The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the safety committee established by the advanced civilization of the universe, a large number of dangerous areas of interstellar navigation were recorded, and some boring good people once made a ranking of these dangerous areas.

In all rankings, most of the so-called forbidden areas are always controversial, and with the development of science and the deepening of exploration, some dangerous areas have become safer, and the rankings will continue to change.

And among all the danger zones, there is only one danger zone whose ranking has never been changed, and this dangerous place is the Devil Nebula.

The Devil Nebula is the name given to it by the Earth Federation, and the name given to it by the cosmic civilization that first discovered it has more than 4,700 different pronunciations, and more than 10,000 characters. It is said that that civilization is All the words related to danger in his own civilized language are stuffed into this name, so this name looks so bloated.

Higher civilizations in the universe have sent exploration spacecraft to explore the Devil's Nebula, and even some psykers who have evolved into Omega-level advanced creatures have also entered the Devil's Nebula out of curiosity, but the end result is that no one can get out of the Devil's Nebula. leave alive.

When the Earth Federation first set foot in the interstellar space, it also had the courage of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. It dispatched an exploration spacecraft equipped with the highest technology, carrying two ninth-level psykers, and entered the Devil Nebula. The result was also different from other universes. Like the exploration fleet sent by civilization, it never returns.

However, during the period when Leo was the commander of special operations, a fleet sent by a higher civilization to explore the subspace accidentally discovered some spaceship wreckage drifting in the subspace.

This fleet collected the wreckage fragments found in the subspace, and then carefully compared the numbers and materials on the fragments. It was amazing to find that these spaceship wreckages originated from an advanced civilization that entered the Devil's Nebula more than 17,000 years ago. Explore the fleet.

This discovery caused a sensation in the entire universe, and all advanced civilizations sent their best fleets and powerful psykers into the subspace to search for other spaceship wreckage.

Although this method of finding a needle in a haystack has caused most of the civilization's exploration spacecraft to return without success, there will always be one or two lucky ones who find new clues to the wreckage, and even find undamaged objects in one of the wreckages. flight recorder.

After restoring the data on the voyage recorder, people found that the fleet where the voyage recorder was located had just entered the Demon Nebula and was collecting materials from the meteorites at the edge of the nebula. A sudden subspace storm directly appeared in space. Inside, the entire fleet, together with the surrounding meteorite group and a nearby planet, were drawn into the subspace.

Facing the power of the storm, the armor strength of the exploration fleet simply couldn't withstand such a strong subspace storm, and it was instantly torn into pieces, as fragile as paper.

Although the voyage recorder is not that kind of data analysis device, the collected and recorded cosmic energy data, readings of surrounding cosmic rays and other subtle data are very small, but such a small amount of data is enough for some advanced cosmic civilizations to analyze some of the situation in the demon galaxy up.

According to the published information, the Demon Nebula is a subspace energy node. The energy storm of the subspace will enter the cosmic space through this node from time to time, forming space turbulence, and the location of its exit is random, so there is no way to predict in advance.

All the spaceships that went to explore the Devil Nebula should have encountered subspace storms, were sucked into the subspace, and were completely destroyed, and all the exploration spacecraft that entered the Devil Nebula suffered misfortune, which means that subspace storms in the Devil Nebula appear very frequently , and the scope is very wide, covering almost the entire nebula.

It is precisely because of this analysis data that the danger level of the Devil Nebula has risen sharply, far exceeding the level of other dangerous forbidden places in the universe, and has become the most dangerous place in the universe.

It is precisely because of the mystery and danger of the Devil Nebula that all items related to the Devil Nebula are popular collections in the universe, and they are also the key collections of the space exploration agencies of various civilizations. end point of collection.

Leo has carried out the mission of delivering such items more than once, so he also carefully studied some information about the Devil Nebula during the mission, which is why he was able to recognize the Devil Nebula at a glance.

Now he actually saw the record picture of the spacecraft sailing in the Devil Nebula on the Via people's flight recorder, which is really surprising.

Although the Weiya people are famous for their adventures and explorations in the universe, they are also known for their caution. When an unknown place is discovered, as long as the safety index is not determined, the Weiya people will never send a fleet into that unknown place to explore.

Therefore, when the Devil Nebula was first discovered, the Via people were also one of the civilizations that discovered it, but they were also the only civilization that did not send out an exploration spacecraft. It stands to reason that it is impossible for the Via people to enter the Devil Nebula.

Moreover, the surrounding area of ​​the Devil Nebula has long been closely monitored by the monitoring bases of various cosmic civilizations. Anyone who enters will be found, so if the Via people enter the Devil Nebula, the news will definitely spread in the universe.

"Analyze and reorganize the route map." Leo was suspicious, and then ordered the main control chip of the recorder.

Soon the illusion in front of Leo's eyes began to change, and a clear map of the flight route of the spaceship appeared in front of him, allowing him to carefully analyze the complete flight route of the spaceship where the recorder was located, to see if he could find anything from it.

After seeing the voyage map, Leo quickly confirmed a few things. One thing was that the Via people were really heading towards the Devil Nebula, because the spaceship's route map showed that the spacecraft planned to explore the Devil Nebula from the very beginning.

Because there are a large number of commercial planets among the planets that can be reached on the ship’s route, according to the character of the Weiya people, as long as they are not on a mission, they will go to those planets to replenish supplies, and the Weiya people’s fleet passes by When they were on those planets, they didn't stop at all, and directly passed through the galaxy barrier and went to the Devil Nebula.

The other one is the recorder in Leo's hand, and a number is marked on the record. This number is the special number of the subspace recorder, which means that this recorder will record subspace navigation data.

The Via people are very frugal. Unless they are sure that their ship will sail in the subspace for a long time, they will never install a flight recorder with additional functions. This also proves from the side that the Via people are preparing to enter the Devil Nebula, and Also prepare for the warp space storm that will be encountered.

Leo played with the recorder in his hand, and guessed to himself: "Could it be that the Via people encountered a subspace storm, and the wreckage of the spaceship was involved in the subspace, and finally got out of the subspace due to some unknown reasons?" , fell here."

But he quickly denied this guess, because he did not see any traces of external force damage from the recorder in his hand. Although the recorder was missing a part, that part was disassembled according to normal procedures, not torn by external force Caused.

With doubts in his heart, Leo carefully checked the recorder in his hand again, and soon he found out that there was an outdated monitoring module inside the recorder.

The main purpose of this mod is to record the identity of the person using the logger. Because the recorder itself has been disassembled, this monitoring module has lost its function, but if there is no accident, this monitoring module should still record some useful content, such as the person who first opened the flight recorder, Whoever dismantled this voyage recorder, etc.

This module was a standard device for early flight recorders, but as this module was found with irreparable loopholes, this module was no longer assembled on flight recorders. According to this module, At the time of exit, the spaceship where the flight recorder was located should be a spaceship manufactured by the Supreme Council 37,964,453 years ago, that is, seventy-three years ago.

Because when Leo was created, there were still many old spaceships sailing in the universe, so the method of cracking this monitoring module was also recorded in his skill training chip, which is just in use now.

Although there is no suitable tool at hand, the cracking method of this module has long been understood, and there are also methods used by psykers. Leo almost did not spend too much effort, through a small wave of psychic impact Destroyed the control lock of the monitoring module, and then directly sent instructions to the recorder to call out the monitoring data.

Just like most of the recorder data is fragmented, the data in the monitoring module is also incomplete. This is not because someone deliberately deleted the data, but because some strong energy interference destroyed the data link. resulting in data loss.

In the end, the monitoring module sorted out the complete pictures of the three recorder openers. The first two Leo did not know, but from their appearance and clothing, they should be people from the spaceship manufacturing factory. They presumably were testing the recorder. It was photographed by the surveillance module.

The third picture is what Leo pays most attention to, because he knows the person in the third record picture, and this person will appear in almost all the books that record the history of space exploration.

This person is a Weiya, and humans on Earth cannot read his name in the language of the Weiya, so they can only paste the name of a famous discoverer of the New World on Earth on his chest, and call him Columbus.

Columbus is one of the few Weiya people who is not the governor of the wandering fleet mainly for business. The fleet he led is mainly for exploring the universe. In the past three thousand years, a total of 97 newborn galaxies have been discovered, and 60 of them Three were discovered by Columbus, so his figure also appeared in all the exploration books published by the universe in the past two thousand years, becoming one of the most famous people in the universe.

Before Leo was created, Columbus of the Via people had led his fleet to disappear. At that time, the Supreme Council of the universe was alarmed, and a large number of people were sent into the main fleet of the Via people to assist in the investigation, but in the end there was no gain. .

Judging from the materials released later, the Weiya people seem not to want to investigate the disappearance of the Weiya hero. Even if the Supreme Council intervenes, they will set up various obstacles to affect the investigators sent by the Supreme Council. It is precisely because of this that the investigation results Not as expected.

So for a long time, it has been rumored in the universe that Columbus of the Weiya people was killed by his own people. As for how he was killed and where the body is, it is a mystery.

But now, Leo has solved the mystery that plagued various civilizations in the universe. Columbus of the Via people did not die, but came to the world of Velen.

The reason why Leo is so sure that Columbus of the Via people is in the Vinylon world is because in the image reconstructed by the monitoring module, the plants behind Columbus are also photographed in the image, and that kind of plant is unique to the Vinylon world. Ferns, this kind of plant only grows in the wetlands of the Mozambique continent, and this kind of plant is also an extremely important medicinal material, which is recorded in the medical classics of the medical school.

This image also proves that Columbus of the Weiya people came to the world of Velen, and judging from the follow-up situation, he does not seem to have left this world, and he is very likely still alive, because he himself is also an Omega-level In terms of lifespan, a psychic can survive for tens of millions of years as long as he doesn't seek death himself.

Leo carefully recalled the time when Columbus of the Via people disappeared, and compared the time period when the world of Velen changed. Although the time is a bit wrong, the difference is not very big. It is said that the world of Velen began to change from spiritual civilization to steam civilization, which may have something to do with Columbus of the Weiya people.

In addition, judging from the process of investigating the disappearance of Columbus sent by the Supreme Council of the universe, the Weiya people may know where Columbus is, and may even know the existence of the Velen world, and the Weiya people are also trying to change the civilization of the Velen world by guiding the direction of civilization. develop.

"Why? Why do the Via people do this?" Leo muttered a few times full of doubts, and then asked himself: "Could it be related to the light of origin."

To make the Weiya people do such seemingly thankless things, and even take the risk of sending their heroes into dangerous forbidden places like the Devil Nebula, only the only Weiya people's belief, the light of origin, can make them appear so fanatical.

"What's the benefit of doing this?" Leo couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.

It is no exaggeration to say that before the steam machinery appeared in the world of Velen, the entire civilization was an out-and-out psychic civilization. There were not only a large number of ordinary psychics such as family members and night watchmen, but also tower wizards who could evolve to a very high level. High-level psykers, and even various gods who have reached Omega-level advanced creatures.

According to the statistics of the Orthodox Church, the number of gods in the world of Velen reached hundreds at the time, and all of them had their own churches. These did not include those unrecognized evil gods, and now the world of Velen can truly manifest in front of believers. There are less than five holy spirits in China, and the tower that mastered another psychic evolution route has disappeared. The remaining psychics are hiding in a certain corner of the city like mice. It can be said that the steam civilization has been completely destroyed. Psionic civilization in the Velen world.