After trying to understand the relationship between himself and the difference engine, Jenkins continued to ask:
"So, what that machine is doing now is assimilating the world through underground movements?"
"The gear tentacles in the ground let its influence spread all over the world; by changing the energy supply, it makes itself a steam power device, and spreads the disaster power on the ground with the help of dense fog; at the same time, it seems to intend to make human beings its own relay station The anchor point of the transmission spirit, I hope you can understand the meaning of this word, the practice seems to be to make human beings into machines, but I don’t know the specific way of action.”
The specific method is the mechanized curse of the corpse, which Jenkins knows.
"This is how it affects the world, so what is it going to do in the city above our heads? This is the last stage of the eighteenth century, and all stories will be staged here. As the place where its own body is buried, it is impossible not to Do other things... There has been a space anomaly near Nolan recently, is it related to this incident?"
"I don't know about it, it didn't tell me too much detailed information. But you are right, if you want to assimilate the world and turn the entire material world into a world like the 'Steel Earth' where only steam machinery exists, you can only rely on Its own power is not enough, even if it becomes a beast of disaster, it is not enough to accept the power that I cannot describe. It needs to defeat the savior and let the doomsday come, so as to truly affect the world. Only the doomsday that is destined to happen can Possess the power to affect the entire material world, otherwise, no matter how powerful the individual is, they will still be mere mortal things.”
"How does it want to defeat the savior?"
The conversation has reached here, and finally touched the core. I thought the answer I got was 'don't know', but the machine gave me the answer:
"Reverse the way of salvation. The question is very simple, especially for the way we think. To defeat the savior, it is only necessary to reverse his way. That is a very old ritual, and it has no meaning for any other creature. , it is only meaningful to lunatics who want to destroy the world and destroy themselves—do you know the rebels?"
Of course Jenkins had heard of it. Alexia had just brought it up not long ago, and by the way, it helped him wake up the memory of last autumn. Alexia believed that the man known as "Mr. B the Rebel" was from the tree house, and now it seems to be true.
"The rebel is a ritual?"
he asked almost in a muttering manner.
"Yes, a very large, very complicated ceremony with very harsh conditions. In fact, a ceremony of this scale, strictly speaking, does not seem to be called a ceremony according to human beings' definition of ceremony. But what is certain is that the inverse The Ceremony of the Destiny is the core of the underground mechanical action. This is not a plan that just started recently. It has been preparing since the beginning of this era, when the plan gained real freedom in this era. During this period, Although it cannot walk on the ground, the human beings who help it can prepare some necessary conditions on the ground. In the past year, more human cooperators have been added, so the operation is going smoothly. During the recent frequent earthquakes, I feel When a part of the underground machine sticks out of the ground, and the structure of that part is very strange, it is very likely that it is the core part of the Destiny Ritual."
"What is the principle and function of this ritual? Is there any way to crack the ritual?"
The mechanical voice was silent again, and it took a long time to give the answer:
"The Rebel Ritual is the data stored in my oldest database. That part of the data was considered useless when I was made, so when I was made, the original omnic in the underground gave it to me, As a reserve energy source. That part of the gear bank has been damaged."
"Unable to read data?"
"Yes, unreadable."
"If it is repaired, can the data recorded in the gear array be read out again?"
The speed of speech became much faster unconsciously.
"Theoretically, if it can be completely repaired, it is possible to read the data again... You seem to be familiar with my principle?"
Jenkins shook his head without answering, thinking of the wrench. After Mr. Pisco's death, there have only been two messages addressed to him so far, and it's hard not to have him link the wrench to it.
After thinking for a while, he said to the metal altar:
"I will find a way to repair you as soon as possible, and I hope you will not let me down. And I can promise you, in the name of the savior—if I can defeat the underground machinery and save the Eighteenth Century, then I will give you freedom. "
"Savior, I believe in you."
The machine said that after the core was stored, the human face appeared in the beam of light again:
"But no matter what, I'm just a machine, and I can't help you directly. The human being who showed me the pages of "The Epic of Time" also said that no matter who it is, it is not necessary for the savior , only you are necessary, Raydan Putt. If this world is compared to a game, only your actions are the main game line, and the help of others is all side stories that may or may not be available. Regardless of the material world If history progresses in the future, it is only you who decides all of this."
The short conversation gave Jenkins the biggest discovery in half a year. The candidate for the Calamity Beast was finally confirmed, and at the same time he clearly understood the purpose of his opponent. Although the motives for assimilating the world and mastering the world are clichéd, but facing such an enemy in reality, the pressure is not light at all.
After the conversation, Jenkins already knew what he was going to do recently. He needs the wrench that can repair the machine, he needs a few more sin coins, and next time he needs the coachman to take him down.
These are not simple things, but as long as they can be completed, there is a high probability that the final dilemma can be solved. Although the coming of the doomsday is unstoppable, the intensity of the coming doomsday depends entirely on whether Jenkins can defeat the Difference Engine.
This will be the most important and dangerous action after he came to this world, and maybe even the meaning of his coming to this world. He is not worried or afraid, because he has already prepared for it.
After returning to his home from the underground, Jenkins and the coachman explained that he was needed in the near future. The driver said no problem, but still not free.
Then Jenkins left the basement with the chocolate, because the basement compartment had Jenkins' potion preparation workbench, and he often stayed in the basement for a long time, so the ladies in the family were not surprised what he was doing down there so early.
After breakfast, I went out. First of all, I visited the delegation from the North Country. Before Salhi II went to the city hall for a meeting, he talked with him about the recent situation and explained his attitude towards Cheslan.
Then I met Alexia and told a complete story of what happened in the morning.
"What are you going to do?"
The short lady asked while sitting on the sofa holding a book.
"We can't rely on us alone. Time is running out. The third floor of the Black Tower has risen, and there are more and more signs of the end. I have to rely on the church for this matter."
"Are you going to reveal your identity? All... identities?"
Alexia was a little surprised.
"Of course it can't be done. The identity of a lie believer needs to be left to the end to promote the great unity of the church and all people. It can't be exposed now. I plan to use the identity of a lie believer instead of Jenkins to go to the church to ask for help."
Alexia nodded, understanding what Jenkins meant:
"For more information about the Rebel Ceremony, we can't just rely on the underground machine. The church may also be able to help."
"Of course, what Mr. Pisco meant was to help me partly. I can't just rely on one source of information. It is possible to know that the 'Rebel' is not just a sealed ancient intelligent calculator... cough cough , and one more thing, next time I go underground again, I hope you can go with me."
"Do you need my help to identify the nature of that machine? You don't trust it?"
"No, I trust it. I want to say that maybe your next step forward is on that machine. Haven't you been studying this kind of intelligent machine?"
Alexia's eyes immediately softened, she put down the book in her hand and got up from the sofa, approached Jenkins who was standing at the window looking seriously at the smoke outside, and then hugged him from behind. Just when the two were about to kiss, the door of the room was pushed open, and Dolores walked in happily, then yelled softly, and ran out covering her face.
Leaving the mansion where King Salhi II stayed, and rejecting Dolores' invitation to go to the city hall together, Jenkins said goodbye to several people at the gate of the mansion, then wrapped his clothes tightly and went into the alley. By the time he walked out of the narrow alley two blocks away, he had already turned into another person.
Today is Monday, and the location of the joint meeting of the twelve churches has been moved to Evergreen Forest. Today's main topic is the handling of the relationship with the Church of False Gods, and the preservation of church materials before the end of the world. Originally, Jenkins was going to attend the meeting, but because the seeds of the world tree would be closed tomorrow, he excused himself to take a break to adjust his state and face anything that might happen, so he did not attend the meeting.
He flew directly from the city to the evergreen forest on a unicorn, and did not hide his tracks. He landed at the entrance of the forest, which is the narrow part of the valley, with a calm expression.
Seeing the unicorn fall, the bestower who was guarding there immediately ran to inform. Jenkins deliberately dawdled for a while, and waited until the first demigod came out of the forest path, and then walked over with his mount:
"There are some things I want to talk to you about."
PS: The subscription is getting worse and worse. Compared with the normal period, it is almost half left.