The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The time it took to return to Dailisa was much longer than the time to go to Belen Ice Lake, because when they were walking back, they encountered the first extremely cold ice storm since Dailiat entered winter, although With the abilities of Leo and Silvia, it is not difficult to walk in the ice storm, but their pack animals cannot walk for a long time in the ice storm, which makes them have to temporarily live in a small village on the road for a few days. sky.

With the pass signed by the Ice and Snow Queen, the two received the best care in the village. From the conversations with the villagers in the past two days, they learned that the extreme cold and ice storm came much earlier after the winter, but the Queen was here This was anticipated more than a month ago, so officials were dispatched to various places to oversee food reserves for winter, house reinforcement, storage of firewood for heating, etc., so even though the ice storm was much earlier this time, it did not give Dai What trouble did Liat's folk cause.

In addition, Leo and Sylvia also learned an interesting piece of news, that is, the existence of them avoiding the ice storm. On the night not long ago, several out-of-control family members appeared, and those family members all mutated into monsters, attacking villagers.

At that time, a task force sent by the queen arrived in time to rescue the villagers, so that the villagers' casualties were very small.

In this incident, two pieces of information aroused Leo's interest, that is, the Queen's task force for these mutant families could appear in time after the incident, and it felt as if they knew in advance that there would be mutations in the families.

Another thing is the weapons used by those task forces. From the descriptions of the villagers, it is not difficult to hear that the weapons used by those task forces are very different from the weapons in the world of Velen. Mechanical weapons such as steam engine crossbows seem to use some kind of energy weapons.

The villagers described a beam of light shot out from a silver-gray box and hit the monster, and then the monster collapsed on the ground as if its bones had been pulled out, allowing others to tie it up. This weapon and its effect It reminded Leo of the riot weapons commonly seen on spaceships.

Unless it is a warship or a specially-made spaceship, ordinary civilian spaceships rarely install defensive armor on the inner armor or walls of their own spaceships. This is not only because of money issues, but also because of weight issues, so on these spaceships If a powerful mist such as an energy weapon is used, it is likely to penetrate the hull and cause damage to the hull.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, energy weapons and weapons of mass destruction rarely appear in the security equipment on civilian spaceships. Most of them are riot weapons like stun guns and paralysis guns. What kind of destructive power can't penetrate ordinary armor, but it can subdue most of the life forms similar to humans, just like the members of the task force subdued by the villagers.

From some details, Leo guessed that what they used should be a paralysis gun that acts on the spinal nerves. This gun shoots out a super high-frequency sound wave, which uses the sound wave to destroy the nervous system and achieve the effect of paralyzing the enemy. The villagers saw The ray of light is actually an ultra-high frequency sound wave.

This reminded him that Leah Venistan probably already possessed some cosmic civilization weapons and equipment, and mastered the method of using them, and among those weapons, it might not be the best among the weapons she mastered.

After Leo made the inference, he also told Sylvia about his inference, and Sylvia only showed a little surprise, but quickly returned to normal, and said that since Leah Vi Nistan grew up in the engine room, so it should not be difficult to master these things.

After hearing Sylvia's words, Leo couldn't help but look down at the universal recorder on his wrist.

Although what Sylvia said was very reasonable, Leo didn't think Tully would teach Leah Winistan any knowledge about weapons and equipment, and if Leah Winistan really mastered weapons Equipment and other knowledge, then she will not be at a disadvantage in the battle with the king-chosen Saran.

However, neither Sylvia nor Leo spent much energy on this matter, because no matter what Lia Winistan had mastered or owned, it had little to do with them who were about to leave.

The extreme cold ice storm lasted for three days and then gradually weakened. Leo and Sylvia also bid farewell to the village and continued towards Dai Lisa's direction. At this moment, the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow. , the pack beasts that have been walking in the north all year round, use their wide soles to easily support their bodies in the snow, and move slowly forward.

Perhaps in order to prevent people who walk in the snow from losing their way, Daliat built an indicator tower on every traffic artery. There are guards in the tower and some food is stored. If you are in distress, you can look for the lights and come to the instruction tower to take refuge.

On the vast white land, it took the two of them several days to return to Dai Lisa according to the route provided by the light tower. It just so happened that Dai Lisa's wintering festival was approaching at this time.

Daliat’s winter festival is a fixed festival, but the time for holding the winter festival is not fixed. The towns close to the endless ice fields in the north will celebrate the winter festival earlier than the towns in the south of the kingdom, and the winter festival in Daliat is generally It was chosen to be held on the sixth day after the first extreme cold ice storm appeared, and this time happened to be the second day after Leo and Silvia returned.

After Leo and Sylvia returned to Teresa, they immediately received an invitation from Lia Venistan for the winter festival banquet tomorrow. Originally, the two planned to refuse the invitation. They planned to pack up their bags and leave, but When they found Tessa Mocha, they found that she hadn't recovered yet, so they had to stay here for a few more days.

Compared with seeing Tessa Mocha a few days ago, she is much better at this time, at least those plants are gone, and she is back to human form, but the turquoise color of her body makes her look a little strange, and she has not yet Waking up from a coma.

Both Leo and Sylvia could feel the exuberant vitality in Tessa Mocha's body, and they could also feel that Tessa Mocha was sending a message to the two of them through the vitality, telling them that they should wake up in two days come over.

Therefore, Leo and Sylvia didn't say anything more, and decided to stay here for another two days. After the winter festival tomorrow, they will leave no matter whether Tessa Mocha wakes up or not. For larger snow beasts, it is enough to tie Tessa Mocha in the tent on the back of the snow beast.

On the second day, Leo and Sylvia did not attend the winter festival banquet hosted by Lia Venistan in the palace, but went to the city of Dailisa to participate in various activities held by various communities and guilds in the city.

Leo had also seen the winter festival held in Ice Bear County, but perhaps it was due to the planning of the Grand Duke Ice Bear at that time, which made the winter festival in the capital of Ice Bear County not festive at all, and now Dai Lisa's Winter Festival Obviously a lot of fun.

Various activities are held in the city, and people who come out to play can be seen everywhere, including local citizens, businessmen, and foreign travelers who specialize in participating in the winter festival. Jugglers from all over the world will perform on the street. While receiving a lot of applause, they also earn a lot of money. The priests of the Ice and Snow Goddess Church will also come to join in the fun. They send out their own choirs and sing the poems of the Ice and Snow Goddess on the streets, earning a lot of money. Believer's praise.

However, when the whole city was immersed in the joy of the festival, there were also some small discords, that is, some drunken good-for-nothings were thrown into the residences of the family members to make trouble, and they were beaten up, not to mention He was caught by the city guard and taken to prison.

Although, because of the strength of the Ice Queen, the ordinary people in Deliyat and the families who moved here have always maintained a relatively peaceful state, and there is no constant conflict like other places, but as the world changes, more and more The body mutations of many family members are becoming more and more obvious, and some family members have completely mutated into inhuman monsters in front of people. Ordinary people who have witnessed all this will naturally feel scared and disgusted. For a while, various rumors began to spread under the calm situation with.

Among all the circulating rumors, one is the most widely spread, that is, the body mutations of these family members are diseases, and normal people will be infected and become monsters if they come into contact with them for a long time.

Although this rumor was quickly suppressed by Daliyat's officials, and the incident was defined as the work of the enemy's spies, with the intention of destabilizing Daliyat, but this rumor is still widely spread among the people. , and has been recognized by many people, which also caused many cracks in the originally fragile peaceful relationship between ordinary people and their families in Deliyat.

"It seems that Daliat, the place of refuge for the family, may not be far away from turmoil." When those people were making trouble, Leo and Sylvia were also watching the situation here not far away, watching After those troublemakers were taken away, Sylvia couldn't help sighing.

"It won't be that bad. I think Lia Venistan should have thought about this situation, and she should have countermeasures." Leo shook his head, denied Sylvia's inference, and reminded: " Don't forget, Lia Venistan is transforming, and when she completes her evolution, the problems in your eyes will no longer be problems."

Sylvia didn't refute Leo's words. In fact, after returning to Teresa, although she didn't see Lia Venistan, she already felt a strong force growing in the palace. The strength made her just feel an urge to surrender. If the dragon blood in her body hadn't awakened her in time, maybe she had surrendered to Lia Winistan.

After this little episode, the two continued to stroll around the city, or watched a juggling in a certain tavern, or went to the store to buy some gadgets with local characteristics, living a very leisurely life.

At noon, the two of them bought some food and came to the central square of the city.

At this time, the square had been hired by the city government to transform it into an ice rink, and many people played here.

Leo and Sylvia found a relatively quiet place, and while eating, they watched the lively crowd inside the ice rink.

At this time, Sylvia suddenly said: "I gave that thing to her."

Leo froze for a moment, and soon realized what Sylvia was talking about, so he asked, "What's her reaction?"

"She probably hasn't got it yet." Sylvia shook her head and said, "The item was given to the court attendant as a gift. According to some inspection procedures, it may take a while before she can see it."

"Yeah." Leo nodded, and when he was about to say something, the snow in front of them suddenly flew up, and instantly changed into the appearance of Lia Winistan, who looked at the scene with a serious face. Looking at Leo and Silvia, he said, "Come to see me at the palace."

After speaking, he dissipated his body. The whole process was very fast and did not attract the attention of other people around him.

"Is this an order?" Sylvia froze for a moment, then said with a smile.

"It seems that that thing touched her a lot." Leo frowned and said.

Sylvia stuffed the food into her mouth regardless of her image, then patted the crumbs on her hands, chewed the food, and said, "What a heart-sweeping guy!"

In this way, the two of them ended their visit in Dailisa City and returned to the Ice and Snow Temple, but it was obvious that Lia Venistan couldn't wait any longer, and had already sent someone to wait outside their room before they could change their clothes. , and led them to the palace, all the way to Lia Venistan's private garden.

From the mouth of the attendant, they know that the garden they are going to now is the forbidden area of ​​Lia Venistan, and no one, including the palace minister, is allowed to enter here. In a way, Leo and Sylvia are the first A guest who stepped into this private garden naturally alarmed the other nobles attending the banquet in the palace, so on the way, the two of them could see many curious nobles looking at them, as if they were guessing their identities .

Soon they came to the corridor leading to the garden. After the court attendant sent to the door, he stopped and motioned for the two to go in by themselves.

Leo and Silvia didn't think too much, they walked directly into the passage, and soon came to the gate of the garden.

However, after seeing the gate at the entrance of the garden, both Leo and Sylvia couldn't help laughing, because this gate should be transformed from two armor plates, and it looks very similar to the inner wall steel plate in the engine compartment.

Leo stepped forward and opened the door, and the garden that made all the nobles in Deliyat so curious appeared in front of them. After seeing this garden, both he and Sylvia couldn't help but smile, because this garden and the The garden seen in the engine compartment is exactly the same, not only the layout, but even some plants are exactly the same, obviously rearranged according to that garden, and at this moment Lia Venistan is standing in the garden with the wooden doll .