Chapter 506 (1/2)

Book 5, Chapter 11 – Super Tree-Mushrooms

Laboratories and research facilities were built here before Greenland City was established as a new domain Now hellflower led their research and development priorities

Cloudhawk didn't understand a lot about science Perhaps that's why he didn't pay much

When he went to find her Cloudhawk found the scientist with her silver hair tied up in a ponytail Even the unflattering lab coat couldn't hide her curvaceous figure Delicate fingers gently pushed the safety goggles up on her head as she looked with some surprise toward Cloudhawk “So busy yet you find tiht on ti nice to show you”

hellflower grabbed hie machine

He gave it the once over but all he saas a complicated mess of steel and wires He couldn't tell what it wasjust looked like a bunch of cylinders and pipes welded together

“Don't judge a book by its cover now” hellflower folded her are face of Greenland City, maybe even the whole wasteland It will have incredible implications”

hellfloasn't typically one for hyperbole In fact she ell known for being pragly, swollen monstrosity somehow earned her excitement

A couple of her assistants opened the machine It contained a considerable amount of thick, viscous fluid

Cloudhawk didn't notice any particular sured it was soht the light, giving the surface a faint gleam

The scientists poured half its contents into a metal box and sealed it shut A lever was then pulled, followed byalive

A dull rumble reached his ears Moments later, a screech like a wild animal was released from the pipes

The strange crackling he heard was fro up So fire But that wasn't what shocked Cloudhawk What folloas a scene where he witnessed the ugly and cumbersome machine start to quake It bucked and ru to move, like within a beast desperate to break free

Thud-thud-thud-thud!

Cloudhawk could feel the energy co The pistons picked up speed If they attacked this to so heels – it wouldhe'd seen before Who knows,ine could really change the wastelands

This wasn't a typical internal coineer and knew next to nothing about old tech, but awas He learned to drive vehicles way back in Blackflag Outpost when he ran with the Tartarus Mercenaries, so he had at least a little knowledge

Engines weren't all that special in the wastelands But this… this thing was different

It was a coy it produced was a hell of lot more than normal It wasn't just about the quality of the fuel in it, either The reality was it was probably a coood stuff, and the construction of it took advantage of that

“If we pushed it, it would produce several times this much output” hellflower couldn't hide the pride froret “Unfortunately we have very little dragon-iron, which is the only h teh for the cylinders and other crucial parts The rest of it was made with standard y load without exploding”

“What fuel does it use? How is it so powerful?” Cloudhaas gave the ht “Eboncrys?”

“You're a clever boy! But that's only half right” hellflower gave Cloudhawk an appreciative look “Only the Elysians have mastered the formula for stable, useful eboncrys fuel They use it for their airshi+ps and pylons For us wastelanders to uncover their production secrets is a tall order”

Her explanation only ured it out?”

“Of course not Why should we iure out the fuel, ould need the technology of their pylon reactors to utilize it effectively Those are far too difficult to counterfeit Remember, this was all invented by a very different civilization from our own”

She then drew herself up with pride

“We discovered so completely new Not only is it just as effective as an Elysian reactor, it's actually more stable and controllable In fact, you've contributed a lot in this invention” She s about”

Cloudhawk replied “Well don't keep me in suspense, what is it?”

“The mysterious spores we found in that alien world” hellfloaved over her assistants, who brought the re fuel over for them to inspect “This fuel is actually a mixture of silicon oil from eboncrys fruit and those mushroom spores”

Most energy sources were inherently dangerous Gas, crude oil, and so on… they were flammable and prone to explosive accidents Eboncrys, on the other hand, was hard to ith but that's what h tey The trick was to find an effective and efficient method of release and utilization