The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In this world, war can be said to be a common thing. From ancient times to the present, war has never ended. The history of the entire world is basically a huge history of war.

When Leo was looking at the information about this world, there were at least 300 wars taking place in the whole world, more than half of which were major wars between countries, and most of these wars were concentrated on the mainland.

This is mainly because almost all countries in the Old World have feuds, and the hatred has lasted for thousands of years. Unless one side is completely destroyed, there is no possibility of relaxation, while the countries in the New World are those who are willing to give up all past hatred Although, in the process of establishing a country, all kinds of hatred will still inevitably arise, but compared with the feuds of the old continent, people in the new continent, and between countries The hatred is much less and lighter, even if a war breaks out, it will not be particularly serious.

However, whether it is the Old World or the New World, there are only a handful of wars between religions, and the total number of wars is less than ten, because this world has enough land and enough population to allow various churches to have enough development environment, so even if there is a conflict between them, the conflict will not be escalated into a war. Most of the problems are resolved through negotiations or other abnormal means.

But even so, several wars broke out among various religions, and the number of churches participating in each war was no less than thirty. As for the reason for the outbreak of the war, it is very strange, because there is no record in any document The reason related to this is that these churches suddenly wanted to have a war on a certain day, and then agreed on a time when dozens of churches sent their church armed forces to fight at the same time, and after fighting for a period of time, they felt that the war Enough, almost at the same time all stopped and returned to the original state, and almost all religion-related wars highlighted an inexplicable.

Just like the religious wars that broke out in the Old World, the religious wars in the New World also broke out very suddenly. More than 30 churches mobilized their church believers to form church armed forces without any warning, and then launched them in seven New World countries. War against other churches.

The war broke out suddenly, and the process was extremely chaotic. Almost all the churches participating in the war seemed to be hostile churches. They attacked and massacred any heretics they saw. There was no room for negotiation or reconciliation. The seven countries The government lost control of the entire country at the moment the religious war broke out, and eventually the entire region fell into a state of anarchy.

This kind of anarchy did not ease until the religious war stopped after half a month. At that time, some remaining government organizations united and began to clean up the mess, re-established a new coalition government, formed a government army, and started the chaos around them. The towns finally completely controlled all the land of the previous seven countries a few years later, and formed a new country, which is the Otter Federation.

It is precisely because of the knowledge of the dangers of the religious wars that the Otter Federation has maintained extremely strict monitoring of all the churches in its country since its establishment, especially the thirty or so churches that launched the religious wars back then. The Special Federation regards it as a cult and bans it.

Moreover, the Otter Federation has been investigating why these religions suddenly launched indiscriminate religious wars like a group of lunatics.

Although no results were found in the end, the investigation organization of the Otter Federation still speculates from some clues that whether it is the religious war in the New World or the religious war in the Old World, the reason for the outbreak may be related to something unknown , some people speculate that this thing may be an artifact, but this statement has not been recognized by others.

It was not Leo who first discovered the abnormality of the Ott Federation, but Sylvia. Since she served in the Orthodox Church, she also knows a lot about the secrets between various churches. She knows better what can make those churches The collective fell into madness, so she thought that the rumor that the reason for the religious war was caused by artifacts might be true, and she also believed that the Otter Federation must also contain something that can be valued by the church. The two decided on the idea of ​​going to the Otter Federation.

However, it is not an easy task to go to the Otter Federation from the mountain kingdom where they are located.

This country is not connected to the Oeter Federation. There are more than a dozen countries separated by a straight line distance, and because most of the terrain is mountainous and forested, the roads often need to be detoured, and it may be necessary to pass through the final destination of the Oeter Federation. More than 20 countries can do it.

However, fortunately, in the years since the establishment of the Otter Federation, in order to better conduct trade with other countries, it has actively funded the construction of an international road connecting more than a hundred countries. It is faster to reach various countries connected by road, and the safety is far better than taking other roads.

Although the Kingdom of the Mountains is not one of the countries connected by international roads, it only needs to go through a few rivers across the New World and pass through five countries to reach the nearest country connected by international roads.

In this way, Leo and Sylvia spent several months, passing through five countries by transitioning back and forth between several rivers, and came to the country connected to the international road, and then took the latest construction It took nearly seven months in total for the international railway to arrive at the Otter Federation.

Some things happened on the way to the Outer Federation, but these things did not have any impact on the formation of the two, but provided them with some useful things, such as the status of the old continent nobles that the two are now replacing.

Although the countries in the New World say that they do not recognize the status of nobles in the mainland countries, and that all people who come to the New World are ordinary people, in fact they still have some special care for the nobles of the old continent. At that time, the procedures were much less, and the review was much easier, and still retained the title of nobility, and would not be classified as federal citizens like other ordinary immigrants, which also gave them certain privileges.

After coming to the Otter Federation, the two began to walk around the various cities of the Otter Federation. One was to get familiar with the environment and language, the other was to find clues about the world and extraordinary power, and the last was to choose a suitable candidate for Sylvia's promotion. Place.

After almost half a year, the two traveled almost half of the Otter Federation, and finally found a place with abnormal energy in Beiruk City. This was the first time they found a place that was still very active after they came to this world. abnormal energy fluctuations.

Previously, they had also discovered many places with abnormal energy, but these abnormal energies were either very weak or like stagnant water. As for the church in this world, it is the node of all chaotic forces in this world. , The discomfort felt is several times that of other places.

Before looking for the real estate agent of this land to see the manor, the two also learned a little about the manor from other local people, but the locals were unwilling to mention too much about the manor, so they said The content was also very vague. The two of them knew very well that there was a disappearance case here more than ten years ago. As for the details of the disappearance case, neither of them knew.

Now seeing a police detective from the city bureau actually come to investigate a case more than ten years ago in person, this aroused the interest of Leo and Sylvia. At the same time, he also discovered that this female police detective has special energy fluctuations. In particular, the monocle on her eye should be a strange thing, so Leo agreed to allow Solander to enter the house to investigate as a half master.

For Leo and Sylvia, this is a good start. It took almost a year to find a manor with abnormal energy fluctuations, and now they have seen a manor with special energy that they have never seen before. People with strength, this may mean that the mysterious side of this world has opened a hole in front of the two, giving them a chance to see what's going on.

Seeing that Leo had already agreed to pay the reservation deposit, the real estate agent didn't say anything more. For him, no matter whether the manor was sold or not, he could make a fortune.

After opening the door with her own key, a group of people entered the house. Solander stopped at the door and looked around. On the surface, she seemed to be checking the situation in the room and looking for clues. In fact, she had already Inspired the power contained in the monocle, and used this power to find some supernatural phenomena.

Solander had been an intern in a small town of the Federation for two months before graduating from Pickett Field. During those two months, she investigated a case, and in that case she discovered for the first time that the world still had hidden She entered another mysterious world and saw some things in the mysterious world. She also awakened some power and obtained several items containing mysterious power.

Now, through the special item of monocle, she can easily see some things that ordinary people can't see without relying on her ineffective power at that time. Gray mist, some very hideous monster faces appeared from time to time in the gray mist.

I don't know if it's because of the wrong way to use the monocle, or because of the influence of the gray fog. After seeing the gray fog, Solander became obsessed with it. He seemed to want to find something in the gray fog, but he didn't realize it at all. She was slowly falling into a state of absent-mindedness. From outsiders' perspective, she seemed to be sleepwalking.

Just when Solander was inexplicably caught up in the observation of the gray fog, and her thoughts were a little out of control, someone beside her patted her on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Detective, may I ask what you found?" ?"

This slap came very timely, and there seemed to be some unknown power contained in the slap, which instantly woke up Solander's whole body, and in time closed the mysterious power in the monolithic eye, freeing himself from the gray fog adverse effects.

After the scene in front of him returned to normal, Solander also felt that he was out of danger, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and then looked gratefully at Sylvia who had just slapped her.

"Did you find anything just now?" Sylvia was very friendly and asked, "Can you tell us, after all, we are already planning to buy this manor, and it will be beneficial to us to know more about this manor. Some benefits."

Solander hesitated for a moment, and suggested with a very sincere expression: "If possible, I think it's better for the two of you not to buy this villa, because it's too dangerous here."

Hearing this suggestion, the real estate agent on the side rolled his eyes, almost yelling at the other party for ruining his good business.

Sylvia smiled and said: "We have already said before that we have already planned to buy this manor and will not change it, so you don't need to persuade us anymore, you should tell us about this villa! Also Let's be mentally prepared."

Seeing what Sylvia said, Solander didn't try to persuade her any further, and didn't intend to say anything more, so she walked silently towards the basement where the bones were piled up in the case records.

The group soon arrived at the basement, and Solander lit all the gas lamps hanging in the basement.

Because a client needed to see the house, the house agent had asked the gas company to reopen the gas pipeline in the manor before coming.

After some adjustments to the gas lamp, the brightness was quickly adjusted to the maximum, and several people could easily see the situation in the basement.

This basement is very large, almost two-thirds the size of the villa, but although the area is large, the inside is very empty, without any debris, and the ground has been dug, but the excavated parts have been filled up. There should have been some stone slabs on the surrounding walls, but now they have all been dug away, and only some stone slabs at the bottom that seem useless to ordinary people remain.

This time, Solander seemed to be wise. Instead of activating the power in the monocle, she searched the empty basement based only on her own perception and intuition. To her regret, there was no Find any useful clues.

At this moment, a little anxious, she wanted to stimulate the power of the monocle again, to see if she could find something like in the house above.

And just when Solander was about to use his eyes alone, Sylvia suddenly said: "This basement is really too spacious. Why did the previous owner build such a basement? And where are all the original furnishings here?" Now, if we can restore the basement, maybe we can find something."

After hearing Sylvia's words, Solander was stunned for a long time as if he had thought of something, then thanked Sylvia, and left the villa in a hurry, as if he had received some inspiration generally.