Steel steam and flame

Stepping on the land of the empire, the crowds of people in front of the airport, and the noisy sounds made Cassia and Delya feel at ease.

Having booked a ferry ticket to Manoma in three days, Delya didn't understand this. Cassia just smiled and did not respond directly.

"You are free for three days. You can wander around. The air here is different from that of Brino. It no longer carries the lingering smell of gunpowder smoke. The laws of the empire must have a restrictive effect. You can get used to it first. ." After hastily saying this, Cassia left the place and time of the meeting, and left Delya alone. Thinking of something important, he got into a limo and headed elsewhere in the city.

Delya watched the limo drive away, then turned and disappeared under the silhouette of the building. She stood there not knowing how to express her feelings. Such an attitude will result in immediate expulsion from your team. She thought helplessly and looked around. There was a diamond-shaped high-rise building on the left, occupying a vast area. In front of it was a square with a steel frame and colorful advertisements - discounts on goods and half-price clothes.

She walked over without hesitation.

Cassia was not familiar with the city, so she bought a cheap travel guide at the airport. The color pages were mixed and unevenly typed, and various attractions and places worth visiting were marked, with the key points highlighted in bold, but At first glance, you can tell that they are paid to list things and have no reference value.

"Please go to the nearest large library here, preferably the national one." Cassia informed the driver of the location and let out a breath while looking at the flowing scenery outside.

The driver nodded and said "Yes", the control was precise and the speed quickly increased. The city began to be reflected in Cassia's head through her eyes, but nothing was recorded. When the limo stopped on the side of the road, next to the magnificent library, Cassia had not yet felt the flow of time.

The buildings belonging to the empire are fully funded. While regional managers misappropriated funds for their own personal use, they also did not forget to do what they should do well. Cassia feels that this can be considered their consciousness. In the pyramid structure of the empire, there are too many people in the same class. With a huge population base and an assembly-line production model, many positions are not irreplaceable. They are afraid, because they are absolutely replaceable. As long as there is a slight mistake, the empire's solution is not to repair, but to replace it directly, because there are sufficient reserves.

In addition, the aristocratic-bound class penetrates deep into the core of the empire, and those who have finally climbed up from the bottom through various means dare not be careless and act cautiously. This mentality accounts for a large part of the credit for holding up a corrupt empire.

Walking in with emotion, the silence inside completely meets the standards of a library. But it's not that everyone inside is quiet, it's that there are not many people inside at all. Only a few of them catch the eye, like a dinner plate licked by a dog, shiny.

To the right of the door is a row of tables and chairs for reading. They are neatly arranged as if they were glued on them. They are very clean and there is no obvious dust.

The service desk is on the left, with a long row that can accommodate many people at the same time. When it was originally designed, I might have had an inkling that as a national library, there would be a lot of people coming and going. But the actual results did not meet the designer's original intention.

There are several pens neatly placed on the service desk, next to a pile of books.

"Paleontology Illustrated Book", "History of Biological Evolution", "From Fossils to Ore",,,, etc. There is a buried head behind the books, with hair tied into a single ponytail using a rainbow-colored rubber band. It can be seen that the tender back of the neck is exposed, with a few strands of hair not tied up and falling on it.

Judging from the clothes on his body, he must be a staff member here. But for some reason, she was the only one here, holding a book and reading it, completely immersed in the densely packed small words on it.

After thinking for a while, Cassia knocked on the counter.

The head paused for a moment, then raised its head and looked at Cassia mechanically. Not a very pretty face, wearing glasses, very cheap. This is the result of comparing the glasses that Cassia and Ye Jielin usually wear.

"How are you?" I don't know why the girl's tone is questionable. There really isn't anyone here.

"Hello." Cassia replied, making a stroke on his hand, "Go in and look for some information. Can you borrow the difference engine here? It may be used to connect to the city's main analysis machine." Cassia explained.

"Okay, okay." The girl looked young. She was still in school, maybe about the same age as herself. She explained to Cassia and pointed to the side, "It's right there. If you need to find a book, just check the index. If you have any questions, you can also ask me directly."

Cassia nodded and thanked her, and walked over, her footsteps making no sound. The girl buried her head again, with only the fonts in her eyes, unaware of these details. Just thinking of something, she suddenly turned her head and glanced over, and saw Cassia walking step by step towards the query difference engine, as if to confirm that there was indeed a living person in this deserted library at this moment.

Of course I felt the girl's undisguised gaze. Cassia ignored it and walked to the difference engine, where there was a typewriter-style keyboard for inputting text, and then entered the name of the place she wanted to query according to the reading and writing method. The first generation Knight King Grote once told him the name of the place where the second generation Holy Sword was buried.

In the military school, the information there can be retrieved from the records and viewed by those who are interested. After Cassia failed to find the exact location through books and maps, she decided to go to libraries in other cities to find the geographical location whose original name had been submerged due to history when the task was convenient.

Just relying on the memory bank and calculation carry mechanism of the difference engine, the amount of storage is less than one ten thousandth that an ordinary person can read in his lifetime. With the convenient search method, it is very easy to search for what you want in the repository. All you pay is the time waiting for calculation processing.

After about ten seconds, something appeared in front of him. It was a panel, something like a sandbox. Relying on the magnetism generated by the electric current and the dyed fine iron powder, coupled with the operation of the difference engine, the result is converted into a simple and easy-to-understand image to represent to the searcher.

The font above is in red, followed by an exclamation - No relevant information was retrieved!

Cassia's body visibly shook, surprise and confusion coexisted on her face. This is not the result that should occur. Try entering the same place name a second time, then press the OK button and wait for more than ten seconds for processing. The iron powder on the panel was pushed down, and the second search results were quickly displayed, still with bright red fonts.

No relevant information found!