The speaker was a lively young woman. Keli seemed to be infected by her friendliness and, after thinking for a moment, said:
"So what?"
"You can receive a free ' Machine Spirit Activation Trial' benefit. Would you like to claim it?"
"Um, can I choose not to claim it?"
Keli looked wary.
"Of course you can, but I guarantee you'll regret it later."
The young man smiled and said:
"Since you're the winner, we guarantee we won't charge you a single coin. All you need to do is nod, and we'll bring the Machine Spirit to your home!"
What is Machine Spirit?
"Good question, what is Machine Spirit?!"
A slightly rougher voice took over the conversation, and [ Do Some Farm Work ] waved his hand, and two Soul Returner unfurled a rolled-up poster behind him.
He pointed to the text and pictures above and explained to Keli:
" The Machine Spirit is the consciousness born from machinery; it is the greatest invention in the world."
"It was first discovered and put into use by Gray Gris, a merchant from the Great Labyrinth City, and it has extremely high versatility in research, adventure, trade, combat and other fields."
"As long as you have a machine powered by Blood Corpse in your home, we can activate its Machine Spirit for you free of charge. If you are satisfied with the effects of the Machine Spirit, please cast your precious vote for the creator of all this—Mr. Gray Gris—in the election two days from now."
While some people pay attention to the election, others don't, and Keli is clearly one of those people who doesn't care much about the election.
The reason is simple—he's a bread seller, and whoever is the next Grand Foundry Master, he can't go without bread, right?
Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to this matter, and the change of leadership at Daye Grand Foundry Master didn't affect him much either.
If this " Machine Spirit " is truly that magical, he wouldn't mind casting his insignificant vote.
Therefore, his attention quickly shifted to other aspects --
"I think I understand what you mean. You mean you can bring my dough mixer back to life?"
The young woman in the lead thought for a moment and said:
"Well, as long as there's Blood Corpse working in your dough mixer, it'll be fine."
Yes, there are three of them.
The two young men immediately exchanged a glance, as if to say, "No wonder this is the Graycast Corridor; even the dough mixer is powered by Blood Corpse."
"Then let's go."
[ On Do Some Farm Work ] As he spoke, he strode forward to Keli's side, casually asking:
How long have you been using your dough mixer?
"About twenty years ago."
That should be a relatively mature Machine Spirit, at least it won't be like the King of Fall Resistance, I Guess" which was crying when it was first born.
Having gained some confidence, the group went to the bakery in Keli and found the dough-kneading machine that was running.
The machine made a constant creaking sound, and anyone could tell that it was obviously old.
However, Keli seemed completely unconcerned, and meeting their questioning gazes, he earnestly replied:
"Don't let its age fool you, there's no better model on the market right now."
"I'll stand right here and see what you're planning to do."
Keli watched this scene closely, wanting to know whether these two were charlatans or could actually concoct that damned Machine Spirit.
[ Do Some Farm Work ] stepped forward and tapped and banged on it for a while, quickly opening the outer casing of the dough mixer and seeing the gear set running inside.
He found the simplest-looking gear, then took out a ruler made in the Graycast Corridor to measure it and reported the relevant parameters.
Having already received intensive training from her older brother, the [ Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop ] immediately began its Directed Alienation, and a wooden gear gradually took shape from the ironwood branch in her hand.
The bakery owner was truly stunned by this scene:
"You, you are not..."
"Yes, we are from the Second Holy See of the Tree Worship Church. Our activities here have been permitted by your Grand Foundry Master. If you don't believe me, go ask him."
"Ask whom?"
"The one Grand Foundry Master."
"... That's not necessary."
Keli thought to himself that even if he did become suspicious, he would definitely report it to the security team. If he could get in touch with the Grand Foundry Master, would he still be selling bread here?
After receiving his permission, the young man stopped the dough mixer.
Once the mechanical structure had completely stopped, [ Do Some Farm Work ] skillfully removed the gear and replaced it with a newly manufactured wooden gear, making a few minor adjustments to confirm that the replacement was working correctly.
Meanwhile, the [ Vanilla Ice Cream Scoop ] opened the hatch containing the three Blood Corpse, flicked it a few times, and launched several seeds onto the Blood Corpse.
Watching the two young men close the dough mixer again, Keli asked in confusion:
"Is that all?"
"Just one last step."
[ On the Do Some Farm Work ] he called out towards the shop entrance:
"Mr. Nuowa —electricity!"
"Buzz!"
A chilling sound rang out, accompanied by a faint wail, and Keli felt something sweep across his body.
The next moment, the dough mixer, which had been stopped, suddenly started running at high speed without anyone touching it!
The flour in the iron basin was stirred up and flew everywhere, and a cloud of white smoke immediately spread throughout the bakery. The basin itself trembled and made a series of crisp metallic clanging sounds.
"Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough!"
Keli opened his mouth wide in disbelief, then inadvertently inhaled a lot of flour.
While coughing, he also shouted:
You guys broke my dough mixer!
"Don't go! Don't go!"
When he finally managed to open his eyes, he saw that the two young men showed no intention of running away, as if everything was under their control.
Just as he was about to say something more, a voice he had never heard before suddenly rang out:
Keli.
Someone is calling his name.
"Who? Who's calling me?"
"It is I calling you."
"So who the hell are you anyway?"
Keli felt the sounds were coming from all directions, and he couldn't find the corresponding source at all, which made him somewhat apprehensive.
"I am... I am... your old buddy."
The voice paused and then explained:
" Keli, you didn't give me a name."
"Ah?"
[ Do Some Farm Work ] couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. After covering his mouth and chuckling twice, he said to Keli:
"This is the Machine Spirit of your dough mixer. It exists inside the machine and can only speak because it is powered by the Blood Corpse."
"Yes, Keli, I am your dough mixer."
The voice continued:
"Two of my gears are quite worn out; could you replace them for me?"
Keli paused for a moment and asked in return:
"Are they the gears inside the speed controller and stabilizer?"
"Right."