Chapter 052, Underground Factory
Locke Castle, the third level of the underground city.
The white energy-saving lamps brightly illuminates the entire laboratory as if it were daytime, and even though the instruments and equipment in the laboratory have not been used for many years, because of the presence of the air purification and sterilization systems, they are still just as bright and shiny when they were newly purchased. The environment of the freezer is tidily arranged to store a variety of medicines. There are no labels whatsoever posted in the freezer. Only those who are very familiar with it will know where the required medicines are stored.
The automatic door slowly opened in front of him and the man wearing a dark blue military uniform slowly walked in.
The spotlessly clean military-grade leather boots which are darker than his clothes colored deep as night, stepping on the pure white floor tiles, reflecting down the soft luster under the illumination of the lights.
The man has distinctly handsome features and the black leather belt around his waist makes his slender figure all the more tall and straight. Because he isn't wearing a military cap, his ink-like black hair naturally as well as gently hangs down over by his ears. The expression on his face is extremely cold, his pair of jet-black eyes are also completely tranquil with not a wave of emotion billowing through them.
The man looked down at the youth who had already been completely knocked out in his arms. He slightly wrinkled his brows and gently placed the boy on the seat next to him. He turned around without batting an eye and quickly took out a few of the medications in the freezer, and whispered: "Black Dragon, bring these."
"Yes, Master."
The pure black mech immediately came out of the space button on the ring, flashing its golden eyes, it took all of the medicines taken by its master and put them inside the mech's interior storage space.
The man walked up to the unconscious youth, bent down slightly, and extended his hand out to gently brush away the hair covering up the youth's face, revealing his unblemished forehead and delicate eyebrows.
The youth's eyelashes are very long, the ends of his hair are slightly curled, and his white skin is almost transparent under the illumination of the light. His appearance looks very delicate and refined.
The man couldn't help but suddenly feel startled, "This child looks very much like......"
Before he could think it over carefully, Black Dragon abruptly began to talk: "Master, His Majesty send out a message, please go as soon as possible."
The man stood up straight and said: "Alright."
Putting the black mech back into the space button, the man carefully looked at the unconscious Snow and softly said in his ear: "You know how the underground city is opened, you should be some Omega's child from the Undercurrent Organization then? I used a neuro-anesthetic on you, after waking up, you won't remember anything...... This is the best way."
The man turned and walked out the door, locked in the central laboratory door using the highest authority, using these means so no one could enter from the outside. Only after this youth wakes up can he open the door himself...... This can also be considered the optimal way to protect him.
Walking straight down the corridor of the central laboratory to the end, the man put his finger on a detector hidden in an inconspicuous corner —
A silver-white metal door suddenly appeared at the end of the wall in the corner. In front of the door, the laser immediately scanned the person's pupil. Then, both halves of the door split apart and the man slowly stepped in. As he entered, the metal door behind him quickly closed shut and the wall was also immediately restored to its original appearance. In a flash, the metal door disappeared without a trace.
— What is shocking is that this passage hidden in the wall actually extends to several kilometers straight underground!
The lift descends at a high speed. Encompassed by darkness and silent like an enormous underground tomb, this kind of rapid drop even gives people the illusion of weightlessness. The lights in the lift appear particularly faint in the utter silence and darkness.
He didn't know how long it took to descend. Suddenly he heard a slight "bang" sound, the lift finally seemed to have touched the ground.
As the sound rang, the surrounding voice-activated lights immediately lit up -
A corridor more than three meters wide suddenly appeared in front of him, the floor and surrounding walls of the corridor were completely covered with white tiles, the spotless white tiles sparkled and shined under the illumination of the lighting, making the expansive corridor look incomparably solitary and empty.
The man did not rush forward, but rather walked to the side, gently pressing down on a fingerprint sensor that was less than a centimeter in size on the wall. When he placed his finger on the sensor, the originally clear air in the middle of the corridor suddenly gained a dense spider web of red lasers in sixes and sevens!
(TN: Disorderly, really intricate and messy.)
This is the laser authentication corridor.
The laser's power switch is the fingerprint sensor. If you don't go through fingerprint verification and enter without authorization, you will definitely be cut into pieces by the dense laser grid in the corridor!
Soon, with a beep, the man's fingerprint was approved by the authenticator and the laser grid in front of him quickly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. The man turned and sped walked through the wide corridor that stretched out to 100 meters
At the end of the corridor is a silver metal door, just as it was before.
After passing through the same pupil verification at the entrance, the entrance to the inner chamber of the underground city finally opened little by little in front of him.
— If it was the first time you came here, you would certainly be shocked by the scene in front of you.
In the underground a few kilometers deep, there is unexpectantly such a large secret weapon manufacturing base!!
The size of this underground space is even comparable to the largest castle in the Empire's capital star!
The entire space is brightly lit, thousands of machines are running at high speed, and various metal parts are stored neatly and orderly in the side warehouse. Several robot assistants are adding parts to the machines according to their set program. Although there isn't a worker to be seen, this underground factory is nevertheless still running just as extremely smoothly and easily as before. The entire assembly line is automatically controlled by the robots and it seems that everything is clear and running in good order!
The man slowly walked onward and caught sight of a person engrossed in studying the design plans in his hand as he passed by the working room. The man appeared to be thoroughly lazy, the buttons on the shirt were fastened crookedly, his hair was as messy as a lump of weeds, and he too didn't know how long it's been since the last took care of it.
The man seemed to feel the cold gaze on the top of his head, looked up, saw the other person staring blankly from behind him, and then grinned revealing a row of neat teeth. He slowly walked to him and opened his arms, "Ling Yu, I haven't seen you for such a long time!"
In wake of him stretching out his arms, because of his contact with those metal parts, it clearly magnifies the pitch-black oil on his sleeves.
Seeing that he was about to go throw himself on him in an embrace, Ling Yu hurriedly fell back a step and side-eyed him, "Dave, have you not taken a shower for a few days?"
Dave scratched his messy hair and innocently said, "It's far too busy. There is no time to bathe, ah."
Ling Yu: "......"
As someone with an obsession with cleanliness encountering people with sloppy behavior like this, even if they are all Omegas, Ling Yu still finds it intolerable for him to be near them.
After being silent for a moment, Ling Yu said: "Has His Majesty arrived?"
Dave said: "I also just received the message, he should arrive soon!"
Just as the two people were talking, the metal door on the other side suddenly opened, three people came in one after another.
Walking at the forefront is the His Majesty Trent, the Emperor wears the royal family's ceremonial robes for attending banquets. This set of formal dress is complex and magnificent, imperceptibly revealing a bit of His Majesty's prestige.
To his side is Mr. Aston, although he has just celebrated his 200th birthday, he has grizzled hair and the corner of his eyes are filled with wrinkles, but he still looks just as healthy and sturdy as before. In glowing spirits, after he sees Ling Yu, he even happily smiles.
After that is the Captain of the Royal Guard Squadron, Admiral Regg. The man's ordinary facial features are stuck in a wooden expression and his right hand is perpetually rested on the black electromagnetic saber at his waist, ready to protect His Majesty at the drop of a hat.
Three people walked in with deliberate steps, Ling Yu and Dave immediately got up to face them, and gave a respectful royal ceremony to Trent, "Your Majesty."
Trent slightly smiled and looked at Dave and said: "Dave, time is of the essence, let's do this as quickly as possible."
Dave immediately nodded: "Understood, Your Majesty, please come with me."
The five passed through the factory together and walked up to a secret room. Dave opened the door to the secret room using his authority.
Unlike the manufacturing plants with various kinds of machinery strewn all about outside, the space of this chamber is very wide and empty. The only thing in sight in the center of this space with a length, width, and height of more than 50 cubic meters, standing tall and upright is a gigantic orange mech!
That kind of vivid and beautiful orange is unlike that of the calmness of a pure black and the cool elegance of a dark red. The comfortably warm orange looks as if it was plated with a layer of the sun's brilliant rays. The whole mech appears to be brimming with vitality and energy. Under the illumination of the lighting, it illuminates the whole room, it's incomparably dazzling!
The prototype of the mech is a fox. The seemingly gigantic size has extremely smooth body contours and the connection of each joint is just right. It will certainly be extraordinarily nimble when running! Even rarer is that this fox has nine tails!
Because the mech is a shutdown mode, the nine tails are now loosely hanging behind the mech, and once the tails are entirely in full swing, the concealed offensive weapons inside each tail are enough to blow up the entire city! Two of the tails can also be launched as wings.
This is a flying fox — the Nine-Tailed Fox!
The manufacturing idea behind the Nine-Tailed Fox mech was that it exists only inside the legend. The general form of wolf-type and fox-typed mechs single tail is enough to make mech manufacturing masters study meticulously over and over, let alone putting out nine tails at once.
This kind of mech is too complicated to manufacture. The link between the nerve wires of each tail and the central system is quite the cumbersome process. If there is a slip up anywhere, the performance of the mech will be severely compromised.
Because the difficulty was too high, even Aston in those years gave up manufacturing of this kind of mech. Unexpectedly, the youngest apprentice he received 一 an Omega youth from the Undercurrent Organization, went so far as to study diligently for many years and indeed successfully made such a god-like mech!
Dave started the nine-tailed fox under the direction of Trent.
The intelligent system was activated and the soft white light was immediately lit up in the eyes of the orange mech. At the same time, whirs sounded as the nine tails behind it quickly raised up, the nine big beautiful tails almost obstructed the entirety of the lighting inside the room. The immense shadow cast on the ground made everyone marvel beneath it and even forgot to speak out any praise!
The crowd looked at the mech in much excitement. After a long silence, Trent smiled and said: "This mech was completed faster than I expected."
Aston also narrowed his eyes as he smiled and suddenly took a hard swat at Dave's disheveled head, "Not bad you stinky brat, you didn't let your Master lose any face!"
Dave excitably laughed and said: "Master, the design ideas are still mostly what you think of, this is not just my own contributions!"
Aston was even more in a cheerful mood and rubbed his little apprentice's messy hair into a lump of chicken nests, "You have been in seclusion studying this mech in the underground for many years, such important life turning events have been held up for you. Rest assured, as soon as this matter is completely dealt with, this Master will certainly find the best Alpha to marry you!"
With a bitter face, Dave grabbed his hair, "You don't have to worry about this, ah, I'd prefer to keep the mechs company, I do not want to catch sight of those Alphas. "
To the side, the Captain of the Royal Guard Squadron, Admiral Regg cannot help but wrinkle his brow. This man with dirty clothes and messy hair is actually an Omega? This is simply subverting the human aesthetic! Would anyone dare to marry him?
Ling Yu calmly turned his head around and asked: "Dave, is this mech the double S-Class from the legends?"
Speaking about the mech, Dave's eyes immediately lit up and he nodded as he said: "That's right. This mech's offensive weapons are even stronger than an S-Class, it is very difficult for one person to control. The design principle of my system is two pilots. Their mental strengths are simultaneously harmonized to the mech. One master and one partner. Respectively, the left and right hemispheres of the two men's brains will control the left and right half of the mech's body, which can immediately double the reaction speed of the mech!"
That's right, even if one is excellent on their own, the brain's reaction speed is limited, it is impossible to freely control such a complicated mech. If it is operated by two people, it would then be different. One pilot only needs to control one half of the mech's system, which not only greatly reduces the pilot's burden, but also greatly speeds up the mech's reaction time!
Only, it is not at all easy to find two pilots who are compatible and connected at a deep level with each other.
Dave is excitedly looked at Ling Yu and said: "The initial mental strength of this mech is set at 310 points. I remember that when you matched Suzaku, your mental threshold exceeded more than 350 points. Rosen's mental threshold is also about the same as you. I think, this mech, if you and Rosen can pilot it together, you will certainly be able to bring out......"
"Out of the question." Ling Yu interrupted him very bluntly, "According to your theory, to pilot a double S-Class mech, the two pilots must simultaneously be matched mentally with the mech so that they exchange each other's memories. The two people's left and right hemispheres of their brain separately control part of the system of the mech. The two must have absolute trust in each other."
Ling Yu paused, his jet-black eyes flashed a trace of slight, practically invisible loss, but quickly put on an undisturbed expression, he said with a low voice: "Together with Rosen, it is impossible to achieve this sort of...... absolute trust."
Two people piloting the mech at the same time, the left and right hemispheres of the brain connected to each other, not only must completely lack XX, but also have all their memories and feelings be known to each other, but to also absolutely trust each other, even handing your life to the other person, in a moment between life and death they must be able to move without the slightest hesitation, you must unconditionally believe in that person beside you to control the other half of the mech......
(TN: Censored for one reason or another~ Be creative.)
For Ling Yu, it really is a bit too difficult to do this.
He has been accustomed to acting independently ever since he was a child and he has solved any difficulties he has faced independently. Even in the most trying hour, the thought has never even crossed his mind have another person cover his back.
Let alone that person who once...... forcibly marked him, Rosen.
Dave looked puzzledly at Ling Yu: "If you don't try, how will you know? How are you so sure that you can't pilot the Nine-Tailed Fox with Rosen? The mental thresholds between the two of you are both very high, ah." As someone who is insensitive and only infatuated with research, Dave's judgment for the criteria of the pilots is only that they have high mental thresholds, problems such as feelings between the two are completely out of his range of consideration.
After a moment of silence, Ling Yu said: "You don't understand, this is not just a question of mental threshold."
Dave was very confused, and somewhat irritatedly grabbed his hair, "What is the problem? This mech fits with your's and Rosen's mental criteria...... Aren't you a fellow comrade-in-arms with Rosen? Before you used to lead your Legions together, why is piloting this mech together out of the question?"
Ling Yu did not reply and instead turned his head to look at Trent, "Your Majesty, are there any suitable candidates in your eyes?"
Trent thought for a moment and said: "There are two people that come to mind, but they are still too young to assume such a big responsibility as of right now...... Give it two years, wait for them to grow up. Once they are older, you can give it a try. I believe they will certainly not disappoint."
Dave was surprised as he said: "There are two people? Can there be someone with a mental threshold higher than Ling Yu?"
Trent turned his head to look at Ling Yu. Ling Yu brought his eyes and made direct eye-contact, after staring blankly for a while, he spoke in a stiff tone: "You mean......"
Trent nodded his head, "That's right, it's that child."
Ling Yu: "......"
He doesn't know whether the light being too dazzling was the cause, but Ling Yu who has always kept a calm complexion seemed to suddenly blanch white.
Dave had a puzzled expression as he said: "Child? What child, ah?"
Mr. Aston was finally at the end of his patience. He suddenly took a hard shot at his stupid apprentice's head and replied: "Higher when compared to Ling Yu and Rosen's mental thresholds, naturally, it's the descendants born after their combination. It is precisely Ling Yu and Rosen's son!"
"......oh!" Dave finally came to a realization.
Ling Yu looked at Trent and softly asked: "Have you seen him?"
Trent said with a smile: "I have. That child is better than I imagined. They took the championship title this year at the National Mech Contest. But he is still so young and his mental strength is also not very stable. When he grows up a little more, I believe he can definitely control the Nine-Tailed Fox."
Ling Yu was silent for a moment and then said: "......you arrange it then."
The crowd went around the underground factory together as it manufactured some secret weapons before leaving.
Time is too tight, Aston and Trent must return to Bayh residence as soon as possible before the conclusion of the birthday party. Fortunately, there are several exits in this underground city, one of which is in the residence of Mr. Aston, and a few are entrances to the Dead City and a palace inside the Imperial Palace.
As everyone went their separate ways, Trent suddenly called out to Ling Yu.
"Ling Yu."
Ling Yu turned his head back, "Is there something else?"
Trent walked up in front of Ling Yu, he whispered using a voice that only the two people could hear as he asked: "Don't you want to see the child?"
Ling Yu was silent for a moment before he whispered: "No need, I have to go back to the base as soon as possible. Zhou Yi told me about Xiao Yuan's situation."
Trent paused. "Then...... What about Rosen?"
Ling Yu's face suddenly became slightly rigid, he feigned an undisturbed voice and said: "Isn't it even less necessary to see him?"
Trent reluctantly said: "Are you still bothered that he forcibly marked you during that time regardless of your wishes? "
Ling Yu said calmly: "That's not it. During that kind of situation, his approach was the best choice. He saved me, I never blamed him." Ling Yu paused, "If Your Majesty has nothing else, I will go first."
As soon as Ling Yu finished speaking, he turned and quickly walked off, he walked very resolutely and determinedly.
However, the fingers at the side of his body suddenly tightened with an extreme force.
He has always been like this since he was a child, never regretting any of the things he decided. He has always been decisively blunt and never waded in mud and water.
(TN: Did a sloppy job.)
But just now, when His Majesty mentioned that child, there was a sudden stab of pain in his heart.
"Dad...... Don't abandon me...... Dad......"
In his mind he suddenly flashed to a tiny four-year-old child pulling down at the bottom corner of his jacket with his soft little hands, staring at him with tears gleaming in his moist eyes and the scene of his tender voice repeatedly calling out Dad.....
Even after so many years, thinking back to that scene, the pain feels like a knife being twisted in his heart.
The pain of the separation of one's flesh and blood was a hundred more painful than he ever imagined, a thousand times even more painful than seeing that man he knew so well pressing down on himself while he was clear-headed in the top-secret cell.
Ling Yu gently closed his eyes and tightly gripped the hollow of his palms and then slowly loosened.
His expression could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but his rather uncommon light lip shade was even paler.
While taking the lift to the ground floor of Locke Castle, the distinctly handsome man had adjusted his mood and as if nothing had ever happened, he softly beckoned the replica of Black Dragon to come out.
In the pitch-black of night, the black mech suddenly rose up and went straight into the skies. Only the occasional glare of the twinkling golden eyes resembled that of a passing shooting star and cut through thousands of miles of the vast sky in a flash.
The author has something to say: Ball's mech that you are all looking forward to, the little fox has come out la!! I think orange is more in line with Ball's lively and optimistic personality~!
Those who like mech cp have another yy target! There is also the Black Dragon replica, why are the mechs so complicated with one another ah, so lousy!
Sorry, everyone for updating late today!!
Because there aren't any drafts written every day, I have to check it several times for typos before posting it, so many times I couldn't post it at 7:30 on time~
Please rest assured everyone, I will update every day! No later than 8:30!!
*The next chapter continues on with Bubu and Snow + Prince and Lin Yuan mainline.
(TN: I'm not certain why she said this but next chapter is another chapter revolving around Ling Yu. The chapter after it will be about Snow and Brian. Perhaps it was a chapter that wasn't added until later on.)
Poor Snow has already been comatose for three chapters!! Those liking Snow I suppose must be cursing me...... qaq 2k novel reading network
(TN: Whelp I start school this Wednesday, there's that. I'm going to be trying something regarding my update schedule, but hopefully, I can get something figured out, I already have some ideas, but who knows. I don't think I ever really clearly stated this, but the new translation project I'm taking won't affect or lag behind any updates for this novel. I do it to take a break from this novel because surprisingly, I can't just sit down and mindlessly translate the same novel for days on end. So instead of sitting around and watching TV, I use that time to instead translate a bit of a different novel and get my work ethic back up for this novel. I won't be faster or slower updating this novel with this new project, I'm taking the time I'd normally laze around to translate something else and that's all there is to it. Peace~)