Chapter 133 Chapter 133: I, Little Elysia, Will Become a Master of Ingenium Sooner or Later!
Chapter 133: I, Little Elysia, Will Become a Master of Ingenium Sooner or Later!
"Go! Thick-Cloud Golden Toad, Lantern-Day Dragon Fish! Knock down all these disobedient ingeniums for this old man!"
At the same time, in the very place Sushang and the others had just seen. A craftsman wearing a red and black uniform, with a stubbly beard that gave him a rather middle-aged heroic air, was commanding the two strangely-shaped Xianzhou ingeniums in front of him with great authority.
Just as their names suggested, one was a mechanical goldfish with a belly glowing like a lightbulb, and the other was a bronze toad sitting on a lotus lantern, though it was unclear whether it could actually move freely.
Leaving aside who on the Xianzhou designed these two bizarre combat ingeniums, that heroic middle-aged man wasn't fighting the enemy alone. Beside him stood an even smaller figure, vigorously waving her little fists.
"Wow, hit it, hit it!"
After the Ambrosial Arbor inexplicably invaded the Artisanship Commission, most of the special ingeniums originally responsible for guarding the place also went out of control for unknown reasons. They began to attack any living beings appearing around them in violation of their original programming, naturally becoming a major obstacle to their exploration of the Artisanship Commission.
Combat between ingeniums is extremely and unusually brutal. Almost every physical attack between them sends sparks and parts flying everywhere. So, to protect his beloved ingeniums, as a combat master, he wouldn't foolishly let them engage in close-quarters combat.
"Now! Lantern-Day Dragon Fish, use 'Night's Radiance'! Attack its exposed core!"
Combat ingeniums on the Xianzhou are meant to be used as military equipment. Therefore, to ensure their capability and stability in warfare, each ingenium is equipped with a certain degree of intelligence.
Upon receiving the command, the Lantern-Day Dragon Fish immediately dodged the attack of the massive ingenium in front of it with a look of wisdom in its eyes. It moved to the ingenium's recently damaged abdomen, opened its mouth, and spewed scorching flames into it.
Boom——!
With a violent explosion, the massive ingenium that was just swaggering about tragically blew apart into a pile of debris. Truly lamentable.
"Heheh, how about it, little girl? This old man's ingeniums are impressive, right?"
After finishing this, the middle-aged man turned around, stroked his beard, and stood proudly before the pink-haired little girl.
"Very impressive!" The pink-haired little girl nodded her head without any pretense.
"Of course! Ingeniums personally cultivated by this old man could never be matched by such third-rate products from an assembly line!"
After receiving praise, he instantly became smug and said in a slightly regretful tone: "Let me tell you a secret, little one. Actually, this old man has been researching a special spatial equipment all along—if we could shrink these ingeniums down to a portable size, it would be so much more convenient!"
"That way, not only would the Cloud Knights' combat capabilities be greatly enhanced, but this old man could even hold several ingenium tournaments to rapidly increase people's enthusiasm for ingeniums! It's just a pity that the development of this technology has temporarily hit an insurmountable bottleneck."
After shaking his head somewhat dejectedly, the middle-aged man straightened his chest again as if changing his expression and declared boldly: "But don't you worry, little one. After this old man resolves this major crisis at the Artisanship Commission, I'll personally assemble a super powerful ingenium for you! What do you say?"
"Yay!!!"
"..."
These two were having fun, but it was tough on the remaining few people not far away who couldn't join in at all.
"Mr. Yang, I feel like there are more and more unreliable people in our team... Is this really okay going forward?"
March 7th, who had sidled up to Welt, completely forgetting that she herself was probably a major liability, spoke with some helplessness: "I... I kind of miss Dan Heng now."
The Astral Express trio... no, quartet now. Among these few people, almost no one besides Dan Heng is reliable.
March 7th herself goes without saying; she can often come up with some wild antics. On the other hand, Stelle is even more proactive; she can do things like randomly rummage through trash cans, let alone other things.
As for little Elysia now... the probability of this child being unreliable is even higher. She even ran up to grab the Luofu General's pant leg and call him 'uncle'—is there anything she wouldn't do?!
Now with Dan Heng absent, leading such a bunch of worry-inducing kids through a dangerous Xianzhou like this... one can only imagine how weary Welt's heart must be.
"At least they are seriously dealing with the obstacles in front of us, instead of focusing their minds on strange places like you do, Little March." In response to March 7th's accusations against others, Welt mercilessly exposed her.
Hearing this, March 7th stuck out her tongue sheepishly before retorting in a very soft voice: "I... I was exploring to satisfy my curiosity... Isn't that also part of the fearless Trailblazing spirit..."
"I really didn't expect Miss March 7th's words to be so amusing?" Tingyun, who hadn't spoken much since entering the Artisanship Commission, suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled lightly.
"Wow! How come... even you're making fun of me, Miss Tingyun!" March 7th immediately protested.
Being laughed at by both insiders and outsiders—how is one supposed to live like this!
"Alright, alright, everyone. Let's end the chit-chat here."
Master Gongshu from the Artisanship Commission standing at the front suddenly waved his hand at everyone and pointed at the steps ahead: "Once we cross this last obstacle, we'll be at the core area of the Artisanship Commission. Normally, you'd need special authorization to get close to there."
"Judging from the situation just now, things are very bad up ahead... We absolutely cannot let that thing chisel a big hole in the Creation Furnace. After all, what's suppressed inside is..."
Master Gongshu suddenly showed a hesitant attitude, as if considering whether or not to tell them this information. But then he heard Tingyun, who had just spoken up earlier, suddenly take over his words: "I know. It's 'Suiyang', right?"
"Legend says they were once a race of pure energy lifeforms that were enemies of the Xianzhou. After being defeated by the Xianzhou, they even cooperated with them for a time."
"Pure energy lifeforms... In all my years traveling through the universe, I've rarely encountered such lifeforms. How truly marvelous."
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