Master a little skill every day

Bai Miao's scalp felt numb.

Even after using [Mechanical Proficiency], Bai Miao found that he couldn't understand the structure of this machine.

I'm afraid you need to have mechanical proficiency level 5 to understand it!

No, my mental value is declining? !

Bai Miao immediately equipped himself with the Abyss Wail, which gave him a slight sense of security.

The whole body is equipped with an exoskeleton, and the internal situation cannot be seen clearly by others, so Bai Miao boldly put on the silence as well.

At this time, Bai Miao suddenly saw a crew member kneeling down towards the giant steam engine, murmuring words of praise.

"Stand up! Don't kneel!"

Bai Miao kicked it over and suddenly understood the mood of the destroyed island native when he saw the Endless Energy.

When something that is completely beyond the scope of understanding actually appears before our eyes, it is difficult not to think that it is a creation of God.

But Bai Miao's kick did not wake up the crew member. He lay on the ground with one hand desperately stretched out in the direction of the steam engine.

"Ah... Praise the God of Steam and Machinery... You have given us endless knowledge..."

"Bah!"

Before the crew member could continue to talk, Wang Xiang, who was standing beside him, took out his melee weapon and stabbed him, cutting off his head with one blow.

"Captain... there's a big problem with that steam engine, we can't keep an eye on it!"

Wang Xiang reminded him loudly.

This guy reacts pretty quickly...

Bai Miao looked at the employee of the security department. When he introduced himself just now, he seemed to say his name was Ponte?

"Punt, you are right. Steam engines have a certain impact on our spirits. Anyway, you guys keep your heads down for now. I can resist the mental effects of steam engines to a certain extent. I will inform you after I confirm that there is no problem."

Before even landing on the island, a crew member from the training department was lost, which made Bai Miao feel that this trip was bound to be unlucky.

Bai Miao also discovered something. This giant steam engine did not appear in the images returned by the drone.

In other words, the image of this steam engine has indeed been modified.

This is the first time Bai Miao has confirmed that the electronic document he saw has been modified.

Knowing that this happened is completely different from experiencing it in person.

Bai Miao initially thought it was just a shortcoming with a lot of garbled characters, but he didn't expect such a thorough modification.

In other words, any information you see on your computer may be completely subversive errors.

The mission still had to continue. Bai Miao used his own spirit-locking power as a backing. After repeatedly confirming that staring at the giant steam engine would not continue to cause mental damage, he encouraged the other crew members to raise their heads.

"The influence of this steam engine is not lasting. Once we have withstood the mental pollution caused by the first wave of attention, it will be fine. Of course, if you think it is not safe, you can continue to keep your head down... But if we go to the island later, we may be in trouble. It’s harder to do work.”

Wang Xiang asked on the Internet: "Which of you has higher mental strength? Go and verify it? I have 13 points."

"I'm 15, let me go."

The man from the R&D department volunteered and looked up at the giant steam engine.

This time, apart from awe and curiosity about this giant creation, there was no other strange emotion in his heart.

"Spiritual power has indeed not continued to decline."

This time, a few people raised their heads with relief.

But the speed at which they raised their heads was also a beat slower than that of the other four crew members due to this verification.

Bai Miao saw it, but he couldn't be sure that these four people were the ones knocking on the door.

The other four raised their heads immediately after they said they could raise their heads, as if they were afraid that something would happen if they didn't follow their orders.

This is also consistent with the behavior of door-knockers.

Moving on, Bai Miao saw the port.

Parked outside the port are steamships that look like they appear in fantasy novels. Huge gears are installed on both sides of the hull to provide power for forward sailing.

When the people on the ship saw the ship of Bai Miao and his party, they didn't look too wary or surprised.

Some even smiled and waved hello to them.

Soon, a small steamship sailed towards Bai Miao and others.

When the two sides were about ten meters apart, a dark-skinned old man wearing linen clothes on the other side's boat said:

"@D@@HD?"

Seeing that Bai Miao and others didn't respond, the other party said: "!#@￥K"

Bai Miao wanted to use linguistics to analyze what the other person was saying, but he couldn't even understand the meaning of a word on the other side, so it was almost impossible to deduce the language.

After the other party spoke for the third time, Bai Miao found that he could understand: "Where are you from?"

Judging from the mouth shape, it was not a translation, but what they said was indeed something Bai Miao could understand.

"Yes, yes, I can understand this."

Bai Miao quickly agreed before the other party switched to the fourth language.

Does the average person in this place know several languages?

Bai Miao was a little ashamed.

"Esperanto, it seems you are from a far away place. People in this area generally speak Parva."

The old man laughed: "Welcome to Stemon!"

So kind?

Bai Miao originally thought that the people on this island were all religious fanatics, but he didn't expect this old black man to be so reasonable.

"We are traveling around the world and want to find something lost. Can you let us dock on the island first?"

"Of course, friends who have come from afar, it seems that this is your first time coming into contact with the people on the island, but we in Stemon have already come into contact with many outsiders."

Chapter 1 Conspiracy

At the warm invitation of the old black man, Bai Miao and others landed on the island.

The old black man's name was Marcellus Lu, an ordinary boatman in Sturtford.

His daily job is to go fishing.

Moreover, Bai Miao also learned that there are actually very few outsiders coming to the area where this group of fishermen gather. They usually dock from the other side of Stemon, where there is a large port for business and political exchanges. Enter and exit from that large port.

"Mr. Lu, you have met many outsiders, which means that exchanges of personnel like this are actually very common? Are there other lands nearby?"

Bai Miao initially thought that the civilizations on each island were isolated, but now it sounds like there are social circles between each other.

And the first thing you do when meeting outsiders is not to be wary, but to welcome them warmly.

Either Stemon is very confident in his own strength, or the exchanges between different islands in this world have been full of goodwill from the beginning.

They are independent of each other, separated by oceans, and have unfamiliar cultures and technologies.

Is there really no dark forest situation?

“There is another country two thousand nautical miles in the direction of the rising sun, and there is another country three thousand nautical miles in the direction of the setting sun.”

It's quite far.

The Infinite Energy can arrive in a few days at full speed, but with the steamboats these fishermen have on hand, it may take several months, during which they still have to worry about fuel.

"Dear friends, after traveling such a long way, do you want to eat something? Sternang's special dish of screw-grilled fish is very delicious."

Bai Miao shook his head: "Thank you, but we don't need to eat. We come from a city with development level 5. There are traitors in the city who have stolen the treasures of our city. We were ordered to come and recover the relics belonging to our city."

Bai Miao made up a nonsense reason. On the one hand, it was to tell the old man that he and his group were not alone, and there was a highly developed city behind them. On the other hand, it was also to provide a reasonable excuse for him and others to inquire later.

However, Bai Miao had no plans to tell the old man what he was looking for yet.

Wang Xiang listened silently and did not interfere in the conversation between the two of them. It was not until Bai Miao introduced a few people to the old man that Wang Xiang asked: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I see that most of the structures of the buildings near you are They are all made of stone and wood, but your ships are all covered with steel sheets on the outside, why aren’t the houses designed the same?”

After being reminded, Bai Miao also noticed the incompatibility between the two.

The old black man's ship looked like it was made of steel, but in fact only the outermost layer was made of steel, and most of the interior was still made of wood. Only the power supply block was made of steel.

This also results in the boat looking patchy and shabby.

However, the construction of the house appears to be in an orderly manner. There is no trace of steel or metal inside or outside the house. It seems that it has suddenly regressed from the steam age back to the stone age.

Simplicity to the extreme.

"Our small fishing village is just the most fringe area on the Strait, and we don't have that much money to buy iron... The fishing boats were lent to us by our lords, and they are not our wealth. The fish we catch must be handed over to 8% for the lord. If you could go to the city, you would see steel sheets affixed to the exterior walls of many homes, and wealthier families would have a gear symbolizing wisdom and technology embedded on their roofs.

"Those noble families are magical products made entirely of steel!"

Speaking of architecture, Bai Miao had to mention the giant steam engine he saw before arriving.

Marcellus said with some yearning: "That is the heart of Stemon, where the king lives. We fishermen don't have the opportunity to go to Card City to pay homage. We can only take a look at it from a distance while fishing."

The capital city of Stemon, Card City, is located in the center of the entire island and is also the core area of ​​the entire Stemon.

But when asked about the origin of the steam engine and the political, economic and cultural aspects of Stemon, Marcellus shook his head and said he was unclear.

"Is there anything else you want to communicate with Mr. Lu?"

Bai Miao looked at the others.

The first aboriginal person to come into contact with was a fisherman. The advantage was that the other party would not pose much of a threat, but the disadvantage was that the other party did not have much information.

Information transmission is already difficult in this era, not to mention how much knowledge the fishermen in the marginal areas and at the bottom can know.

Wang Xiang didn't ask any additional questions, and he didn't want to waste time on the fishermen.

At least go find the lord.

After seeing that no one else asked questions, Bai Miao decided to move forward.

"Mr. Lu, can you introduce us to your lord?"

"Ah, Lord, of course there is no problem with this, but the only way to contact the Lord is through the fishermen. They are responsible for collecting the daily catch. I can ask him to convey it."

Marcellus said with some regret: "The fishermen have already arrived today, so you can only wait until tomorrow. If you don't mind tonight, I can find some friends to arrange accommodation for you."

Bai Miao politely refused and planned to go back to the ship to settle down temporarily tonight.

Bai Miao did this not for his own safety, but for the safety of these fishermen.

After hearing that the metal was very valuable, Bai Miao was afraid that these fishermen would take advantage of his boat.

I hope cities with development level 5 can suppress them.

After sending Bai Miao a few people on the boat, as soon as Marcellus returned home, the house was full of people. They were holding pipes, smashing their mouths, and asked: "Marcellus, have you heard about this group of outsiders?" Do you know where it came from? Can it be disposed of? I think their ship is entirely made of metal, so it will definitely be worth a lot if sold!"

Another man with a beard and a beard said angrily: "It only costs some metal money. I just took a look and found that this ship doesn't have a single gear. I really don't know how it was built!"

"This group of outsiders don't realize the importance of gear technology. Of course, we can't let everyone understand the greatness of gears. In a word, can they do it? The capable brothers will throw them into the sea to feed the fishes tonight!"

Marcellus frowned: "The things on them are too strange to understand, but they claim to be from a city with a development level of 5. According to their standards, Stemon is just a kingdom with a development level of 4. "

Marcellus' words aroused fierce opposition from everyone: "What?! These foreigners are so arrogant! Damn it, we must teach them a lesson and tell them that Stemon is a city with a development level of 5!"

"That's right! If we want to save their lives, we must at least let them see how developed Stemon is before we kill them. I want them to personally admit that Stemon's development is higher than theirs!"

A group of people actually felt strangely competitive.

"That group of outsiders came here to look for stolen relics. I didn't say anything specific. But they were able to use such a small boat to get from the place where Esperanto is spoken to Stemon. I think it's best not to do it casually. At present, it seems If we don’t go beyond their depth, if we catch a sea monster, we won’t be able to eat it.”

"But... they plan to meet the lord tomorrow. It will be difficult for us to take action at that time. In short, the old rules are to vote to decide whether to do this or not!"

As the vote ended, nearly half of the people in the room raised their hands to show their support for action.

A ship made entirely of metal is no different to them than a large piece of gold.

Chapter 1 Weird Equipment

"Captain, this fisherman wants to test us."

After returning to the ship, Wang Xiang gave Bai Miao advice.

In fact, at this time, Bai Miao had already confirmed that the security crew member named Punt was the door-knocker.