Ember Gun

  Chapter 97 The Underground World

The old Dunling in winter looks particularly cold. The rising steam condenses into dew on the surface of the metal, and casts frost on it at low temperatures. People wear heavy clothes. Under the light at night, a faint white gas follows. The breath surged and fell.

Under the surface of the cold, there was unprecedented heat, the heavy gate slowly opened, and then the Thames water poured in from the rusty corridor, passed through several layers of filters, and finally arrived there. At a depth of tens of meters underground, a huge amount of water is poured into the hot boiler, and then the machine rotates, and the heat-bearing gas rushes in the pipe.

  It is a spider-web-like system that is densely covered underground, as the burning energy flows through the path, and finally instilled into the inverted deep well.

The dark bottom became crimson, and the power of science and technology was conceived in it. The next moment Baidu's high-temperature steam gushed out, spreading along the pre-set pipes to the entire old and spiritual surface, so after a few minutes, the high-temperature steam diffused. On the streets of Old Dunling.

  This is a human miracle. Everyone who sees it will kneel and pray because it is a huge monster that can only appear in mythology.

The Pillar of the Furnace System, the largest steam engine system in human history, is built underground in the old Dunling, and it provides energy for the entire old Dunling. After decades of continuous expansion, it is like the steel tree rooted in the old Dunling. , The rhizome continues to expand to the surroundings, and few people know its full picture.

  Nicholas still had a decadent face, but this time his expression was more serious. There was a smell of rust in the air. With the sound of his footsteps, the light above his head dimmed and went out for a while.

   stepped into the elevator, after entering the password, the rusty steel slowly closed, and the cable dragged, so he fell into the deeper darkness.

There are many secrets hidden in the underground of Old Dunling. It not only contains the complicated furnace pillars, but also the subway system that runs through the entire Old Dunling. What people don’t know is that it is in the deeper layers of all this. It is the highest scientific research institution of Inervig, where the perpetual pump is located.

  Continuously downwards, downwards.

Suddenly light gleamed in the blurry darkness, the door of the lift opened, and a new scene appeared in front of Nicholas. The scholars in white were pacing back and forth in front of their respective instruments. From time to time, electric lights flashed across the tall dome. , Hit the insulating barrier, sparking dazzling sparks.

  There is a python biting its own tail, entangled in the firmness of steel, and turned into an infinite symbol.

That is the symbol of the permanent pump, which was confirmed by the first permanent pump chief. The highest goal pursued is also very simple. Just like the symbol and its name, the never-ending pump is called the permanent pump. The miraculous creation of motivation.

Thinking of this, there was a little self-deprecating smile on Nicholas’s face. Everyone here knows that perpetual motion machines cannot exist. Even if they exist, they are only in the so-called myth. But even so, they still want to. Try and use science to create so-called miracles.

   "Have things arrived?"

  Looking at the staff on the side, they knew exactly what Nikolay was asking, and replied.

   "It has been sent here by the Academy of Mechanical Engineering, and it is on standby at the No. 3 Experimental Field."

Perpetual pumps are essentially wrapped in a furnace pillar system. Under their feet is a combustion chamber that burns day and night. Hundreds of tons of coal will be sent into it from the channel, and the boiler will release the power of steam. To make the mechanical behemoth serve it.

Above the head of the Perpetual Motion Pump is the Old Dunling’s Mechanical Institute. They are under the jurisdiction of the Perpetual Motion Pump. There is a huge industrial area on the surface in the name of the Mechanical Institute, among which the automated factories are running wildly, and all of this Priority is given to the service of the perpetual pumps under it. It can even be said that the Mechanical Yard exists to pretend to exist here.

  The gate of the passage slowly opened, accompanied by a rumbling sound, as if it were pushing a world away.

Nicholas did not directly enter the No. 3 test site. With the help of the staff, he put on heavy protective clothing and only relied on the lens in front of him to observe the outside world. The sound of electric current rang in his ears. This protective clothing The built-in communicator is connected to the channel.

   "I'm ready, start entering."

  Nikolai's voice echoed in the isolated protective suit.

  After a while, the voice rang in his ears.

   "You can enter."

   Then he stepped into it.

  Huge high-strength glass blocked the entire experimental field. The control personnel were on the highest command platform. In the corner, the soldiers were armed with rifles to guard against possible accidents.

  The protagonist of this experiment is now in front of Nicholas, lying quietly on the steel operating table, and there are a group of people wearing the same protective clothing as Nicholas standing around.

"How's it going?"

   "We just opened his chest... to be precise, a small slit was opened."

  The voice sounded directly inside the protective suit. Nikolai could not see the person's face. He was covered by the protective suit just like him. He could only rely on the nameplate on his chest to confirm each other's identities.

   "Maxwell, what do you mean?"

   "You can see it clearly, this kind of monster hunter is really weird."

  Maxwell moved away from the operating table so that Nikolai could observe him up close.

  It was a corpse whose human form was already difficult to distinguish. The flesh and blood were mixed with the holy silver, it was like a deformity of steel and flesh mixed together, with the power of hatred and chaos.

  That's Ed. The scavengers who cleaned the organs after the operation in Ende Town recovered the corpse on the battlefield, and then was sent to the perpetual pump for research.

You can see the power of the Demon Hunter from the violent power of Lorenzo. They are essentially a group of demons. Therefore, the Pump of Perpetual Motion spent a few days transforming the No. 3 Experimental Field to prevent the Demon Hunter from being polluted. Spread, and in order not to be affected, this group of scholars can only wear heavy protective clothing.

  "This is a strange metal. We cut a small piece for chemical analysis, but the results have not come out yet, but we can confirm that this metal called Holy Silver has suppressive lethality against monsters."

  The vessel rises with the machine, and you can clearly see that the flesh and blood of the demon becomes inert under the metal of the holy silver. After the contact is released, it is like encountering strong acid, and the flesh and blood are twisting and decayed.

  Maxwell continued.

"According to the intelligence of Shrike and others, the demon hunter named Lorenzo once explained the metal of holy silver in this way. He said it was a blessed metal. When smelting, there will be dying saints jumping into it. In the furnace, become one with this metal, giving it sacred properties."

  The production process with a mythological color, even if you listen to the narrative, you can think of that scene. Among the boiling liquid metal, the old saints murmured and prayed into it.

  "Will you believe this? Maxwell, the so-called blessing of faith?"

  Nicholas dismissed it.

  "The easiest way to conceal a technology is to deify it. The pedantic people will stick to the sacred doctrine, but they never thought that the original doctrine was also stated through the population."

  Looking at the violent reaction in the vessel, all Nicholas had in his eyes was sensible joy.

   "There are no gods, everything can be explained by formulas. If we can't do it, it's just that we haven't understood the essence of this knowledge."

  Nikolay pulled down the joystick on the side, and the vessel slowly sank.

   "I think we have a new goal. According to these samples, try to re-engrave the Holy Silver. This thing will be more deadly to demons than flames."

  The new task is assigned, and the voice is transmitted directly to the command room, where a special clerk records all the conversations in the experiment.

  One after another, new experimental sequences were added to the queue.

   Then Nikolai moved his gaze to the operating table and looked at the broken body with dignity and unstoppable curiosity.

   "Then tell me now about the strange characteristics of the Demon Hunter."

  (End of this chapter)