The Uncanny: The Knowledgeable Returns From Warhammer

Chapter 84 Melissa's Letter
Hi Evan:

Thank you for agreeing to my request to share your knowledge.

Since the accident at the technical school, we haven't talked for more than a month. Except for the school speech, the last time we met was at the publicity party. You seem to have changed a lot, making people feel strange and alienated...

I know, that incident must have taken a toll on you, haunted by endless nightmares.

But I saw that the Tingen City Police Department has issued a wanted warrant, and I believe that one day the murderer will be brought to justice.

So please don't blame yourself, life must go on, there are still people who love us here.

Just like my two older brothers, Benson who is always forgetful, and Klein who is clumsy.

Despite their flaws, they are still my most cherished family members, a safe haven from wind and rain, and I can't imagine the consequences of losing them, just like if they lose me one day.

By the way, I heard from Jenny that for some reason you are going to move again recently, but she also said that she will invite me to be a guest at home when you settle down. For this reason, I specially prepared a gift, which is a small clockwork driven by clockwork. Doll, if you want, I can also give you one, as long as you don't dislike it.

But it is a pity that because of the relationship between the driving method, the puppet can't run for too long. I really want to invent a driving device that is simpler than a steam engine, so that they can enter everyone's life...

Your classmate, Melissa Moretti.

The pure white paper reflected the dim light of the gas lamp, dragging a dim shadow between Ai Wen's fingers.

"What a gentle girl!"

Ai Wen suddenly smiled at the desk, put away the letter and found a pen and paper to write a reply, but he hesitated before writing.

It can be seen from the lines that Melissa has a slight inferiority complex that cannot be concealed, but she is full of thirst for knowledge, which is why she can muster up the courage to write the letter.

Being kind by nature, she even mentioned her family members in the letter, implicitly encouraging Aiwen to come out of that nightmare.

Just from the beginning of the Tingen City Technical School, the subsequent harm has far exceeded expectations.

"Yeah! I was also troubled by nightmares, but because it involves transcendence, these have become a secret that ordinary people can't avoid..."

After thinking for a while, just as Ivan picked up the round-bellied pen again and was about to start writing, Brenes, who had been hiding in his jacket pocket, suddenly poked his head out and looked at the letters and blank paper on the table.

Suddenly he laughed and said, "Hehe, I didn't expect you to have such a delicate side!"

"What? Do you want to experience it?"

Stopping what he was doing, Ivan stared at Brenes in his pocket with a half-smile, until the other party shivered suddenly, and shrank back with a smile.

Then he leaned over the table and wrote with a serious expression:
Thank you very much for your letter. As you said, "life needs to continue", and knowledge also needs to be passed on and communicated. It is obviously not conducive to the development of technology, and it will be eliminated by the times.

So, memories from the ghetto made me feel like I had to do something, even if it was just a futile struggle.

Closer to home, I see in your letter that you want to invent a driving device that is simpler than the steam engine, which is very commendable.

You must know that the pioneers have experienced countless failures before they have the civilization of human beings, and I can only talk about it here by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Well... as far as I know, Mechanics is a general term for machines and mechanisms.

Among them, the mechanism is a movable device used to transmit and transform motion and force. Common mechanisms include: connecting rod mechanism, gear mechanism, cam mechanism, belt transmission mechanism, chain transmission mechanism, screw mechanism, etc.

As for machines, they are designed according to certain usage requirements and perform mechanical movements, which can be used to transform or transmit energy, materials and information. They can convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, heat energy, or convert electrical energy into "information" It's like a wireless telegraph and vice versa.

Of course, the differential engine can also convert mechanical energy directly into information without going through electrical energy or light energy.

Among them, the flashlight you saw at the promotional dinner is to convert electrical energy into light and heat.

In the same way, if we use some special devices, we can also convert light and heat into mechanical energy, and drive the mechanism connected to the wheels to run quickly, so as to realize the driving device you imagined, which is far lighter than the huge and heavy steam engine !
……

Finally, if you have time, you can also help me make a mechanical doll, I haven't received a gift for a long time...

Your classmate, Alvin Stimson.

Putting down the pen and drying the ink, Ivan walked out of the room again and found the envelope and stamps in the lounge, then walked all the way to the post office to send the letter.

By the time I returned to the station after work, it was already afternoon. On the broad road in the North District, the west-slanting sun cast thick shadows one after another in front of and behind the buildings on both sides.

The "jingling" car bells at the end of the street, mixed with the crisp sound of horseshoes, made Aiwen turn his head to follow the sound, and saw public carriages passing through the light and shadows.

Against the backdrop of the Gothic spiers full of history on both sides, the fast-paced memory in those memories is invisible, but there is more leisurely and comfortable.

However, the beauty in front of him didn't last long, and it disappeared in a burst of hoarse and heavy breathing.

As summer approached, the climate in Tingen City became hotter and hotter. The rickshaw driver in a linen jacket bent his back and desperately dragged a lady whose face was covered with a handbag, and ran towards the other side of the street facing the sun. and go.

His thin, sweaty body reflected the glare of the sun, in stark contrast to the bloated body of the passengers.

Suddenly a breeze came, and the surrounding air seemed to become sticky and hot. The receding figure reflected the sunlight, which made Ivan's eyes feel scalded.

Standing on the side of the street in silence for a long time, Aiwen suddenly raised his arm and stretched out his index finger, swiped towards the middle of the road, and muttered to himself in a faint voice:
"A tram is needed here, and the internal combustion engine driveway is next to it. The sidewalks on both sides should be full of cars, rickshaws, and bicycles..."

"I think... in the early morning, I will be woken up by the crisp bell when the tram arrives at the stop, and the rapid and sharp whistle of the traffic police, just like a long time ago, when the second millennium was about to enter, the period of human beings Time for the stars to shine!"

……

"I need a room!"

In the evening, in a hotel near the pier in the eastern district of Tingen City, the hotel owner who was carefully checking the accounts was suddenly interrupted, frowned and raised his head in displeasure.

But when he saw the figure standing outside the counter, the original angry expression disappeared without a trace in an instant, the fat on both sides of his cheeks trembled slightly, and a stiff smile quickly climbed onto his face , Wen Sheng replied:

"Hello sir, 1 soli and 6 pence per day for the superior room, 9 pence for the ordinary room, 3 pence for the Datong shop..."

Before he could finish speaking, the young man outside the counter, wearing a black formal suit and a bowler hat, with a stern face and a straight nose, directly threw a one-soul banknote over.

At the same time, with a hoarse voice that fit the innkeeper's imagination, he said briefly:

“A normal room!”

"Good... good!"

The innkeeper nodded again and again, raised his hand to put away the banknotes that fell precisely in his hand, and started tremblingly looking for change.

After hesitating for a while, he suddenly gritted his teeth, raised his hand and took out a brochure full of passenger information, and explained with a smile:
"You still need to register your name here. As you know, because of the relatively serious shooting case near the dock warehouse, the police department has been focusing on investigating foreign passengers in recent days."

However, after the innkeeper explained dryly, the stern-faced young man did not reach out to pick up the registration book handed over by the other party, but glanced at the other party with sharp eyes, and said in a hoarse voice as usual :
"Greman Sparrow, from Seawind County."

"You can write it for me, can't you?"

……

The sound of heavy footsteps stepping on the wooden stairs gradually faded away. Beside the counter on the first floor, the bloated innkeeper raised his hand to wipe off the sweat that didn't exist, put away the pen and paper and said in a trembling voice:
"This guy's eyes are much more vicious than the gang rats. I thought he came here to rob... Fortunately, it's just for accommodation!"

At the same time, in the guest room on the second floor, after closing the door, he checked the simple but neat furnishings. After confirming that there was no problem, Klein sat down beside the bed and let out a long sigh of relief. Then he relaxed.

Touching his own face, the slightly pale face after makeup, and the deliberately prominent high nose bridge, he suddenly recalled the trembling appearance of the hotel owner just now, and said to himself a little funny:
"Did I act too much just now?"

"I hope the poor boss won't report me to the police station because of being overly frightened..."

(End of this chapter)