Chapter 142 Obsession

  Like a grand ceremony, the bright dome light spilled from the deep well, reflecting the brilliance of the steel altar, and passing through the hideous edge of the armor, leaving a twisted shadow on the ground to cover everyone.

  It is like a dead king, with solemnity and solemnity.

   "The original sin armor is derived from the technology of the Far East Nine Summers. At that time, the general named Zuozhen took away the steam technology, but secretly left us the armor technology, along with a prototype."

  Tesla picked up a steel pipe in his hand, and pointed at the original sin armor called "New Hope". Because of his size problem, there were many places he couldn't point out.

New Hope is different from the original sin armor that Lorenzo has seen. Its size is too large, nearly three meters high. Due to the construction time, most of the equipment has not been simplified. You can even see the cluster of copper.制管。 The catheter.

"New Hope was built on the basis of that prototype. After all, we have a different basic technology from Jiuxia. We combined it with steam technology and finally made it like this. Its actual combat situation is very good. It just uses The fist can smash the monster into fleshy flesh, but it is still too bulky, so we developed it for several years, and finally produced the true first-generation armor of original sin."

  As Tesla’s voice fell, the researchers inserted cables of different colors into the tail of the original sin armor, which seemed to be possible for external control.

   "Although several iterations have been carried out, the core structure of the original sin armor has not changed. We call it the central framework."

The current rushed along the cable, and the entire armor of Original Sin trembled a little for a moment, like a dust-covered door. Now the monster in it was about to come out. It slammed into the door hard, dust and iron filings fell, and then everyone I heard the steam engine that was gradually roaring.

Not only that, but as if being awakened, Lorenzo clearly saw that in the gap of steel, dark red flesh and blood was slowly growing, like muscles between bones, tightly biting the steel plate armor here. Above the armor.

  "Do you want to continue?"

The researchers beside    asked, they control the degree of arousal.

  "Go on, let our test drivers see what beast they have to ride, right? Not to mention...Mr. Holmes is still here."

   Tesla said to Lorenzo with deep meaning.

   Just as there are always people who like to compare their own children with the children of others, Tesla is also curious when the Armor of Original Sin encounters the Demon Hunter, who will win? The crystallization of technology in the new era? Or the believer of the ignorant old age?

  But he has no chance to witness all this for the time being. The conventional force is fine, but when it involves demons, it becomes weird and dangerous.

  In essence, experimenting with this kind of thing is to control the danger as much as possible, and the monster has never controlled it, only temporary control, and doomed out of control.

  Lorenzo ignored Tesla’s eyes, he just looked at the armor that was gradually coming to life.

  The plate armor was slightly opened, and dark red tissues were slowly creeping inside, sparks were beating in the mechanical gaps, and then hot steam overflowed from the exhaust holes.

  A faint white mist covered it, and the gray silhouette looked like a death knight with its head coming from the river Styx.

   "This is the central framework."

It seems that this armor has been debugged from the very beginning. The concealed plate armor is lifted one by one, revealing the silver skeleton of the core under it, and the entire chest is opened, like a monster's open mouth, with yellow inside. The copper-colored metal lining has messy cables hanging down.

  "You can understand the central frame as the skeleton of the armor, one of the cores that drive the armor."

  Tesla pointed to the silver bone, and at the same time, the flesh and blood of the demon was climbing along the bone, holding it firmly together with other metal structures.

"The armor technology is amazing... Essentially, it uses the power of demons to fill things that mortals can't do, such as the buffer and stability of the entire armor. No matter what kind of alloy, it will break after repeated violent actions. , And the degree of freedom will be greatly reduced."

   "You have used the... flesh and blood of the demon."

  Lorenzo did not understand mechanics, but in his mind the armor of original sin gradually became heavier with the person being dissected.

   "It's like a cruel transplant."

  Tesla clapped his hands, then said.

   "You can understand that."

  The rest of the plate armor also lifted up, bringing up a surge of steam.

  Under the solid armor is a weird scene, the silver-white bones are entangled with the flesh and blood of the demon, and the metal gaps are completely filled by the flesh and blood.

  "The central frame is the bones, the flesh and blood of the monster is the muscle that drives everything, and the outer plate armor is its armor."

  Tesla couldn’t stop praising it.

"It's hard to imagine the circumstances under which those Nine Summers discovered this technology. Mechanically, we lack a material that is tough and can withstand huge temperature differences... The flesh and blood of the monsters solved this problem very well. Not only that, its strong vitality can make it slowly heal itself."

  All loose structures are firmly held together by the flesh and blood of demons, and the perfect fusion of biology and machinery.

   "That means you put on armor for the monster?"

   Lorenzo asked.

   "No, we put on armor made by demons."

   Tesla said so.

   Then a heavy heartbeat sounded, above the armor of original sin.

  The inexplicable pressure intensified again in an instant, and at this moment, the Geiger counters surrounding the entire well wall turned into dangerous blood red, and they all sounded together like a group of crows surrounding the deep well, wailing and mourning.

  It really woke up this time, the cold blood began to flow slowly, and the silent heartbeat was like a drum of war.

   "It didn't die completely."

  Lorenzo couldn't help squeezing the sword tightly, as if the blade would be drawn out in the next second.

  The demon’s vitality is very strong. If you want to ensure that it dies, you must destroy the brain and heart, but now there is a heartbeat from the armor, the beating of the demon.

   "Yes, we need the demon to live. Only if it is alive can it continue to grow flesh and blood, and only in this way can the strong muscles drive the armor under the drive of the engine."

   "You are playing with fire."

   "It has become controllable, at least for now."

  Tesla doesn’t care about those who continue to say.

"We completely cut off the brain of the demon, and used the means of life support to keep its heart. When the engine turns, the frozen life will reawaken, so...In essence, this is indeed a demon in armor, but The will that determines this body is us."

  He pointed to his head and looked at Lorenzo with a smile.

  "We will replace the brain of the demon to drive it. The nerves of the two will be connected together. The heavy armor will be as flexible as a swallow, but in the same way, we will suffer more erosion."

   glanced at Kestrel and Joey, not knowing whether it was the cause of the erosion, or whether they were "honoured" to be the driver, and their faces were pale.

"We initially experimented with executed prisoners, but most of them went mad directly in the armor and lost control. Even if someone stabilized, they would be like a fool. They would only be in a daze with the sky, and ask for any effective information. Nothing."

  "You are needed at this time, Mr. Holmes, we need you to adjust a stable value for it."

The sound of the engine began to weaken, the creeping flesh and blood gradually stopped, and finally shrank back like a dormant. All the decks closed again, and the lighted indicators went out one by one, the heartbeat disappeared, and the armor in front of me Died again in the past.

  Like a sealed coffin, the soul that was about to escape was dragged back again.

"Of course what you see is only the first generation model. We have optimized it a lot during so many years of research. With the advancement of mechanics, we are gradually reducing the proportion of monsters. If we can, we hope to make it completely mechanized. ."

  Tesla waved his hand as he said, he also seemed helpless.

   "Of course, this is not a big hope. The prerequisite for this is that we can find super materials to replace the monsters, but it is obviously impossible with modern technology."

  Lorenzo didn't say much, but watched the original sin armor being dragged into the container again, lifted onto the rails, dipped into the gate, and stored in the gloom again.

   "So I have to find an original sin armor to wear?"

"Yes, but the new hope is fine. It is just a teaching material. It has essentially been abandoned by the times. It is a museum exhibit. Mr. Holmes, what you really want to use is the second-generation armor, but the current second-generation There are very few armoured units in service, and the spare ones are still under restoring."

  Tesla turned and walked towards the closed gate, and then said.

   "So the first thing to do is to do a test for a few people to see how much pollution they have been eroded."

  As the voice fell, a curtain of rain-like water spurted from the top of the dome, which was not violent, but completely covered every part of the entire venue.

  Joy and Kestrel were a little dazed. The first thing they thought of was that this group of neuroses finally blew up the pipe, and they were bathing in the water from the Thames.

   "It is not a leak, it is a neutralizing liquid. Every time there is an experiment with an erosion item, it must be a fixed process."

   Obviously Tesla had already thought about what these people were thinking, added.

The closed door slowly opened, I don’t know where it leads, and on the high platform of the well wall, due to the strong light array of the dome, it looks like a dark silhouette from below, and it is impossible to tell what is on it. .

   "It looks like the initial contact is pretty good."

  Merlin was bathed in the falling neutralizing liquid, which slightly wetted the gray robe.

  "Did you really decide to do this? Let a demon hunter use the original sin armor to lock a monster that is most likely to get out of control with another monster that is most likely to get out of control?"

  The man asked in a puzzled way. He had experienced everything like that nightmare, and he was deeply afraid of it.

"This is indeed dangerous, but it is also impossible. We don't have much time. In order to achieve our goal, even if there is a big risk, we have to continue. After all, you don't want your tragedy to be repeated on others, right, Galaha. Germany."

  Galahad turned his head and glanced at Merlin. The original handsomeness was long gone, his complexion was sickly pale, and his figure was thin.

In the action against the underground palace, Galahad lost control after using the original sin armor, but fortunately, he was properly dealt with in the end, and no major mistakes were made. But even so, the once sunny knight commander has also changed. Became the ghost like this is now.

   "You have been severely eroded out of control, and we are almost about to perform a frontal lobectomy for you."

Later, Merlin went to see Galahad in the Pump of Perpetual Motion. The poor knight commander was infinitely approaching the third stage of erosion. The spine connecting the back and the armor nerve had begun to change. Several operations saved his life.

   "If you do it, it's really good, at least it's not the way people are not ghosts now."

   Galahad said indifferently.

  Merlin was silent, then let out a long sigh.

   "So sometimes there is a real gap between people."

  Galahad looked down the deep well and said slowly.

"I'm healthier than Lancelot, stronger than him, but I'm fragile in the face of armor erosion, and he can manage it perfectly... You say it's a matter of willpower, is that true? Merlin."

   Facing such a problem, Merlin was stunned, he said.

  "Do you know? Jiu Xia in the Far East has such a vocabulary called obsession."

  "Obsession?"

"Yes, obsessiveness. Obsessiveness is a very interesting thing in their stories. In those legends, many people will not die, they will be trapped by obsessiveness, and they will never die until they do not achieve this goal... or Said that he will not die completely, just like a ghost, continue to exist in the world."

   "Sounds like the gods of the gospel church."

   "But don't you feel very tragic? Even if you are dead, you are not willing to be calm, but you have to climb back to the mortal world and do what they have not done yet."

  Merlin pulled the valve on the side, and the elevator platform began to slowly descend. He continued to say amidst the rumbling noise, his voice seemed a bit distant.

   "Lancelot is that kind of person. Even erosion cannot conquer him for that goal, and will never give in."

   said Merlin smiled here.

   "If it were not for the confidentiality ordinance, I really hope you two can meet each other."

   "So he is a real person, not something that you inspiring invented?"

  Galahad asked somewhat skeptically.

Just like the legend circulated in the cleansing mechanism, no one has actually seen Lancelot, even Galahad who is also the knight commander, you can hear the broadcast of him joining the battle sequence, you You can also see the blue armor galloping on the battlefield, but you will never see what is under the armor, as if it is only the ghost that controls the armor.

  It seems that only those high-level managers know the true identity of Lancelot, such as Merlin in front of him.

  (End of this chapter)