Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 Jenkins said in his heart, as to whether the girl said what she really experienced, or what she thought she had experienced, this has nothing to do with Jenkins for the time being.

　　 The information the girl said seemed to be highly consistent with the information provided by the guy who likes fish, but the subtleties verified Jenkins's guess. He doesn't know the appearance or ability of that indescribable thing, but a profile description is enough.

　　 "Who told you about this ship?"

　　 "I don't remember, I probably died while searching for this ship."

　　 said the girl.

　　 Jenkins nodded and stopped continuing this topic:

　　 "Then how can I get more information?"

　　 "If you want to break the limit of asking only three people, you must find—"

　　 "This can also break through?"

　　 Jenkins really didn't expect this. Based on his rich experience in the slander, he originally thought that this was the fixed rule of the slander, the one that could never be changed.

　　 "This world... is different. The violation of indescribable things has broken some fixed rules, so you can also break some fixed rules."

　　Although he was still timid when speaking, these words...Jenkins looked at the girl's lowered head and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly:

　　 "Since this is the case, how can I break the three-person rule?"

　　 "It's very simple, you need a voucher. What you do is limited to the boat, so..."

"To shut up!"

　　 The metal head placed on the deck chair that hadn't spoken for a long time suddenly spoke. Jenkins turned around with an unhappy expression on his face. He rarely had such an expression:

　　 "What does it have to do with you when we talk? Besides, is it really the right thing to scold the children casually?"

　　 The chocolate on the shoulder also catered to "meow~".

　　 "Savior, please follow the rules here."

　　 "Rules?"

Jenkins thought of being forced to face the worm in the magma, being caught illegally by the metal skeleton in the cemetery, fighting with the old butler in the old castle, playing cards with the guys who printed cards in the wax museum, and playing cards in the cemetery. The town obviously came to the end but was still stopped by the blacksmith's hammer. Only the witch is a fun person, and the guy who takes care of the furnace obviously takes the difference engine as a mistake, which is not too violation of the rules:

　　 "You also know the rules? You'd better keep your mouth shut, otherwise I don't care about the rules. Do you know how many things I dealt with when I got here?"

　　 while speaking, he took out the metal processed in the furnace not long ago from his backpack, and raised it up. I don't know which words of Jenkins actually worked. The metal head closed his mouth and eyes and stopped talking.

　　 "You keep talking."

　　 He touched the cat who was cheering him on his shoulder, and Chocolate squinted obediently and rubbed his head against Jenkins's hand. Then she turned around and said to the girl, and the girl continued the topic just now:

　　 "Your event venue is this ship, so if you want to go beyond the rules, you must obtain the consent of this ship. Among all of us here, one person is actually the captain of this ship."

　　 Jenkins squinted his eyes, he really couldn't think of this kind of operation. But thinking of my own guesses about this strange situation, it seems that this kind of thing is not surprising.

　　 "Find the sailor, he must have a way to help you break through the limitation that you can only ask three people."

　　 "Which one is the captain?"

　　 Jenkins asked again, but the girl shook her head, then lowered her head and stopped talking.

　　 "She doesn't seem to know either."

　　 Jenkins turned and walked to the position beside the metal head in the middle of the deck. The head opened its eyes and looked at him, not knowing what he was going to do.

　　 Jenkins called out all his abilities, and now that he has gone through the adventure journey, there are not many abilities he can still use. This is not the time to cherish his abilities.

　　 The concentration of mind, along with the emission of evil thoughts in one's body, further strengthens the effect of the ability that is also affected by evil thoughts:

　　 "Aura of fear!"

　　 This ability does not distinguish between enemy and us at all. If it is used without careful control, it is likely to cause trouble. After Jenkins's body is transformed, it is also affected. The world tree itself is not a mortal thing, although it is not to make people frighten, but the world tree's shock to mortal things and distortion of the spirit are also real.

　　 The fear halo superimposed on the essence of the world tree, forming a substantial black halo blooming under Jenkins' feet, and quickly covering the entire ship.

　　 It not only affected the asylum seekers on the ship's deck, but also affected the areas of the ship that Jenkins could not set foot on, and then it affected below the surface of the water.

　　 This time, the scope of the Deception is not just as narrow as the deck. After all, the boundary of the Deception must be defined by darkness, but Jenkins sees thick fog in all directions. Therefore, the effect of such a large-scale ability will naturally affect the water surface and underwater around the river, and even the urban blocks on both sides of the river.

But what is very strange is that the asylum seekers on the ship trembled and even groaned because of the fear engraved into their souls. At the same time, there was no movement under the ship, underwater or in the fog, and even the waves did not rise. .

　　 This once again confirmed Jenkins’s guessing about this paradox. Only in this way would it be in line with his evaluation of the "very innovative" differential engine, and the other party could always come up with some new tricks.

　　 Of course, [Fear Aura] This ability is not a disadvantage to use here. The difference machine itself does not have the emotion of fear. This trick has no effect on the difference machine, so it is the most suitable to use it at this time.

　　 The ability to continuously affect the surroundings, the pitch-black halo even suppressed the strength of the deck itself, and even dispelled the thin mist around the ship.

　　 What Jenkins did was walk around on the deck, observing the expressions of everyone here. Even if the deck is not large, because most people have their heads down or covered, they can only be judged based on the appearance of body twitches or subtle movements.

　　 Finally, he stopped in front of a fat middle-aged woman who was drunk and had two crooked green wine bottles beside her. This is very close to the back edge of the deck. The woman hides under the same blanket with three middle-aged women about her age, and the four of them don't seem to be much different.

　　 Jenkins stopped the effect of the fear halo:

　　 "It is really unexpected that the captain of this ship is actually a woman."

　　 It is not that he discriminates against women, but that it is really hard to imagine in this context.

　　 Everyone around is shaking, only this woman is leaning against the railing behind her, so Jenkins can find it.

Chapter 2179 The Earth of Steel?

　　 Jenkins’s general imagination for the profession of “Sailor Captain” is a rude man with five big holes and powerful force, and finally a ship anchor tattoo on his biceps. The woman in front of you, although she looks a little plump, does not seem to have been a sailor at sea, but rather like an ordinary female textile factory worker:

　　 "If I pretend to be afraid, how do you find me?"

　　 the woman asked.

　　 "It's really hard to tell if fear is true, but as long as you are still a person, I can vaguely feel the psychological activities of creatures, disguised as fear, but the feeling in my heart cannot be disguised."

　　 This is also a new passive characteristic derived from the [Four Seasons], which is also a life-like ability, after nurturing the seedlings of the World Tree. Of course, it is also possible that after the four seasons nurtured the World Tree, Jenkins, whose soul essence has once again improved, gained the ability to perceive his heart like a god.

　　 But in any case, the extreme fear that [Fear Halo] causes is very different from someone who has no fear at all, so Jenkins was able to find the sailor.

　　 "Then, how do you know that I am not as scared as they are?"

　　 "I don't know, I just guessed that since the sailor has special authority on the ship, he may be able to resist or immune to some ordinary asylum seekers can not resist or immune state."

　　 Jenkins said, this is not a lie.

　　 "So what if your guess is wrong?"

　　 the woman asked again.

　　 "If you are wrong, you are wrong. Then you can only perceive the life form of everyone. The life form of the sailor must be different from that of the ordinary asylum. Although this is time-consuming, it is at least feasible."

　　 The fat woman's face is not outstanding, not only that, but the dense freckles on her face make it difficult to look at her for a long time. Under normal circumstances, no one would think that she was a sailor. And if Jenkins hadn't been reminded by the girl just now, he would never choose this one to ask questions.

　　 "I want to get some news from you, and I also want to get some... permissions, so that I can break the rules."

　　 Hearing what Jenkins said, the woman sat up straight, looked at the back figure of the metal head on the chair in the distance, and then said in a strong nasal voice:

　　 "Then you need to do something for me."

　　 "No problem? Fish or flowers? Or ask me to clean the deck."

　　 "Neither, among the asylum seekers here, some have problems. You help me get rid of at least three, and I can give you permission and give you information."

　　 "What does it mean that some people have problems?"

　　 Jenkins asked again.

"You should already know that the indescribable thing that fell from the sky has the ability to transform life into its dependents. Now there are its dependents on the ship. They have not been completely transformed, and they still retain most of the characteristics of people, so this ship The ship will not repel them."

　　 "I just killed one that can take the mouth..."

　　 "No, he is not. Although he is crazy, he is indeed human."

　　 The woman interrupted.

　　 "So how many of these people are there? Are there any obvious characteristics?"

　　 "The ship tells me that there is a problem, and the number is between five and ten. I can't tell you the characteristics. If I know, I don't need to let you do it."

　　 Actually, Jenkins already knows what the "unexplainable thing" is coming to this world. Although it is incredible, it is a differential engine, or at least a part of a differential engine.

　　 There is a contradiction in this guess. After all, this is the eighth floor. If the differential engine is out now, Jenkins does not need to go to the ninth floor. He guessed that maybe he had reached the ninth floor, because his memory was missing; or the differential engine had been deceiving him, and the nine-story tower actually had only eight deceptions in total.

　　 All the above speculations were rejected by Jenkins. The tower does have nine floors, and it is indeed the eighth floor, and the differential engine has indeed come here.

　　 Jenkins didn't know what kind of method the differential engine used to make himself part of the background of the treacherous world. But he did not feel that the core of the differential engine was here, so he concluded that the part of the huge body that the differential engine used for combat was stuffed into the horrible world and became part of the background of the horrible disaster, and Jenkins was here. The one layer to face is that huge body.

　　The body of the differential machine is so huge that it has almost spread to every corner of the entire material world, so it can be split out and part of it can be inserted here. Regarding that the beast of evil in this treacherous situation is the body of the differential machine, there are actually some contradictions. Jenkins only thinks like this, but still maintains a skeptical attitude. No one has said that the differential machine has made himself a background. Hide another beast of disaster.

　　 There is quite a lot of evidence regarding the fact that it is a differential engine that has come here. The first evidence came from Jenkins's attempt to dissect the fish that produced black lightning. Although the fish exploded spontaneously, after the sword blade pierced in, the liquid that came out was undoubtedly motor oil.

　　 Then they learned what happened in the story of the disaster in the background disaster from the man who asked for the fish and the girl who wanted the flower. The description of the "unexplainable thing" was almost exactly the same as the difference machine.

　　 can transform living things into gear structures and become its dependents, and can transform non living things into steel structures and become its props. The yellow light that covers the world refers to the unique brass aesthetic of the differential engine. For Jenkins to fully confirm this idea, it was the brief moment when he just stuck his head out of the boat.

　　 In the process of fighting the difference engine above the church, Jenkins shared part of the power of the difference engine "Master of All Machines", thus allowing the ability to evolve into "the principle of all machines". As a result, he has a very keen perception of the creation of the differential engine, and while the ship shields outside influences, it also shields Jenkins' ability to perceive metals.

　　 is just that once the head sticks out of the ship, it will not be protected by the ship, so he clearly feels that there are traces of differential machine creation almost everywhere in the area outside the ship.

Later, he even directly touched the tentacles protruding from underwater. Although the tentacles felt like living organisms, they found that they were pure metal structures when they touched them. No need to try to fight the difference engine.

　　 All in all, the clues all point to the background of this paradox that "the difference plane descends on the world, turning the world into a land of steel, and slaughtering flesh and blood." This can basically be confirmed.

Chapter 2180 The Guessed Truth

　　 Even though he thought that what he guessed was the truth, the reason why Jenkins didn't directly express his inference was because he hadn't seen at all, which savior emblem this time corresponds to.

　　 has experienced the first seven levels, so far there are only [Unknown Road Ahead] and [World Tree Seedlings], the two abilities that accompany him at the beginning have no correspondence. But this paradox seems to have nothing to do with fate, and the background of the iron theme is even contrary to the life of the world tree.

　　 This means that he must have something to understand, and there must be a trap that he hasn't discovered, so he must not rashly tell his guess to the metal head.

　　 But since it is roughly determined that the "unexplainable thing" that comes is the difference engine, then the physical characteristics of the problematic guy who got on the boat must be that a certain part of the body has been transformed into metal. In order to conceal the judgment of the ship, the proportion of conversion will not be too much, so the fear is still retained, which was not discovered when Jenkins used the [Fear Halo] to identify it.

　　 Since the difference engine can make the texture of the metal tentacles look like flesh and blood, it is certainly possible to make the metal body the same as the normal body visually.

　　Using the 【Theory of All Machines】to investigate all the people on the deck, you can definitely find out those with abnormal health. But this ability is still very useful and can't be used just like that.

　　 Fortunately, chocolate is around now. Even though Jenkins can't feel the difference machine, its sensitive sense of smell can easily distinguish who has the taste of metal.

　　 "You can smell it, right?"

　　 He turned his head to ask his cat, and the cat nodded quickly, keeping his eyes on Jenkins.

　　 With two small paws clutching the shoulders of the coat tightly, his head sticks out, closing his eyes and shaking his cute little nose. After closing his eyes, Jenkins ruthlessly clicked on the tip of its nose, which made the cat frightened and waved its paw, and then continued to tell if someone had a strange smell on their body.

　　 I have to say that in order to hide Jenkins, the difference engine did a lot of work on those who were converted. Jenkins couldn't feel that its creation was nearby, and the almost omnipotent chocolate smell in the past did not find the target immediately.

　　 Although I didn't find it immediately, I found it after a few minutes.

　　 With his paw stretched out, he pointed to the left of the sailor, and the man who was about ten people away from him. His clothes were clean, his black coat was covered with a brown waistcoat, and his lower body was black patched pants. There are no shoes on his feet, and both feet are stretched forward. When Jenkins just passed by, he was very careful to evade, worrying that he would accidentally step on the opponent.

　　 The man originally lowered his head, probably because he felt Jenkins's gaze, he also raised his head to look at him. As soon as they made eye contact, the man knew he had been found.

　　 got up and jumped without any hesitation, and wanted to jump off the boat. But the sword in Jenkins's hand was faster than him, passing directly through the man's chest and nailing him to the deck.

　　The curse of the Star Demon Sword quickly eroded the man's body, and the position where his chest pierced toward the surroundings showed some intertwined black and silver traces. This is the external manifestation of the spread of the curse. The curse of the sword comes from the "star stone", so the form of expression is also related to the starry sky.

　　 The man wailed uncontrollably, making his voice more pronounced on the originally calm deck. The people around him consciously moved to the side to prevent them from getting involved in the fight.

　　 "Are you the one who raped you?"

　　 Jenkins asked, the black and silver markings on the man's chest had almost spread to his neck. His wailing gradually became smaller, and then he used his throat to make a "wheeze~" sound, like a yellow-green thick sputum stuck in his throat and he couldn't breathe.

　　 "You...you find me unabashedly, don't you worry that my companion will run away?"

　　 The man was buying time for himself, but Jenkins answered his question as if he hadn’t seen it:

　　 "Don't be silly, before I touch the people on the ship, can the people on the ship move or speak on their own initiative?"

　　 This is to prevent the asylum who sincerely want to help Jenkins directly tell him the answer to the treacherous world, so no one can make a big move before it is relieved.

　　 "Let me go, I also have news you want to know, I know more, I won't lie."

　　 "I am not worried about you lying."

　　 holding the hilt of the sword and rotating it slightly, with Jenkins' perception, he can fully feel the picture of the blade scratching the flesh and blood.

　　 "Then you will let me go?"