"My name is Lazar, I live at No. 2, Building 13, Genting District 4... Today is the 73901st day of the fall of 'Morning Star'.

"The name 'Lazar' was personally chosen by the great 'Mechanical Emperor' His Majesty Evans when I was a baby. It is said that this name once belonged to the emperor's best friend, which contains His expectations for me, and I hope that I can also To be a great alchemist...but unfortunately, I let the emperor down.

"—The reason why I can get such an honor is because my parents died to cover other companions in a pathfinder operation.

"Hehe, it's still a familiar beginning... If anyone can get my diary in the future, please don't despise me for being long-winded. With this information written down, it's easy to forget who you are."

In a mechanical house, a "person" named Lazar turned his rusty wrist and temporarily put down the pen inserted in the connection slot.

The main body of his body is completely made of brass, and the rest of the limbs and head are made of various metal splices... Even the damaged parts of the brass torso are mostly sealed with pig iron, which prevents the inside The sealing system is exposed to air.

From a distance he looked like a ragged robot with patches.

But this broken robot is completely dominated by the human soul, and those metal parts are all the result of mechanical transformation.

At this moment, with the sound of "crunching", Lazar stood up with some difficulty, stepped forward with his right foot, drove the four wheels at the bottom of his left leg, and slowly walked towards the cabinet on the other side of the house.

——The colony on his left leg below the calf was damaged during an exploration of "Afternoon Town" about 30 years ago. The sensing system and drive system were completely paralyzed and could not be repaired. Therefore, wheels had to be installed. With a well-actuated thigh, he barely moved.

Lazar was not used to it at first, but after so many years, he has long been used to this wheel, even if he is walking up and down the stairs... but he can no longer join the exploration team...

This is also the reason why he lives in the Genting area with the most expensive land, but the economy is not very good.

Because of the shortage of supplies, his pension is only enough to pay the annual property insurance and maintenance fees of the house... Fortunately, he has already completed the mechanical transformation of his whole body. Without energy-consuming projects, the required energy consumption The income is not too much... What's more, "Morning Star City" provides the residents of Genting District with a minimum level of subsistence energy for free every month.

"My energy has accumulated to 14 units this month, and I can completely open a reactor to repair a batch of equipment for the guys in the expedition team...I also took the opportunity to earn some money to do a physiotherapy to get rid of negative emotions...

"The last 'physiotherapy' was ten years ago. Although I kept a good mood by writing a diary, I have accumulated a lot of emotions over the years, although it is still far from the threshold, and once it is close to the threshold, I can still get free 'physiotherapy'... ...but that's not a good feeling, and the mental damage caused is irreversible..."

While talking to himself, Lazar, who seemed to be babbling, had already walked to the cabinet, took out a small bottle of motor oil, poured some into the slot that was applied to his hand, and then controlled the bearing inside to rotate. After a few laps, after confirming that there was no stuttering, he put the oil bottle back in its original place. He himself went back to the table, inserted the charcoal pen into the connection slot of his hand again, and continued to write:

"The price of a stack of paper has recently increased by 2 energy points, which is not surprising, after all, just last week, a newborn left the 'breeding hall'.

"This means that the plant-based planting structure must be adjusted to grow edible crops to produce more organic food for this newborn.

"And what is not important at all, the 'grey dwarf grass' used to make paper is naturally deprived of the qualification to survive.

"After all, since the 'Mechanical Emperor' fell asleep and the Four Popes' rebellion caused the Morning Star City to fall into this strange town, only the 'Dark Night Barrier' of the four major systems in the Floating City has been able to function normally. Yi Ze protected the 10,000 surviving residents of the city from being attacked by the monsters in the dark in the 'strange afternoon town'.

"Unfortunately, because of the need for resources, every few years, we have to organize people to explore the afternoon town, looking for minerals and other available resources... And every time at this time, the night barrier will be temporarily closed... Hey, every exploration will It was the most dangerous time for Morningstar City...

"It's too far...well, I don't know if I have written it in my diary before, in short, only the 'Dark Night Barrier' system of the four major systems is intact, the rest of the 'Storm Engine', 'Sun God Furnace', 'Cocoon of Purification' All are on the verge of paralysis.

"The 'Storm Engine' is in the worst condition. As the flight power and part of the energy source of Morningstar City, it can only maintain the lowest output power to maintain the stability of the center of gravity of Morningstar City, so that it will not roll over...

"The 'Cocoon of Purification' system actually had problems before the fall, when the belief in the 'True Creator' began to rise in the city. Many people whose mental pollution was not too serious were treated by the 'Cocoon of Purification'. , On the contrary, there was a problem, some directly mutated into monsters, and some inexplicably became believers of the Heretic God...

"And after falling into this nightmarish town, the problem with this system is even more serious, and now I can only clean up the 'contamination' left in the food... However, this is for newborns. People who have completed body transformation are no longer needed.

"Finally, the 'Sun Divine Furnace', as the main energy source of Morningstar City, after the fall of the Morningstar, the energy it can provide is not even 1/10,000 of the original energy... So the only three remaining 'Alchemy Masters' had to create Many auxiliary energy sources are used to maintain the function of the large colony and the operation of important facilities such as 'breeding hall' and 'botanical garden'.

"But even then, the botanical garden cannot be expanded, so every time a new baby is born, the remaining tool crops must be squeezed and replaced with food crops.

"Oh, more than 200 years ago, in the era when the Great Mechanical Emperor sheltered us, a celebration would actually be held for the birth of every newborn in the 'Hall of Reproduction'... After all, it represents the miracles and miracles in this dark world. hope.

"But now... it is impossible to restore such a grand situation... Because of limited resources, the total number of residents of Morningstar City, or the total number of energy rations is limited!

"A new baby will be born, which means that an old guy like me must die completely...

"Hey, if the 'Mechanical Emperor' is still there!

"Although the upper-level rulers always tell the residents of the middle and lower-level areas that the Great Emperor has predicted that he will return in hundreds of years...

"It is said that when he returns, the morning star will surely shine, and disaster will be far away...

"It is said that when he returns, he will definitely walk out of the dark realm and enter the bright world...

"But I know that there is a high probability that it is all a lie!

"After all, when the colonization technology was initially mature, the emperor was already too old, but there was an accident during the transformation. An energy furnace suddenly short-circuited, causing a big explosion.

"The Great Emperor fell...and his students and followers agreed that it was the assassination of the believers of the 'True Creator'...

"A war broke out between the two sides that have long been incompatible!

"Although the four popes and the followers of the Heretic God were eventually annihilated, this led to the fall of the morning star, which not only made the floating city enter this strange town and could not leave, but also lost the extremely important "Mechanical Canon" in the battle.

"This caused Morningstar City to lose the recipe of the saint, and since then, there has never been a new 'alchemist' born.

"Hey, I'm really old. I just looked through the previous diary and found a lot of repeated content... I don't know how long I can last...

"Great...will you really come back?"

When Lazar wrote this, he wanted to sigh, but then he remembered that the colony on his head did not have this function, and could only use half an energy point to simulate this effect by compressing the air.

After doing this~lightnovelpub.net~ Lazar, who has a strong sense of ritual since hundreds of years ago, stood up again, put on a completely useless "Kars grass" coat, and put on "Blood Thorns" to refine it. The finished top hat left his home, strolled to the statue of "Mechanical Emperor" in front of the central tower, and prayed silently.

This is what he does every day.

But at this moment, Lazar's eyes suddenly became brighter. He turned one of his cameras 360 degrees in amazement, and found that all the lights in the entire "Morning Star City" were lit up, turning this darkness. The area is illuminated like daylight!

This scene, both familiar and unfamiliar, made Lazar feel as if he was in the morning star city when the Mechanical Emperor was still alive more than two hundred years ago.

"This is... the morning star shines, disaster is far away?

"Great Emperor, are you back?"