The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

After thinking about it for a while, Leo went to the room where mechanical books were stored on the other side of the third floor.

Leo himself doesn't care too much about the knowledge of machinery. After all, looking at the machinery of the steam civilization from the perspective of the era of the big universe, even if he feels that there is a simple and primitive beauty in it, he doesn't think this knowledge is worth spending time and money. Energy study.

However, Leo is still very willing to add the peacock in the database about steam machinery, of course, the premise is that he has nothing else to do, like now.

Compared with the other two study rooms, the room where mechanical books are stored is much neater, and all the books in the collection are not just decorations, there are a lot of traces of flipping through them. The more important point is that the books in this room have been carefully selected, and the content of each book can be an independent series without similarities, from the most basic mechanical principles to the most profound airship steam power. The analysis manual of the device has everything.

It's just that, among all the books, the most are some books made by humanoid puppets, and these books are also the most read books. Many pages have wear and tear caused by too frequent flipping, and a lot of reading is also recorded on them. The experience and notes of the reader, and the reader is undoubtedly Peter Alcott.

Although before reading these mechanical books on steam civilization, Leo did not have any discrimination or contempt for these knowledge, but a little contempt is inevitable. After all, after reading the giant warships traveling through the universe, he looked at the mechanical devices of steam civilization , There is indeed a kind of psychology of adults looking at children's toys.

But when he read the first book that recorded the most basic mechanical principles, and the sub-brain system sorted out the content and entered it into the database, he realized that he had underestimated the steam machinery in this world, and he also discovered that the physics of the Earth Federation Knowledge cannot be applied to the physical principles of this steam civilization. This steam civilization has its own set of physical principles that Leo thinks are extremely absurd.

For example, a mechanical gear that is only the size of a fist and whose strength is equivalent to ordinary steel can actually serve as the core of a complete set of steam bearing transmission system, as if the strength of this piece of steel has increased dozens of times after it is made into a gear shape.

In addition, anyone who understands a little bit of physical principles is very clear that any kind of power and energy will cause some natural losses due to external factors during the transmission process. Even for the alien race with the highest technological civilization in the universe where the Earth Federation is located, they can only achieve close to zero loss in energy transmission, but cannot achieve absolute zero loss.

However, the situation here is completely different. Not only does the steam transmission energy not cause any loss when it is transmitted through gears, bearings and other objects, but it even produces energy amplification due to some incomprehensible reasons, so that the steam energy can be produced. One equals ten magic effect.

Moreover, this miraculous new physical principle not only exists in the steam civilization of this dream world, but also in the world of Velen.

Comparing the structure and principle of steam machinery in the two worlds, it is not difficult to find that the steam energy in the Vinylon world is also magical and powerful, so the energy transmitted by the steam engine alone can support such a huge train running fast on the track, and it can Let the super giant airship made of steel fly in the sky.

It's just that the steam energy of the two worlds is different because of the different combustion materials.

What is burned in the dream world is a coal-like substance called ash stone, which is produced in the foggy area. Basically, as long as the land is in the foggy area, it is all ash stone, but the quality is different. The task of guarding the castle in the fog area is not only to prevent the fog area from spreading and the fog monsters to flood into the forest in the lake area, but also to be responsible for the safety of the ash stone deposits in the fog area.

The temperature generated by the complete combustion of this kind of ash stone is not very high, but it is very long-lasting, which also makes the instantaneous energy they burst out not strong enough to support the rapid operation of various steam machines, but it can increase the continuous operation time , so even if there is a large steam machine in the dream world, it can only run in a slow and persistent manner.

The special plant growth environment in Vinylon World makes the wood resources here almost inexhaustible, and all the wood used as raw materials are the types that can burn violently, and special methods are used to make them sustainable. Charcoal makes the steam energy produced by these raw materials powerful enough to propel those giants to run fast on the ground and fly stably in the air.

After understanding the mechanical principles of this world and the magic of steam energy, Leo also began to re-examine the mechanical civilization of this world, and his attitude towards other books was no longer just to expand the database, but to learn a new kind of knowledge.

As one book after another was recorded in the database, Leo had a deeper understanding of this peculiar steam mechanical civilization. Some things that the civilizations of the Earth Federation and the universe cannot do, the steam civilization here can easily do. , coupled with the assistance of some magical witchcraft, the effect of the two is not just one plus one.

Even in this purely mechanical civilization that doesn't even have integrated circuits, witchcraft and machinery are combined to produce items similar to mechanical control chips, such as Peter Alcott's maid. control chip.

If the ordinary mechanical books on the bookshelf helped Leo broaden his horizons, then the mechanical puppet books compiled by Peter Alcott made him really touch the core of the world's steam mechanical civilization .

The content of these books did not touch the manufacturing process of the mechanical puppet itself, but only described the process of the transformation of large-scale steam machinery into a mechanical puppet, which together became a history of the manufacturing process of mechanical puppets.

Although these books did not specifically describe the assembly and manufacturing methods of any mechanical puppet components, the data recorded in these articles allowed Leo to speculate on some details.

He found that the most important components of these mechanical puppets are not only the mysterious things like control chips and core steam furnaces provided by the Wizards Association, but also the various parts of various sizes that make up the components. The precision of the parts completely determines the final composition of the components. Energy efficiency.

For example, Wizmir went to Seventh Lake Town to purchase a batch of precision parts, because the parts made in Peter Alcott's factory are the best in the entire Lake District League, and the machine components assembled with these parts are the best. able to exert its strongest effect.

After learning about these contents, Leo thought of the things he saw in the noble district.

After he entered the aristocratic district that day, he found that there were no patrol guards in the aristocratic district, but some guard posts were set up symbolically in the internal divisions of each aristocratic district. The number of these sentry posts is not large, and their main task is not for public security and other issues, but to provide services such as gatekeeping for those noble banquets.

At that time, Leo felt that the internal defense of this noble area was weird.

Even though most of the nobles in the dream world living in the noble district can be configured and have various powers and abilities, most of them are not warriors except for a few military nobles. Even if it is configured, the power that can be exerted will not be very strong.

According to Leo's estimation, with his current ability, it is still difficult to sweep the entire aristocratic area of ​​Upper Seventh Lake Town, but it is not difficult to sneak in and assassinate someone.

With the commonality of the rich and powerful in various worlds who are greedy for life and afraid of death, the defense force inside the noble district is too weak.

But now, after looking at the history of the evolution of the mechanical puppets, Leo found that the defense of the aristocratic area is not only not weak, but extremely strong. It is so strong that with his strength, he rushes in without knowing anything. It is difficult to get out of the whole body.

Because in that urban area, any mechanical device with a separate steam furnace as power may be a mechanical puppet similar to the Earth Federation battle robot. According to this calculation, there are nearly a thousand nobles in the entire seventh lake town. A powerful mechanical puppet.

"This is the basis for them to rule the world for so long." Leo closed a book about the combat power of mechanical puppets and muttered to himself, but then he added: "I'm afraid this is also One of the reasons why the Wizarding Association is still able to rule here."

Thinking about the mechanical puppet control components provided by the Wizards Association, it is not difficult for Leo to guess that the wizards may have tampered with the control components. Usually, these mechanical puppets are the main force to help the nobles of the Lake District Alliance rule the Ten Towns. At that time, these mechanical puppets were also deadly killers who took the lives of nobles.

"This should also be a mechanical puppet?" Just when Leo recalled the mechanical puppets disguised as various steam machines in the noble area through the sub-brain system, he suddenly thought of something, opened his mental net, and checked again. The room of Peter Alcott, then said thoughtfully.

After the purposeful analysis of the secondary brain system, Leo discovered that Peter Alcott’s house was also a kind of mechanical puppet, but compared to the mechanical puppets in the aristocratic district, this house did not have that kind of control components, but It is a purely mechanical device, but these devices are combined through some ingenious linkage devices to produce an automatic operation mode similar to a mechanical puppet.

Although this mode does not have a certain amount of intelligence like a real mechanical puppet, and can do things such as judging the enemy and the form, this mechanical puppet is another attempt, a kind of control component after the key part is removed. , a new mechanical puppet that can still maintain its combat power.

"Isn't this a mecha?" Leo quickly deduced from the characteristics of these mechanical parts in the house, what Peter Alcott wanted to develop this new type of mechanical puppet in the end, and the final result made him also I was a little surprised.

Because, he found that in the end, the mechanical puppets developed after removing the control components will be controlled by ordinary people to fight in a fixed mode, which is very similar to the early mechas of the Earth Federation.

In the early space exploration of the Earth Federation, mechas were also popular for a period of time, but in the subsequent wars and conflicts with alien races, the Earth Federation found that this weapon, which was extremely popular in the old earth era, could not adapt to the universe level at all. or more correctly, the human form is the non-cosmic race form.

In the end, this battle mech was either sent to the Earth Federation Military Museum as an exhibit, or distributed to the ground forces as part of the ground defense force.

In a small-scale ground war that Leo participated in at the beginning, he had piloted this kind of mecha, and he had specially supplemented relevant information, so he knew the basic structure of the mecha very well.

It is precisely because of this understanding that he easily saw the traces of the Earth Federation mecha parts from some key parts of the house. For example, the device that serves as the main axis of the house linkage system is very similar to the supporting parts of the mecha. Although these components have undergone some modifications, the overall characteristics have not changed much, and it can almost be judged that the two are two branch components developed from the same type of components.

Before, Leo had revealed some small details from Peter Alcott, guessing that Peter Alcott might have been to the Earth Federation before, and now this house is another example.

"Is this a whim on his own, or is there support from the noble forces behind it?" After carefully checking the situation of the house, Leo couldn't help but have a question in his mind.

If it was just Peter Alcott who made such a house on a whim, and cleverly installed the mecha components of the old earth era in the house, and tested the efficacy of these components, then this matter is just a personal problem .

But if Peter Alcott's actions are backed by aristocratic forces, then the noble forces representing the entire Lake District Alliance have begun to have the idea of ​​​​resisting the absolute rule of the Wizarding Association. No matter how things develop in the end, Silver Moon There will inevitably be some turmoil within the Lakes and Lakes Alliance.

Thinking of this, Leo suddenly laughed at himself, and said to himself: "What does this matter have to do with me, why do you think so much?"

As a passer-by, Leo didn't think about these things about the power struggle within the Lake District Alliance, but quickly collected all the remaining books in the study into the database. Then hand it over to the sub-brain system for filing.

After completing the archiving of the materials, Leo also selected a mechanical component with a simple structure from the materials, as he did in the other two study rooms, and prepared to go to the secret room upstairs to select materials for assembly and testing, confirming the previous Based on the data, guess the strength of the kinetic energy generated by the steam machinery in this world.

However, just as Leo got up and was about to open the entrance to the secret room in the attic, there was a burst of extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations behind him, and a chill below the freezing point appeared out of thin air, instantly filling the entire room, and at the same time, a figure was accompanied by the chill together in the room.