The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although Leo found a clue that seemed to lead to the entrance to the underground world, he did not immediately go deeper into the jungle to search for it. Instead, he returned to the Pioneering Group and handed over the jewelry he found at the Shepherds to Bernando.

"These are the jewelry made by the shepherds?" Bernando looked at the funerary jewelry on the table with a look of surprise on his face. Although he did not discriminate against the indigenous tribes of the New World like most other people, he also thought The indigenous tribes of the New World have a certain civilization, but in his heart he still feels that the civilization of the indigenous tribes of the New World is not particularly civilized, and he also believes that the indigenous tribes of the New World do not have any aesthetic ideas.

However, seeing the jewelry in front of him now, Bernando completely changed his previous thinking, because these jewelry are very exquisitely made, such as the hollow gold earrings, which are already among the jewelry craftsmen in Novat mainland in terms of craftsmanship alone. Not to mention that the gemstones inlaid on the jewelry can have so many facets, this kind of craftsmanship is not even available in the Novat continent.

Leo didn't add any embellishments, and said truthfully: "Yes, these are found at the location of the Mumu tribe. There is no one there, and they should have migrated to the deep jungle with other indigenous tribes. There are many more jewellery, all made of gold and precious stones, but they are all underwater and need to be salvaged by some hands."

Later, Leo briefly talked about the water burial customs of the Mumu tribe he discovered, and said that a large number of golden sacrificial objects were brought by the water to a lake outside the tribe's residence. The bottom of that lake was full of golden sacrificial objects. It is not an exaggeration to call it the lake of gold.

This lake of gold was discovered by Leo when he left the Mumu tribe. At that time, he thought that if the water-buried bones were washed away by the river, the gold products carried by the bones might sink to the bottom due to the slow down of the downstream water flow, so he decided to Along the river, he found the lake of gold, and just as he thought, those golden sacrificial objects have filled the bottom of the lake after countless years of accumulation. At the moment when he first saw the lake of gold, even Even Leo couldn't help being shocked by it, he believed that other ordinary people would definitely go crazy after seeing this scene.

"Is this all true? You didn't lie to me?" Bernando took a few deep breaths to keep himself calm and asked in a deep voice.

"Of course it is true." Leo nodded, and added: "Not only the lake of gold, but also a very huge statue of the golden abyss snake in the Mumu tribe. , absolutely no less than the lake of gold."

After hearing this, Bernando stood up and walked back and forth in the tent a few times, trying to calm himself down. After trying to adjust his breathing and suppress the turbulent emotions in his heart, he habitually had a hint of doubt, Asked: "Why do you want to say it? Isn't it good for you to occupy this treasure alone?"

Leo seemed to be very aware that Bernando would ask this question, and quickly replied: "First of all, there are too many treasures there, so much that I can't take them all by myself, and I can't take them away. Secondly, those treasures are too much for me. , it has no other value except that it looks better than the stones on the side of the road. In the end, this is the perfect bait I found. Since it is a bait, it is natural to use it.”

"Bait?" Bernando said after being taken aback.

"It won't be long before the legend of the Golden Lake will spread to all the colonies, even to the Novat continent," Leo reminded: "The current Mumu tribe is like a treasure house with an open door. You can go in and take away the wealth that you have enjoyed for a lifetime, but this will not be the case forever, when other people know the news, you will not be able to keep so much wealth, and there is not much time left for you, Your Excellency Bernando."

Hearing Leo's words, Bernando couldn't help but fell into contemplation. He felt the malice hidden in it. He didn't even need to think about it, and he could easily judge what kind of movement would be caused if the news spread. It is no exaggeration to say that unprecedented wars will break out in the New World, because not only the coastal kingdoms will covet the wealth of the New World, but even those inland kingdoms will be attracted by such huge wealth, and no kingdom can Stop this momentum. At that time, in the New World, not only the colonies established by the various kingdoms of the Novat continent will fight for wealth, but also the indigenous tribes of the New World will fight against their colonists. will be covered by fire.

Thinking of this, Bernando's face became extremely gloomy. Although he predicted everything that would happen, he had no way to resist and could only go with the flow.

"What good do you gain by doing this?" Bernando couldn't help asking Leo, "What good do you do by bringing the flames of war to this world?"

After hearing Bernando's questioning, Leo didn't say anything, just hesitated for a while, then turned and left Bernando's tent, while Bernando was silent for a long time, and finally he called the attendant, He ordered to summon all the directors and officers of the pioneering group. It seemed that even though he knew that he would be the one who started the war, he still had to carry it out, because he had no way out at this moment.

After Leo left Bernando's tent, he did not return to his tent in the pioneering group, but left the pioneering group directly, re-entered the jungle, and rushed towards the location of the Mumu tribe. On the way, his face was a little serious, as if he had encountered some difficulty.

Because he already knew the location of the Shepherds, and because he was traveling very fast, it took only half a day for Leo to go through the jungle and return to the Shepherds.

When he returned to the Mumu tribe, he immediately came to the cave temple where the statue of the abyssal serpent was located. There was no change here as before when he left. Perhaps it was because of the change of mentality. It was not in his eyes before. The Abyss Serpent statues of any supernatural power and the utterly suppressed blasphemy on the pedestals of the stone lamps around the temple were all different.

"When was I affected by the abyss?" Leo looked at everything in front of him and muttered in confusion.

Although Leo now feels that he is normal and has no physical or mental problems, what happened with Bernando before made him very sure that he should have been affected by the power of the abyss, and his way of thinking is also somewhat The abyss has turned.

The reason why he thinks so is because when Bernando asked him what is the benefit of doing this, he found that he was using the gold of the Mumu tribe to provoke a war that would spread to the whole world, but doing so had no benefit at all. No, on the contrary, Abyss may be able to use this battle to tear a hole in the powerful laws of this world.

In Leo's estimate, once the news of the Lake of Gold spreads, the first war to break out may not be the New World, but the Novat Continent, because those landlocked countries in the Novat Continent absolutely don't want to see it. When the coastal kingdoms rise because of the gold in the New World, they will do their best to suppress the coastal kingdoms, and the coastal kingdoms will not give up this opportunity to completely get rid of the oppression of the inland kingdoms. It will erupt internally, and it will be extremely tragic.

As for the New World, it is more of a war with the indigenous tribes, and because there is no support from the Novat continent, they will fall into a passive position in the battle. It is even possible that all the colonies will be recaptured by the indigenous tribes. Of course, this premise is It depends on how united the indigenous tribes are under the control of the Paho.

Whether it is the war on the Novat continent or the war on the New World, all it can bring is death and chaos, and for the abyss, death and chaos are the best catalysts for the power of the abyss. It is conceivable that such chaos and war will make the world What a benefit the hidden abyss power gained.

It is also because of this that Leo thinks that he should be in the shepherds, or more precisely, in front of the statue of the abyss serpent, influenced by the abyss, and then unconsciously act according to the abyss.

Although it is reasonable to say that at this moment, his life form of a ninth-level psyker is basically immune to the influence of the power of the abyss, and the power of the stone throne can also guarantee the purity of his spirit, but at this moment in this world , all the supernatural powers are being suppressed, even if these supernatural powers can still function in the body, it is not known whether there will be any flaws that should not appear due to the suppression of this world law.

It's just that, compared to his own problems, Leo is more curious about how the abyssal snake statue in front of him, who can't feel any trace of extraordinary power, affects him.

The first thing Leo thought of was the treacherous saliva in the eyeballs of the abyss serpent. Although those treacherous saliva are also suppressed by the laws of this world, they can still maintain some power. Maybe this power will be released when he draws the liquid. , by touching his hand, being absorbed by him, thus affecting his way of thinking.

However, this conjecture was quickly denied, because he tried to touch the Tricky Saliva again, and seriously felt the reaction in his body after the contact, although at the moment he touched the Tricky Saliva, there was indeed a hint of abyssal breath trying to It penetrated into the body, but before Leo could react, the abyssal breath had already been absorbed by the stone pillar representing the crystalline serpent on the stone pillar square, without causing any waves.

Afterwards, Leo put his doubts on those blasphemous words, wondering if he was unknowingly affected by reading the blasphemous words.

So he tried to read these blasphemous words carefully again, but the result still remained unchanged. Compared with the saliva of deceit, these blasphemous words were suppressed by the laws of this world more severely, and did not produce any abnormal reactions at all, just as Some incomprehensible symbols are the same.

"Could it be it?" Leo turned his head to look at the statue of the abyssal serpent. Now the only thing Leo can doubt is the statue itself.

This time, he no longer just looked at the statue with his eyes, but started to disassemble the statue. He didn't think the shape of the abyssal serpent statue could produce any mysterious power. He felt that if it really existed, it would affect his thinking silently. The unknown power of the way, then it can only be hidden in the statue.

If it was a normal situation, it would be enough to scan it directly with the spirit net, but now the spirit net can't be used at all, so he can only disassemble the statue bit by bit.

The first thing to be removed was the snake skin on the outer layer of the statue, and when the snake skin was removed, Leo discovered some hidden details that had not been discovered before. The reason why the big snake sheds its skin is considered so because the surface of those pieces of skin has scales that are completely different from normal snake scales. The surface of these scales is not that kind of regular pattern, but distorted faces.

Although the scales that may belong to the abyss serpent were found, these scales did not produce extraordinary power, just like the words of blasphemy, all the abyssal power contained in it was suppressed so that it could not be released at all.

Because he was worried that his perception was flawed, in order to test whether the scales could pollute life, Leo caught an animal and stuck the scales on the animal. As a result, the animal was still normal after a long time.

After discovering that the scales could not produce any abyssal pollution, Leo continued to search for new clues. This time he began to disassemble the golden body of the abyssal serpent statue little by little.

Because when the Mumu tribe cast this statue, they mixed unknown metal materials into the gold, making the gold very hard, and it took a long time to cut it with Leo's strength.

I don't know if Leo's luck is bad, he cut the golden snake from the top of the head, and finally he found that it came from the tail of the golden snake, which is the center of the bottom, the big snake's genitals location.

I saw that there was a spherical crystal in that part, and this juvenile abyss serpent was entrenched in the crystal.

This is not a snake egg of an abyss serpent. Although the abyss serpent is in the shape of a snake, it is not egg-bearing, but viviparous, and this spherical crystal is not so much for protecting the abyss serpent in its young state. It is sealing the abyss serpent.

However, this was not the thing that surprised Leo the most. What really surprised Leo was that this spherical crystal was not a mineral, but a crystal of divine power composed of the purest divine power.

Such things as divine power crystals are usually fetishes bestowed by the gods to the family members. They can be absorbed by the family members themselves to increase their affinity with the gods, and they can also be turned into divine weapons. However, no matter what kind of divine power crystallization it is It is necessary to borrow the power of the laws of the world controlled by the gods. Once the crystallization of divine power or the artifact made by the crystallization of divine power leaves that world, the crystallization of divine power will soon disappear, just like snow under the sun. .

And the divine power crystal in front of me is still well preserved, and it may have existed for a long time, and it can still play the role of imprisoning the young abyss snake, so it means that this divine power crystal is most likely from the current world. And this world that prohibits all supernatural powers is very likely to have gods.