Chapter 16 The Origin of the Floating City

"Isn't it spectacular? It's a pity that there are still many unresolved problems in this 'city', and it can't really take off..." Because Herman is Abner's friend, Jane rarely said a few more words and continued, "It is precisely because it is now just a 'show' that some visitors have ridiculed it as 'Klaus's idiot'..."

"But they also signed a contract and could not tell anyone about what they saw here. They could only comment indirectly, so it was passed around, and the master got the very indecent title of 'Nath's Idiot'...

"Fortunately Master Klaus doesn't care."

While introducing, Jane led Klein into the front of a steam train. Then, as the whistle sounded, the front of the train started slowly, getting faster and faster, and spiraled up the track. Head towards the top platform of "Inverted Mountain".

When the train climbed to a certain height, Klein switched his "Creeping Hunger" to the "Windwander" soul and prepared for self-rescue in case of an accident, while looking at the surrounding environment through the window.

It turns out that this is a huge underground space. The "Floating City", which is as huge as a mountain, only occupies less than one-third of the volume of this space. Countless brackets extend from the front, back, left, right, up and down in six directions, fixing the handstand. The mountain peak prevented it from tipping over.

"The space is very square, and it doesn't look like it was formed naturally... But digging such a large underground space in the Gargas Islands is definitely not something that an 'alchemist' can complete..."

"Even if he is willing to spend time digging slowly, the 'Church of the God of War' is not blind, and it is impossible to hide such a big movement from the other side.

"Not to mention the main body of the floating city, the huge upside-down mountain... It is even more difficult to cut off such a mountain and transport it here!

"Perhaps it can be done with the help of a strong person at the angel level or a '0' level sealed object."

While Klein was lost in thought, the train also began to slow down, and finally stopped at the platform at the top of the mountain.

"Welcome aboard the train "Klaus" and wish you a pleasant journey..."

Listening to the "voice" played in the front of the car, Klein felt a little confused and had a guess in his mind:

This underground space is inseparable from Liu Bo or Huang Tao!

With this judgment in mind, Klein and Jane went all the way to the central tower and rang the doorbell of a laboratory on the first floor.

After a moment, the high-tech door automatically raised, and an alchemy doll with a delicate face and the appearance of a blond girl appeared in front of the two of them.

"The master said that the deodorization work will take another three minutes. Please wait a moment." The doll said in a stiff tone.

"Deodorize?" Klein didn't react for a moment.

"The master knows that others may not be able to tolerate his hobbies, so he will thoroughly clean the environment and himself every time he receives guests... This is also a sign of respect for us." Jane explained beside him.

I see... It seems that this master is not the stereotype of a scientific madman I imagined... After some self-examination, Klein handed the box of "canned wolf fish" to the puppet, and said Under his arrangement, he entered the living room on the other side of the laboratory and waited while tasting the tea prepared by the other party.

Soon, a young man with black hair and black eyes, who looked less than thirty years old, pushed the door open and walked in accompanied by another blonde little girl doll.

Is this Master Claus? So young? No, Mr. "Tower" told me privately that "Alchemists" like to create mechanical bodies for themselves and control them remotely... and this is the case with the Archbishop of the Church of Steam, Horamik, whom I met before.

While their thoughts were spinning, Klein and Jane stood up together, one pressed her chest and bowed, the other lifted her skirt and bent her knees, and each bowed.

"Miss Jane... and this gentleman, you don't need to be so polite." Klaus greeted a few words first, and then asked Jane after they sat down, "You brought this gentleman here directly, I think he is worth it." Trust, and the needs are not simple.”

In fact, if it is a general sale of manufactured items, Jane, the "agent", will not bring the client to this space at all, but to a villa outside the city of Nas, where there is a body of Mr. Claus. The mechanical clone is enough to handle most "artisan" business.

But since Gehrman was Abner's friend and someone he could trust, he was simply brought to the "Floating City".

But she really didn't ask Herman what he wanted to build... This made Jane a little embarrassed when she suddenly remembered this.

Fortunately, at this time, Klein took out the token given to him by Luo Yin Jin, which was a circular ornament made of gold gears and covered with transparent glass.

Master Claus's expression became serious as soon as he saw this accessory and asked, "This is my gift to Luo Yin Jin... What happened to him?"

"He was caught before, and I rescued him..." Klein briefly explained the origin of this accessory.

"I see... No wonder Miss Jane brought you directly to my place..." Klaus had a look on his face and didn't notice the confused Jane beside him, and continued, "Well, I made a promise, Holding this accessory allows you to make a request to me...so, what do you want me to do?"

Klein thought for a while and asked Klaus and Jane to wait for a while. After asking about the location of the bathroom, he refused the guidance of the little blond girl doll and entered it by himself carrying the box.

Neither Klaus nor Jane were surprised by this.

Similar situations happen quite often, which often means that there are certain items that cannot be known to outsiders along with the materials he prepared. Therefore, it is impossible for Gehrman Sparrow to open the suitcase in person. Take it out on the spot.

A crazy adventurer always has a secret!

A few minutes later, Klein returned to the living room. He first opened a metal box, revealing a black viscous colloid that exuded a "degenerate" aura. Then he took off the "Wriggling Hunger" on his palm and placed it on the coffee table. , then he said:

"I would like to ask you to use this characteristic to enhance the capabilities of my gloves."

When Klaus saw this, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he used his ability to observe the two items for a while, and then said thoughtfully:

"It is not difficult to use the 'Black Knight' characteristic to improve the ability of this glove...

"But if you want to retain the 'seal' of angel-level power on the gloves, it will be more troublesome..."

As expected of an "alchemist", he can indeed discern Mr. Azik's methods! Klein nodded slightly, which was actually one of the reasons why he dared to make a deal with a strange demigod.

Of course, what's more important is that he performed divination above the gray mist before coming here and knew that there was no danger.

After Master Klaus thought for a while, he considered it carefully and said: "It will take me a day to complete your request... Come back at this time tomorrow to get the finished product...

"During this period, you can stay in the Sky City, and I can ask the puppet to take you around...

"Of course, you can also choose to return to Nas and ask Miss Jian to bring you here tomorrow night."

Klein hesitated and made another request to go to the bathroom. After returning, he accepted Mr. Claus's suggestion and stayed in the floating city for a day.

After that, Master Klaus got into working mode. Klein originally wanted to ask if he could observe, but was pulled away by Jane.

"When a master is working, his brain needs stimulation to gain inspiration... so he likes stimulating food..." Jian said pointedly after walking out of the laboratory.

Klein immediately understood and thought to himself: It turns out that the canned wolf fish is to inspire inspiration... But does the brain really not close under that taste?

After muttering a few words in his mind, Klein followed the blond little girl doll towards the guest room prepared for him in the tower.

During this period, after being reminded by Jane, Klein knew that the blond doll in front of him was authorized to answer many questions, so he tentatively asked as he walked:

"How did Master Klaus come up with the idea of ​​building a floating city?"

When asked, the little blond girl doll answered directly without any pause: "A hundred years ago, when the owner was very young, he once entered the almost illusory and dangerous ocean exploration in the easternmost part of the Suniya Sea.

"In the dream of the dark night there, the owner witnessed the 'floating city' that was intact and capable of flying. When he entered and explored it, he discovered the structural diagram of the floating city, and got a knowledgeable mysterious man on the top of the tower. People teach...

"After that, the master changed his name to Klaus and devoted himself to bringing the floating city back!"

I followed Abner's suggestion and used paper cranes to contact Backlund's "mercury snake". I knew that the dark night in that sea area would connect the dreams of all living creatures, creating many extremely dangerous places. .

"Serpent of Mercury" Will even said that there are certain dreams containing the legacy of certain gods... Exploration is a very dangerous thing.

So...whose dream is the complete floating city? What was said more than a hundred years ago... "Seal of Disaster"? Why did it deliberately leave such a dream in the dark night of the sea?

Forget it, this is what Mr. "Tower" should worry about. I'll give him some hints later and ask him to come here to have a look... Anyway, as the "agent", Miss Jane is unlikely to reject Abner.

Thinking of this, Klein asked how this space was dug out, and the answer he received was:

"A demigod of the 'Secret Peeper' path used 'Mysterious Reappearance' and told the story of a stupid old man who moved mountains... and got this space."

"Mysterious Reappearance"... I heard Abner introduce it as one of the core abilities of the demigod in the "Secret Peeper" path, but he didn't explain the principle, and I don't know why he draws power from the story...

This story should be "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains", right?

While he was deep in thought, several people came to the center of the tower, where a very high altar stood, but a piece seemed to be missing from the top of the altar, forming a groove.

Klein looked at the shape of the groove that looked very familiar, but couldn't remember what it was. It wasn't until he followed the doll to the guest room, and told Jane who came with him about Abner's current situation, that he sent him away. , sealed the room with spirituality, then walked four steps backwards and entered the ancient palace above the gray fog. With the help of "dream divination", he saw the source of the familiar feeling:

"The shape of that groove is exactly the same as the shape of the Gear Book that Sun helped Tower find!"

…

Backlund, in the villa at No. 28 Jinster Street.

Abner was holding a celebration banquet with several friends who had contributed to the film and television company, including Xiu, Fors, Hazel, Benson, and Melissa.

Suddenly, a thick gray fog appeared in front of his eyes.

After a while, the fog disappeared without a trace, but after taking a bite of steak, Abner thought to himself:

"Klein suggested that I go to Nass and ask Jane to take me to see an 'alchemy master'?

“Also, I was asked what the mysterious reappearance of ‘The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains’ is?

"Well, if 'Foolish Old Man' really existed in the history of this world, would she also be an Extraordinary of the 'Fool' path?

“If the hypothesis is true, then ‘Moving Mountains’… should be a ‘miracle’!

"So, if this 'mysterious reappearance' comes from the hands of an extraordinary person with the angel-level 'Peeper' path, the effect should be a similar 'miracle'!"