Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 232 Lust and Centrifuge
Florence, Minerva Agency.

Mechanics wearing the emblem of the six-winged owl stood on the suspension bridge of the Central Sanctuary, their white robes blown up by the burning wind. They looked around at the steel walls below that were damaged beyond repair, their expressions somewhat fanatical.

Looking at the deep marks on the ground and the shredded alloy plates, people who didn't know would think that a mad knight was controlling a Seraph to swing a giant sword desperately, and the towering steel walls were cut into pieces like tofu.

“It’s incredible technology.”

Franco, the chief of the Minerva Agency, took a big gulp of his wine, his eyes sparkling, and raised his hand to press the button next to him.

"It is a legacy from the old era after all. It's a pity that apart from little César, we haven't found any knights who can draw those swords."

There was a gleam in Verola's beautiful eyes, and she stepped onto the elevator that had just arrived before Franco with her slender high heels.

"Little César's potential is always beyond imagination. Maybe he can survive the baptism of Pandora when he grows up? If he can become the Knight King earlier, the war against the East will not be lost."

Haytham lifted the heavy medical kit with some emotion.

"The Seven Deadly Sins and Pandora are both demons from hell that shouldn't exist in this world. If possible, I would rather bear all of this for César."

Knight Torres' voice was hoarse; his injured throat had not yet healed.

"Let's go and check on little César's condition."

Torres nodded and stepped onto the steel platform of the elevator with Haytham.

The structure of the Central Sanctuary is very similar to that of Paradise Lost, but in fact, the Original Sin Agency is the research department that was established under the instructions of the Cardinal Council and modeled after the Minerva Agency.

thump~
The elevator stopped, and several people came to the bottom of the abyss from the control console of the Central Sanctuary and looked at the young man in a black jumpsuit.

César bent his knees and half-knelt, his body trembling constantly, and in his slender hands was holding a short sword about 40 centimeters long, which looked like the self-defense short sword used by Fuso samurai to pierce the gaps between armor and for close combat - Wakizashi.

Lust among the Seven Deadly Sins.

The blood-stained blade and the red-gold dragon head on the tights complement each other, like a flame burning eternally in the darkness.

Haytham walked quickly to Cesar's side, skillfully took out a needle, and inserted it into the boy's dark blue vein.

Knight Torres manipulated the [Silver Holy Sword] to pick up the long sword case, and placed it intimately next to Xizel's hand, with the opening facing the tip of [Lust].

Slender chocolate-colored legs appeared in César's sight. Verola leaned down with her long hair falling to the ground, looking at the ancient Hebrew words engraved on the bronze sword case.

Deniqueubierit sanguisagladioregis.

All the blood of the king must end with the sword.

Although it was not the first time she saw this line of text, she still couldn't help but look over there, as if this bronze sword box had a magical power that attracted people to look at it.

"He lasted half a minute longer than last time. Little César is making rapid progress."

Wei Ruolan raised her head, looked at the boy, and reached out to wipe the beads of sweat on his face.

Xizel sat on the ground in his military uniform, his eyes fixed on the slender wakizashi in his hand. The cold scarlet light reflected on his pale face, and fine blood lines fluttered like dragons and snakes.

Lust, this is a really suitable name for it, the primitive carnal desire of human beings, every time it swings, it will cause extremely small amplitude vibrations, which is both charming and dangerous. Compared with the steam saw that is also used to tear objects, the power of this wakizashi is simply incomparable.

In dozens of experiments conducted by the Minerva Agency, as long as César's physical strength can sustain the consumption, [Lust] can almost tear apart most materials that humans can find.

The only time it failed was when [Lust] and [Holy Sword Equipment·Excalibur] collided with each other, but in the end both were unscathed.

"I'm still too weak. After so long, I still can't pull out the second one."

The frail young man tilted his head slightly, looking at the Atkan long sword full of tiny holes in the bronze sword case, his tone sounding somewhat self-blaming.

"The load of the Seraph Armor is too great, and it will drastically consume the nutrients in the knight's body. You should not wear the armor during this period. Follow Torres to do strength training first and improve your basic qualities first."

Professor Franco watched Haytham finish examining César's physical condition, and casually pulled out a nutritional recipe specially customized by the Minerva Agency from his wide robe.

Torres nodded and took it. After watching Xizel put [Lust] back into the bronze sword case, he put down his hands that had been loosely protecting his elbows and arms.

The daily experiment ended just like that. The Minerva Agency copied every texture and carving of "Lust" exactly; the metallurgical team kept changing the material ratios, trying to create the metal used to build "Lust"; the maintenance team appeared at the bottom of the abyss with engineering vehicles, repaired the steel walls, and replaced them with new alloy plates.

Outside the Central Sanctuary, César sat on the railing in his military uniform, gazing at the huge furnace. The fiery red light was projected onto the books in front of him, and the scorching wind made the pages flutter.

As the technical core of Florence, the Minerva Institute also has a super furnace that is no less powerful than the Great Leap Forward.

Mount Vesuvius, this fierce super furnace, spewed flames day and night, and every time it was opened, red molten steel flowed out, which was both dangerous and warm. When he had nothing to do, César would always sit in this uninhabited place, overlooking the furnace and the steel city surrounding it, and sit there for several hours.

The preliminary experiment of [Seven Deadly Sins] is gradually coming to an end, and everything is proceeding step by step. In a few hours, the cardinal will have an important meeting. Director Spencer of the Pope's Office has sent people to deliver various materials and instructed Cesare to study them carefully.

Another man also sat down on the railing, shoulder to shoulder with César, who had been accompanying the lonely boy during the weeks of the experiment in the Central Sanctuary.

Torres handed over a pair of pure silver lieutenant colonel collar badges, and César took them silently. Both of them looked at the blazing Mount Vesuvius without looking away.

Playing with the cold honor, Xizel knew that this was the mission reward for the [Relic] operation.

"The Borgia elders would like to invite you to a family dinner again. Here is the invitation,"

Torres took out a letter from a dark blue envelope. The wax was printed with a rose and thorns, which was the family emblem of the Borgia family.

After César peeled off the wax, he took out a handwritten golden invitation from the envelope. "Brother Jose, this doesn't seem to be a family dinner of the Borgia family, but a joint dinner of the three major families."

Cesar put down the invitation silently, feeling a little overwhelmed.

There are three major families: the Borgia who controls the military and political affairs, the Medici who controls finance, and the Gregory who controls red mercury.

"Not only does your father need you, the top of this country also needs you!"

Torres was experienced and immediately realized the problem: "I think something may have changed recently, causing these top powers to have to speed up their contact with you."

"Cardinal?"

César held the extremely exquisite handwritten invitation in his hand, feeling its heavy weight.

It has been seven years since he came to Florence from the countryside. Although the elite education he received can be said to be premature, it has also improved his mental and analytical abilities to the level of an adult.

For seven years, he had studied Florence's power structure carefully. As a future power holder, it was impossible for him not to study what he needed to master. But the more he studied, the more he was shocked by the complex system of checks and balances in the Papal States. He could not see clearly how this giant machine-like country operated.

Take the Cardinal Council as an example. The Cardinals clearly control the Pope tightly. If the Pope dares to go against their wishes, they will replace him. But in turn, the Cardinal Council will be cautious about the Pope because the Pope is the Archon and only the Pope knows the details of the operation of various departments of the state. Replacing the Pope easily will cause problems for the entire system.

The same is true for the military, where the power networks are complicated. Too many people can issue orders, and even at Xizel's current height, he still cannot see the so-called top of the country, whose faces are hidden in the fog.

Although he had participated in the family dinners of the Borgia family, one of the three major families, and demonstrated his irreplaceable value and gained a certain status, he still didn't know much about the top level of the three major families, the group of cardinals who might be enemies rather than friends.

"Go check it out. You can't refuse, and you can't refuse."

Torres whispered, the light from the super furnace reflected in his pupils, flickering.

César put down the invitation in his hand, took out a piece of information from the pile and handed it to Torres.

"Brother Jose, this is the information that the Vatican just sent this afternoon. The delegation led by Raphael Medici has arrived at the Turan Lowlands via the World Python. I believe that they will meet the mysterious Eastern Emperor soon."

"We need silk, tobacco, and porcelain, these special products of the East, but the East also needs the gold of West America and the furs of the Ice Sea. I hope that the emperor can weigh the pros and cons and agree to this armistice agreement."
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It was raining more and more in Chang'an at the end of February.

Qin Huai was sitting in a dark workshop, under the light, integrating the parts on the table step by step.

He picked up the pipe wrench with his hands as steady as if he was holding a weapon. He used the cutting tool to make micro parts with the same precision as a CNC machine tool. Qin Huai felt a little strange as he watched the mechanical prototype similar to a filter purifier gradually emerge.

It was difficult for him to describe what was going through his mind when he was using the alchemical processing equipment just now, but he knew that this machine made of shadow metal and Tianrui must have some magical properties.

Sometimes, Qin Huai's feeling when using alchemy expertise is the same as that of hot weapons and military skills, which are acquired by spending points. Although it is hard to explain why, it is convenient and practical. But more often, it will collide with the physical expertise he has mastered, follow the basic principles, and integrate into a more powerful mechanical structure.

Qin Huai could clearly feel that the alchemy expertise that was directly instilled was different from the ancient martial arts that he had practiced for three years in Xin Chou Qi. If you asked him to talk about combat techniques, joint strength, and step-eye coordination, Qin Huai could immediately write several papers, but if you asked him why shadow metal could mobilize elemental forces such as earth, fire, water, and wind through carving and arrangement, he could not give a reasonable explanation from a scientific perspective.

Such a difference makes it difficult to improve the expertise learned through points and temporary infusion, and 69% is often the limit.

Unlike ordinary specializations that can be purchased with points, special rare specializations such as Alchemy Technology are not divided into simple percentages, and the specialization level cannot be increased by purchasing essences.

Qin Huai once specifically asked Zero how to improve his alchemy expertise, but the answer he got was just four simple words - learn more and practice more.

So he took advantage of the intervals between drawing to disassemble and assemble all the alchemy machinery of Tianrui Division, and read through all the mechanical books of the past hundred years. After returning from the capital of God the day before yesterday, and bidding farewell to the complicated drawings and data and the mountains of secret books, Qin Huai's alchemy expertise had only risen to 55%, which was still a long way from the 70% required for [Alchemist].

Accompanied by a crisp prompt sound, the gadget similar to a high-speed centrifuge in Qin Huai's hand was completely revealed.

[Your special rare mastery: Alchemy (55%) takes effect! ]

[As long as you have enough luck, you can transform any organic or inorganic matter, but the effect is unknown, and it may transform into something terrible that is difficult to solve. ]

A breeze suddenly blew away the powdered material on the workbench, and Qingbi Canglan wiped the oil stains off the surface of the gear parts.

After Qin Huai inspected the steampunk version of the centrifuge that was half a person's height, he nodded with satisfaction.

Brass body, stainless steel head, mithril liquid collection tray, and adamantium drum.
Looking at the combination of rough and sturdy, yet strong and durable components, the black ripples in Qin Huai's eyes disappeared immediately.

[Alchemy Technology: Purification Centrifuge]

Category: Mechanical Creation
Quality: Excellent

The drum volume is 10L and the drum speed is 30000r/min.

Each component is made of high-grade alloy and has a built-in small steam turbine driven by Tianrui.

characteristic:
【Adaptive】: Energy consumption, stability, peak output and many other performances can be adjusted automatically to improve mechanical efficiency.

[High-speed centrifugation]: It can accurately separate blood and other substances at different speeds, with an error of no more than one thousandth.

[Purification and Differentiation]: The speed can be set to deposit impurities of corresponding density to improve the purity of the liquid.

Qin Huai took out a can of liquid Tianrui, poured it into the energy tank of the [Purification Centrifuge], inserted the test tube full of low-concentration [Blood of Nidhogg], turned the button, and the steam turbine started to work, making a low humming noise.

The main shaft drives the drum to move. Inside the transparent crystal shield, a blood-red tornado rotates at high speed, reflecting flickering colorful rainbow light.

The impurities belonging to the mortal world were thrown out and deposited, while the true extraordinary properties of [Blood of Nidhogg] continued to remain in the splendor.

In the fleeting glimpse, the concentration of [Nidhoggr's Blood] remained unchanged, but Qin Huai knew that as long as he could solve the problem of evaporation and extraction, his purification plan would be successful.

Take your time
(End of this chapter)