Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

September raised her right hand like a student listening to a lecture and asked, "What is a Skill Doctor?"

She came from another planet and couldn't understand the local terms of the Mechanical Planet.

"They are doctors who specialize in treating modified bodies. They believe that the 'flesh curse' is the result of the mechanical aliens over-modifying their own bodies... Every mechanical alien's body has been modified to a greater or lesser extent. The people here are no longer satisfied with creating sophisticated mechanisms. The transformation of themselves is a higher level pursuit.

"But even the most outstanding mechanical doctor on the Mechanical Planet could not find out the cause of the 'Flesh and Blood Curse', so she suggested a complete ban on all forms of self-transformation and a gradual reduction in the use of mechanical energy in the next few years, until the future Mechanical Planet people no longer need to rely on energy to survive.

"The proposal was rejected. For the Mechanical Star people, using energy and creating mechanisms is their nature. No law can suppress this innate nature. The Queen does not support Linglong's judgment. She believes that the key to the 'Flesh Curse' and the reason why the planet has become a 'cocoon' are hidden in the mechanical energy. They should further cultivate energy. I believe that the results of their exploration will eventually change the fate of this planet."

This story was very familiar to Duan Mingyuan.

He had heard similar stories aboard the Embers Consortium's flagship.

The last Archbishop Zalman once faced the same choice. He observed the increasingly turbulent energy of the sun and sensed that a crisis was about to befall their planet.

At that time, Zalman also chose to believe that their exploration of the energy of the scorching sun would continue to help them overcome difficulties.

As a result, the Empire was eventually destroyed by the radiation of the sun's energy, making the people of the Empire the first refugees in the universe.

The metal puppet continued, "The disagreement over the 'Curse of Flesh and Blood' caused the two to drift apart, and eventually turned into an irreconcilable conflict. The Queen resigned from her position as the president of the Linglong Disease Research Association and placed her under house arrest, prohibiting her from conducting any research related to the 'Curse of Flesh and Blood'. At the same time, she became more and more obsessed with the legacy left by the first generation of great craftsmen, hoping to observe the mystery of mechanical energy from it."

After all, mechanical energy was originally developed by the first generation of great craftsmen, and the great craftsmen's reputation spread throughout the universe.

"On this issue, both sides believed that the other side was possessed. With the outbreak of the Great Rebellion, the Queen focused her attention on the rebels, while Linglong took the opportunity to steal the Great Craftsman's legacy. She seemed to think that as long as the legacy was taken away from the Mechanical Planet, the Queen would be forced to end her research. The one who assisted her in stealing the legacy was her retainer...but she didn't expect that the retainer had ulterior motives and wanted to take the Great Craftsman's legacy for himself.

"You already know what happened next."

Linglong's retainers fled from Jiqiao Star, and before being arrested, Linglong hid the inheritance of the great craftsman in a place where no one could find it.

For her, her goal would be achieved as long as she ensured that the Queen could not continue to explore the mysteries of mechanical energy.

"In order to force Linglong to reveal the whereabouts of the inheritance, the Queen used many tortures on her, but until she was sent to the execution platform, Linglong did not reveal anything about the inheritance."

The metal puppet lowered its head, and there was nothing much to say about what happened afterwards.

The Queen suffered backlash from overusing the energy of the "Golden Hourglass" and has been getting more and more crazy since then.

By now, the identity of the woman who was publicly executed was clear.

However, this story did not mention why Linglong showed a relieved smile when she was sent to the execution platform, and she also announced the existence of the great secret treasure to everyone, which indirectly led to the arrival of space pirates.

"But according to what you said, Linglong's retainers should hate her to death."

Linglong suddenly said, Linglong made them lose the duck they had in hand, and she also fled to Blue Star in a displaced manner, and lived on a strange planet for many years, "Why did they still give me the name 'Linglong'?"

"That's because the lost items were not only the legacy of the master craftsman, but also Linglong's private collection. Before the outbreak of the 'Curse of Flesh and Blood', Linglong was conducting a research project. The content of this research was to give the mindless puppets thoughts and life. When the retainer left, he also took one of her collections with him."

"You mean..."

Linglong's eyes suddenly widened and she blurted out in disbelief.

Give the puppet thinking and life.

“There is a way to verify it.”

The metal puppet said, "Only the blood of the heir to the throne can touch the secrets of the inheritance. If you have the mark of Linglong in your body, you can break the seal on the inheritance."

"But she's tried it before."

"The key is to inject energy and maintain the same frequency, just like when you uncovered the memory fragments."

The sound of the metal puppet produced some fluctuations.

He had no way of knowing the secret of the inheritance, but he witnessed countless people fighting for it and shedding blood.

Space pirates arrived one after another and turned the Mechanical Planet into its current state.

If his life were to come to an end today, he hoped to get a glimpse of the secret of this great treasure before he died.

Hearing this, Jiu Yue took out a black cane from her tail and handed it to Ling Long. She placed her hand on Ling Long's shoulder, giving her strength, "It's up to you to decide."

There was silence in the hall.

After an unknown amount of time, Linglong made a decision. She closed her eyes and gripped the black cane.

A familiar energy was awakened, flowing through her palms like a stream, and then flowing along her forearms into her body.

next moment--

"Yo~yo~yo~Congratulations on solving the mystery of the treasure. As a reward, I will give you a song that I recorded privately~yo~"

?

The rhythmic rock music echoed in the hall for a long time.

It contrasts with the same question marks above several people's heads.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 258 Countdown

The master craftsman of the Mechanical Planet is a quirky person.

The above is what people with high emotional intelligence say.

In the minds of several people, this great craftsman whom they had never met had become a troublemaker.

The black cane was a phonograph device, which recorded a rap song written by the master craftsman himself. Linglong somehow did not turn off the relic, allowing several people to listen to the entire song.

With a hoarse voice, unclear pronunciation and poor sense of rhythm, the great craftsman does not seem to have any extraordinary talent in the field of rap.

As the first ruler of the Planet Mechanical, the Great Craftsman tries to inspire future generations through rap, hoping that they can embrace love and hope.

There is only one reason for all this - as early as that era, the Great Craftsman had foreseen the future of the Mechanical Star. The excessive exploitation of the planet's energy and unlimited transformation would eventually bring disaster to them, but the Great Craftsman at that time was full of hope. He believed that in the future there would definitely be craftsmen better than him who would appear and solve the crisis facing the Mechanical Star.

And now, this important task falls on Linglong.

The Great Craftsman places high hopes on the person who can break the seal of the mechanism, which shows that she has an extraordinary talent for mastering mechanical energy.

Duan Mingyuan couldn't help but wonder if the empress's sister had cracked the secret of the inheritance first and was mentally traumatized. He was also worried that his sister, who had placed high hopes on the inheritance, would be devastated after learning the truth, so she said such words when she walked up to the execution platform.

The solemn and sad atmosphere in the hall was successfully resolved by this rap song.

The first one to laugh was September.

When she thought of the Mechanical Star, the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce, and those space pirates fighting each other for a rap phonograph, she couldn't help laughing. It was a pity that the great craftsman had been dead for hundreds of years, otherwise they would have a lot in common.

Linglong sat down on the ground in frustration.

When she thought that all her efforts had been for such a ridiculous thing, she felt empty inside.

There is also the research on giving life to puppets mentioned by Metal Puppet. She is actually just a puppet stolen from the royal court of the Mechanical Star by her "parents". She was given the mark of Linglong and lives as the shadow of other people.

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Jiu Yue said to her, "It proves that you have nothing to do with them. Your life from now on belongs to you. Linglong, please always remember that Yunhai Academy is your eternal home."

Jiu Yue's crescent-shaped eyes and the dejected Linglong formed a sharp contrast with the metal puppet.

Since the rap song began to fill the hall, the puppet has been silent, with its head lowered, looking like it's dead.

Only Duan Mingyuan is a serious person.

The first generation craftsman of the Mechanical Planet was a jerk, but this does not mean that the crisis of the Mechanical Planet has been resolved. On the contrary, this rap cut off the final path of the Mechanical Planet people.

The Great Secret Treasure is a fake.

No one can stop the "cocooning" process. In the end, what awaits the Mechanical Aliens is the curse of flesh and blood, or other forms of destruction.

Duan Mingyuan still remembered the number mentioned by the metal puppet, "39 years and four months, how long has it been since that time?"

"39 years, 3 months and 26 days."

There are four days left until the predicted day of doom, which happens to be the day when the summit begins.

This shows that the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce had no good intentions from the very beginning.

The planet Mechanical will be destroyed by the plague of the "Curse of Flesh and Blood", and the bodies of the people on the planet will be irreversibly transformed into machines until they are completely transformed into another race.

After learning about the turmoil on many mechanical planets, Duan Mingyuan's understanding of metal puppets also changed.

At first he thought that this puppet was controlled by a puppeteer hiding in the dark, because there was no breath of a living being in his body. But now it seems that this metal puppet is the commander of the Imperial Guards himself. The reason why he has become what he is now is probably because he has been infected with the curse of flesh and blood, or his existence itself is a puppet created by Linglong or the Queen.

Duan Mingyuan asked, "Is the flesh and blood curse still spreading?"

"always there."

The metal puppet looked up at the queen who had completely turned into sand in the blood pool. You promoted the "cocooning" process.

He would not be deceived by September. From the moment he entered the hall, he knew that the queen was dead.

Then, the "cocoon" that was suppressed by her remaining strength also showed its fangs.

"This is just the beginning."

Everyone followed the metal puppet's line of sight and discovered that the liquid in the blood pool had solidified quietly at some point and turned into bright red crystals.

With the Queen's body as the center, the shapes of all objects seem to be quietly changing.

Duan Mingyuan saw something else.

In the solidified red crystal, there seemed to be some kind of life form flashing by, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared without a trace from outside the hall. What met his eyes were a pair of indifferent eyes.

"The curse of flesh and blood will not only affect the flesh and blood, but all matter on this planet will become cocooned."

The metal puppet closed his eyes, and this time he truly felt the "cocooning" process.

The surge of energy was so familiar that it easily permeated his body.

For this universe, what kind of story is worthy of the identity of "Big Devil"?

Sabotage a meeting?

Interfering in the internal affairs of other planets?

Or maybe... assassinating the queen.

No, all these stories are not as good as the one in which he promoted the process of "cocooning" a planet, causing all the inhabitants of the planet to die in the process of "cocooning".

Regardless of whether this was all the plan of the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce, the "Big Devil" and his followers opened this Pandora's box with their own hands.

There was a commotion outside the hall.

The sound of the flying device taking off broke the silence of the afternoon, playing a chaotic melody in the royal court.

The purpose of this coup was not to elect a new ruler, but to break the shackles that the Queen had set on the royal court.

There is no hope for Planet Jiqi - if the Queen hadn't issued a ban, they would have left this dying planet long ago.

A planet that is becoming a cocoon, with nothing worth remembering.

"You still have four days to leave Planet Jiqi. Let's go before your airship is also transformed into a cocoon."

The metal golem reminded him that he had completed his final mission.

Next, it is time to fall together with this royal court that is about to be shattered.

.......................................

Meanwhile, Gear Hotel.

After Duan Mingyuan and others left, Coyote Twelve did not report the existence of the great secret treasure to the Chamber of Commerce. He just wanted to take a quiet nap, but before the bed could even warm up, he was woken up by a series of phone calls. He then rushed to the lounge where the directors discussed matters.

Just a while ago, they received a complaint.

Lots of complaints.

The complaint initially came from the restaurant at the Gear Hotel, where someone ate nails in the food they served.

Coyote Twelve's first reaction was that this was absolutely impossible.

The Gear Hotel is an asset of the Flash Flag Chamber of Commerce. The food for each summit is specially supplied by the Chamber of Commerce. Everything from the ingredients and seasonings to the chefs have undergone strict review. This is related to the reputation of the Chamber of Commerce, and it is impossible for the directors attending the summit to have any problems with the food.

He suspected that someone was deliberately being picky about food, but when he arrived, he found out that there were quite a few directors who had complained about the restaurant and that something had been mixed into their food to harm them. One elderly director even lost a front tooth while eating lamb chops - this was considered an extremely serious accident at the summit.

Coyote Twelve immediately stared at Sleepy and led people to search the restaurant's food warehouse. Soon they found that the directors were not deliberately causing trouble, and a large number of dangerous items had been mixed into the food warehouse.

There are no nails, but there are metal grains of rice mixed in with the other grains of rice, which can be easily overlooked without careful inspection.

There are also metalized lamb chops that are so hard that even Coyote's twelve custom-made steel teeth can't bite them.

Chicken legs, steak, vegetables...

These metal objects disguised as other ingredients can be found in almost all food sections.

Coyote Twelve immediately called the restaurant's chef over, pressed his head on the bench, pointed a revolver at the back of his head, and forced him to ask if he was a spy sent by other organizations?