The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

When the steam train climbs up the Blanken Hill outside the city of Nice, the train will travel slowly along the rails on the top of the mountain for about three or four minutes. During these three or four minutes, the passengers in the train can overlook the entire city of Nice from the top of the mountain. Overall, this is also one of the best viewing places in Nice.

And at this time, Leo and Sylvia, who saw the city of Nice for the first time, both thought they saw a city of Miria. Zhenti city layout is very similar to Miria City.

If you overlap the maps of the two cities in equal proportions, you can easily find that except for two or three urban areas, all other urban areas and urban areas have exactly the same functions, and it is not difficult to see that the two or three urban areas are different. The urban areas should all be newly added urban areas after urban expansion, not the core urban areas.

"Who do you think this is imitating whom?" After recovering from her surprise, Sylvia turned her head and asked Leo.

"I can't judge for the time being." Leo hesitated a little, and responded vaguely.

According to the normal comparison method, it is natural to judge by the construction time. If so, then the construction time of the city of Nice is obviously earlier than that of the city of Miria.

The city of Nice was built in the early stage of the Great Migration. Although it was not the first civilized city in the New World, it was the first world-class large city. It was built almost three years earlier than the city of Miria. About a hundred years.

But the problem is that the flow rate of time in the two worlds is different. One year in this world may only be equivalent to half a year or even less, or it may be longer in the city of Miria, so the city construction time of the two worlds There is no comparison value at all.

However, regardless of the key condition of construction time, when the train began to drive into the urban area and passed one of the lakes, Leo discovered that the construction sequence of the two cities could still be judged from other aspects of the two cities. of.

For example, lakes, the upper and lower crescent lakes in the city of Nice are all natural lakes, which existed before the city was built here. In the migration history of the New World, there is a lot about these two lakes, because they occupy a very important place in the migration history. status.

Because in the north where there is drought, little rain, and little water, these two lakes and the surrounding branch water systems are the most important sources of clean water in the whole north. People from the old continent were able to settle down in the new continent and expand the number of migrants. these two lakes.

However, these two lakes are not named after the upper and lower crescent moon lakes, but after the two sages and sages of the Spring Water Temple. As for the city of Nice, it was also built around the two lakes.

And Miria City was originally a swampy area, which was not suitable for building a city at all. Although there was a lot of water, those waters were just puddles and pools. The final crescent lake was the embankment when Miria City was built later. Made of water.

Therefore, it is not difficult to judge from this small detail that the construction time of the city of Nice should be earlier than that of the city of Miria.

Of course, it is also possible that the builder deliberately wanted to find two lakes that were exactly similar to the Upper and Lower Crescent Lakes, and then build Nice City next to these two lakes according to the urban layout of Miria City, but this possibility is very small .

When the train entered the central station in the city, the three of them got off the train and found a hotel near the train station to live in. Then Leo explained in detail the sequence of city construction he had analyzed from the condition of the lake. Tell Sylvia.

After hearing this, Sylvia nodded in agreement, and then added: "I think I know who used the urban construction style of Nice City for the construction of Miria City."

Leo asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Sylvia didn't answer, but just raised the curtains of the hotel, and pointed to the top of a large building outside the window that was obviously higher than other buildings in the city.

After seeing the top of the large building, without any other explanation, Leo's face also showed a look of surprise, and said with a little surprise: "He actually came from this world?"

I saw that there was a huge and eye-catching church emblem on the top of the large building that was much higher than other surrounding buildings. Although the shape of the church emblem was different, the different places were all small details, and the emblem The core part that represents the god Neihe is exactly the same, and they all represent the same god, the king of the mountain.

Among the many gods in the world of Velen, the origin of the hill king has always been mysterious, and it has always been shrouded in a thick fog.

Other gods, even evil gods, can trace their origins to find their original primitive beliefs. You can see the church development history of this god. Only the King of the Hill seemed to appear out of thin air. Before the church of the King of the Hill appeared, Minsk There is no similar belief church in the mainland, the continent of Vinylon, or the mainland of Mosang. This is the result of repeated investigations and verifications by many religious scholars in the Vinylon world.

A newly emerged true god belief like the King of the Hill has a complete church and teachings as soon as it appears, and the power of the King of the Hill can even be compared with the Lord of the Birth and Death of All Things, which can be said to be the oldest god in the world of Velen. It evenly divided the beliefs of the Minsk continent and became one of the most important true god beliefs in the world of Velen.

From all the details, it can be seen that the origin of the true god, the King of the Hill, is very mysterious, and this has become an unsolved mystery in the history of world religions in Vinlen.

However, now this unsolved mystery seems to be answered by Leo and Sylvia in another place, that is, the king of the hill is the god of another world, and the Church of the Hill King is most likely the church of this world, but they passed Some methods made their way into the world of Velen, bringing the Church of the Hill King to Velen.

From this point of view, there is an explanation for the fact that the main urban structures of Nice City and Miria City are exactly the same, because the design and construction of Miria City, the Church of the Hill King, which is far superior to other churches in terms of architecture, participated in the whole process Among them, and played a leading role.

"Go over there and have a look." Sylvia quickly became interested and said to Leo.

Leo also nodded, but when the two of them were about to go out, he stopped Penny, who was also planning to go with him, and told Penny to continue the previous training, but because the area of ​​the city of Nice is larger than any other city before. It was bigger, so the training requirements naturally increased tenfold, and he also gave some money to Penny for emergencies.

After finishing the order, the stunned Penistan was left alone in the hotel, while he and Sylvia left the hotel by themselves, like two ordinary couple tourists, walking, shopping, heading towards the hotel. The church sanctuary, suspected to be the king of the hill, walked over.

As the central city of the New World, the city of Nice does not belong to a country, but to the entire New World, but the organization responsible for the city's management is a special organization called the Municipal Management Joint Council.

The members of this organization are composed of municipal councilors appointed by various countries in the New World and observers sent by various churches. They are mainly responsible for discussing and formulating bills related to municipal politics, laws, construction, etc., but they do not directly Participate in city management.

They will recruit municipal management officials and grassroots civil servants through open recruitment and assessment, etc. Basically, these people are from countries in the New World, and sometimes some talents from the Old World will come here to participate in the assessment. People who live here often see a few patrolling policemen or civil servants engaged in other work on the road. They are from two countries that are sworn enemies of each other, but they are able to cooperate and work perfectly at the moment.

Just like the city of Miria, the city of Nice is also because the people living here come from all over the world. These people have their own clothing styles and national clothing styles. These styles are finally mixed together to form the unique city of Nice. An extremely gorgeous clothing style, and this style is also called Nice style, which represents the most fashionable style in the world.

After passing through a high-end clothing store, the two also bought a set of finished Nice-style clothes that fit their body shapes. It was not that they thought this style was good-looking, but that their clothes were in the city of Nice, especially in this piece of land that belongs to them. In the church district of the city, it is particularly eye-catching and prominent.

Compared with ordinary clothing, Nice-style clothing has three main features. The first feature is that the overall clothing is extremely indirect. It looks like a military uniform mixed with hunting clothing. As long as people with a decent figure can wear this Style clothing, it will certainly be able to look slender and capable.

The second feature is that there are many patterns. Every set of Nice-style clothing has a large number of decorative patterns. Most of these patterns are decorative patterns of some folk costumes, but some are floral mottoes of a certain church, and some are complicated. There are also patterns, but most of them need to be accompanied by some lace, which makes the clothing look mysterious and gorgeous.

The last feature is the accessories. One or two gorgeous accessories will be hung on the Nice-style clothing to balance the simplicity of the clothing.

In addition, some people with special identities will also hang ornaments representing their identities on prominent positions on their bodies, such as the emblem of a certain church, the family coat of arms of a certain nobleman and great person, and so on.

After Leo put on this Nice-style costume, he didn't make any changes, while Sylvia hung the badge of her Belmont family as an ornament on her body in a prominent position.

Because the two were not in a hurry to get to the location of the building, they made some detours on the road, and stopped and stopped at some shops, and finally came to the building in the evening.

Looking at the rough architectural style of the building in front of them, both Leo and Sylvia became more and more certain that the church this building belonged to was related to the Church of the King of the Hill.

It's a pity that this church is only open to the public when some religious ceremonies are held, and the rest of the time it is closed, and non-church members are not allowed to enter.

However, Leo and Sylvia still found out which church this building belonged to from some surrounding shops.

This church is called the Rock Church, and the object of their belief is a boulder on the top of the highest peak in the Old World. It is said that the founder of this church is just a hermit from a small local church. In order to find a place where he can hide from the world, he came to the Old World At the top of the highest peak, the result was enlightenment was obtained from the mysterious existence in the megalith, and the current Panshi Church was established.

Sylvia has basically zero information about the Rock Church, and Leo knows very little, because the Rock Church does not preach in the New World, and the church church in Nice is their only New World parish. Therefore, it has never been regarded as the church of the New World, and it is not mentioned in all the church materials that record the New World. On the contrary, it is repeatedly mentioned in some secular-related affairs.

Because the clergy of Rock Church are the best architects and urban planning designers in the world, they have undertaken the most important architectural design and construction projects of various countries and churches in the New World. For example, the Capitol Building of the Outer Federation came from this church The hands of the clergy, and even the architecture lecturers in every country have the figure of this church, so in the New World they have the opposite influence to the size of the parishes they control.

In addition to these materials written in the architectural history and national history of various countries, there are no other materials related to church theology, doctrine, etc. It seems that this Rock Church does not value fame and wealth very much.

However, in the eyes of Leo and Silvia, this is all a disguise of the Rock Church, because if this church really has a relationship with the Hill King Church, then the clergy of this church will definitely not be indifferent to fame and fortune.

Because among the many Churches of True God in the world of Vinlen, the clergy of the Church of the Hill King are the churches with the most secular desires and greed. They will directly destroy a mountain for a rare ore, regardless of whether the mountain is destroyed. What adverse effects will it have on the surrounding environment, and what disasters will be caused to the people living around.

For the power and interests they already have in their hands, they will not hesitate to participate in secular political struggles, and sometimes they will even fight with others in person.

All in all, neither Leo nor Sylvia believed in the image of Rock Church in the eyes of the public or the content recorded in external materials.

Therefore, they planned to wait until night before sneaking into the temple of this church to investigate and find out the details of this rock church.

So, Leo and Sylvia randomly found a restaurant nearby, and waited for the dark while eating.

Because of the church district, except for a few church temples and churches that require religious ceremonies at night, the other churches are closed, and the streets have become much deserted.

However, the defense of this area is much stronger than during the day, because there are a large number of church knights patrolling along the streets of their respective churches.