mtlumby2d Chapter 336 The Mystery of the Umbrella!
Chapter 336 The Mystery of the Umbrella!
"Oh? What gift?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
What gifts will these two new girls give me?
"Hehe, Lord City Lord, please wait a moment!" Dongdong stuck out her tongue and laughed.
Then, he grabbed his older sister, A-Qiu, and ran outside.
"Lord City Lord, please forgive my sister. She was too impetuous," A Qiu quickly turned around and apologized.
She was somewhat helpless with her mischievous and willful younger sister.
"It's alright, she's very cute." Xiao Yu waved his hand and smiled.
After the two women left, he picked up the mechanical design drawings again.
"To build Dragon City into a fortress, simply installing mechanisms on some important facilities is not enough! We also need to make some arrangements around the city walls..." Xiao Yu began to think.
Just like in the past life, no matter how powerful human strength is.
Ultimately, the most reliable thing is always machinery.
because...
Machines will not betray their masters, need no rest, and never doze off.
It only requires regular maintenance.
Therefore, Xiao Yu was wondering if it would be possible to install traps around the entire Dragon City.
However, this would require an astronomical number of top-tier materials.
"Um... that's still a bit wishful thinking. Let's take it one step at a time," Xiao Yu said with a wry smile, shaking his head.
Even if all the traps are set up in every place, the vast resources he has painstakingly accumulated may not be enough.
"Lord of the City! Hehe... Look what this is!" At this moment, a melodious laugh, like the sound of a copper bell, rang out.
Immediately afterwards, the short-haired brown girl led her older sister in.
"What is this?" Xiao Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the two women with surprise.
To be precise, I was looking at the black umbrella they were holding.
"This is called the Thousand-Machine Umbrella." A Qiu held the black umbrella in both hands and respectfully handed it to Xiao Yu.
"What an exquisite mechanism!" Xiao Yu took it, examined it carefully, and exclaimed in amazement.
"Hehe! Lord City Lord! Don't be fooled by its small size; it's full of traps and mechanisms." Dongdong introduced with a grin.
The two sisters prided themselves on being geniuses at mechanisms, but even after spending several months, they could only open a few mechanisms.
"Why would you give me something so precious?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled.
"Lord City Lord, we won't hide it from you anymore! This was created by our father after he obtained an ancient inheritance, and it took him decades to complete it. But..."
Ah Qiu gave a bitter smile and explained, "He suffered a fatal accident because of this. Originally, we thought that once my sister and I thoroughly understood this mechanism, we could avenge our father. However, even with our talents, it would take at least ten years."
However, Lord City Lord, your talent for mechanisms is too great...
Speaking of it.
The girl with shoulder-length short hair smoothed a strand of hair behind her ear, a hint of embarrassment in her deep-set eyes.
"So, if you thoroughly understand the mechanisms here, you can become a master mechanic? And you think that I have a higher talent for mechanisms, so you want me to help you figure them out?" Xiao Yu looked at the two girls with a playful expression and asked with a smile.
"It's alright if the city lord doesn't want to. Keeping this umbrella would only bring trouble to us sisters, so consider it a way of repaying you for taking us in." As if afraid that Xiao Yu would be offended, A Qiu quickly defended herself.
Previously, the two sisters had not handed over the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella.
On the one hand, they don't quite understand or trust Xiao Yu.
Secondly, they felt that if Xiao Yu couldn't figure it out, he might violently destroy it.
But... this mechanism embodies my father's life's work.
My father said that once the force breaks through, it will instantly unleash terrifying power capable of killing a seventh-level opponent.
But now, the two sisters trust Xiao Yu enough and believe that he can solve all the puzzles.
"Don't be so nervous, I didn't say I wouldn't help you!" Seeing the two sisters rushing to defend themselves, Xiao Yu waved his hand and smiled gently.
He only sensed it slightly.
They discovered that this umbrella indeed contained endless mysteries.
It contains tens of thousands of various parts.
There are thousands of parts, including gears the size of a grain of rice and poison needles the size of a hair.
There are also various complex mechanisms, numbering at least in the hundreds!
No wonder it's called the Thousand-Machine Umbrella; it truly lives up to its name.
Moreover, every part is made of black iron and is extremely exquisite.
Furthermore, and most importantly, even with his mental strength, he could only explore the outer perimeter.
The core of the interior is a complete mess.
Without first unlocking most of the external mechanisms, it's impossible to reach the core.
It's hard to imagine that someone in the wasteland could create such a weapon.
After all, even before the apocalypse, only top-tier military industries could achieve this.
Xiao Yu even speculated that if he could thoroughly study this umbrella, his level of mechanical skill would reach an extremely high level.
Perhaps, he can reach the level of the master craftsman Lu Ban from his previous life!
At that time... many impossible technologies will become possible.
"Really? Thank you so much, Lord City Lord!" The two sisters were overjoyed to hear this.
Those people will find them and kill them sooner or later in order to obtain the Thousand Chance Umbrella.
With the sisters' talent, it would have taken them more than ten years to fully understand the Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella.
Those people can't possibly give them that much time.
Without thoroughly studying the Thousand-Mechanism Umbrella, they will be unable to avenge their father!
However... the city lord only spent a few days, and his skill in mechanical arts became comparable to theirs.
The key is...
The city lord's brain seems to work in a mysterious way; he comes up with all sorts of ingenious ideas every day.
Whenever they encounter a bottleneck, the city lord's words can enlighten them.
Such a gifted person is practically born to open the Thousand Chance Umbrella.
“Of course! Perfect timing, I’ve done some research and discovered a way to open the outer mechanism…” Xiao Yu nodded with a smile, revealing his discovery.
Upon hearing this, both women looked on with suspicion.
"Watch closely!" Xiao Yu laughed heartily.
Before he finished speaking, he gently turned a gear with his fingernail on the handle of the Thousand Machine Umbrella.
Suddenly, a series of mechanical friction sounds came from inside the Thousand Machine Umbrella.
Then, both women saw Xiao Yu open the umbrella, point it at the wall dozens of meters away, and gently press the button on the umbrella handle.
The next second, whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
On the 12 branches of the Thousand Chance Umbrella, cracks appeared one after another.
From it shot out countless translucent acupuncture needles.
These fine needles are invisible to the naked eye unless you look closely.
That's why we can see a trace of it.
That's because these needles emit a cold blue light.
It is clearly highly poisonous.
"You just got the Thousand Chance Umbrella and immediately activated the fifth mechanism?" Dongdong looked at the wall, which was already corroded with dark cracks, and stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yu.
According to my father, these mechanisms are interconnected and can only be opened one at a time.
Only after opening the first channel can the second channel be opened.
Then comes the third and fourth rounds.
Each mechanism activated will unleash a unique power.
When you can open the 1000th mechanism, you can easily kill a peak seventh-tier expert.
Even...enough to severely injure an eighth-tier expert!