It is not entirely correct to say that it is a beast.
After this thing got out, it was as big as a room, with four thick legs and stretchable webs between its toes. It looked like a one-horned rhinoceros, but it looked much more flexible. Its skin is blue-gray and slightly glowing. If you look closely, you will find that it does not have the softness of flesh, but is full of the hardness of gold and stone.
The eyes are peaceful and obedient, and they poke in place obediently, motionless.
"Alchemy puppet?" Xiao Jin became a little interested.
"To be precise, it should be a half-puppet."
The representative was quite proud, and introduced: "It retains the brain and intelligence of the original creature, and has a powerful body after transformation. It can carry fifteen tons of cargo, and can provide rides. No matter how complicated the terrain is, it can easily Pass, and you can do short dives. Although it is bulky, it is actually very light and does not make too much noise. May I show it?"
"certainly!"
With that said, several people went outside. The representative slapped the puppet's abdomen, and with a bang, a big gap opened, and inside was a space similar to a storage bin, but the rhinoceros didn't feel the slightest pain.
He randomly placed some stones, weighing about ten tons, and then jumped on the back of the bull, uttering a command: "Go forward!"
boom!
The rhinoceros walked forward with four legs, bang bang bang, the sound was loud at first, and gradually became quieter after walking for a while. Xiao Jin looked up and saw them walking down the steps, deliberately picking some jungles, thorns, and uneven terrain to walk on.
Sure enough, it was effortless, and the speed was not amazing, but it was definitely not slow. Finally, the rhino jumped into the lake, dived for a few minutes and then climbed ashore, completely dry and not wet.
"What is its energy source?" Xiao Jin became more and more interested.
"It's this magic stone."
The representative took out a black stone the size of a fist from the back of the rhinoceros, and said: "Just one piece can be used for half a month. You don't need to feed and drink, and you don't have to worry about fatigue. After mastering the domestication method, you need someone to accompany you for long distances, and you can do it yourself for short distances. But be careful not to use it too frequently, otherwise it will consume the life of the puppet and it will be easily damaged."
Xiao Jin took the magic stone and probed into a divine sense to check.
The east is called Lingshi, and the west is called magic stone. They are similar in nature, but this piece has obviously been refined and improved on the original basis, and can only be used for puppet beasts.
She knew it in her heart, and said with a smile: "The things are really good, let's talk slowly."
Several people returned to the hall and sat down again. She didn't speak, and the representative didn't speak. The atmosphere was weird for a while. Xiao Jin was holding a cup of tea, sipping it in small sips, her mind racing.
Rhinoceros is an application-oriented puppet, which is very suitable for promotion among the people. Although the modern transportation industry is developed, there are still many dead ends, especially the integration of environmental changes, and the complex terrain is almost all over the country.
The other party emphasized one point: the puppet's brain is well preserved, has a certain intelligence, and can be domesticated. After being proficient, long-distance transportation will be accompanied by important people, and short-distance transportation will be able to know the way by yourself. Carrying fifteen tons up the mountain and into the water is like walking on flat ground.
This is too scary! It can greatly liberate the labor force and enhance production efficiency.
There are many projects under construction in Phoenix Mountain, and this thing is really needed, but Xiao Jin is always hesitating. This is like the early Xiaguo industry, which was poor and white, and imported foreign products.
The things belong to others, the core technology belongs to them, and the after-sales maintenance still belongs to them. We can't do anything, we can only buy them and use them.
And the most important magic stone, this is the key. Once you buy a puppet, you must buy magic stones in large quantities to form a trading habit.
On a larger scale, this is called economic dependence, and it is easy to be controlled by others.
For a moment, she remembered what Old Gu once said: Xia Guo's practice emphasizes self, awareness, and understanding of the Dao; Western practice emphasizes disciplines, logic experiments, and modern thinking, so it is easy to develop products.
This is not like modern science, where scientific theories are common and anyone who has learned them can study them. But the practice is different. They have alchemy to develop puppets and apply basic transportation. What do we have
How to move? please!
The sages of all dynasties should know that if you use the transportation technique to carry out transportation, everyone will be able to come back to life!
Xiao Jin didn't make a clear decision, so she took it for now and let the other two show it.
Their things are similar, they are all applications, and they are of the same nature. There is a giant python-like trade chain lying behind them, trying to swallow you mouthful.
In the end, Xiao Jin didn't sign a big order, but only bought a set of puppets and magic stones for half a year. Naturally, the transaction would not use currency, and the other party took away some special herbs and alienated beasts.
The three business groups left Baicheng and continued southward. The next stop was Qianzhou.
…
Sam Country, Little Rock.
Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas. It used to be the residence of Indians. It has rich river and forest resources. After the catastrophe, like most forest cities, they were attacked by beast hordes, and order was restored only recently.
At the airport, a car drove directly to the tarmac. After waiting for a while, a man and a woman ushered in. The women have western faces, but the men are oriental.
They got into the car and drove to the suburbs—it was naturally Gu Yu and Andrea.
"We inherited the system of Gardner Wicca, which is mainly witchcraft. We have no organizational core, are very scattered, and exist in the form of a wizarding group."
Along the way, the woman was still spreading knowledge for each other, saying: "A group usually consists of 13 people, and the leader is a senior wizard, a senior witch, and a virgin. Oh, this virgin is often not a real virgin, but it must be a virgin. Women. The rest of the members are made up of groups, one male and one female. If there are too many members in a group, a group can bring the extra members to create a new group. The new group must be at least 8,000 meters away from the old group."
"Strange rules, you are so scattered, do you really have a sense of belonging to your sect?" Gu Yu was puzzled.
"No way, that's how tradition is. We don't believe in emotion, we only believe in equivalent exchange. This habit ensures internal peace, but when encountering a strong foreign enemy, it is difficult to effectively organize resistance."
Andrea sighed, and said: "We have seventy-two wizarding groups in America, and sixty-five in China. We have been defeated by the enemy, and only half remain. I belong to the Brotherhood of Roses, and I am the latest target of the enemy. It was attacked several times and had to be moved to Little Rock."
"The Rose Brotherhood?"
Gu Yu rubbed his nose, it sounded GAY in GAY, and asked: "How many members do you have?"
"There were originally 19 people, and there are 10 left, but the group's high-level combat power is still there."
Andrea was a little sad, then paused, and couldn't help but said: "Sir, you really don't need to make some disguise when you go abroad with me? We didn't report to the Extraordinary Association, your appearance is too obvious... "
"No need."
Gu Yu spit out two words, no more words.
"..."
The woman opened her mouth, well, you don't need it if you say no.
It is said that the vehicle drove along the road to a small town, but it felt sparsely populated and rather depressed, and there were ruined buildings on both sides that had not been cleaned up, exuding the smell of gunpowder smoke not long ago.
While the car was driving, when it reached a fork in the road, it suddenly heard a strong roar, and a huge heavy truck rushed out from the right side.
A black logo is printed on the red carriage: first there is a circle, and a small circle is inside, and inside the small circle is an inverted pentagram, and a ferocious goat's head emerges from the pentagram.
"Oh!"
The driver watched the truck collide, and slammed on the brakes. The tires rubbed against the ground. After a harsh crackling sound, the two cars got stuck at the intersection.
"Satanism!"
When Andrea saw the sign, she immediately exclaimed. Immediately afterwards, several figures jumped out of the truck and surrounded the car.
"Hey, I finally found you!"
A fat old white man smiled and said, "Andrea, I heard that you are looking for a helper. I want to see, which guy came to take the initiative to die?"
"Tindu Barras!"
The woman was startled and angry, and got out of the driveway: "Aren't you in Sicily?"
"You mean the little guy who distracted me? I've already swallowed her. Her meat is very tender."
"you wanna die!"
The person they were talking about was Andrea's best friend. The woman was even angrier when she heard that, she flipped her hands, revealing the pair of blood-red thorns.
boom!
In an instant, red mist gushed out from the ground, covering the surrounding area. Two red snakes emerged from the mist, biting at each other like two red lightning bolts.
"Little guy, your strength is not enough..."
Balas leaned on his staff and poked hard at the ground. The black air billowed, as if being blown by a strong wind, whistling and dragging the red snake in, blowing through the red mist, and blowing it away in an instant.
"I wanted to recruit you, but now, I can only blame you for being stubborn."
Balas didn't want to fight, so he raised his staff a little bit, and the head of the staff in the shape of ouroboros burst into black light, and quickly formed a ball, fluctuating terrifying dark energy.
"Die... poof!"
As soon as the old man uttered a word, he heard a popping sound, and the ball of light was like a deflated ball, a blown match, and went out unexpectedly.
"Who? Who!?"
The flesh on his face was tangled, and he became more and more ferocious. He turned his head and stared at the back seat of the car, "You want to die!"
He swung his stick again, but his hand was empty again, not even the staff.
"who are you?"
Balas panicked this time, the staff was his personal treasure, and the other party could take it away casually.
"..."
There was no response from the people in the car, and only a moment later came a sentence, but it was to ask the woman: "Killed?"
"We've been dying for a long time, and it's useless to capture them alive, please!" Andrea said harshly.
"oh… "
boom!
As the voice fell softly, a tens of feet of radius was instantly shrouded in coercion, the ground cracked, gravel splashed, and the airflow visible to the naked eye swayed layer by layer, as if it was in the center of a tornado.
"puff!"
Ballas spurted blood wildly, and felt an invisible giant palm pressing down from the sky, from the kneecap to the calf, and then to the sole of the ankle, every inch of the muscles and bones were shattered.
The other people were even more helpless, they rotted into a mass of fleshy paste, bleeding from the seven orifices, and died immediately.
"you you… "
Barras is strong and still has some breath left. He is afraid, shocked and unwilling. He is also considered a good player, and he is dead at this moment without knowing why.
At this moment, the car window rolled down, revealing an oriental face.
"you… "
Ballas' pupils contracted suddenly, and great fear and regret filled his whole body, followed by a plop, and he lost his life.