The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"I'm a human researcher, but I'm not a craftsman. I don't have the ability to make this thing." Staff shook his head and said, "This is a master craftsman who has a good relationship with me after listening to my request. , made of it, its function is very simple, that is, it can magnify objects, and magnify some objects as fine as dust to the extent that human eyes can see," he said, suddenly lowering his voice, his tone seemed extraordinarily excited, Said: "Do you know what I was thinking after I saw my blood through this thing? I discovered the truth, the truth that no one else has discovered."

"What truth?" Leo asked pretending to be puzzled.

Staff smiled and said nothing, as if he didn't intend to continue talking.

Although Stave didn't say anything, Leo felt that the truth in Stave's mouth might not be something like blood cells, and there might be other more mysterious things.

Leo didn't ask, but instead asked: "If I have any tools to build, can I entrust that master?"

The reason why Leo was interested in the master mentioned by Stav was because he saw some manufacturing techniques and scientific technologies far beyond this era, but not too much beyond this time, and some of them Crafts and technology have a strong scientific and technological style in the early days of the old earth, and are completely decoupled from the technology and technology of this world. technology and craftsmanship.

So he judged that if the master craftsman mentioned by Stav was not the kind of genius that transcended the times, then that master craftsman must have a colonial version of the learning device.

In the early days, the Earth Federation would configure a large number of colony star version learning devices for each colony spacecraft. The function of this device is very simple. When a large number of equipment cannot be used due to a major failure of the colony spacecraft, this device can provide various learning devices according to the surrounding environment. Corresponding scientific and technical support, and these scientific technologies are some general-purpose technologies, and even include a large number of technologies from the old earth era, and most of the devices corresponding to these technologies can be manufactured under relatively primitive manufacturing processes.

However, this device was quickly eliminated, because the Earth Federation found this approach very stupid. With the technology of the colonial spacecraft at the time, once a major failure occurred and it stayed on a planet that was not suitable for human survival, the colonial spacecraft The people on the planet can only die, and those so-called learning devices will have no effect. Even if they are lucky enough to be on a planet suitable for human habitation, those learning devices will not be able to bring any help to the colonists, repair and transform the damaged spaceship. Devices are far more useful than learning some primitive technologies and crafting techniques through learning devices.

Although these devices were quickly eliminated, the subsequent colonial spaceships will still carry a learning device when they set sail, as if it is regarded as a lucky thing. If this world has a colony spaceship of the Earth Federation, then There must be a learning device of this type.

Leo guessed that the master craftsman should be a member of a secret organization. If it can be confirmed that the master craftsman has a colonial version of the learning device, then it can be confirmed that the secret organization has at least part of the colonial spacecraft, and therefore may have mastered some More advanced technologies and devices.

After listening to Leo's request, Staff immediately promised: "I can help you contact that master, but the cost of building is not low, but those costs should not be a problem for you."

Leo nodded, turned back to the topic, and asked: "Your Excellency hasn't told me what the research content you want to entrust me with, and I don't know if I can complete your entrustment?"

Upon hearing this, Staff turned around and took out a document from the drawer, handed it to Leo, and said, "Look at these documents first."

After taking it, Leo looked through it quickly, and then confirmed: "Do you want me to help you compare the differences between two hundred kinds of blood?"

Staff nodded and said, "Yes, I believe this should not be difficult for Your Excellency."

Leo frowned, and said: "This kind of comparison work is not very difficult, and you don't need to master too advanced blood knowledge. You can entrust it to the students of the academy or other trustworthy people, such as Mr. Eric, why are you looking for me?"

"Because it is related to my later research projects, there can be no mistakes," Stave shook his head, and said, "Blood research is taboo in the eyes of the church, and there are many students in the college who are believers of the church. You are as trustworthy as you think. As for Eric, although he is trustworthy, he has too little knowledge of blood, and there is a high possibility of mistakes when making comparisons. In addition, you are wrong, do you think It's easy because you've mastered enough of the mysteries of blood, not because it's easier than working on the differences in blood itself."

Leo did not refute, but deliberately showed a look of consideration, as if hesitating whether to accept this commission.

Stav didn't ask any further questions, but quietly waited for Leo to think it over.

After a while, Leo returned to normal and asked, "Should I compare the data directly, or the real thing."

"Compare with the real thing." Stave smiled, then pointed to the microscope, and said, "If you don't have the right tools, use that microscopic instrument to observe the blood sample I provided you."

Leo shook his head and refused: "No! This device is too rough to see the deeper mysteries in the blood. I need to rebuild a set of tools. Please contact the master craftsman as soon as possible, so as not to delay your research. "

When Stav first heard that Leo disliked the tools he provided, his face showed a little displeasure, but then a look of surprise appeared, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Leo, you can still create A more refined microscopic instrument?"

"Of course, at least my previous tools are a thousand times better than it." Leo showed an extremely proud look, and when Stave wanted to continue to ask for details, he said first: "Now let's talk about these It's too early, you will know when the tool is manufactured and you can see it for yourself."

Seeing that Leo was so confident, Stave didn't ask any more questions, and he was very much looking forward to seeing what Leo said.

Leo asked: "You just mentioned another commission for my wife, do you plan to talk to her personally, or..."

"It's fine to tell you about this matter, there is no need to meet with your lady directly." Stave took out a new document and said: "Actually, this matter is very simple, and I want your lady to control it." Intelligence organizations help me find someone."

With that said, Staff handed the document to Leo.

Even if Leo didn't read the document, he could still guess who Stuff was looking for, but he still had to pretend on the surface, so he took the document and took a quick look, only to see the detailed record in the document I got Joan's information, and there is also a portrait of Joan.

"A quasi-palavalier of the Church of False Heart?" Leo frowned in embarrassment, and said, "Those lunatics are not easy to mess with. Is there anything special about this Joan? If it is not particularly important, I suggest you not If you have too much contact with him, if those lunatics are taught by their false hearts that you are not good for their quasi-paladin, I am afraid..."

Staff interrupted Leo and said, "I am well aware of the serious consequences of provoking the Church of False Heart, but this person is more important to me."

"Are you sure this person is in Cape West Port now?" Leo pretended to look at the information seriously, and then asked: "I saw it mentioned in the information that the last time he appeared was five days ago, and There have been some conflicts with your people, will he have left Cape West Port now? If he has left Cape West Port, with my wife's current ability..."

"No, he never left Cape West Port." Staffor said with great certainty.

Leo didn't ask further why he was sure that Joan was in Cape West Port, because he could guess that the organization behind Staff must have used some mysterious power to locate Joan's location, but this location was not The precise location is just a fuzzy area.

The reason for this may be related to the rune magic circle that Leo imposed on Joan.

Leo put the documents back, and then asked very formally: "I accepted these two commissions, but how will you pay the commission? Don't tell me how much you can pay."

"Of course it's not money. I know very well that Mr. Leo is not short of money." Staff, who was prepared, said with a smile: "Knowledge, I can use knowledge as a reward. I heard that Mr. Leo has recently taught religion, Theology seemed interested."

Leo sat up straight and said, "It seems we should have a good talk."

"I think so too." Stafford smiled.

Two hours later, Leo showed a satisfied smile, and left the manor in the carriage that Stave had prepared for him. Stave, who was standing by the study window watching Leo leave, looked frustrated and displeased. Obviously, the result of the negotiation just now did not satisfy him, and he paid a price much higher than expected.

Behind him, the door of the study was directly opened at this time, and a priest wearing a robe from the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge walked in and walked directly to Stave's side.

"Why did you pull this person into our experimental project? You should know how dangerous our project is. If it leaks out, even I won't be able to escape." The clergyman asked bluntly.

"You should have read his article. He is a talent we urgently need. With his joining, our research progress will be accelerated a lot." Stave looked at the priest coldly. In his eyes, this The priests who were sent to oversee the entire research project were just here to add to the chaos, and they did not have any positive effect on the research of the project itself.

"This is not a reason." The clergyman said seriously: "What we need is privacy and safety."

"I am also very clear about this, but the problem is that the higher-ups are not clear about it. What they want to see is the result." Stave said angrily: "You should be very clear that three urging letters have been sent to us this month. I have it in my hands. This is something I didn’t have before. Obviously, the higher-ups are a little anxious. I heard that another group has already produced a finished product, and the effect is very good. I will find a suitable place for group experiments in the near future, and we will not make any more Useful things, the project may be abolished. At that time, I will still be the president of my magazine, and what about you? Go back to the church and continue to be your servant of God, and work every day to take care of those boring lights."

The priest's face was extremely gloomy, and after a while, he said, "Can his joining really speed up the progress of the project?"

"That depends on how well he can complete this test." Stav did not give an affirmative answer, but quickly changed the subject and said, "But I feel that his performance will be far beyond ours. expectations."

The clergy did not show any reaction to Stave's words. For him now, what he considers more is not how much benefit he can get after the project succeeds, but how he can reduce the loss if the project fails. Give more trust from above, as Stav said, he can't afford to lose.

While Staff was talking about Leo with the clergyman, Leo, who had left the manor, was still spying on the movement inside and outside the manor through the spiritual network in the carriage, and the content of this conversation and the clergyman were naturally complete. Was spied on by him.

In fact, before entering the manor, Leo already knew that there were church clergy hidden in the villa where the party was held, and there were more than one of them. All the movement, and these priests are all from the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge.

Judging from all the circumstances, it is clear that Stave's higher-level secret organization has a very close relationship with the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge. Even the clergy of the Spirit of Knowledge did not question the extreme heresy of blood research, but participated in it , which made Leo extremely surprised, but also thoughtful.

After returning to the apartment, Leo narrated the matter to Sylvia one by one. After listening to Sylvia, Sylvia thought about it and said, "Could this spirit of knowledge not be a god, but just created by that mysterious organization?" illusion?"

"Impossible." Leo shook his head and said, "If it is in the New World, it might be possible, but in the environment of the Old World, how can a forged god not be noticed by other churches, and those churches The power of the clergy cannot be disguised."

Sylvia added: "Actually, we don't need to think too much, as long as they show enough value, that secret organization will naturally take the initiative to show us their secrets little by little."

Leo nodded and didn't say anything else. He just looked from the window of the apartment towards the Holy Church of the Spirit of Knowledge Church, and looked at the holy emblem on the top of the Church Church, which represented the omniscient nature of the Spirit of Knowledge. something.