"Actually, if you think about it, you can understand how ordinary metal can have the nature of pure knowledge? Since this ball can fuse with the body and communicate with the spirit of the body to change the body, then the essence is the symbol of the ability of the crystallization of the spirit. , also has the possibility of fusion. Try it, I'll watch it here."
Alexia encouraged.
Jenkins had the odd feeling that Alexia was actually experimenting with him. Once he succeeds, Alexia's cube that has transformed into a blue cube will definitely be tried by her to fuse strange things.
But he was also very curious, so he stopped hesitating and put the cat on the table temporarily, holding the book in his right hand and twisting the hollow ball in his left hand. Let go of the hand, the ball fell to the surface of the book, and then bounced twice due to the momentum, but it did not roll down due to the tilt of the book, but "melted" on the surface like butter falling into a hot oil pan. on the book.
The light blue light diffused on the surface of the book, but was quickly absorbed by the iron-gray cover.
This caused some changes in the style of the book. First of all, there were two more forward and reverse gears on the front and back of the book. The bronze-colored one was on the front and the brass-colored one was on the back.
Secondly, the book cover without any text originally had a string of vertical characters, which consisted of vine-like runes with faint green fluorescence entangled with gear-shaped runes with faint blue fluorescence.
But neither Jenkins nor Alexia could make out the meaning of this string of characters.
"How? Has the ability changed?"
Alexia asked, her face blushing, and she didn't know whether it was from curiosity or excitement.
"The name of the ability is still the white foundation [mechanic], but I can feel that the ability itself has changed."
As he spoke, he opened the book and read it carefully.
Whether in the eyes of Chocolate or Alexia, there was nothing on the page, but Jenkins took it very seriously:
"All the information in that core is recorded here."
He said, and then waved his hand to call out the bronze-colored mechanical flying bird from the book.
Chocolate is very annoyed by pets approaching Jenkins, but doesn't hate the bird, as it knows it's not alive at all:
"Look, this mechanical bird has also become more refined, have you seen the runes on the wings?"
Jenkins said, controlling it to fly:
"Now I have a certain degree of visual sharing with it. It's not a complete sharing, I can only see blurred fragments. Moreover, [Mechanic]'s ability allows me to perceive the differential machine creation within a certain range. You know Yes, even if they are both mechanical and gear technology creations, the theory of the difference machine is very different from the principle of the Church of Mechanics.
Infused with its discarded core, I can perceive traces of those unique creations. "
Then he closed his eyes and let the spirit spread around:
"At least around St. George Street, there is no eyeliner from the Difference Engine."
"It was just severely injured by the God of Lies in the afternoon, how could it come to test it so quickly?"
Alexia said.
In addition to the core, there is another unexpected harvest today, which is the "treasure" found by the three Mr. Hood. It was this treasure that no one had looked at before, but it triggered the first head-on battle between the God of Lies and the Difference Engine in the afternoon.
Although there were many accidents in the afternoon, in the end Hathaway brought the "treasure" back to her home on St. George's Avenue with the chocolates.
After returning home, she was troubled by the identity of Jenkins, and she didn't even bother to check the contents of the bronze box. So no one knew what was in the box until Jenkins checked it.
Jenkins called Hathaway and opened it with Alexia. Under the light of the gas lamp, a gear lay in the box.
Very unpretentious, pointing directly to the foundation of the mechanical construction of this era. Only items of this level will cause the difference machine to risk using the core to pop out of the ground while attracting Jenkins' attention.
At this time, the treasure no longer had the soul-stirring attraction it had when the three of Hathaway broke the statuette and discovered it. It was laying in the box unremarkably, and Jenkins only let Jenkins know its function after he touched it out.
This is a rather simple and unfancy ability, this gear can replace any gear. No matter in any kind of machinery, as long as there is a lack of gear, then this gear will definitely be able to replace it.
Although it sounds useless, this effect shows that this gear can be regarded as the embodiment of the concept of "gear".
Perhaps for ordinary people, what Jenkins is pinching at this time is just a "universal part", but for the existence of a purely mechanical structure like the difference machine, incorporating this gear into itself will sublimate itself from the concept , changing the concept of "gear" from an individual to a whole, and there is even a chance for the difference machine and the god believed by the gear craftsman's club to compete for the priesthood.
Of course, it is only possible, and the difference machine will not provoke a god to be hostile to itself in vain at this time, especially if this god has not expressed any cooperation between believers and itself.
But anyway, this gear means a lot to the Difference Engine, even more than the wrench that can repair it.
As for Jenkins, whether it is his soul or his body, he has an extraordinary affinity for mechanical power. This gear that represents "gear"? , It is also an important help for him to move forward on the mechanical road.
Leaving this gear would only give the Difference Engine another chance to snatch it, so Jenkins knew he had to destroy or "use" it as soon as possible.
"But why did this kind of thing appear in Nolan so coincidentally at this time? Could it be that the world itself is also pushing for the end of this era? Otherwise, there is no reason, such a rare thing, so coincidentally happened between me and the Difference Engine appear in areas where both appear.”
"So what are you going to do with it?"
Alexia asked, her path is mathematics, and Hathaway is a gifter born under the music system, so there is no need for this gear. Not to mention Jessica, Dolores, and Sigrid, the girls around Jenkins don't need this gear.
"I was thinking about something..."
Jenkins pondered for a moment, and then recounted the possible treacherous situation he had experienced with Jessica and Miss Magic. Two wise ladies, immediately understood what he was thinking:
"You want to make, the pistol used by the wanted man William?"
In A World Where No Stranger Comes, Jenkins Williams was a member of the Gearsmiths both times and held the same pistol both times. The bullets fired by that gun can even shatter space barriers briefly after shooting.
The space barrier in the material world is extremely solid, except for the ability of [Unicorn Summoning], even the gun barrel protruding from the brass door in the afternoon cannot break the space barrier.
Jenkins had touched the gun twice, and [Mechanic] made him fully aware of its internal structure. At the same time, although the opponent is different from himself, the combination of life and mechanical power is something that Jenkins can also do.
Therefore, with this gear in hand, coupled with the knowledge derived from the difference engine just obtained today, and finally coupled with the alchemy data left by Kamel's family that has been passed down for several epochs, copying that pistol is not completely impossible things.
"You don't want to do that?"
Alexia, who was quite familiar with Jenkins' way of thinking, spoke Jenkins' thoughts.
"Yes, I don't want to do this. Although it is ridiculous to say this, I think there is a big difference between me and him. Since there is this difference, it is best not to let the two sides have more in common."
In the understanding of Hathaway on the side, this sentence means that Jenkins is worried about the fate of the Jenkins who will not appear. But Chocolat understands more deeply. Jenkins just doesn't want to have even the slightest connection with the original Jenkins. He has been trying to maintain his own independence, but he was originally independent.
"So what are you going to do with it?"
Hathaway asked again.
Jenkins thought for a while, raised his right hand, and called out the miner's lamp representing [Mechanical Light]. Whether viewed up close or far away, this is a very delicate work of art.
"I think, since the core just now can be absorbed by the ability of [Mechanic], can this be absorbed by this miner's lamp?"
He jiggles the gears in his left hand.
"Give it a try."
Alexia encouraged, even the cat looked over, and it didn't consider this possibility.
"But the core you mentioned has a functional overlap with your ability itself. Both of them record knowledge, so there is a possibility of fusion. But what is the connection between this gear and this lamp?"
Hathaway has never seen Jenkins use this ability with her own eyes, but only heard about it from rumors. Therefore, even though the appearance of the miner's lamp is a patchwork of countless small metal parts, it still does not connect the miner's lamp with the gears.
"look."
As he said that, he controlled the light of the miner's lamp to shine on the pen holder on the desk, and the pen holder was scattered into a cone-shaped pile like a sand pile in front of the three people and the cat.
After Hathaway approached, she realized that it was not sand but tiny gears.
"Theoretically, I could break down any object into such gears."
Jenkins nodded, and then, under the watchful eyes of Hathaway and Alexia, he stuck the gear on the surface of the miner's lamp.
Nothing happened.
"Meow~"
Chocolate's front paws stretched forward, and the waist arched and stretched.
"Sorry, I think it should be."
As he spoke, he carefully opened the lampshade of the miner's lamp that he had never opened before, and then placed the gear in the center of the light inside the lamp.