[The third generation T-03 new differential engine has arrived at the Kosoler Shipyard and has been officially assembled and put into use. Director Langdon said: The arrival of the T-03 will represent a new level of Kosoler’s manufacturing precision...]
Yu Sheng'an bent down to pick up the muddy newspaper and looked at the strange words on it. With the support of the contract authority, he instinctively translated the words.
"Sir, would you like a newspaper? The Avery Auction House will auction a six-foot-wide sea monster head tonight..."
A newsboy who had just settled down for the rest of his life and whose face was covered with horse freckles was carrying an exaggerated cross-body bag and working hard to sell newspapers.
"No, thank you!"
Yu Sheng'an raised his hand, his voice was hoarse, and his accent was exactly the same as that of a newsboy.
"All right."
The newsboy couldn't hide his disappointment and could only continue to look for the next target.
Yu Shengan threw away the stained newspaper in his hand and looked towards the city along the wide pier.
The city has no walls. At a glance, buildings are rising from the ground. The closer you get to the city center, the denser the buildings become, like a steel forest.
The architecture here resembles a Riviera style, but the seaside elegance is ruined by the tin-clad pipes running between the buildings.
In the sky, a white oval airship that was at least three hundred meters long was seen floating high next to a building.
Below the airship, the pod is huge, like a building on the deck of a ferry.
Although it was still early morning, the weather was as gloomy as the evening.
There are tiny black particles floating in the sky.
Yu Sheng'an stretched out his hand to take a black particle, and deep doubts flashed in his eyes.
There is almost no magic in the air of this main plane, which means that there is probably no magic in this world, or the power of magic is quite limited.
But the strange thing is that when he landed in this world, he clearly felt that the density of magic power in the ocean was not low, and it was even much higher than that of the Azea continent.
There is none in the air, but there is plenty in the sea.
Is the magic integrated into the water
What a weird world!
Yu Sheng'an's eyebrows were downcast, and he had a hunch that this was probably man-made.
If it were a pure magic-free environment, the special case of sea water should not appear. The difference between sea water and air seems like a limitation of some kind of authority.
Yu Sheng'an turned to look at the steamships docked at the dock, thinking that maybe this was the fundamental reason for the appearance of these creations.
Thinking about it, Yu Shengan walked towards the city.
This unknown city looks very prosperous.
On the street, pedestrians were in a hurry.
Judging from the clothes and faces stained with large amounts of engine oil, it seems that the living standards of the people at the bottom here are not high.
Not far away, Yu Shengan saw something familiar—a bicycle!
The bicycles here appear to be very practical, with rough bodies and simple structures, much like the 38 big bars used by Yu Sheng'an when he was a child.
In addition to bicycles, there are also uncovered buses that spit out black smoke and steam. Of course, they look more like coal trucks in the mines.
I wonder if the poor air quality is caused by these creations.
All in all, this city gave Yu Sheng'an the feeling of a steel factory enlarged dozens of times.
Observing details along the way also allowed him to quickly grasp the basic social rules of this world.
He turned into a pawn shop, took out thin flakes of gold as big as soybeans, and handed it to a thin middle-aged man sitting behind a barbed wire fence with sunken eyes and a monocle.
The man held the thin gold sheet with tweezers, took out a metal box that looked like a lighter, and with a snap, a flame erupted and burned.
Yu Sheng'an's pupils shrank slightly.
He smelled a trace of divine power fluctuations from the machine that made the flames. Could this be the truth about the steam in this world
After the fire test, the man placed the gold on a strange-looking physical scale, and then whispered: "0.71 ounces. The current market price of 1 ounce is 7.1 pounds. According to the market price, your piece of gold totals 5 pounds. Do you want a mortgage? ?”
"want."
"Pounds, or shillings?"
"Please order them all."
The tall and thin man nodded, opened the drawer, and took out three 1 pound notes, six 5 shilling notes, and a stack of pennies ranging from 1 to 5 denominations.
Yu Sheng'an took the currency and turned around to leave without even looking at it.
It's not that he doesn't know how to count, but the currency system here is very complicated. Between pennies and shillings, the decimal system is used, but between shillings and pounds, the decimal system is used.
The confusing exchange rules were really awkward for him.
After leaving the pawn shop, Yu Shengan let out a breath.
This world is obviously already ruled by gods. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, he can only pretend to be an ordinary person and collect basic information.
After leaving the pawn shop, Yu Shengan went to a clothing store, changed out of the stolen clothes, and then wandered around the steel city.
As dusk approached, he turned into a hotel again, pretending to be a frustrated young man, poured himself a drink dejectedly, and refused the harassment of two groups of wandering warblers.
Through sorting out a large number of words and phrases, Yu Shengan quickly sorted out the ruling gods of this world as if he were peeling off a cocoon.
Of course, it may also be limited to the city's ruling deity.
They are known as the "Four Original Gods".
They are:
God of Mechanical Steam, Goddess of Night, God of Space, and Lord of Storms.
Faith here does not exclude opposition.
This can be seen from the four churches in one city.
But most people will only choose to believe in one original god.
Apart from gods, most people chatted about work and sea monsters.
Especially the latter occurs very frequently.
It is probably because seawater has magical powers. The main threat to humans in this world is suspected to be these sea monsters.
These sea monsters always attack coastal fishing villages, docks, and ships.
However, people seem to have a mixture of hate and love for sea monsters.
For example, in the tavern, there will always be people who are teased about their incompetence in that area, and then someone will suggest or promote the Sea Monster Whip.
Yu Sheng'an guessed that sea monsters with magical flesh and blood should have a nourishing effect on strengthening the body for the people, and might be of great use to some practitioners.
Sitting here for the rest of my life is midnight.
Although it took a long time, the intelligence collection was still very limited.
After the flow of customers became sparse, Yu Shengan stood up unsteadily and walked out of the tavern.
In the city late at night, there are a lot less black floating objects in the sky, and there is a strange sweetness in the air.
—That’s the smell of burning whale oil street lamps.
The long street is dark and pedestrians are rare.
When I first left the tavern, I could still see wandering people and drunkards at the door. As I walked, the streets gradually became empty.
Occasionally a dazzling spot of light swept across the sky.
-That's the searchlight on the airship.
"Walking north and south along Dongxi Street, I saw people biting dogs when I went out. I picked up the dogs to hit bricks, but I was afraid that the bricks would bite my hand..."
Yu Sheng'an hummed a tuneless song and suddenly stopped while walking.
At the end of the dim street, a man wearing a cowboy hat, a pipe in his mouth, and a studded leather jacket was leaning against a lamppost, blocking Yu Sheng'an's path.
"Sir, this song is quite interesting." The cowboy held a blunderbuss and raised the brim of his hat, revealing his unshaven face.
The swirling smoke obscured his face, making him look very mysterious.
"If you like it, I can teach you." Yu Sheng'an said.
"boom!"
The cowboy suddenly raised his gun and aimed a shot at Yu Sheng'an.
In the fluctuation of the divine pattern, a lead shot passed by Yu Sheng'an's ear and hit the middle-aged man who pounced from behind Yu Sheng'an.
The cowboy walked quickly towards Yu Sheng'an and said with a cold face: "Hide away, wait until I kill this dog, and then I will listen to you sing! Of course, the premise is that I have time."
Before the sound fell, he raised the revolver again, and with bang bang bang, there was a continuous series of shots, which pushed the middle-aged man who was rushing towards Yu Sheng'an back again and again.
"Roar!"
The middle-aged man who was shot continuously not only did not die, but instead roared in anger.
In an instant, his body inflated like a balloon, his clothes burst, and large patches of dark hair sprouted from his skin.
His mouth bulged and elongated forward, his canine teeth protruded, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a monster with a wolf head and body!