Chapter 682

Scott shook his head frantically, trying to talk his way out.

【Things have come to this point; it's better not to shirk responsibility.】

Brother Dan Heng looked at Scott with an unfriendly gaze and said.

【I really don't know how this thing started moving on its own... I can swear it on the Amber Lord!】

Scott stamped his foot,

and roared in agitation.

【Enough.】

【Sister Xikui, please take a few Cloud Knights and escort these guests from the Company to the Skyward Commission first.】

Hearing Yanqing couldn't stand it any longer,

and prepared to have someone take Scott away for custody first.

【Understood. This way, please, Mr. Scott.】

Sister Xikui nodded and looked at Scott.

March 7th: "Good thing we had the numbers; we just took down this big guy directly."

March 7th: "Otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable."

Seeing Jiaoqiu: "Tch, his fighting style really does share many similarities with the Abundance."

Seeing Jiaoqiu: "Especially that near-frenzied characteristic..."

Seeing Jiaoqiu: "But what concerns me more is... whether this machine has the Abundance's superhuman recovery trait?"

Hearing Moze: "Judging by how cleanly it was taken down, no."

General Feixiao: "When have the Abundance's traits ever been that easy to integrate into a machine?"

General Feixiao: "Most likely this batch of machines is just an early experimental model."

Stelle: "Now Scott, as the person in charge, is probably going to take the big fall."

Stelle: "Can only say, being a working stiff really isn't easy."

Furina: "Judging by how Scott looked just now, unless his acting is ridiculously good!"

Furina: "Otherwise he really shouldn't know what's going on."

General Jing Yuan: "If it's verified that he truly didn't know, the Alliance won't make things too hard for him."

General Jing Yuan: "But this batch of goods—if the Company or the Guild want to take them away, that won't be so easy."

Topaz: "That's for the Guild to worry about; it doesn't really have much to do with the Company."

The video continued.

Scott didn't resist this time,

because facts speak louder than words.

So he shook his head and trudged off dejectedly with the Cloud Knights.

【My lords, after a preliminary inspection, as the artisan feared, biological tissue is hidden within.】

【I'm not even sure whether this thing counts as a mechanical construct or a living being.】

At this moment, Miss Lingsha also conducted an examination of the mecha collapsed on the ground,

and reached a preliminary conclusion.

【Why do you say that?】

Stelle heard Miss Lingsha's words,

and asked curiously.

【The core part of this thing is what the jargon calls 'wetware.'】

【Put plainly, this machine is driven by the nervous system of some creature as its control center.】

Miss Lingsha didn't answer this question,

but rather Kongqing of the Artisanship Commission answered it.

Silver Wolf: "Meaning, this big guy might be driven by some creature's brain?"

Miss Lingsha: "Not necessarily a brain; it could be other biological tissue."

Stelle: "Ugh, just thinking about it is disgusting."

Stelle: "What's the point of making this stuff? Can't they make something normal?"

Stelle: "Also, compared to ordinary mecha creations, its performance doesn't even seem that impressive?"

Miss Qingque: "Forgive my bluntness, aside from looking a bit more savage, it doesn't even feel as strong as a Gold Man."

Stelle: "I agree—when a Gold Man gets mad, its stabs really hurt!"

Stelle: "But this thing feels like all show, no substance."

Brother Dan Heng: "Perhaps, as General Feixiao just said, this batch of mechs is just a prototype, not yet perfected."

Brother Dan Heng: "Performance isn't great either."

Brother Dan Heng: "But even so, placed in front of ordinary people, this thing is a complete killing weapon."

Brother Dan Heng: "It needs to be properly dealt with!"

Hu Tao: "So does this thing actually have anything to do with the Abundance?"

Hu Tao: "Is the biological tissue inside from the Abundance or not?"

Miss Lingsha: "To know that, we'd need a specific lab analysis."

Miss Lingsha: "Although the current inference is that it's very likely related to the Abundance."

Miss Lingsha: "But that's only an inference."

The video continued.

GLOSSARY:

- Scott

- Brother Dan Heng

- Sister Xikui

- Cloud Knights

- Skyward Commission

- Yanqing

- March 7th

- Jiaoqiu

- Abundance

- Moze

- General Feixiao

- Stelle

- Furina

- General Jing Yuan

- Alliance

- Company

- Guild

- Topaz

- Miss Lingsha

- mecha

- Artisanship Commission

- Kongqing

- Silver Wolf

- Miss Qingque

- Gold Man

- Hu Tao

- Amber Lord

"I need to take some samples and let the alchemists analyze them — then we'll know where this biological tissue came from."

After gazing at the mechanical armor in thought for a moment,

Miss Lingsha said to the crowd.

"Why would the Boshixue Society employ a technology that so flagrantly violates ethics?"

"To create new weapons?"

Brother Dan Heng felt that the Boshixue Society's purpose in building this thing

was rather suspicious.

"Whatever the reason, this may well be why the Buliren Society attacked this ship."

"No wonder the company's people didn't want to let us open the crate and inspect it."

"I'll contact the Ten Kings' Court and ask a Judge to come weigh in on the judgment."

"By regulation, any prisoners and weapons involving dangerous creatures should be transported to the Youqiu Prison for containment, then dealt with further."

"After all, that's the safest place in all of Luo Fu."

"Mr. Craftsman, please go with the Cloud Knights and explain the situation to the Judge."

March 7th: "Huh?"

March 7th: "It's actually being contained in the Youqiu Prison? That's quite the待遇, isn't it?"

Hearing Yanqing: "It happened suddenly, and at this special juncture, being cautious is better."

Paimon: "Youqiu Prison... that sounds like some kind of jail."

Paimon: "Just hearing the name makes Paimon shiver all over..."

Paimon: "That place must be terrifying, right?"

Judge Hanya: "Terrifying?"

Judge Hanya: "Hmm... how should I put it?"

Judge Hanya: "The Youqiu Prison itself isn't terrifying — as long as you haven't committed any unforgivable capital crimes, that place is destined to have no fate with you."

Judge Hanya: "But the criminals contained within can mostly be called terrifying."

Judge Hanya: "In fact, the word 'terrifying' may well fall far short of describing those heavy offenders."

Huohuo: "I... I heard before that the Youqiu Prison even holds super demons who kill without blinking."

Huohuo: "He... he could even wipe out every single person on an entire planet!"

Lumine: "Uh... that does sound pretty scary."

Lumine: "Good thing Teyvat doesn't have any place that scary."

Furina: "A prison?"

Furina: "Is it something like Meropide Fortress?"