Mo Yun, who was standing in front of the machine beast, obviously did not expect this change. Although she was a Qi sensor, she did not have much combat experience, and she froze in place for a moment.
At this time, the bipedal prototype was much more complete than before. Not only did it have two legs, it also had a chair installed on the upper part. It was already half taller than Mo Yun, and its weight was close to that of two adults. If it were In a head-on collision, serious injury is almost inevitable.
"Li!" Xia Fan shouted loudly.
At the same time as his voice came out, Li's figure expanded rapidly.
A huge fox suddenly appeared in the courtyard!
She raised her front paw and smacked it towards the machine beast, hitting the connection between the two legs. The machine beast, which was originally built as a prototype, did not have any reinforcements. It was snapped directly from the center by this powerful and heavy claw, and its two wooden legs staggered to the ground.
Seeing that the threat was lifted, Li Ye immediately changed back to his original appearance and straightened out his slightly wrinkled clothes.
"Are you okay?" Xia Fan stepped forward.
Mo Yun looked at the machine beast with a distressed expression - this was the result of her hard work for several days, and the results returned to zero in less than a blink of an eye. "I'm fine, thank you Miss Li for saving me. Just now... what happened?" what's the situation?"
"This is also a question I want to know." Xia Fan turned his head and looked at the joints that were still swinging back and forth on the ground. At this time, no one was injecting Qi into the Tiandong Instrument, so the biggest suspicion was the weird Soul Gathering Talisman.
According to the princess, this thing contains evil energy, and only officials above the Privy Council Guard level can control it. At the same time, its unblocking requires specific conditions, and it has no effect when used alone. The only time she witnessed an acquaintance use it was during the Qingshan Town Shishi Examination, when he used the Great Wilderness Night to condense Mei into a demon.
But she didn't like such dark and weird things, so she didn't ask much.
Xia Fan approached the damaged wooden frame and picked up the talisman.
At this time, it no longer fluoresces, and the prints on it have become unrecognizable at some point, as if it had become an old ordinary chip.
"It seems that it is probably related to this talisman." Xia Fan shook the talisman on his finger and briefly told Mo Yun its ins and outs.
"There is such a thing in the Privy Council House?" The other party showed a shocked look, "Aren't they an agency that specializes in eliminating evil spirits?"
"I thought so at first." Xia Fan shrugged.
The Privy Council is an independent institution that formed six departments after the collapse of the Yong Kingdom, but the history of the Alchemists is much longer, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the two have a inheritance relationship to a certain extent. The bronze torture instruments in the Gaoshan County Grottoes have proved that alchemists conducted detailed research on evil spirits as early as a hundred years ago.
"This thing... allows ordinary people to drive magic weapons!" Mo Yun couldn't help but exclaimed, "Do you know what this means?"
She walked back and forth excitedly, as if she had a lot to say, but after a while her steps slowed down, and the look in her eyes was extremely complicated and contradictory.
Even without asking, Xia Fan could guess what the other person was thinking.
Mo Yun undoubtedly thought of its broad prospects immediately.
The number of those who can sense Qi directly limits the use of mechanism techniques. In addition, the government attaches great importance to the warriors, so that most of the results of the Mechanism Bureau can only be used on a small scale within the jurisdiction of the army and the Privy Council.
If this restriction can be broken, the art of mechanism will surely usher in an unprecedented take-off!
But this talisman is related to evil spirits.
Evil spirits are not born without reason.
If there really was a way to seal the evil spirit in a talisman, it would also represent a wasted death for living beings.
As a researcher, improving and promoting mechanism techniques has unimaginable power for her.
But after all, it was difficult for her to use the evil spirit as the driving energy of the mechanism.
"You don't have to worry too much." Xia Fan pondered for a moment and then said, "I don't think it can bring about changes in the art of mechanism. The reason for the scarcity of alchemists is that they are monopolized by the Privy Council. If they can be used openly, they will not be able to use it. This is what it looks like now.”
"Why?" Mo Yun blinked, "It allows ordinary people to use the mechanism technique!"
"Really?" Xia Fan lowered his voice, "How long did it take me to get familiar with operating this prototype? Even now, I dare not say that I can control it to run back and forth with ease."
"What do you mean..." Li suddenly took a breath of cold air.
"It has two heavenly motion devices on each leg, which must be reversed to simulate human movements. There is no default setting for the heavenly motion device. It is just that if you inject air, it will not move at all. At most, the joints will be broken." Xia Fan paused, "But this thing... the driving of all four joints has been accurate from the beginning."
The fox demon couldn't help but cross his arms and shivered.
Mo Yun's face was also a little pale. Although the word "default setting" sounded quite awkward, she could also understand what Xia Fan meant. "You mean, the moment this machine beast started to move, it was conscious?"
"I'm just guessing, but the reason why evil spirits can become evil spirits is because the strong Qi cannot be dissipated. If it is just pure Qi, then it will be everywhere in the world, so there is no need to borrow the Soul Gathering Talisman."
This assumption is very eerie.
After the disembodied Qi is released, it will still attack living creatures by instinct, even if the body is replaced by a machine beast - in this case, let alone being used by ordinary people, it is dangerous just to flow into the civilian population.
"Huh... you are right." After eliminating the possibility of using this method to popularize alchemy, Mo Yun quickly returned to normal, "It would be better if the evil spirit is completely eliminated."
"What happened in the yard?" At this time, Shanhui also recovered from the impact, "Why did the thing you built fall apart? I should have hit the table..."
The three people's eyes were all fixed on him.
"Isn't it because of me?" Tengu couldn't help but take a step back.
"How to deal with it?" Li asked expressionlessly.
"Before Miss Mo completes the repair, let him do all the dirty work." Xia Fan nodded towards Mo Yun, "If you have any needs, please feel free to ask. He won't have any objections."
"Then I'm welcome." The latter raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.
…
In the end, Mo Yun did not treat Shan Hui as a coolie. She just asked him to keep the appearance of a Shiba Inu and occasionally touch him when she was tired from work.
It seems that the dog-cat method of stress relief is a general rule throughout the multiverse.
Xia Fan also wanted to imitate the other person, but the problem was that he wanted to play with the fox demon in its normal form rather than the transformed fox. This difference made it difficult for him to express it.
While Mo Yun was rebuilding the mechanism beast, Xia Fan also tried other possible talisman creation frameworks. For example, chemical formulas were used to express fire-related techniques in Lishu; physical laws were used to explain the generation and changes of strokes in Sunshu, but the test results ended in failure.
After some analysis, he thought that this might be related to the way Fu Lu was expressed.
Whether it is an abstract willow blowing in the wind, or an electric current amplified in a circuit, what is shown is a picture of the process, which complements the idea in the mind of how this phenomenon came to be.
But chemical formulas are different from law formulas. They are essentially a professional language rather than a picture.
For example, after replacing the chemical element symbols in the formula with popular words, the meaning will not change and can even be read directly.
However, simple descriptive text does not have the power to induce alchemy.
Otherwise, all the talismans should be paragraphs and sentences.
Following this line of thinking, Xia Fan thought that if he could draw on the paper the scene of the bond energy changing and energy absorption and release during the burning process, it might be used as a talisman. But firstly, it was beyond the scope of his ability, and secondly, he was really not sure whether the microstructure of the world was still the same as his common sense.
Maybe the more detailed the drawing, the more mistakes will be made.
After all, there is energy in this world.
This is why Xia Fan chose to start teaching mathematics.