The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the universe where the Earth Federation is located, there are as many civilizations as bright stars, and the Earth Federation is not the most powerful among these civilizations, but only moderate. There are several civilizations that divide the control areas by galaxies. The true overlord of the empire, the high elf civilization is such a civilization.

The high elf civilization is just what the people of the Earth Federation call this civilization, because the main race of the high elf civilization is very similar to the elves in various myths and legends on the earth, no matter in appearance, culture, architecture, etc., making it the first time I saw them Many people mistakenly regard them as elves, and finally have such a title that only circulates within the Earth Federation. In fact, they themselves call themselves Yagu, which means source in the language of the universe.

As one of the oldest races in the universe, the high elves civilization is also the earliest civilization involved in the subspace. It is rumored that the high elves even built a psychic fortress that resides in the subspace. The frontier of space weirdness.

Although the Earth Federation has come into contact with the subspace, the research on the subspace is still very superficial. The high elf civilization is one of them. The subspace guide they publish every thousand years can be said to be the vane of cosmic civilizations exploring subspace.

The statement about the existence of creatures in the subspace first appeared in the subspace guide published by the high elf civilization. After several thousand years, the high elf civilization finally named the subspace creatures as strange monsters, and introduced some common strange things in detail. strange, and the dread is one of them.

There has never been a conclusion in the Earth Federation and other medium civilizations as to whether there are creatures or strange monsters in the subspace. They doubt this statement, because these civilizations have sailed in the subspace countless times, but they have never seen the legendary strange monster.

It's just that Leo is different from others. His subspace voyage experience made him sure that the subspace monsters are real, and because of this experience, he took the initiative to collect a lot of information about the subspace monsters. , and among these materials, the data of the fear demon is the most abundant.

In all the sources, there is no mention of the appearance of the dread demon. Several civilizations believe that the dread demon does not exist at all. It should be some kind of warp psionic energy wave, which can affect the thoughts and emotions of living beings. It makes people have a strong and uncontrollable fear, and then go crazy.

However, all the information believed that fear was the basis for the existence of the fear demon, and the strength of the fear demon was also related to the emotion of fear. The stronger the fear, the stronger the power of the fear demon.

The reason why Leo thinks that the tragedy in the Yushi District is related to the horror is because the form of the tragedy is surprisingly similar to some cases recorded in the materials he has seen in the past. A series of similar tragedies occur every once in a while in the same area.

"Looks like it's necessary to go to the murder scene tomorrow!" Leo lay on the cleaned table, resting with his eyes closed, thinking.

Nothing happened overnight, when Leo woke up, it was already high in the sun, and the defensive measures arranged around the station were intact, indicating that no one approached here.

Leo cleaned up the dust on his body by a stagnant pool outside the house, cleaned up the traps he set up last night, and then set off for the murder scene in Yushi District.

Although Miria City has been dilapidated and millions of refugees are trapped here, struggling to survive, the morning market in Yushi District is still the same, even busier than before. The empire blocked all access to Miria City, but it was unable to completely seal off the river, let alone restrict fish swimming, so fishermen along the river were still able to catch a large amount of fish every day.

In addition, the river course is also the main route for smuggling channels such as the black market. The wharf in Yushi District has almost been occupied by various smuggled goods. Gathered here just to see if there is a chance to buy some cheap items from here.

Leo slipped through the crowd, entered the alleys of the fish market, and soon came to the house where the previous murder happened.

Although one night has passed, the curious people around have not decreased. People from the black market are still guarding the house and strictly prohibiting others from entering.

Leo looked at the black market guards around him, then walked up to a man who was obviously better dressed, and said to him, "I want to go in and have a look."

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, with an angry look on his face, he reached out and grabbed the short stick around his waist, and was about to summon his subordinates to severely teach the arrogant stranger in front of him.

But Leo didn't make any physical moves. He just stretched out his hand and made a gesture in front of the captain, and the captain's expression immediately changed, his eyes became a little confused, and he followed Leo's previous request and said: "You Go in and see!"

Although the captain's voice was not loud, it was enough for the other guards to hear, and the guard standing at the door also moved away to make way.

Leo stepped into the room, and silently recorded the entire process and consumption of the Demon Hunter Axii Sign that he had just cast with the power of nightmare. Although the casting of the Demon Hunter's Seal requires the power of nightmares, it has to be said that in terms of instant effects, the Demon Hunter's Seal is much better than witchcraft that requires a certain amount of time to prepare compared to the spellcasting action and spell form.

After entering the room where the murder occurred, Leo did not use the mental net or psychic power to perceive the surrounding psychic energy fluctuations, because according to his understanding, the dread demon is the subspace strange monster who is best at psychic disguise, as long as it does not reach the level of prying into the real universe Omega-level, even if it is as strong as a ninth-level psyker, it is difficult to see through the psionic disguise of the fear demon.

The only clue to find the fear demon is to observe with the naked eye. In the few documents Leo has seen, there are some methods to judge whether this ritual murder is done by the fear demon. Through these methods, the fear demon habitually stays can be found Mark of.

Leo walked up to the corpse that hadn't been removed, and used the Twin Sacrifice Knife to peel off the scalp of the corpse, carefully scraped off the thin layer of fat under the scalp, leaked the skull, and then carefully searched for it on the skull. trace.

"Sure enough..." Leo's gaze quickly fell on the skull near the back of the head, and carefully wiped off the fat and blood stains on it, revealing a mark that looked like a scar.

Fear mark, this is the name given to it by those cosmic civilizations. The dread demon will leave an inconspicuous mark of fear on the skull of the prey before attacking, but this mark may not necessarily show up. Just like the other corpses that Leo dissected next, only one corpse had this mark.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the door. Leo used the spirit net to check and found that someone was going upstairs, but he did not avoid it, but stayed where he was, because the person who came happened to be his acquaintance , is also the person he wants to meet when he comes to Miria City.

I saw that the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then someone pushed the door in. The first thing I saw was a three-bullet thick-barreled revolver. This type of gun has only become popular in the dark world in recent months. , because of the use of more powerful special bullets, it also has extremely strong damage to some powerful people in the dark world.

As the door was fully opened, Ljungberg Weai, with disheveled hair and a tired expression, came in, but when he saw Leo standing next to the corpse, he was stunned, and after a while Came back to his senses, tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, walked into the room, put the gun away, closed the door again, and said to Leo: "I didn't expect you to be alive?"

"You're not the first to think so," Leo responded.

Ljungberg asked again: "The person who went in with you back then..."

"I don't know, he may be dead or he may still be alive." Before Ljungberg finished speaking, Leo gave an answer and asked, "Are there any night watchmen among those people?"

"The wasteland shaman's student is the night watchman." Ljungberg explained: "Since knowing that the wasteland shaman entered No. 9 Golden Oak Street, he has been to Miria City many times."

"En." Leo responded simply, and did not tell Ljungberg about the situation of the wasteland shaman, and after all, even he did not know the real situation of the wasteland shaman.

Seeing that Leo didn't intend to say anything, Ljungberg tactfully didn't ask any further questions, let alone the matter of No. 9 Golden Oak Street. In his opinion, such matters were not much more important than those he was dealing with today.

"This case is the same as back then." Ljungberg looked around the scene of the murder, and quickly gave an answer based on his rich experience, then asked Leo: "Are you here to investigate this case?"

"No." Leo responded, "It's just by the way now."

"Any clues?" Ljungberg asked directly.

Leo didn't hesitate to find out, pointing to the two skulls that had just discovered the imprint of fear.

Ljungberg followed the position of Leo's finger, walked over and looked carefully, and saw the mark. Although he didn't know what the mark meant, the same mark appeared on both skulls, which was obviously very unusual and a clue worth pursuing.

"Do you know what mark this is?" Ljungberg turned his head and asked Leo.

"The fear mark of the fear demon." Leo replied.

"Dread demon?" Ljungberg was stunned when he heard this strange name, and then recalled in his mind the monsters and family members hidden in the crowd recorded in the night watchman's manual, but he couldn't find the answer, so he couldn't help showing doubts He asked Leo, "What kind of monster is that?"

Leo was not stingy with the answer, and told Ljungberg the information about the fear demon, but he deleted all the content about those cosmic civilizations in these materials.

"War space?" Obviously, there are still some things in those materials that Ljungberg doesn't understand.

Leo did not intend to explain it to Ljungberg in accordance with the scientific terms used by the Earth Federation scientific community to interpret the subspace, but after thinking about it for a while, he said: "The subspace is somewhat like the world that No. 9 Golden Oak Street leads to. .”

Hearing Leo's explanation, Ljungberg was even more surprised, because he had already obtained a big secret about No. 9 Golden Oak Street, but he didn't continue to ask, because he knew very well that the less he knew about some secrets, the less he knew about them. The less harmful you are, too much curiosity is not a good thing.

"Is there a way to capture this monster?" Ljungberg asked in a deep voice.

Although Miria City is in chaos now, and the various forces have cut Miria City into small pieces like cutting a cake, but in Ljungberg's heart, Miria City is still complete, and this is also the future. The cornerstone of the Millia Republic, he absolutely does not allow monsters to cause trouble here.

It's a pity that the information in Leo's hands only mentions how to judge whether a murder case involves a fear demon, but does not involve how to capture this kind of subspace monster, so he can only shake his head at Ljungberg who is full of expectations, and then think about it for a while. After a while, he said: "We can only wait for the next time it commits a crime. During the crime, it needs to arrange rituals, torture the victim, and make the victim feel strong fear, so it will definitely take some time, as long as we can find it during this time." It, it is possible to catch it."

Hearing Leo's proposal, Ljungberg nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Since you came back to Miria City not for this case, what is it for?"

"I'm here for the Plague Ring," Leo said.

"I'm also looking into this matter." Ljungberg's face became very gloomy, and he said, "There are already some clues."

Leo guessed, "Your clue doesn't point to the blood wizard Lawrence Hillman, does it?"

"You also found it." Ljungberg was stunned for a moment, and said, "Although I think the clues are a little unreliable, but thinking about what Lawrence Hillman did in the past, I feel..."

"It's not Lawrence Hillman." Leo shook his head and said, "I went to see him last night. He didn't take the ring of plague, and he also knew that he was framed by someone. He is currently investigating this matter. Also commissioned me to investigate this matter."

Ljungberg didn't fully believe Leo's words, but he didn't refute it either. It seemed that he would continue to confirm and would not do it directly. Then, as if talking to himself, he asked, "If it wasn't the blood wizard, who would it be?"

Leo pondered for a moment, then analyzed: "The person who first obtains the ring of plague must profit from the plague he created, and then he must not be suspected by others, and finally he must be able to end this disaster, otherwise it will be true. If it turns into a major plague, things will get out of hand, and no matter how big the interests are, it may not be able to resist the anger of all countries."

After listening to Ljungberg, he couldn't help smiling, and said, "Hearing what you said, I feel that the medical school seems to be the murderer behind this incident."

"Medical school?" Leo was stunned for a moment, staring at Ljungberg, a very likely guess appeared in his mind.