The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

I don't know if it was because the people had a good attitude of admitting their mistakes, or because the old man with a white robe embroidered with exquisite patterns was not prepared to punish them. This matter passed quickly.

Afterwards, he saw this white-robed old man, who was obviously superior in status, leading everyone up to the tower floor where the psionic suppressor was placed, and then stepped forward to check the machine carefully.

The old man checked very carefully, almost every inch. Although it was a waste of time to do so, the other white-robed men who were waiting around didn't dare to say anything at all, they just stood there obediently, not even saying a word Dare to say.

About an hour later, the old man stood up, with an extremely serious face, and said in a deep voice: "The intruder last night touched this artifact."

"What? Have you ever touched this artifact?" Everyone panicked when they heard the words.

They knew very well that the reason they could live relatively safely on this island was entirely because of these artifacts protecting them.

In the beginning, there were more than 20 of these artifacts. With the help of these artifacts, their ancestors were able to drive away the powerful monsters on the island with ease, and they were even able to go fishing. matter.

However, some lunatics among their ancestors actually disassembled these artifacts, trying to master the power of the artifacts, and what is even more incredible is that other people did not stop them.

It wasn't until more than a dozen artifacts were disassembled that the protected area of ​​the artifacts shrunk to half of the island. It was only at this time that the disassembled artifacts could no longer be assembled, and they realized how big a mistake they had made.

After experiencing this incident, the Yam people established very strict systems and laws to protect the remaining artifacts, so as to prevent the artifacts from happening again and reduce the space they can live in.

It's just that any strict decree will become loose over time, and after many years of peace in the decree to protect artifacts, most people don't know that there is such a decree.

Because of the slack in the protection of the artifacts, the team of combat priests that should have been arranged for the third time at the stone tower did not come. In addition, it was the blood moon night, and the yellow-robed priests had to go out to inspect, and only a few bodies showed up. The mutated Yam scholars volunteered to read books in the stone tower all night, so that the intruders could easily enter this important place and move the artifacts that were regarded as taboo.

Immediately, everyone recalled the time when they read from the book in their minds, and their faces immediately became extremely ugly, and they were also full of anger amidst worry.

"The artifact has been passive, so now the protected area of ​​the artifact..." Someone couldn't help asking the leader, the white-robed old man.

"Don't be nervous. Although the artifact has been passive, the intruder's movements were very careful and skillful, and did not cause any damage to the artifact." As he spoke, the old man squatted down and checked the psychic suppressor again. , and then said very positively: "The intruder knows a lot about artifacts, at least better than most of us, and he also knows some things that we don't."

Hearing that the artifact was intact, everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, but after hearing the introduction from the white-robed old man, some people subconsciously asked out of curiosity: "What things we don't know? What else we don't know?" know things."

"Of course there is, like this." The old man in white robe almost did the same action as Leo last night, and saw that the suppressor opened a hole, revealing the original recorder inside.

Seeing this kind of operation, everyone was in an uproar immediately. Although they didn't know what the original recorder was for, they were sure that the method of opening the hole was not found on any page of the holy scriptures, as the white-robed old man said. That way, that intruder really knows something they don't.

"How is this possible?" Although the facts are already in front of them, most people are still unbelievable. One of them couldn't help but say what was in his heart, saying: "The holy scriptures have always been in our hands. There is no such thing in this world. People can understand how to use artifacts better than us, even if they discover new control methods, it will only be us..."

"What do you mean?" An old man who was also wearing a white robe with red threads on his sleeves and collar interrupted his colleague, and said with a cold face: "Are you suspecting that the intruders are us who protect the holy scriptures?" What did you do?"

As his words fell, several other old men in the same white robes gathered around and stared angrily at the person who said the wrong thing.

Although he knew that he had said something wrong, the man didn't intend to apologize, instead he stood up and said, "I didn't say that, you admitted it yourself," he said, without waiting for the other party to refute, he turned to others Said: "Don't you all think that there is no such possibility at all? You know how to operate the artifact, and you have created a new operation method for the artifact. You even chose an extremely accurate time to invade the stone tower, and left before the yellow-robed priest came back. Think about it, everyone, is this intruder an outsider? Or is there an inner ghost among us?"

Hearing these words, not only did the other neutral people have thoughtful expressions on their faces, but even those who were suspected had contemplative expressions on their faces, and they looked at each other's eyes. There is also a trace of doubt.

"Indeed, it might be one of us," the white-robed old man as the leader seemed to support the idea of ​​the traitor, but quickly changed the subject and said, "However, outsiders cannot be ruled out. We are indeed the ones who know the most about artifacts. The scriptures that control the artifacts are in our hands, but don’t forget that there are some people who know the scriptures and artifacts very well, even better than us.”

Someone quickly guessed the persistence in the old man's words, and echoed: "You mean the descendants of those people back then?"

The old man nodded and said: "Compared to the fact that we only manipulated the artifacts through a part of the deciphered content of the sacred scriptures, those blasphemers completely demolished more than a dozen artifacts, and their understanding of the artifacts is also deep inside, which is far from ours. Comparable."

"But those people were all executed back then, and their books were also destroyed?" Someone immediately asked in confusion.

Someone said in a deep voice: "It is true to say so, but who can be sure that no fish slipped through the net back then, you must know that those people had secretly contacted the black-clothed sect over there in advance, maybe they were destroyed by the sages. Before those things, they have already passed on the knowledge gained after dismantling the artifact."

As this sentence was spoken, everyone's thoughts seemed to be opened. Various guesses came out of their mouths, and they even made up for each other's loopholes in their guesses. Soon a guess that was completely different from the facts was like this. The patchwork is complete.

According to their guess, the invasion of the stone tower and the manipulation of artifacts last night were premeditated for a long time, so the timing was just right, and the people who did these things could only be those priests in black in the black city, because those who demolished the stone tower back then The descendants of the sinners who unlocked the artifact now live in the black city.

Although the old man in white robe headed by him still had some doubts in his heart, he also agreed with everyone's guess.

It's just that some people still expressed some doubts about this kind of conjecture that everyone put together and justified themselves, saying: "But why do they do such a thing? And they still choose the blood moon period that is very important to them. You must know the relationship between us Not long after they eased up, they..."

"The so-called relaxation is just to let us relax our vigilance." Before the person finished speaking, other people retorted: "They deliberately pretended to be reconciled with us, otherwise, we would not be so relaxed here. They just wait for us to relax, and only then will they encounter the least obstacles."

Everyone nodded in agreement when they heard the words, thinking that some previous actions to ease the relationship on the side of Heicheng were to pave the way for last night's actions.

The person who made the rebuttal was able to look at his colleagues, and said: "As for why, I think it should be related to the things stored inside the artifact?"

"What's inside the artifact?" Everyone showed puzzled expressions.

The man immediately pointed to the opening that hadn't been closed, and said, "Don't you think there should be something in it?"

Hearing these words, everyone's eyes fell on the opening of the psionic suppressor, and their faces became extremely ugly. Obviously, they had already believed the conjecture made by their companions, thinking that there must be something inside such a large internal space. something.

If Leo was here, he would definitely feel amused. He knew very well that the reason why the original record storage site had such a large space was for future upgrades. Almost all the unique items produced on the earth will reserve a large amount of upgrade space so that these items can be upgraded in the future. This is also a unique business model of the Earth Federation.

Now the upgrade space created under this business model is mistaken for something hidden in it, and then a conclusion that is far from the truth is drawn, which is a bit too self-righteous.

However, the present conjecture and conclusion is quite in line with the thoughts of most of the people present. They immediately expressed their indignation towards the people in Heicheng, and some even clamored to organize manpower to attack Heicheng, completely forgetting that they They were all suppressed by Heicheng.

"Okay!" The leading white-robed old man said to stop the crowd from continuing to quarrel, turned around and closed the opening on the suppressor again, then thought for a while, and said: "Don't draw conclusions so quickly on this matter, let's send someone to Heicheng, question the black-clothed church and test their reaction," he said, turning his head to look at the white-robed priest who was very active just now, and said: "Hank, since you discovered this , I will leave it to you to go to Heicheng as an envoy."

"Ah!" The complacent man just now was stunned when he heard this decision, and then he showed a face of bitterness, as if he wanted to cry, but although he didn't want to go to Heicheng, he He knew better that the decision made by the old man in front of him had better be followed, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous, so he could only lower his head and replied, "Yes, I will follow your orders."

The old man ignored the man's emotions, and then motioned for everyone to retreat, leaving only a few confidants behind, and walked towards the top of the tower.

After entering the top of the tower, the old man frowned slightly because of his psychic power, then took out a pair of glasses from his pocket, put them on, and looked around, his complexion became extremely gloomy following his discovery, and his eyes were also darkened. Showed a strong anger.

The people following the old man also took out their glasses and put them on one after another, scanning the surroundings, their faces were equally gloomy.

"He came here." The old man took off his eyes, the anger in his heart made his hands tremble a little, and he tried to put the eyes in his pocket several times but failed.

"How did he do it?" A white-robed man also took off his eyes, and said with some doubts: "There is no sign of a battle here, which means that the intruder's attack was sudden and fatal, and it only took the shortest time Just destroy that incarnation, could it be that the head of the black-robed priest did such a powerful force?"

"Impossible, his strength is about the same as mine. Although his strength can be increased due to the blood moon, it is not so strong that he can easily kill the incarnation of the gods, even if the incarnation of the gods is just a seed. .” The old man in white robe shook his head and said, “Besides, the person I saw was not him.”

"You see..." The men in white robes were stunned for a moment, and then they all seemed very excited, and said, "My lord, why are you using that forbidden power again? Every time you use it, it will... "

"Okay! Don't talk about it, I know what I'm doing. If I don't even use the artifact to be touched, what's the use of my obtaining this ability." The white-robed old man stopped the fuss of several subordinates, Then he closed his eyes slightly as if he was remembering something, and said slowly: "The intruder I saw was weird, he was surrounded by a layer of black mist, I have only seen this phenomenon on dead people , and he has a lot of god power, so he should be the apostle of a certain god."

"It is impossible for us to have apostles of other gods here, unless..." a man in white robe speculated, "Unless he is an outsider."

The old man nodded and said, "That's right, I think so too."

Another man in white robe said puzzledly: "Since you already know that the intruder is an outsider, why just now..."

"Since the little guy Hank performed so well, I naturally want to help him set up the stage." The old man smiled contemptuously and said, "And we also need an attractive target. In this case, the one hidden in the city The intruders here will think that we are heading for the Black City. If he is really coming for the incarnation of the gods, he will definitely go to other stone towers to destroy the seeds of the gods. We just need to wait quietly for him to appear That's it."

Several people in white robes smiled when they heard the words, and said, "Understood, we will make arrangements and wait for that guy to appear."