Chapter 42 The Morning Star Shines

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

"The name 'Lazar' was given to me personally by the great 'Mechanical Emperor' His Majesty Evans when I was a baby. It is said that this name once belonged to a close friend of the Emperor. It contains His expectations for me, and he hopes that I can also To become a great alchemist...but unfortunately, I failed the Emperor.

"——The reason why I received such an honor is because my parents sacrificed their lives to cover other companions during a path exploration operation.

"Haha, it's still a familiar beginning... If anyone can get my diary in the future, please don't dislike me for being verbose. After all, for an old man who is over 250 years old, his soul is close to decay, and he will often forget about it. With this information written down, it’s easy to forget who you are.”

In a house full of mechanical feeling, the "person" named Lazar turned his somewhat rusty wrist and temporarily put down the pen inserted in the connecting slot.

The main part of his body and torso is entirely made of brass, and the rest of his limbs and head are spliced ​​with a variety of metals... Even the damaged parts of the brass torso are mostly sealed with pig iron, which prevents the inside from being damaged. The sealed system is exposed to the air.

From a distance, he looks like a tattered robot covered in patches.

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

At this moment, accompanied by a "crunching" sound, 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 armor on his left leg below the calf was damaged during an exploration of "Afternoon Town" about thirty years ago. The sensing system and driving system were completely paralyzed and could no longer be repaired, so wheels had to be installed on another. Driven by a well-driven thigh, he reluctantly moved.

Lazar was still uncomfortable with it at first, but after so many years, he has long been accustomed to this wheel, even walking up and down the stairs is smooth... But after all, he can no longer join the exploration team...

This is why he obviously lives in Yunding District, where land prices are the most expensive, but the economy is not very good.

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

"I have accumulated fourteen units of energy this month. I can open a reactor and repair a batch of equipment for the exploration team members... I can also take the opportunity to earn some funds and go for physical therapy to get rid of negative emotions...

"The last time I had 'physical therapy' was ten years ago. Although I kept a good mood through writing a diary, I have accumulated a lot of emotions over the years. Although it is still far from the critical point, and once I get close to the critical point, I can get free 'physical therapy'... …But it’s not a pleasant feeling, and the mental damage caused is irreversible…”

Lazar, who seemed a bit chatty, was talking to himself. At the same time, he walked to the cabinet, took out a small bottle of engine oil, poured some out and applied it to the slot on his hand. Then he controlled the bearing inside to rotate. After a few laps to confirm that there was no jamming, he put the oil bottle back to its place. He returned 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. This is not surprising. After all, just last week, a newborn baby left the 'Reproduction Hall'.

“This means that the planting structure of the plant base must be adjusted to grow edible crops to produce more organic food to feed the newborn.

"And the 'grey grass' used to make paper, which is not important in the first place, has naturally been deprived of the qualification to survive.

"After all, since the 'Mechanical Emperor' fell asleep and the rebellion of the Four Popes caused Morning Star City to fall into this strange town, only the 'Night Barrier' among the four major systems of the Floating City can still operate normally. It was also the last of the Emperor. The legacy has protected the 10,000 surviving residents of the city from attacks by the monsters in the darkness 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 to find minerals and other available resources... At this time, the night barrier will be temporarily closed... Hey, every exploration This is the most dangerous time for Morningstar City...

"That's a long way to go... Well, I don't know if I have written it in my diary before. In short, of the four major systems, only the 'Night Barrier' system is intact. The rest are the 'Storm Engine', 'Sun God Furnace' and 'Purification Cocoon'. 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 Morningstar City's center of gravity and prevent it from rolling over...

"The 'Cocoon of Purification' system actually had problems before the Fall Calendar, when the belief in the 'True Creator' began to rise in the city. Many people whose mental pollution was not too serious, after being treated with the 'Cocoon of Purification' , but problems occurred, some directly mutated into monsters, and some inexplicably became followers of the evil god...

"After falling into this nightmarish and weird town, the problems with this system have become even more serious. Now we can only clean up the remaining 'contamination' in the food... However, this is for newborns, like me People who have completed body transformation don’t need it anymore.

"Finally, the 'Sun Furnace', as the main energy source of Morning Star City, could not provide even one ten thousandth of the original energy after the fall of Morning Star... so the only three remaining 'Alchemy Masters' had to create A lot of auxiliary energy to maintain the functions of the large breeding equipment and the operation of important facilities such as the 'Breeding Hall' and the 'Botanical Garden'.

“But even so, the size of the botanical garden cannot be expanded, so every time a newborn is born, the remaining planting area of ​​tool crops must be squeezed out and replaced by edible crops.

"Oh, more than two hundred years ago, in the era when the Mechanical Emperor protected us, every birth of a newborn in the 'Hall of Reproduction' would actually hold a celebration... After all, it represented the miracles and miracles in this dark world. hope.

"But now... it can never be restored to that grand occasion... Because resources are limited, the total number of residents in Morningstar City, or the total number of energy rations, is limited!

"The birth of a new baby means that an old guy like me must die completely..."

"Hey, it would be great if the 'Mechanical Emperor' was still here!

"Although the upper-class rulers always told the residents of the middle- and lower-class areas that the emperor had predicted that He would return in hundreds of years...

“It is said that when He returns, the morning star will surely shine and disasters will be far away…

"It is said that when He returns, He will definitely walk out of the realm of darkness and enter the world of light...

"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 something unexpected happened during the transformation. An energy furnace suddenly short-circuited, causing a big explosion.

"The Emperor fell as a result... and his students and followers unanimously believed that this was due to the assassination of followers of the 'True Creator'...

"A war breaks out between the two sides who have long been incompatible with each other!

"Although the four major popes and the followers of the evil god were eventually wiped out, this caused the Morning Star to fall. Not only did the floating city enter this weird town and could not leave, but the extremely important "Mechanical Sacred Book" was also lost in the battle.

“This caused Morning Star City to lose the saint’s formula, and no new ‘alchemist’ has been born since then.

"Hey, I'm getting old indeed. I just looked through the previous diary and found that there are a lot of repeated contents... I don't know how long I can hold on...

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

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

After doing this, Lazar, who had a strong sense of ritual since hundreds of years ago, stood up again, put on the completely useless "Kars Grass" coat, and put on the top hat refined from "Blood Thorn". After leaving his home, he strolled to the statue of the "Mechanical Emperor" in front of the central tower and prayed silently.

This is something he does again and again every day.

But at this moment, Lazar's eyes suddenly became brighter. He turned one of his cameras 360 degrees in shock, 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 familiar yet unfamiliar sight made Lazar feel as if he was in Morningstar City more than two hundred years ago, when the Mechanical Emperor was still around.

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

"Great Emperor, are you back?"