Max and the Mechanical Army Chapter 5

Zhan Lu said: "Based on the wiretapped call information, the drug den seems to be connected to the interstellar pirate group."

The fourth brother crossed his legs and looked out the window with his head tilted. The distorted space field outside the window made him dizzy. Staring at it for a few seconds could make him feel dizzy and vomit. However, he was used to it. After hearing what Zhan Lu said, the fourth brother did not respond.

Zhan Lu reacted the second he was silent and immediately corrected: "Sorry, sir, this part of the common vocabulary has not been updated."

According to the definition of the Union Government's "Anti-Piracy Law", all unauthorized armed forces are considered "interstellar pirates", of course including black holes.

"Go back and throw away your broken lizard and get a parrot instead," said the fourth brother, "it will help you adapt to the identity of a 'pirate' as soon as possible."

Zhan Lu completed a huge search in his massive database in a flash and found a cartoon from the ancient Earth period - a hideous-looking pirate captain with an equally hideous-looking parrot standing on his shoulder.

He studied the painting for a moment and realized, "Oh, you are kidding."

The fourth brother pinched his brows worriedly.

Zhan Lu let out a creepy mechanical laugh in the empty car: "Hahaha."

In order to prevent Zhan Lu from politely searching for an even colder joke in return, the fourth brother quickly changed the subject: "Penny is the local boss of Beijing Star, and she is quite capable. It's not that easy to get rid of her. Have you found out the reason?"

"Yes, sir. I found this on him," Zhan Lu said, and a blood-stained biochip floated up in the carriage. "I can't identify it in a short time. This biochip is implanted in the human heart. When activated, it can cause collective hallucinations to humans and artificial intelligence in a small range at the same time."

Fourth Brother's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"This afternoon, he realized that he was being followed. He used this to disguise himself and the boy he kidnapped as two homeless people, got rid of Penny, and got on the city bus, intending to go to Victoria Harbour. There were a total of thirteen other passengers on the bus, and none of them noticed. The collective hallucination triggered the "forbidden fruit" system in me, so I was not affected by the hallucination. On the way, I did several sets of experiments and tried to release several interferences, but only one girl broke free from the hallucination. She happened to be a patient with "empty brain syndrome". In order to ensure the safety of irrelevant personnel, I hacked into the system of the city bus, forced it to stop at a shabby tavern, and sent a message to Miss Penny." Zhan Lu still answered in a calm voice, "Sir, I suspect that this chip has a similar principle to the "Garden of Eden", but it is relatively simple."

The fourth brother frowned and said, "I may not be able to put together a research team for you here in a short period of time."

"I know, sir, I will find a way myself." Zhan Lu paused for a moment and asked again, "Do you still want to find..."

"Don't tell me the probability. I know your calculations." The fourth brother interrupted him. His jaw tightened slightly for a moment, and then he patted the car body gently. "It will be time for us to leave in a while. If we really can't find it, forget it. There are too many children who died in this damn place. Maybe it's really gone."

"gentlemen..."

"It's gone," the fourth brother said calmly, "It's not necessarily a bad luck to miss the chaotic times. It's time, right?"

In just two sentences, the car had crossed the space field and landed precisely at the back door of the "broken tavern". The wheels landed almost silently, with only the thin layer of snow on the ground sliding away a little. The several high-speed motorcycles that were originally parked there disappeared. It seemed that the traffic light combination and Penny had left.

When "Spider" escaped from here, he also used the space field, but he was alone, the activation of the space field made a lot of noise, and the positioning error seemed to be quite large - otherwise he would not have to disguise himself as a homeless person and walk to Victoria Harbour in hunger and cold.

Zhan Lu was controlling a car weighing several tons to cross the space field and position it in the narrow alley at the back door of the "broken tavern". This meant that the error could not be more than 50 centimeters, otherwise it would have to create a special effect of "a car riding on the wall" when it landed.

Although the two seem to be similar space fields, if there is an expert in related fields here, he will find that the technical content is very different - as big as the difference between the "Rikeyu Cloud Car" and the interstellar mecha.

Unfortunately, the Eighth Galaxy is full of illiterate people, and no one can appreciate the beauty of technology.

But that's not always true. Occasionally you'll run into someone who knows what's good, but...

The human-shaped Zhan Lu separated from the car, picked up the "Spider" in the trunk, and was about to open the door when his green eyes suddenly pierced through the back door of the bar and scanned the scene in the room at a glance.

"Sir," he paused, "you have a visitor."

The corner of Fourth Brother's eye twitched slightly. In private, this big man's expressions were not much richer than those of artificial intelligence, but at this moment, he was unusually indescribable.

As the back door creaked open, the warm air from the room rushed in. In the already dimly lit "run-down pub", all the small wall lights were turned off, leaving only one light on the top of the bar, which gave the people under the light a perfect "soft light" filter.

The filter shows a young man, his clothes hanging loosely on his body, his coat draped over his shoulders, his hair disheveled, and he lazily leaning against the bar. At first glance, he seems to have just gotten out of bed, too lazy to take care of himself, and came out to meet someone unkemptly, and his casualness is full of natural beauty and charm.

However, his "casual" outfit did not have a single undecent wrinkle from the inside out. His messy and fluffy "hair" alone was an effect that could not be created by an ordinary pillow. It was obvious that he was very careful in being "casual".

"Oh," the young man was surprised to see the person on Zhan Lu's shoulder, and was stunned for a moment, "You two are back from robbery late at night, did I see something I shouldn't have seen, and will I be silenced?"

Zhan Lu threw the "spider" to the ground. The human body collided with the floor, making a dull sound. He greeted politely: "Principal Lu, good evening."

Principal Lu's full name is "Bixing". He is a well-known prodigal son, freak and gangster in the Eighth Galaxy. He serves as both the director and the principal of Xinghai College. Of course, he serves as the head of a school not because of his high moral character, but because he paid for the establishment of the school.

The reason why Principal Lu was able to devote himself to the education industry at such a young age was not only because he was full of passion and lofty ideals, but also because he had a father who was a famous arms dealer in the Eighth Galaxy.

My father's nickname is "One-eyed Eagle". He is the capital star of the Eighth Galaxy, "Kailai". Eighty percent of the weapons in the bloody conflicts in the entire Eighth Galaxy were provided by him. He is a troublemaker in the bloody storm.

Lu Bixing was influenced by his surroundings and grew up with many weapons of mass destruction. With a family background in science, he grew up to be an expert in the field of mecha machinery. He had the potential to become a perverted scientist. Before the One-Eyed Eagle could rejoice that he had a successor, he discovered that the young master's ambition had gone astray - Young Master Lu came from a noble family and aspired to become a great educator.

Why would the son of an arms dealer have such a humanistic ideal? Lu Bixing never mentioned the reason to outsiders, so everyone had to agree that he was sick.

In the eighth galaxy, all the absurdities that cannot be explained by common sense can be ultimately explained by the word "illness".

On Master Lu's 20th birthday, One-Eyed Eagle ended an important dinner early and ran to his beloved son to ask him what his wish was. One-Eyed Eagle was drunk and spoke big words. He promised heaven and earth, no matter what his wish was, even to blow up the alliance's capital, Votto, his father could easily achieve it.

Young Master Lu believed it and said to his father devoutly: "I want to publish a book."

The one-eyed eagle was half sober, and he opened his son's masterpiece in confusion, and saw that the title was "Introduction to Space Mechanics". The arms dealer was a little confused, and he couldn't remember what the jargon for "Introduction to Space Mechanics" was, so he had to put on his face and ask, "What is this book?"

Master Lu replied: "It is an introductory textbook on space mecha technology."

The one-eyed eagle thought there was something wrong with his ears: "What book?"

"Textbooks," Master Lu said. "I looked through the textbooks used by several well-known universities in the Eighth Galaxy, but I didn't think they were very good, so I wrote one myself. Dad, please correct me."

The one-eyed eagle was silent for a while: "What do you want to do?"

Young Master Lu's second-year syndrome came on suddenly and violently. He said, "I want to run a reliable school and ignite the spark of technological development in the eighth galaxy."

After hearing this, the one-eyed eagle sobered up from the alcohol and turned away without saying a word, intending to find a doctor to treat his son's brain.

From then on, Lu Bixing and his model father, One-Eyed Hawk, started a long-term brainwashing and anti-brainwashing. In the battle of wits and courage, Master Lu's mecha modification skills have made great progress. When he was confined to the Kailai star, he spent three years dismantling his means of transportation on the planet and transformed it into an interstellar mecha with a touching image. He wandered around the world and finally came to the vicinity of Beijing β star, where he started a bad relationship with someone.

"Where is your student?" As soon as the fourth brother entered the room, he turned on all the wall lamps, unsociablely destroying Principal Lu's dreamy soft light filter.

"The secretary took him away." Lu Bixing worked hard to get the look right, and after admiring himself for a long time, he finally waited for an audience to show up, but he ruined the show as soon as he entered the room. He had no choice but to get down from the high stool, sighed silently, and circled around the "spider" a few times, "What, did you two catch the human trafficker? Is it him?"

The fourth brother glanced at him.

"Tsk, do you still need to ask?" Lu Bixing turned the man on the ground over with his toes, raised his head and winked at Zhan Lu, "There is no space field in the Eighth Galaxy that can escape Zhan Lu's tracking, right, baby?"

Zhan Lu said expressionlessly: "Thank you for your affirmation."

The fourth brother also had a blank expression: "Then what are you still doing here?"

Lu Bixing looked up and saw two identical cold faces. He was helpless: "Hey, you two, who is the one who looks like you?"

As he spoke, he half-knelt on the ground and pressed Spider's carotid artery. He found that Spider was still alive, so he became serious: "I don't want to know who he is or what he is doing here. I just want to ask one question and then leave - is there any danger for my female student involved in this matter?"

"Don't worry," Zhan Lu replied, "Miss Huang's information was intercepted by me and did not flow to his accomplices."

After hearing this assurance, Lu Bixing stopped talking nonsense, nodded, stood up, and took a bottle of wine from behind the bar without asking.

"Then I'm leaving," Lu Bixing walked to the door and adjusted his appearance in front of the glass on the door. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and turned around and said, "By the way, the girl told me what happened. I suspect this person has something similar to the 'Garden of Eden'. You guys should be careful---bye."

The fourth brother's eyebrows moved: "Wait."