Steel steam and flame

Back at the station, Ieta sat at the round table in the small room and poured a glass of wine without turning on the light. Looking around the room, she could only see the dark shadows of neatly stacked boxes of weapons, and other than that, there was only the cold air in the winter.

When the wine was half full, the door to the room was opened, and Hao appeared at the door wearing a suit that had never changed in color. The dim light of the street lamp shone from far behind him, pulling his body into a long, slender and blurry shadow, casting Inside the house.

"Thank you." Hai walked into the room, closed the door, turned on the light, and sat opposite Ieta. Before entering the house, Hai probably guessed that Iyeta would be in this state. Thinking carefully and accurately infer other people's inner feelings is indeed one of his rare pleasures.

Iyeta didn't reply, just sighed. I wanted to say something, but I didn't have the energy. I just took another sip of wine, and my throat felt much better in an instant.

"Things with the Astus family are inevitable. You must have known that it would turn out like this. Ovelia was originally the most dazzling person among the members of the seminary. She was extremely outstanding in terms of strength and other abilities. Astus It is reasonable and reasonable that the Tusi family would value it and greatly tilt their resources." Hai said with a smile, "The King's family has long wanted to regain their former glory, but they have never had a chance. Now they have a chance. , of course they will not let any mistakes in details. They will not rashly train a person who is not very loyal to the family, such as you, Miss Iyeta. Your birth determines many things, and this mark can be broken, But it definitely won’t be this time.”

"What do you want here?" Iyetta ignored these words and asked directly. She just wanted to be quiet for a while and sort out the mess in her head.

"It's not very important. I just came back from the school. I passed by here and came to take a look. You know that the seminary and the military school will start soon, and a new batch of students will come in. I went there to make some preparations." Hai squinted his eyes and poured himself a glass of wine. The aroma filled the room without turning on the air circulation system, and gradually blended into every corner.

"I heard that there has been contact between Ovelia and the Webley family. This time the returnee is a person named Delin." Hai said easily, as if chatting, "There are also people from other families, too. There is a cooperative relationship in it.”

"What role did you play in it?" Iyetta stared at Haikou's face, which had nothing on it but an unchanging smile. It was impossible to get any useful information from it. "This kind of game is not fun at all. startle."

"It's just a coping strategy." Hai said matter-of-factly, "Among the people in the same period, the outstanding people appeared randomly from the major families. Among the students in the same period, it is difficult to meet the top students in every family. Personnel. I am just interested in the people closest to me. And this is also a good method of self-protection. We may not necessarily get to the end, but at least there will be enough at every dangerous moment. Ability to protect oneself.”

"Does Ye Jielin still need my help? Now we can fight against Ovelia. Apart from them, I really can't think of anyone else." Hai suggested, "Now that everyone is in school, there is no time to take action except for them." Ordinary outings are just linkage tasks between several schools. This is protection, and it is also an opportunity that does not last long. Once we graduate, the influence and amplification effect of the background behind us will be multi-polar in a very short time. Differentiation. It was troublesome enough at that time just to protect ourselves, let alone to catch up with others.”

"What about you? I don't think you are any worse than Ye Jielin and Ovelia, the two groups that are gradually growing up."

Hei narrowed his eyes and did not answer. After waiting for a while, he talked about other things.

"Avalon has announced a new surgery, which seems to be prepared to resist something. Soon it will flow into the major forces in the empire, and military studies and seminaries will also be the first places to implement it. There seem to be a lot of supporting surgical techniques, and I heard they were learned from the Far Sea Commonwealth. On my side, I will look for opportunities to contact several top doctors in the dark world, and I will let you know when they are finalized."

"Thank you. As an ally, you are still very reliable." Iyeta praised without emotion, as if he was doing something insignificant.

Hai has become somewhat accustomed to this: "The surgery has reached the second stage. I suggest you step up the development of the surgery. The powerful and practical ability, the cycle time is too long, is not applicable now. But some relatively useless basic development , my suggestion is to do it in advance. There is no guarantee that the source of the information is accurate. Ovelia is a mechanical expert and is very skilled in using various steam machinery. Some things that only appear in extreme areas, as time goes by, will gradually appear in the empire. The empire's current energy will also be involved in the coming war. Many regulations for the major forces are gradually becoming ineffective, and machinery is also part of it. Not only you, I am also thinking about appropriate Countermeasures. Those machines are all used for the creatures in the extreme area. Now they are turned against us, and they will all become huge life-harvesting machines."

"And in terms of surgical development, Ovelia will progress much faster with the help of Astus. She wants to form her own combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Mixed armor and those steam machines will be her best choice at the moment. I think. To fight against these things, pneumatic weapons are indispensable." Hai has found a general direction, and if anything is dealt with in a targeted manner, problems will be exposed very quickly.

"I need to improve my own heat resistance. I am also developing this now." Hai stretched out his hand and took off the gloves on it. Without observing carefully, Iyeta now discovered that Haikou's originally white hands had shed several layers of skin, and the color had changed from gray to the current tan.

"The short-term cost of development is not unacceptable. It will return to its original appearance in the future." Hai explained, "Also, the development of Ovelia's surgery will generally be directed towards the sensitivity of the whole body. Because I want to control those things. , the mechanical data must be perfectly grasped. Therefore, in response, the body's temperature changes, as well as the heartbeat fluctuations in the body and the flow friction of the blood in the blood vessels, are all problems that need to be solved quickly in the near future. Mixed Warfare A and steam machinery used in extreme areas have many detection components, which are directly transplanted from various second-class creatures or second-class creatures and processed with precision. It retains many functions. At that time, facing mixed armor and steam machinery was not as simple as facing an enemy wearing a steel alloy shell."