Chapter 496 Face
Dunjun walks in the core area.
This is a large country with a high degree of mechanization.
Yes, he wanted to use the word 'country' to describe this place.
The huge Difference Engine and Analytical Engine controlled a large number of steam servants and dominated everything in the country.
A large amount of materials can be produced without much manpower.
It can be said that this is a perfect post-disaster country that can be completely self-sufficient.
He walked through greenhouses where various fungi were grown, through steam factories full of mystery and punk style, and through underground castles of the real big shots...
No one came to stop him.
In other words, those bigwigs did not discover the truth about the spread of "dust disease", and either actively or passively learned about the content, and after being infected, they died one after another.
The core area did not seem to have thought that there would be a day when all the parliamentarians died, but there were no enemies left. It still followed the rules of the past and operated mechanically.
Dun Jun undoubtedly raided the libraries of various congressmen first.
"So... the entire underground world has entered a highly intelligent society?"
"The huge Difference Engine 'Hope' and the Analytical Engine 'Dawn' dominate everything in the underground and provide the Speaker with all kinds of information support..."
"The core furnace of steam power is a magical item with extraordinary power, called 'Monster'! It can burn continuously. Extraordinary monsters are the best fuel. Apart from that, human corpses, coal, and sundries... the effects gradually decrease... It seems that maintaining its extraordinary effect requires order and the pain of a large population gathering... Therefore, the Steam City retains the existence of the Lower City?"
Dun Jun showed a hint of sarcasm on his face. "In other words, the parliament has the ability to make everyone's life better, but it deliberately exploits the workers with cruel working hours and heavy work... Even their bodies will be transported here for collective incineration after they die? It really is squeezing every drop of blood and oil out of them..."
He threw down a manuscript he got from the speaker's study, but a puzzled look appeared on his face: "This speaker knows less information about the catastrophe than I do... He only vaguely knows that there may be some secrets in the monster furnace... But the prerequisite is to extinguish it..."
Dunjun walked out of the study.
With the blessing of the immortal god and his own extraordinary abilities, some traps and extraordinary curses underground had no effect on him.
Moreover , he was already in a half-crazy state.
If the furnace were to go out, the entire Steam City could be destroyed.
But in order to complete the task assigned to him by the gods, he was determined to do so.
Perhaps, this is half madness.
Calm on the surface, but crazy hidden inside!
Dun Jun pursed his lips and walked through a pile of ashes. He roasted some mushrooms for a meal and then headed towards the core area, where the steam furnace was located.
At this moment, a low whisper seemed to sound in his ears again.
This made him feel even better, as if the immortal god was always watching him, making him feel extremely happy and satisfied.
Under the watchful eyes of the gods, he passed through a passage filled with extraordinary traps and arrived at the center of the core area.
When you reach the edge of a cliff and look down, you can see a huge steam-powered furnace.
It is huge and is the heart of the entire Steam City.
Even now, it is still burning, devouring the coal and corpses transported by the conveyor belt... emitting a scorching temperature.
The heat wave rolled in, and Dunjun felt his hair curling and burning.
He tried to open his eyes and looked towards the furnace: "It is huge, and the temperature is extremely high... It is indeed a strange object... But for the sake of my Lord's mission, you should extinguish it!"
The operation core of the 'monster' furnace is extinguished, which requires a series of complicated procedures.
At present, Dunjun does not have the authority to command the two difference engines and the analysis engine.
Therefore, he chose the most direct means.
Boom! Boom!
With a few loud noises, the tracks that originally transported the "fuel" broke one after another, and countless pieces of charcoal fell into the abyss.
Even without the fuel, the monster furnace continued to burn.
After all, it had accumulated terrifying energy before.
Dun Jun remained silent and chose to wait.
After one red moon, two red moons... after an unknown amount of time, the crimson light of the furnace gradually dimmed.
The bright red color on its surface disappeared and turned into a dark brown color, revealing some strange patterns.
"It seems to be the writing of a prehistoric civilization... Unfortunately, I can't understand it... I was able to understand those strange pronunciations directly in the spacecraft. It was Smith who gave me the blessing of the gods..."
At this moment, the whispering of gods seemed to ring in Dun Jun's ears.
He felt that the patterns suddenly became understandable again.
The ancient characters seemed to be struggling and jumping...trying to overflow with all the filth and evil they contained.
"Sleep...Death...Burning...Extinguished..."
Dun Jun identified them one by one, and finally formed a sentence: "The one sleeping in the monster's belly is not the dead. Even death will be burned in the blazing fire..."
"What do you mean? Are you saying... there are still living things in the furnace?"
Dunjun thought it was impossible.
In the monster furnace, extremely high temperatures are maintained at all times. Even extraordinary people cannot sustain it for long, and their mysterious powers will be quickly exhausted.
Is there anything that can stay in the belly of the furnace forever, and even the flame that never goes out will become the source of its resurrection?
Snap!
Cracks appeared on the surface of the furnace.
This ancient antique finally seemed to have reached the end of its life and began to decay.
Part of its fireplace was shattered, revealing the huge space inside.
Ashes, lots of ashes...
Above the ashes, there were coals that had not yet been completely burned out, as well as the corpses of some monsters and humans.
Crunch, crunch!
The teeth-aching chewing sound came from the stove.
Dunjun saw a figure.
It was a naked man with all his hair and eyebrows burned off.
He seemed to have been sitting inside the furnace, on a lot of burning charcoal, calmly putting a piece of the monster's corpse into his mouth.
As he devoured, wisps of flames burned around his body.
"This is the truth about the strange furnace... In fact, it was originally just an ordinary old giant steam engine, but because it became the 'tomb' or 'canteen' of a certain creature, it possessed mysterious power..."
"No, this mysterious creature may have died long ago, and its ashes are in this mechanical furnace... However, after it was discovered, the long-lasting flame awakened it again... It devours monsters and emits mysterious flames... Wait, this face!"
Dun Jun saw the face clearly and immediately took a few steps back.
The man who ate the monster had the same face as the Federation Chief Speaker Fang Xian whom he had seen in the spaceship before!
