The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the next few days, Leo and Sylvia split up. One person investigated the Belmont family castle, and one person contacted the Belmont family to obtain useful information from their mouths. Because the old duke gave them the most authority, so they Activities in the castle were not restricted or aroused any suspicion.

Compared with Leo, Sylvia's process of extracting information from members of the Belmont family is much simpler and easier, because the level of life form of the dragon blood she possesses far surpasses that of any member of the Belmont family. One person, and this kind of innate suppression of blood makes these Belmont family members no matter how arrogant and cautious they are, they will become honest when faced with Sylvia's inquiries, and they dare not disobey in the slightest. As for lying, it is even more impossible to do it.

So in just one day, Sylvia had already confirmed that the members of the Belmont family in the castle, including the Earl of Belmont, did not know the truth about the sacrificial ceremony, nor did they know that Ambert Belmont Obviously none of them knew about the transplant plan.

In addition, Sylvia also learned from these people something that may be related to this sacrifice, that is, some outsiders came to Belmont Castle some time ago and checked the health of some members of the family.

This incident caused a lot of trouble some time ago. You must know that no outsider has visited the Belmont family castle since the construction was completed. The people who can come here are all Belmonts with the purest blood.

So when this incident happened, almost all family members were extremely dissatisfied with the old duke who led the incident. Even the elders of the family, whose honor was greater than real power and never cared about anything, were alarmed, and almost launched a lawsuit against the old duke. impeachment.

Although, in the end, the old duke suppressed this matter and resolved the crisis by virtue of his years of prestige in the family and his extraordinary means, but this matter has already caused a very large adverse effect within the Belmont family. The old duke's reputation It can also be said that it has plummeted. The previous trial in Moore City against the city lord of Moore City should be a temptation made by those who dislike the old Duke.

Originally, according to the intention of the old Duke, the trial was to be completed and the lord of Moore City should be punished, so as to temporarily stabilize some opposing voices in the family, but it was clear that the Earl of Belmont had messed up the matter and used a very inappropriate method to protect him. Moore City is the owner of the family, which makes the opposition within the family more intense.

It is said that new calls for impeachment have begun to spread within the family. For this reason, the old duke had to leave the castle immediately after receiving Sylvia and Leo, and went outside to stabilize the dissatisfaction in the family. So at this moment, the old duke Not in the castle.

What's interesting is that the old Duke seems to have attracted the attention of everyone in the Belmont family, so that they all ignored the cause of this incident, that is, those who entered the castle and checked the bodies of the members of the Belmont family. outsider.

During Sylvia's investigation, she found that the ignorance of those outsiders was not formed naturally, but more like some kind of witchcraft or other powers, so that everyone , will naturally not think of them, even if they are mentioned in person, and some related things are remembered, they will be automatically ignored after a while.

Because of this incident, both Leo and Sylvia tried to check the physical conditions of these Belmont family members, but they didn't find the reason why they voluntarily ignored those outsiders. They just knew that the memories about outsiders had not been erased. Instead, it is automatically classified by the brain into the sealed memory category, and it needs to be reawakened to remember.

And from the awakened memory, Leo and Sylvia also knew that those outsiders did not leave Belmont Castle, their final whereabouts were on the edge of the lava lake, and those people seemed to be wearing some very strange clothes at that time. Covered all over, it looks like a few metal men.

After learning this information, Leo has reason to believe that those outsiders should be wearing some kind of heat-insulating clothing, and those people should have mastered some high-tech technologies and tools. As for their current positions, it is very possible It's the bottom of the lava lake, because he guessed that there are not only abyssal dragons that are being bred at the bottom of the lava lake, but also other high-tech products, and there may even be a fully functional colonial ship.

Making such a bold guess is not just because of the memory content of these Belmont family members, but more because he found some high-tech chips in their bodies when examining the bodies of some Belmont family members. According to the number information, it should be some kind of bio-energy network chip, and the people with chips in their bodies are all members of the Belmont family who have been inspected by outsiders. The purest of the members.

This made Leo almost certain that these people with bio-energy network chips buried on their bodies should occupy an important position in Ambert Belmont's plan, and even Leo doubted whether these people would be at the ceremony in the near future. , become the object of sacrifice.

The bio-energy network chip is not a product of the Earth Federation, but comes from an alien civilization whose technological level has half-stepped into an advanced civilization, and this technology is also a technology that is open to all civilizations in the universe.

The function of this kind of chip is very simple, that is, through the special energy channeling module in the chip, the biological energy of each chip implanter is transmitted, collected, and used, so as to help some people with weak biological energy to obtain enough energy to promote various functions of the body. The biological energy of organ function, so this kind of chip is usually used in medical treatment.

After the Earth Federation obtained this technology, it immediately developed its own bio-energy network chip, and promoted it to all the administrative star regions and marginal colonial star regions of the Federation. It can be said that almost all humans in the Earth Federation are born. will be implanted with this chip, and this chip has indeed played an extraordinary role in curing diseases and saving lives.

However, biochemical people are obviously not within the range of users of this chip, so Leo did not implant this chip back then. His understanding of this chip is only through the serial number to know the main function and place of production of this chip.

Therefore, when Leo discovered that these Belmont family members were implanted with bio-energy network chips, he immediately peeled off a chip from one of them, and through the number on the chip, it was determined that this chip was the Earth Federation Gus It is made by the chip factory of the third colony in the Man star area. The function of the chip is mainly conduction, while other functions seem to be castrated.

This kind of chip that has been castrated so that only the conduction function is left is not an official chip that is allowed to be produced by regulations, but it is not an illegal chip, but a special chip that requires special approval.

Although this kind of bio-energy network chip is impossible to prolong people's lifespan, it can allow some people whose bodies are already aging to obtain the same energy as young people. Sometimes, if used properly, it can also delay the signs of aging on the face and play a role. The role of beauty.

So this kind of castrated chip came into being. The chip maker specially manufactured a group of chips, only one chip kept a complete chip module, and all other chips will be used to share life energy collection and use modules. It was castrated, so that the complete chip implanter can become the only beneficiary of the life energy network chip, and this special chip is also called a vampire chip.

Undoubtedly, judging from the current situation, these chip-implanted people in the Belmont family were all blood bags selected to provide enough life energy when necessary, and these people didn't seem to know it.

After discovering this secret, neither Leo nor Sylvia planned to publicly tell these Belmont family members about it, because Leo couldn't explain all this at all, because only the main chip can activate those conduction chips, the only thing he can do The only thing is to let those members of the Belmont family know that they have implanted an unknown substance.

And doing so will not affect the old duke, because the old duke can easily find a reason to evade it, on the contrary, he will be aware of the impact of some actions of Leo and Sylvia on Ambert Belmont's plan, that way Otherwise, Leo and Sylvia will probably be kicked out and they will no longer be allowed to participate in the sacrifice. As for whether the plan will go ahead, this should not have a big impact, after all, the old duke has other backup plans.

Compared to Sylvia's successful digging out of a lot of useful information, Leo's research on Belmont Castle encountered some difficulties from the very beginning, so that he had to give up directly obtaining various methods from the castle. The original plan to start with the extraordinary power was to enter the large library of Belmont Castle and the old Duke's private study to collect information.

The reason why he changed his mind so quickly was because he discovered that all the buildings in the Belmont family castle were not built at the same time, but rather built one by one according to the order in which the subspace plane fragments were placed, and each The runes, magic circles, etc. that involve extraordinary power in the buildings built in the fragments of a subspace plane are also all different. Except for a few Leo who can identify that they should be related to the abyss, wizards, etc., there are others. There are a lot of mysterious patterns on the buildings, and Leo has no idea of ​​their principles.

Before knowing the mysteries contained in the runes and magic circles on most other buildings, Leo could not analyze the power source composition of the entire Belmont family castle, and naturally he could not understand the lava through the extension of the power of the Belmont family castle. The mystery of the supernatural power that exists in the lake.

If Leo is given enough time, Leo should be able to unlock all the mysteries contained in the castle, but now Leo has not enough time to use, so he can only find useful information from the ancient wisdom of the Belmont family. Information.

In fact, in the past so many years, there has never been a lack of wise men in the Belmont family studying the mysteries of the composition of Belmont Castle. Their goal is very clear, that is, to reproduce Belmont Castle in other suitable places.

Although the dream of replicating Belmont Castle has not been realized until now, the various materials left by those Belmont family researchers can help Leo analyze the mystery of the extraordinary power in the castle faster.

Through these materials, Leo discovered that the so-called Belmont family castle has never been visited by outsiders since its construction was completed, because there were many records of outsiders visiting the castle in the past, but the records at that time only The description of this matter is very vague, and many simply use pronouns, so even if someone reads these materials, it is difficult to analyze the hidden information.

This reminded Leo of those outsiders who disappeared by the lava lake. Obviously, these people had visited the castle in the past, and used the same method to make those who saw them subconsciously seal up their memories. Ignore their existence.

If this method of sealing memory is mentioned recently, it will be reactivated and awakened, but after a long time, these sealed memories will definitely be completely sealed, so there is now no outsider in the Belmont family castle. arrival statement.

Leo then followed this clue, researched all related materials, and quickly determined that these outsiders should be the real builders of the castle, because many castle researchers clearly stated in the materials that after those outsiders appeared, There will be a change in the buildings inside the castle. Most of the time, buildings will be added, and some buildings will suddenly disappear. For example, the current castle hall is not the original castle hall, but the fifth castle hall. all disappeared.

The disappearance of the building mentioned in these materials is really disappearing, not overthrowing and rebuilding. This is also one of the most confusing castle puzzles for the researchers of the Belmont family, and this puzzle is very good for Leo. Answer, because it is likely that the fragments of the subspace plane could not maintain a stable state and eventually collapsed, and all the items in the fragments of the subspace plane also collapsed together, leaving only an empty space in the end.

Among these records, the records of several castle researchers are particularly worthy of attention, because these castle researchers have personally participated in the construction of castle buildings in certain areas, and they have recorded relevant experiences in detail. The content of their records uses an encrypted word processing method learned from outsiders, and some text encryption is performed on the recorded content.

The encrypted records have completely turned into confusing text that no one can understand. If it weren't for the special identity of the person who wrote these records, the people who manage the books and materials in Belmont Castle would not dare to discard them. Now Leo can no longer see these materials.

However, Leo can easily unlock the encrypted data that other people can't understand, so that the data can be restored to its original appearance, and these restored encrypted data also made Leo a little sure, That is, the people who built the Belmont family castle must be the survivors or descendants of the survivors of the Earth Federation, and they still have the complete Earth Federation technology until now.