The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"You said that this kind of crystal can make your soul origin react?" Qun Heyi, who looked like an old scholar, picked up the crystal on the table and looked at it seriously, and then said with a blank face: "Now we don't Know the reason, if you can collect enough samples for experiments, you may be able to discover the secret." He paused again, and said: "However, even if you collect enough samples, it will be useless, because we will soon About to leave."

"Leave?" Leo was stunned, and said, "Don't you still want to protect the Belmont family to complete the migration?"

"According to the original agreement, we will leave after completing the migration of the Belmont family." Qun He nodded and admitted, and then changed the subject: "But someone took the initiative to take over our task, and now we have no The contract is bound, and speaking of it, I have to thank your wife."

"The clone of the abyss dragon!" Leo quickly understood, and said in a deep voice, "Did you let Sylvia occupy the body of the abyss dragon on purpose?"

"It's not intentional, it's just that I didn't stop it. Isn't this what you want to see?" Qun He smiled and asked Leo back, and continued without waiting for Leo to answer: "If your wife doesn't show up, the contract brand will be destroyed." It will fall on me and Ambert Belmont, who has already completed the transformation, but your wife stepped in and took over everything in the body of the abyss dragon, so the brand was naturally taken away by her. Now protect Belmont The task of the family to complete the migration has become her task."

"Is this what you planned in advance?" Leo frowned and said.

"Of course not." Qun He shook his head and said, "I'm also very surprised. I didn't expect you to be able to find a loophole in the transformation ceremony, and you were able to divide the spiritual consciousness without major side effects. After going to the spiritual consciousness of Ambert Belmont, we realized it. At that time, it was too late to do anything, so we simply let her integrate more thoroughly. Although the contract imprint will become her bondage, but It is not without benefits for her, at least after completing the contract branding, she will truly and completely control the body of the abyssal dragon, and she will also be able to get the secret little gift we left in the body of the abyssal dragon."

"What little gift?" Leo asked curiously.

Qunhe smiled and said, "Surprises can only come from the unknown, and it would be boring to tell them in advance. I can only tell you that it will definitely be useful to your wife."

Hearing this, Leo thought for a while, and said, "Is it related to the ancient abyss dragon?"

Qun Heyi didn't answer.

Leo did not continue to ask, and then asked a few other things he cared about, such as how many relics related to cosmic civilization in this world, etc., and the answer given by Qun Heyi was a complete set of azimuth coordinate data, and When Leo left, he reminded Leo very carefully not to approach those coordinates with special marks before he evolved to a ninth-level psychic.

In fact, there is no need for Qun Heyi to remind him, and Leo will not approach those places with special marks, because he recognizes that those special marks are the most dangerous marks of different universe civilizations, and everything with such marks represents the This item has the danger of destroying the planet, and now it is the danger of destroying the world.

After returning to the castle, Leo told Sylvia the content of the conversation with Qun Heyi, and then asked Sylvia if she had discovered the issue of the contract brand.

At this time, the Belmont family has discovered the shrinking abyss dragon located by the lava lake. They are trying to transport it to the villages and towns outside the city. After the ruins of the castle are cleaned up, they will be sent to the new castle territory together. During this process, the old Duke did not realize that the spiritual consciousness of the Abyssal Dragon had been transferred, and still believed that Ambert Belmont had successfully parasitized on the Abyssal Dragon, so when he was dealing with some important confidential matters involving the Belmont family, he also Did not avoid the abyss dragon.

Although the spiritual consciousness parasitic in the body of the abyssal dragon is in a semi-dormant state, Sylvia can still understand what is happening around the abyssal dragon clone through the connection of spiritual consciousness, so the secrets of the Belmont family are also lost. into her ears.

Some of these secrets involved the contract to protect the migration of the Belmont family. Combined with what Leo said about the imprint of the contract, Sylvia quickly realized some abnormalities that she hadn't noticed before.

"So that's the case. No wonder I feel a little weird. The inexplicably strong idea of ​​staying to assist the Belmont family to complete the migration and protect the Belmont family's new castle territory from being attacked is originally rooted in the brand of the contract." Sylvia muttered to herself with a dazed face, and said, "It seems that the brand of the contract not only restrains the clone of the abyssal dragon, but also acts on me through the connection of spiritual consciousness. No, it's not just me..." As she spoke, she seemed to remember something again, and said, "Everyone who participated in the sacrificial ceremony was affected at that time."

While talking, Sylvia told Leo what she found, and Leo nodded approvingly.

In fact, before Leo felt that after the sacrificial ceremony, something was wrong with the entire Belmont family. According to common sense, the building facilities in Belmont Castle were completely destroyed by the power of the world, and the interior of the castle became ruins. They must migrate as soon as possible. The series of accidents in the new castle happened right before our eyes. Even if the Belmont family had been reminded in advance and had been mentally prepared, they should not behave so calmly at this moment. The century-old home has been destroyed, and even the best psychological quality should produce negative emotions such as depression, anger, or sadness.

But looking inside and outside the castle now, whether it is the Pangchi people who suffered a lot of casualties during the ceremony, or the direct descendants who witnessed the destruction of the inner buildings of the castle, they are all very rational, and they don't care about the casualties of the people and the destruction of their homes. After the old duke's order was issued, everyone followed the order emotionally to move the family, without showing the slightest bit of reluctance to the current family territory.

If these people are biochemical people, Leo can understand, but these Belmont family members are normal people, and it is impossible to be absolutely rational, so he saw those who were working in full swing in the ruins of the castle. I felt extremely discordant when I was a member of the Belmont direct family.

However, now he understands the problem, and also knows that the power to distort the minds and thoughts of these Belmont family members comes from the brand of the contract, which makes him feel worried about Sylvia now, so he took out a bottle for The rational potion that causes insanity when facing the gods, and motioned Sylvia to take it.

And Sylvia also understood Leo's thoughts, took the medicine and took it. After a while, she shook her head and said, "It doesn't work. I still have a strong desire to help the Belmont family complete the migration." Thoughts, but my mind has cleared up a lot, and I have figured out some issues related to relocation."

"I'll help you peel off the brand of the contract." Leo frowned and suggested again.

Sylvia shook her head and rejected the proposal, saying: "If the brand of the contract is stripped off at this time, my spiritual consciousness will also be stripped off. In that case, all previous efforts will be in vain." As she spoke, she looked a little serious again. Leo smiled and said: "Actually, you don't have to be so nervous. Although my thoughts are now affected by the brand of the contract, this idea is also in line with our prior plan. The only difference is that I will stay here during this period of time." In the new castle territory of the Belmont family, not in the city of academics, not to mention that I have to take care of that clone, if it is too far away, accidents may occur."

Leo didn't say anything, just nodded slightly. In fact, even if Sylvia was not affected by the contract, Leo would still suggest that Sylvia stay in the new castle territory of the Belmont family, because In the current situation of Sylvia, if it is too far away from the abyss dragon clone, it will lose control of it. At that time, the spiritual consciousness of the parasitic clone may produce self-consciousness, and then there may be schizophrenia problems, so Regardless of whether there is a contract imprint, their plans have not been affected.

Although Sylvia's plan to stay in the Belmont family's new castle could not be changed, Leo and Sylvia were unwilling to let the Belmont family get this advantage for nothing, so they found the old duke and said that they could assist the old duke for a fee The family moved and guarded the security of the New Castle territory for a period of time.

Facing the proposal of Leo and Sylvia, the old duke would naturally not refuse. In his opinion, just an adult abyssal dragon is not enough to guarantee the safety of the new castle territory, let alone this abyssal dragon It is still in a dormant state, and it will take several years to return to normal. In these few years, the security of the New Castle field has become a big problem. Even if he has made arrangements for this in advance, those arrangements still make him feel a little Insufficient security.

Now the addition of Sylvia and Leo will undoubtedly completely dissipate his worries, not to mention that in his eyes, Leo's strength is already comparable to that of a god, but Sylvia's blood is not weaker than that of an adult abyss dragon. The addition of the family is enough to increase the overall defense force of the family several times. With other arrangements, it should be enough to deal with the attacks of some true gods and evil gods.

However, even though the old duke was very interested in the proposal of the two, he was a little worried about the paid price in the proposal. After all, the price to be paid for inviting two such powerful beings should be a huge one in his opinion. number.

If it was in the past, he might not be embarrassed by this number. After all, the huge wealth accumulated by the Belmont family for hundreds of years is enough to deal with various problems, but now the entire family needs to spend a lot of wealth to migrate, and the construction of the new castle territory also requires wealth. , and in order to avoid hostile forces taking the opportunity to attack the peripheral forces of the family, it is also necessary to spend a lot of wealth to recruit soldiers and horses, and this wealth is not a one-off, it needs to be paid continuously. In this way, the wealth that the old duke can finally get is not enough. not many.

However, the answer Sylvia gave later moved the old prince, surprised him, and brought some doubts. After all, in his opinion, neither Sylvia nor Leo was the kind A person who pays a price like a gold coin.

Although he didn't spend much time with Leo and Sylvia and met very few times, based on his past experience and knowledge, it's not difficult to see that both Leo and Sylvia are the kind of people who advocate exchange of equal value. Now offer a price of one gold coin to become the protector of the Belmont family until the Belmont family completes the overall migration and the defense arrangement of the New Castle territory is completed. I am puzzled by such an unusual decision.

However, he didn't know that the price he paid was a gold coin on the surface, but in fact it was the guardian of an entire future family.

According to his plan, before Ambert Belmont wakes up from hibernation, he will add a contract to extend the pre-agreed protection time to four hundred years, so that for a long time, the Belmont family will not There is a need to worry about safety, and now this plan will inevitably fail. When Sylvia leaves, the Belmont family will also lose all their protectors. This price is definitely in line with what he thinks is an equivalent exchange.

In this state of mind full of surprises and doubts, the old duke signed a protection contract with Sylvia and Leo, but it was different from Sylvia's protection contract, and Leo's protection contract would not Restricting Leo's actions, he doesn't need to stay in the Belmont family castle for a long time, he can walk around, and only return to the castle to assist in the defense when the family castle is under attack.

After signing the contract, Sylvia chose to stay and assist the Belmont family to relocate, while Leo chose to return to the Kingdom of Teresa to deal with some affairs of the academy and other places, and then went to the Middle Kingdom to look for the harmony spar .

As for the location of the new castle territory of the Belmont family, Leo did not ask the old duke, because as long as Sylvia went to the new castle territory, he would be able to obtain its location coordinates through contact with Sylvia, or directly Opening up a space rift, or moving in a normal way, can reach there.

Before leaving the crater, Leo went to the water drop ship again, but this time Qunheyi did not see him, but left a box full of data chips in that room, and the contents of those data chips It is not some high-tech knowledge handed down from the civilization of the universe, but the relevant information of hundreds of worlds that Qun Heyi and his predecessor have experienced in the past so many years, and even the spatial coordinates of those worlds and the teleportation circle they set up. location etc.

The content of these materials is so huge that even with Leo's current brain ability, it may take several months to completely record these contents into the brain database, and it will take more to fully integrate these materials. time.