The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Have you deciphered those cuneiform characters?" Longanus looked at the two sacrificial pillars in surprise. Although he had tried it just now, he still couldn't help being curious and reached out to touch the sacrificial pillars in front of him. Zhu, and asked anxiously.

He is very clear about how this kind of human sacrifice column appeared. The scholars who studied cuneiform writing with him all became this thing. The research team tried to treat them with various methods, but none of them worked, and even used some The power of the gods is useless, and the Human Sacrifice Pillar still contains some power and hurts those who touch it, so the result of the research team is that this power can be protected and blocked, but it is uncontrollable.

However, the two human sacrifice pillars in front of him showed another result to Longanus. The people who became the human sacrifice pillars were two spies or killers of the church state, but Leo and Silvia did not have any The injured one sat next to him, and the most important point was that the power contained in the two human sacrifice pillars did not cause harm to those who touched it, which meant that the power in the human sacrifice pillars was controlled, which made him guess that Lei Ou has deciphered cuneiform and mastered the power contained in cuneiform.

"No." Leo shook his head, then took out some of the materials he had sorted out, put them on the table, and said, "This cuneiform script contains too much knowledge, much more than these texts. In itself, I just sorted out a part of the content that I can see, but this part of the content is just a light point in the night starry sky compared to the cuneiform materials you gave me."

"You really cracked it?" Langenus's face was full of shock. Although he had guessed about Leo's cracking of cuneiform just now, it was still difficult for him to hear the answer from Leo's mouth. confidence.

Because he is well aware of how difficult it is to decipher these cuneiform characters, the relevant research group has been established at the beginning of the founding of the Ott Federation, and he has joined the research group for decades, and the entire cracking work is progressing extremely slowly. The results were all breakthroughs after he joined, and part of the reason why he can have his current position in the Otter Federation is because of this.

But now Leo made it clear that he had deciphered that part of the cuneiform data in his hand, and within a few days, even if it was only part of it as he said, it was unimaginable.

Langenus couldn't wait to see what Leo had cracked, and stretched out his hand, ready to pick up the data.

It's just that Leo pressed the file ahead of time and said, "You can't read these yet."

Langenus frowned. Although he was a little unhappy, he felt that Leo's actions should have other meanings.

After stopping Langnus, Leo said: "You have accumulated too much twisting power in your body, and part of this document will trigger these powers, so before you look at these powers, you'd better wear enough Something powerful prevents the distorted power on your body from bursting out."

"Twisting power?" A puzzled look appeared on Longanus' face.

Leo didn't explain it in detail, he just pointed to the Human Sacrifice Pillar beside him, and Longanus showed a clear expression. In the research team, he would also use a name to refer to the mysterious power contained in the cuneiform characters, but that The code name is not as casual as Leo, it sounds more mysterious and powerful.

After knowing that the document might trigger the distorted power in his body, Longanus also had to suppress his curiosity, let alone read it, and now he didn’t even want to touch it, so he gestured to the assistant beside him , and asked the assistant to put this document in a special box and temporarily seal it up.

He planned to read these documents after he found a strange object with strong enough protection. As for handing over the documents for others to study, this was completely out of his consideration.

Langenus went on to say: "The proposal to allow you to contact that thing has been submitted to the committee and is currently under discussion, but now with your research document as the basis, I believe that definite news will be available within two days. Then, he pointed to the two human sacrificial pillars and said, "What are you going to do with these?"

Leo said casually: "Leave it to you to deal with it, I don't need this thing."

Hearing what Leo said, Longanus whispered a few words to his assistant. After waiting for a while, he saw some people from the special forces of the Ministry of Education walk in. They pushed in two large boxes like coffins at the same time. , there are a large number of mysterious inscriptions engraved on the surface of the box, and then they each took out a long pole similar to a grabbing device, and then each grabbed a position of the sacrificial pillar, put it into the coffin with the inscription, and closed the lid Finally, they were covered with a very old-looking rag.

Leo's eyes stayed on the rags for a while, because he could feel some witchcraft-like power contained in those two rags.

Longanus also saw where Leo's gaze fell, so before Leo asked, he took the initiative to answer: "Those are two sage robes."

Leo hesitated for a moment, then confirmed: "A sage from the Old Continent Academy?"

The Academy City in the Old Continent is a very famous place. Even though the Academy City has declined now, the reputation of the Academy City is still very large.

It is impossible to test when the Academy City was established. The only thing that can be confirmed is that in the kingdoms and empires of the ancient Old Continent, the advisers to the kings and grand dukes, the prime ministers and other high-ranking people were all held by people from the Academy City. For a long time, this was the unwritten rule of the countries of the Old Continent.

The sages of the Academy City are the most outstanding of all scholars. The ancient ritual method of selecting sages has been passed down. Now the sages of the Academy City need a Council of Sages to submit proposals, including more than half of the registered scholars of the Academy City. Agreed, that scholar can become a sage.

Although with the establishment of their own national academies in various countries, the role of the Academy City has rapidly weakened and its reputation has also declined, but the sages of the Academy City still have an unusual status, even compared to some church popes and saints. All should be honored.

After hearing Leo's inquiry, Longanus nodded, and revealed what Leo was thinking, and said, "You suspect that they are wizards of this world, right?"

"You doubt it too?" Leo heard another meaning in Longanus's words.

Langenus nodded and said, "I did doubt it in the past, but now I am sure that they are not wizards, at least not the current sages."

"Why do you say that?" Leo asked puzzled.

Longanus took out something in the shape of a badge from his underwear buckle, showed it to Leo, and said, "Because I am the sage of the academy city, I know very well who the sage of the academy city is now. What is the situation?" He then changed the subject and said, "But if you have time, you can still go to the Academy City to have a look, I think the original founder of the Academy City should have some relationship with the tower wizard, It’s just that the school city has experienced many destructive disasters, and there are very few past materials, and most of them are fabricated by some people, which are not credible.”

"These two sage robes...?" Leo asked, pointing to the box being carried out.

"Bought it for thirty guinars." Langenus said an unbelievable price, and then added with some satisfaction: "I bought it from the head of the college's archives, and bought fifteen pieces. "

Kinnar is the currency of the Old Continent, converted into the currency of the Federation, it is almost equivalent to a year's income of an ordinary farmer, but using this little money to buy fifteen robes with witchcraft-like powers is like picking them up for nothing.

"Why..." Leo couldn't help wondering.

Longanus said with great disdain: "People in the world are always easily concealed by a gorgeous appearance, and this is especially true for those degenerates who are blinded by money." Then, he reminded: "If you still want to If you want to find something of value in Xuecheng, you have to leave as soon as possible, otherwise, sooner or later, those guys will dismantle Chengzhuan and sell it."

Afterwards, Longanus seemed unwilling to mention the matter of the Academy City any more, so he changed the topic a little bit, chatted for a while, then got up and left in a hurry, but before he left, he seemed to remember something and took it again. A piece of information was released to Leo, which was related to the Ott Federation's exploration of Truber Mountain, and most of the content in it was unpublished.

"If you didn't hand over the research documents to him, he probably wouldn't have shown them." Sylvia walked out from the back room, looked at the documents in Leo's hands, and said contemptuously Said.

Although Sylvia respects the old man Rembrandt very much, she doesn't like the current Langenus very much. Under the influence of this emotion, she doesn't think that Langenus and Len who have the memory of the old man Rembrandt are the same. It has nothing to do with old man Brown, so when Longanus came, she chose to avoid it, out of sight and out of mind.

Leo smiled and didn't say anything. He didn't particularly care about it. After all, Longanus still retained some of Rembrandt's character and memory. Can the two be regarded as the same person? It doesn't matter much to him. What he cares about is how much useful things the other party can bring to him. At least from now on, the appearance of Langenus saves a lot of energy and time he needs to spend on his own exploration. .

"What do you think of the last words he said?" Leo didn't rush to read those materials, but asked Sylvia seriously.

"The last thing you said? Did you mean the Gutar River?" The words that Longanus chatted before leaving came to Sylvia's mind.

"No." Leo corrected: "It's the Academy City. He said that if you still want to find anything valuable from the Academy City, you must leave as soon as possible."

Sylvia thought for a while and said, "Are you saying that he is deliberately implying that we leave as soon as possible?"

Leo nodded and said, "The hint must be a hint, but I'm wondering why he made such a hint now?"

"The federal government is going to be against us?" Sylvia quickly made a guess, but after she said it, she shook her head with a smile, denying the guess, not to mention why the federal government was against their couple , even if you want to do something unfavorable, you should take action after Leo has researched the maximization of the grenade and designed a mass-produced weapon of great destruction. No stupid person should do such a thing.

However, Leo didn't seem to deny this guess like Sylvia did. Instead, after thinking about it for a while, he asked again: "Under what circumstances do you think the federal government will be unfavorable to us now?"

Sylvia couldn't help being stunned when she heard the words, she didn't expect Leo to admit the guess she denied, but she didn't ask any more questions, but thought about it seriously, and in the process of thinking, the look on her face Her expression gradually became serious, and she said in a deep voice: "According to the normal situation, it is impossible for the federal government to be unfavorable to us at this time, but if it is in an abnormal situation, then such a thing may happen .”

"Be more specific," Leo said.

"If the final benefit is far less than the possible loss, then they may cut off the cause of the possible loss in order to ensure the final benefit." Sylvia said seriously: "For example, if we require close Access to a secret weapon in the federal government's collection."

Leo was silent for a moment, then said, "Are we acting too hastily?"

Sylvia nodded, and said: "It's true. Starting from the city of Beruk, we have repeatedly stated and hinted that we want to study the secret weapons collected by the federal government. It would not be a problem at other times. If there is any problem, they will only think that we are all scholars with a strong curiosity and desire for research. However, under the current situation, the top leaders of the federal government will have to doubt some of our intentions. If at this time If some church-state-controlled pawns within the federal government add fuel to the flames, then the federal government will easily think that we may be spies sent by the church-state, and everything we have done before is just a bait for the secret that the federal government has collected arms."

Leo frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Don't they want the grenade to be maximized?"

"No, the maximization of grenades may be of great value to them, but this value is relative. If another thing with higher value appears, then the maximization of grenades will become worthless, such as the one from the federal government. Secret weapon." Sylvia seriously analyzed: "And for the federal government, even if the grenade is not maximized, the power of the grenade alone is enough for them to use. The difference between the two is the time when the war ends sooner or later. In the end, the casualties and losses are just the size, and for those high-ranking politicians, the casualties and losses of the people at the bottom are just a number."

After listening to the analysis, Leo thought carefully for a moment, and said, "It seems that the list you took will be used in advance."