Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"Jamie, remember, the weapon must be held tightly. You must know the distance of the weapon in your hand, as well as the strength of the weapon, and what kind of damage it can cause to the enemy."

Jamie nodded happily, holding a 60 cm long steel blade in his hand, which Fredo helped him build last night.

After getting this sharp blade, Jamie couldn't put it down and waved it, but it was still difficult for Jamie to skillfully use the blade like Fredo.

"Slowly master the movements of the blade, and then the wrist and grip strength. You have to practice these two points step by step. You can't do it well in a short time."

"Show me again."

Jamie put down the steel blade in his hand and felt that the palm of his hand was slightly hot, especially the handle of the blade, which had many spiral grooves. It was this part that cut his hands. Jamie was not used to it when he picked it up, but Fredo said This is done to prevent the steel blade from slipping out of the hand during combat.

"When Dave comes back in a few days, I'll ask him to help you make a pair of soft metal gloves. It will be better, but you have to actually practice using your hands to become familiar with it."

Fredo raised the steel blade in his hand and suddenly jumped forward. The steel blade in his hand moved deftly in the air. The whole movement was done in one go. Jamie felt incredible every time he saw it.

"You don't need to be like me, because you humans don't have the strong jumping ability of kangaroos. You just need to be able to accurately swing the steel blade to the weakest part of the enemy's body."

Jamie hummed. It was still difficult for him to hold the steel blade, and it was not smooth to swing. It was indeed a bit heavy to swing. Not far away, Imogen stood blankly on a rock.

"By the way, Fredo, do we still have parents and relatives like you? I have never seen my parents."

Fredo grinned.

"Because you were separated as soon as you were born, family affection was once a very important part of human beings, and it was also the source of your human strength."

Jamie looked at Fredo with some surprise. This was the first time he heard such a thing.

"What kind of power can family affection bring?"

Fredo explained, knowing Jamie didn't understand at all.

"It's as if you like Imogen very much. You can do many things against your will for her."

Jamie nodded thoughtfully.

"Jamie, stay here and don't run too far. Koko will remind you and Imogen that you should stay in the base as much as possible. If you are in danger, hide in the basement. I have to go there. Branch No. 0 is looking for Dave and asking him to come back as soon as possible.”

"I know Fredo, I won't run far away."

After Fredo left, Jamie walked to the edge of the reef and stood behind Imogen. She had fallen asleep. Jamie gently took her down and put her back into the house. When she came out, she let Coco Kou closed the door, and he continued to gesture with the two steel blades.

This thing is much better than what Jason and the others polished from discarded sharp objects before. The more it is used, the easier it becomes. Jamie originally hoped that Fury could help him make the kind of weapon called a gun that humans used before, but Fury didn't know how to make it. , and there is no propellant such as gunpowder.

After Jamie continued to practice at the beach for a while, he was already sweating. He returned to the room. Imogen was still sleeping soundly. Jamie felt a little hungry. Just as he was about to go to the food table, he saw a scorch of black on the ground. This is the trace left by the previous battle.

Jamie still remembers the battle that happened yesterday. He feels that Fredo is really omnipotent and can kill those kangaroos under such circumstances. If he and Imogen are not a stumbling block for Fredo, , it is impossible for those kangaroos to catch Fredo.

"I may never be as good as Fredo in my whole life."

Jamie sat on the ground, eating, and his mind was full of the image of Fredo when he was fighting. He wanted to imitate Fredo as much as possible.

No matter how much you imitate, you can't become Freddo's Jamie, you have to go your own way.

Jamie's thoughts were interrupted by Coco's voice. He glanced at his sunglasses and laughed.

"What's the matter? No one teaches me anything. If I don't imitate Fredo, who will I imitate?"

Jamie felt that something was wrong with this AI, because it always contradicted him. Jamie was a little sleepy. He warned Coco not to open the door because he wanted to take a nap.

3:20pm

Fredo successfully entered Branch City No. 0, and soon found Dave in Haiti Passage No. 3. The entire submarine passage was in a mess. It seemed that what Dave had discussed with the captain had succeeded.

After going down more than ten meters, Fredo stopped. Some engineering submarines were floating on the water. A lot of dwarf kangaroos were discussing something, and some gray kangaroos were inside.

After listening for a while, Fredo probably understood that just yesterday, a monster in the sea swam near the No. 3 submarine channel. Because the submarine on alert failed to stop it, the monster ran towards the No. 3 submarine channel. At a position of more than 200 meters, a small opening opened in the submarine channel. As a result, seawater spread up today.

Now the pygmy kangaroo engineers are discussing how to repair this channel. After all, if you are not careful, the entire submarine channel will collapse. They have different opinions. After a while, Dave comes over.

Fredo told Dave what happened in the base. Dave's eyes were solemn and he led Fredo out of the submarine channel. They bypassed the residence of the dwarf kangaroos and went to the residence of the gray kangaroos. I got a place and a room.

"Why would you make a deal like this with that guy named Kimball?"

Dave seemed very dissatisfied with everything Fredo did.

"He won't betray you, don't worry, he will help you instead."

Dave shook his head in disbelief.

"Fredo, you have changed. If it were in the past, you would have killed them all. Only the dead cannot speak."

Fredo had already guessed that his old friend would react like this. He patiently explained to Dave that if they disappeared nearby, other members of the special investigation team would definitely come here to investigate.

Half an hour later, Dave was no longer angry, but talked about the current plan. Dave would sneak over at night and take out all the core technical modules first.

"I plan to directly dissolve the previously constructed mecha, then take out the raw materials and re-create the mecha outside."

Dave's words made Fredo a little uneasy.

"In this case, we won't be able to leave in the short term."

Dave also knew that if the mecha was to be rebuilt, it would take at least three or four months if the two of them worked day and night. Dave's base did not have industrialized mecha parts and equipment. Therefore, many parts can only be assembled by two people bit by bit, and then assembled.

If this takes too long, it will be very detrimental to the follow-up and the future, because some variables will occur.

"I have another way, which is to renovate it on the spot without moving the contents out. It can be completed in a week or two at most."

"Just do it."

Fredo decided even if he decided, because he no longer wanted to wait any longer, and the opportunity was only once. If he missed it, he would not have the next ten years to prepare travel plans again.

This travel plan has been their painstaking preparation for almost 10 years. In the past, when they were still carrying out resistance activities, many friends also helped. This plan was the result of those friends' efforts. Fredo, as the last one to survive, He must leave this land and find the Brilliant City with the legacy of those friends.

"I understand. I will modify the mecha as soon as possible. Today I will go back with you and apply the grain compression technology first. You are responsible for compressing the grain first and getting ready for travel."

Fredo nodded, and the two discussed some things in detail. The seawater in Channel 3 has accumulated to the mine. Although the mine is blocked by a door, the pressure is increasing. , if a solution is not found, the entire channel will collapse.

The solution that Pygmy Kangaroo engineers have come up with now is to pump out the seawater when the pressure reaches a certain level to reduce the pressure in the channel.

"This lasts for a week at most, but I can do a lot during that week."

"Thank you for your hard work Dave."

, Dave laughed.

"Fredo, I still have 20 years to live at most, but I hope that within 20 years, I can see you successfully find Glittering City and come back here."

Fredo held out his hand and Dave took his finger.

"Fredo, I still want to remind you, those two children, if you really want to travel, take them with you."

"Don't talk about this Dave. I understand your concerns."

Dave still insisted.

"You can leave them here with me. I will take care of them and teach them knowledge slowly. I am better at teaching than you."

Fredo shook his head.

"Even if they learn some knowledge, they still have no meaning to exist on this land. Dave believes me, that kid named Jamie has an incredible power in him. This is something we have never seen before." The most promising of all human beings.”

Dave sighed, he could only nod in agreement, and then the two left the rest room and passed the door smoothly. Fredo took Dave on a motorcycle and sped quickly.

By about 6 p.m., Fredo and the others returned to the base.

Jamie ran out of the house, and Dave looked around with solemn eyes. One room in the base was damaged.

"Let's eat first. Let's start cooking as soon as we're done."

Jamie looked at the two of them doubtfully.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll show you later how the machine is made."

Jamie nodded excitedly, and Imogen walked out of the house.

"Take her for a walk Jamie."

Jamie hummed and took Imogen's hand and walked towards the beach. After Fredo and Dave quickly ate, they entered a machine workshop, which contained many parts and a large The pool contains liquid metal.

Fredo brought a bag over, containing a total of hundreds of technology modules, all manufactured by Branch 99. Sim was not stingy when Fredo left and gave him a lot of core technology module crystals.

Jamie also came back at this time. He looked at these colorful modules with excitement. They were all engraved with some letters and numbers. Dave looked at them carefully and quickly arranged the five modules on the table.

“I didn’t expect that only five modules would be needed.”

Dave jumped onto an engineering mecha next to him. After starting the mecha, he used the mecha's pliers to lift out a box with many small holes. Fredo quickly connected the liquid metal pool to the metal mechanical box. next to it, and then followed Dave's instructions to put in five modules.

Along with a roar, Jamie saw many light spots on the surface of the pool, and then the sound became louder and louder. Soon the box on the ground was opened little by little. Jamie looked at it in surprise. There were three boxes in one box. The feet have a disk-shaped thing on top and a metal cover, and there is an upward opening on the side.

"Already done."

"so fast?"

Jamie ran over in astonishment and knocked on the hardened machine. Dave jumped off the rack and came to a small groove on the side of the machine. After looking at the size, Fredo took it. A stack of crystal panels came over, Dave picked one of suitable size and installed it, then connected the power supply.

Soon some options and values ​​appeared on the crystal panel.

"I chose a small food compressor. We can't use the large one. This food compressor should be able to produce more than a month's rations in one day."

Fredo nodded, and when he took a bag of flour and poured it in from the rising pipe, Dave saw the prompt on the panel and started the machine directly.

Along with the rumbling sound and the rising smoke, Jamie smelled the aroma.

After just half an hour, the mechanical prompt sounded. Fredo and the others opened the cover and saw lumps of dried compressed flour. They were a bit heavy when picked up. Basically, one piece was enough for a meal. They made 10 bags of flour, which was enough for 5 days. The efficiency was much faster than they thought.

"There has been wear and tear."

Dave looked at the values ​​on the crystal panel. This was something he had not expected. The detailed values ​​would have to be tested further. Such losses were too great for the machine. Fredo smiled helplessly.

"Let's take a look at it a little less."

Jamie happily grabbed a piece of food and sniffed it in front of his nose. It was indeed very fragrant.

"You just ate, don't eat again Jamie, if you want to eat, wait until you are hungry."

Jamie could only put down the food. He looked at the machine in disbelief. He couldn't understand how a bag of flour that was just so big turned into such a small piece of food that was a little heavy in his hand.