The Master of the Strange Realm

Jenkins then took the chocolate and headed towards the metal tower. Because the earthquake had just happened, there were many people on the foggy street. Although the frequency of earthquakes in Nolan has been very high recently, no one dared to bet with the god of death that since their house was not damaged last time, it would definitely not be damaged this time.

The crowd on the street was not very crowded, but most of them were talking about the inexplicably rising black tower. Now the height of the black tower has stopped changing, but just looking at the height, there is an inexplicable sense of oppression.

It stands in the center of Nolan City. Although Jenkins is not very familiar with the wonders of this world, he dares to bet that the current black tower is probably one of the tallest towers in the world.

The blocks near the Civic Square were blocked with greater force. Even Jenkins had to wait for identity verification and calibration before entering. This not only requires him to release his soul emblem as proof of identity, but also requires him to answer some questions and sign a confidentiality agreement.

Even so, it is already a simplified process. Because in principle, except for the church gifters who are allowed to enter the block for work reasons, no other people who are not related to this matter are allowed to enter. Jenkins is a semi-civilian apprentice in the church's antique shop, and of course he is one of the people who "have nothing to do with this matter".

Miss Befanna personally went to the blockade at the street corner to take Jenkins into the block, and the two hurriedly walked along the street towards the tower. Jenkins looked at the tense atmosphere around him and the serious-looking people who appeared in the gray fog, and felt that things seemed to be more serious than he thought:

"Are there any new discoveries?"

He asked.

"That tower... our previous guesses were all wrong."

Coming close to the tower, it was found that the area of ​​the original tower base was twice as large, which means that the cross-sectional area of ​​the tower extending from the ground this time is larger than the upper part.

In addition to Miss Befanna, there are seven or eight demigods of the Orthodox Church here. They took a quick look and even saw the Son of God from the Mechanic Church. But before the two of them could say hello, the gentleman was holding his hands in front of the tower, arguing with two gray-haired old men with an excited look.

"This is the sketch of the black tower that has been drawn so far."

Miss Bevanna led Jenkins to the location where the keepers were. Because the tower base was expanded, the original tent and temporary shed were moved outward a distance, and now there are more keepers and apprentices under the shed.

Mr. Smith heard Miss Bevanna's voice and stepped aside to let Jenkins see the huge black tower model sketched on the white paper with pencil on the table, with some data simply written on it.

The top is the first tower to be raised, with no pattern on the surface, and the bottom is the second tower to be raised, which is obviously higher and wider than the first one, and there are some vague depictions on the surface, but it is not clearly drawn on the paper.

"Before you came, a very simple experiment allowed the Mechanicus to discover that the first part of the tower that appeared on the ground was completely different from the composition and color of the newly exposed part of the tower."

"What does that mean?"

"That means that the towering part that appeared on the ground last time was not a few floors of the tower, but a single floor of the tower. The new part that appeared this time is the second floor of the Black Tower from the top down... Not long ago, a believer of lies ventured into the tower. In his description, there were no stairs inside the Black Tower, and the ceiling could not be seen at the edge of the field of vision..."

Now Jenkins understood. He turned his head and looked at the almost invisible top of the Black Tower, and then imagined that these were only the top two floors of the tower. A strange and chilling feeling made him feel a little cold in his heart.

He held down Chocolate's head on his shoulder to prevent it from moving, and he hesitated to bend down and look at the sketch on the table:

"That means the internal structure of this tower may be completely different from our current assumptions? Moreover, since the second floor will suddenly extend out of the ground, will more floors underground also appear in the future?"

"Probably so. The Mechanicus said that this is entirely possible."

The keeper replied.

"But why? Why did the tower suddenly rise? There must be some reason, right?"

"According to you, today the believers of lies killed a gifter of the Gear Craftsmen in the east mining area of ​​the city. Our current view is that the rise of the tower is related to this."

When Jenkins went to the church to report Queen Isabella just now, he met the believers of lies on the way to walk the cat. The latter gave him a stack of information and disappeared.

"So what is this tower used for? Now that the second floor has been extended, we have more clues. Can we find some new information?"

He asked again.

"It's hard to say. There is no satisfactory progress yet."

The keeper said with some embarrassment.

"What about these patterns? What are the patterns on the outer periphery of the second floor of the tower?"

Jenkins pointed to the sketch.

"The patterns on the outer periphery of the black tower are not fixed, but slowly changing."

The old keeper explained again:

"The part that is revealed at one time is very rare. When we first discovered those carvings half an hour ago, we even thought it was some unknown ancient text. The carvings change very slowly. I think it will take at least a month to know the appearance of all the carvings."

"But why is the outer periphery of the first layer blank, and there are carvings on the second layer?"

"have no idea."

The secret keeper shook his head again.

When Jenkins saw this, he knew that he couldn't ask any more questions. He turned around and looked at the bottom of the black tower with some embarrassment, wondering if he should take the risk of breaking in again.

The first layer contained bronze statues of the kings of the three major human kingdoms in the material world. He believed that there would definitely be something different on the second layer.

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Chapter 1751 Chapter 1724 Birthday Morning

The idea of ​​entering the Black Tower for the second time just floated in Jenkins' mind before being rejected by him.

"No, I should still be more cautious. At least I will wait until the church investigates more clues before making any plans."

He thought in his mind, and then watched a group of men in yellow coats hurried past in front of him. These were mechanics of the [Church of Creation and Mechanics] and were the backbone of the church.

“But this time it’s not entirely without gain.”

Miss Bevanna said behind Jenkins in an almost whisper, almost startling Jenkins.

"Ever since the black tower appeared, the Church of Earth and Harvest has been monitoring the situation underground in Nolan. According to the news they just received, they followed the vibration waves of the earthquake and discovered a thing deep underground that should not exist. of huge holes.”

"Is it that thing?"

"should be."

Miss Bevanna nodded slightly:

"This matter is not allowed to be told now. Apart from the secret keeper Smith and I who have been guarding here, you are the third one of us to know. Before you came just now, Audrey came once. She Said she saw an ominous light on this black tower, which may be related to the final disaster. "

"Miss Audrey actually dares to say this directly?"

"She is now one of the few demigod-level soothsayers in the material world. In addition, the sect she belongs to has always been the most proficient in predicting the future in the Church of Destiny. I think in the material world, except for her teacher Miss Bronyance Other than that, no one dares to say that he can definitely beat her in the art of divination.”

said Miss Bevanna, and with Jenkins and the cat she looked up, trying to see the end of the tower against the smoky sky.

“I can’t imagine that when more underground parts protrude from the ground, this tower will become the legendary ‘Tower of Babel’.”

Jenkins said softly.

"It will be clear soon. Now the Twelve Churches believe that this tower is of great importance. All the elites in the material world of this era have been gathered together. No matter how troublesome and secret the problem is, there will always be a result."

The woman behind said, seeing that Jenkins was still in a low mood, she changed the topic:

"Speaking of which, tomorrow is the last day of this month and is also your birthday. I will probably be on duty here and cannot congratulate you in person tomorrow, so let me say happy birthday first, Jenkins."

"Oh, birthday...yes, it's tomorrow."

"The gift will be delivered to your home tomorrow morning. I think you will like it."

"Thank you. Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome..."

He suddenly remembered that there was one thing he had not done today. Before going out in the morning, he had promised the girls at home to prepare for tomorrow's birthday party.

He covered his forehead and groaned softly, sighed at the tower, and raised his head again. At the end of the 18th century, Jenkins really showed his helplessness towards the current situation.

Although he has figured out the relationship between himself as an outsider and this body, Jenkins always believes that his 21st birthday on June 30 has nothing to do with him. He took it for granted that the day he came into this world and met Mr. Barnard for the first time was his birthday, just like he thought Chocolate's birthday was the day he picked up the cat.

But since everyone except him wants to celebrate his birthday this Sunday, he naturally won't show any abnormality. So on Sunday morning, after waking up before the cat called for breakfast, Jenkins kept his hands on his chest in a strange posture and looked at the familiar ceiling of his bedroom. He actually felt a sense of anticipation for today's special day.

At the beginning of this strange day, something very strange happened. When it was six o'clock, as usual, I turned my head and didn't see my cat lying next to the pillow and getting up.

Just as his heart was suddenly throbbing with fear, the extremely slight sound of a cat stepping on the floor reached his ears. Then he saw Chocolate jumping on the bed with something in his mouth, and saw Jenkins staring at him. The cat was frightened, and the golden rose in its mouth fell on the quilt.

The petals of the rose overlap each other and have distinct layers. The golden color of the flowers gradually deepens from the inside to the outside, making it look particularly beautiful. There are even dewdrops on the petals, dripping down the thick branches and leaves onto the bed.

"For me?"

Jenkins asked cautiously, then saw Chocolate wagging its tail and nodding.

Then he laughed:

"Looks so familiar~"

As he spoke, he scratched Chocolate's chin. The kitten squinted its eyes and made a comfortable "purr" sound.

"I think this is what I planted behind our yard, right?"

Inspired by his cultivation of tulips, he also cultivated other beautiful flowers to plant in his yard, where the cat's gift apparently came from.

"Meow~"

Chocolate still squinted his eyes, just not looking at Jenkins' face.

"Forget it, I'm very happy if you can think of giving me a gift."

He raised his hand and touched the little head of his cat again, feeling very glad that Chocolate did not give him a mouse or a dead sparrow as a gift.

Put the golden rose in the vase next to the bed, wash up and go downstairs in slippers. Unexpectedly, at this time, the three ladies in the family were already sitting at the dining table.

He tilted his head and looked at the wall clock in the living room:

"Why did you get up so early?"

"Because today is a special day."

Bryony said with a smile, then pulled out the chair next to her and let Jenkins sit down.

"I will be very uncomfortable with you doing this."

He took the plate from Julia, and then saw Hathaway put the teacup in front of him:

"It's just a normal day in my life..."

Seeing the changes in the expressions of the three ladies, he changed his words and said:

"Oh, no, today is a very special day in my life. It is the first time that so many beautiful girls of the same age are willing to celebrate my birthday."

So everyone smiled, not sure whether it was because of the "first time" or because of the "beautiful girl".

"But the birthday dinner is tonight, so we don't have to do this now, right? I'm not used to it."

As he said this, Hathaway handed him a knife and fork, Britney stood up to refill his tea cup, and Julia handed him the newspaper on the side.

"You see, I'm just not used to this."

He said, but the ladies were too lazy to refute him, but looked at him with a gentle smile, so his voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end he could only eat and read the newspaper as usual:

"Okay, today is my birthday, I will arrange everything...how about going to the theater after dinner?"

Although today is his birthday, in Jenkins' mind, except for the evening, it is no different from any other day. So after breakfast, he left home and promised the girls at home that he would come back as soon as possible.

Breaking into the thick early morning fog, the first stop was Dad’s antique store.

Dad always opened the store earlier than Jenkins arrived. Jenkins seemed to have never seen his dad open the store door in the morning and hang the "Open" sign on the door handle.

"Good morning, Jenkins, happy birthday."

The antique shop is still the same as before. Dad seems to have had breakfast and is sitting in the rocking chair in front of the fireplace reading the newspaper:

"Why do you have time to come here today? I thought you were going to take a look under that tower."

He said without looking up.

"I have something to ask you. I've encountered a lot during this time."

Jenkins placed the cat on the counter mat, then pulled up a chair and sat in front of Dad.

"That chair is an antique, so be careful."

Dad warned, and then asked:

"What do you want to ask? Life counseling? You may not need this. You always have your own ideas. Relationship counseling? Oh, no, you won't listen to me on this, otherwise you wouldn't have so many people living in the house. So that's it. Study? No, the reading tasks I assigned during this period are not very difficult. So, what did you do in the lake that night? I haven't seen your report yet. I know that lucky lady has become a demigod."

"What happened that night..."

Because of Miss Audrey's instructions, when Jenkins wrote the report afterwards, he only mentioned the suspected "travel through time and space" incident, but did not mention the mysterious person who appeared in the end. Now facing his father's question, although he only hesitated for less than a second, he had already been thinking about whether to tell everything for thousands of times.

In the end, he still didn't mention the woman, but just said that he saw a book at the end of the deep passage in the sacrificial hall. Afterwards, Miss Audrey thought it was "The Epic of Time".

"Your essence..."

At this time, Dad no longer read the newspaper, so Jenkins asked:

"So is it really traveling through time? Jumping through space in the material world without any protection is extremely dangerous, let alone time..."

“Whether it’s a time jump or not, what’s important is whether the book you’re reading is an epic of time.”

Dad's expression was solemn.

"So what is the so-called essence? Miss Audrey refused to explain it to me. She thought she couldn't explain it clearly."