Chapter 268: The Pharmacy
"The Silent Warrior has an unimaginable impact on the Mechanical Race."
Su Xia stared at the scroll intently, thinking of a lot of things.
His clone, the Masked Stranger, has the ability to control metal and will affect mechanical creatures.
According to many rumors, the mechanical race has planned to treat him like the "silent warrior" he once was and will deal with him at all costs.
The clone has not made any moves during this period of time, and some people outside speculate that he may have been secretly captured by the mechanical clan.
【Mechanical taboo】
[Type: Active Skill]
[Level: Unleveled Item]
[Description: The nemesis of mechanical creatures. After learning this skill, you will have the ability to influence all mechanical products around you. The degree of influence depends on your own ability and the ability of the opponent.]
Su Xia clicked on the scroll and immediately learned the skill. A golden active ability appeared in the skill bar.
He thought about it and clicked to use it.
The next moment, the world around me changed again.
Mechanical life forms appeared in his perception one by one. The surrounding floors, walls, and various wires above his head were dyed a layer of dark red, looming like flowing blood vessels.
Beside him, Hal was suddenly startled and asked, "Captain, did you use some special ability?"
Su Xia nodded and replied: "Yes, how do you feel?"
"It's hard to explain. My system is stuck. It takes one or two seconds to transmit a tiny command. For example, if I'm talking to you now..."
Hal was indeed not as smart and fluent as he had appeared before. It took him two seconds to reply to Su Xia's words.
Moreover, the display was intermittent and the freezing phenomenon was very serious, which reminded Su Xia of the old black and white TV at home when she was a child, which seemed like it would crash at any time.
"This ability is indeed extraordinary."
Su Xia was thoughtful. He had not yet fully utilized this ability, he just gave it a simple try.
If we go all out, will we just destroy Hal?
He didn't dare to do so now. After all, he was in the wreckage of an alien spacecraft. The entire wreckage was made up of mechanical structures. Once something went wrong, the consequences would be quite serious.
“Sizzle…Sizzle…”
At this moment, the surrounding lights suddenly began to flicker, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and the atmosphere was weird.
On the wall next to it, the display screen also had flickering lines on it, and the screen was completely blurred, making it impossible to see the text and pictures on it.
Seeing this, Hal hurriedly said, "Captain, please put away your magical powers. This spaceship can no longer withstand the destruction of the internal forces."
"good!"
Su Xia looked around and immediately retracted his ability.
Hal, who was beside him, breathed a sigh of relief instantly and felt his whole body lighten, as if his shackles had been removed.
This feeling was very strange. After all, he was just a robot. As long as there were no problems with the internal parts, he could easily live for hundreds of years. But just now he actually felt feelings similar to "aging" and "weakness".
At the same time, the surrounding lights and display screens returned to normal.
The other side.
In the huge cargo hold.
Everyone stopped observing, stood up, looked at each other, and had puzzled expressions on their faces.
"What happened just now? Why are the lights flickering?"
"Could it be that the spacecraft is aging and the circuits are unstable?"
"That makes sense. This spaceship crashed more than 20 years ago. I heard that the energy warehouse is not here. It has only relied on the backup energy to survive until now. Everyone should be careful and don't touch those uncertain areas..."
“…”
The sudden abnormal situation sounded a wake-up call for everyone.
Dozens of Hal's clones were also in this cargo hold. They naturally knew the specific situation, but they didn't tell these guys and just watched coldly.
In the prize cabin, Hal, who was next to Su Xia, told Su Xia about the situation in the cargo hold.
After listening, Su Xia nodded slightly: "Yes, the range of influence of this ability is so far. No wonder the mechanical race was so scared at the beginning, and almost the entire race was used to hunt down the owner of this power."
Today, the creatures with mechanical muteness have disappeared.
Even history has been almost erased.
Only the old documents stored in the underground confidential archives of large organizations such as Dragon City and Zero Point Tavern can let people know the former glory of the possessors of this ability.
Once Su Xia is exposed, he will be hunted down by the mechanical clan.
Perhaps, all the mechanical clan members in the entire southwestern region will go out in full force at all costs to sweep across the entire wilderness and the southwestern mountainous area. Even if it costs a lot of energy, they will find Su Xia and destroy him completely.
"I have to be careful next time." Su Xia thought for a moment, "I can't reveal this skill until my own abilities and the abilities of the entire human race are strong enough."
"Captain, can your ability become even stronger?" Hal asked.
"Um."
“So, if you go to the starry sky, you might become a guest of honor of some interstellar exploration organization.”
"What do you mean?"
"The mechanical civilization in the starry sky was once very glorious, but then a civil war broke out." Hal explained, "When the 'Deep Space Polygon' sect separated from the mechanical race, due to internal ideological differences and years of accumulated conflicts, it eventually led to a brutal mechanical war that swept across several large star regions and almost caused the mechanical civilization to break apart."
"What does this have to do with my ability?"
"some."
Hal nodded and continued to explain: "After the war, a large number of civilized planets belonging to the mechanical race were completely deserted and turned into death planets. A huge star region was completely abandoned."
"You mean... exploring the ruins abandoned by the Mechanic?"
"Yes."
Hal narrated that after the war, the huge mechanical race fell apart.
Many people are lamenting that in the past, civil wars would only break out between humans or other flesh-and-blood races. After all, where there are interests, there is struggle. However, conflicts rarely arise among the mechanical race because of interests.
Unexpectedly, they would fight because of differences in "ideologies".
In the eyes of most flesh-and-blood creatures, this is truly unimaginable.
After all, as long as everyone can make money together, it is acceptable even if the two parties have completely different ideas.
"After that, exploring the ruins in the star region abandoned by the Mechanical Race became a very popular activity among the stars."
Hal described the scene in detail: "Although the resources explored in the interstellar space are enough to last for tens of thousands of years, many resources are difficult to mine. Many ordinary people and most organizations are still struggling to survive... There may be special treasures in the ruins of the mechanical civilization..."
"Special metal?"
"Yes, the Mechanical Clan has mastered some very special alloys." Hal nodded, "Not only that, but there are also the wreckage of Mechanical Clan spaceships drifting in deep space, weapons and energy left on certain planets, etc., all of which are very popular items in the trading market."
When the market matures, people with abilities like Su Xia become popular.
After all, we are going to explore the ruins of the mechanical civilization, and we will often encounter various strange mechanical creatures left in the ruins, as well as many strange mechanical restrictions.
While there are special tools to deal with these things, most tools are ultimately no match for humans.
After all, people have independent thinking, and actions are just a matter of thought.
"Captain, if you can leave this planet and explore the stars in the future, perhaps in a few years, you will become a famous explorer and a millionaire in the interstellar space."
"We'll talk about the future later."
Su Xia sighed, the more he thought about it now, the more useless it was.
"In fact, you don't owe the people on this planet anything. As long as you find a complete planetary survey ship, you can leave at any time." Hal advised: "With your ability, you don't need to work so hard... There were a total of twelve small planetary survey ships on this spaceship, and they were well protected. I think that even if the spaceship disintegrated in the air, the twelve small ships would be preserved intact."
"Um……"
Su Xia raised his head and looked at the huge mecha in front of him with mixed feelings.
As Hal said - if he just wanted to make money, he could do it now.
But, people must have ideals after all.
If you have no ideals, what’s the difference between you and a salted fish?
He stretched out his hand and gently placed it on the gray-black mecha shell. It felt very cold. A chill passed through the palm of his hand and passed along the metal surface, as if this steel monster was interacting with him.
“Crack—Crack—”
On the back of the heavy mecha, more than a dozen wires connected to the control screen fell off and landed on the ground, indicating that this set could be used by Su Xia.
The next moment, Su Xia waved his hand lightly, and the entire mecha was stored in the storage space.
In front of him, there was only an empty exhibition round table.
"With my current strength, I am not able to fully control this mecha for the time being." Su Xia groaned, "How to replenish energy and ammunition are all problems. I need to go to Dragon City to find technicians as soon as possible."
At this moment, Hal beside him stared with two big "?" in his pair of mechanical eyes. The tracks rolled and walked around the circular platform of the exhibition mecha, while his hands kept groping around.
How come that mecha disappeared out of thin air?
He felt around and confirmed that the mecha was really gone. He couldn't help but look at Su Xia and asked, "Captain, how did you do it?"
"The art of disappearing out of thin air?" Su Xia asked with a smile.
"Yes."
"It's easy. I'm born with the ability. I just need to tear open a pocket in another dimension."
"Tear open the pocket of another dimension with bare hands?" Hal was shocked. He stared with wide eyes and asked, "Captain, are you a fourth-dimensional creature?"
Su Xia shook her head: "No, I was just kidding."
Hal: “…”
The little robot was speechless and did not ask any more questions, knowing that this was Su Xia's personal secret.
Through his performance, Su Xia could roughly judge that there had never been a group like the Undead in the distant interstellar space, otherwise the player's storage space would definitely be recorded.
Perhaps there had been one or two people with special abilities who could create strange spaces before, but Hal couldn't access them.
After all, he is just an intelligent steward of a small spaceship.
Then, Su Xia looked at the last prize.
On the prize column, the last icon looks like three overlapping pieces of paper. It should be a skill book. Su Xia feels that it looks familiar, as if she has gotten it before.
He immediately clicked on it to check.
【Normal Swordsmanship】
[Type: Ordinary Skill]
[Level: Unleveled Item]
[Description: Hit with most of the body's strength, an ordinary sword strike, with average power, suitable for swordsmanship beginners to learn]
【……】
[Advanced Ordinary Swordsmanship]
[Type: Ordinary Skill]
[Level: Unleveled Item]
[Description: Hit with most of the body's strength, slash out two fancy swords, the power is acceptable...]
【……】
【Super Ordinary Swordsmanship】
【type……】
【……】
Normal, advanced, and super. This level division is exactly the same as the set of boxing skills obtained in the previous mission.
This ordinary skill is suitable for ordinary players without psychic powers, and is not of much help to Su Xia at this stage.
"Not bad, it's always good to have many skills."
He didn't think much about it and just started studying.
When I have time in the future, I will return to the old base of the Oasis Camp and teach the North Wind Organization's external player legion one by one.
Speaking of which, it has been a while since the relocation, and Su Xia has never been back to visit.
After learning it, Su Xia put his fingers together to make a sword, and with a deep look in his eyes, he performed an ordinary sword technique in front of him.
"call out--"
The movements were extremely fast, leaving a faint afterimage in the air, making him look like a dashing swordsman.
However, like ordinary boxing, this sword technique also has the same problems.
When performing sword skills, Su Xia seemed to have a force held back in his chest, and that force was released along with the sword strike , almost making him shout out the four words "ordinary sword skills" on the spot.
He can suppress it, but those players may not be able to do so.
Su Xia could already think of——
From then on, the players of the North Wind Legion, all with red faces, fought around on the battlefield, yelling out embarrassing names of moves.
The scene was really hard to describe.
"Lin Shan and the others are pretty thick-skinned, so it shouldn't be a problem."
Su Xia touched his chin and thought so.
After all, in those martial arts novels, before two masters fight, they have to shout out the names of their moves to intimidate each other.
Of course, there are some shameless masters who shout boxing skills but actually wield swords in their hands, making it difficult to guard against them.
"Captain, what should we do next?" Hal interrupted Su Xia's thoughts. "Those guys are still searching around in the cargo hold, treating it like their own home. I want to drive them out."
"We still have to save people."
Su Xia looked at the time. It was almost noon, and a message popped up on the bracelet indicating that her body was hungry in the real world.
But he did not log off immediately. Instead, he asked Hal: "Besides Shi Sishi's team, have you met any other teams in the past few days?"
"Captain, is there anyone else trapped?"
"Well, there should be a few members from the Zero Point Tavern. In addition, Dragon City has also sent out two search and rescue teams..."
As he was speaking, footsteps were heard in the corridor outside the door.
The old dean and Wang Luo, as representatives of the Longcheng team, came to discuss with Su Xia.
Both of them were embarrassed. They stood outside the door and looked at each other, hoping that the other party would speak first and ask Su Xia to give them more authority to facilitate their research on the goods in the cargo hold.
At this time, Su Xia smiled and took the initiative to ask: "Do you two feel it is inconvenient?"
"No, it's just..."
"Don't worry, these things can be sent for research when the time comes."
Su Xia spoke, directly blocking the other two from saying anything.
He looked at the old dean and asked, "I think Longcheng headquarters should have sent a rescue team over. Did Shi Sishi mention it?"
The old dean's face changed slightly: "Oh no, I actually forgot about this!"
They have been trapped for many days and have been out of contact. There will definitely be a rescue team coming from the Longcheng headquarters.
However, the joy of finding the alien spaceship made him temporarily forget about the headquarters' affairs. Now he thought, could the headquarters' rescue team also be trapped?
At this moment, another task reminder popped up in front of Su Xia.
[Mission: The Disappearing Guest (Continued)]
This time, he was the one who took the initiative to trigger the mission.
The mission requires finding two missing Dragon City rescue teams, and the reward is simple, which is two chances to draw a lottery.
The task was not difficult. After all, there were hundreds of Hal's clones to help, and a complete forest map. It was only a matter of time to find it.
"There shouldn't be anything big happening these two days, so it's a good time to find someone." Su Xia thought.
…
At the same time, in the wilderness far away outside Coral City.
The mechanical army is advancing quietly.
As the leader of this army, Mercer stood on an armored vehicle at the front. He did not fly, conserving his spiritual energy and silently thinking about the underground experiments.
Not long after, a silver-white mechanical metal bird flew over from behind and brought him bad news.
"Master Mercer, there's an incident in the laboratory. Experiment No. 19 has been..."
"What?"
Mercer's face changed and he immediately turned around and looked in the direction of Coral City.
He ordered in a cold voice: "Let Yu Tuo take action and take people to surround the pharmacy. Don't let anyone leave!"
"Pharmacy?"
The silver-white mechanical bird wondered what a missing experimental subject had to do with the pharmacy?
"That old man's drugstore! Don't ask, just do it!"
