Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1254 602: Dark Bridge (This Chapter Contains Nuclear Energy)

The wife pointed at the cannon-like equipment and said to Li Banfeng, "This thing looks somewhat similar to the Magnetic Quake Cannon from back then, but its function is entirely different. Little Servant calls it the Dark Bridge Cannon.

The Dark Bridge Cannon was made by Little Servant based on the lectures of Yu Yaoming and Sassy Hooves, but more than half of the methods were designed by Little Servant himself. Whether it's effective, Little Servant can't guarantee."

"Wife, having you, my sweetheart, is truly a blessing from a past life!" Li Banfeng was delighted and danced with his wife in the laboratory.

He was dancing the puppet waltz, but his wife was not in the phonograph body this time, she was using a puppet body. Although it looked nice, it wasn't coordinated enough, and she couldn't keep up with Li Banfeng's dance steps. After about ten minutes, she was exhausted and panting.

The lighting was also unresponsive, as the lab's electric lights didn't proactively create an atmosphere.

Li Banfeng glanced at the lights on the ceiling, about to reprimand them, when suddenly the old teapot on the platform spoke up, "Little brother, don't just praise your wife; the rest of us also contributed. I'm old and shameless, so let me be honest today: your wife is really difficult to serve!"

Even Meng De felt aggrieved, "When Lady experiments, if it goes smoothly, it's fine; but if not, she vents her anger on us. The beatings start from twenty hits!"

Clock Pendulum sobbed twice without speaking, while Tang Sword sighed, "The Marshal's temper hasn't changed all these years."

The ceiling lights flashed together, seemingly condemning the wife.

Zhao Xiaowan glanced around, and the room immediately fell silent; even the lid of the old teapot trembled.

They thought Zhao Xiaowan would lose her temper again, but unexpectedly, she bowed to everyone and offered an apology: "Whenever I focus on important matters, I can't control my temper. You've all worked hard these days. After returning home, I'll discuss with my husband about rewarding everyone."

Li Banfeng waved his hand, "No need for discussion, everyone should be rewarded, as the wife decides."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the lights on the ceiling became lively. Li Banfeng touched the Dark Bridge Cannon made by his wife and kissed Zhao Xiaowan, "Beloved wife, when shall we test this cannon?"

"We can't test it now; it's missing the last component, the Lie Root Stone."

"What is that?"

"The Lie Root Stone is a type of spiritual object unique to Puluo State. Normally, it looks no different from an ordinary stone, but if you tell it a hundred lies every day, it can root in the soil and then grow slowly,

This stone is adept at creating illusions and fabricating lies. Although its function isn't strong, it's very troublesome to cultivate, so it's nearly extinct."

Li Banfeng opened Yu Yaoming's lecture notes, "Wife, don't worry. If Yu Yaoming used it, I can definitely find it in the Outside Provinces."

Xiaowan shook her head, "Yu Yaoming hasn't used it, and it's not mentioned in the lecture notes by Sassy Hooves or in the Lavsha people's board notes. This idea is entirely Little Servant's."

Li Banfeng set the notes aside, "Wife, do you know where the Lie Root Stone is?"

"In Little Servant's impression, there's one at the Soda Kiln and another at De Song Cliff."

"What kind of place is De Song Cliff?"

"The territory of Virtue Cultivation; over two hundred cultivators live at De Song Cliff, each controlling over two hundred villages..."

Mentioning Virtue Cultivation made Li Banfeng nauseous, he waved his hand, "Not going there, I'll go to the Soda Kiln and bring back the stone."

Li Banfeng didn't go directly to the Soda Kiln; he went to Ma Wu's territory.

Feng Daiku was dealing with matters of opening up wasteland, while Ma Wu was comforting the newly arrived Straw Moth Lady.

"You've not been eating properly these last few days; you're all skinny from hunger!" Ma Wu carried a bucket, feeding Straw Moth Lady porridge.

Straw Moth Lady lowered her head and said, "I've just had no appetite lately, it feels like I'm..."

Feng Daiku sneered, "You still think you can have something with him? Dream on!"

Li Banfeng found Feng Daiku and asked about the Lie Root Stone. Feng Daiku was feeling troubled, but seeing Li Qi was rare, so he quickly accompanied him to the Soda Kiln.

Although the time in charge of the territory was short, Feng Daiku had a good grasp of major and minor matters at the Soda Kiln, and quickly found out the whereabouts of the Lie Root Stone.

"Back then, Shi Gongxing had a piece of Lie Root Stone, but later a merchant exchanged it for two magical treasures,

It is said that the merchant sold the Lie Root Stone at a high price to the Defense Agency, and the Defense Agency transported it to the Outside Provinces. As for its whereabouts after that, I don't know."

After going to the Outside Provinces, where else could it go?

Most likely, it should go to the Dark Star Bureau.

But how to bring this up to Little Shen?

If he knows I took the Lie Root Stone, will he suspect I'm researching ways to break through the boundary?

...

Yuezhou, Dark Star Bureau.

Shen Jingye tossed the materials all over the place.

Sitting across from him, Chen Changrui said nothing, knowing that saying even one more word now would be touching Shen Jingye's nerves.

"I asked you to take people to investigate Gourd Village, and now you've involved even the deputy director! I have to give an account to the higher-ups now, and you're just using this broken stuff to fob me off?"

Chen Changrui was desperately investigating Li Qi's whereabouts, but had found nothing in recent days.

Shen Jingye rubbed his forehead, knowing he couldn't completely blame Chen Changrui, especially since Li Qi's disappearance wasn't something Chen Changrui could control.

But the current situation was really hard for Shen Jingye to accept; regarding Gourd Village, doing nothing and even neglect would be far better than losing the deputy director, especially since this deputy director was the most successful Balancer in Dark Star Bureau's history.