The Uncanny: The Knowledgeable Returns From Warhammer

Chapter 74 Letters and Transactions

"May I ask you about mechanical manufacturing?"

At the gate of the Antiquities Protection Association of Tingen City, Aiwen stopped and looked back at the steps. Melissa opened her mouth nervously and shyly. She seemed to muster up great courage when she spoke, and it was unbearable to refuse.

"Can……"

Ai Wen nodded at first, but then he thought about the current complicated situation. Getting too close to an ordinary person would cause unnecessary trouble to the other party, so he pondered for a while and added:

"But I've been busy lately!"

As soon as the words were finished, Melissa's eyes that were shining with hope gradually dimmed, and her thin figure lowered her head under the scorching sun at noon, slowly showing a clear curve like dry grass.

But at the next moment, I heard Ivan continue to say:

"If you don't mind, you can write the questions you want to ask on paper and hand them to the staff here, and I will reply to you when I find time."

"But... can you?"

"can!"

The firm answer made the girl under the steps show an innocent smile on her face, gradually overlapping a strange false memory in Ai Wen's mind, making the grotesque colors in front of him more intense, and making Melissa The fair cheeks looked even paler, and the fine flowers on the long skirt were like blood that was smudged.

The ethereal bell sounded like an auditory hallucination, but Aiwen remained calm on the steps, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I'm sorry about the murder case at the technical school." !"

He vaguely remembered that in the first dream, the girl in front of him, or his former classmate, almost witnessed the battle between the gods. All of them made a big impact.

Although the Parish task force of the Mechanical Heart eliminated the influence in time, the opponent was just an ordinary person after all, and in front of the aftermath of the evil god, he was as fragile as a candle in a storm.

"There are also those girls in the warehouse in the dock area who may have been polluted, and may die in various accidents in the future."

In the silent sigh, Aiwen suddenly heard the soft persuasion from the girl under the steps.

"You don't have to blame yourself, you are also a victim of that incident..."

……

"It seems that she is recovering well, and I don't know what method the Heart of the Machine task force used to quickly eliminate the impact of the last incident."

After bidding farewell to Melissa, Aiwen returned to the basement of the Conservation Association alone.

In the lounge at the corner of the stairs, the old Dirk, still dressed as a gentleman, leaned comfortably on the table while sipping coffee and browsing the contents of the magazine.

Seeing Aiwen come back, he couldn't help but joked with a smile on his face: "Our Mr. Inventor is back, how is the harvest of Tingen City Technical School?"

"There was a little accident, where is Captain Dick?"

While speaking, Aiwen glanced at the compartment. Normally, the compartment in the lounge is the office of the captain of the Heart of Mechanics. Its previous owner was acting captain Ikanser, but because of the "Tulip" accident, The incident was recalled to Backlund in advance.

"Captain Dick is checking the arsenal at Rupert's Gate, you can go find him there."

Old Dirk raised his finger and pointed to the depths of the corridor, which reminded Ivan that Rupert's Gate had been repaired, and a large number of weapons and equipment had been put into storage during the time he left Tingen, many of which were Mechanical dress unique to the mechanical heart.

"If you have a chance, you can try to study how the gears inside the black metal box work, and you don't know what their power source is. The small boilers under normal circumstances obviously cannot provide the powerful power displayed in battle. "

Nodding slightly to the old Dirk, Ivan turned around and walked through the L-shaped corridor. During the period, he saw the doors of the laboratories on both sides were closed, and the busy scene was no longer there.

Ever since Barr was injured and went to Backlund to recuperate, he and Upton were preparing to build a factory again, and Salier had to rush to help from time to time. This made the Mechanical Heart team, which was already extremely short of manpower, almost become Captain Di Between Deke and Old Deke, they work in two shifts every day.

Fortunately, "Tris" and "Mister Pichai" still haven't been found under the joint arrest. During this period of time, Tingen City has not had any emergencies to deal with. Let the Mechanic Heart team No more running around.

But all of this is like the calm before the storm.

Arriving in front of the first protective door outside Rupert's Gate, Ivan stretched out his hand and patted the fence in the corridor. It took about five or six minutes before he saw Captain Dick, whose hands were covered in oil, drawing from the depths of the corridor. Walked out from the door with complex patterns symbolizing steam and machinery, and dense symbols.

On the dome, on the walls, and under the rectangular partitions, the hidden automatic firearms remained silent and did not intend to activate them.

"Infrared detection? Identification? Or an extraordinary power similar to psionic power?"

Aiwen suddenly became curious about the defense mechanism in front of Rupert's Gate.

"Why did you come back so soon? Did something happen?"

After opening the steel fence across the corridor, Captain Dick asked with a puzzled face while cleaning the oil on his hands.

Because according to the process given by the school, Ai Wen will still be teaching in the school auditorium after his speech, and he will not be able to come back until after lunch at the earliest.

"I did encounter some things..."

During the conversation, Aiwen gave a general introduction of everything that happened in the school, and then proposed that he wanted to hold a charity party tonight, and let the mechanical heart assist in the preparation.

"So you want to fight against the nobles of Tingen?"

After a little thought, Dick directly pointed out the intention of Ivan's move, but saw the other party shook his head and said:

"It's not about confrontation, it's about paving the way for future development."

"But extraordinary power is not omnipotent. Under the restraint of various forces, secular power is usually beyond our imagination, so I suggest..."

Speaking of this, Dick suddenly paused, watching Ai Wen slowly spread out a blueprint from his arms in front of him.

He saw two rectangular boxes similar to telegraphs drawn on the white paper covered with creases, which was different from the similar drawings in the copy of Roselle's manuscript that he had seen during his tenure in Backlund Cathedral.

The version in Aiwen's hand is full of various obscure and difficult to understand annotations.

Putting aside those terms, Dick read out the note in the title bar in the lower right corner word by word:
"Radio and radio?"

"Yes!" Ivan nodded slightly and said, "A convenient tool that allows ordinary people to learn about the latest news without using newspapers, and to hear songs, dramas, novels, etc. that are usually played only on phonographs."

"More importantly, it can also allow the people to hear the persuasive teachings of the Pope and Patriarch of a certain church, which invisibly expands the faith of the church."

During the conversation, Ai Wen kept observing Dick's expression, and found that the other party's originally calm face showed a trace of bewilderment and uncontrollable excitement. From the initial hesitation, it slowly turned into a dignified one, until the introduction was finished. Taking a deep breath, he asked:
"So... what are you going to do?"

"I plan to build another factory!" Ivan smiled, seeming very satisfied with the other party's reaction.

"You know, that's not what I'm asking!" Dick frowned, calling names and succinctly.

In contrast, Aiwen stopped teasing, put away his smile and directly stuffed the drawing into the opponent's hand, and said in a serious voice: "The Church of Steam will have the exclusive right to use the first radio station. As for the second one, For the third or more, you need to negotiate with other forces yourself, I will not participate!"

"And my request is to help me block the pressure from other forces in the next operation!"

The conditions were very difficult, and he didn't expect the other party to agree to it outright. After all, he abolished a superhuman captain of the Loen Kingdom last night in the dock warehouse.

Although they may not be aware of what happened last night, but in this era of extraordinary beings, being able to maintain a stand-alone situation with the three major churches instead of the divine right of kings in the usual sense, it can be seen that the Loen royal family is definitely not a good person .

Not to mention the other two churches with "Nighthawks" and "Punishers".

At present, starting from the speech at the technical school in Tingen, many people have been offended by their actions on the surface. It is hard to say that they are not inextricably linked with other churches.

Even if those nobles don't understand Transcendence, the Church also needs to survive in the secular world, and it is impossible to move to the Kingdom of God and remain aloof forever.

After pondering for a while, Captain Dick neither agreed nor refused, but explained:

"This needs the opinion of the diocesan headquarters, but it won't take too long. You should be able to receive a telegram about the high-level church in the afternoon at the latest."

Seeing that Aiwen agreed, Dick immediately put away the drawings, turned around and walked through the corridor, and entered the room specially equipped with a radio station.

Turn on the radio to adjust the frequency, and quickly sent out the drawings and requirements issued by Aiwen.

As for the blueprint itself, with the gems invented in the past, compared to the Russell manuscript that only Russell himself could understand.

After more than 100 years of research, not only failed to restore the items in the drawings, but even made a joke that the chain was used as a connecting rod, and they had no idea what the mosaic-like front basket was.

This made Dick even have the illusion that Ivan Stimson was the reincarnation of Emperor Roselle under the comparison of the two sides.

It wasn't until today that he fully understood why the top church leaders would still make the move to absorb him into the Mechanical Heart when the other party was in such a dangerous situation.

"Could he really be Russell Gustav, the man who made all the kingdoms with angel-level powers bow their heads one after another hundreds of years ago?"

In front of the telegraph, Dick rubbed his forehead tangledly, puzzled.

(End of this chapter)