Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

He pulled the mechanism next to the assistant driver, and the seat quickly rose along the guide rail below, bringing him to the control console.

Seeing these complicated buttons and joysticks, Leon was a little confused. He tried hard to recall and combined the knowledge in his mind to roughly understand the situation.

The entire Mechanical Furnace can indeed be operated here, and its functions are fully displayed in front of you.

Smelting and casting various high-level materials, the top-level of which is the imitation source alloy.

Process various materials into any desired form, including equipment, golems, ship parts, engineering machinery, and forge island raw materials.

However, in order to fully control this facility, there are still many abstruse things that are not yet fully understood. Li Ang only sees that it is necessary to combine the inherited knowledge and the law of fusion to comprehend it.

Fortunately, he can handle the problem that needs to be solved most at the moment.

After pressing a few buttons and pulling the control levers, the furnace began to make dull mechanical sounds, and the flames that could be seen everywhere quickly shrank and retreated into the center of the giant mechanical sphere. The abnormally high temperature in the entire facility quickly subsided.

Li Ang performed the second round of operations, and the process of continuously producing guards was completely stopped.

For who knows how many years, while maintaining a certain level of defense, the Furnace of Creation has been assembling and disassembling metal guards in a cycle. The Island Forgers did not develop a complex program. This cycle was intended to save energy and furnace loss, so when foreign enemies invaded, it could not quickly produce golems to fight.

After entering the pause command, this huge creation that had been running for who knows how many years finally calmed down.

"You should take a rest first."

Li Ang looked up at the giant metal ball in the sky, breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down on the backrest of the movable seat under him.

Based on the knowledge he had gained, Li Ang realized that the Furnace of Creation was about to be overwhelmed. If it was to be put into high-load operation again, it would be best to carry out a round of major overhaul and maintenance first.

Even without the Empire, just reporting this place to the Guild would cost a ton of career points, Leon thought as he watched the engineers, led by Loken, sprint towards him from a distance.

342. Information of the Island Maker

When Locke and the others came near the control console, the temperature inside the Furnace of Creation had dropped a lot, and even without a large amount of magical protection, they could still endure the high temperature that had not yet dissipated.

"I can't believe you guys actually did it. No, I mean, it's not that I don't believe you guys, I just can't think of the right words to praise you!"

Neil looked around in amazement. Unlike the Sky Knights who continued to advance, they walked through a corridor that was as wide as if built for giants, approached the magnificent ancient giant creations, and saw the unprecedented complex control console. Even though they were originally residents of the Rudder City and had used the pre-civilization equipment here, it still refreshed their understanding of the world.

At this moment, even Locke, a leader with extensive experience, could hardly conceal his excitement.

From gradually taking over the island facilities to develop the shipbuilding industry, to discovering the machine core tunnel and trying to open the gate, internal divisions in the shipyard, years of ideological confrontation, the city was invaded by the empire, unexpected help opened the machine core gate, and under his proposal, united the forces of all parties to conquer this relic that is truly the heart of the island.

It all happened so long and so quickly that the engineers didn't even have much of a sense of reality.

Li Ang slid down the track in his moving seat and stopped in front of them.

"From now on, this place will be jointly managed by the three of us." Melgon said as he walked over.

When the Knight Commander saw the Shadow Shipyard coming, he took the initiative to point out the most critical issue for the Furnace of Creation, which was who would control it.

He had briefly discussed this matter with Li Ang before, but compared to Li Ang, who was not very familiar with Shadow Shipyard, he was even more unfamiliar with these engineers and workers, so he adopted a businesslike attitude.

The party that discovered and occupied the fourteen passages certainly held some rights, but the greatest contribution to the conquest of the ruins was made by the Order Flower Sword Group representing the guild and the Star Flower Brigade, which claimed to be on its own side.

"What about me? And me too." Xiao Mo jogged over from a distance, laughing.

"The Super Luck Team has failed to fulfill its responsibility to protect the Helm City," said Melegon.

"Well, this is not a coincidence, but I also contributed. Our group was able to benefit from the Shadow Shipyard, so I also have a small part of the credit." Xiao Mo smiled distressedly.

"The specific percentage of merit will be calculated by the Guild's specialists at that time. They won't be in this small office here, but at the Flores Airspace Headquarters. This ruin holds immense potential, and the events in the Rudder City will inevitably draw the attention of the Guild's top brass, so there's no need to rush.

"But it's only 3.5 square meters at most," Melgon said to Morales.

"Alas, our group suffered a great loss this time. It happened just when they were all dispatched." Xiao Mo sighed.

"The biggest situation here is not over yet. What are your plans next?"

The Knight Commander looked at Leon. After giving a few words to the others, he brought the conversation back to the point.

Leon has not met all the leaders of the Knights of Order, but from the known information, especially the example of Alafia, these leaders are all talented and arrogant people. Their positions and mentality make them even more ruthless and impartial.

After this battle, Melegon recognized Leon, but his attitude towards those who did not participate in the war but had legal authority to control the ruins was indifferent, so he directly let Leon, as the backbone, express his opinions.

"According to the plan, after the Furnace of Creation is cleared, the road will be cleared so that this can be used as a passage to rescue the hostages in the shipyard. So the next step is to clear the wreckage."

Li Ang pointed to several battlefields where battles had taken place before. Some of the remains of the ancient guards that had been decomposed by the reverse smelting law still retained their alloy state, while most of them had been reduced to rare metals that could be mined and reused.

Of course, there is no time to complete the mining in a short period of time, so we only need to flatten the large alloy blocks blocking the way and the cooled and accumulated metal hills.

"Those materials are very valuable, and are very beneficial to our Foil Corps and your Air Cavalry Corps," said the Knight Commander.

Melgon's subtext was that according to the guild rules, those who did not participate in the battle were not eligible to take these things.

"Leave the clearing of the passage to us, Durant, and go get our engineering equipment." Neil said to someone next to him.

"My opinion is to do everything as quickly as possible, but after two days of fighting, everyone has been covered in my auxiliary spells. It will take at least tomorrow before they can fight normally. I want to use the rest of today to analyze this magnificent ancient wonder."

Leon looked up at the complex mechanical structure above his head, with part of his eyes fixed on the control console.

"A deeper understanding of this place may be helpful for the upcoming battle."

Melgon didn't understand what Leon meant, but Locke nodded slightly, agreeing with this view.

For the Shadow Shipyard, they want to use the ancient giant ships that they have studied for many years to participate in the war, so the Furnace of Creation may provide some methods and knowledge to better utilize the giant ships.

Li Ang himself was also somewhat concerned about some of the information he had just received.

He invited everyone to go up to the control panel. After observation and trial, the engineers quickly understood how to operate the mobile seat and smoothly rose to the control console. The platform could not accommodate too many people, so only members related to the Star Flower Brigade came up.

"Wow, these are—"

Li Ang grabbed Zoe by the back of her collar and said, "Don't touch me."

The kitten became interested as soon as he saw the complicated joysticks and buttons.

Facing her eager look at him, Li Ang said, "Watch me operate, and I will tell you the functions of these places."

"Have you done any research?" Locke asked from the side.

"If you are a sorcerer, you can sense some magical power flowing in rhythm according to the spirituality within it." Li Ang made up a reason without changing his expression.

Although the engineers were very excited, they couldn't find a breakthrough point, so they stopped and watched what Li Ang was going to do.

Although the sorcerer's ability was a lie, Leon did feel a special magic.

He had tasted it while Melgon was speaking just now, and it seemed to be related to the law of fusion.

He tentatively turned the joystick, and a crystal rose in the center of the operating platform.

"what is this?"

Zoe leaned over to look curiously.

"Don't go over to look at anything that comes out of the ruins right away."

Li Ang first taught her a lesson before walking up to the crystal-like object.

This thing really didn't look dangerous, so he didn't hold the girl back, but he still had to teach her.

"There's a depression on it, and it looks a bit like a hand."

The one who spoke was Alulu. She opened her delicate little hands, which contrasted with the depression of the crystal plate, and she seemed a little confused.

"If it's a hand, why does it only have four fingers?"

"Maybe this is the race that built this place?" Xiao Mo continued.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, the young man with animal ears smiled and said, "Including the first time I came here to explore, under the blessing of Leon's spell, I chopped the metal guards here into pieces several times at close range, and destroyed the undead controlling them many times. I found that they are strong, but short in stature, and their fingers are particularly thick.

"Although I didn't look closely at their palms, the thickness of their fingers and the proportions of their palms are very similar to the grooves."

The reason why everyone was unsure whether there was a handprint on the crystal plate was because it was too big compared to the hands of humans, and the connected fingers were also very thick.

Li Ang felt that Xiao Mo's guess was very close to the truth. In the heritage of the Island Builders, they liked to build four-fingered mechanical arms, which should be a reflection of their own racial characteristics.

They must have been associated with engineering knowledge for a long time. The magic of Newbis has allowed the evolution of various races to far exceed that of Earth. Their fingers are thick, probably because they were born to grip the handles of tools more firmly.

Li Ang pointed at the crystal plate and tried to press his palm into it.

As soon as it came into contact, some of his magic power was quickly drawn away, and then the crystal disk returned a portion of it, seemingly carrying some information.

Is that not enough, or is some kind of proof required?

He tried to transfer the magic power through the law of fusion before inputting it, and this time, the console responded immediately.

A series of strange voices came from the console, which seemed to be some kind of language.

No one present could understand what the voice was saying, but in their sight, a phantom made of magic power slowly rose up.

In appearance, the phantom is a strong, short human, and he indeed only has four fingers.

The phantom stared blankly ahead. The machine that released the phantom rose from the open door of the console. The sound coming out of it changed its tone several times, and finally turned into an ancient language mixed with some words and short sentences that everyone could understand.

"welcome

"Newbis ancient language?" Locke asked doubtfully.

"It should be right."

Li Ang had read some files in the ancient language of Newbis, but the language was too complicated. He read it with the help of a dictionary and forgot most of it afterwards.

The ancient Newbis language that everyone is most familiar with is the name of the four major airspaces, "flower" of Flores, "sand" of Sabrum, and so on.

"Detection... terminology... changes..."

"Correction..."

After a burst of mechanical sounds, the sound coming from the shadow continued to change, and finally became closer and closer to the modern Newbis common language.

"Welcome to the Forge of Creation, outsider."

Finally, everyone present understood the words of the phantom.

"The Furnace of Creation, that's the name of the facility we're in, right?" Mellegon said.

"That's right." The shadow replied.

The white-haired knight leader was a little surprised: "It's actually an ancient device that can communicate?"

"I am the personification of the auxiliary thinking unit of the Forge of Creation. Because the magic probe has been shielded for so long, the time scale has become blurred, but I can understand that a long time has passed since the masters and creators of this place—the 'Island Forgers'—left.

"The masters didn't destroy the final creation, the result of the entire clan's hard work. They simply switched it to low-power operation mode, preserving the possibility for outsiders who could decipher the inheritance to enter."

"Since you have awakened me, it means that you have inherited the legacy of the Island Forger and are qualified to become the new master of this place."

The shadow of the thinking unit looked directly at Li Ang and revealed all his secrets.

"Ah, you kid really found something good." Xiao Mo first pressed Li Ang's shoulder with one claw.

"Hey, be gentle, didn't I tell you? From a spiritual perspective..."

Li Ang took away the hand of the young man with animal ears and explained it using the old saying.

Since it was Leon who opened the door to the Furnace of Creation, his words did not actually arouse much suspicion. Only Xiao Mo, who saw Aqua open the door with his own eyes and was familiar with Leon, felt that something was wrong. However, he could also see that Leon did not want to explain too much to others, so he kept his doubts in his heart and pretended to believe him on the surface.

"Was the flame like before just in low-power mode?" Farina was concerned about another sentence said by the phantom.

"I guess so. When I turned it off, I saw that it could actually run more efficiently," Leon said, pointing to the giant mechanical sphere above.

"If they didn't have some ingenuity beyond what people have today, how could they use this mechanical furnace to build the large ships outside?" Locke thought it made sense.

"Please leave your name so that we can confirm the new controller of the Furnace of Creation." The shadow said to Leon.

"Leon."

"Okay, Master Leon, based on the frequency of magic power you display, you currently have 33% of the furnace authority. You can ask me for the specific permissions."

"What do you think?"

"Okay. Your current permissions include: Material processing - Orichalcum, Mithril, Adamantine, Blue Iron, Purple Moon Steel, Crystal Iron, Earth Tin...

"Natural materials used—Sunstone, Ocean Sound Stone, Island Soul Stone, Wind Wall Stone, Light Crown Stone, Abyss Stone...

"Engineering equipment assembly - light transport unit, medium transport unit, medium assembly unit..."

Li Ang raised his hand: "Stop, stop, stop."

He listened patiently for a few paragraphs, thinking that the information given by the auxiliary unit was just like the name of a dish, with no summary at all.

I will find a way to ask about the specific permissions later. If this thing can only provide such backward information, then Li Ang will have to spend time sorting it out to find out the extent of the permissions of this 33%.

"I'll follow your instructions." The shadow stopped talking and fell silent.

Li Ang looked around, met everyone's gaze, briefly exchanged opinions, and then asked again the question that everyone was most concerned about.

"This place is called the Furnace of Creation. Its original owner called himself the Island Forger. Please explain these two names."

"Alright. The Furnace of Creation means the furnace that creates the world's machinery. Its name is largely based on the 'Furnace of Creation', a divine facility left over from the creation of the world in the legend of Newbis. I hope to use this furnace I am in to reach the power of the Furnace of Creation."