Universal Mechanic

Charlotte looked at the last thing taken out of the treasure chest in confusion. It was a black crystal that looked like crystal but felt like clay.

Feng Xiaoyu: I don’t know either… Let’s put it in a safe deposit box first? God knows if it will have any strange effects.

As he spoke, Feng Xiaoyu took out a safe made of a special alloy and asked Charlotte to put everything in it.

Luo Yuan: Remember to disinfect.

As he spoke, Luo Yuan took out a bottle of potion and poured it into Charlotte's hand.

Luo Yuan: Since there is no reaction, it seems there is no problem.

Charlotte: But what exactly is this thing?

Feng Xiaoyu shook the safe in his hand vigorously and looked through the transparent observation window at the thing inside which was gradually returning to its crystal state and said.

Feng Xiaoyu: It's like memory metal. Even if it is shaken into a puddle, it will turn back into a crystal. It's interesting. Even I have never seen such a thing.

Luo Yuan: So what should we do now? We can't guarantee that this thing won't appear in the maze again. If it's some kind of infected thing, it will be troublesome.

Feng Xiaoyu: But the boss's cooling time needs a day. I'll come back tomorrow. The teleportation stone to the 50th floor that just exploded doesn't need much time.

Luo Yuan: Then let’s go to the next maze. I have already told Xi Qiling about this and they will take a closer look after defeating the boss.

Feng Xiaoyu said as he put away the safe: They are really almost done.

Luo Yuan: Yes, and it doesn’t take long to run another maze. I can finish it within an hour and give it to the End for research.

Charlotte: This is indeed better. Ah, the treasure chest disappeared.

Feng Xiaoyu: It seems that there is really nothing inside.

As Feng Xiaoyu spoke, he threw a fireball to the ground. The light of the fireball instantly illuminated the entire boss room.

Feng Xiaoyu: There is nothing extra.

Luo Yuan: Let’s go then.

After saying that, the three of them walked out of the maze through the teleportation array and headed to the next maze.

At this time, Asta and his team

Xi Qiling: Well, Charlotte went to help. Let’s not talk about this. Even Xiaoyu and I have never seen this before, so we have to be cautious.

Luo Mengli: It looks like a failed alchemical creation. I don’t know what its use is.

Asta: It won't be wrong to be careful. If something goes wrong due to accidentally forgetting something, the captain will beat us to death.

Luo Mengli: That’s true. Does Xi Qiling have anything suitable?

Xi Qiling: Although the style is different, I also have boxes for storing special items.

Asta: If it's really bad, add a spell card.

Xi Qiling: That’s it.

As they talked, the three of them stepped into the boss' room.

Suddenly a giant wolf pounced towards them, but its attack was blocked by Xi Qiling's barrier. Then Asta suddenly appeared above it, swung his sword and directly chopped off the giant wolf's head.

Luo Mengli: ...I seem a little redundant.

Asta: There's nothing we can do about it. This guy rushed over first. Maybe he wanted to strike first, right?

Xi Qiling: Well, let’s unbox it first.

As he spoke, Xi Qiling put on gloves and used various magical defenses before opening the treasure chest in the center of the room.

Xi Qiling: Fur, claws, teeth, magic stone, a necklace with cold-proof effect, a pair of daggers and an unknown object.

As he spoke, Xi Qiling raised up the blue crystal.

Ashtar: The color is different.

Luo Mengli: It’s strange. Even I can’t figure it out for the moment.

Xi Qiling: Then let’s seal it up first.

As he spoke, Xi Qiling took out a round ball and put the blue crystal in his hand into it, then closed the lid and Asta pasted a few spell cards on it before putting it away and taking off his gloves and burning them.

Luo Mengli also took out a can of spray to disinfect Xi Qiling.

Asta watched the treasure chest disappear and said: There is nothing else here.

Luo Mengli: Then let’s get ready to go to the next maze.

Xi Qiling nodded and said: Well, let’s go.

At this moment, in the small world of the end

Lin Changye silently pulled Mu Xingshuang away from Anna.

Anna happily turned the stirring stick in her hand and said: Don't be so nervous, I just saw what fun things they would bring back.

After putting Mu Xingshuang down, Lin Changye said: ...Be good and lock yourself in the workshop. Don't come out unless I call you.

Anna: Don't be so nervous, it's not that dangerous. They are not brainless idiots. They have taken good protective measures, otherwise I would beat them up.

Lin Changye: So what did they find?

Anna: Just a little fun thing. I think you might be interested too.

Lin Changye: Something that interests both of us? It's really interesting.

Anna: Right? Now we just have to wait for them to come back.

Lin Changye: Okay, girl, let’s continue with the class.

Mu Xingshuang: Oh, what are the Alpha Army doing outside, teacher?

Lin Changye: Don’t look at it, those are things we will need in the next class.

Mu Xingshuang: ...Why are naval guns used in class?

Lin Changye: I can give it to you if you study hard.

Mu Xingshuang: ...I didn’t see anything.

Lin Changye: Okay, stop being naughty. Study hard. If you don’t have enough knowledge, everything will be in vain.

Mu Xingshuang: Okay!

Anna happily watched the two of them leisurely spend their time drinking tea during class.

after an hour

Just when Lin Changye finished his class, Feng Xiaoyu returned from the maze.

Feng Xiaoyu: I’m back! Captain Zhongyan... uh, are you all here?

Lin Changye said while organizing the teaching materials: Where are the others?

Feng Xiaoyu: Some of them are still collecting materials. I will bring what we found to Zhongyan for research. Xia Luo is going to deliver materials to Zhi Qianshang.

Lin Changye: Where is that thing?

Feng Xiaoyu took out six specially made safes from his warehouse and placed them on the table.

Feng Xiaoyu: Originally we should have come back earlier, but the active period of two mazes was too active, which might cause monsters to run out of the maze, so we played two more mazes. It took a lot of time to clear the monsters, but depending on the situation, we may have to do it several times...

As Feng Xiaoyu spoke, he tiredly opened one of the safes.

After Zhongyan picked up the details inside, he said: Interesting stuff, this is definitely not a product of nature.

After taking a look, Anna instantly lost interest like a deflated balloon.

Anna: What? No wonder Chang Ye is interested in it. Is this thing the excrement of the maze?

End: Well, if you really want to put it, it's more like garbage made by mixing failed pottery works together, right?

Lin Changye: The evaluations from both sides are not very good.

End: That’s not the case. After all, it is a special item that even I have never seen before. However, it is not harmful at all. It is even very practical. It has the hardness of metal and the elasticity and softness like slime, as well as the property of energy conduction.

Lin Changye: Can it be copied?

End: Don't bother too much. The composition of this thing is too messy. Making a special alloy can also achieve the same effect. In comparison, the efficiency of making this thing is too low.

Feng Xiaoyu: So it’s okay to just leave it alone?

Anna: That's right, but it's not over yet. In addition to the mazes you conquered, other mazes have also entered the active period. If they are not dealt with, they will go out of control.

Feng Xiaoyu: ...Tsk, I'll go to the Adventurer's Guild.

Anna: I'll leave it to you.

Feng Xiaoyu: Okay~ Then I’ll go there right away, but do we still need to continue clearing the maze?

Lin Changye: Whatever?

Anna: I agree. After all, we are not nannies. Flowers grown in a greenhouse are very fragile.

Feng Xiaoyu: Yeah, I know!

After saying that, Feng Xiaoyu ran away

Lin Changye: Haha, I bet you that Xiaoyu is definitely planning to cheat someone.

Anna: I want her to cheat people. After all, even if she is a babysitter, she still has to be paid. What are these things used for?

Lin Changye: I’m still thinking about it. This feature is indeed good, but I need to think carefully about what to use it for.

Anna said as she opened a safe and took out a crystal.

Anna: There are so few crystals here that they can’t be used to make large objects, right?

Lin Changye: If the shape could be changed, using it as a component in large machinery would be a good choice, but I don’t think it will work.

As he spoke, Lin Changye crushed the crystal in his hand and let it shatter on the ground. Then the fragments gradually attracted each other and finally turned back into a whole crystal.

Anna: Hmm? So can the two crystals be combined together?

Lin Changye: From a structural point of view, it probably won't work. Even if they are mixed together, they will probably automatically separate and turn back into two crystals.

Anna: Then its usability is not very high, unless there is a way to control the shape of the crystal. Otherwise, its properties make it suitable for use as a weapon.

Lin Changye: But that’s not as convenient as ordinary weapons.

Anna: So let Zhu Rongnian come and take a look. Maybe he will have some good ideas.

Lin Changye: He will probably come over by himself, right? Even if he didn't see the group message, Charlotte would probably tell him that you seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Anna pinched the crystal and said: It feels good.

At this time in Zhu Rongnian's workshop

Zhu Rongnian: There are so many materials, we can make a lot of good things.

Charlotte: After all, there are too many drops during the active period, and it takes a lot of time to recycle these drops.

Zhu Rongnian: Thank you for your hard work. But it is more convenient for us to do this. At least we don’t have to clean up the materials extra.

Zhi Qianshang: After all, if it is caught by hunting, it needs to be cleaned, skinned, decomposed, cleaned and deodorized, and then dried before work can begin.

Zhu Rongnian: But the ones produced in the maze are different. They don’t need to be processed and can be used directly. This is really helpful.

Zhi Qianshang: I agree. Then let’s deal with Lin Changye first and then deal with Xia Luo. After all, you are responsible for diplomatic work.

Charlotte: That's nothing, but it would be very troublesome to deal with my clothes, right?

Zhi Qianshang: It’s not a problem, because your style is the elegant and natural elf style. Although you’ll still be conspicuous when standing near Lin Changye, anyone with a little intelligence can tell your identity.

Charlotte: That’s fine. By the way, what about Luo Yuan’s?

Zhi Qianshang: He will probably not be around for long and he doesn't need to be too fancy. If it really doesn't work, just rush and whip up a set.

Zhu Rongnian: Although it shouldn’t reach that extent.

Charlotte: Anyway, I've given you the things, so I'll leave first.

Zhu Rongnian: I'll go to Lin Changye too. I'm a little interested in that crystal, but there isn't much of it and I don't know what it can be used for.

Charlotte: I don’t think there’s any rush. We still have to run through several more mazes, so maybe we can collect quite a few.

Zhu Rongnian: But I still don’t know if it will work. After all, Lin Changye said that special alloys can be used instead. I can’t make a conclusion without personally trying it.

After saying this, Zhu Rongnian went to find Lin Changye.

Charlotte: Then I'll leave too. We still have to go collect materials.

Zhi Qianshang: Then I’ll leave it to you!

After saying that, Zhi Qianshang picked up some materials and walked towards the workshop to start working.

In the camp outside the maze, Asta and others were resting in the tent.

Luo Yuan: The good news is that the crystal is harmless. The bad news is that we have to work overtime.

Asta: Anyway, I have to get materials anyway, so it doesn't matter if I get more.

Xi Qiling: Don't worry, I've spread the news. It won't be long before a lot of people come over, right? Then we can continue to grind materials.

Luo Mengli: But in order to avoid the possibility of monster snatching, shall we continue to act separately?

Luo Yuan: Then you guys go first and I’ll wait for Charlotte to come over. Without her help, I still can’t get out of the maze.

Charlotte opened the tent and said, "I'm here! What do we do now?"

Luo Yuan: We will continue to work in groups to collect materials, but since Xiaoyu is not here, it will just be the two of us.

Charlotte: That's enough.

Xi Qiling: There are five targets. We are 2 and 4 and you are 1 and 3. Finally, we will clear the last maze together.

Luo Yuan: So the last maze is very troublesome?

Xi Qiling nodded and said: Well, because the maze is so large, some adventurer teams even spent a month without finding the stairs leading to the next level.

Luo Yuan: It seems to be quite troublesome. Let’s gather at the entrance of the maze.

Xi Qiling: Then whoever arrives late will treat!

Luo Yuan: If that’s interesting, let’s do this!

after an hour

Special maze: Tower of Babel

Luo Yuan: This thing is actually a tower? Why is it called a maze?

Charlotte: Because they share the same name? Why haven't they come yet?

Luo Yuan: Maybe you are in trouble again?

Just at this time Asta and others rushed over.

Ashtar: Sorry for being late.

Xi Qiling: I knew it would be like this...

Luo Yuan: What happened to you?

Asta: I saved a group of adventurers and ran away with great effort.

Xi Qiling: After all, female adventurers usually have trouble finding a good partner, so when they see someone who is strong, polite, and good-looking, of course their eyes will sparkle with love.

Luo Yuan: How can this be possible when both of you are here?

Xi Qiling: What else? It's better than giving the nouveau riche a concubine or some content that is not suitable for children, right?

Luo Yuan: With so many mazes here, I should be able to save some money, right?

Xi Qiling: Who would save money for such a life-threatening job except for those who are very capable? It's good enough to survive until tomorrow, and it costs money to maintain equipment and buy potions.

Luo Yuan: ...Okay, you win, but there are still a lot of people here.

Xi Qiling: That’s because the Tower of Babel maze is the largest maze in the world. It’s a completely independent space, and the monsters and treasure chests inside are everywhere. Of course, the premise is that you can find them. In short, if you are lucky, you may become rich instantly, so many people come here.

Luo Yuan glared at the group of people not far away who were staring at them and said: There are quite a few guys with bad intentions, so what is our goal?

Xi Qiling: The boss on the tenth floor, currently the highest floor, is the Dragon Demon. Don’t play anymore because it will be very troublesome to clean up after you die.

Luo Yuan shrugged and looked away, then said, "Dragon Demon? This is really rare. There are not many of them even in the Hell Realm. What part do you want this time?"

Xi Qiling: What else could it be? Of course it's the spine, which is used to make sword blades. However, according to my information, what usually explodes are claws, teeth or other organs. The only spine that exploded is still in the museum, so I'm afraid I'll have to swipe it several times to get it.

Charlotte: This is the shortcoming of the maze. If you can't just take it down directly in the maze, then there would be no need to go through so much trouble, although it might take even longer.

Luo Yuan: Well, let's go in first and talk about it. It's just a dragon demon, and it can be defeated with just one sword. At most, we can set up a tent in the boss room and kill him for a whole day. At least there's internet so he won't be bored.