The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Do you know the operation code for this thing?" Sylvia looked at the strange thing delivered by the grocery store just now, and looked at her pocket that had been reduced by half, and then asked Leo.

This strange thing is not very big, it is about the size of two palms. It looks like a mirror, but the surface of the mirror is covered with patterns composed of various metal wires. These patterns have no mysterious power, but they are very powerful. Regular and comfortable to look at.

"I don't know, you have to try it to know." Leo looked at the electronic equipment from the old earth era in front of him and said with some uncertainty.

From the information in his memory, Leo knew that this electronic device was a general-purpose encoder in the earth era. It was mainly used in the programming of various large-scale machinery and medical equipment. Users can use the encoder if necessary. The built-in module can easily reset the operating program of a large machine, turning a machine originally used for excavation into a combat machine, and can also turn a medical device used for surgery into an internal medicine device , all in all, this equipment is basically a must-have equipment for engineers in the old earth era.

When he came back from the examination room, Leo saw this device in the grocery store. According to the owner, it came from the inner city. It was said to be an item of Gu Lanxi, and it was a very old antique.

Leo has never used this kind of equipment, so it is not clear whether this universal encoder can read and write the data in the metal plate.

After carefully recalling how to use this device in the materials, Leo found that there were only the most basic instructions for use in those materials, and there was very little content about application coding. There was only a coding table and two examples.

However, these materials are enough for Leo, he quickly mastered how to use the device, and tried to open the device.

As he had guessed in advance, the device did not respond. Obviously, if the people in the inner city of Lanxi hadn't seen that the device was broken, they probably wouldn't have taken it out as an antique and sold it to the grocery store. This other aspect also proves that this equipment is not an important item in the inner city of Lanxi. Otherwise, even if the equipment is broken, there are still a large number of parts that cannot be manufactured here that can be used to make replacement parts for other equipment of the same type. .

Leo uses the universal tool in the universal recorder to turn on the device, and then scans the components in the device.

Although in terms of the technological content of the equipment, there is a civilization gap of dozens of levels between the universal recorder of the Supreme Council and the coder of the old earth era, but when the Supreme Council of the Universe made the universal recorder, it considered Through the applicability of this tool, after reducing some powerful and unique functions in the tool, the scope of use of this tool has been extended, and its scope has almost spanned civilizations of all levels in the entire universe.

From the initial mechanical civilization in the planet to the highest interdimensional civilization, you can find applicable basic tools on this universal recorder. These basic tools cannot help these civilizations obtain advanced civilization technology, but they can give them The user provides conveniences that his civilization does not have.

For example, the universal tool used by Leo now includes not only mechanical tools for disassembling the encoder, but also a scanner for scanning faults and a repairer for repairing faults.

After scanning the entire device, the universal recorder simulated the working principle of the encoder in an instant, and found the faulty components of the equipment, and repaired the components at the picometer level through the repairer.

From Sylvia's point of view, Leo only used the tool on his wrist to emit a row of gratings, and then swept across a board with various small pottery pieces dismantled from the device, and then reinstalled the thing. Turn on again.

The encoder, which was not working just now, started immediately, and a three-dimensional operation interface appeared on the surface of the encoder.

"Is this thing usable?" Sylvia asked, looking at the scene in front of her.

"It should work, I'll try it first." Leo put the metal card in his hand into the operation interface according to the method in the manual.

The chip data inside the metal plate was immediately read by the encoder, and then displayed in front of Leo in the form of a holographic image under the guidance of the encoder's intelligent program.

This holographic image not only contains the image module created by Leo's previous scan, but also other data collected after body scan and identity information, etc., and all the information related to the text is from a certain country in the old earth era. common language displayed.

Leo understood this language, although he was not very proficient in using it, but after operating it once or twice, there were no major problems.

At this time, he also started to call up the encoding program, and began to re-encode the internal data in the metal plate.

Because it is a product of the old earth era, the governments of all countries on the earth at that time still used very basic artificial intelligence with large databases. , believes that if artificial intelligence is allowed to develop, it will make artificial intelligence replace human beings.

Therefore, a series of artificial intelligence products have added a lot of restrictions, and the use of artificial intelligence will also be restricted in some key places. The way of using artificial intelligence is always triggered, not intelligent active assistance.

It is precisely for this reason that Leo, who has become accustomed to intelligent assistance, has to analyze, crack and re-enter the modified code by himself, and the whole process is very slow.

Sylvia on the side watched for a while after Leo performed repetitive and cumbersome operations on the illusory image that appeared in front of her eyes, and soon felt bored, so she said to Leo, left the hotel room, and went outside walk around.

Leo didn't say anything, and most of his thoughts were on the code on the hologram. Although it was not difficult for him to analyze, decipher and rewrite the code, the way to re-enter it was really difficult. It's too backward, far from being able to input automatically on the machine in the bachelor's union.

He can only use this encoder for manual input, and the manual input button module is so anti-human that he can't imagine why the original people would design such an illogical and visible input button module, as if the designer simply wanted to torture the user. designed by.

It took far longer than he expected, and Leo finally changed the identity level on his metal plate to the highest level, and with the modification of the academic certificate level, the general recorder also detected the metal plate emitting outwards. Received a radio wave, and then received another radio wave.

This send-and-receive radio wave was anticipated by Leo in advance. When he cracked the analysis code, he found that it was not enough to just modify the identity level in the metal plate, and he also needed to connect to the central computer on the Prometheus. There are two ways to modify the identity level information there, one is to export and import through the equipment of the Bachelor's Association, and the other is to use the network system that comes with the metal plate to connect to the central computer for modification.

Leo naturally chose the second method first, and only when the second method failed would he choose to sneak into the Bachelor's Society and use that device, and the reason why he was not sure about the second method was because he didn't know how many years had passed, Pro Whether the network receiving module of the Mitheus's central computer can still function normally.

The result of the matter was much better than he expected. Everything went very smoothly. There was no problem with his modified student certificate status level, and it was accepted by the central computer very smoothly. Now he can be said to have been modified by the entire Prometheus One of the people with the highest status in Lanxi City, at least on the central computer.

Leo turned off the encoder, took the metal plate in his hand, looked at it, and hung it around his neck. The next thing to do was to experiment with the use of the metal plate.

At this time, the door opened, and Sylvia walked in from the outside. Compared with when she left just now, she had a very simple-looking stone statue in her hand.

Leo did not feel any energy fluctuations from the stone statue. It seems that this stone statue should be an ordinary handicraft, but what is unusual is that there is a symbol that looks like a commercial label engraved on the stone statue, and this symbol Leo knew it, it was the original coat of arms of the Belmont family.

"Is this something from your Belmont family?" Leo asked directly after discovering the badge.

"Hmm!" Sylvia nodded and said, "I accidentally saw it just now. The person who sold this thing said that this thing was made by a Gulanxi family living in the inner city of Lanxi. That family Carving statues of gods and deities dedicated to outlanders from various realms of the gods, I think it may be the origin of our Belmont family."

Leo could easily hear Sylvia's thoughts and said, "Do you want to go and see?"

Sylvia nodded and said, "It's fine if you don't know it. Now that you know it, you must check it out. Although I don't think it's meaningful, I just want to see it."

Although this would waste some time and even cause some trouble, Leo didn't care. He nodded, reached out to Sylvia, and said, "Give me your certificate, and I'll change your identity now." permissions."

Because of the previous experience and the code that can be applied, Leo modified Sylvia's certificate very smoothly. It took less than one-third of the time to modify Sylvia's certificate level to the minimum level. advanced.

"It's that simple?" Sylvia couldn't help but look at the metal plate for her study certificate that was handed back to her.

Leo said: "It's just that it looks simple to you. I don't know the details. You just need to know that the two of us are senior bachelors of Lanxi. But we can't say that we have succeeded yet. We have to experiment. Check to see if you already have the authority that an advanced bachelor should have."

"Where to try?" Sylvia asked.

Leo thought for a while and said, "Go to the top floor."

Although according to regulations, as long as you have obtained the basic certificate, you can enter every place in the public area up to the 90th floor, and you can use every item of public area equipment, but in fact, this authority needs to be slightly discounted, such as Lanxi The top floor of the twenty-four public areas in the city is a special area that is not eligible to enter even if you have a basic academic certificate.

In the public area where Leo is located, the top floor is the ninetieth floor, which is the entrance to the inner city. According to the regulations, only the locals of Lanxi City, diplomats and priests with special identities, and people who have obtained tenth level or above Only bachelors with certificates can enter this area. From a certain point of view, entering this area is equivalent to entering the inner city. The procedures to enter the inner city from this area are just routine, and basically there will be no embarrassment review.

If you want to go from the 98th floor to the top floor, you can only go through ten direct elevators. Each elevator has an identity authentication device. Bachelors need a diploma, and diplomats need a diplomatic certificate. Only Lanxi locals do not need any Certificates, because their growth data has been included in the database of the Prometheus since their birth.

There have also been some daring people who tried to climb from the outer wall to the 90th floor to sneak into the inner city, but in the end these people didn't catch it well, and no one knew what happened to them during the climbing process. What, I just know that these people eventually fell from the top and fell into a pulp, and even some family members with unique abilities were not spared, and no one would dare to do such opportunistic things over time.

After modifying the certificate level, Leo and Sylvia came to the 98th floor of the public area, from the lower 30th floor to the middle 30th floor, and then to the upper 30th floor. There were no accidents in the two identity checks, and the modification of the authority level of the student certificate was perfect.

When he came to the elevator leading to the top floor, there was no one in this elevator. Leo directly imitated the actions of a bachelor not far away, and put the certificate in his hand on a small platform at the entrance, and then closed the elevator door tightly. It opened smoothly, and he walked in naturally.

Behind him, Sylvia followed his actions and passed the inspection of the elevator inspection program smoothly.

The elevator automatically went up after closing the door. When the door was opened again, they had already reached the top floor. Perhaps because of the small number of people, the space on the top floor looked very large and empty, and the environment was better, with a more technological sense. Some, unlike the ones below because it is a public area, the overall look is messy, like a chaotic town on an edge planet.

After testing the effect of the revised academic certificate, Leo and Sylvia did not stay on the top floor, but returned to the public area. Although they could enter the inner city at that time, they did not know the actual situation of the inner city Under the current situation, entering the inner city rashly will only cause some unnecessary mistakes and problems, so they will try their best to collect some information related to the inner city in the past two days, and wait until all the useful things in the public area have been taken away by them. When the exploration is over, they will enter the inner city to continue exploring.