The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Just when the old duke was surprised and puzzled by the words of Earl Belmont, in the Baihua apartment, Sylvia also asked Leo, who had returned to normal state, with great concern: "What happened just now? That thing What is it? How do I feel about you..."

Before Sylvia could finish asking, Leo raised his hand to signal that he didn't have to worry, and then said with a smile: "We're lucky, just now we were talking about how to master every secret of this castle, and someone immediately put all the secrets in the castle. Send all the secrets to us."

As he said that, he used his psionic skills to attach his consciousness to the Earl of Belmont who was in the energy body state, and then borrowed the authority of the Earl of Belmont to spy on all the mysteries of the entire Belmont Castle, and his greatest achievement was to transfer the lava The situation in the lake has been explored clearly, and even the mystery of the connection between the abyss dragons in the lava lake and Belmont Castle has been mastered.

Sylvia listened to Leo's narration of what happened just now, and she also showed a surprised expression on her face. Just now, she and Leo felt something entered the room at the same time, and approached them both. It's just that compared to Leo who can easily see the situation of the sneaker into the bedroom through the Eye of Reality, Sylvia can only see a vague energy form.

Afterwards, Leo transmitted his consciousness to Earl Belmont's energy body, but the main body was in a sluggish state. This situation made Sylvia think that he had encountered some kind of attack.

Although she quickly figured out that Leo fell into that state of trance because of the mysterious intruder just discovered, she didn't know that Leo would spy on the mysteries of the entire Belmont Castle in this state.

After listening to Leo's narration, Sylvia asked with a serious expression: "Depending on the situation, the Earl of Belmont and the old Duke should also know that you have seen all the secrets of the castle. Do we need to make some preparations?"

From Sylvia's point of view, the old duke knew the secrets of the castle, especially the secrets of the abyssal dragon under the lava, all of which were discovered by Leo, and he would definitely take action against them, so she felt that she had to prepare to prevent things from getting worse If so, what kind of situation is in a hurry.

However, after thinking about it, Leo shook his head and said, "No, you don't need to do anything, the old dukes won't come to see us, and they won't ask us about related matters. There is no problem, after all, we have not affected his plan for the time being, and we are willing to assist them, so there is no need to worry about it."

As Leo guessed, although the old Duke and the Earl of Belmont appeared in the castle for the next two days, they seemed to be busy with the ritual and did not meet with Leo and his wife alone. During the meal, there were other members of the Belmont family around. On this occasion, the old Duke didn't say much, as if he didn't know what happened two days ago.

What's more interesting is that the old Duke also asked the Earl of Belmont to personally send some handwritten materials, which all recorded some secrets when the castle was built, and these secrets are key information for building the castle. Defense system mysteries play no small role.

Leo never refused the materials delivered to his door, and it happened that he really needed these materials, and Sylvia hinted that they would not be an obstacle to the old Duke's plan, so as to reassure him .

During the following period of time, Leo stayed in Baihua Apartment, studying all kinds of knowledge he gained from Belmont Castle, and Sylvia was invited by the old duke to join the plan after hinting that he was willing to assist the old duke. Among them, of course, it was declared publicly that it was to assist in the preparation of the sacrificial ceremony.

Under such circumstances, the old duke also told Sylvia the whole picture of the plan. Although some contents were still concealed, such as the mysterious building at the bottom of the lava lake, who built the castle, etc., at least the plan He still recounted the whole picture in detail, and there was nothing to hide. According to him, instead of letting Leo and Sylvia investigate by themselves and cause unnecessary misunderstandings, it is better to get out of the whole thing, so that the two can rest assured to assist him Complete the plan arranged by this ancestor.

Just as Leo thought, this so-called ancestral plan was formulated by Ambert Belmont's brain in the vat, and the purpose was also as he thought, to transplant the brain in the vat to an abyss in the lava lake The body of the dragon, and then occupy the body of the dragon of the abyss, so that Ambert Belmont can be reborn in the form of the dragon of the abyss.

In addition, the abyssal dragons that are being bred in the lava lake are indeed the clansmen who planned to migrate from the world of Velen to this world with Amber Belmont back then, but it was not an accident that they entered the lava lake, nor were they forced by Amber Belmont plotted, but willingly entered the lava lake.

The reason why they volunteered was because the members of the Belmont family who migrated to this world at that time were all suffering from a genetic disease of the Belmont family called dragon's blood disease. Almost all members of the Belmont family who had this disease were painted with death. an equal sign.

Dragon blood disease is a blood disease caused by the blood of the abyss dragon in the early days of the Belmont family. The blood in the body of any member of the Belmont family who has this disease will boil like boiling water when the disease occurs. If the temperature is lowered, it is very likely that the person will burn to death due to the rapid rise in the blood temperature in the body.

The burning to death mentioned here is the real burning to death, because once the blood of patients with dragon blood disease rises to a certain level, they will spontaneously ignite to produce dragon flames, and it is basically impossible for anyone burned by the dragon flames to be rescued, because The dragon flame is indestructible, and because of the power of the blood, that person will still remain awake when he is burned, feeling his body burn little by little, and eventually he and himself are burned to ashes.

This way of death would make people feel extremely painful, and even worse than death, so once the members of the Belmont family who contracted this disease would choose to commit suicide before the dragon's blood disease completely got out of control, so as not to suffer when they died.

Fortunately, the Belmont family did not know where to find a secret medicine formula, and solved the dragon's blood disease through the formula, which made this almost terminal disease disappear from the Belmont family.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages to doing so, because although dragon blood disease is fatal, if it can survive the life and death of dragon blood disease, then the blood of the abyss dragon in the patient with dragon blood disease will undergo a leap-forward improvement, and after that After the onset of dragon's blood disease, the risk level will be relatively reduced, and eventually it will be completely immune to dragon's blood disease.

Obviously, the Belmont family of Ambert Belmont's generation did not get the secret medicine formula. Dracaemia is almost an incurable disease. In this case, if someone tells the patient, jumping into the lava lake may be able to cure it. If they were suffering from dragon blood disease, those members of the Belmont family suffering from dragon blood disease would all jump off without hesitation. After all, it doesn't matter to them even if they fail, since it's just death anyway.

Judging from the present, some of the people who jumped into the lava lake back then failed, and some succeeded, but there is no difference between this kind of success and failure, because the old duke said that although those people's dragon blood disease was cured by the lava lake, their body The rapid improvement of their bloodlines caused them to appear as ancestral dragons, but their consciousness was also destroyed in the process of curing the dragon's blood disease. That is to say, in the lava lake, including the cub of the abyss dragon on the lake, all Just some shells without souls.

Therefore, in the future, the only surviving Ambert Belmont will consider using the bodies of the abyssal dragons of his own people to get himself out of the predicament of the brain in the vat and resurrect himself, and Belmont Castle was also built according to this situation , These are the words of the old prince.

Originally, according to the plan, the abyss dragon in the lava lake would take more than a hundred years to fully catalyze and mature in the best case, but this change in the ground veins caused the volcano to quickly enter an active period, and finally made the original plan The plan had to be advanced.

Although the old duke told Sylvia frankly and frankly about the plan, he still didn’t disclose some key implementation processes of the plan, especially the buildings at the bottom of the lava lake. Via mentioned it deliberately, and he also mentioned it vaguely. Even if Sylvia vaguely mentioned that Leo would go to the lava lake to investigate, he didn't show any panic, and he didn't seem to care about it.

As for how he hopes Leo and Sylvia will assist in completing the plan, he just said that it is enough to adapt to the situation when the time comes. It sounds like he is very sure that there will be unexpected incidents during the brain transplant. And he has also made complete preparations. Whether Leo and Sylvia join will not have any impact on him.

After learning about these things from Sylvia, Leo also thought that there was no need to continue investigating the so-called transplant plan. Sylvia only needed to live these few days at her own pace. As for He still needs to go to the lava lake, even if he feels that he may not find anything useful this trip.

The reason is that Leo did not immediately go to the lava lake to explore the high-tech building after possessing the energy body of the Duke of Belmont a few days ago, but waited for a few days. All the things and people inside were moved before leaving, mainly because he found that the situation inside the lava lake was more complicated than he expected, and if he went there rashly, he might encounter unnecessary danger.

If it's just lava, Leo's ability can completely deal with any emergency, but the problem is that the fortifications of Belmont Castle are also connected with the lava lake below and the abyss dragon in the lava, which makes the lava also There are a large number of measures used to prevent outsiders from approaching. Once these measures or traps are touched, he is likely to face the attack of the entire Belmont Castle, and may even mobilize those abyss dragons through that inexplicable connection. Power assist attack.

In the face of such an attack, no matter how confident Leo is in his abilities, he still feels that it is impossible to get out of his body, and if it affects his whole body, the movement in the lava lake will inevitably involve the castle, and even further affect the The upcoming sacrifice will push the entire Belmont family to the opposite of him. Leo has no intention of doing such a thing that harms others and does not benefit himself.

Therefore, Leo has concentrated all his brainpower in the past few days, and even used some analysis modules of the general-purpose recorder to assist in the analysis of the construction structure, fortifications, and power system of the entire Belmont Castle. After thoroughly understanding it, I decided to take a trip to the lava lake.

Leo did not hide his fact that he went to explore the lava lake. When the old Duke and the Earl of Belmont were on the platform to check whether the final preparations for the sacrificial ceremony were complete, he came to the sacrificial platform openly and in full view. , jumped into the lava below, directly used spiritual energy to break through the lava, drilled into it, and continued to dive.

Leo's actions naturally caused quite a commotion in the castle. Except for the old Duke and the Earl of Belmont who knew Leo's true strength, they were just stunned, and everyone rushed to the edge of the platform yelling. They poked their heads and looked down, trying to find Leo's body. Obviously, they all thought that Leo was committing suicide just now.

Some people even went to Baihua Apartment to inform Sylvia that her husband had jumped into the lava lake, but the feedback they got from Sylvia was just a simple sentence, as if the person who jumped into the lava was not his husband , just like an unknown stranger.

At the same time, Leo had dived into the bottom of the lava lake. The isolation layer built by spiritual energy prevented the lava from getting close to his body, and the powerful propulsion formed by the impact of spiritual energy allowed him to easily break through the extremely dense lava. , Shuttle through the lava like a fish swimming in water.

He is very glad that he made the safest decision. After studying the defense system of Belmont Castle and figuring out all the monitoring methods and attack methods, he entered the lava lake. If it was a few days ago, he might not have It may be possible to perfectly avoid the trigger points of all defense systems like this, and come to the high-tech building that is also protected by the castle defense system.

This building as a whole is made of a kind of armor material for warships. This material is not only strong and tough, but also has the characteristics of heat insulation and cold insulation. Let alone deep in the lava lake, even if the Even in the near-orbit region of a star, this layer of armor can fully play the role of isolation and protection.

Leo briefly judged the building materials, and then began to look for entrances around the building. As he expected, this building completely covered in lava did not design any entrances and exits, or more correctly, in the On the side facing the lava lake, there are no entrances or exits.

Not finding the entrance did not make Leo feel discouraged. He quickly found it through the mental network scan, and found a passage hidden in the bottom of the lava lake. This passage extends along the bottom of the lava lake and the edge of the stone wall. It looks like it should lead to the outside of the lava lake.