The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Master Leo, what happened?" Hancock saw Leo's abnormal performance, stepped forward, and asked suspiciously.

Leo shook his head, and returned to the ignition room without saying anything.

I don’t know if it was to prove that Hancock’s rest suggestion was correct. The black storm on the snowy field intensified again, and the wind direction also began to change from north to south. Because of the squeeze, the strong wind here is several times stronger than the snow field outside. In this kind of wind and snow, normal people can't even walk forward, let alone stand firm.

Although there was a fireplace in the ignition room of the outpost, a bonfire was lit, but there were too many gaps in the wall, which could not block the cold wind outside, and the igniter, which was an important heat source, suddenly stopped working, and the surface no longer emitted heat. , As a result, the indoor temperature has dropped a lot.

For this level of cold, Leo has no problem at all, but Hancock is no good. Even if he sits next to the stove, he still feels cold in his hands and feet, with a feeling of numbness from the cold.

Leo looked at Hancock, and he knew very well that if he continued like this, he didn't need to wait until tomorrow. Hancock would freeze to death tonight, so he stood up, went outside, and brought back a large amount of firewood to let the fireplace burn. The bonfire burned more vigorously, and then walked to the side of the igniter to carefully check the structure of the igniter.

Leo didn't take this igniter seriously at first, and he didn't even think about taking it as his own, because the shape of the igniter didn't look special, it was just an enlarged version of the ignition device. Similar devices can be seen on some tools equipped with steam engines, and what really caught Leo's attention was that the fire source in this ignition device was not a common carbon stone, but a real energy block.

Leo only took apart the shell of the igniter, saw the energy block, and quickly judged from its size and the color of the energy contained that this energy block was a third-class energy block. The energy itself was not strong, but it won In the long run, as long as the power consumption is appropriate, the energy consumption of the energy block itself can even last for hundreds or even thousands of years.

The person who built this igniter should have a good understanding of the energy block application device inside, because all the heat conduction sheets of the igniter are just attached to the heat conductor of the device, so that the surface of the igniter can emit heat all the time. The heat energy transferred from the heat conductor of the device, as for the damage to the current thing, it is only that the heat conduction sheet below is separated from the heat conductor.

After finding out the reason, Leo reattached the heat conduction sheet tightly to the heat conductor, allowing the igniter's shell to emit heat again.

Feeling that the temperature in the room had risen a bit, Hancock couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, poured a mouthful of hot water into his stomach, and moved a little closer to the bonfire in the fireplace. It looked like he wanted to put himself on the fire Same as baked.

"Do you know who made this ignition device?" Leo sat casually aside and asked Hancock.

Although Leo asked, he never expected to know the answer from Hancock.

However, after listening to the inquiry, Hancock immediately replied: "It should be Polostein."

"Polostan?" Leo felt a little familiar when he heard the name, thought for a while, and asked with confirmation: "Is it Polostan Welski from the Seven Sages of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge?"

"Yes, that's him." Hancock nodded and said, "You should be able to see more things made by Polostein in the cities of the polar mountains, and those things are still used by people here. It is also the reason why the polar mountains have the weakest rejection of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge."

Among the early missionary priests of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge, seven were very outstanding, and they were canonized by the church after death. Later generations grouped them together and called them the Seven Sages, and Borostan Welski was among the Seven Sages It can be regarded as the most mysterious one. There are very few records related to it in the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge. It is only known that he was born in the north. After becoming a missionary, he has been traveling all over the continent as a magical craftsman, spreading knowledge. As for the time and reason of his death, it has not been recorded. It seems that the relevant information has been consciously destroyed.

"Did Polostan come to the polar mountains to preach?" Leo asked with some doubts, because the information in his memory did not mention relevant content.

"It's more than just preaching," Hancock said casually: "He even died here, and the dead bodies were shared and eaten."

Leo was a little surprised by Hancock's answer, so he asked Hancock to explain in more detail.

Maybe talking to people can distract you and make you feel less cold, so Hancock didn't refuse Leo's request, and while drinking hot water, he talked about what he knew about Polostein.

From Hancock's description, Polostein's deeds are not a secret thing in the city of the polar mountains. Almost everyone who lives here all year round knows about Polostein, because those in power here will Rothstein's actions in the polar mountains were compiled into various books, including formal biographies and folk tales told by mothers to children at the bedside.

However, no matter what kind of books it is, the image of Polostein is a villain with amazing wisdom but extremely evil, completely different from the sage in the relevant records of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge. I don't want to record what Polostein did in the polar mountains.

There is nothing special about Polostein’s experience of coming to the polar mountains to preach. He is the same as other clergymen sent or assigned to the polar mountains by the Church of True God. Repulsion, while working hard to spread the teachings of their own church.

Different from other churches, Polostan used his wisdom to help various cities in the polar mountains solve many problems, made many tools that are still in use today, and built many buildings that are still regarded as the surface of the city, so even if he He was not able to preach successfully in the polar mountains, but he also had some prestige and status in various cities in the polar mountains.

However, later people discovered that Polostan used the hospital he opened to conduct some mysterious experiments on the patients who were going to be treated. Several of them died because of the failure of the experiments. heir.

As a result, Polostan changed from a respected wise man to an evil person who everyone shouted and beat. The people at that time escorted Polostan to different cities in the polar mountains to be tortured, and finally died on Movit Road. After his death, his body was eaten by the people at that time, and the name Polostein became a synonym for evil in the polar mountains.

"Isn't that right?" After listening to Hancock's narration, Leo also showed more doubts on his face, and questioned: "If the people in the polar mountains hate Polostan so much, they don't even hesitate to Eat his body after death, then the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge that Polostan believes in should also receive the same hatred, and it shouldn’t be the church that receives the least resistance and rejection among all the Churches of True God like it is now.”

Faced with Leo's doubts, Hancock was also stunned. He used to listen to the story of Polostein as a folktale, and he didn't think about whether it was reasonable or not. Now he listened to Leo's words. , He also felt that the story he told seemed really unreasonable.

Leo didn't wait for Hancock's answer, but continued as if talking to himself, "And the charges against Polostan are also unreasonable. If Polostan really opened a hospital, then he opened a hospital." It is definitely not possible to use this place as a laboratory, it must be to make it a missionary base of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge in a disguised form, so even if he wants to do mysterious experiments, he should not choose a place with special significance in the hospital. place, and the hospital is often visited by people, it is basically impossible to hide it from others by putting the laboratory here. With the prestige and status of Polostein at the time, he could find another place that is more secretive. As for the experiment The body can also find other people, and there is no need to find patients in the hospital, such as captives, slaves, etc. Isn't this safer?"

Listening to Leo's analysis, Hancock kept nodding his head.

Leo still didn't stop, and continued to analyze: "The biggest loophole is the way of dealing with Polostan. Even if Polostan uses patients for experiments, it should only be hated by the people in the cities where the hospital is established. Yes, the relationship between the cities in the polar mountains is very complicated. People who are hated by these cities may become heroes if they go to other cities, but after being punished in all the cities of the polar mountains, Polostan went Movitt Road, this method of punishment gives the impression that Pollostan has offended the entire Polar Mountains, not just a few cities."

Hancock couldn't help being curious, and asked, "Your Excellency Leo, what do you think Polostan died of?"

Leo shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "I don't know about this, but one thing I know is that when Polostan was executed, the people in the cities in the polar mountains didn't hate him as described in the current story, otherwise If so, all the tools and buildings previously made by Polostan should have been destroyed in this hatred, instead of still being used today."

Hancock put forward a different view: "These tools and buildings are very easy to use. Even if they hate Polostein, they shouldn't..."

Leo shook his head, interrupted the other party's rhetoric, and explained: "You also said just now that Polostan was eaten by others after his death. From this, it can be judged that the hatred for Polostan at that time has completely lost his mind. , animal nature is greater than human nature. At this time, any rational judgment of gains and losses will not exist. All I can think of is to vent the anger caused by this hatred. Therefore, according to normal circumstances, Polostein’s tools and buildings should definitely be destroyed, and it is impossible to survive come down."

Hancock didn't refute anymore after hearing this. He also felt that the death of Polostan was a bit strange, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and just regarded it as a normal topic of chatting with Leo.

Leo, however, had other ideas, since the life of Borostan Welski had already piqued his interest.

Judging from the manufacturing process of this igniter, it is obvious that Polostan should have mastered the use and maintenance methods of a large number of scientific and technological equipment of the cosmic civilization. Be one of his tools in the mold he makes.

However, there is no record of where the knowledge of these cosmic civilizations and technologies came from, and there is no record in their life records. One thing is absolutely certain, that is, this knowledge definitely did not come from the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge, otherwise, the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge would have It will not be like the current state. They have mastered a lot of scientific and technological knowledge of cosmic civilization, and they can create more powerful weapons and more magical tools. It is not difficult to become one of the top churches in the Church of True God.

As for the time when he was preaching in the south before coming to the polar region, Polostan probably did not acquire this knowledge, because he was not the only one who taught Polostan at that time, and he was accompanied by many assistant priests and other followers. The experience of time is also recorded in detail in the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge, and there are no omissions.

Therefore, Leo judged that these scientific and technological knowledge of cosmic civilization should be obtained by Polostan after he came to the polar regions, which also made Leo think of the brood spaceship in the palm rock.

He didn't think that Polostan obtained the scientific and technological knowledge of cosmic civilization from the brood spaceship, but felt that there must be other, even a large number of spaceship remains of cosmic civilization in the polar mountains. There may be equipment like learning devices preserved in the remains. After all, this is not the first time he has encountered such a thing of learning the knowledge of science and technology of cosmic civilization from learning devices.

Looking back, it is not difficult to see from the materials recorded by the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge that before Polostein went to the polar mountains alone to preach, he already had a very high reputation in the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge. Considering making Polostein the next Pope of the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge, and because of this, even though all the rumors about Polostein from the polar mountains are evil, the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge is still He was canonized after his death, and he was one of the sages, which shows how high Polostein's reputation was in the Church of the Spirit of Knowledge at that time.

However, Polostein, who has such a bright future, left everything behind and went to the polar mountains alone to preach, at least in name, which is obviously too abnormal. At least from the various records of Polostein, it can be analyzed that this person is definitely not That kind of fanatical church missionary has a purpose in everything he does, and his purpose in coming to the polar mountains may have been aimed at the remains of those cosmic civilizations.

Moreover, I don't know why when Leo thought of Polostan, he couldn't help but think of those brothers and sisters of Filoria in his mind, and Polostan Weski, whom he vaguely gathered, was one of them.