The girl swore her identity, and at the same time gave her inner answer. Holding the scroll, she bowed in the air to Jenkins:
"Sir, thank you for your guidance."
Although the essence has not changed, she has indeed undergone a remarkable transformation. The current image is her real body. If Jenkins is not mistaken, this should be a kind of alien called "Book Fairy". This alien species was born in the ancient book, protecting the book from destruction, and finding a suitable owner for the ancient book.
Although the [Treasure Book of All Things] has been lost, the [Book of Heart] as its remaining pages is of course considered an ancient book, and it is not surprising that a unique "Book Fairy" was born. This is why when Jenkins observed her, the blue aura appeared.
"Um… "
But this is also the result that Jenkins didn't expect. He just wanted the book to know that since it has a soul instead of an automatic response, certain rules can be bypassed. Now that [Book of Heart] has really awakened consciousness, Jenkins doesn't know how to deal with it.
"So, are you still willing to exchange knowledge with me?"
The man asked with some hesitation. He could read a page without changing his expression, but he couldn't use the same method to deal with a human-like elf. This is a goblin, not an elf. As we all know, a goblin is a kind and lawful alien creature that is close to intelligent creatures.
"Yes, sir. I see the knowledge you possess and thank you for making me understand who I am, and in return I will answer your questions to the best of my ability."
The goblin descended into Jenkins' hand, her delicate eyebrows flickering slightly as she blinked. She tried to kiss Jenkins' finger, but Jenkins didn't feel anything even when she kissed Jenkins' hand because her body was so small.
"So what can you answer my question? Oh, would you like some fruit?"
Jenkins tried hard to maintain a nice demeanor.
"I'm no longer a remnant page of [The Treasure Book of All Things], but the remnant page of the book is me. So I can bypass some restrictions, but not many, you see..."
The elegant elf said so, and then strenuously unfolded the paper she was holding. It wasn't empty, but a large swath of ancient text that Jenkins didn't recognize. These words were not written in ink, but as if branded on by flames, each letter was glowing, and the dark red light reminded Jenkins of tumbling magma.
"Although some rules still cannot be circumvented, I can at least tell you what is sealed underground in this city. This is my thank you, and you don't need to give me any knowledge."
The fairy girl said seriously.
Although they look similar, the goblin family and the elf family are completely different. The former is the darling of the world born in the spirit of nature, it is almost a natural phenomenon, and generally does not have a bad personality; the latter is mostly naughty, and most of them contain malice towards humans.
"So, what's underground is..."
"It is the crystallization of gears, machinery and steam forged by the ancient civilization of the third era. It is the highest miracle created by the intelligent creatures of that era with mortal power. It is an unrepeatable miracle..."
The goblin waved his hands and explained, while the paper beside him shone with an ambiguous light. Following her explanation, some visions appeared above the page, surrounding a huge iron furnace, countless strange-looking creatures were busy.
"But like most miracles, it got out of control due to its own power, and was sealed underground. Since then, generations of people have discovered it, used it, and sealed it. In fact, since the third era In the beginning, that thing never completely left the city's underground seal, but every time it was found to be out of control, a new seal would be superimposed. For tens of thousands of years, even I couldn't tell whether Nolan's underground was there. How many sealing methods."
This piece of information partially matches the mural that Jenkins saw when he went underground to strengthen the seal according to Mr. Pisco’s “last words” (Chapter 826), and the thing that claimed to be [A4-type calculation…] also admitted that he was It was created, and it has a considerable connection with the "trickster making machine" dug out of the ground by people of that era.
"So what exactly is that?"
"I can't describe its name, nor can I describe its appearance, otherwise it will be noticed by it. But I can tell you that the original intention of its creation in the third era is to assist calculation."
The goblin waved his hand, and dense mathematical symbols appeared on the top of the parchment. There may be some problems with the math literacy of the fairy girl, and the symbols are completely illogical.
"Auxiliary calculation?"
"Yes, auxiliary computing. The third era lasted for quite a long time, and the civilization of mortal races spent a long period of time in peace, which allowed them to use the power of steam to the extreme. I know that people in this era Everyone thinks that it was a barbaric era, but in fact, they have gone further than they have gone now.
Due to the over-development of steam technology, the ancestors gradually realized that their computing methods could not keep up with the computing requirements. Under the premise that the calculation method cannot be changed from the basic mathematical rules, they created a tool that can assist the calculation, and boldly endowed it with extraordinary power, this is the beginning of the loss of control... "
Jenkins has subconsciously opened his mouth, he himself is not aware of this action. The description of the goblin in the book reminded him of a strange machine in the past world. He collected his thoughts and asked before the goblin continued:
"Is that machine completely made up of gears, levers, and springs? It relies on the gear set to store numbers, and the gear set sequence stores high-digit numbers; it uses the meshing, rotation, and translation of gears to perform calculations, and uses punching... "
"Please stop talking!"
The goblin hurriedly interrupted Jenkins:
"Let that thing find out, it has the computing power to count almost all of the 'now', please don't go on... How do you know this?"
What Jenkins described is not the knowledge of this world, but the so-called "difference engine (Note)" in the last world, a wonderful idea that was proposed in the era of the steam industry, but due to various reasons, it has not been actually manufactured. real thing that can be used.
"The difference machine... I should have thought of it a long time ago. The steam-themed 18th era, what could be more dangerous than this? After all, this is an ideal world. Once a machine with a huge amount of calculation is contaminated with extraordinary power... Oh, It was horrific."