The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"I didn't expect you to be so good. You can put together a thirty-piece puzzle. The organization also pays special attention to you. Otherwise, it would be impossible to give you the Bolvar letter box that only official members can distribute. You know, I spent a lot of money back then. This thing was distributed only after completing five entrusted tasks in two years." On the carriage back, Bojie Hans looked at Leo with jealousy, and said, "I think you should be able to be promoted in the organization very quickly. Go to a higher position, and if there are any good things at that time, you can take care of me, the guide!"

"Bolvar's letter box?" Leo looked down at the box in his hand, and remembered that Bolvar seemed to be a subordinate god of a polytheistic sect in the New World. This god was in charge of letters, travel, travel and so on.

This box should obviously not be the artifact of the god Bolvar, but just borrowed his name, because the moment the old man took out the box, Leo recognized that the box used for communication was actually an ancient communication device.

The reason why it is called ancient is because this box is indeed very old. It is an experimental version of the early hyperspace communication device of the Earth Federation. Its function is to transmit information in a wide-area space based on galaxies, and only Five batches were discontinued.

The reason for the discontinuation of production is not because this thing is not easy to use. In fact, this thing is very easy to use. Even in the case of strong interference, the built-in wide-area spectroscopic communication device of this thing can still be used in the space based on galaxies. Accurately transmit the correct information, and the reason why it was abandoned is because the function of this device is too small, it can only be used to transmit information, nothing else can be done, and the price is very expensive.

However, for those fighters who perform special tasks, this thing is very useful. Its extraordinary anti-interference ability is unmatched by almost all similar communication devices. At that time, Leo also bought one and wore it all the time. So when the old man took out this thing before, he recognized it at a glance.

"Number..." Leo looked like he was playing with it. He flipped the box and saw the string of numbers on the edge of the box. He quickly corresponded to the number set in the database and found the corresponding number Interpret the code and interpret its content.

"That batch of goods?" After deciphering the code, Leo's face showed a little surprise, because he found out the place of manufacture, date of production, and ownership of the box from the code, and the information in his memory was related to There is only one piece of information that matches, and that is the disappearance of the Price colony.

The early Earth Federation has always focused on the exploration of colonizable planets, and has also found some suitable planets for human colonization, and the Colonial Planet Pris is one of them.

The discovery of this colony star was an accident. A scientist in charge of cosmic spectrum collection was drunk and inadvertently lowered the base value of the spectrum collector by three degrees. As a result, the collector discovered a Two hundred light-years away, a mysterious galaxy covered by stardust, and through various analysis, it is found that the structure of this galaxy is very similar to the solar system, and there is also a planet that is very similar to the earth, and it is a nearly perfect colonial planet. Planets and galaxies are also named after the drunken scientist, called Priss Planet and Priss Galaxy.

As a result, the Earth Federation began to organize a new colony fleet, because it has had several colonization experiences before, and this planet is a perfect colonization planet, considering that there may be primitive rebellious creatures on the planet, so this fleet The colonial fleet is not only larger, but also equipped with various weapons.

The entire fleet consists of five warships, four colonization ships, and two engineering ships. The entire fleet has a staff of 160,000. In addition, there are 100,000 hibernators and 7 million primitive embryos on board the colony ships. The hibernators on the planet will be awakened, and seven million original embryos will also enter the cultivation tank for artificial insemination and other follow-up work. At most fifty years, there will be a population of tens of millions.

The fleet's colonization journey did not encounter any difficulties and arrived at the target planet smoothly, and sent back survey information, indicating that this colony planet is very suitable for human habitation as predicted, and asked the earth to organize a larger number of humans as soon as possible colonial.

After obtaining this information, the Earth Federation also began to form the second batch of colonial fleets, but in the process of formation, the observation department discovered that the Priss galaxy had disappeared from the spectrum of the universe.

This matter immediately attracted the attention of the entire Earth Federation Government, and immediately dispatched the fastest spacecraft to investigate the previous location of the Pris galaxy.

A few years later, the spacecraft arrived at the location of the Priss galaxy marked on the star map, but found that there was no trace of any galaxy, not even a planet, and it was completely empty in the universe.

This matter has also become an unsolved mystery in the colonization history of the Earth Federation galaxy. Whether it is official or private, relevant speculations emerge in endlessly, and various related film and television novels are also numerous. Until the years when Leo was born, the enthusiasm still existed.

Among all the strange viewpoints, there are two viewpoints with the largest number of people. One is that a certain advanced cosmic civilization destroyed the entire galaxy, and the other is that the temporary black hole swallowed the entire galaxy. Unfortunately, these two viewpoints are only conjectures and conjectures. , there is no evidence to prove it.

At the beginning, the Earth Federation Government specially produced a batch of various equipment needed for colonization for the colonization fleet of Planet Pris. These equipments were all uniformly numbered, and this number was unique. After that, all equipment has not been used again. The number, and now the gadget in Leo's hand has this number, which made Leo make a bold guess, guessing that the world he is in now is probably the planet Pulis that disappeared back then.

Although Leo was thinking about an amazing thing in his heart, he didn't show any abnormalities, he just kept flipping the small box in his hand. From the outsiders' eyes, he seemed to be thinking about how to use the box.

"Don't think too much, this thing is usually a square, and it will only display words when it receives a message." Bojie Hans on the side answered for Leo.

The voice of Bojie Hans also broke Leo out of his contemplative state. He felt the swaying carriage under him and knew that this was not a good place to think about things, so he put the box in his pocket for a while. Instead of thinking about Price, ask Bodger Hans, "Where can I get more books?"

"City Library!" Boger Hans answered immediately.

"Not those ordinary books, but those books that are not in circulation." Leo asked again.

Bojie Hans said with an apologetic face: "There is no way, this kind of book is very important to any family, and will not be lent to outsiders. If you want this kind of book, you can only think about it yourself." Way to collect."

Leo did not continue this topic, but instead asked: "Your Excellency Bojie, can you tell me about the situation of the True Knowing Society?"

"Of course." Bojie Hans nodded, and then told the truth about the True Knowing Society.

It turns out that the gathering just now was just a small gathering of the Association of True Knowledge, and all the members present were from the vicinity of Beiruk City. The entire Association of True Knowledge is actually very large, not only limited to the New World, but also has many members from the Old World. Members involve all walks of life and various identities. It may be a beggar hidden under this hood mask, or it may be the leader of a country.

Their organization is very loose, more like a gathering organization similar to a wizard's assembly hall. If you have good things to trade, you can talk about them at the gathering, and you can also mention them at the gathering if you have tasks to release. It's okay to start a party like an old man.

In addition, the items traded by the True Knowledge Society and the bonuses required to release tasks are all items related to occultism. Generally, money is not accepted, even if it is money, only special gold coins are accepted.

For example, in this gathering, the bonus that the old man mentioned in Bonatades’s sacrifice mission is Git gold coins. The number of such gold coins in existence is very small, and the Git kingdom corresponding to the gold coins is a recognized The kingdom of occultism, and the disappearance of the kingdom is also very mysterious. Overnight, the people in the whole kingdom disappeared, leaving only empty cities and buildings.

Because of this, many items of the Git Kingdom are very popular in the occult circles, and Git gold coins are one of them.

"After the Kingdom of Git disappeared, the remaining things of the Kingdom of Git were divided up by several surrounding countries, and the gold coins of the Kingdom of Git were also taken away, so the number of folks remaining is very small." Bojie Hans suddenly A topic was inserted and said: "This time Bonatades's sacrifice mission was able to give out so many gilt gold coins as bounties, these bounties must have come from some big countries that have enemies with Bonatades's sacrifice. "

"What is Bonatades' sacrifice? Can you tell me?" Leo also asked at this time.

Bojie Hans didn't intend to explain in detail, but just reminded vaguely: "It's a group of lunatics, don't touch them."

Although Bojie Hans is not the central figure of the Hans family in the Otter Federation, he is still a member of the core decision-making circle. However, he has a lot of power and wealth, and people who only mention the name of a secret organization will be exposed. Leo couldn't help being curious about this Bonatades sacrifice.

Afterwards, both of them seemed to have something to think about and lost interest in the conversation. It was not until the carriage stopped outside Belmont Manor that Boger Hans suddenly asked, "Your Excellency Leo, you are at the party. Do you still have that thing?"

Leo looked at Bojie Hans and said, "There are more."

"I want to trade one with you," Boger Hans said.

Leo said in a deep voice, "Yes, but I'm not interested in money, only in knowledge."

Bojie Hans thought for a while and said: "Two options, one is that I can take out a book of the ancient church with good value, and the other option is that I can open my private library to Your Excellency for an hour."

Although Leo knew how to choose without having to think about it, he didn't make a choice right away. Instead, he seemed to be thinking about it. After a while, he asked: "The book of the ancient church involves Occult?"

Bojie Hans replied: "No, it is a popular book about the history of the ancient church. It's just that for some reasons, there are very few surviving books of this book, so it is very valuable."

Leo pretended to be thinking, and after a while, he reluctantly said: "In this case, I'd better choose to study in your private library for an hour."

Seeing that Leo had already made a choice, Bojie Hans discussed with Leo about a time, when he would send someone to pick him up, and asked Leo to get things ready at that time.

Leo got out of the carriage, watched the carriage disappear at the end of the forest, and then walked back to the manor. The housekeeper of the manor was waiting at the door. After Leo came back, he followed him and told Leo that Sylvia was waiting for him in the study. .

When she came to the study, she saw Sylvia was flipping through a large book, and when she saw Leo coming in, she signaled the attendant to close the door of the study, and then asked what happened to Leo.

Leo briefly told Sylvia the whole story, and also told Sylvia that he guessed the origin of the world through the code of the communication box in his hand, just so that Sylvia could understand , he modified some of the content, simply telling Sylvia that the first humans in this world were immigrants from the starry sky world.

After hearing this, Sylvia didn't seem too surprised. After thinking for a while, she asked suspiciously: "If the human beings in this world are immigrants from the starry sky world, then what about the original ethnic group in this world?" What? What are they?"

Hearing Sylvia's question, Leo couldn't help being stunned, and fell into deep thought. As Sylvia said, the human beings in this world are outsiders, so what is the original race of this world? Since this world is so suitable for human survival, there must be some intelligent creatures in this world. What are those intelligent creatures?

What puzzled Leo the most was that in his memory, in the information returned by the original immigration fleet, there was no mention of any intelligent life on the planet Prince, but only that it was suitable for human habitation, which is obviously unreasonable. Because of this kind of planetary immigration and exploration, there are some specific regulations on information transmission. For example, those contents must be mentioned in the feedback information. Obviously, the information returned from Prince Planet did not follow the regulations. This is also the research of later generations. The question most wanted to be answered by those involved in the disappearance of Planet Prince.

Regarding this question, many scholars have put forward a point of view, that is, there are no intelligent creatures on that planet, so the immigration officials at that time felt that there was no need to specifically mention it in the feedback information. After all, the inter-galaxy communication at that time was still very backward. Adding one more sentence and adding one less sentence are completely two levels of difficulty in information transmission, so in order to allow the information to be completely transmitted back to Earth, the commander at that time completely compressed the information into one sentence.

However, this point of view was quickly proved wrong, because spectral communication technology had already been invented at that time, and the colonial fleet also carried the most advanced communication equipment, which could completely transmit a large amount of information.