Cyberzaun, Machinarium

"You are looking for death yourself, don't ask us to do it," a colleague complained dissatisfiedly, "The boss's son has just applied for a Losrian grant. Don't say bad things at this time. Be careful that someone hears you and takes you to the Chengou Hotel as a guest."

"I'm just complaining," the man said disapprovingly, "Have you heard? In Zaun, only what this super company says counts. I also heard that many Zaun people, in addition to wearing blue bird pendants, are now also popular with some decorations around their eyes. They worship this damn businessman like a god..."

After talking for a long time but no one responded, the man looked up in confusion and saw a man with a blue armband looking at him with a smile.

"Citizen France?"

"Yes" the man looked around in panic, no one even glanced in his direction.

The blue shoulder badge waved the certificate in his hand. "Peart-Zaun United Kingdom Security Committee, may I ask if you were alone with a Shuriman dancer in the steam tavern for 42 minutes?"

"Yes, I'm just looking for some entertainment," the aide explained anxiously, drooling.

"We all know... Please come with us. We have something to ask you about national security." The blue shoulder strap took the document from the man and threw it aside. "Leave now."

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"I've never seen anything like this before." Enoch looked at the scene on the other end of the video. Victor's thin arms, which looked like they were malnourished, had been replaced by a purple body in front of him, flashing a strange light.

"I'm not sure... Is this flesh or crystal tissue? Have you done any experiments? How is its resistance to acid and alkali? Does high temperature or low temperature have a big effect on it? How efficient is it in transmitting arcane or electrical energy?"

Victor interrupted Enoch's question with a bad look on his face. "This is my right hand. It has not been tested yet..." Victor sighed, and the dark circles under his eyes became more serious. "I failed. I originally thought that the energy of the Hexstone could reactivate the body, but... its energy is too high. The human body is too fragile to control its transformation."

Enoch said silently, "How can I help you?"

"I want to know your previous promise..."

"It's always effective." Enoch nodded subconsciously across the screen, "But I'm not sure how much we can help you. I'm not sure whether the prosthesis made based on the normal human body can be adapted to the shiny parts of your body. Of course, the exoskeleton should still be able to be used correctly."

"Thank you, where are you now?" Victor looked at the screen with a poor signal. The faint roar coming from the other side made him feel even more strange. Now that the Twin Cities have stabilized, he wondered where this person had gone to cause trouble again.

"At sea, my new ship has just been launched and is in trial operation." Enoch laughed. "You can go to the old factory area and use my previous laboratory directly. I also suggest that you go and talk to Mrs. Letana Glask to see if chemical agents can help you."

"Thank you very much." Victor knew how to return this investment. "All the problems I found in the research will be backed up and synchronized for you."

Enoch smiled with satisfaction. Victor's research and development data on Hex Gems were also crucial to him. With these things, he could combine arcane, mechanical and even biological materials at the fastest speed. Thinking of this, Enoch was ready to reveal something. "Have you ever thought about what to do if your body is completely irreparable one day?"

"That is...death?" Victor was a little puzzled. "After all, there is a limit to the fusion of machinery and flesh."

"Yes, then have you ever considered, instead of strengthening the current body, directly changing the body? Like finding a new home for the soul?" Enoch tapped the console lightly, waiting for Victor's answer.

"Then...will I still be me?"

"Interesting insights." Enoch was not in a hurry. "I have something to do here. If you have any questions, you can just leave me a message. I will reply to you as soon as possible. I also wish you a speedy recovery."

Obviously, Victor still had a lot of concerns in his mind. His approach was like patching up a damaged house. This was also a helpless attempt. Enoch's idea was a little more radical. Anyway, this house was acquired suddenly, and it was completely reasonable to move to a better environment when the time was right.

Shaking his head and ignoring the poor man's hesitation, Enoch turned around and monitored the operation of the entire battleship at the console. In addition to a large number of bionic robots that can undertake simple tasks, the battleship in front of him still needs a large number of sailors and experienced navigators to operate normally.

In addition to collecting information, the purpose of this voyage was to carefully calculate the bill for the sneak attack on Zaun's old port half a year ago. That attack was much more serious than it seemed. The detonation of ammunition from the distant coastal defense artillery destroyed a secret warehouse of Enoch and scrapped a lot of missiles.

For this voyage, Enoch specially designed a steel battleship with two triple-mounted 406 main guns, an arcane energy turret, and 10 twin-mounted 127mm secondary guns. In addition to small props such as torpedoes used to deal with ships, Enoch made a lot of space on the main deck and designed four vertical launch silos for Jinx's missiles.

In other words, Bilgewater is facing a different kind of maritime overlord this time. Unlike Gangplank, the Behemoth simply surpasses the protection, speed, projection and range of existing ships.

Chapter 143 Good Luck? Bad Luck?

Listening to the ringing of the electric bell outside the ship and the subsequent gunfire, Enoch recorded the data with great interest. The entire ship was still heading along the coastline, crossing the blockade of Noxus, and then setting off a big fireworks display in Bilgewater to declare the dominance of the United Kingdom.

These two weeks at sea were extremely exhausting. Even when a battleship encountered a storm at sea, items in the cabin would continue to move with the waves. During this time, Enoch had already scrapped two pens and a carpet - Jinx had to hide in the rolling cabin and drink during heavy rain.

Enoch had doubted more than once whether he had a problem with carpets, because every decoration he bought at great expense never lasted very long.

While it was still relatively calm, Enoch quietly took out the bottle of wine hidden in the captain's room and poured himself a glass. He had hidden it from Jinx's nose with great difficulty, otherwise he would have been tormented by the girl. Enoch was not interested in the remaining rum on the ship.

Just as Enoch was about to have a drink, a sound from the door of the captain's room startled Enoch. Then he realized that it was not Jinx who came back from playing. Girls never like to knock on the door.

"Who is it? What happened?"

"Captain, the first mate just sent a message saying that pirates from Bilgewater were spotted."

"Which first mate?" Don't blame Enoch for asking such a strange question. Originally, Enoch had been looking for an experienced first mate for this ship, the kind who could take normal command on behalf of the captain. But when Jinx heard about the position of first mate, she took the title without hesitation - she was Enoch's permanent deputy.

"It's First Officer Jinx. She sent me a message from the helicopter. What should we do?"

What else can he do? Enoch looked at the wine glass he had just received and put it aside helplessly. "Wait a moment, I'll be there soon. Order the ship to move toward the signal location."

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Although the long and narrow hull is more vulnerable to attacks from waves, in the hands of an experienced person, it is like a pair of scissors, following the wind direction and waves, easily cutting through the sea surface and rushing forward.

Call Girl is such a fast ship. In fact, maybe this ship is not big enough or stable enough, but there is no ship faster than her in the whole Bilgewater.

The captain of this unusual ship is equally unconventional. Her passionate red hair flutters in the sea breeze. The female captain gently turns the rudder, and the bounty hunter begins a new round of hunting.

Miss Good Luck, Miss Bad Luck, no matter what others called her, Sarah never cared. No matter which name she called, it brought her great reputation, which made her as beautiful and deadly as her gun.

He didn't care about the sailors' lustful looks. This was all the ability of these guys. The sailors they recruited could only fight when the wind was favorable. If they wanted to tackle a tough problem, they would have to do it themselves. Unless the opposite ship was covered with gold, this would make those whose brains were damaged by alcohol rush forward without knowing the consequences.

Sarah knew clearly how to make the shark bite the sea beast. What she had to do and had been doing was to make the sea beast bleed.

"We have company." The lookout on the mast pointed far behind them. Everyone looked back together, but the entire sea level was boringly quiet, and there was no sign of a ship.

"Damn it, have you been soaking in a wine barrel and still not awake? What nonsense are you talking about!"

Sarah didn't say anything, but her boatswain shouted first. In this sea, the lookout decided whether the voyage would be a vegetarian or a meat-eating one. But if you meet a guy with poor eyesight and brains, you can only eat shit.

The lookout in the sky leaned out most of his body and pointed to the sky. There was a black dot approaching. This made the people on the boat at a loss. Their boat was fast and could fight or run, but they had no way to deal with the target in the sky.

"Did you see that? Littlefinger, can I sink her?" Jinx was a little excited. The prosthetic eye in her right eye was synchronizing her vision to the other prosthetic eye of Enoch in the command room of the battleship in the distance.

"I see." Enoch pondered for a moment, looking at the pirate flag he had never seen before. "What's her speed? It looks like it's going pretty fast."

"It is calculated that the ship's speed is about 17 to 23 knots." First Mate Dibo calculated for a long time and hurriedly saluted to Enoch to report. This was the first time he had seen such a large ship, let alone operated it. He had only operated merchant ships before. Now, the first mate with epaulettes was beyond his imagination. He knew that it would be a good idea to worship the Blue Bird before going out and burn incense to the All-Seeing Eye.

"What about us?"

"The normal speed can be increased to 3 knots, but it is not recommended to operate at this speed for a long time."

Enoch nodded, and looked at Jinx through her artificial eye for a while before giving the order, "Go after her and use her to test the destructive effect of live ammunition."

The Hextech engines in the power room began to increase their power, and the azure light filled the entire reaction chamber. The new patent of the Piltover district was not only suitable for powering the Sun Gate, but was also suitable for installation on warships.

With the help of Jinx's correction, Behemoth finally caught up with the pirate ship that was constantly speeding up. The embarrassing thing was that when both sides were vaguely visible, the opponent's mobility seemed to have suddenly increased to a level. There was no time to aim the main gun. With a nimble turn, it quickly changed direction with the help of the waves and monsoon.

"Who can tell me why we can see the ship on the opposite side but can't catch up with it?" Enoch shook the black tea in his hand and looked at the first mate who was steering the ship.

The ship showed unimaginable flexibility in the radar, while the Behemoth that Enoch was on could only crush the incoming waves with its bow, hanging not far behind. Even with the high speed, the pursuit time of the two ships might be stretched to a race measured in hours.

This was a real shame for Enoch, as the sports car was outclassed by the classic car.

At this distance, the ultimate death missile on the Behemoth can easily destroy a warship that runs as fast as a rabbit according to the guidance of the radar, but it is inevitably a waste of talent. Enoch seemed to be testing the damage effect of the secondary guns on the wooden warship.

"Because their captain is a good ship operator, and their ship is lighter than ours..." Facing Enoch's disapproving look, the first mate explained with gritted teeth that it was his dereliction of duty that he had not yet caught up with us at the current crushing speed.

"I didn't pay you to say you're a trashy wimp..." Enoch sighed, gave up the plan to test the secondary gun, grabbed the control panel, adjusted the parameters slightly, and the huge main gun began to make a squeaking sound.

The few sailors on the deck quickly hid under the deck. As the electric bell on the gun platform rang, the projectile flew towards the distant ship under the propulsion of huge kinetic energy.

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Chapter 144: Good Luck Doesn't Favor Fools

The whistling shells stirred up huge water columns on the sea surface. Before the water mist dissipated, Jinx's hoarse and sweet voice with a bit of gloating sounded from the communicator, "Tsk tsk, a near miss. It seems that radar is not very effective for shells. I misjudged it a lot."

Enoch put away the control panel and switched to the internal channel with the girl. "Indeed, First Mate Dibo is probably still unfamiliar with this operating system. Not only did he miss the target, but he also couldn't catch up with the sailing warship for a long time. Let's just fire him off when we get back."

“Yeah,” Jinx’s smile deepened. “You can’t fool me, Little Finger. I’m using my prosthetic eye to share vision. It’s you who mis-operated.”

"Damn it!" Enoch sighed, closed his artificial eye, looked around the captain's room, and found that no one noticed this place, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "How is it, report the information?"

"We have confirmed the information from First Officer Jinx. The shells have successfully damaged the enemy ship. We have confirmed that the enemy has slowed down. We have observed that the target's port side is rapidly taking on water."

"Very good," Enoch nodded. "Assist the helicopter to land, then move over to test the damage effect of the secondary guns. After collecting the necessary data, carry out the torpedo punishment."

"Captain Aya"

Following the ocean current, the Behemoth quickly caught up with the damaged sailing warship. Before the secondary guns could aim, the other side raised a white flag. The flag fluttering in the wind made the gunner hesitate for a moment, and the first mate also waited for Enoch's order.

"What are you waiting for? Let's start the weapons test." Enoch was too lazy to pay attention. Anyway, this ship would not be the last ship that Enoch and his men would sink, so there was no need to hold any commemorative ceremony.

"But...they surrendered," the second mate hesitated. He was a shipwright from Piltover and had always been chased. It was a great improvement for him to be able to drive a warship and kill the pirates.

But now the other party has raised the white flag. According to the tacit understanding, we can detain the other party's ships and cargo, and will be allowed to redeem them later.

Enoch looked at the new recruit in front of him speechlessly. He began to miss Jinx's obedience infinitely. After taking a sip of red tea, Enoch gently placed the teacup on the console and replied indifferently, "I didn't see the other side surrender. Complete the order."

The secondary guns fired rhythmically. The wooden ship could not withstand the huge kinetic energy at all. It was about to disintegrate after only two shells.

The gunner stopped quickly because he heard from the boatswain that the captain would come here to test the torpedo later and he couldn't let the pirate ship sink in his hands.

"How's the effect?" Enoch walked past the first mate and headed for the platform. As soon as he stepped out of the door, Jinx jumped up from behind and hugged him. A sweet voice whispered, "The effect is... it missed the target."

The happier Jinx laughed, the more Enoch wanted to tear the opposing ship to pieces, but he kept a nonchalant look on his face. He waved to the boatswain on the deck, and with a roll of his eyes, a torpedo was fired from the launch tube towards the warship in the distance.

Given the previous rounds of attacks, the survivors on the pirate ship were certain that the white water line on the sea was definitely not something lighthearted.

The white flags were waved more eagerly. A few smart pirates jumped from the ship into the sea first. Maybe this could bring them some psychological comfort? After all, when the torpedo sank, the whirlpool on the sea would roll the pirates to the bottom of the water.

"I remember you seemed to say that you respect life and don't like to play with prey. Come here... my little liar." Jinx didn't care about the pirates at all. She found something more interesting. She couldn't get enough of Enoch's reaction.

"I do respect life, but these guys are pirates, there is no need to consider human rights issues." Enoch tapped the tip of the girl's nose gently. What was wrong with her today? Why did she suddenly like to watch the fun so much?

As they were talking, the torpedo hit the pirate ship and it disappeared without making any sound.

"What the hell is going on? I launched a torpedo, not some crappy kinetic iron rod." Enoch rarely cursed in front of Jinx. The high-quality torpedo he was looking forward to against Bilgewater was so useless?

"Captain, the sonar has lost track of the torpedo. It should be because the wooden warship has been shattered. The broken hull did not successfully trigger the reaction detonator... The pirates on the other side are very lucky."

"I see." Enoch interrupted the report. Most of his energy now focused on not letting the girl slide down with a smile, otherwise he would be a very funny captain.

"My smart and lovely little naughty lady, do you have anything to convey?" Enoch looked at Jinx a little dangerously. He swore that if the girl continued to have fun, he would definitely take action.

"Oh haha... ah sorry, I think how about we accept the surrender... ahem, I just want to meet that lucky pirate, nothing else." After holding it in for a while, Jinx still put on a big smile, but considering Littlefinger's pitiful self-esteem, she didn't laugh out loud.

To be honest, Enoch felt relieved that it seemed that his usual pampering of girls was finally worth it. He never thought that Jinx did this on purpose.

Poor Enoch, he was easily played around by Jinx.

The girl secretly made a face. She knew Enoch's little habits very well. She knew that Little Finger was in a good mood, so of course she had to act a little willful. It would be troublesome if he thought she was bored.

The sailors who received the order from First Mate Jinx quickly lowered the speedboats, and the speed of the Behemoth gradually slowed down. Under the threat of the secondary guns, the remaining people on the opposite side did not resist and surrendered obediently. The sailors hired by Enoch tied them up.

Jinx held Enoch's arm and almost dragged him to the rear deck, watching the pirates climbing up the rope net.

This group of pirates was surprisingly "clean", with very few tattoos on their bodies, some of them even had less tattoos than Jinx. This was a bit strange, after all, according to Enoch, these pirates would find a skilled tattoo master before going out to sea, one to make themselves look more formidable, and the other to believe that the sea beasts on their bodies would protect them from surviving the storm and not become the bearded lady's dessert.

Jinx walked past the pirates who were kneeling on the ground in front of her, swinging her long braids. She casually pulled a huge tricorn hat off one of their heads, put it on pretentiously, and shook it gently at his little finger. When she saw his thumbs up, she turned around happily and looked at the confiscated weapons on the side.

Jinx glanced at the machete and musket in the box and pouted in boredom: "Garbage, junk, and inferior products."

Jinx casually threw the scary-looking gunpowder gun man back into the box and acted like a good boy. "So... who's the captain?"

"I" The person whose hat Jinx had just taken away raised his hand, revealing a head of fiery red hair, with a hint of laziness in his tone

"Everyone calls me Miss Fortune. I'm 24 years old and I can do anything. Please accept my surrender."

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Chapter 145 Miss Fortune

"Misfortune? You dare to sail on a ship with this name? Aren't you afraid of capsizing?" Enoch complained in a low voice. Originally, this name was quite normal. After all, bringing misfortune to others sounds quite scary.

But this is the center of the ocean where sea beasts lurk. How dare they give this area of the sea, which can be said to be a graveyard for ships, this name?

Those who dare to give themselves such a name are either because of the preference of the Bearded Lady or are simply extremely confident. In any case, after Enoch learned about the legends and religion of Bilgewater, he did not give his ship an unlucky name like "Sovereign of the Sea".

This ocean is too close to Shadow Island and too far from Bluebird. As a businessman, I'd better be cautious in my words and deeds and not be too arrogant.

"Misfortune is my last name...some people also call me Sister Good Luck." The red-haired woman with her hands behind her head did not look like a captive at all, and even took the time to throw a coquettish glance at Enoch.

"Unfortunately, it seems like you don't have that much luck." Jinx looked at the overly cool outfit of the female captain and slowly turned back to Enoch.

She skillfully pulled out the pocket watch she had given Littlefinger from her suit pocket and held it in front of Miss Fortune. The hands made a clicking sound and Jinx tilted her head. "You have... one minute."

"My name is Sarah, a bounty hunter. I have definitely never robbed a ship flying the same flag as yours. I have savings that can redeem myself."

“What a shame,” Jinx said, pulling out her pistol. “That’s not the sentence.”

"I'm very familiar with this sea area and would be happy to lead you." While Jinx was opening the safety, the female pirate was smart enough not to go around in circles. Look at the weapons on the opposite ship. The turret alone is larger than that of an ordinary fishing boat. It's impossible that they came here just to do charity.