The fundamental principles contained within different Technology Trees were fundamentally different.
This might have sounded rather complicated and hard to understand, enough to make one scratch one's head.
But for Black Smoke Sky, who possessed innate advantages as a Mechanical Life—
Those two things were like Chinese barbecue and American barbecue in the eyes of ordinary people.
They were both barbecue.
Yet the difference in flavor was truly immense.
It was also like an Internal Combustion Engine and a Steam Engine. Though both were power sources—engines—the principles behind them stood worlds apart.
Thus, when he saw the things Cadil was tinkering with, he did not even need to inspect them closely.
With only a cursory glance,
Black Smoke Sky determined that what the other party was making was utterly out of place compared to the other players—like a group of people frying steaks and discussing myoglobin and bloody juices, only for someone sprinkling cumin and chili powder to suddenly burst into their midst.
Moreover,
The other party's words and actions differed greatly from those of the other players. Even among the many eccentric players, he had the distinct air of a crane standing among chickens!
If not for that inexplicable protection preventing us from searching souls, you would never have escaped this calamity today...
As he maliciously contemplated some unfriendly matters, strange glints occasionally flashed through the gaze Black Smoke Sky's specially forged metal eyeballs directed at Cadil.
This was an especially conspicuous expression for a Mechanical Life.
It fully revealed his profound interest in Cadil.
It was the joy of a hunter upon seeing worthy prey.
A desire to get to the bottom of things.
His instincts
were also telling him that the other party possessed some rather excellent secrets.
Once he uncovered them, he should obtain some quite