Chapter 295: 294 Generosity and Daddy

"Alright."

Relying on the thoughtful service of the ghost technician, after successfully rushing out of the encirclement, squinting at the pier with ships coming and going in the distance, Leon took the initiative to call a stop:

"If we go any further, it might attract attention. Let's stop the power armor here. Thanks for your help this time."

"……"

I really didn't want to help with this... but do I have a choice?

Watching the Duke flip out of the cockpit, the unlucky Xiao Jinmao endured and endured, but in the end, he didn't say anything. Instead, he resigned himself to his fate, shifted the control stick, and prepared to head back in low spirits, however...

"Wait, don't take the power armor back."

"Ah?"

"The power armor's battery... I mean the energy storage module, this thing is useful to me, help me unload it."

"But... without the energy storage module, I can't drive the power armor, how do I go back?"

"Take a boat, isn't the pier right there?"

"……"

"What's wrong? Is there any other problem?"

"No... no..."

Facing the unreasonable request made by his own Duke, Steven Laien sighed in his heart, resignedly flipped two switches, and opened the power armor's energy storage cabin.

Then, amidst the familiar creaking sound, he climbed out of the cockpit with difficulty, stood helplessly on the side, and watched his own Duke pry the power armor's energy storage module fiercely.

"Hmm... the energy liquid is a bit low, but still thank you."

"You're... you're welcome..."

Nodding dryly and responding to the Duke's polite thanks, Bobby Laien patted his empty pockets, then said with some embarrassment:

"That... Duke, could you... could you lend me some money?"

"Ah?"

"Before I went on the mission, I was sleeping in the barracks, and I didn't expect to be robbed by you... to be brought here, so I didn't bring any money. Can you lend me some money so I can hire a carriage at the pier to go home?"

"This... alright..."

Although he didn't have much money in his hand either, looking at the pitiful little golden hair in front of him, and then looking at the energy storage module on the ground that cost more than 10,000 gold wheels to build, Leon still couldn't bear to refuse his request, and greeted the young Ha to throw out his wallet somewhat reluctantly.

Hmm... but most of his salary was collected by Anna, leaving only a part of the necessary expenses, and he also bought a lot of supplies and hoarded them in the mirror world. He only had 4 silver wheels and 9 copper wheels left in his hand...

"How about not hiring a carriage?"

After looking at his shriveled wallet, Leon tentatively suggested:

"It just so happens that that is the pier. In fact, we can take a boat back to the capital directly, and then transfer to two public carriages, and we can also arrive in the city area."

"That... that's fine..."

"Then you take it, and you don't have to pay this money back!"

Seeing that the little golden hair didn't insist on hiring a carriage, Leon, who was short of money and couldn't refuse, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then counted out 7 copper wheels and handed them over, instructing with a smile:

"The ticket for the flat-rate cabin of the passenger ship is 3 copper wheels. You take it from here all the way to the Bunker River pier and get off, then transfer to the public carriage on the Old City line that runs every 60 minutes, and spend 3 copper wheels to sit all the way to the end, and you can enter the city area of the capital. The carriage there supports payment after arrival, and you can hire a carriage directly.

Or if you want to go to the Laien Manor, you can also get off one stop early, which can save 1 copper wheel. After getting off, walk to the next stop, Westminster Church, and then spend 2 copper wheels to take the line carriage on Church Street, and you can also arrive at Red Cedar Street. It just so happens that you only need 7 copper wheels."

"……"

Facing the Duke, who not only calculated the travel expenses clearly but even thoughtfully provided a guide for saving money, Xiao Jinmao, having received the copper wheels, couldn't help but feel a slight ache in his nose, as if he could already smell the stench of sweaty feet permeating the lower cabins.

……

"Thank... thank you..."

After thanking the generous Duke, Xiao Jinmao, moved to tears, clutched the incredibly precious 7 copper wheels and stumbled away, while Li Ang carried the battery down the small path, found a quiet place, and took out the black fifteen-defense box containing the Ati Fei 128.

Circular interface... then the one needed should also be a circular connector...

After groping for a while on the power armor's energy storage module and finding the pipe tied in the card slot, Leon took off the plug on the energy storage module, followed the method Arthefi 128 taught before, unscrewed the protective bolt, and poked it onto the interface behind the fifteen-proof box to fix it.

Soon, accompanied by a light hum, the black frosted glass-like fifteen-proof box shook slightly. Inside, countless tightly arranged tiny connecting rods, several times thinner than hair, began to move at high speed in a somewhat irregular and wonderful way.

"Thank you for waking me up, Daddy."

"……"

"Uh... you'd better call me Mr. Leon..."

Listening to Arthefi 128's pleasant young girl's voice, the somewhat embarrassed Leon couldn't help but touch his nose and corrected:

"I was... um... you just treat it as if I was joking, okay?"

After "hearing" Leon's words through the copper pipe, the gear set in the fifteen-proof box, which was so dense that it was almost impossible to see the number, began to reverse rapidly at a special rhythm, then drove tens of thousands of connecting rods and card hole devices to poke for a while on the sphere full of tiny holes in the center, transmitting the information in.

And after the core small ball twisted twice, it completed a similar operation in reverse again, driving the dense gear set to rotate forward through the connecting rods, and through the hammer set knocking on the copper pipe, simulated the voice of a human little girl and gave her answer.

"Although I judged that you didn't seem to be joking before, since you have a request, I am willing to comply, Mr. Leon."

"……"

Was that "calculating" just now? What is the principle of this thing?

Looking at Arthefi 128, who accepted and understood his words in less than a second and gave a corresponding answer, Leon couldn't help but curiously ask:

"How on earth do you speak? What are these parts in the box for?"

"The reason I can speak is very simple. As a biological entity with a relatively simple vocal organ structure, 60-80 sounds is the limit for ordinary humans, and the scale recorded by a single gear in my gear set has already far exceeded this number.

The content of the text is relatively complex. Human characters can be roughly classified into four categories: ideographic characters, syllabic characters, morphosyllabic characters, and symbolic characters, and their characteristics can be combined with each other. If 1, 2, 3, and 4 are used to refer to the arrangement, there are about 15 relatively typical comprehensive character modes.

And each character mode has an average of 250,000 to 670,000 valuable words, while common words will be roughly reduced to between 3,000 and 11,000 depending on individual and regional differences, and tone, voice, and corresponding emotions must also be considered.

So even if the process has been greatly simplified, if you want to output corresponding characters in the dialogue and attach emotions to accurately express my meaning, you still need to use fifteen sets of secondary gears and thirty to one hundred and ten short arc levers each time..."

"Alright, alright, don't explain the rest. Just treat it as if I didn't ask this question."

After trying hard to listen for a long time but still being confused, Leon wisely reached a reconciliation with himself, gave up on pondering the reason why she could communicate, and turned to ask the question he cared about most.

"Arthefi, let me ask you."

Taking out the large box issued by the Bureau, putting Arthefi 128 in, and then using Cursed Silver to condense into a dagger, digging a hole in the box, and carding the copper pipe used for "speaking" and "listening" onto it, Leon asked:

"What on earth is the situation in the Kingdom of Kroke? What's going on with the Twin Branch of the Bureau of Cleaning? Do you have any contact with the Water Bottle Director?" ===== CHAPTER 296 =====