The Mysterious World Under Steampunk - Chapter 1822

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Under Joe’s narration, Leo also gradually knew what happened to Milet’s disaster, and also became interested in the cause of Milet’s disaster.

Milet is a principality in the interior of the ancient Norvat continent. Its area is not very large, and the land is all mountainous, with very little arable land. Almost all food needs to be purchased from outside.

However, even though the land of Milet is so barren, this country is very rich. It can even be said that its country is rich enough to rank among the top ten countries in the Novat continent.

The reason why they are so rich is because there is a special mineral called purple iron in the mountains of Miret. This kind of purple iron is very brittle, and even a child can easily break it into pieces, so it is not suitable for use alone. However, if this purple iron is added to different metals in a certain proportion, it can strengthen the toughness and strength of the metal, and can make a piece of ordinary iron ten times stronger.

It is precisely because of the magical properties of this peculiar purple iron that the Principality of Miret can obtain a lot of benefits from the purple iron trade every year. Only a small part of these benefits can be used to buy enough to feed the entire principality. food.

But such a wealthy principality perished overnight. Except for the residents near the border, almost all the people in the center of the principality disappeared. No one knew how they disappeared, and what’s more, The most miraculous thing is that the purple iron mines underground in the principality also disappeared together. There are only huge hollows in the ground, which go deep into the ground, and the boundaries cannot be detected.

Therefore, there are a lot of legends among the people, saying that the principality is too greedy, mining purple iron ore excessively, thus awakening the sleeping monster in the purple iron ore, and after the monster wakes up, it not only eats the purple iron ore, but also eats the whole purple iron ore. Everyone in the Principality ate it up, and folklore about the Miret disaster began.

However, in Joe’s investigation, the disaster of Miret turned into another matter completely. Taking this seriously, he thought it was a miracle, indicating that Milet would have a new source of wealth. Grand Duke Milet even had the largest piece of crystal transported to various towns in the Principality for a parade, showing The wealth of the principality.

However, this crystal is not wealth, but a disaster. After one month, everyone who has touched this crystal has mutated into a monster. The crystals and purple iron were eaten, and then they drilled into the mines one by one, digging out all the purple iron in the mines and eating them, and finally they ate deeper and deeper until they completely disappeared deep in the ground.

“How do you know that the mutation is caused by the crystal?” Leo asked, “Is there any written record about this?”

“No.” Joe shook his head and said, “But there is a freak in my father’s circus who is a descendant of the Principality of Miret. His ancestors also had contact with that kind of crystal, and his body was mutated, but the mutation was not completed. , but this mutant state has been inherited, and the legend has been passed down from mouth to mouth in his family.”  …

After hearing this, Leo didn’t question Joe’s statement anymore. Judging from the brief contact, he could see that Joe should be a serious person, and he must have gone through other investigations, otherwise he wouldn’t believe such a statement so definitely. Word of mouth.

Leo asked with some doubts: “Has this crystal been found in other purple iron mines?”

“I found it, but the quantity is very small and small.” Joe pulled an aluminum box from his pocket, and then opened it for Leo to see.

At this time, Leo felt that Joe was a little strange. He didn’t seem to care about the various secrets he knew, but wanted to tell anyone who was interested.

For Joe’s strange behavior, Leo didn’t feel any malice, so he didn’t pay too much attention, and then looked at the things inside the aluminum box.

I saw that the thing was just an ordinary-looking transparent crystal, about the size of a child’s thumbnail, and he didn’t feel any energy fluctuations from the crystal.

“Can I take it out and have a look?” Although there is nothing special about the crystal, Leo still felt that the crystal was a bit strange, so he asked.

“Okay.” Joe nodded.

Nodding, he handed over the box.

Leo picked up the crystal in the box and put it in front of his eyes for a closer look. At this time, he activated his spiritual vision ability.

Although this world has a strong weakening effect on any supernatural power released outward, the spiritual vision ability is obviously no longer one of the supernatural powers weakened. Through the spiritual vision ability, he quickly discovered this seemingly transparent and pure In fact, there are many tiny holes inside the crystal. These holes extend from the center to all directions, penetrating the surface of the crystal. It feels like some kind of extremely tiny creature crawled out from the core of the crystal.

“Is this the original appearance of the crystal?” Leo asked after putting the crystal back into the box.

Hearing Leo’s question, Joe looked at Leo excitedly, and said a little excitedly: “You found out, right? You found something wrong with this crystal, right? I knew it, I was right , there is really a problem with the crystal.”

Although Joe didn’t answer the question, Leo already knew the answer from the emotions he showed, and it could be seen that he seemed to be eager for an approver.

Although the crystal in Joe’s hand has no research value, at least this crystal allows Leo to be sure that Joe’s view of the Miret disaster may be true. If he can go to the Novat continent, Leo may be able to Go to the ruins of the Principality of Miret to see if you can find the associated crystal in Joe’s mouth, but there is obviously no need to go any further now.

So Leo redirected the topic back and asked, “You said just now that the incident at Matou Bay might be related to the disaster of Miret. Do you think that the monsters who secretly attacked Matou Bay were actually controlled by this kind of crystal?” Manufactured humans can be controlled because they are humans?”

“Yes.” Joe nodded, and said, “This is not a guess, but what I saw. I once saw an old man of the Paho command a man with a lower body The monster with the upper body of some kind of animal and the head of a crocodile attacked some indigenous people. When the old man was commanding the monster, he was holding a purple iron associated crystal in his hand. I guess that crystal should be the key to commanding the monster.”… .

At this time, there was a sudden commotion in front of the team, and the team stopped accordingly. People around stood on the carriage carrying supplies and looked forward, while the soldiers escorting the team picked up Weapon looked around nervously.

Joe, who was very curious, stood on the carriage and couldn’t see the specific situation ahead. He only saw a group of people in front of him, so he jumped off the carriage, got through the crowd, and walked towards the place where the accident happened.

Leo didn’t follow. Instead, he looked at the dense jungle on both sides of the road. His eyes penetrated the dense vegetation of the jungle and fell on the person hiding in the dark to observe the convoy.

A team of ten people wore clothes made of plants, and hung all kinds of branches and leaves all over their bodies, perfectly camouflaging them as part of the jungle. It has to be said that with the existing materials, this camouflage has reached the extreme , Judging from the fact that the ten-man team followed closely the moment the convoy left Matou Bay, this kind of camouflage was also very effective.

In fact, there is no need for Joe to remind, Leo knew from the very beginning that this newly formed pioneer group would inevitably encounter attacks, because he discovered the stalkers from the very beginning, and he also knew that the stalkers were not only these ten people, in fact There is also an indigenous team of thousands of people hidden deeper in the jungle.

Last night, this thousand-man team tried to sneak attack while the team was repairing. As a result, the officer in charge of the pioneer group seemed to have guessed that they might be attacked, so they arranged enough defensive personnel to make this thousand-man team unable to attack. backed away.

Obviously, the pioneering group formed by Matouwan this time was not formed randomly. The officers and generals in charge of the pioneering group all have rich combat experience in the New World. They don’t know anything about it, but they know the various attack methods of the indigenous tribes, so they can maximize the team’s defense and leave no chance for the natives of the New World. Even if there is an unexpected accident, there should be The defensive vigilance is not lacking at all.

Just when Leo observed the natives in the jungle, and listened to their conversations through the five senses, he learned about the native tribes.

When the language system was falling, a middle-aged scholar who had been in the carriage next to him walked up to Leo, and reminded Leo thoughtlessly: “Although I don’t know what your Excellency came to the New World to study, I still I think you should be reminded not to get too close to Big Talking Joe, otherwise your reputation will be ruined, and no one will believe you even if you research something.”

Leo confirmed: “Big Joe? Are you talking about Mr. Joe Matthew?”

The middle-aged scholar nodded unceremoniously and said, “Except for him, no one else deserves the name Big Talk Joe.”

Leo asked again: “Why does Mr. Joe Matthew have such a reputation?”

“A guy who only knows how to tell all kinds of big words and lies will naturally have such a reputation.” The middle-aged scholar responded with disdain, then looked towards the front of the convoy, as if he had discovered something, didn’t say any more, then turned back to himself In the carriage where he stayed before, he looked like he had never spoken to Leo. ….

At this time, I saw Joe walking back from the front, but his face was not very good-looking, it seemed that what happened in front had some influence on him.

“What happened in front?” Leo asked directly before and after Joe came.

“It’s the human skin battle flag of the Blood Crow Tribe. It is said that the human skin used to make the battle flag was made from the staff who disappeared at the Matouwan Forest Farm Management Office. It seems that the road ahead is a bit difficult. Blood Crow Those lunatics from the tribe will definitely launch an attack, no matter whether the convoy is well defended and vigilant, it is the same to them.” Joe frowned and recounted his inference, and then doubted: “As usual, like Blood Raven A tribe with a strong attack power like the tribe should attack Matou Bay together with the Pahuo tribe, why was it sent to attack this newly formed pioneer group?”

Leo speculated casually: “Perhaps the Pioneering Group has something special, and the purpose of the Blood Crow Tribe’s attacking the Pioneering Group is for that thing.”

Qiao heard this, thought about it seriously, shook his head again, and said: “If the Pioneering Group really has something that interests the Blood Crow Tribe, then that thing is absolutely priceless, and it would have been sent back to the Novat continent long ago , will not stay here at all, and hand it over to the pioneers.”

“But what if the value of that thing is not even clear to the pioneers?” Leo retorted, “You just said that the officers of the pioneers have rich experience in fighting the indigenous tribes, that is, It is said that they have destroyed many indigenous tribes. What if they inadvertently found some loot of unknown value in a certain indigenous tribe that was destroyed by them, and those loot happened to have things that attracted the Blood Raven Tribe? ?”

Joe was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, “Maybe what you said is right, but even so, we can’t do anything now, and they won’t believe our speculation.”

While speaking, the movement in front seemed to calm down, and the convoy started slowly again, but the soldiers around were no longer as relaxed as before, and seemed to be very vigilant, looking at the jungle from time to time, as if there would be a It’s like the enemy rushed out.

“Did that person speak ill of me to you just now?” At this moment, Joe suddenly asked without thinking.

“I said something.” Leo smiled and said, “Big Joe, this reputation is not very good.”

“You believed him?” Joe asked, looking a little frustrated.

“No.” Leo shook his head and said, “I think you must have been misunderstood. The things you told me before are generally considered fabricated lies, but I think they should be true. .”

On the contrary, Joe showed a puzzled look on his face. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com looked at Leo and asked, “Why?”

Leo said in a deep voice: “Because I have seen weirder things, compared to what I saw, what you said is not worth mentioning.”

Qiao Wenyan couldn’t help being stunned, and looked at Leo in surprise, as if he was looking at another self.

Leo didn’t give any further explanations, and instead asked Joe about the languages ​​and customs of the indigenous tribes in the New World.

In the face of Leo’s questions, Joe did not hesitate to answer, especially for the indigenous language.

In response, while answering the question, he also took out his previous research and study notes on indigenous languages ​​and handed them to Leo for study.

What surprised Joe was that Leo’s learning ability was beyond his imagination. In the morning, Leo was still a person who knew nothing about the languages ​​of the indigenous tribes of the New World. He has proficiently mastered the languages ​​of seven indigenous tribes, and was able to draw inferences from one instance to help him uncover the language problems of some other indigenous tribes. .

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