The Goblin Laboratory is the most high-end scientific research institution in Clockwork City, a place specializing in the study of alchemy.

Such an important place is naturally extremely tightly guarded, but Mu You has the ability to disguise, so it's not difficult to sneak in.

Now that his demand for weapon accessories has been basically met, Mu You is ready to try his luck in this so-called laboratory.

But before he could start, a prompt suddenly popped up in the game.

[You see a mechanical beetle running along the cracks in the ground to your feet, climbing up along the mecha's leg bones and onto your shoulders.]

[Your reconnaissance beetle has reported to you some news that you may need.]

[It learned from the conversation between two elderly goblin workers that the 'clockwork clock tower' built eight hundred years ago is located in the center of the city and is responsible for the time telling work of the entire city.]

[Due to the special significance of the clock tower to the Clockwork City, if you want to ensure that the time is accurate for many years, you need an extremely precise and wear-resistant main gear. At that time, the alchemy level of the goblins was not enough to produce such precise accessories. It is said that back then

In order to build the bell tower, the chief designer had to place a precious 'golden gear' in the core mechanism of the bell tower...】

"Oh?"

Mu You was stunned.

He was about to go to the Goblin Laboratory, but he didn't expect the news about the Golden Gear to arrive.

The clock tower mechanism, which needs to be highly precise, uses golden gears, which is reasonable in principle.

But after all, it happened more than 800 years ago, and the specific facts remain to be verified.

After thinking about it, Mu You decided to go to the bell tower first to confirm whether the information was true or false.

[You walk towards the central street of Clockwork City...]

[You have arrived at the foot of the ‘Clockwork Bell Tower’.]

[The Clockwork Clock Tower is the core time-telling device of the entire Clockwork City and is one of the most important buildings in the city. All the goblins and machines in the city use its time as the basis for daily work and life. Once the time of the clock tower is

If there is chaos, the whole city may fall into chaos and shutdown.]

[You are hiding in the blind spot under the bell tower and activate the 'Detect Sand Spider Nest'.]

[Mechanical spiders the size of gravel crawled out of the spider nest, quickly crossed the ground, and climbed towards the top of the bell tower...]

Detecting the Sand Spider Nest is a detection device that Mu You accidentally found in the Clockwork City. It is an epic alchemy tool that can immediately produce one hundred and sixty mechanical sand spiders after activation. It lasts for one hour. Each time

They all have super climbing, jumping and detection abilities.

When these sand spiders leave their nests, they leave behind a piece of silk invisible to the naked eye, which can extend up to two thousand meters away. Any information the sand spiders detect along the way will be reported to the main body in real time through the silk thread.
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[The sand spiders quickly climbed to the top of the bell tower and penetrated through the gaps in the surrounding walls. Complex and sophisticated mechanical clock structures constantly appear in your mind...]

[The cluster of densely biting gears could not prevent the sand spiders from sneaking in. After going through many obstacles, one of the sand spiders finally reached the core of the bell tower first.]

[You saw the only small golden light and shadow among the countless gray and black gears.]

[Golden Gear: A gear with the property of 'eternal' and cannot be damaged or worn in any way.]

"It really does!"

Mu You's eyes lit up, he didn't expect the rumors from eight hundred years ago to be true!

Gears with eternal characteristics are no wonder so precious.

This thing is an accessory designed for the long-term stable operation of high-end instruments, and there are probably not many of them in the entire Clockwork City.

The first-generation conversion device made by the old goblin was a test product for path exploration. It was used as a lower replacement just to verify the feasibility of the idea. But for formal production, if you want to maintain the stability of the conversion device under high pressure for a long time, gold is required.

Something like gears.

In this way, the sources of both mission props can be found.

However, this clock tower is the time-telling device of the entire Clockwork City. Once the clock tower is broken, all robots' sense of time will be disrupted, so even if you know something is inside, you can't rush to do it, otherwise you will expose yourself in advance.

We’ll talk about the golden gear later, but now let’s go explore the goblin laboratory.

【You have arrived in front of the Goblin Laboratory.】

[This is a large-scale academic base covering an area of ​​more than 100 acres. It is one of the areas with the strongest armed forces in the entire Clockwork City. There are a large number of heavily armed guard robots patrolling outside, and there are various types of surveillance cameras all over the walls of the base.

Device.】

[You switch to disguised form: cleaning robot.]

[You swing the dust removal brush on your forearm, cleaning the dust along the way, and gradually approach the base gate.]

[You crossed the cordon, and the surrounding guard robots continued to patrol as usual, turning a blind eye to you...]

Sure enough, no matter how strict the defense system is, it is difficult to avoid such basic loopholes.

The monitoring devices on the wall monitor the approach of living creatures, but mechanical bodies are not within their jurisdiction. After all, who would have thought that a mechanical body would have the consciousness of a living person?

And the cleaning robots that are spread all over the city are one of the most easily overlooked mechanical bodies. Even in important places like Goblin Laboratory, there is no shortage of such low-level hard workers.

[Relying on disguise, you successfully sneaked into the laboratory.]

[In the main building of the laboratory, there are many cleaning robots just like you, scattered around, busy with their own work. You blend in among them and are inconspicuous.]

[You brushed past the wall while taking the opportunity to observe the layout of the building. You saw various mecha models placed on the exhibition shelves around the building, most of which were in an unfinished state.]

[M-9 guard robot...]

[U-7 flying reconnaissance robot...]

[S-12 Goblin manned airship...]

……

Mu You has been walking around the Clockwork City in the past few days, encountering numerous mechas of all kinds on the way, and he also has a good idea of ​​the naming rules of various mechas of the goblin clan.

However, the models currently on display in this building were all mechas he had never seen before, and they were often robots of similar models. They were one or two generations taller, and their functions were also higher than those of the previous generation.

More or less progress has been made.

Muyou secretly observed all the way through the perspective of the sweeping robot, trying to find anything good.

As a result, before I read it for a while, a golden word suddenly flashed across the text, which was extremely eye-catching.

[You see two humanoid robots in front of you carefully carrying a frost-covered glass instrument. In the center of the ice and snow inside the instrument, a metal sheet the size of a baby's fist lies quietly, with a faint golden light shining on the surface of the sheet.

.】

[Automatic enemy tracking circuit: A kind of robot combat circuit, a legendary alchemy accessory. It can make the long-range attack triggered by the battle robot come with the function of automatically tracking enemies. After the attack is fired, the attack that does not lock the target will automatically pursue random enemies within the range.

.】

Mu You was dumbfounded and automatically searched for enemies. There is such a thing?

All long-range attacks are equipped with tracking functions. This is amazing, especially for mechas. It is equivalent to transforming all bullets and artillery into missiles, and the attacks fired will be perfect. What is this concept?<

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If nothing else, let's just say that the two shotguns he just bought were originally range attack weapons and were not practical when fighting a single target. But with this circuit, the two guns can fire a total of 400 energy rounds per second.

Pour it on a target, and the damage will definitely explode.

[You see two robots carefully carrying the refrigeration equipment and transporting this precious combat circuit to the depths of the hall...]

As soon as he saw the thing being sent away, Mu You hurriedly controlled the character to follow him. This thing made him jealous and he had to get it.

As a result, he was stopped before he even took two steps.

[You followed the robot to a workshop deep in the laboratory. When you saw two robots pushing the door open, you hurriedly followed, but as soon as you stepped into the yellow line in front of the door, the goblin guarding the door immediately scolded you.

: "What are you doing? Why is the cleaning robot here?"]

[In the program of the cleaning robot, there is a rule that it will never step into the cordon. The goblin noticed that you were behaving abnormally, and signaled with his eyes to the two guard robots beside him to take you down.]

[The two combat robots immediately raised their weapons towards you and are about to kill you...]

Mu You hurriedly traced back the table.

Time goes by, back to before stepping onto the yellow line, and the character is immediately ordered to cancel following.

[You stopped in front of the entrance cordon, hurriedly changed direction, continued your work as if nothing had happened, and silently moved away from the vicinity.]

[The goblin in front of the door glanced at you, didn't pay too much attention, and continued to play with the instrument in his hand.]

[You stay in front of the wall, remain still, pretending to stop recharging, and quietly observe the workshop.]

[Mysterious workshop: The unmarked workshop located deep in the goblin laboratory is the core of the entire laboratory. Most of the first generation models of alchemy technology in the history of the goblins were born here. It is the gathering place of the star spirit world.

A holy place where the cutting edge wisdom of alchemy crystallizes!】

"Holy land..."

Mu You looked at the text description, thought for a while, and clicked on the Sand Spider Nest in the panel.

[Mechanical sand spiders emerge from you one after another, along the cracks in the floor, and quickly pass the warning line in front of the workshop.]

[A piercing alarm suddenly sounded in the hall: "Warning, an unknown mechanical body is trying to invade!" Along with the alarm, countless small muzzles automatically appeared on the copper and iron walls of the studio. The next second, a large amount of fire light erupted.

Come out and hit every sand spider in the cracks in the ground with precision.]

[All your sand spiders will die...]
To be continued...