sense of smell, whether it is true for "huddling with a smelly man" What's your opinion?
But he saw that the girl was looking straight at him with big cat-like eyes.Mu Yun immediately coughed, turned her head away, and said to Li Jing, "What do you think of this sword and Black Wind Profound Armor appearing here?"

The topic of Mu Yun's transfer can be said to be quite blunt. Li Jing knew it well, but he didn't expose him, and said, "If, as you inferred, the real Black Wind Profound Armor is sealed in this sculpture, look at it. The lifelike posture of this sculpture should have been sealed instantly during the battle, even the Netherworld Knight himself might have been sealed together in the battle armor!

"As for the bronze-like biological metal on the surface of the sculpture, there is no record in "Knight's Travels". This biological metal can instantly seal a heavy mecha in battle, which shows its great power, but even Looking at the entire battlefield ruins, only the Black Wind Xuanjia was sealed in this way, that is to say, this kind of biological metal has not been used on a large scale in actual combat-presumably this kind of biological metal is powerful, but its quantity is limited. Even in the age of mechanical civilization, it is a rare thing, and I suspect that it may even be a product of the legendary age before mechanical civilization!"

Mu Yun nodded, thinking that the skeleton of the Underworld Knight might be inside this statue of the Black Wind Profound Armor, Mu Yun also shuddered a little.Originally, he wanted to ask Li Jing if he knew what this bronze-like biological metal was, and if there was a way to undo the seal of the Black Wind Profound Armor, but now he could only give up this idea: if one is not careful, he will be killed in Before unlocking the seal of the Black Wind Profound Armor, first awaken the layer of biological metal, maybe there will be two more statues in the underground of this dead castle.

But Li Jing went on to say: "Even if there is a way to unlock the seal of the Black Wind Profound Armor without activating that layer of biological metal, I advise you not to try it. The Black Wind Profound Armor is ranked in the "Shen Bing Lu". No.30 Three's world famous armor, even if the knight of Huangquan died in battle, it can be passed on to future generations, so there is no need to be so reckless. But in the Millennium War, people did not hesitate to seal and bury it together with the dead castle, presumably because of the reason .Therefore, if there is no surefire solution, it is best not to even touch it."

"As for your sword..." Li Jing paused and said, "The sword is a good sword, but it's just too greedy. Who can afford a sword that uses amethyst as its power source! "

"If you can't afford it, you have to!" Mu Yun said firmly, but she didn't have the confidence in her heart.

He and Li Jing had some brief discussions and small experiments on this sword before, which proved that the technology used on this sword does not belong to any kind on the mainland.The flames on the sword body were not real flames, but some kind of weird miniature mechanical creatures. It could even be said that the entire sword body was composed of mechanical creatures.This sword is alive.

They still don't quite understand the working principle of this sword. They only know that this sword has an independent energy system. Its hilt is inlaid with amethyst, but the color is already very dim.Mu Yun didn't know if it still had enough energy to unleash the brilliance of the sword just now, and even if it still had energy, Mu Yun didn't know if he could swing the same sword again.

As for the amethyst needed for this sword, there is certainly one in the dead castle, but it's hard to say how much is left.They are currently driving the most primitive type zero mecha, and subsequent upgrades will cost a lot of money. Even if they can get amethyst from this dead castle, it is impossible to use all of it on this sword.What's more, what this sword needs is not a piece of amethyst, but a steady stream of amethysts. Even if all the amethysts they got this time are used as energy for this sword, where will they go to get amethysts in the future?This thing is not something that can be bought with money, not to mention that Mu Yun has no money at all.

"Hehe, it's useless to think so much now," Li Jing smiled, the armor Wuming bent down, picked up the thermal saber that Mu Yun had dropped on the ground before, put it on his waist, and strode forward , "Get the amethyst in front of you first!"

"Besides, you can't afford that sword, so why can't you sell it? When the time comes to sell Amethyst and sell your sword for a good price, it should be enough for us to go all the way while eating hot pot and singing songs To the north."

"Hey, I didn't say I would sell it..." Mu Yun quickly manipulated the armor Xifeng to keep up with Li Jing's footsteps.

No one noticed that behind them, as the extinguished fire gradually sank into the darkness again, a ghostly dark green light flashed on the surface of the statue of Heifengxuanjia...

In the depths of the underground of the dead castle, there was a low-pitched dragon roar.

He Kai opened his eyes wide, staring at the monster in front of him, the palm of his right hand holding the joystick was covered in cold sweat.Before he came to Death Castle, he heard his senior brother talk about hunting crystal beasts.

"Be careful of the dragon's teeth. Although they don't look sharp, the dragon's jaws will generate a huge torque by swinging their heads when they bite together, enough to bite off a twenty-ton mech in the middle." His senior brother is a knight of the Eastern Sea Battle Group. Like those who have been hunting crystal beasts at sea for a long time, he habitually uses dragons to refer to those crystal beasts with rare or complicated scientific names.

"When the dragon lowers its head, don't stand in front of the dragon. It's a signal that it is ready to attack," his brother said, "but don't stand behind the dragon. Tail strikes are also a way of attacking dragons. They Usually have a thick tail to support the huge body, the sweep of the dragon's tail is enough to stun the knight in the mecha, and lose his life in the stampede. Staying by the side of the dragon is also dangerous, the dragon's wings A blow is not less powerful than a tail strike. Remember that there is no safe area around a dragon, and don't think that you can break through the defense of the dragon scales with a long-range attack of artillery fire. Most dragons have more than one heart. All over the dragon's body, attacking the dragon's chest will not make it fall down, but will only make it more violent. To deal with a dragon, you need to move constantly, cooperate with your teammates, restrain its range of activities, and let it be as it should be. Spin around the ground until it loses its balance and falls, and you have a chance to cut off the dragon's head."

But his senior brother didn't tell him how to deal with a beast, the most ferocious of all the legendary beasts.

As early as thousands of years ago, the footprints of this ferocious beast disappeared from the mainland.After entering Dead Castle, Fei Yu, the young master of Eagle Castle who led the team, passed on information about the beast to each of them. When the ultrasonic scan image confirmed that there was only one crystal beast left in the well, they even expressed some regrets.

It wasn't until the moment when the monster's head slowly rose from the well that he felt a chill sweeping through his body: it was not so much a head as it was a gigantic skeleton.After being imprisoned in this well for thousands of years, the flesh and blood of this beast has almost shriveled up. The dull dragon scales hung on the neck of the giant dragon, and its wings almost became transparent. , the mutilated bones are clearly visible, but the pair of giant yellow pupils sunken deep in the skull seem like flames from the deepest part of hell.

The dragon roar that was caught off guard made He Kai want to run away. The voice was not high-pitched, but he could feel that the ground on which his mecha was standing was trembling, or maybe it was his own legs. trembling...

The first wave of attacks they organized failed.The sudden roar of the dragon frightened them, causing them to miss the best time to behead the dragon before it crawled out of the well.After thousands of years of impact by the giant dragon, the defensive cover that originally covered the well had already exhausted its energy and was useless. They watched the giant dragon spread its residual wings and fall to the ground, threatening them again.

The second wave of offense was also unsatisfactory.He Kai finally understands why people call the phoenix the most ferocious crystal beast: its hind limbs are stronger than those of a dragon, so that it can strike with the giant claws of its forelimbs in a human standing posture, which makes its The attack range has become larger and more aggressive, and there is almost no foothold in its close range.

Fei Yu, the young master of Eagle Castle, commanded them to organize several attacks, trying to drive the beast back into the well, but failed because their movements couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the command and they couldn't coordinate well several times.

This situation... is almost a reappearance of the scene when we dealt with the iron spider before!He Kai also became anxious.When dealing with the iron spiders before, there was a team of scavengers behind them to help them cut off the rear.Now they have no scavenger available, if they can take down this beast, that's fine, if they can't take it down... This beast has been trapped for a thousand years, and they have been surrounded and attacked by them several times, it has already gone berserk, Even if they want to retreat, the beast will not agree, and it will be hard to say who will be the prey and who will be the hunter.

What's more, these few mechas of theirs have suffered almost all kinds of damage in the short few attacks, dragon teeth, dragon claws, tail strikes and wing strikes. In addition to being intact, the battle damage of other mechs has been quite serious.Even Chu Fengyao's Yanshi-type mecha was never close to the beast, but because it didn't move in time, it was swept away by the tail of the beast that turned around suddenly, and was torn off by the sharp fin spines on the dragon's tail. With a large piece of breastplate, the entire power system is exposed. It looks very distressed, and there is no trace of a calm and composed goddess demeanor.

The only thing that makes He Kai feel hopeful is that this time the young master of Eagle Castle is still insisting on directing and organizing the attack. Although Fei Yu's commanding tone is becoming more and more brief and blunt, with his several timely reminders, there is no one in the team yet. Casualties occur.He Kai was also secretly ashamed: he used to hear from his seniors that in the process of hunting crystal beasts, the most dangerous thing was not the crystal beasts, but the other teams that came to fight for the crystal beasts.But in their current situation, they wish that other teams could come to help.

What He Kai didn't know was that the "other team" he was longing for had already arrived.It's just that the scale of this "other team" is really small. There are only two zero-type mechas, one of which has a black and clumsy sword stuck in the back, and the other has a metal cabin like a turtle shell on its back.Two zero-type mechas squatted obscenely behind a ruin not far from the well, watching and pointing at the same time, almost taking out a bag of melon seeds to knock.

"The performance of these six mechas is not bad, the combination of long-range and short-range attacks is reasonable, and the operation of those knights is not too bad. How did this happen?" Mu Yun frowned, a little confused puzzled.

When he arrived here, the team in front had already been inseparable from the beasts, and it was impossible for Mu Yun to go up and draw out his sword and shout, telling them to stop and challenge him one-on-one. Can follow Li Jing and squat aside to watch first.Unexpectedly, just watching around like this, I found that although the equipment level of the front team was not bad, they were beaten so badly against the big beast that they couldn't organize a decent offensive at all.He was a little worried that he would continue watching like this, without him taking action to bring justice, the beast would directly punish the team on the spot for him.

Even Su Sheng couldn't believe it, "The team that can use the ruthless method of scavenger self-explosion is actually this level? My eyes are not blind, right? Oh, look at that mecha rolling on the ground Rolling around, does it look like a dog?"

"Hehe, interesting." Li Jing looked on with great interest, "Look at the mechas of this team. Although several of them were seriously damaged in battle, the painting of the mechas is very new. Look at the operation techniques of those knights. Some are flustered and panicked, but their basic skills are very solid. You said that rolling around like a dog is actually a very difficult set of physical skills in the "Battle Preparation Record" in "Knight's Travel Record". The technical content is very high, if it is not a knight who has been trained since childhood, there is no way to operate the mech to roll and dodge on the ground... Oops, I didn't dodge this time!"

"Fortunately, I just cut off a piece of leg armor... The awareness of dodging is good, and the technique is also there, but it's still a little tender after all!" Li Jing shook his head.

Mu Yun heard something from Li Jing's words, and looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and seemed to understand it, and said: "These knights don't seem to have hunted crystal beasts before." Although Mu Yun He himself has no experience in hunting crystal beasts, but he fought all the way from the northwest desert to Chang'an, and accumulated a lot of combat experience in the duel.In his eyes, those knights had a jerky feeling that their operations couldn't keep up with their consciousness. He could see their tactical intentions, but he could also see that they couldn't execute their tactics well every time, which is why they played such a dangerous situation. Huansheng, a scene where a group of people are chased by a beast and run around.

"Could it be that these are all trainee knights with no actual combat experience?" Mu Yun also felt a little unbelievable.

"A team that came here specially for Amethyst, instead of hiring hired knights with experience in hunting crystal beasts, they gathered such a group of newcomers at the level of apprentice knights?" Su Sheng scratched his head, "Is this dead? Fort or a novice training camp?"

"The knight in the eagle armor in the middle should not be a rookie." Mu Yun said suddenly, "You see, although he was also attacked by a beast, and the mecha was also damaged, but they were all minor injuries that would not affect the operation. And I see that the tactical intentions of this mecha are well executed, but his teammates can't match his rhythm, which makes him seem a little out of touch with the whole team. This person should be the team's leader Captain and conductor."

"You have a good eye!" Li Jing praised first, and then asked, "Then you should also see, what is the problem with this team?"

"Hmm..." Although Mu Yun has experienced a lot of duels, large and small, they were all single-handed, and such scenes of team battles are rare, so he was asked to analyze the problems of a team. Where, he really didn't dare to speak casually, "It feels like the operation of this team can't keep up with the rhythm of the command, so it showed tactical intentions several times, but the final execution fell short."

"Just like just now, their tactical intention is that the six mechas will attack from the six directions of the beast, control the direction of the beast's action through the attack angle, and try to drive it back into the well. However, due to the size of the beast It is too large, the six mechas cannot see each other's movements, and can only rely on the command and coordination in the communication channel, so as long as the timing of the attack in one place is not grasped well, and the angle is misaligned, they all need to readjust and go. For such a complicated overall tactic, those trainee knights lack experience, so they will take turns to make mistakes, resulting in no effect after several waves of attacks."

Mu Yun frowned. Although he felt that there was nothing wrong with his analysis, he always felt that something was wrong, "This beast doesn't look like a creature with advanced intelligence. It is necessary to use such a complicated Tactics to deal with it? If it were me, I would simply let everyone concentrate on one side, directly use superimposed firepower to suppress the beast's action, push forward with all my strength, make it unable to withstand the attack, and directly retreat to the Inside the well!"

"Hehe, well said, there is no need to use such complicated tactics against a beast!" Li Jing said, "To command a group of novices, the simpler the tactics, the better. It is more effective than the current tactic of calculating the angle of movement every minute and every second!"

What is my stupid way!That's simple, rude and effective, okay?Mu Yun muttered dissatisfiedly in her heart, but suddenly thought, "Even if I did that stupid way, can't the commander of that team see that there is something wrong with their current tactics? The level of the knight is not bad, his operation is much better than the other trainee knights, how could he be completely unaware that the others did not keep up with his command rhythm? Besides, even if the knight in the Taixiaoying armor didn't realize The question is, doesn't anyone in the entire team realize that the tactics being used are too complicated?"

"Those trainee knights... Even if they notice the problem, I'm afraid they can only think that the problem is their own." Li Jing said, intercepting the freeze-frame shot from the screen received by the armor's nameless sensor, zooming in Passed to Mu Yun, "Looking at the clan emblems and emblems on those mechs, the knight in that Owl Eagle armor should be a person with an extremely noble status in Donglin Eagle Fort, and it should be the Eagle Fortress." The master's son or something. The other mechas also have the logo of Eagle Castle, indicating that these trainee knights are all from Eagle Castle, and they may be subordinates of the young master of Eagle Castle. He was obedient and respectful. In addition, the level of the young master of Eagle Castle was much higher than theirs. Naturally, they would rather question their own level than their own young master's command!
"As for the young master of Eagle Castle... Hehe, did he really not realize that there was something wrong with his command?" Li Jing's tone was still lazy, but there was a chill in his voice, "A man who can execute the scavenger tactics well How can a person who is so thorough, who makes the best use of everything possible, make such a low-level mistake in command?"

"Could it be that he ordered this on purpose..." Mu Yun was still a little puzzled, "The young master of Eagle Castle deliberately chose a tactic that the knights he led could not implement at all. What is the purpose?"

He looked at the knights who were fighting the beasts.Except for the Owl Eagle armor which is still in good condition, the other five mechas are already scarred. The right arm of the most severely damaged comet armor was torn by the sharp teeth of the beast. A twisted mechanical structure is exposed under the armor.But the beast is also bleeding.

Although their offensive still failed to force the beast back into the well for the final beheading blow, the already weak beast was covered with scars from various attacks, even the pair of The nearly transparent dragon wings are also full of holes, like a pair of tattered sails.It's just that the beast is ferocious in the first place, and it becomes even more ferocious after being injured. In addition to its huge size, although it has many injuries, it is not fatal.For a moment, it seemed difficult to tell the winner in this fight between man and beast.

But Mu Yun is sure that even if the team of knights can kill the beast, they will lose several mechas and pay a heavy price...

"Could it be that this is the real tactic of the young master of Eagle Castle?!" Mu Yun was taken aback, calculating in his mind the damage of those mechas compared to the damage suffered by the beast, and he suddenly understood Why did the young master of the Eagle Castle choose such a complicated tactical arrangement, "He is using the beast to consume the combat power of several other mechas! If the consumption continues like this, even if they finally win the beast, several mechas will be scrapped The mecha may even kill several knights in battle, but that Owlhawk battle armor will be fine! Even if those trainee knights lose to the beast first and all fall down, the beast is at the end of its strength, and he can rely on Finishing the last blow by himself makes it easier for him to swallow the amethyst by himself!"

"I'll just say it!" Su Sheng slapped his knee hard, "I know there are crystal beasts here, but I only bring a few inexperienced apprentice knights with me. Good thing! Hey, it’s a pity that these trainee knights still trust the young master of Eagle Castle so much, but they can’t see that he is directing them to die, I can’t stand it anymore!”

As he spoke, Su Sheng clasped his hands together, bowed in the direction of those trainee knights who were fighting hard, and murmured, "Don't worry, you guys, after you die, we will definitely replace you." Get rid of that young master of the Eagle Castle, who avenges you, will never let his treacherous scheme of swallowing the purple crystal succeed!"

Why do you speak so nicely!Didn't he just want to grab Amethyst while the Young Master of Eagle Castle is on his orders?Mu Yun rolled her eyes fiercely, thinking that Su gave birth to this child... Li Jing really taught him how to be wrong, how could this level of cruelty look no worse than that young master of Eagle Castle?

"No!" Mu Yun was slandering, but Li Jing said suddenly, "Ever since we made such a big commotion on the avenue, the young master of Eagle Castle has already known that there is a second team in Dead Castle, even if he Arranged for the scavenger to blow himself up to block the road, but with this person's inexhaustible personality, how can he rest assured that he will exhaust all his combat power before killing us?
"Unless he still has a back move, even if he is the only one left, he is sure to deal with a whole team of knights!"

The only possibility in this dead castle that can fight against a whole team of knights by one person is the sealed Black Wind Profound Armor!

Mu Yun and Li Jing turned their heads and looked at each other.The two mechas looked at each other. Although their faces were expressionless, they both knew what the other was thinking at the moment.The two mechas rose from the ground almost at the same time, and jumped out!
"Save people?" Mu Yun pulled out the huge sword from behind and asked Li Jing.

"Save the dragon!" Li Jing replied bluntly, with the nameless swords in his battle armor, he rushed towards the group of knights who were still fighting hard with the beasts!

(End of this chapter)