(Fourth update...)
(Ru Qing's affairs were nearly wrapped up. In another two or three days, updates could return to normal. Thankfully, during this time, Ru Qing had maintained the record of not taking leave or owing any chapters. So, friends, seeing how principled Ru Qing has been, please show your support...)
"Hey, that student over there! Come take a look!"
"Come take a look! We guarantee you'll be satisfied!"
"We'll give you a discount! Come take a look!"
Under the sunlight, the streets of Liverpool, known as Automaton City, echoed with incredibly enthusiastic and lively cries, filling the entire shopping district with vibrant energy...
Pedestrians flowed like water, gathering in twos and threes as they brushed past one another in opposite directions along the commercial street.
The surrounding shops and restaurants were packed with customers. Ordinary stores such as shoe shops, clothing stores, and accessory shops were unusually mingled with expensive jewelers, all displaying their wares to passersby without distinction.
Among the shops lining both sides of the street, some also sold mechanical parts and thaumaturgical supplies. They even offered cheap, low-powered Magic Circuits and completed low-performance Automatons.
It was a sight one would never see in an ordinary city.
Yet in Liverpool, Automaton City, shops selling items related to Automatons could be found everywhere.
Walking down such streets, one could see glass display cases filled with all kinds of parts at every turn. Some of the rarer shops even displayed spherical objects.
Those parts were all components used to assemble Automatons!
As for those spheres, they were Magic Circuits that had been stored away, never activated, and never installed!
Of course, the parts and Magic Circuits sold in street-side shops could only be used to create the very lowest-grade Automatons.
In the eyes of truly skilled Automaton Masters, not