The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Jenkins felt that the young man in front of him appeared very strange. This strangeness did not mean that there was something weird about the process of his appearance, but that he came here and saw the big tree in front of him. It was so normal that there was not even a hint of surprise on his face.

At first, Jenkins just thought that the other party might have fallen into a state of confusion for some unknown reason, just like the attracted beasts, and he had no awareness of everything outside, but after careful observation, he found this again. The young man didn't fall into that obsessive state, but appeared very sober, standing under the tree and looking up and down at the big tree.

However, what puzzled Jenkins even more was that after the young man entered the hunting area of ​​the big tree, the roots hidden underground did not attack the young man, as if the young man did not exist.

Because of this, Jenkins couldn't help but have a strong curiosity about the identity of the young man in front of him, but he had never seen the hunting suit on this young man, so he couldn't tell which country he belonged to from his clothes.

In addition, he also found that although the youth's hunting clothes looked like hunting clothes, this kind of clothing was more suitable for the kind of noble game hunting, and in this kind of primitive jungle of the New World, this kind of hunting clothes was very inappropriate. What is puzzling is that the clothes on the other party's body are very clean. Not only is there no dirt, there is even no rain. You must know that it was raining heavily before. In this kind of weather, it is impossible to walk in the jungle with your whole body dry. .

While Jenkins was observing the young man, the young man seemed to have noticed Jenkins' sight, turned his head to look at Jenkins, then turned around and walked towards the big glowing tree, and came directly to the bottom of the big tree.

At this time, Jenkins felt that the light from the big tree was obviously restrained, as if he was afraid of something, especially when the young man put his hand on the tree, all the light from the tree, including Those light spots that flew like insects were all retracted into the big tree, and the big tree instantly turned into an ordinary big tree, and at the same time, the weather that was still snowing a moment ago immediately turned into a drizzle.

When the darkness shrouded the surroundings again, Jenkins felt an inexplicable sense of security. He felt that the danger might have passed, so he tried to move his body and climbed out of the simple hut. He was very careful during the whole process, and his movements Very slowly, always paying attention to the danger perception, and until he completely climbed out of the simple hut, the danger perception did not appear.

After climbing out of the hut, he immediately lit the oil lamp mounted on his waist, and then adjusted the flame to the brightest state, illuminating the surrounding dark environment, and also illuminating the tree under the tree that had withdrawn his hand from the trunk. that young man.

"Your Excellency..." Jenkins wanted to ask the other party, but the words got stuck in his throat, and he didn't know what to ask for a while.

"Jenkins Moriat." The young man turned to look at Jenkins, looked up and down, his eyes fell on Jenkins' iconic red hair, and said Jenkins' full name.

"Your Excellency knows me?" Jenkins was stunned and asked.

The young man introduced himself: "My name is Leo Dodd, and I am also a member of the Pioneering Group."

"Reader Leo?" Jenkins also immediately realized who Leo was, and said Leo's nickname in the pioneer camp, but then he had an embarrassed look on his face, and felt that he seemed to say something bad.

Although Leo thought that he should be very low-key in the development team and would not attract attention, in fact, many people in the camp were paying attention to Leo, and even guessed Leo's identity.

The reason for this is entirely because the treatment that Leo received was the best among all the scholar consultants of the Pioneering Group, and Bernando’s most precious collection of books was also open to Leo, which was a treatment that other scholars could not enjoy. The speed and quantity of the other Leo's reading books are astonishing. He has read all the books in the camp in a few days, which makes many people wonder whether Leo has really read those books. Most of them were flipping through casually, so he was given the nickname Reader, but this nickname was more like a mockery of Leo's pretentious reading behavior, which was why Jenkins felt embarrassed.

If it was at other times, Jenkins would definitely not have any embarrassing expressions when calling Leo a reader, but now it is different, especially when he saw Leo's actions just now, and felt that this magical tree was extremely afraid of Leo Afterwards, he was smart enough to faintly realize that Leo was not an ordinary scholar, and that he might have special traits similar to his own, or even more miraculous.

At this moment, Leo was also looking at Jenkins. If there are a few people worth noting in the pioneer camp, the lucky Jenkins Moriart is definitely one of them, because when the support team from the Natural Society came When they arrived at the pioneer group camp, some of their own New World jungle adventurers in the camp were talking about a person in the support team, this person was Jenkins, and the reason for the discussion was Jenkins' amazingly frightening good luck.

Almost everyone knows that as long as there is Jenkins in the team, then the team is either extremely lucky, will not encounter any danger in the middle, and then return with a full harvest, or extremely unlucky, and will encounter all kinds of things just after entering the jungle. However, whether it is good luck or bad luck, Jenkins will be fine, he will always be the one who survived in the end.

This kind of rumor is not aimless, but has a lot of factual basis, because there are forty or fifty teams that Jenkins joined or led before and after, and less than half of them were able to come out of the jungle or come out, and this one came out alive. Almost all of the half of them will encounter bad luck and die in the jungle after leaving Jenkins and joining other pioneering groups or adventure groups. Only a very small number of people can stop their greed and earn a commission enough to go home After that, he left the New World.

Therefore, there are also many rumors that the reason why Jenkins can survive countless dangers is because he can transfer the good luck from his companions, and once the good luck is transferred to himself, his companions will die and he will be able to live. down.

Although Jenkins has such extremely negative rumors, there are still many adventurers who hope to form a team with Jenkins, or let Jenkins join their team, because everyone knows that as long as Jenkins joins, then the exploration of deep jungle There is bound to be a big harvest. For those who come to the New World to take risks, death is not terrible. No gain, no commission is the most terrible thing.

So when Leo heard the conversations of these adventurers, they were all afraid of Jenkins' dangerous ability to transfer luck. At the same time, they also hoped to invite Jenkins to join their team, or join Jenkins' team. The contradiction is like having two personalities thinking alternately.

The reason why Leo was curious about Jenkins was because of Jenkins' good luck. In Leo's view, such good luck was absolutely impossible under normal circumstances, so he wondered whether Jenkins possessed some kind of extraordinary power. And it's an extraordinary power related to luck.

However, even though he was curious, Leo didn't intend to go to Jenkins to confirm immediately. He was still busy collecting various books and knowledge, and then he left alone, planning to open up the group first and go to the Mumu tribe After checking the situation, he put the matter of Jenkins aside.

However, what he didn't expect was that he and this Jenkins were so destined to meet each other in the depths of this endless jungle. While leaving Jenkins, he also carefully checked Jenkins' condition. Although there was no way to use the mental net to scan Jenkins, he could still clearly feel that there was something abnormal about Jenkins' body with his supernatural perception.

"Why are you here?" Leo asked the other party directly.

Originally, Jenkins didn't need to answer Leo's question at all, because they didn't have any affiliation, but the big tree change caused by Leo's appearance just now made him feel a little awe of Leo, which made him feel a little bit of awe when he heard Leo. After Ou's inquiry, he explained why he was here.

"You said you could see the big tree glowing just now?" Leo looked at Jenkins in surprise after hearing this, and asked.

"Yes, I can see the big tree glowing." Jenkins nodded, and then asked suspiciously: "Some plants in the New World can glow, even though such a large glowing plant is very rare, you shouldn't be surprised Right? Compared to this big tree shining, shouldn’t it be more magical that this big tree can attract wild beasts and use its roots to prey? Maybe this big tree has wisdom?”

"Do you think this big tree has wisdom?" Leo asked again.

Jenkins thought for a while and said, "Yes, my intuition tells me that this tree has intelligence and can distinguish prey."

After listening to Jenkins' words, Leo looked at him carefully again.

Things like plants hunting animals are not something worthy of attention for Leo, let alone this world, even in the jungles of other worlds, there are no shortage of similar active hunting plants. As for the size of trees, it is also not I am very concerned, because in the seaside of Vanaheim, there are many trees taller than this giant tree. The reason that really attracted Leo is actually the light emitted by the trees, the ability to absorb heat through the branches and leaves to change the climate, and the tree's ability to change the climate. The wisdom revealed by itself.

First of all, the light emitted by the trees is not the light that ordinary people can see with their naked eyes. Only eyes that have been transformed with spiritual vision can see this light. This light is a pure energy light, just like the world's infinite Like the ubiquitous magnetic field energy,

Secondly, the ability to absorb heat and change the climate is also extremely miraculous. Although it is not a release type ability, it has already produced the effect of release type ability, and it also gave Leo some inspiration, letting him understand how to be more efficient. Use your strength.

As for the wisdom of the tree, it is mainly reflected in its ability to judge danger, feel the fear of Leo, and then produce the timidity of intelligent creatures, and then take the initiative to make targeted defenses.

Everything shows that this tree is no longer an ordinary tree. In other worlds, this tree may have evolved into an extraordinary race such as dryads or tree shepherds. Unfortunately, this world will not allow it This extraordinary creature has completed evolution, and its present form is its eternal form.

However, except for the ability to affect the climate, the magic of this tree is beyond the ability of ordinary people to see or feel, but this Jenkins can see and feel, which makes Leo couldn't help thinking of the rumors about Jenkins, and thought that Jenkins might really be a superhuman.

Thinking of this, Leo walked towards Jenkins, reached out and grabbed Jenkins' wrist.

Jenkins instinctively wanted to withdraw his hand, but Leo's hand seemed to be made of steel, no matter how hard he struggled, he never wavered.

"Lord Leo, what do you want to do?" Jenkins couldn't help asking.

As soon as Jenkins' words fell, Leo let go of Jenkins' hand, then looked at Jenkins with some surprise, and asked, "Do you know the mad poet Messer?"

Hearing Leo's sudden and thoughtless question, Jenkins couldn't help being stunned, but soon he came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "I don't know." Then he took a step or two back, Staying away from Leo, he asked at the same time, "Is there any question?"

Leo shook his head and looked at Jenkins again with a strange look.

The reason why Leo suddenly asked Jenkins if he knew the mad poet Messer was mainly because he found that Jenkins had a psychic reaction in his body through direct physical contact with Jenkins just now, which means that Jenkins is a psychic.

When he saw the inspiration potion, Leo had already considered that there might be psykers in this world, because although the inspiration potion has a lot of side effects on ordinary people, it is undeniable that this kind of potion can also change the human body to a certain extent. human constitution, and the changes may be permanent.

For example, the ancestors of a family took a lot of inspiration potions, and the offspring who reproduced after taking the inspiration potions would retain the physical changes caused by the inspiration potions to a certain extent, and after this offspring also took the inspiration potions, they would be able to strengthen their physique again. The changes are repeated, until the next few generations of family members are so lucky to take the inspiration potion, and the offspring can accumulate the changes in the body caused by the potion effect, and eventually this accumulation can reach the level of qualitative change, allowing their offspring to produce psychics.

Although the method is very simple, it is very difficult to implement it, because there are too many unpredictable factors in it. Once there is a problem in one of the links, all previous efforts will be wasted, so Leo also considers it from the success rate. In the world, there are almost zero psykers produced by inspiration potions.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that there was a successful case in front of him, which really surprised him.