The church didn't figure out until the end why the "priest" suddenly disappeared on this night. But just like the appearance of the weird thing is not regular at all, there is no sign of the disappearance of [the priest is dead].
When it's gone, it's gone.
Because of this puzzling incident, Jenkins was able to return home after ten o'clock in the evening. He originally wanted to get involved in the tobacco issue, but the church had already formed an investigation team on this matter, and Jenkins' help was not needed, so he returned home with the cat after reporting on his work tonight.
The ladies were still up, waiting at home for Jenkins to come back. Jenkins missed dinner when he left, so Julia saved a midnight snack for him and the cat.
Britney sat next to Jenkins and whispered that Jenkins had a strange "forest" smell recently. She couldn't describe how to express it exactly, but it was similar to the smell of rose flowers and summer rice fields. Hathaway and Julia also smelled a very slight smell, which they also summed up as "the smell of the forest", but they thought it was "the smell of roses" and "the smell of morning streams" respectively.
Jenkins believes that this is the impact of becoming a [Seedling of the World Tree].
Taking advantage of everyone's presence, Jenkins told them that this Sunday, he planned to relax and stop doing anything, but took everyone to the evergreen forest.
Seeing the concern on Hathaway's face, he said again:
"This time, I took you there as my fiancée. That forest is very interesting. Don't worry about other things. I'm in Nolan now, so I can be regarded as a very dignified person."
At the same time, he also promised that he would take everyone to visit his home on Privet Drive next week, no matter what happened this time, he would not delay any longer, he held up his own cat to promise.
The next day, that is, early Friday morning, Alexia came to the house before breakfast on St. George Street, and had breakfast with Jenkins after a long absence.
After breakfast, the two entered the basement together, and Jenkins called the coachman with the ritual matrix that had not been destroyed last time. After the carriage appeared with billowing black smoke, it was explained that two people were riding in the carriage this time, but the destination was the same, and the coachman asked the coachman to give a quotation directly.
The coachman hesitated for a while, and finally offered a price of 4 soul gold or 6 other sin coins. Originally, the price for one person and one cat was 3 or 4.5 coins, which means that the extra fare for Alexia is not much.
Jenkins breathed a sigh of relief, he could still afford the money.
They set off without further ado. After a long and boring carriage journey, Jenkins knew they had arrived as the carriage stopped.
The underground sealed space has not changed since the last time I left. Alexia looked around with interest after getting off the carriage behind Jenkins.
A beam of light rose from the center of the metal altar, and then the expressionless human face appeared in the beam of light:
"Savior, you came faster than I expected."
"Can this fix you?"
Jenkins did not greet him, and took out the wrench and put it on the altar. Immediately, from the rising beam of light, arc-shaped light waves spread like a flat metal table, like ripples on the water surface. Instead of passing through the wrench, the light wave leaves its shape on the table. Jenkins heard the low, mechanical sound again from the walls, under his feet, and in the dirt and rock formations above his head, and he knew that the other party was measuring the function of the wrench.
"This is the [A4-type arithmetic auxiliary external machine] I mentioned. What we have in front of us is its core and external interactive equipment. The main body should be very large in these walls."
Jenkins introduces Alexia.
"I like the term 'interactive device'. I found that you have a better understanding of my principles and structure than ordinary people."
The mechanical voice said, Jenkins ignored it, but asked Alexia who was looking around:
"How is it? Is there any difference between this and the computing-aided machinery you have studied in the past?"
"The model of this one should be older."
Alexia said with a pleasant voice. She raised her hand, and the blue cube appeared in her hand.
"What's this?"
asked the mechanical voice, but no one answered him.
"All the information I have seen, the relics and wrecks I dug up before I met you last autumn, and the machine we defeated in the snow mountain in winter, all have the characteristics of miniaturization and high intelligence. Such a large machine, While it fits with what I envisioned in the first few years of studying these machines, it doesn't fit with what I've found."
"Yes, the computer-aided machines in the early stage were all models that occupied a large area. In the later stage, the machine deep in the ground got some kind of inspiration from human civilization, and the machines designed and manufactured became smaller. a lot of."
The mechanical voice agreed, but at the same time the surrounding noises still did not stop, which meant that it could at least do two things at once.
So Jenkins asked it:
"So you're an early model?"
"It's not very early, but it must have been before the technology of miniaturized machinery was obtained. In my database, there is no record of small-scale mechanical technology."
So Jenkins asked Alexia again:
"So is it of value to you?"
"Yes, of course it is valuable. Since it is willing to talk to us, and the database still has some complete information, it will definitely be helpful to me. You go about your business first, and I will talk to it later .”
The short lady said very understandingly.
After that, Jenkins and Alexia chatted one after another, talking about topics related to ancient mechanical technology. It wasn't until about twenty minutes later that the sound of machinery running in the surrounding soil and rock formations slowly stopped.
"Okay."
The voice in the metal altar said:
"It is impossible to completely restore me. After all, it can only be repaired, and the part lost in the long river of time cannot be regenerated. But this wrench is really a pretty good thing, it exists to repair an existence like me. .”
"So can a wrench fix that thing in the ground?"
"I don't know how it got damaged, but whatever it is, this wrench does at least partially solve the problem. It's a really useful item. I like it."
The main body of [A4-type calculation-aided external machine] is in the mud and rocks, and the damaged part is also in the mud and rocks. But repairing those damaged parts didn't require Jenkins to laboriously blast the walls. He only needs to hit the core of the machine twice to restore the wrench to its function.
"The shape of the wrench is not important, what matters is the function. Even if it is a screwdriver, a small hammer head, or even a comb. As long as it has the current function, the shape is not important at all."
The mechanical voice explained.
Jenkins had originally planned to leave it to Alexia to repair it. He thought that this might help Alexia understand these things further, but since the steps were so simple, he did this kind of physical work himself.
Like last time, a cylinder was raised in the center of the metal altar, and when the cylinder was split, it revealed the core suspended in the light.
It was a standard round sphere, but it was hollowed out as a whole, with complex and exquisite patterns on the surface. Inside the core is a cool blue light, a color that Jenkins can only describe as "cool."
The light is very calm, from the inside out, with an ambiguous flickering effect like the breathing rate. It was so beautiful that Jenkins had to grab his cat, knowing that Chocolate had a soft spot for things of this size that also glowed, like the once-Life Orb and the once-Glowing Orb.
But the cat just watched with its head over its shoulder, not ready to jump up.
"Are you sure you want me to hit it with a wrench?"
Jenkins confirmed it one last time, and the mechanical voice confirmed it again.
Alexia took a step back, watching Jenkins nervously with interest. Jenkins was nervous because he was worried that he would hit the thing too hard, which is the most important source of information at present.
"Be careful, I'm going to do it."
He didn't hesitate any more after speaking, he just picked up the wrench and knocked it over. Although the range of movement is large, when falling, the movement suddenly becomes a lot more soothing. When it touches the core and the moment, it is already a slight force that cannot be lightened.
The wrench made contact with the surface of the core, and as expected, there was a unique sound of metal collision. But the voice was very soft, showing Jenkins' cautiousness.
At the same time, when the wrench touched the blue light emitted from the core, a ripple passed through the surface of the light layer. Jenkins felt as if he had also been hit in his heart, and he suddenly felt something unusual.
To be more precise, at the same time as the sound of "Dang~" came out, he actually vaguely detected part of the metal structure under the altar by relying on the echo of the sound. This is of course not that he suddenly has a stronger sense of hearing, even if he sleeps with a believer of the God of Music, he will not get this ability.
This is not even the vision given by the wrench, it is more like he is repairing the machine, so he perceives the machine.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Jenkins standing there, Alexia asked.
"You have a try, I think... you have a try."
As he spoke, he handed the wrench to Alexia, who looked at Jenkins suspiciously, then lifted his feet slightly off the ground, and tapped the suspended core cleanly, making another very crisp metal impact. If the world can judge the strength of metals by the melodiousness of the sound of metal collisions, then the metal used in the core must be the best metal.