The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"What's going on here? Where's the dock? Where's the people?" When several small warships full of soldiers from the anti-smuggling fleet of the Internal Revenue Service sailed to the waters where the iron gang dock was marked on the map, they found that they had been staring at them for many years. The iron gang shipyard has disappeared, and not only the people disappeared, but also the main body of the shipyard is gone, not even a piece of wood left.

Originally, according to the plan, the internal response they arranged in the iron gang dock would try to use incendiary bombs to burn down the sailing speedboat. At that time, the thick smoke rising into the sky would serve as a signal, and the anti-smuggling boats lurking in the surrounding waters, disguised as fishing boats, would gather to arrest the iron gang The illegal gunboats in the dock, coupled with the cooperation of the internal response, the anti-smuggling fleet will be able to rely on the special bill of the Internal Revenue Service to encircle and suppress the iron gang dock, and then use the iron gang dock as a breakthrough to destroy the shellfish that they have been watching for many years. The Luke Lake smuggling dock was wiped out.

However, although the plan was good, there was an accident in the process, because no matter how much they waited, the smoke appeared, and they were also worried that the illegal gunboats of the Iron Gang used ordinary shells instead of incendiary bombs to sink the sailing speedboat. So they sent a few small boats to check the situation, and found that the sailing speedboat was still intact on the water, which meant that the iron gang's gunboat did not attack the sailing speedboat that broke into their restricted area as originally planned.

They thought that their plan had been exposed, so they tried to practice the internal response in the iron gang shipyard through special methods, but they couldn't get in touch, which made them realize that things might be developing in the direction they least expected.

Under such circumstances, there are only two options for the anti-smuggling fleet. One is to abandon the plan and make follow-up plans after understanding the specific situation. The second is to still implement the original plan. Let's talk about these trends, but there will definitely be big troubles afterwards. For example, the federal courts and prosecutors who have always had a very bad relationship with the IRS and want to limit the power of the IRS will definitely make a fuss about this matter.

The first option is not within the scope of consideration of the anti-smuggling fleet. After all, the IRS has been planning this operation for many years, and it has also mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources just to take down these smuggling docks in one fell swoop, so they are absolutely not Things that fail without success will be allowed.

As for the second option, although there will be big troubles afterwards, it is also something that other departments need to deal with, and frontline combat troops like them don't need to think so much at all.

After thinking about this, the commander of this operation immediately ordered everything to follow the original plan, and they simply burned Leo's sailing speedboat by the illegal gunboat of the iron gang, and then led several fastest ships They rushed directly to the Iron Gang Dock, but what they never expected was that when they arrived at the Iron Gang Dock, they found that the Iron Gang Dock was gone, from the ships that built the dock to the people on board, and even Not a single plank was seen.

This weird situation made everyone look blank. Some people speculated whether they had gone to the wrong place, but they quickly denied it, because the navigator on the boat had already put all the docks and hidden reefs in the waters of Lake Beruk. I can feel it clearly, and there is no possibility of going to the wrong place.

Afterwards, what happened made the anti-smuggling fleet feel that things were getting out of control, because news from other fleets, except for a few smuggling docks close to the shore, all the smuggling docks they entered into the list to focus on The docks are gone, as if they never existed.

And the news that came successively later changed the mood of the officers and soldiers on the anti-smuggling fleet from bewilderment to fear, because some more ships of the anti-smuggling fleet have been added to the list of disappearances, including those who were involved in this operation. command ship.

The remaining anti-smuggling fleets, who realized that something was wrong, immediately ordered their own fleet to move back to the nearest dock, and half a day later, only two anti-smuggling fleets finally arrived at the dock, and the other anti-smuggling fleets were the same as the previous fleet and dock. Disappeared without a trace.

Almost a fully organized anti-smuggling fleet of the Internal Revenue Service disappeared collectively while carrying out its mission. Naturally, such a big incident cannot be concealed. What's more, in this special period, the upper echelon of the Federation pays far more attention to this matter than ordinary people expected.

Although the Otter Federation is a landlocked country with infantry as its main force, its internal water system is well developed, connecting various cities and counties in the country, and some rivers even extend to foreign countries, so the importance of the federal water army is no less than that of infantry. Whether it is to transport supplies or soldiers to the border for display, or to borrow rivers to fight deep into enemy countries, a powerful fleet is required.

In order to avoid arousing the vigilance and attention of neighboring countries, although the Otto Federation army has its own navy, that army is just a fake, a disguise placed on the surface. In fact, the real navy should be the National Taxation Bureau. The anti-smuggling fleet, they can use the anti-smuggling as an excuse to conduct various training without attracting too much attention from the outside world.

However, now this water army that will be of great use in the future has disappeared inexplicably, which is equivalent to destroying more than 80% of the water power of the Outer Federation, and all the combat plans formulated by the Outer Federation for future wars are all aborted, so When the news came out, most of the upper echelons of the Otter Federation believed that this matter must have something to do with the church armed forces gathered in neighboring countries, and only those churches that have been in contact with mysterious power all the year round could do this silently. The matter of destroying an army, after all, there have been many examples in the past.

As a result, upon receiving the news, the senior leaders of the Outer Federation dispatched a joint investigation team from the police, the military, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Ministry of Education to Lake Beruk, and at the same time began to conduct the first investigation on the latent church forces in the Outer Federation. The second round of purges, because they suspected that there was still a powerful church force hidden in the territory, was able to annex a complete fleet silently.

Compared with the first cleansing, this targeted cleansing is more stringent and ruthless. Basically, as long as celebrities who have expressed sympathy for the church, or celebrities who have expressed certain beliefs, they will all be punished. He was arrested and put in jail.

Almost overnight, the celebrity who was envied by everyone before has now become a prisoner awaiting trial in the prison. There must be some unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases, but the upper echelons of the federal government can no longer care about these, they must do it Before the war comes, let the thoughts within the country be completely unified, and do not give any chance to the pervasive church forces.

The second cleansing incident naturally caused considerable turmoil in the entire society. Although the arrestees were all upper-class people and did not involve the lower-level people, seeing that the glamorous big shots were also arrested before, the lower-level people The public will more or less feel a little flustered, feeling that even the big men can't protect themselves, how can these little people resist when they face the federal police?

As a result, some hidden forces that wanted the Otto Federation to cause chaos also began to move at this time, but they didn't know that the Federation had already been eyeing them at this moment and were waiting for them to emerge from their hiding places.

A pre-war hors d'oeuvre unfolds across the Commonwealth.

At this time, the investigators sent to Lake Beruk suddenly discovered something from the communication documents between the fleets. Leo, who had mastered the special steel formula, was taken as a bait by the anti-smuggling fleet of the Internal Revenue Service to carry out the mission. Aboard the Kraken.

At the same time, someone suddenly thought of something. The Bachelor of Langenus, who is regarded as the pillar of the country, is also on board the Kraken, and the Kraken is currently in Lake Beruk, so it just so happens that the Kraken is in disconnected state.

For a while, the investigation team originally investigating the disappearance of the anti-smuggling fleet immediately changed into a search and rescue team, and began to send ships into Lake Beruk to search for the possible accident of the Kraken.

However, what puzzled the investigation team was that when the news of Leo's disappearance was told to his wife, Ms. Sylvia, Sylvia seemed very calm, as if Leo was just going out for a walk and would be gone later. It seems that she will come back, and Sylvia also told the investigation team that she also knows the formula, and can continue to implement the expansion of the smelter and the increase in the production capacity of special steel according to the agreement.

While the outside world was trying to search and rescue the Sea Monster, the Sea Monster was quietly docked in the waters above the Great Rift of Lake Beruk at the moment. The maintenance personnel inside the ship were repairing some parts of the hull with the only materials available. damaged to allow Kraken to dive deeper.

Major General Rice, on the other hand, changed his initial objection and actively participated in the exploration plan formulation meeting led by Langenus, and has reserved two positions for his best sailors.

As for the people of the Secret Service and Security Department, they were also extremely excited, and asked to participate in the field exploration operation on the grounds of protecting the safety of Langenus.

Even Longanus was extremely excited, and even had to take some drugs to suppress the excitement and calm down his mind.

In the whole room, only Leo seemed very calm, and he seemed to be thinking about something from just now, sitting quietly on the sidelines, without the idea of ​​participating in the discussion.

The reason why the emotions of everyone on the Kraken became so different was entirely because when they arrived at the predetermined position of the Great Rift, the miraculous things that happened convinced everyone that there was something hidden under the Great Rift that could change the entire world.

"That's how the staffing is decided!" Longanus ended the meeting after selecting the final person, and then ordered everyone to prepare according to the plan, and emphasized the safety of equipment.

"The secret service security personnel of the Prime Minister's Office can meet the requirements, but why do you want him, a foreigner, to join?" At this time, Major General Rice pointed to Leo with some dissatisfaction, and raised an objection.

Langenus said in a strong tone: "I don't need to explain to you. As a soldier, you should be very clear that you should take executing orders as your vocation."

Major General Rice looked at Langnus angrily, but he quickly averted his eyes, turned and left the cabin without saying anything.

When only Leo and Longanus were left in the cabin, Leo asked, "You don't have to worry about getting into the water, what does he do?"

"If he has the guts to do such a thing, he won't be just a major general now." Longnus seemed to know Major General Rice very well, and he didn't take Leo's question seriously, and then he asked Leo abruptly: "Have you ever seen that sight before?"

Leo nodded slightly, and then smiled: "Although I don't want to hit you, I still want to say that you may be disappointed with your exploration here. There is absolutely nothing here that can change the world."

"I know. If there is really something to change the world here, then those churches who launched the religious wars will definitely use it. How could it be left to us." Langenus was not disappointed, he still seemed Very excited, said: "I am interested in the knowledge of which side, the knowledge of the starry sky civilization, don't you feel excited? Don't you want to know the mystery of such a gorgeous and great scene? For example, who is driving it?" Aren't you curious to see battleships as huge as a world fighting in the starry sky..."

At this moment, Longanus was completely immersed in the miraculous image. After seeing the image, he was extremely excited. In order to allow himself to think calmly, he had to suppress his emotions. Excitement, and now, after everything has been arranged, he needs to let himself speak freely and vent his long-suffocated emotions. Leo happens to be a suitable listener.

However, his attention was completely devoted to his excitement, and he didn't see Leo at the side, but he seemed extremely calm, as if what he said was as simple as drinking water and eating.

In fact, for Leo, the image that made Langnus and everyone on board emotionally moved was as common as drinking water and eating, because he had seen countless similar scenes in the past, and even he had seen them many times. get involved.

It was the scene of a space war. When the submarine arrived at the predetermined position at the predetermined time, as Langenus speculated, the vision appeared.

At that time, the entire Kraken disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone on board appeared in the starry universe, and the star field they were in happened to be the outbreak of Star Wars among several civilizations, so the people on board witnessed a They had never heard of a war, and for Leo, such a war was not uncommon.

But for those who have never seen the starry sky of the universe and never been in contact with the civilization of the universe, the degree of shock produced by that scene is unparalleled, which directly caused their emotions to be always in a state of excitement, and even ignored the sea monster. The damage to the hull, using all the resources available now, must immediately enter the place where the ruin fragments are found in the big fissure, and Leo will naturally not stop these people, because he also wants to know what is inside the fissure at the bottom of the lake. How many usable cosmic civilization devices are still preserved.