The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"You are really not simple, Your Excellency Leo." After hearing Leo mention the underground mine of Miret's disaster, Joe looked at Leo in great surprise. Obviously he did not expect Leo to think of it all at once. Milet, so he asked curiously, "How did you think of Milet so quickly?"

"Because when you mentioned Miret's underground mine, you emphasized that it was bottomless." Leo briefly explained, and then continued to make wild guesses: "If there is not a road under Miret's mine. If the ocean goes directly to the undercurrent of the new continent, then it is very possible that there is an underground world across the ocean?"

Hearing Leo's guess, the expression on Joe's face has become shocked. He looked at Leo as if he was looking at an incredible existence. He even forgot to breathe. It took a long time to feel uncomfortable. He let out a long breath, and asked Leo excitedly, "Have you ever been underground? You..."

"No, I haven't been to the underground." Leo didn't wait for Joe to finish his question, and he denied it directly, saying: "Those are just guesses, but it seems that I should be right. Looking at you, have you been there?" The underground world?"

Joe didn't answer immediately, but stared at Leo, as if he wanted to see some flaws from his expression, but Leo's face was always indifferent, making it impossible to judge his mind.

After being unable to see any clues, Joe withdrew his impolite gaze, then sighed, and said, "I haven't been there either. If I had been, I wouldn't be here now."

Leo questioned: "Since you haven't been there, why are you so sure that there is an underground world, and that the underground world can pass through the entire ocean?"

"Because my ancestor Kevill went there." Joe showed a look of reminiscence on his face, and then told Leo what he knew without hiding anything.

Originally, these things were a big secret for Joe, and it is reasonable to say that they should not be told to Leo, a stranger who has only known him for a few days, but I don’t know why, maybe because Leo guessed the existence of the underground world. He had the feeling of seeing a confidant, and inexplicably developed a strong sense of trust in Leo in his heart, and finally told the big secret of his family that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

Joe's ancestors were prospectors in Milet. They would look for the hidden deposits under the rocks. With their abilities, they are not only famous in Milet, but also in neighboring countries. They are often invited by countries The family went to explore the mine.

When the Miret disaster happened, Joe's ancestors were invited by neighboring countries to find an iron mine, which was more than a disaster.

After the disaster, their family returned to Miret to find the cause of the disaster, so they entered the Purple Iron Mine and explored to the depths of the mine. Later, because they did not have enough supplies and some people fell ill However, the areas that have been explored are still drawn into blueprints and passed down.

Later, due to various reasons, Joe's ancestors did not continue to live in Miret, an area known as the cursed land, and moved to a neighboring country to continue living until the generation of Kivir.

Kivir was just an ordinary prospector at first, with average abilities, and he had no advantage over other prospectors. Many members of his family have changed careers, and he is the only one who is engaged in the prospector profession. It is precisely because of this reason , so all the information about prospectors left by his ancestors was left to him, and he also happened to see the exploration records about the Milet Purple Iron Mine and the topographic map.

In that record, it was mentioned that although the purple iron ore underground in Milet disappeared mysteriously, there were still many scattered purple iron associated mines in the pit, and because of the disappearance of the purple iron ore, these Associated mines are easier to mine.

Kevier discovered that some of the recorded associated mines of purple iron were of very high value, so he wanted to use this information to enter the Miret Mine alone to dig those associated mines.

After that, things went very smoothly. Kevier successfully excavated many high-value associated mines, and became extremely rich in a short period of time, so he no longer needed to worry about his livelihood.

After becoming rich, he also made many aristocratic friends. Under the influence of the aristocratic friends, he became interested in various adventures. At the beginning, he was no longer satisfied with the expedition content that others had completed, and instead began to conduct research on the Miret Mine, and formulated a series of exploration plans.

Although Kiviel is a novice in exploration, he is very cautious about exploration. After learning about the failure of his ancestor's exploration of the mine pit in his ancestor's notes, he systematically formulated a ten-year exploration plan.

He first found some places suitable for storing food, drinking water and other supplies from the blueprints. While conducting exploration training for underground mines, he continued to transport various supplies to those places. At the same time, he also stayed underground for a long time. Let yourself adapt to the underground environment and master the ability to live underground. After six years of training in this way, not only have you explored all the places marked on the blueprint, but you have even gone a certain distance, and all the supply points have been stored by him. Lots of supplies.

After confirming that he had made enough preparations, Kiviel began to explore deeper into the mine pit. He was very cautious at the beginning, and the distance of each exploration was not very long, and once he found a suitable place, he would go back to carry it Some materials were stored nearby, so he slowly explored deep underground for several years, and finally he passed through the entire underground mine and came to an underground world.

As for what the underground world looks like, Kiviel's notes did not record it, or more correctly, the notes related to this record were lost, and the content connected with the note that reached the underground world was basically Vail's experience living among a primitive Aboriginal tribe.

Kivir recorded in detail the customs, systems, and religions of the indigenous tribes, where he gradually formed his own doctrine of supremacy, and then he returned to the Novat continent from the underground world, and there is no record of this period of experience , Joe thinks it should be lost too.

Keviel, who returned to the Novat continent, wrote his experience into a book, and added his supremacy theory to the book, which eventually caused a catastrophe and was burned to death as a heretic, and his book They were also regarded as banned books and all were taken back and burned. Only a few were handed down and were privately collected by certain nobles with special identities.

After hearing this, Leo asked suspiciously: "Since you have Kivir's notes and a detailed map of the mine, have you never entered the mine and gone deep underground?"

Qiao smiled wryly, shook his head, and said, "Of course I have, it's just that there was a major earthquake in Milet more than a hundred years ago, and all the mine passages collapsed in that earthquake. My experience is useless, so I can only find another way.” He paused for a moment, and then continued: “I used to think that the indigenous tribe recorded in Kivir’s notes was a certain indigenous tribe in the underground world. , until I came to the New World and met the Paho tribe, I was sure that the indigenous tribe recorded by Keewel should be the Paho tribe, and it is very likely to be a tribe in the core area of ​​the Paho tribe, because the indigenous tribe was recorded once in the notes Accepting tribute from other tribes, and in the area around the Paho, there will never be other tribes that accept tribute."

Leo saw through Joe's thoughts and said, "Do you want to enter the underground world through the underground passage of the Paho tribe, just like the experience of Keviel returning to the Novat continent?"

"Yes." Joe nodded.

Leo thought for a while and said, "The idea is very good, but have you considered other competitors?"

"Other competitors?" Joe was taken aback, and looked at Leo in confusion.

Leo reminded: "You just said that all the notes describing the underground world are lost. Why did you just lose that part of the underground world? Could it be that someone took that part away?"

After hearing this, Joe frowned, thought about it carefully, and said, "Since someone is also interested in the underground world and can even take away Kivir's notes, why doesn't he take all of Kivir's notes? You must know that there are still many contents in Kevier's notes that are very valuable."

"The value is only relative to you. For others, only the content described in the underground world is valuable." Leo shook his head and said seriously: "Don't forget, the forbidden book written by Kivir It also records his experience of entering the underground world..."

Joe immediately retorted: "The experience recorded in that book is very vague, and there is no map of the most important mine passage. The value of that book cannot be compared with his notes."

Leo responded flatly: "A book needs to go through many revisions from writing to publication. The purpose of Kevill's writing this book must be to gain fame, so he must convince others of his own experience. So he must have written the original version in great detail, maybe even more detailed than the notes you inherited, but later he may feel inappropriate, so he will continue to delete the content, and finally wrote the banned book." He paused. After a while, he continued: "If someone gets the first draft, or even the first few editions, then he may not be very interested in the notebook in your hand, and don't forget that the mine passage has been destroyed in the earthquake. It’s gone, so the most valuable map in the notes and the experience of the mine passage are not so important, but the content of the underground world is the most important.”

Listening to Leo's analysis, Joe's expression was very flat at first, and he didn't seem to take the analysis seriously, but after hearing it, his expression became more and more serious, and his brows were also tightly frowned. It seemed that Leo's words reminded him of something bad.

After thinking about it for a while, Joe suddenly seemed to understand something, and said abruptly: "I may know whose hands are those notes recording the underground world."

Hearing this, Leo looked at Joe questioningly.

"The longhorn whale Mithra of the Kingdom of Rand." Joe replied.

Obviously, Leo, who doesn't know much about the Novat continent, just knows that the Rand Kingdom is one of the strongest ocean kingdoms in the Novat continent, and one of the first countries to colonize the New World. As for the great nobles in the Rand Kingdom , He really doesn't know what big forces are.

Seeing Leo's dazed look on purpose, Joe also felt a little puzzled, because in his opinion, anyone who is interested in the New World should know about the Mithra family. This safe route was discovered by the Mithra family. So far, this route is still the busiest sea route. Half of the islands along the route are in the hands of the Mithra family. Its sea power can definitely rank among the top ten private powers in various countries. position.

Although Joe didn't understand why Leo didn't know about the Mithra family, he still told Leo what he knew about the Mithra family. He hunted a long-horned giant whale that emerged from the gray mist, and the image of that long-horned giant whale became the family emblem and family name of the Mithra family.

After hearing about the Mithra family, Leo turned back to the topic and asked, "Why do you think that Kivir's notes about the underground world were taken by the Mithra family?"

Joe explained: "Because the Mithra family hired me to take risks in the New World." Maybe he thought this explanation was too simple, and Leo might not understand, so he thought about it again and said in more detail: "My Mithra At the beginning, the La family found my father and wanted my father to come to the New World, but my father had no sense of adventure, he was only interested in his circus, so it was replaced by me. The requirements are also very low, as long as I write to them all my experience in the New World, they will support my monthly expenses. Later, even if I have a bad reputation as a big talk Joe, their support for me has not stopped until I After I told them all about the Paho people, they suddenly cut off my reward. Afterwards, I heard that Mithra formed a large pioneering group and planned to go deep into the jungle, and there were also rumors that the Mithra family seemed to be related to the Some indigenous tribes have established trade relations. All in all, the Mithra family suddenly increased their investment in the development of the New World after I passed on the news about the Paho tribe. It was formed under the influence of the pioneering group formed by the Terra family."

After hearing this, Leo questioned: "Since you have this relationship with the Mithra family, why don't you go to the pioneer group formed by the Mithra family and join the pioneer group of the Kingdom of Root? If the Mithra family If you really have plans for the underground world, wouldn't it be better to let you, a descendant of Kivir, join in."

"I have been there, but I was kicked out." Joe smiled bitterly, and said, "I have not seen the Mithra family who signed an employment agreement with me. After going to the pioneer camp of the Mithra family there He was kicked out immediately."