Dorothy's Forbidden Tome

Chapter 280: Machinery

The northern suburb of Tivian, the King's Campus of Royal Crown University.

The afternoon sun shines on the King’s Campus. Because the weather was very cloudy and cold for many days before, this sunshine is extremely precious. On the green lawn of the campus, there are students who take the opportunity to bask in the sun everywhere, and the whole campus is silent. In a peaceful atmosphere.

On a stone road in King's Campus, Dorothy, who had just come out of the library, was walking briskly forward. The students basking on the lawn on both sides were attracted by this exquisite and beautiful white-haired little girl from time to time. However, Dorothy really didn't have the time to pay attention to the gazes of outsiders. She walked forward with a serious face, and at the same time, she kept thinking in her heart.

"The internal combustion engine design drawings I drew... not only can attract the attention of gods, but also have poison awareness... This is simply too outrageous, such a thing as an internal combustion engine can actually have poison awareness..."

Dorothy thought in her heart that the series of events that happened just now subverted her cognition of the world. In her eyes, things that were regarded as science actually had poison knowledge. In cognition, only the knowledge of the mystical aspects will exist.

'This incident shows that...the boundaries between the mundane and the hidden, the mystical and the scientific may not be what I originally thought, and the difference between the two may be much blurred...

'The difference between mystery and science, I have continued the experience of my previous life, but it may be completely different in this world.The world distinguishes secrets from mundane ones... It's just whether the knowledge is poisoned or not. Think about it, if some secret knowledge does not contain poisons and can be widely spread, what would the current society look like?

'Make a hypothesis, if the knowledge like a series of 'cups' does not contain poison awareness, then there will be no restrictions and thresholds for the learning of spiritual practice methods such as body training method...blood eating method, will it be possible? What about a society that is completely different from the present when there is a 'cup' for physical training for all?

'In this 'cup'-dominated society, everyone has a strong body, and they can carry things by themselves without the help of machines. There is no train, and everyone can run tens of kilometers. Without the government, the whole The society follows the law of the jungle where the weak prey on the strong. People form small groups to hunt and devour each other. Everyone surrenders to primitive desires, and the level of civilization has regressed greatly.

At this time, the superhuman physique and ability of "Cup" are no longer extraordinary and mysterious, because everyone can have it, so it has become common sense and common sense.At this time, if the knowledge of making firearms and poisons is known, then the firearms that are common in this society may become the products of mysticism, and maybe they will become some extraordinary items...

'Think about it again... What if there is no other spiritual knowledge to understand poison?If there is no knowledge of poison in the secret knowledge of 'Ji'...would there be a spiritual society?All the people are psychic, living is only a stage of life, and even after death, people still remain in the world in the form of undead, or even worse, the whole people are undead, the whole world is completely a world of undead...'

Dorothy was making various assumptions in her mind. According to her thinking, the difference between the secret and the common world in this world is whether its knowledge is poisonous. In other words, it is the poisonous knowledge that shapes the common society. The scope of drug knowledge determines what kind of knowledge can be spread and applied on a large scale. These knowledge that can be applied on a large scale have created the appearance of society and even the entire civilization, while those who have drug knowledge cannot be widely used. became secretive.

Now it seems that the current world is stuck in the first industrial revolution. The reason is probably not that no one started the second industrial revolution, but that the key knowledge of the second industrial revolution is drug awareness.

'In this world, more than 50 years have passed since the first industrial revolution started. The accumulation of various technologies has been quite proficient, and oil has also been discovered. Both the accumulation of technology and resources have satisfied The conditions for opening the second industrial revolution, but there are not so many key people who stand up to invent those key technologies. At first, I thought it was a big deal. Now it seems that it is not that simple. .

"There is no shortage of excellent craftsmen in this world. For those Extraordinary people with a vote of 'stone', it should be quite difficult to invent an internal combustion engine... But it is a problem that no one has invented it. '

Dorothy was thinking in this way, she had seen Beverly's clockwork mechanism technology, with her technical ability, wouldn't it be easy to build an internal combustion engine?There are so many 'stone' Beyonders in this world, yet inventions like internal combustion engines have not yet appeared, so there is a problem.

While thinking, Dorothy had gradually walked to the east gate of the campus, and then went straight out.

Out of the east gate, Dorothy returned to Greenshade Town after crossing the road and walking for a short time, but this time she didn't go home directly, but went straight to No. 37.

In the well-decorated, comfortable and pleasant green-shaded town, Dorothy walked quickly. It didn't take long for her to reach the door of Beverly's house. Standing in front of the old house, Dorothy rang the doorbell skillfully. After waiting for a while, she heard footsteps coming from behind the door. After the door was opened, Bev was wearing an apron, wearing goggles, and a lot of tools in her left hand like a Swiss Army knife. Li appeared in front of Dorothy.

"Hey, the distinguished guest is here, please come in, please come in~"

Seeing Dorothy's figure, Beverly moved up the goggles she was wearing, and immediately called Dorothy to come in. After entering Beverly's house, Dorothy sat directly in the living room. on the sofa, and after Beverly closed the door, she also came to a coffee table in the living room. At this time, there were a bunch of test tubes, beakers, and glass bottles on the coffee table. After seeing it, Dorothy asked strangely. arrive.

"You... are you doing a chemical experiment?"

"No, no, no, I'm just practicing making coffee. Since I don't have any serious tools, I just use these things." Beverly said indifferently, and then she used her normal hands to move the cup on the coffee table. I picked up some coffee beans in the box and put them in a round iron box. Dorothy spoke in surprise when she heard her words.

"Can a clockwork man drink coffee?"

"I don't drink, I just soak it for fun. My recent research has hit a wall. I'm just looking for something to play with when I'm in a bad mood... Didn't you complain that I'm full of engine oil and nothing you can drink here, so I Just try to make some coffee, anyway, there will be other humans coming in the future, and there will be something for them to drink."

Beverly said so, and then put the coffee beans in her hand into an iron container, a Swiss army knife-like left hand popped out a grinder-like thing, turned it, put it into the container and started grinding coffee bean.

"The clockwork man is learning how to make coffee...you really have a leisurely heart..."

Looking at Beverly who was grinding coffee beans, Dorothy said so. After a while, Beverly ground the coffee beans and poured them into a cup, and then her multifunctional left hand like a Swiss army knife A spout was deformed, and a small flame spewed out and began to heat up a beaker on the side. After quickly boiling the water in it, it transformed into a pair of tongs to grab it, and poured the boiling water into the beaker that was placed Cup of ground coffee beans.

Chapter 280: Machinery

Finally, after a lot of tossing, Beverly finally brought a cup of hot coffee she made herself to Dorothy, and then spoke bluntly.

"Quick, have a drink, and then tell me how it tastes."

Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy glanced at the hot coffee in front of her. Although the coffee in front of her looked fine, she couldn't help swallowing it when she thought of Beverly's experiment-like brewing process before. Take a mouthful of saliva.

'The clockwork man has no sense of taste and wants to make coffee...that's all right...'

Dorothy thought this with a little bit of worry, but thinking that the reason why the other party wanted to study making coffee on a whim was because she didn't drink when she came here, it was not good for her to refuse.

Finally, after hesitating for a while, Dorothy still picked up the coffee in front of her, blew it a little colder and took two sips. Seeing that Dorothy drank it, Beverly raised her eyebrows and asked.

"How? How does it taste?"

"Hmm... It feels good, but the sugar is a little less." Sipping the coffee made by Beverly, Dorothy nodded and commented. The coffee tastes good, at least it doesn't have the oil she originally thought taste.

"Is there less sugar? Hmm... It seems that the standard parameters obtained from the coffee shop are also a little inaccurate. Now modify it, and increase the amount of sugar next time..."

Beverly murmured, and put more sugar cubes in Dorothy's coffee mug.

"Now you can drink again, is there enough sugar?"

"No…"

"now what?"

"still none."

"How is it now?"

"Well...it's almost there, it's okay."

After adding sugar several times in a row, Dorothy drank the coffee in front of her and said with satisfaction. Looking at Dorothy like this, Beverly also murmured clearly.

"This sugar is much more than expected... It feels like sugar water has been washed into a little coffee powder... Is this the correct way to brew coffee?"

Beverly thought about it thoughtfully, and then she immediately took out a small notebook, and slightly changed the sugar parameters when making coffee that was written on it.

"Huh... Humans like to eat sweet things so much. If I modify my sense of taste someday, I will also taste the sweetness like us..." While changing his own coffee recipe, Bei Fuli said on the side.

Dorothy was quite satisfied drinking the coffee made by Beverly. At this time, after changing her own coffee recipe, Beverly removed the multifunctional left hand and replaced it with a normal human arm. .

"By the way, you haven't been here for a while. Is there some business you want to discuss this time?"

Untied her apron and threw it aside, Beverly sat on the sofa and spoke to Dorothy, while Dorothy was drinking the world's first cup of coffee made by a clockwork man. After that, he opened his mouth and spoke.

"I'm not here this time for business, but to ask you some questions. Of course, if you charge money for this question...it's also for business."

"Question? Are you going to ask about side information again?" Beverly continued to ask, and Dorothy shook her head in answer.

"No, what I want to ask this time... is some questions about gods... Beverly, do you know that there are any gods related to machinery in the 'Stone' Domain?"

Dorothy asked Beverly solemnly. Hearing her words, Beverly was slightly taken aback. After a moment of pause, her expression became strange, and then she said to Dorothy.

"The gods related to machinery in the domain of... stone? Why do you ask this?"

"Hehe, it's nothing. I just read a few secret biography about 'Stone' recently, and there are some contents that are slightly involved in it, but I don't know much about it, so I want to ask."

Dorothy smiled and said to Beverly that the reason she asked this question was because she wanted to know who was the god who might watch her after she invented the internal combustion engine.

Listening to Dorothy's explanation, Beverly nodded with great interest, and then looked at Dorothy's continued opening.

"Well... so, you are asking the right person for this question. I do have a little research on the gods in the field of 'stone'. If there are gods related to machinery, there is indeed another one. He is called...'the core of rank structure' .”

"The core of rank structure? What a strange god name..."

Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy murmured and responded, compared to other gluttonous wolves, abyssal snakes...the Virgin, the Holy Son...this title is indeed a bit strange, compared to the ones worshiped by mysterious associations and religions God, this is more like a noun that would appear in a science fiction novel.

"Ha... Do you think it's weird too? That's true. Generally speaking, the more widely known names of this existence are the God of Artisans, the God of Clockwork, the God of Steam, the God of Mechanics, the Pioneer of Innovation, and the Crusher of Stones." , Steel Caster, Pioneer... There are indeed very few titles like this for me, generally only those who have studied this god in depth will have such a title for him, and I am just one of them."

Beverly laughed lightly, and spread her hands to answer. After listening to the titles she said, Dorothy felt that this was like a god's name.

"There are so many titles for this god, the god of craftsmen...the god of machinery can still understand...but what about the pioneers of innovation, the stone breakers, and the pioneers? Can you tell me about this order in detail? Is it about the heart?" Dorothy continued to talk to Beverly, and the other party answered quite briskly.

"For the sake of helping me taste the coffee, yes~" Beverly said, then continued to speak after clearing her throat.

"Then let me briefly talk about this craftsman machine god, he is the one with the strongest sense of presence and the greatest influence among the few gods in the 'stone' domain.

"In the secret history and mythology of ancient times, he is the god of craftsmen, symbolizing the top of almost all craftsmanship. He used to forge magic weapons for the heroes and gods in myths and legends. In the dawn war to drive out the darkness , He personally built the strongest weapon for Huiguang.

"He is the pioneer of innovation and the pioneer of the times. According to the rumors, it is He who broke ignorance, inspired mankind to invent and improve the steam engine, promoted the beginning of the industrial revolution, and made human civilization what it is today, so Also known as the God of Machinery and the God of Steam."

Beverly introduced in this way, listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy frowned slightly, and then said seriously.

"What... You said that it was this god who promoted the start of the steam revolution?"

"Yes, more than 50 years ago, a series of key inventions suddenly concentrated in this world, and those inventors were almost all Extraordinary people on the path of 'stone', and many of them claimed to have received divine inspiration. So many people think that the driving force behind the steam revolution is this god.”

After finishing speaking, Beverly paused slightly, then looked out of the window and continued speaking.

"Based on the above points of view, some people believe that the core of the hierarchy will not be satisfied with the current appearance of human society. When he thinks it is appropriate, he will once again lead an innovation like the steam revolution, bringing us civilization to a higher position."

Chapter 280 IX Response

"Did the innovative god of steam and machinery . . . drive the steam revolution?"

Within No. 32 of Lusha Town, after listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy murmured thoughtfully to herself, if what Beverly said is true, then the rank core It is very likely that she is the god who will look at her after she invents the internal combustion engine.

'If what Beverly said is correct, then the steam revolution was triggered by the God of Mechanics through the divine inspiration of key inventors, then he is the direct promoter of the first industrial revolution, if there is a person in this world The internal combustion engine, which is the key to the second industrial revolution, was invented without being inspired by him, so it's no wonder he didn't pay attention.

'Among the rumors that Beverly said...the God of Mechanics is the God of Innovation. He will not be satisfied with the current civilization. When he sees fit, he will trigger the next technological revolution. , that is to say, now is not the 'appropriate time' as he thinks, so the invention of the internal combustion engine is not allowed to appear yet? '

Dorothy thought to herself that after talking with Beverly, she had a new perspective on the world and its gods.

'Knowledge of poison defines knowledge and distinguishes common knowledge from secret knowledge, but which knowledge belongs to common knowledge and which knowledge belongs to secret knowledge? ...The right to define may be in the hands of the gods, and those gods may be able to affect the coverage of drug awareness. For now, technologies such as internal combustion engines are defined as secret, and there may be a core of hierarchy in it. .

"When I was reading medical books, I found that the world in the era of the steam revolution was far ahead of the times in terms of medical treatment, and there were antibiotics!This proves that the knowledge related to antibiotics does not have the knowledge of poison, and is this also influenced by a certain god? '

Dorothy thought this way. Although she still can't clearly define the scope of poison awareness as the gods, at least it must have had an influence. She can feel that the reason why the world is what it is today, and The will of the gods is inseparable.

"By the way, you mentioned that 50 years ago, Zhigou Heart was only the god of artisans, and he forged weapons for Radiance in the Battle of Daybreak... Does the Radiance here refer to the savior of Radiance?"

Dorothy continued to ask Beverly, and Beverly answered while crossing her legs and taking a sip of engine oil.

"Generally speaking, all scholars who study this myth think so, but the myth is good, just listen to it, it's not that the person involved didn't know what happened at that time, the 'glow' and today's 'glow' "Light Savior" may be the same concept, or there may be some differences... No one can be sure about the specifics of the gods."

Beverly finished responding, and Dorothy spoke again, pondering.

"If the myth you said is true, then the core of the hierarchy may be the allies of the Radiant Savior, but the Radiance Sect doesn't even promote it. The objects of belief until now only look for the Three Saints, as the Radiant Savior The allies who fought together now look like pagans who have been suppressed, and you can’t see a church in public, isn’t that a bit unkind?”

Dorothy continued to ask, in the teachings of the Radiance Cult, the Radiant Savior is a person who wins the battle of dawn and drives out the evil spirits alone. There is no mention of allies, but in the legend of the Lord of Light It is mentioned that he has allies. From this point of view alone, the "glow" in Zhigou's core myth seems to be closer to the Lord of Light.

"Ham... don't care if he's kind or not, the 'Deng' family is the only one that needs a large-scale belief. The others don't have much requirements for belief. If the Radiance Sect recognizes the existence of other gods, it will inevitably divert many people away. Faith, so it is understandable not to admit it.”

After waving her hands, Beverly said with an indifferent attitude. Listening to her words, Dorothy frowned slightly, and then continued to speak.

"Only the 'lamp' requires large-scale belief... Is there any relationship between the 'lamp' and belief?" Dorothy asked with a frown, while Beverly responded somewhat unexpectedly.

"Don't you know? The main aspect of the 'Lamp' is belief. Many gods in other fields have churches in the real world, but this is mainly to expand their influence in the real world and drive believers to carry out their own oracle. , They don't expect to get anything from the believers. But the "lamp" is different. The gods of the "lamp" can indeed obtain power from the believers' beliefs. As long as there are more believers, their beliefs will be stronger and their power will be stronger stronger.

"This is the main reason why the Radiance Cult takes faith so seriously. Its sphere of influence spreads all over the world, and it is the main reason why it is the only official belief in the mortal world. Under the common belief, Huiguang should be the most powerful among the gods in the world."

As Beverly said, after listening to her words, Dorothy was slightly taken aback, and then remembered the spiritual accumulation methods of those priests in the Radiance Cult. The power of the three sages, in turn, directly gave them spirituality, which can be said to be mutually beneficial.

Of course, the source of the power of the Three Saints must be the beliefs of the billions of ordinary people. Compared with the beliefs of many ordinary people in various countries, the prayers of the clergy in the Radiance Church may only be used to test their piety.

In this way, the motivation of the Church of Radiance to become the largest official institution to maintain the stability of the mortal world is also clear, because the beliefs of ordinary people are very important to them, so they will inevitably maintain the order of the world to a certain extent.

After listening to Beverly's unreasonable words, Dorothy thought that she was very satisfied when she came to Beverly to understand so many things this time.

"Well...thanks, this information is very useful to me, by the way, you are not going to ask for another wave of intelligence fees, are you?" Dorothy asked Beverly, and Beverly shrugged Reply.

"Information fees? This information is not top-secret information that is too cherished, and it is not enough to ask for information fees. Besides, relying on your information last time, we made a lot of money here. Now you are my VIP. Customer, as a VIP, this little information is free~"

Beverly waved her hand and said, after hearing what she said, Dorothy was actually moved in her heart, thinking that this kind of information would cost fifty or sixty pounds for your father no matter what.

"Then I would like to thank you in advance. I have almost finished my work here today, so I will leave now. Goodbye, I will treat you to a drink next time."

Dorothy, who had finished asking all the questions that should be asked, was about to say goodbye to Beverly, but at this time Beverly spoke again.

"Wait a minute, don't be in such a hurry. I happen to have a special letter for you here. I originally planned to make coffee and knock on your door, but I didn't expect you to come here by yourself."

Beverly stopped Dorothy from saying this, but Dorothy spoke quite unexpectedly after hearing it.

"My letter? Who sent it?"

"The customer's personal information is a confidential matter. I can't disclose it. Don't forget, you suggested that we start this mailing business. You wait here, and I will find the letter."

As she spoke, Beverly put the oil cup in her hand on the coffee table, then got up from the sofa, walked to a wall, and after twisting the wall lamp on the wall, there was a rattling sound in the whole room With the sound of the mechanism, the floor under Beverly's feet suddenly sank, bringing Beverly down to the ground.

"Fantastic house..."

Looking at the scene in front of her, Dorothy murmured softly, and then began to sit quietly on the sofa and wait for Beverly to come back. In her spare time, she couldn't help but start to observe the surroundings, looking at her neighbor renovation condition.

'Although this Beverly is a clockwork man and lives in an institutional house, the surface of this house is still very well disguised, at least it looks like a place where normal people live. '

Dorothy thought so, and then turned her attention to the coffee table in front of her, and there was an open Tivian Morning News newspaper, but the news on the newspaper was suddenly which attracted Dorothy's attention.

"Bloody tragedy! Bloodshed in the gray area of ​​​​Sitivian media once again, and street murders have occurred. This is the fourth case in two weeks!"

Seeing the exaggerated headline in the newspaper, Dorothy suddenly lost her temper, then picked up the newspaper and read it carefully, and found that it reported a tragedy that happened on the street of Sitivian, a man Under the eyes of everyone, he used a knife to commit crimes in the street, stabbed another passerby to death and then escaped. Now the criminal has been captured by the police.

At first glance, this does not seem to be an overly inconspicuous case. Both the murderer and the deceased are ordinary people, not big stars like Adele, and since the murderer had many witnesses during the murder, the crime is indisputable. After the murderer was arrested, he also admitted that the victim was his enemy. This was a typical vendetta, and there was nothing complicated about the whole case.

This was a very common case, and the reason why it was published in the newspaper was because four such cases occurred in the same urban area within two weeks.That is to say, this kind of murder case in the street happened continuously within half a month, which caused a certain degree of panic.