My Players Are So Fierce

Ten minutes ago, when Murphy and Old Flywheel left the manufacturing workshop for a conversation, Little Sheron didn’t follow them to listen to men’s boring chit-chat. Instead, she stayed alone in Old Flywheel’s workshop.

As a mechanic who had advanced training in Charldo Harbor, she had not yet obtained the formal license from the Mechanic’s Guild, but her exceptional skills and remarkable thinking had already been recognized by several master mechanics, including Principal Minkus Steam Valve.

They all said that Little Sheron would definitely become an excellent vampire master mechanic.

Hmm, the combination of “vampire” and “master mechanic,” representing metaphysics and science respectively, truly looks odd no matter how you see it.

As for how Little Sheron met a big figure like Minkus in such a short time, tsk, are you doubting Lady Xikemeier’s connections?

Not to mention Sheron herself is the de facto leader of one-third of the land in Transylvania, politically speaking, nor that Sheron was appointed by Murphy and Triss as the full representative of the Blood Vulture Clan. Just speaking of her mother’s family, the Glendale Family is a well-known household in Charldo Harbor.

Her Uncle Glendale, although just a city defense officer, is extremely powerful, practically single-handedly handling all the demands for precise mechanical smuggled goods for Transia People at the early stage of the war, even stealthily delivering banned items like steam walkers to the battlefield.

This background makes Sheron feel almost at home in Charldo Harbor.

Through her Uncle’s introduction, Little Sheron not only met Principal Minkus, visited the Mechanic’s Guild, but even had dinners with several Steam Lords as well as ambassadors from Sanghai People and Elves. The poor Little Potato, once tormented by the Psychic Plague, is now truly a worldly-wise grown-up Little Potato.

Of course, Uncle Glendale’s enthusiasm towards Sheron also had his considerations, perhaps seeing the political potential in his niece.

But anyway, the Half-body Man Uncle’s contributions were worthwhile, not only allowing himself to survive the political storms in Charldo Harbor but also sheltering the family, enabling them to start anew in Transylvania.

In short, after Little Sheron went to Charldo Harbor, she had pretty much undergone a “transformation”.

She certainly knows Old Flywheel’s great reputation in the mechanic circle, as he was the most rebellious master mechanic born in Charldo Harbor. Old Flywheel’s character and integrity might be somewhat lacking, but his skills are undeniable.

Now, having finally come to Flywheel’s manufacturing workshop, as a mechanic, Little Sheron must wander around; perhaps she could learn something quite impressive.

Then, she immediately spotted the Dragon Knight No. 1, which Old Flywheel had fixed on the manufacturing platform with a mechanical lock.

“Hey hey hey, why has this walker been transformed in such a manner? So strange, Master Flywheel removed the crew cabin! Is he not planning to let the driver operate it? What kind of control method does he intend to use?

Could it be the automatic control of the Remote Calculating Orb System?

But Master Minkus said that even the automatic control mode provided by the fourth generation of Calculating Pearl hasn’t developed to the point where it can control war weapons yet.”

Sheron curiously circled the Dragon Knight No. 1 a few times, the modification of this walker was something she had never even seen or thought of before.

She found it very interesting, thus fluttering her wings enthusiastically to float up, approaching to explore the internal structure of this walker with its external armor removed.

Upon closer inspection, when she touched the black aquarium-like moistware brain, Little Sheron quickly retracted her hand as if electrified.

Being a young mechanic who had talked and laughed with Master Minkus, Sheron certainly knew what this black thing was.

It’s moistware!

This seemingly harmless name represents something quite terrifying.

It’s a special “engineering component” made by processing a complete biological brain through a series of alchemy and engineering techniques, aiming to retain the wisdom and thoughts of a living being, allowing them to continue their existence in this odd manner even after death.

It’s said that moistware appeared a long time ago, as Half-body Men’s mechanical attempt towards “immortality.”

Its inspiration came from the special treatment of brains by Sanghai People during mummy-making, like Little Mummy Nefertili, whose thinking and wisdom still function in her dried-up brain.

This is also the primary reason why water entering the brain would cause a drastic change in Nefertili’s temperament.

Though her brain is dried, it’s still in use.

In short, moistware is a “milestone” work in steam engineering. Before more intelligent Calculating Pearls were born, many of the Half-body Men’s automatons operated with moistware as the control core. It’s clearly an inhumane and somewhat cruel custom and habit.

In that era, the clever Half-body Men would receive notifications before they died; the development of civilization and machinery required their wisdom. Most of the “enlisted” Half-body Men sages didn’t refuse to contribute their brains posthumously. From this perspective, the Half-body Man civilization also experienced a very “uncivilized” stage of development.