The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"It can't be that simple, can it?" With Leo's technological knowledge, it is not too simple to analyze and crack the operation mode of this console. In less than five minutes, he has completely figured out the console. The use method and operation principle, especially the unlocking method and cracking method of the ancient fingerprint identification system, but after analyzing the cracking method, Leo had some self-doubt, because the cracking of this identification system he analyzed The method is very simple, that is, to short-circuit two of the wires.

In this doubt, Leo tried this method, and the result was really as he analyzed, the console actually started normally.

All the monitors on the console lit up after being short-circuited, and the fast-changing code screen on it and the desktop pattern that stayed at the end also made him understand that the manufacturer of this console is not only the control module is very old, Even the control system is quite old. This system is a spaceship control system written in the early days of the Earth Federation. Because of its stability, it has been used on some colonial stars that require stable equipment. Until Leo remembered There are still some colonial planets using this system in the era of , and the system at that time has been updated for more than 3,000 generations.

Because of this, Leo's knowledge base also has the method of using this system. I saw that he is skilled in controlling each module on the system, calling out the data he wants, and then turning on the lifting mode to lower the entire platform. Sink down to the floor below where the subspace engine generator is located.

The laboratory where the subspace engine generating device is located is easy to identify, because in the entire circular laboratory, only the door of this laboratory has been corroded by some kind of acidic liquid with a big hole, and the lighting equipment in the laboratory is also because of Destroyed and lost its function, it looked pitch black.

Leo didn't immediately get up and enter the laboratory room with the subspace engine generating device, but continued to operate the console, let the data chip of the console itself retrieve the work log data, and looked through it carefully. Standing, not paying attention to the surrounding situation.

And at this moment, Mimidor behind him seemed to be a little bit wrong. His sight neither fell on the laboratory room that was melted with a big hole, nor on the things that Leo was looking at that he couldn't see at all. He looked at another closed laboratory room not far away, and he vaguely felt that there seemed to be an unknown object in that room, and this object was constantly calling him silently. , This kind of summoning gave him an indescribable feeling, as if he had returned to his mother's womb.

Although the calling sound was very strange and directly affected his heart, he did not walk over there according to his instinct, but stood behind Leo all the time. It seemed that this place could make him feel safer and allow him to calm down.

At this moment, Leo was completely immersed in the work log data in front of him. What surprised him was that these logs were not just the work logs of the laboratory, but the work logs of the entire base. It seems that the data storage of this console The device is the work log backup device of the entire base, and the files related to the work log in the base are stored in it. What's more interesting is that because the system of the entire base is the system of the Earth Federation, the language used is also The language of the Earth Federation, not the unique language developed by humans in the Nine Worlds later.

Although Leo can understand the content of these files, because the language used by the people who recorded the data in these files is still their own unique language, and there are some missing contents in their common language of the Earth Federation, so when they use the Earth Federation When recording these work logs in lingua franca, there will be a lot of errors in words and grammar, and Leo needs to recompile them to barely understand the content recorded above.

From the work log, Leo knew that the people who built this base came from an organization called Root Seekers in Midgard. The hometown that has mastered such a powerful technology will not be destroyed like their legendary stories, and because of this, they are very hostile to those who call themselves gods in Asgard, thinking that those people hide the truth of their hometown and prevent the nine People from other worlds return to their hometowns.

According to the records in the log, the organization of Root Seekers is very powerful. There are organization bases and members in every world of the Nine Realms. They have also achieved great results in retrieving past technology and technology. The above scientific devices that are still in use are all derived from the lost knowledge they retrieved. As for whether there is water in it, Leo is not sure, so he can only take a look.

What really caught Leo's mind was their method of fusing these technological knowledge and equipment from the Earth Federation from different periods. There was no detailed record of how this method was used in the work log, but it was mentioned that this method was called the differential fusion system.

At first, when Leo read this name, he thought it was some kind of scientific and technological way of thinking, but the work log of a certain laboratory later recorded how they used this method of difference fusion system to combine two different The fusion of technology and equipment into one, forming a complete process of new usable technology and equipment, Leo realized that this difference fusion system turned out to be an extraordinary power.

Later, when he checked these work logs, he would pay special attention to the extraordinary power of this fusion of differences system. After obtaining a large amount of records and analyzing them, he gradually discovered that this fusion of differences system was very magical, so amazing that he could not use words to describe it. describe.

Among the root seekers, those who have the ability of this kind of difference fusion system are called saints. When these saints exercise this ability, they can analyze the structure, materials, operating principles and other knowledge of the target object, and turn it into their own knowledge. Knowledge that can be understood can be absorbed and fused. At the same time, it can also forcibly fuse two or more types of technological equipment into one technological equipment that can operate normally. The more knowledge the saint reserves, the more technological equipment that can be integrated. The more, the greater the ultimate success rate.

According to records, this base has a root-seeker saint, and this saint can finally integrate less than 30 unknown technological devices, and within 80 pieces, he has analyzed the basic technology of complete manufacturing knowledge, use knowledge, and operating principles Device, this ability can already be called a master among saints.

If there is no exaggeration in these records, then, as the root seekers themselves said, it is very likely that the technological devices of this world are indeed derived from their ability.

In addition, Leo also felt that this so-called difference fusion system ability is not so much a kind of divine power or other supernatural power, but a special kind of psionic power. In fact, those special psionic people in the universe in his memory There is a class of psykers with similar psychic abilities.

That special psyker is not a natural life, but some kind of mechanical life. Although this kind of life is very similar to the silicon-based organisms formed by nature in some places, it is completely different in essence. This kind of mechanical life is a normal mechanical life. After entering the subspace, a mutant life form is unintentionally produced under the influence of the subspace. This kind of life form is no different from a machine in the normal universe, but after entering the subspace, it has a complete life form, and also has A special kind of spiritual power, which allows them to fuse and absorb various technological equipment into their bodies, and then transform them into a new technological equipment. At the same time, they can also absorb the technology related to technological equipment during the fusion process. Knowledge.

This kind of mechanical life rarely enters the normal universe, and most of the time it will wander in the subspace. Generally, people who know them will take the initiative to contact them when they meet them, and learn other universes from them by trading resources. The scientific and technological knowledge of civilization, the Earth Federation has been lucky enough to encounter this kind of mechanical life more than once, and has obtained knowledge from him that has raised the overall technological level of the Earth Federation to a higher level, so this incident has also been recorded in the Earth Federation in some of the files.

In Leo's view, the difference fusion system ability used by the follower is very similar to the special psionic ability of this mechanical life. The only difference is the strength of the ability, which makes him wonder whether there is some kind of connection between the two , and he is also very interested in this ability.

Judging from the current situation shown by the creators of Vanaheim, there should also be special talents such as root seekers and saints in the so-called holy city. The pyramid-shaped cruise fortress outside is the creation of such people, and it may even be wonderful. Nyom, an artificial intelligent creature, is also related to their difference fusion system ability.

It's just that Leo doesn't plan to go to the Holy City to meet the Root Seeker Saint to learn this ability, because it is not necessary, and he may be able to learn this ability in this base.

It is mentioned in the work log that several root-seeker saints died in this base. Their bodies were cremated according to the Midgard custom and sent back to the hometown of Midgard. Only the last one died here. The root-seeker master sage did not follow the custom to be cremated and then sent back to his hometown for burial, but placed him in a special permanent cold room. The reason for this was that the root-seeker master sage died of murder. And his murderer has yet to be found.

But the content of the work log came to an abrupt end afterwards. Presumably, the subspace engine generator opened a space rift leading to the abyss, introducing the Steele bug into this world, and finally caused the internal fall of the base, so the root-seeking The body of Master Saint Master must still be in the permanent freezer of this base. Leo only needs to find this body, and then he can analyze the operation principle and usage method of this kind of psionic energy from the psionic energy remaining on the corpse.

Because all the attention was focused on the ability of the differential fusion system, Leo temporarily ignored the original intention of checking the work log, until he determined the location of the constant cold storage room from the log, and then turned to check the information about rice in the log. The purpose of the Degalts building this base.

Unlike the previous guesses of the heroic warriors, the purpose of the Midgards building this base was not to conduct any evil experiments, nor to invade the abyss. They built this base entirely because the environment here was suitable for their experiments. And their experiment is also very simple, it is the effect on the special energy of the force of nature.

Later, after continuous expansion, the base developed into its current scale, and the number of experimental projects gradually increased, and the project that the laboratory with the subspace engine generator was engaged in was also very simple, which was to open the space leading to other worlds in the Nine Realms The rift, re-establishing the space channel of the Nine Worlds, so the opening of the space rift leading to the abyss was completely an experimental error, and the entire base was completely unexpected in advance, which directly made the overall defense system of the base open to the outside world. There were no defensive measures inside, not even early warning measures, which caused the Steele bugs that invaded this world to calmly degenerate into a lair, bred a large number of bug workers, and easily occupied the entire base.

As for the people in the base, judging from the fact that they didn't see any corpses or signs of battle around them, they should have evacuated the base before the worms started to invade, and activated some kind of defense system of the base to trap the worms in the base. In the base, they probably wanted to evacuate temporarily, and after finding help, they came back to destroy these Steele worms, but why didn’t they come back to destroy these worms later? Even the existence of abyss monsters in this base It is not known if it has not been spread. It may be that the people at the base died in an accident after they left, or they have already left Vanaheim and feel that the things here have nothing to do with them.

After obtaining the desired information, Leo closed the data file of the work log, stood up from the chair in the console, and prepared to go to the nearby laboratory, find the subspace engine generator, and read the recorded data in it. After he took two steps, he noticed that Mimideole's expression was a little strange, so he asked, "What's wrong? Mimideole, do you feel that there is something wrong here?"

Hearing Leo's inquiry, Mimidor immediately told about the unknown object he felt in the laboratory room not far away.

Hearing Mimidor's words, Leo was stunned for a while, and soon as if he had thought of something, his face showed a look of surprise, and then he turned and walked towards the laboratory room that Mimidor pointed out .

After arriving at the door, Leo, who had obtained the highest authority through the console, easily opened the door of the laboratory. Almost immediately after opening the door, the lighting system in the laboratory was activated immediately, illuminating the entire interior of the laboratory transparently.

At this time, Mimidor, who saw the situation inside the laboratory, was completely stunned, standing there not knowing what to do.