Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

This Elder Beak was tall and had a slender neck. Even though it had tried its best to control its speed, it made a whirring sound when it led the technology hunters up, which made people tremble with fear.

After all, if it is allowed to use its full strength.

All are enough to break through the city gate.

By the end, the long-necked beast had raised its limbs, stretched its neck completely, and stopped abruptly. Its entire head was just flush with the attic floor at the top of the tower - this was obviously designed.

Here we are... the technology hunters thought.

Damn pushing back feeling.

And they finally met the king of the swamp, the owner of the Shen Land, the prophesied First Fire of Destiny, and the thirteenth owner of the Watcher's Silver Card - the Nameless One traveling north.

He was wearing a black coat and a smile.

Before, I had only heard his voice but not seen him... Now my first impression was unexpectedly more handsome than everyone imagined, especially the inexplicable temperament that enveloped him, which made people involuntarily feel good about him.

Some women in the team even felt their cheeks feel hot.

The discomfort that was originally caused by the beak-billed beast was suddenly swept away, like a spring breeze.

Only Chad, who was the first to stand on the "biological elevator", seemed to have been hit by a heavy hammer.

There was no response for a while.

When Luo Mi saw him blocking the intersection, he didn't notice anything strange. He just thought that his companion was actually showing off and was frightened by the beak-billed beast after all.

So he bypassed Chad and jumped up to the attic. He hesitated for a moment before saluting: "Your Excellency, the Red King..."

The white-haired young man waved his hand to stop the other party, and then silver light fell on his fingertips like a butterfly. He smiled and extended his hand to signal: "Fellow technology hunters, you don't need to be so polite this time -"

What he held between his fingers was the silver magnetic card that symbolized the identity of the other party. On the front of the card was a giant furnace embossment, and on the back were three black claw marks, which seemed to be able to tear the silver light apart, making it dark and deep.

corners of the card.

Engraved with an ancient number called "13".

Seeing this, Luo Mi looked at each other and Liu Si, who was following him, felt a little more relaxed.

Although they had guessed before, they finally confirmed it... and they also knew that the other party took out this card to prove his identity, not to show off, but to become more friendly.

Show that everyone is one of their own.

——Lu Beiyou is willing to adopt this stance.

Technology hunters respect the holders of silver cards and should provide them with many conveniences according to the rules... But compared to talking to a leader of power with so many honors, the former is undoubtedly much easier.

"I have long admired my name," Liu Si smiled and took the lead in cupping his hands, "Mr. Lu."

The rest of the technology hunters jumped off the beak-billed beast's head, curiously looking at the silver card in the opponent's hand with envy in their eyes.

To be honest, only Luo Mi and Liu Si were high-level hunters present, and the rest were only ordinary, considered to be at the grassroots level in the organization.

To them.

This is the first time I have come into contact with the owner of a silver card... He is considered a VIP at the headquarters.

Lu Meng flipped his fingers, and the silver card was hidden in his palm. When he spread it out again, it had disappeared: "Please."

The attic is located on the top floor of a tall tower. It is not spacious, but the interior is well-equipped and the layout is simple and bright, making people feel comfortable.

Everyone took their seats.

There was no other waiter in the room, and it seemed that he was the only one here... Romi glanced at the glass cabinet behind the young man with uneasiness, but his eyes were suddenly attracted to him and he could no longer move. open--

With his sniper's eyesight, he can see clearly... stacked in the cupboard are volumes of blue plastic-covered books... ancient science books!

There are as many as a whole bookcase!

You know, sometimes when they explore a ruins, they only find two or three volumes at most... This is also the harvest that technology hunters most hope to get when they perform missions.

Technology hunters are willing to pay 5,000 to 8,000 coins just to buy a copy from uninformed scavengers. If they hand it over to the headquarters and mechanics themselves, the difference in return they can get will only be much greater.

If there are unique copies that are not included in major libraries, the value will be even higher.

As for the intelligent core, it is hard to come by. It is not something that ordinary technology hunters can think of. Let it be considered by the noble inner circle members.

Now, I see such a pile.

Romi's eyes were almost watery.

"Are these?" Lu Meng noticed the strangeness of the technology hunter and just smiled: "They were all found in the swamp. After the tower is built, it will be sent to the ground. It is safest to keep it here. It's okay. I can also look through it.”

"...Tsk." Listening to the other party's casual tone, Romi smacked his tongue, "Don't blame me for speaking frankly - Mr. Lu, you are so enviable that your teeth are sore."

The Everglades used to be chaotic.

And there are many secrets buried.

It has always been a place that some technology hunter teams are very keen to explore. Although they may encounter various dangers, most of the time they can gain a lot——

Unexpectedly, it didn't last long.

The swamp is unified.

It's just unification, but the person who took office is still a knowledgeable leader... Just looking at the harvest of this bookcase full of books, it is not difficult for Romi to guess:

If another team goes to that dense forest.

Most likely it will be all in vain.

No wonder those members of the inner circle of the Watchers always like to form their own forces, and the mechanics also allow them to do so... Compared with the mode of the middle and lower-level technology hunters fighting alone, it is much more efficient to have a whole force to help excavate the ruins.

To use an inappropriate metaphor.

On one side is tomb robbing.

On the other side is archaeology.

"You said that you can also read these ancient science books..." Liu Si, who was sitting with him, noticed another key word in his words, "Mr. Lu, can you understand it?"

Even among many technology hunters, Liu Si is considered the most studious one. After all, their job is strictly to find lost technology, which does not mean that they have to understand it and learn it.

That is the work of the mechanic.

Therefore, in extreme cases, some technology hunters are just outstanding in business ability, but in fact they are just illiterate and rough. This is also possible-knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing. For them, it is enough to understand the equipment.

Liu Si is the opposite extreme case.

So much so that Romi once joked: What really suits him is to be a mechanic at the end of the world, dealing with greasy books all day instead of causing trouble; Liu Si responded that if I become a mechanic one day, I will definitely give you the job of cleaning out ancient toilets.

At this moment, Romi glared at his companion when he heard this: Why are you so ignorant?

——It’s not that they haven’t seen many scenes where big shots put books on their bookshelves, pretending to be cultured, but they don’t even know that the cover is upside down...

Just go along and praise him.

Why are you in such a hurry to ask?

What if the cowhide is exposed... How can you let him step down?

Liu Si glared back mercilessly, and then hurriedly explained for himself: "I didn’t expect that Mr. Lu and I have the same interest... I have to say that the text and grammar in these ancient scientific books are obscure and difficult to understand, even those mechanics haven’t fully interpreted them... Like me, I also refer to the internal dictionary and the general translation published by the university."

The latter uses the common language.

The writing is also as easy to understand as possible.

Otherwise, if no one can read it, how can the mechanics revive the ancient technology? From another perspective, this also means that the mechanics can control the level of technological development of the entire continent by choosing what books to publish and deleting materials in a targeted manner.

Liu Si's eyesight is not as good as Romi's, but he is more careful: there is no dust on the covers of these books, and from the newly turned pages and the arrangement on the table, it seems that he is a person with reading habits, not pretending.

And what he meant was to ask the other party if he could understand the text on it... In fact, he took the opportunity to bring up the topic and use the mechanic's internal dictionary in his arms as a meeting gift.

With the other party's identity, this thing can be obtained by swiping a card at any relay station - but after all, he has to go there in person, and it is a bit troublesome for the other party to take time out of his busy schedule, so it is suitable to do a favor.

As for whether he can really understand it...

That is secondary.

Liu Si held a corner of the dictionary under the table, waiting for the other party to say something like "Yes, some words are indeed difficult to recognize" or "I scanned the records of so-and-so but didn't quite understand it", then he would pretend to take it out to get closer.

"Well?" Lu Meng said, "Sure."

His tone was natural.

-- I can understand it.

This time even Liu Si was a little stagnant: Brother, I have given so many ways out in my words...

As long as I can catch one.

There is still room for conversation.

Unexpectedly, the white-haired young man smiled and said: "Of course, I am not a researcher. I definitely can't understand too advanced and sophisticated technology. This is the work of the medical department, the scientific research department and the priests of the order... But simply translating some terms for them can still be done."

Translation... Lu Beiyou's words made Liu Si's hand holding the dictionary a little at a loss, not knowing whether to take it out or put it down.

Little did he know that translating ancient scientific books was the first and most difficult step in interpreting them: sometimes as long as you understand the meaning of the words on them, it is not difficult to understand these books.

The old empire left these books.

The original purpose was to preserve the fire of civilization.

I don't want to make it too difficult.

Liu Si originally believed that as a silver card winner, Lu Beiyou could understand some ancient characters, but it was too exaggerated to say that his level was high enough to help professionals translate.

You know, at the end of the world.

The first mechanic who systematically cracked the mystery of ancient characters deservedly won the Iyo Prize of that year to commend his great contribution to the interpretation of ancient technology, which is indelible.

And paleography.

It is also one of the most difficult subjects in the mechanic university. Every year, countless students fail in it, which makes people feel disgusted.

In addition, among the materials sorted out by the mechanics, there are still hundreds of ancient Chinese words that have not been fully interpreted. They even set a reward amount for each word according to the difficulty to encourage future generations to speed up the research progress... All these things show the difficulty of translation.

Liu Si had no choice but to continue: "I didn't expect that His Excellency the Red King is so gifted in languages..."

Unconsciously, he used the other party's honorific title, showing a little unfamiliarity from the beginning.

In his heart, he thought.

As the saying goes, those who don't know are not afraid. Lu Beiyou didn't know what exaggerated words he had inadvertently said.

Maybe the other party is really just pretending.

Just as they had guessed at the beginning, the Red King could achieve great achievements in the world, but after all, he was not the same person as his own system in terms of learning.

Liu Si decided to keep things official and bring this topic to a close and never mention it again...

"Mr. Lu, in this case, I happen to have a book here that I got by chance. Some of the vocabulary in it is really difficult. If possible, please give me some advice -"

A voice sounded in the attic.

Liu Si was startled and looked back.

At the end of the table, a man with bandaged hands spoke next, but it was Chad who had been at the bottom.

Liu Si quickly signaled with his eyes.

He understood what Romi felt just now - someone even tougher than him had appeared.

However--

Lu Meng: "Okay."

The Red King spoke.

The rest of the technology hunters were not so thoughtful and were still confused. Only the two team leaders made crazy hints, but Chad completely ignored them and stood up from his seat.

As Chad walked towards the white-haired young man, he took out a book from his arms: he was actually serious.

At this point, it can no longer be stopped.

Because the Red King also reached out and took it - its cover was not blue plastic, it was just an ordinary notebook. It seemed to be a memo copied by Chad himself.

Liu Si stood up, took out the dictionary, and said quickly: "Chad, if you have this problem, you might as well come to me directly, so you don't have to trouble others..."

Lu Meng: "It's okay, it's just a little effort."

The technology hunter shut his mouth.

He flipped through a few pages: "What don't you understand?"

Chad pointed.

Staying on one word: reading the notes on the page, he also copied an ancient saying, like an annotation, but the handwriting was crooked, but he drew it according to the shape. At the end, he put several question marks. It seemed that he really didn’t understand. .

Liu Si glanced at it.

Somewhat surprised.

This notebook is wrinkled and has been written for a long time. The paper is swollen and slightly yellowed.

This was the first time he knew that the other party was as interested in ancient science as he was...

Chad, the silent man.

From the opponent's martial arts, to the hidden gas bombs, to his personal hobbies... there are just so many things that they don't know.

Just, following Chad's instructions.

Lu Meng also stopped moving and his eyes stayed on the writing on the paper...

Time passed and the air became stagnant.

It’s over—Liu Si was shocked.

Brother, you really don’t know a word of it, right?

It is rare to have such a shocking opening, and the image is so majestic and upright. The outside world...at least in Shandi Pastoral is about to blow your mind. Don't ruin everyone's good impression at the critical moment...

That's not the crux of the matter.

Just when this high-level technology hunter was thinking about how to make amends and change the subject.

That gentle voice sounded again——

"Genetically recombinant toxins: Toxins are modified through genetic engineering so that they only affect specific gene sequences. This toxin can be used for assassinations or biological weapons targeting specific races... or even extinction." Lu Meng turned the pages of the book and read. road.

in his field of vision.

The notes Chad gave were not some obscure ancient writing, nor were they the common language on the continent today.

It is a language that I am very familiar with.

[Module: Official Chinese supplements and corrections]

Folk Chineseization.