Chapter 84

The headquarters of the Mechanics Union is located in Los Angeles, where the civilian working class gathers.

Both Loos District and Honiton District are built along the Felegren River, one to the south and the other to the north.

The car sped all the way and arrived at the Mechanical Union in less than twenty minutes.

Pollock hopped out of the car before it came to a complete stop, intending to rush in.

Ryan and Frieda followed.

It was his first time to come to the Mechanical Union, and when he looked up, he saw a building with a height of nearly 100 meters. It stood out from the crowd in Longshande City, second only to the Wizard Tower.

There are several buildings at the foot of the building, all of which are large factory buildings with only one floor high, and there are bursts of roaring sounds from inside.

When Ren saw this layout, he immediately remembered the large manufacturing plant in his previous life.

At the gate of the trade union, two three-meter-tall humanoid mechanical puppets stood on one left and one on the right.

They are all silver-gray, and their outer shells are thick plate armor made of metal. They hold a giant sword in both hands, majestic, heavy and solemn, and extremely deterrent.

Pollock approached the door, and the eyes of the two puppets immediately lit up red. There was a faint sound of gears turning inside, and white steam spewed out from behind. He raised his giant sword extremely quickly and struck each other. way to go.

"Please stop."

"Show your identity."

A blunt voice came from the head of the mechanical puppet, without any emotion.

Pollock hurriedly took two steps back, took out his Demon Squad ID card, and shouted loudly, "The Demon Squad is doing business, get out of the way."

The mechanical puppet on the left turned its eyes and looked at the ID card. It seemed that it could not recognize it, and stood still.

A Transcendent in uniform and looking like a guard hurried out from behind the gate.

Pollock threw his ID card to him and shouted, "It's urgent, I want to see your president, open the door."

The guard only glanced at the ID card, and his expression changed slightly.

"Yes." Not daring to delay, he took out a metal box from his pocket, pressed a button on the box, and the two mechanical puppets returned to their original places immediately.

At the same time, the door to the Mechanical Union opened quickly.

Pollock quickly grabbed the turn card and rushed directly into the building.

The sound of hurried footsteps sounded from the lobby on the first floor, attracting the attention of busy people. Pollock rushed to the front desk and quickly asked the people behind the counter, "Where is Travic? Is he still in the union?"

Pollock questioned a young woman in her twenties. She was dressed in neat work clothes and had a good face. She was taken aback by the situation, thinking that something serious had happened, and almost turned around and was about to run away.

Pollock was helpless for a while, and could only hold up his identity card again.

"We're from the Demon Slayer, who knows where Travic is?" He raised his voice so that everyone in the hall could hear.

There was silence for a few seconds, and finally someone replied: "Mr. Travic left this morning and hasn't returned yet."

Pollock looked at the man who answered, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes." The man was very sure, as if he was also a mechanic: "I saw him leave with my own eyes. It was not time for get off work, and he left early, so I was very impressed."

"Hold!"

Pollock couldn't help cursing out. Obviously, Travic noticed the abnormality and had already fled.

A fifth-level mechanic, who concentrates on hiding in a big city with a population of one million, is too difficult to find.

If this fallen person cannot be found in time, the consequences will be disastrous.

"The idiots of the security team can't even check people secretly. Not only did they not find out the problem, but they exposed themselves." Pollock couldn't help cursing when he thought of the serious consequences that Travich might cause.

Ren next to him didn't mess up.

Travich's curse has been on for at least two months. He has been lurking for so long, so he must have a conspiracy. Maybe he used his position in the Mechanical Union to do something shady.

He can clean up the clues at home, but not in the union.

When he sensed the exposure in the morning, he fled back home immediately. He didn't have time to deal with the clues in the trade union, and he didn't dare to make big moves to avoid being caught by the mechanics union.

Ren looked behind the counter and asked, "Where is Travic's office?"

"On the fifth floor, come out of the elevator and turn left to the first room."

Pollock heard the conversation between the two, and immediately reacted, and took the lead in rushing into the elevator.

With a bang, the door was knocked open.

Travic's office is not small, in addition to a set of luxurious desks and chairs, there are several large cabinets full of books and materials.

The three of Ryan rummaged through boxes, hoping to find something useful.

"What are you doing?" A middle-aged man appeared at the door of the office. He was about to question sharply, but his tone changed, "Ren, why are you here?"

"Mr. Keneji."

Ren put down the drawer in his hand, and quickly explained: "I am now a member of the demon squad. Travic cursed and became a fallen man. He has fled. We are looking for clues about his whereabouts."

Keneji originally wanted to catch up with Rennes, but when he heard this, his expression changed drastically: "Travic has fallen? Are you sure?"

"More than 90%, we just came from his house, and there are no living people there." Ren replied.

"What are these things? It's useless at all." Pollock threw away a pile of books in his hand. He looked at Keneji and asked angrily, "Who are you? What's your relationship with Travech?"

"I'm the vice president of the Mechanics Union." Keneji maintained his demeanor. "Travic is my subordinate. I don't have many private interactions, but I'm familiar with it." He recalled for a few seconds and continued: "Five months ago, Travic was seriously injured when an explosion occurred while repairing a magic airship, and he came back after recuperating for two months."

The meaning of Kenieji's words is very clear. Travic should have fallen in that story.

"Five months ago..." Pollock was very dissatisfied, "It's been so long since he was injured and came back to work, and you didn't find anything wrong with him?"

Keneji spread his hands, "We are the Mechanical Union, not the Demon Squad, anyway, he has no problems at work."

Pollock was furious, but he also knew that it would be really difficult for an extraordinary fallen person to be discovered if he deliberately concealed it.

The mechanic union has some responsibility in this matter, but it is not the main factor.

Ren quickly smoothed things over and said, "Mr. Keneji, you are more familiar with Travic, where do you think he will hide?"

"I have no idea."

Keneji thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "But I have a way, you follow me."

The three followed Keneji to the second floor and entered a spacious room. As soon as they entered, everyone was attracted by a huge machine.

The size of this machine is very large, occupying almost half of the room. It is composed of countless parts, including gears, columns, rockers, and couplings. There are tens of thousands of them, and each part has been polished to a shiny finish. , shining with metal light, they were neatly assembled row by row, tightly snapped together, and finally turned into a complex and precise mechanical instrument!

Ren recognized the mechanical instrument the moment he saw it.

"Difference Engine? Or Analysis Engine?"

On the earth in the previous life, someone made a semi-finished difference engine, which is displayed in museums along with several replicas, and more advanced analysis engines only exist on drawings, but in Ellenhaus, this mechanical computer into the field of application.

Ryan stared wide-eyed and observed, and soon found that it was very different from the difference engine in his impression.

This instrument is not purely mechanical. It is connected to a steam engine to provide power. This steam engine does not burn coal, but some kind of expensive magic crystal ore.

The surface of the steam engine is covered with runes and patterns, emitting magical energy.

This energy not only provided heat for the steam engine, but part of it flowed along the pipelines to the huge machinery. It was unknown what purpose it was for.

"A difference engine that combines mechanics and magic?"

Ren was very curious about what this machine could be used for.

There is an operating table next to the mechanical instruments, and there are two operators sitting there. I can see in the soul that they are all mechanics.

Seeing Keneji coming in, the two stood up and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, Vice President."

"Well, sit down." Keneji pulled out a white card from his jacket. There were many small holes on one side of the card, and Keneji's head portrait and brief information were printed on it.

He handed over the card and ordered: "Call out Travich's work files for the last three months, including all the documents and travel records he handled."

"Yes." The mechanic took the card and inserted it into the slot in front of him.

His lips moved slightly, as if he was reciting some spell silently.

The voice was too low to be heard, and Ren didn't have time to listen carefully, but only vaguely heard a few words: "Ring the big bell... Push the lever... Inject life... Sing in unison, praise..."

Then, he pushed the rocker on the side.

buzz buzz...

The brilliance of magic shines, energy flows, the steam engine makes a roaring sound, pushes the piston to do work, the power is transmitted to the difference engine, drives the machine, rows of large and small gears turn, and parts engraved with numbers roll over. Flying, the huge mechanical instrument made regular metal crashing sounds.

click click...

The sound is as dense as raindrops. This is not music, but it sounds strange and pleasant.

Suddenly, the whole room vibrated slightly.

Watching this dazzling scene, Ren's heart beat a few beats faster, and he inexplicably felt a kind of mechanical beauty, and he was a little intoxicated!

Not only him, Pollock and Frieda were also shocked and speechless.

Seeing the reaction of the three of them, Keneji showed a bit of complacency in his eyes.

The mechanic took out a book, opened the pages, and seemed to be looking for something, then pressed quickly on the console and entered a series of numbers.

The machine ran continuously for more than ten seconds before stopping with a snap.

A bright magical light shot out from the operating table, shining on the opposite wall, forming a whole page of clear written records.

Ren quickly browsed through and found that these were all related to Travic.

He was very surprised. It turned out that this magic difference machine output content in this way, which was more magical than imagined.

"Input, calculation, control, storage, output..."

"Except that the calculation speed is very slow and the operation is complicated, it is no different from a computer."

Ren was amazed.

The records displayed on the wall are numerous and complicated, and they have been summarized clearly. Items, columns, words and numbers coexist, densely packed, totaling hundreds of pages. This kind of database-like thing is nothing more than a bible to those who have never been in contact with it, and ordinary people can't understand it at all.

Pollock felt dizzy and dizzy after a few glances, and his eyes were dark.

Frieda also looked bewildered.

Ren was very familiar with these, his mind turned quickly, and his eyes scanned line by line. At the same time, he turned on the camera function of his mobile phone, and secretly took pictures of each page, trying to find useful clues.

Keneji told the mechanic to go away and work on it himself.

He looked at these records, pushed the lever every time he read a page, the machine ran for a few seconds, and the content on the wall turned to a new page.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and there were only the sounds of machinery and magic in the room.

Pollock frequently took out the sound-transmitting meter and walked back and forth anxiously.

Just when he couldn't help asking questions, Ren and Keneji suddenly said in unison: "Warehouse No. 35, Warren Port Wharf."

"What?" Pollock didn't understand for a moment.

Kenieji looked at Rennes with surprise on his face, and explained: "This is the place where Travic has had the most intersections in the past three months. He took advantage of his work convenience to buy a lot of materials and send them to this place. Inside the warehouse."

"Although he did it very covertly, under the statistics of the magic extension, he was still exposed."

"Trawich should be hiding in this warehouse right now."

Ren thought to himself, it turns out that this difference machine is called "Magic Extension Machine", which is quite appropriate.

Pollock didn't care about these explanations at all. He only understood one thing, and that was that he had found Trawich's whereabouts, and shouted: "We will rush there immediately."

Before the words fell, he rushed out.

Ren took a step back and wanted to say goodbye to Keneji, but he saw the other party stand up and said, "I'll go with you. Travic is a fifth-level mechanic, and he is the top talent in our union. Very strong, I'm afraid you are no match."

"Then trouble Mr. Keneji." Ren did not refuse.

Keneji sighed: "As the vice president of the trade union, and at the same time as his boss, this is my responsibility."

Without further delay, the two immediately went downstairs and set off.

The demon squad's car drove out of the gate of the Mechanics Union, followed by Keneji's car, and arrived at the wharf of Port Warren very quickly.

This pier is right on the bank of the river in the Ross area. There are many factories in the Los area, and there is a big force called the Mechanical Trade Union here, so the throughput of the terminal is very large. Thousands of dock workers are busy, and it is a bustling scene.

On the way, Pollock has reported the situation to Captain Daven Lage, and support will arrive soon.

Two cars crossed the pier and soon found Warehouse No. 35.

This location is a little far from the pier, relatively remote, there are few people around, and there is only one road leading to the gate of the warehouse.

Everyone sitting in the car can already see that the door of the warehouse is closed, and it seems that everything is normal.

Pollock pulled out his soul gun, turned to his two teammates and said, "Don't disturb him, we..."

boom!

The violent explosion overturned the whole car, blasted into the sky, and turned into a big ball of fire.