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  Penny clearly saw the various metal joints on the magic image's body trembling with a 'creaking' sound, and murky engine oil leaked out from between the metal seams. Penny was very suspicious that the magic image could only vent its intense emotions in this way.

  Recalling the scene where the empire was destroyed, a burst of black smoke emerged from the top of the magic image's head, and the phantom sound effect lost control to a certain extent. The out-of-control constant phantom sound even began to emit eerie garbled codes.

  A rare good opportunity.

  Panny's right hand slipped into the sleeve of his long robe, and he began to mutter incantations, about to guide the power from the scroll.

  Hiss!

  At this moment, the mechanical master invaded Penny's soul and his thinking hand finally collapsed completely. Penny's head shook again, and the spell that had just been guided was interrupted. Penny was shaken by this small-scale mental explosion, dizzy and disoriented, fortunately, her soul was tough enough, so she didn't leave any sequelae such as brain damage. When she came back to herself, she saw that the magic image of the mechanical master was motionless, and the machine oil on his body had become clean at some point.

  It's hard to imagine a Clockwork Machinist letting him off easy with this kind of counter-magic.

  He pinched a scroll and was about to take the lead, when he suddenly saw the Qixie Master turn his head around, the voice of the illusion technique was somewhat puzzled: "Just now... what happened?"

  Penny's small movements stopped, and her raised heart slightly fell back down.

  It seems to be Penny's mental attack, forcing Qigong Master to delete this memory to avoid spiritual disorder.

  Pang Ni felt a little regretful, a good opportunity was gone, and Qixi Shi might not give him a second chance.

  "You cast a spell to dominate humans on me, and I resisted it." Pennie said with a respectful attitude, her tone was flat, as if she were simply stating a fact.

  It's clear that Qixi didn't mind the tone, he nodded thoughtfully: "So that's how it is. Then how can I trust you to enter my lab?"

  Penny's eyes swept across the already open laboratory door, where some kind of magical effect seemed to distort the light, making it impossible to see anything clearly, while the mechanic was lost in thought.

  He indeed cut off his memories when he was about to collapse from being recalled, abandoning those emotions and forgetting what had just happened.

  Sagopa Kajmer felt uneasy, to be on the safe side, he wanted to cast the remaining Mind Spell on Penny, but suddenly felt a strong sense of inappropriateness.

  A deeper consciousness warned him not to try to invade Penny's soul.

  Although the nightmare-like memory was split away, the image of Penny's soul still left a psychological shadow on Qiji.

  "It's strange, after this experiment is over, we must extract his soul for examination."

  The Qixie master thought to himself, hesitated for a moment, and put a sixth-ring spell on Penny.

  Pang Ni's head suddenly hurt and he felt his consciousness seemed to be connected to something, just as he was wondering what kind of magic this was, the strange mechanic said:

  "Follow me, don't make any other moves."

  He suddenly felt a feeling in his heart that if he didn't act according to Qixi's words, there would be very serious consequences.

  Pannie followed closely behind Qixie Master and roughly guessed what Qixie Master had put on him.

  The spell, also known as the infamous GEAS, is unlike other controlling spells that invade the soul. Instead, it's more like a coercive curse - if the recipient doesn't follow the caster's instructions, they'll suffer the most severe and potentially lethal magical damage.

  Pannie became increasingly cautious, knowing that this strange mechanic, although lacking in emotional intelligence, was absolutely not a fool. From the wooden Sagba's mouth, he learned that the demon image mechanic was a guy who was crazy about experimentation and would not allow any unexpected factors to interfere with his own experiments, and various precautions were also natural.

  Although this spell gave him some restrictions, it was not 'dominating humans' or 'invading the mind' that made him completely helpless. If he could withstand the magical damage caused by disobeying orders, there were still opportunities.

  Pannie thought so, took a deep breath and followed the magic image into the laboratory. The laboratory was unexpectedly not as luxurious as he had imagined.

  In the center of a room about ten square meters in size was a large experimental instrument that resembled a super electronic computer, Penny knew from her brain's Imasuka Empire's Kikeijishi records that this was a standard modulator used by Kikeijishis for experimentation, similar to the trial platform commonly used by modern alchemists, but it incorporated the profound magical industrial technology of the ancient empire, and the standard modulator had more powerful and comprehensive functions.

  The console is very large, occupying almost half of the room. Obviously, it's a bit difficult for one person to control, and if precise operation is required, finding an assistant is necessary.

  In the room, apart from the console, there was no other decoration. In Penny's imagination, it should at least have some of the proud works of a master craftsman, such as a fully assembled magical golem or exquisite magic weapons, but none of these existed.

  The mechanic pressed a few buttons on the console, and in the center of the table, a soft hum sounded, and a platform floated up. On the platform was something that made Penny feel extremely strange.

  A strange-looking creature.

  It looks like a small mouse, only two inches long, and with its tail, it's just four inches.

  The strangeness started from this one root of a long tail, because the bright texture and the sharp thorn at the tip didn't look like a mouse's tail at all. The four claws under its body were also strange black, with a glossy appearance that presented a mysterious and ancient aura.

  This mouse's head is even stranger.

  It had three eyes, the two on either side were tightly closed, and when Penny looked closer, the one in the middle that seemed to be an eye was actually a dark grey glowing crystal of unknown material, shaped like an hourglass with flowing luster; The creature's ears were slender and elf-like, with thin membranes like cicada wings, as if two wings floated on top of its head.

  Its fur is a translucent silver-white color that gradates from the inside out, probably also this color in the physical plane, beautiful and extraordinary, refracting the surrounding light, as if wearing a cloak of illusion, possibly hiding in the shadows at any time.

  However, Ren Panni recalled all sorts of scholarly adventurers' compilations of monster gazetteers, but couldn't think of what kind of monster matched the image in front of him. He looked at the mouse curiously and suddenly felt that although this creature had a vital aura, it also had a contradictory sense of deathly stillness.

  Is this the material for the experiment?

  "Oh, right, my assistant. Before we begin the experiment, I think I should explain what it's about to you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime." The Mechanic spoke up at this time, and from a certain perspective, this could also be considered an instruction within the scope of guidance techniques. Penny had been harboring a lot of questions and immediately began asking them:

  "Mr. Pascal, may I ask, what kind of monster is this? Why haven't I seen any records of such a creature in the classics?"

  "Recorded? Of course not, because it doesn't exist anywhere except this hemisphere." Sagaba Pasca's voice was somewhat complacent: "It is the most perfect magical weapon I have ever created."

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