The Master of the Strange Realm

Jenkins did not touch the carton directly, but touched it twice with the magic sword, and found that the sword could not penetrate. It’s not that the cartons are strong, it’s that they can’t be touched at all. The cartons are avoiding danger.

"interesting."

He tried it again with the spiral sword, probably because the flames on the sword were more dangerous. This time, as soon as the sword was stretched out, the carton deformed and sunk like plasticine, making it impossible for the spiral sword to touch it.

So Jenkins bent down and picked up the box. The box also tried to avoid Jenkins, but Jenkins glared at it and did not dare to transform. He picked up the box and threw it directly overboard. The tentacle just now came out of the water again, but the box still avoided the tentacle's puncture by deforming.

Then the box fell into the water, and it was not known whether it could continue to avoid the things at the bottom.

Jenkins did not continue to pay attention, but walked back to the female boatswain.

"I've ejected three suspicious guys from this ship."

Although the third man was not killed, he did leave the ship.

"Okay, you did a good job. According to the agreement, you can get one additional permission from me, and two additional pieces of information. This is the permission."

Without any thought, she took off the red rope tied to her left wrist and handed it to Jenkins:

“Tie the rope anywhere on the guardrail and it will work.”

Jenkins nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Then you can choose two pieces of information -

You can know the destination of this ship; you can know the specific craftsmanship used to build this ship; you can know the dangers you will face after leaving the range of the ship; you can know some information about the 'unspeakable thing'. "

Although it is also a choice of two out of four, the information the boatswain can provide is much better than the two people just now. This is probably because of his identity. But Jenkins is not satisfied yet:

"May I know from you how long it will take until we reach our destination?"

The boatswain shook her head.

"May I know from you which refugee on deck is of greatest value to the inquiry?"

The boatswain still shook her head.

Jenkins felt some regret, then chose to want to know the ship's destination and "information about the unnameable thing." The craftsmanship of the ship is not very helpful in solving the mystery. It is more like a reward that can lead you out of the mystery. As for the dangers encountered when leaving the range of the ship, Jenkins has not yet thought of any use. In fact, this one can also be chosen. , it's a pity that he only had two chances, so he gave up after weighing it.

"The destination of the ship is the last refuge. After the disaster struck, people and other races living in this world did not think of solutions, but others were destroyed, and now only the only refuge is left. The destination is At the end of the river, the builders built it in the shape of a tree in order to show their resistance to the disaster, and in order to shield it from interference, the material was made of [Psychic Blocking Metal], so the shelter was named - [Steel World Tree]. "

"It turns out to be the World Tree."

Jenkins sighed, finally knowing the savior emblem corresponding to this strange situation. If the guess is correct, the ninth floor will only have the [Unknown Way Ahead], which represents fate, the beginning and the end. It has to be said that the Difference Engine is really painstaking.

But he still didn't believe that the chance of difference appeared on the eighth floor.

"What about that monster's information?"

he asked again.

"It is not a creature of flesh and blood. Its essence is completely different from ours. Its wisdom and power are beyond our imagination..."

After speaking here, she paused deliberately. The fat woman raised her eyes and looked at Jenkins, as if she had "Be sure to pay attention to the following words" written on her face:

"In addition to its own strength, it also has a group of helpers."

"Helper? Aren't you the dependents it transformed into?"

"No, that is a completely different force from it. They are loyal to it and help him transform the world."

Jenkins thought for a moment before nodding. The Difference Engine definitely did not exist in the original state of the puzzle, so the "disaster" in this puzzle story should be someone else. However, after the power of the Difference Engine penetrated, it became a disaster between the two, led by the Difference Engine. .

Therefore, if you want to provide the background of the disaster, you must mention what the "disaster" that originally existed here is. This is probably part of the trap of the Difference Engine. If Jenkins immediately goes to the Metal Head to submit the information after guessing it, then of course the trap will be a failure.

"But is this the only trap?"

Even though each of the first seven treacherous realms had something wrong, the degree of wrongness in the eighth one far exceeded those. Out of caution, Jenkins remains skeptical of the truth. After getting two pieces of information from the boatswain, because of that permission, he could find one more person to get information. This would also be the last person he could ask in this strange situation.

Without any prompting or help, Jenkins didn't even use the "tool cat" on his shoulder to sniff, but decided to do it himself this time.

He tied the red rope to the deck guardrail next to him, then took out a [Desecrated Seed] from his pocket, intending to try divination. Although Miss Audrey tried for nearly a year and failed to get Jenkins to get started with divination, the fact that cannot be denied is that Jenkins does not have no talent for divination at all. He has the ability to contact destiny, but the divination does not go well. .

After the World Tree was nurtured, the world became clearer in Jenkins' eyes. If he wanted, it was not impossible to directly contact fate with the current state.

So Jenkins wanted to try to find clues in his own way, because he felt that this must be the most correct choice at the moment. And even if divination was useless, he had no other way, and he just chose randomly in the end.

He took out a pen and drew a black dot on the front of the coin, and then the coin was thrown, but not too high, not exceeding the shelter height of the ship.

"If it is the front, then look for the target in the direction of the black dot. If it is the back, then I will turn around and look in the direction of the black dot again."

During the coin tossing, Jenkins blinked. Although it was only a short time of less than a second, he did see the world composed of colored lines again.

He slowly exhaled, pushed away the swaying tail of the chocolate, and loosened his palm.

After rotating 180 degrees on the spot, he bypassed a pile of canvas that had been eaten by insects and stopped in front of an old man who was missing a leg. He looked strong and his hair was gray, but he could still find a few black ones. He wore a sailor shirt that was washed white on the upper body, and ordinary black loose pants on the lower body.

Chapter 2183 The ship about to dock

Although the one-legged old man was holding a pipe, there was obviously nothing in the pipe.

Seeing Jenkins coming, the old man who was originally leaning on the rotten wooden box beside him with his shoulder tilted sat up slowly.

"I want to know something."

Jenkins said while putting the coins away. The old man raised his head and looked at him expressionlessly, then reached out to take the pipe out of his mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke:

"Help me do two things."

"Where did the smoke come from? Well, it doesn't matter, what do I need to do?"

So far, there is no abnormality in this man, he looks very ordinary. As for the puff of smoke, although Jenkins is not sure, it seems to be the ability of the old man, he is not an ordinary person.

"Two simple things. First, stay here until the ship docks. Second, take me to the shelter after the ship stops. You can see that I lost a leg, and I lost my crutches when I fought off the sea monster a few hours ago."

Jenkins frowned:

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Can I change the conditions?"

"In a hurry? It doesn't matter."

The old man said with a smile, which was very strange, because no one on the deck had ever smiled like this:

"We will reach our destination in five minutes, which won't waste too much of your time. If you are bored, you can go fishing."

"Five minutes?"

This was the information that Jenkins wanted to know, but he had never been able to know. He got it for nothing, and it was the truth.

He immediately turned around and looked at the bow, but the fog in the direction of the ship was particularly thick, and he couldn't see anything in front.

"Yes, five minutes. This ship has been sailing for so long, and so many people have sacrificed their lives. It is finally going to reach the destination successfully. Since you are also on the ship, why don't you follow us to witness the appearance of the destination?"

"Sorry, I can't go to the destination. I just want to know what is wrong with this world."

I am not sure about the other party's purpose for the time being, so I am still polite.

"But you can only know the truth of this world when you reach the destination."

The old man looked up at his face and said.

"What do you mean?"

"Literally, young man, don't walk too fast. Sometimes you can see more if you slow down."

He put the pipe in his mouth again and took a puff. After taking it away, he exhaled another puff of smoke and did not forget to explain:

"I'm quitting smoking recently. After all, tobacco is hard to find."

The old man was obviously persuading Jenkins to stay and wait for the ship to stop, but Jenkins was not sure which side the other party belonged to. Fortunately, he had a definite way:

"So, can I ask a question? It has nothing to do with this world, so you can answer it casually. I want to know if you know a lot of things?"

"Yes, of course, so my information is very valuable. I dare say that I am the person who knows the most things on this ship. Of course, that head does not count as a person."

"Since you know so much, then tell the truth, do you think I should leave the ship now?"

"Leave? No, you don't know enough."

The old man said meaningfully, these are all true.

"Okay then."

He thought for a long time before nodding. After all, Jenkins was not the only one who was good at playing word games:

"The figurehead trying to slow me down is the same as you trying to slow me down?"

He had not forgotten that the figurehead had lied to him.

"I want you to slow down because it is better for you. As for the figurehead...it must ensure that you can stay until the ship reaches its destination, because it does not want to perish. This ship was deliberately spared, otherwise how could there be so many survivors..."

"If you continue, you will break the rules."

The head that had not spoken for a long time finally spoke, so the old man could only shrug:

"You see, this involves the background of this world, so I can't say it. But in my opinion, you should agree to my two conditions."

Jenkins glanced at him, then nodded silently. But instead of going fishing, he picked up his backpack and checked that everything he might need was in a location he knew.

Chocolate probably also understood that Jenkins was making preparations for the war, so he didn't disturb him. The cat yawned and turned to look in front of the ship. The thick fog could not cover Chocolate's eyes. It could see what was waiting for them.

Although there were still five minutes to reach the destination, after only two minutes of driving, Jenkins saw a black shadow appearing in front of him and getting bigger and bigger. By the time he reached the shore in two minutes, he was able to clearly distinguish that the shadow behind the fog was a giant tree.

The size of the tree is no less than that of the giant tree in the center of the evergreen forest. The tree crown spreads in all directions like an umbrella cover. Just by seeing this blurry shadow, you can know how huge this tree is.

The metal head on the chair reminded Jenkins when he looked at the tree in the fog:

"Are you really not going to leave now?"

"I don't know the content of the disaster yet, and it's impossible to leave even if I want to."

He didn't know what was in cahoots with the Difference Engine.

"I guess there is no one on the deck who can provide me with complete information about the disaster, right? The differential engine is forcing me to stay on the ship and dock."

Jenkins said again.

"No, savior, you guessed wrong this time. The rules of the treacherous realm cannot be changed, and it is impossible to pass the treacherous realm. There is indeed someone on the ship who can tell you the last piece of the puzzle, but you didn't find it. That’s all.”

"oh?"

Jenkins turned and looked at it:

"It can't be you, right?"

"Of course not, I'm not an asylum seeker. In fact, it doesn't matter if I tell you, that person is still hiding in the crowd, and he doesn't know what he knows. Not only do you need to complete the task he gave you, but you also need to awaken his memory , to enable the hidden information option.”

"very funny."

Jenkins commented.

"Of course, there are ways to awaken memories, and I can tell you now. First, you need to wake up the bow statue, and then you have to fish and find at least five different fish species in the river to sacrifice to the bow statue. Then, in From the garbage pile on the deck, 13 brass parts were found and spliced ​​into a memory extractor invented by my master. The splicing method of the machine was hidden in a space under a certain deck with blue gems obtained through sacrifice. , use it as the energy source for the extractor, and then find the 'priest' professional hidden in the crowd and learn the incantation to turn on the machine, so that you can get what you want to know."

There were less than two minutes left on the clock, and even if Jenkins knew now, it was simply impossible to do so many things.

Chapter 2184 Shelter and Disaster

"These conditions are so difficult that even if they are known in advance, they may not be able to be completed."

Jenkins shook his head regretfully, not worried about the current situation.

"But the conditions for passing the treacherous realm are so complicated, so you changed the rules again?"

"No. These conditions are indeed a bit too difficult, so you can also rely on the clues after the ship docks to find the answer. After all, as you said, there is no impassable situation in the treacherous environment. This time The environment itself is divided into two parts: before the ship docks and after the ship docks. If you are too impatient to get all the clues before the ship docks, it is equivalent to seeing the door to leave after only halfway through the fantasy world, so the conditions are harsh. "

“Before docking, although time was tight and the dense fog had to be dispersed, it was relatively difficult to obtain information and complex conditions needed to be completed; after docking, it was very easy to obtain information, but we had to face more dangers. I guess this is the original intention of this strange situation, right?”

Jenkins said.

"Yes, he is indeed the savior William who can reach the eighth floor of the tower. You are right. The time before landing is only half an hour. Under normal circumstances, it is not enough to maintain the light and prevent danger. At the same time, the mission of three people is completed, so it is not a bad thing to stay until the ship docks. "

In front of the ship, the edge of the island where the huge trees are located has appeared.

Islands that appear in river channels are often called "river islands" and are generally formed by sediment accumulation. A small number of them are formed by special topography.

But the island that gradually became clear in front of us was obviously not within the normal range. Its area far exceeded the area that the river could accommodate, but it was indeed like a reef in the middle of the river and did not block the river.

There must be some spatial specificity around the island, making the island that cannot be accommodated by the river look natural like a rock protruding from the water.

Considering the background story of this strange situation, the island and the Iron World Tree were probably designed and built by people with extraordinary abilities in this world. Since it is used as a shelter in a catastrophic disaster, it should be different.