Volume 1 Crime and Punishment in Fog City Chapter 37 Postscript Li Lin's Archaeological Research Report
Field Archaeological Research Report on the Steam Fog City and the Underground City of Sodom
Invited by the local noble council, I was fortunate to be able to join the local archaeological research. I conducted a field investigation and exploration of the steam church and technology that once existed in the local area, obtained a lot of valuable first-hand information, and overturned many unreasonable inferences. During the two-week research time in the local area, I think many people will have a different view of this peculiar civilization.
Just like other different cities, Fog City uses a magical steam technology. They use the power of steam engines to bring aristocratic politics to the extreme. But they are not fools who never change. They actively use the power of various parties and convey their legitimate rule over Fog City. The Fog City Aristocratic Council that invited me to investigate this time is the actual ruler of Fog City. There are not many people, but they manage every aspect of this magical city in an orderly manner.
This system has been passed down since the destruction of the Time Machine City Doma hundreds of years ago. Compared to the Fog City where the development and operation of steam engines have stagnated, there are obviously more discoveries in the city ruins below the Fog City.
After my field investigation, I found that there is an extremely large artificial mechanical structure under the foggy city. They raised the entire underground river and used it, just like we use electricity, and some city-states use magic and faith. The entire river flows freely in the sky, bringing countless vitality to the underground city. Many buildings have even been hundreds of years old, but they still have stable power and basic structures, and can even continue to be used without any obstacles.
The hemp plant they developed is the root of all this. According to my investigation, this special plant has a very strong economic and industrial value. In the later period of underground development, a more advanced mushroom economy was developed. Unfortunately, I did not obtain local plant samples, and could only purchase some mechanical structures around to conduct basic investigations .
According to my judgment and dating, the mechanical city of Sodom was established around 1320. The technological leap of the mechanical city brought about by the Longma Revolution made the entire mechanical city divided into two areas, above ground and underground. As the winner, the underground area operated smoothly for nearly a hundred years, but due to problems such as air circulation and toxin accumulation, various human diseases occurred frequently, so the upper area won the final victory and thus gained control of the lower city area.
Through non-steam internal combustion locomotives , the ground and underground developed into two similar but completely different supply and demand systems. The slaves sent by the ground people and the underground city people combined with each other to form a wonderful slave political system. But unfortunately, due to the lack of time and manpower, I did not collect much relevant information.
It is worth mentioning that there is an extremely ingenious floating structure in the underground city of Sodom. Dozens or even hundreds of ventilation ducts intersect and lead to the ground. The sphere in the middle is so large that it can even be regarded as a city. Countless elevators and related facilities can prove that there was indeed a sufficiently complete sewage system at that time. But what makes people think deeply is, what does this structure mean? And what does the abyss under it mean? That abyss is even beyond the limit of what can be seen, far beyond the quadrant of the world that human power can reach.
I think Sodom's technology is not just steam technology, and the location is probably not just for the underground river. It is precisely because of the abyss that they went through so much trouble to build the city underground. Moreover, the devices of the Steam Church and all related knowledge all mentioned the subspace and some secret existence. The hallucinogenicity of Longma and the destruction of the mushroom economy make me think that this is not just a coincidence. A group of insane people are the best objects of enslavement, both physically and mentally.
So I have a bold guess that the entire Steam Holy City was built in a conspiracy.
I personally got the Steam Codex and studied it in great detail. I found that it contained countless knowledge with great suggestive and religious meanings. After testing and operation, I and a partner who is very proficient in the study of the warp discovered the mark hidden in the core.
The Holy Spirit of Steam Watt is most likely the incarnation of the Devil of Fantasy. His power is that if someone believes in it, then it can work. This strange demon is not keen on worldly power and blood sacrifice, but advocates promoting his own fantastic ideas. And in the Holy Book of Steam, I found records of . After my experiments, all advanced steam technologies such as high-energy steam engines and intelligent steam calculations ended in failure. It is impossible to create a steam core with the power of mortals. Only the fantasies that countless people firmly believe in can bring machine souls to machines, giving them countless terrible and strange abilities.
This behavior is no different from sacrifice. Sacrifice requires the body and soul, while this technology requires human creativity, judgment, and cognition. Human intellect will be most painfully squeezed in this oppressive and terrifying world. I have handed over the Steam Bible and the Holy Spirit Medal and other items to the demon detection room, and they will be purified and identified after a period of time. But there is no doubt that the appearance of demons in the fog city is a visible fact.
The strange technology brought by the crazy demon can be used as a seal designation object with a high reference value. In terms of historical period, this abandoned city has at least hundreds of years of history. We can obtain many traces of the transformation and subtle influence of steam technology and crazy demons on human thinking. The development of everything has cause and effect, which is also what we archaeologists must do.
So my conclusion is that the underground city of Sodom has extremely high research and archaeological value, and we can apply for an archaeological research team to conduct a thorough study. And the foggy city above it also has extremely high reference value as a living historical specimen.
But for both public and private reasons, I recommend an indiscriminate purification of the foggy city, which is the safest solution.
Also, the records I found about the underground celestial city are not very detailed, because the entire celestial city has fallen into the abyss recently. All the secrets are buried under the abyss. But I think that's where the deepest secrets of the Steam Church can be found.
I will submit a detailed report to the Archaeological Research Council of Kuwait University.
Written by: Archaeologist Li Lin
On April 1, 1999
Character Card:
ID: Li Lin
Title: Knight of Merit (legitimacy 100)
Honorary Title: Honorary Citizen of Black Forest (Black Forest City reputation is based on respect), Edel Contribution Honor Medal Holder (Reputation in the entire Bataan area +10) Survivor: Archaeologist (Internal Beta Reward, Archaeology Level +2). Steam Holy Spirit Medal Holder (Reputation in the entire Fog City area +10)
Reputation: 200 (100 beta test rewards, 10 Edel Contribution Medals, 20 mission rewards, 20 meritorious knights, 20 foggy city missions, 30 special investigation reports)
Legendary value: Void +4 (First blood sacrifice +1, perfect blood sacrifice +1, creation of the great demon +1, Sally's propaganda +1)
Occupational Level: Archaeologist 8+2, Detective 3, Judge 3
Character level: 14+2
Health: 56
Mana: Not enabled
Skill:
Detection (archaeology, detective bonus, special experience bonus) 14+16+10
Estimation (archaeology, detective bonus) 14+16+10
Decapitation (special skill, judge bonus, special experience bonus) 20+6+15
Tracking (special skills, detective bonus, special experience bonus) 10+6+20
Archaeology (special skills, archaeology bonus, special experience bonus) 20+22+15
Generation gap (special skills, archaeology bonus, special experience bonus) 20+22+15
Secret knowledge (special skills, archaeology, special experience bonus) 20+18+2
Unknown swordsmanship (still learning)
Pagan rituals (special skills, special experience bonus, compassion for demons bonus) 5+15+80
Strange Knowledge (special skills, special experience bonus, compassion for demons bonus) 5+15+10
Steam Science. Pseudo (special knowledge, abnormal knowledge, special experience bonus) 5-50+50
Equipment: Winchester M1887 Shotgun Noble Correction Version +4 (single-shot semi-automatic shotgun, corrected by a special gunsmith and the main priest, the dawn rune in the chamber causes double damage to evil creatures. The basic bullet damage value is 6D4+6+2D8), Silver Beheading Greatsword +2 (Silver Dawn Organization standard beheading sword, although not brand new, but still ferocious. Damage value 2D10+2), Edel Contribution Medal (a high-level reward for a great man who saved a region, all judgments related to negotiations with people are +10)
Sodom's Breathing Set (omitted)
Steam Dagger (Omitted)
Summon: Charming Demon Sallys
The projection of the Demon of Mercy in the Subspace can be summoned for 24 hours every day. In this state, it cannot appear, but can be communicated with. Through blood sacrifice and commands, the Demon of Mercy Sallys can appear in reality. If it is an emergency or for Sallys's personal soul needs, it can appear autonomously without any cost.
Please cherish those who cherish you.
