Chapter 214: Strange Machine - Magic Gunner! The Alien Army
Lightning spikes.

This area is often shrouded in thunderstorm clouds due to elemental chaos. Due to the high concentration of thunder elements, some crystallized stones sometimes appear nearby. These stones have certain magical properties and are often collected by treasure hunters and sold at high prices to spellcasters who like to study electricity.

There is a forest about twenty kilometers away from here. It is usually impossible to enter, but occasionally you can see a figure wearing a Yin-Yang fish robe passing over the forest.

Most of those figures are Zhendan witches, alchemists, monks, etc. They like the nearby lightning wood very much and use it to make magic tools. Under certain circumstances, you can also see Eastern witches and wizards attracting lightning to strike a certain activated demon tree, and then quickly leave after collecting enough lightning wood. This area is considered the intersection of the material plane continental shelf. Although it is still impossible to enter the legendary Baiyujing, the figures of Zhendan people are much more common than before.

"Attention alert!"

Litch walked in front of the team wearing heavy exoskeleton armor, and behind him was a twelve-man Astra Militarum squad. Since successfully completing the rescue mission on the Garden Planet, he was promoted to a member of the Pioneer Regiment. His current rank is captain, and he belongs to the Seventh Squadron of the Pioneer Regiment.

The Infernal Roar III bolter in his hand was already loaded. Since the Garden Planet expedition ended, the members of the Mechanical Heart Chapter have replaced their weapons. These heavy firearms, called bolters, use alchemical rune bullets. One shot is basically the same as a cannonball. A magazine has a total of six bullets. You must have more than 20 points of strength to withstand its reaction force. Currently, only members of the Chapter can equip the new bolter, and ordinary Astra Militarum still use the original weapons.

This team is escorting a guy named 'Paver'. His identity is unclear, but he is said to be one of Sir Sean's apprentices.

He occasionally brags about a place called Sigil, and that he is the right-hand man of a powerful Titan.

Litch didn't really believe this, because Pafo had escaped once and was caught (rescued) by the Martyrs. He was so scared that his legs went limp before he could escape the high wall. This guy didn't tell the truth. Brand from the Devil's Way had secretly checked his background and could only confirm that he might be the legendary soul from another world.

"It should be around here."

Li Qi raised his hand and clenched his fist. His comrades around him immediately dispersed, stood guard, and set up trigger traps. It was a strange little alchemical artifact that could detect the slightest vibration of the ground.

In the middle of the team, the guy named Pafo looked at the dark clouds above his head. There was a thunderstorm gathering in the distance. He said, "Elemental rampage."

"We have to act quickly!"

"This place will be covered by a thunderstorm soon."

After saying that, he summoned his magical pet, a strange small beholder with four eye stalks. Then he began to explore the surrounding environment. Under the detection of magical power, he had people dig up the nearby soil and dug out a number of diamond-shaped crystals the size of a fingernail that emitted a faint white light.

——Thunder Stone [Strange Item].

This thing is used to make "Rune Plasma Bombs". If the Warrior Path did not have enough mystical knowledge to dig them out, there would be no need to bring such a burden with him. After all, he is only a level 6 alchemist.

"We want pure crystals, not those with impurities!" Paver said.

The whole process went on in an orderly manner. The team led by Litch had carried out many missions. As a level 15 warrior, he had undergone three transformation operations, which was enough to deal with any emergency. With the blessing of the magical exoskeleton armor, their team was able to fight even against evil creatures.

I don’t know how long it took.

Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire in the distance, followed by the roar of soldiers.

"There are enemies!"

Rumble.

An arc of electricity streaked across the sky, and some creatures with elemental bodies appeared in the sight of Leach and his party. They looked like a polymer of light and shadow, with plasma-like liquid flowing on their skin. The shapes of these monsters were unstable, and they would jump like flashes when moving. When they approached, the static electricity field nearby would be abnormal, making everyone feel paralyzed as if an electric current was flowing through their bodies. These creatures did not belong to the material plane, they were polluted distorted elemental bodies.

Da da da!
A burst of intense gunfire rang out.

Amid the roar of the grenade launcher, a light-like figure instantly shattered, and it was like exploding plasma, burning the nearby ground into charred marks.

"Prepare to retreat!"

Leach was clear about his mission.

His action this time was not to clear out the monsters, but to collect materials and protect Paver's safety. Because the Mechanical Heart had made a big move recently, many powerful high-level war groups had been withdrawn.

But that's it.

boom! ! !
A dull explosion echoed across the battlefield.

When Litch looked up in astonishment, he saw a huge airship tearing open the space gate. This airship, which was about 60 meters long, was suspended in the air hundreds of meters above the ground. No one knew when it appeared. The keel of the airship was engraved with dense mysterious runes. When his eyes fell on the deck, he saw a magic turret emerging out of thin air.

boom! boom! boom!
One after another, the magic cannons directly swept the ground, blasting the monsters that emerged from the ground into pieces.

A nimble figure fell from the sky.

——Fortress position [Magic Master]!
In a flash of magical light, countless structures gathered together. The moment he landed, several magic turrets appeared. A shining light appeared on the armor of that figure. All the magic cannons were aimed straight ahead at the same time. Under the bombardment of magic cannons one after another, the crisis of the previous second was completely resolved.

"Hello friend."

The other party took off his hat and gestured. He was a big man nearly 1.8 meters tall with a beard and a cigar between his lips. His strange mechanical goggles were shining. He smiled and gestured, "Are you the pioneer of the Mechanical Heart?"

Leach looked confused and doubtful. He recalled the recent rumors and said hesitantly, "Magic Master Tucker?"

A visitor from another world.

It is said that he is from a world called Eberron. He is active in the eastern continent and has cooperated with the Pioneer Regiment of the Mechanical Heart. During the exploration of the Howling Isles, the explorers' vanguard members helped him repair the airship.

"Yes." The other party took a puff of his cigar, took off his mechanical goggles and nodded: "I know your regiment's technical advisor - Ornn."

Many visitors from other worlds come here to become immortals, and the same goes for the machinist Tucker in front of him.

——Tucker [Magician] [Magic Cannon Master]? !

This guy basically keeps to himself. Occasionally, you can see his airship docking at the starport of Cangyang City to resupply, but he doesn't stay for long and doesn't have much contact with the natives. The reason why Li Qi knew about him was because someone in the regiment was familiar with him. The other party had used the promotion path of the Artillery Master - the promotion knowledge of the Magic Artillery Master, Alchemist, Armorer, Field Craftsman, etc., to exchange a large amount of resources from the Mechanical Heart.

Knowledge equals wealth.

The entire Holy Terra knows that they can use knowledge to exchange for equivalent resources and wealth from the Mechanical Heart demiplane. Some visitors from other worlds who have just arrived in Holy Terra and are short of money will use the knowledge they have mastered to exchange for a large amount of start-up capital from the Mechanical Heart.

At least two-thirds of the materials used in this airship were paid for by the Mechanical Heart.

Visitors from other worlds all possess the unique knowledge of their world. The inheritance of artificers is very common in the world of Eberron. They can be regarded as a low-end version of legendary wizards, because a powerful artificer basically has his own airship, construct guards, and magic turrets.

"Are you collecting thunderstones too?"

The mechanic not far away put down his cigar and pulled out a strange weapon from his back. It looked like a sniper rifle, with countless alchemical marks engraved on the surface. In the center was a very strange crystal, which was the legendary "Dragon Crystal". After loading the bullet, Tucker aimed at a place more than ten kilometers away. Aura flowed on his mechanical goggles, and he pulled the trigger the next second.

boom!
An alchemical bullet flashed by, and twelve kilometers away, an elemental evil creature with nearly legendary strength was instantly shot in the head, and exploded into fragments all over the ground.

——Arcane Firearms [Artificer].

An artificer can transform a traditional wand, staff, scepter, or similar object into an arcane firearm—a conduit for devastating spells.

They also use modern exotic firearms and are masters at modifying them.

The transformation of the Inferno Roar III type was helped to a certain extent by the mechanic in front of him. He was a legendary mechanic who was proficient in alchemy, magic energy construction, armor transformation and other extraordinary skills.

The armor on the opponent is different from the magical exoskeleton armor. It is an arcane armor called "Guardian".

The airship began to descend.

With a slight buzzing sound, an alchemical vehicle similar to a speedboat flew out from the deck. This thing is called a 'Magic Rudder'. Currently, only the top few regiments in the Mechanical Heart are equipped with it. They need magic power to control them, and anti-gravity runes are engraved on the surface.

A creature that looks like a human, but is not a human, lands on the ground.

——Mechanical man [Modified form of the Demonic Tomb].

The other party has a metal head, a body made of wood and steel, and a surface coating of mithril. Under these interconnected armor plates are buried bundles of fiber tendons, which are a unique material from the alchemical path and can be used to make bionic prostheses. An arcane emblem is carved on the top of this creature's head, and his bright eyes are flashing with wisdom.

The war machine of the world of Eberron.

He is also one of the assistants of the Artificer. It is said that the wisdom of the mechanical man awakened during the Last War. Since then, the world of Eberron has had an intelligent race of constructs. The extraordinary people of the alchemical path can create new mechanical men through the forge, but the mechanical men that appear later may not have enough wisdom.

Compared with the golem army, the cost of the mechanical man is slightly lower.

"teacher."

The mechanical man nodded slightly to the others, turned around and said, "The thunderstorm clouds are coming soon."

"Our lookout spotted a large warship."

Anyone else?
Hearing the other party's words, Li Qi suddenly became nervous, but after seeing the dragon flag emerging from the clouds in the distance, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's the dragon flag of the Zhendan people."

"Don't worry, they are allies of the Mechanical Heart."

A majestic dragon-headed warship broke through the clouds. Unlike the airship of the Strange Machinery Division, the dragon-headed warship of the Zhendan people has more of the atmosphere of ancient civilization, but its firepower is very strong, stronger than the turret position of the airship, because it is equipped with the Eastern Empire's Shenlong Cannon.

on the deck.

A man dressed as a wizard was also looking at the airship in front of him curiously. The two completely different powerful civilizations had their own structures and creations. The dragon-headed battleship was a spaceship with a more traditional appearance, while the airship was closer to the modern style, using a large number of mechanical structures on the surface. There was also a control panel close to the rudder in the center of the huge airship.

The alien spaceships and warships are basically of a weird style, and a lot of Nautilus battleships were captured in the Garden Planet Battle.

"It seems to be a visitor from another world in the world of Eberron."

A figure in a black cloak said in a deep voice: "All the helmsmen are mechanical men. They should be the mechanical engineer mentioned in the intelligence."

As he spoke, a black figure over two meters tall took off his hood behind the figure, revealing the metal skin on his head. The surface was engraved with oriental pictographic inscriptions. A pair of intelligent eyes curiously observed these mechanical men and said in a cold mechanical voice: "They also possess the [Construct Soul]!"

The soul of the construct is the awakened soul of the construct.

This is a mechanical engineer of the Zhendan people, or possibly a puppeteer, also a transcendent in the path of alchemy. Their masterpiece is the legendary golden garrison man.

The oriental wizard on the battleship deck gestured to the guard beside him and said, "Qiong. Go and negotiate."

"Yes." The man named Qiong nodded.

He jumped down directly from a height of hundreds of meters. The sword box behind him was flashing with light. It was a magical weapon. Usually, only oriental monks would use the sword box as a magical weapon.

The other party's figure was enveloped by the power of the wind. After landing lightly, he asked, "The pioneer of the mechanical heart?"

Li Qi nodded and said, "Are you here for the Thunder Stone as well?"

Qiong seemed a little aloof, his green robe rustling in the wind, and replied, "Yes. The alchemists' recent research requires a large amount of thunderstones."

The Dan Ding Master is a very rare and extraordinary person, which is basically hard to see in the outside world.

The Eastern monks are equivalent to the Western magic swordsmen.

They can only cast 6th level spells at most, but have many unique abilities. At the same time, the monk system's advancement focuses more on magic tools. This promotion method has both the melee ability of a warrior and the spellcasting ability of a wizard, but one uses the spellcasting list of wizards and sorcerers, and the other uses the spellcasting list of witches and alchemists.

The people of Zhendan have some connections with the Chaos Sea. They also have Zeth monks who have ascended through the power of the psychic pathway and can use the unique "time strike" to send the enemy into the long river of time.

"How about we each mark out an area and not disturb each other?" said the machinist Tucker as he put out his cigarette.

He needs a batch of thunder stones.

That's why he came to Lightning Peak. Recently, he felt that the speed of the airship was a little slow, so he planned to think about injecting a burst of electric energy to see if he could imitate a jet-like airship.

In the world of Eberron, he also participated in the construction of the lightning train and was quite adept at utilizing electrical energy.

The reason why I have this idea.

It was because some time ago he met a very powerful colleague, a dwarf from the world of Mystara. Different from any dwarf in the Crystal Wall system, the dwarfs there were called sky dwarves. This ethnic group was famous for their ability to build and control aircraft and their passion for flying.

The other party is also a visitor from another world, and a legendary transcendent in the field of alchemy.

The Mechanic Tucker exchanged a jet propulsion device and alchemical knowledge that combined the thrust principle and artificial gravity reversal technology from the other party. This crazy sky dwarf flew a biplane through the space rift and entered Holy Terra.

Before this, he had also been to Sigil and met Tucker's mentor -VI.

Artificers have their own organization.

In Sigil, artificers share discoveries from across the universe, and one man in particular—the dwarf inventor Vi—runs a multiverse-spanning corporation, drawing adventurers to solve problems others believe are unsolvable.

Vi's home world is Eberron, a world with a developed magical civilization.

This proposal was quickly recognized by everyone.

Li Qi looked at the airship not far away with a bit of envy, then looked at the dragon-headed warship of the Zhendan people, and thought to himself: "I wonder when the alchemists of the Mechanical Heart will be able to make a flying machine?"

Currently, the Martyrs are the only Chapter in the entire Mechanical Heart equipped with a live starship.

From what I've read above, it seems that they're planning to build a space fortress directly in low-Earth orbit. Currently, most of the resources are concentrated on building the floating fortress. The Martyrs Legion just recently carried out an orbital strike decapitation mission and cleared out the evil creatures in the Screaming Islands.

In just over a year, the appearance of visitors from other worlds has injected unusual vitality into the dead holy Terra. Even some alien creatures from the dark sky have appeared in the Abyss City.

Many of them are potential gods.

However, in the mouths of visitors from other worlds, this place is called the 'Land of Immortal Ascension', which has a unique ceremony for the promotion of immortals. Many people even ventured to this crystal wall system because they met a guy named Anonymous.

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at the same time.

In a distant unknown place, at the intersection of space, Sigil City.

A guy who lost his real name and called himself Anonymous smiled and stopped a strange-looking creature. It was a powerful Asura, a native of the upper plane. He said very politely: "Friend. Excuse me."

"I wonder if you have ever heard of the [Ritual of the Immortals]?"

"If you're interested."

"Why don't we sit down, have a drink, and talk about the rumors about how to become an immortal."

Asura on the opposite side had his pupils shrink instantly when he heard this. He carefully looked at the Nameless Person in front of him and immediately recognized that he was one of the legendary figures in Sigil City recently.

The reason why he is a legendary figure.

First, he often told others, especially the legendary masters in Sigil, about the information about a 'place where immortals are promoted'.

Second, he had talked to the Lady of Pain and had not yet been skinned by her.

Third, it is rumored that he has a succubus lover and often stays at the 'Critical Curiosity Brothel'.

In Sigil, some old people believed that he was the big man who was regarded as a taboo in the legend, the guy who once caused chaos in Sigil. From the moment he appeared in Sigil, many old guys who had been silent for a long time were alarmed.

Because of his appearance, many factions in Sigil City became restless. Even the Source Believers, also known as the "God Ascenders", believed that he pointed to a mysterious country where immortal divinity was obtained. As for the Gods Not Gods Society, some of its leaders had already entered the legendary place where immortals were promoted.

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(End of this chapter)