The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Minglan Winery used to be one of the largest wineries in Beruk City. The fine wines produced here have represented the highest quality of Otter Federation wines for a long time. It is a pity that the successors of the winery were addicted to frying gold. In a gold mine scam, he lost all his property in it, and finally committed suicide by taking poison. Incidentally, he also poisoned his family and the servants and workers in the manor with highly poisonous wine. There were only two The fruit pickers got away with not drinking.

Also because of this incident, the winery was completely abandoned, not only because the tragedy was too tragic, making people feel that this place is an ominous place, but also because the recipes of the wines produced by Minglan Winery also followed the winery. The death of the owner disappeared together, and the winery naturally had no value.

Because Minglan Winery is located on the outskirts of Beruk City, it is also a long way from the nearest village, so after it was abandoned, it was really completely abandoned, with weeds growing everywhere, and the originally gorgeous manor was also It has become ruins, and coupled with the backdrop of the tragedy that year, people who walk here will feel a chill involuntarily.

After getting off the car, Bojie Hans led Leo towards the ruined building in the middle of Minglan Manor, and while sweeping away the weeds and bushes in front of him with his cane, he couldn't help feeling dissatisfied and complained: " Damn it, I knew that mouse would choose a place like this for a party, so couldn't he have chosen a more normal place?"

"If he doesn't choose this kind of place, then he is not a mouse." At this moment, someone suddenly said in a nearby weed.

Bojie Hans didn't show any nervousness, he seemed to recognize the other party's identity from the other party's accent, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "That's right, just like sneakiness is a characteristic of your shadow .”

As Bojie Hans finished speaking, he saw a person coming out of the grass. He was covered tightly with a black mask, and the darkness surrounding him and his surroundings Integrate into one, if he hadn't taken the initiative to appear, ordinary people might not be able to detect his existence when passing by him.

This person nicknamed Shadow is obviously also a member of the True Knowing Society. He was not annoyed by Bojie Hans' provocation. Instead, when he came out, he turned his gaze to Leo and looked him up and down.

The reason why the shadow pays extra attention to Leo is not only because Leo is a newcomer, but also because he just had a strange feeling that this newcomer seemed to have discovered him hiding under the shadow of the tree from the very beginning.

However, this guess only flashed in his mind once, and then disappeared immediately, because he was very confident in his ability to hide. He used to use this ability to sneak into some well-known world-renowned places with strict controls At that time, so many powerful guards were unable to discover his infiltration, and now this newcomer should also be powerless.

In fact, he didn't know that his intuition was right. Leo had indeed spotted him, and the moment he got off the car, he discovered that the abnormal energy emanating from him was like a burning stick in the surrounding environment. It was as eye-catching as the torch, and apart from him, among the ruins, Leo found several other people with abnormal energy.

When the other party was looking at him, Leo also looked at the other party in his own way. It is very likely that the abnormal energy on the other party's body did not originate from himself, but from something under his clothes. This thing should be something similar to the wonders of the Vinylon world. It has special energy and can produce the effect of special protection. The effect of using that thing by the member of the True Knowledge Society in front of him should be able to hide in the shadows, which is similar to Su's witch power. , Leo's shadow witchcraft is somewhat similar.

"Is he the newcomer you're going to launch at this party?" Shadow looked at Bojie Hans, with a look of sarcasm in his eyes, and said, "Can a miser like you come up with the only one spot, It seems that he should have paid a lot of money, right?"

"Don't think that everyone is the same as you, everything is about money." Bojie Hans reprimanded without hesitation: "I invited the wizard to join because he has enough knowledge, and he has also come into contact with one thing. Mystery item."

"Wizard? Is this the nickname he gave himself?" Shadow seemed to be more interested in the nickname Leo gave himself. The eyes under the mask revealed a trace of surprise and scrutiny. He looked at Leo again and said. : "I believe you, the person who can give himself the nickname of wizard is indeed a person who has a deep study of occultism."

As he said that, he had no intention of talking to Bojie Hans anymore, turned around and walked towards the ruined wall, Bojie Hans followed after seeing this, and said to Leo behind him: "That guy is a man of character. The worst kind of lunatic, you'd better be careful when you come into contact with him, so as not to be brought into trouble by him, of course it's best not to have any contact with him."

The shadow walking in front shouted in dissatisfaction: "Stinger, it's not a gentleman's behavior to speak ill of others behind their backs."

"I didn't speak ill of people behind their backs, I said it in front of your face." Bojie Hans obviously had a relationship with Shadow that was not a friend but an enemy, and he replied without hesitation after hearing what the other said.

The three of them soon came to the ruins of the manor. At this time, there were already thirteen people waiting there. They each occupied an unknown place, either standing or squatting, and one of them even hung himself on the On a wooden pole, it looks like a scarecrow in a rice field.

After the three came in, the thirteen people who were waiting all looked at them at the same time, but their eyes only swept over the two people in front, and then they all fell on Leo who was walking behind. At this moment, Leo looked at the thirteen people in front of him without any timidity.

When the thirteen people examined Leo, Leo also easily found the person with mysterious items or mysterious power among these people by sensing abnormal energy.

That's right, among the members of the Guild of True Knowledge who emitted abnormal energy, the abnormal energy emitted by one person did not come from the strange objects they possessed, but from themselves, just like Velen Just like the transcendent who opened the bloodline in the world.

It's just that the abnormal energy in this person's body is not relatively stable like that of a superhuman, but very chaotic and disorderly. It feels like a bomb that will explode at any time, and the person with abnormal energy in his body is the one who treats himself like a scarecrow Members of the Society of True Knowledge hanging on a wooden pole.

"Scrooge, is this the newcomer you are going to recommend with your only right to recommend?" Among these people, a member with a somewhat old voice asked, this person is also one of the people with abnormal energy items on his body.

After hearing what this man said, Leo was a little surprised, and turned his head to look at Bojie Hans. When the shadow called Bojie Hans a miser just now, he thought that the other party was laughing at or despising Bojie Hans And now he realizes that Boger Hans has given himself the nickname of a miser, which makes him want to laugh inexplicably.

Apparently this old member has a different identity. When he heard the other party calling him by his nickname, Bojie Hans showed a completely different attitude from just now. He saluted the other party very respectfully, and then introduced him very formally: "This This is the new member recommended by me, I believe that having him join will be of great help to our organization, by the way, this person's nickname is Wizard."

After hearing Bojie Hans' introduction to Leo, most of the dozen or so people present did not show any abnormal emotions, only those few members with abnormal energy reactions made a weak cry. Exclaimed, the surprised expression was the same as when Shadow heard the nickname before.

At this time, Leo also realized that the name wizard may have a special meaning in this world. You must know that the word wizard he used was in French. It is reasonable to say that people in this world should not understand it. Judging by the few people who responded, they obviously understood the word. Even if they didn't know its meaning, they should at least have heard a similar pronunciation.

"Being able to use this ancient and mysterious vocabulary as your nickname, it seems that you are very confident in ancient mysticism," the old man said, "Judging from the fact that you know how to use this word, you do have the intention to join our organization." Qualifications. However, the premise is that you can pass our test." As he spoke, he turned his head to a tall man with a sharp-toothed wolf mask and said, "Go and get that gadget, since he is so confident Dare to use the word wizard as a nickname, then he should be able to unlock that thing."

"It's not fair, it's not fair!" Bojie Hans seemed to know what the old man said, and he yelled extremely dissatisfied: "The test for other people to join the association is so simple, just write a test The test paper is enough, why do the people I recommend have to use that thing for the postgraduate entrance examination, I remember that right, no one has spelled out that thing so far, you obviously don’t want the people I recommend to pass the test, "

The old man was not annoyed by being accused, but said calmly: "Scrooge, don't get excited! Although I took out that thing, he doesn't need to complete all the puzzles, he only needs to put together five pieces correctly to pass." Now, everyone, what do you think?"

"I agree."

"I agree."

"No comment."

...

Everyone around agreed with the old man's words. Bojie Hans couldn't blame this matter for a while, so he could only turn his head and look at Leo behind him apologetically. It seemed that he was obviously not optimistic about Leo's passing the test.

Not long after, the tall member of the True Knowledge Society walked into the ruins with a big box, and then, under the sign of the old man, came to Leo's side, put the box in his hand on the ground that had been cleaned, opened the box and let it go Thousands of square stones of equal size were poured out of it.

Leo looked at the stones, frowned slightly, squatted down and picked up a stone and looked at it, he found that these stones only looked like stones, but in fact they should be some kind of alloy, and they were extremely It is as strong as the armor of a battleship. In addition, the six sides of this stone are all scratched. These scratches seem to be part of a certain pattern, and the scratches on each side are different.

One block is already like this, and now thousands of blocks are like this. In this way, the pattern that these blocks can form will be an astronomical figure. No wonder no one has spelled out this thing before. Think about it, so An astronomical patchwork method, and only those powerful intelligent devices in the universe can complete such a huge calculation project.

The old man said in a deep voice, "This is a complete jigsaw puzzle. You only need to put together five pieces correctly to pass the test."

Leo questioned: "The miser said just now that you haven't spelled out the pattern yourself, so how can you know if I spelled it correctly?"

The old man smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have a special method to determine whether you spelled it correctly."

After hearing this, Leo squatted down and looked at the scattered cubes in front of him. The people around him also gathered together, as if they were watching a play, waiting for Leo to start.

The gazes of the people around him didn't make Leo feel uncomfortable, and he didn't rush to pick out the stones to make up the pattern. He watched for a long time, and when the people around him began to lose their patience, he suddenly reached out and took out a stone from the pile of cubes. The cubes were placed in front of my eyes, and then without thinking, I took another piece from the pile of cubes and placed it next to it, and then went round and round, taking cubes from the pile of cubes and placing them, and soon there were more than 20 cubes placed. up.

When the people around saw Leo's behavior, they couldn't help being stunned, and then showed a little disappointment. Obviously, they took Leo's behavior as a broken pot and randomly took out the cubes and put them together. The connection between the squares has not been considered at all.

As a result, everyone dispersed, waiting for the farce to end.

After putting the thirty cubes together, Leo stopped his hands, and said to the old man, "I've finished spelling it, you can test its authenticity."

"Does this still need to be tested? It's just nonsense." Someone said dissatisfied.

Although Bojie Hans on the side was dissatisfied with someone saying that, he was not good at defending Leo, because he also thought that Leo was fighting indiscriminately.

Seeing this situation, the old man didn't say anything. He took out a crystal ball the size of an eyeball from his pocket, walked up to the thirty cubes that Leo put together, knelt down and touched the cubes with the crystal ball.

Afterwards, everyone saw that all the patterns on the surface of the cube lit up, and it was suspended in the air, rolled twice, and then fell to the ground.

At this moment, the ruins became silent, and everyone was shocked by what happened just now.

"Do I pass this?" Leo waited for a while, and seeing that everyone hadn't recovered from the shock, he took the initiative to ask.

"You! How did you do it?" The old man was the first to come back to his senses. He stood up excitedly and asked Leo, "Have you ever seen the complete puzzle?"

This question immediately focused the eyes of everyone present, and Leo once again became the focus of everyone.