After thinking about it for a while, Leo went to the other side of the third floor where mechanical books were stored.
Leo himself doesn't care too much about mechanical knowledge. After all, looking at the machinery of steam civilization from the perspective of the big universe era, even though he feels that there is a simple and primitive beauty in it, he doesn't think that this knowledge is worth the time and effort.
Study with energy.
However, Leo is still willing to do it if he can supplement the database about steam machinery. Of course, the premise is that he has nothing else to do, like now.
Compared with the other two study rooms, this room that collects mechanical books is much neater, and all the books collected are not just furnishings, but have a lot of signs of reading on them. The more important point is the books in this room
It has been carefully selected, and the content of each book can be formed into an independent series. There is no similarity. It covers everything from the most basic mechanical principles to the most profound analytical instructions for airship steam power devices.
However, the most numerous books among all are those about making humanoid puppets, and these books are also the most read. Many pages have wear and tear caused by too frequent flipping, and a large number of readings are also recorded on them.
The reader's thoughts and notes, and this reader is undoubtedly Peter Alcott.
Although Leo did not have any discrimination or contempt for this knowledge before reading these mechanical books about steam civilization, a little contempt is inevitable. After all, after being used to seeing giant battleships traveling through the universe, he would not like to read the mechanical devices of steam civilization.
, there is indeed a mentality of adults looking at children’s toys.
But when he read the first book that recorded the most basic mechanical principles, and the parabrain system sorted and entered these contents into the database, he realized that he had underestimated the steam machinery in this world, and he also discovered that the physics of the Earth Federation
Knowledge cannot be applied to the physical principles of this steam civilization. This steam civilization has its own set of physical principles that Leo thinks are extremely absurd.
For example, a mechanical gear that is only about the size of a fist and has the same strength as ordinary steel can serve as the core of a complete steam bearing transmission system, as if the strength of this piece of steel has increased dozens of times after being made into a gear shape.
In addition, anyone who understands a little bit about the principles of physics is very clear that any kind of power and energy will cause some natural losses due to external factors during the transmission process. Even the alien race with the highest technological civilization in the universe where the Earth Federation is located
, they can only achieve energy transmission close to zero loss, but cannot achieve absolutely zero loss.
However, the situation here is completely different. Not only does the steam transmission energy not cause any loss when it is transmitted through gears, bearings and other objects, it even causes energy amplification due to some incomprehensible reasons, allowing the steam energy to produce output.
The magical effect of one equals ten.
Moreover, this magical new physical principle not only exists in the steam civilization of this dream world, but also in the Velen world.
Comparing the structure and principles of steam machinery in the two worlds, it is not difficult to find that the steam energy in the Velon world is equally magical and powerful. Therefore, the energy transmitted by the steam engine alone can support such a huge train to travel quickly on the track.
Let the super giant airship made of steel fly in the sky.
It's just that the steam energy is different between the two worlds because of the different burning raw materials.
The dream world burns a coal-like substance called ash stone, which is produced in the fog area. Basically, the land in the fog area is all ash stone, but the quality is different. The task of guarding the castle in the fog area is
In addition to preventing the spread of the fog area and the influx of fog monsters into the lake area forest, the more important task is to be responsible for the safety of the ash stone deposits in the fog area.
The temperature generated by the complete combustion of this kind of ash stone is not very high, but it is very long-lasting. This also makes the instantaneous energy they burst out not strong enough to support the rapid operation of various steam machinery, but it can increase the time of continuous operation.
, so even if there are large-scale steam machinery in the dream world, they can only operate in a slow and persistent manner.
The special plant growth environment in the vinylon world makes the wood resources here almost inexhaustible, and the wood used as raw materials are all types that can burn violently, and special methods are used to make them into materials that can sustain burning.
Charcoal makes the steam energy generated by these raw materials powerful enough to propel those behemoths to run quickly on the ground and fly stably in the air.
After understanding the mechanical principles of this world and the magic of steam energy, Leo also began to re-examine the mechanical civilization of this world, and his attitude towards other books was no longer just to expand the database, but to learn a new kind of knowledge.
As books one after another were recorded in the database, Leo gained a deeper understanding of this peculiar steam mechanical civilization. Some things that other civilizations in the Earth Federation universe cannot do, the steam civilization here can easily do.
, coupled with the assistance of some magical witchcraft, the effect produced by the two is not just one plus one.
Even in this purely mechanical civilization that does not even have integrated circuits, witchcraft and machinery are combined to create items similar to mechanical control chips. For example, Peter Alcott's maid has such a thing.
Control chip.
If the ordinary mechanical books on the bookshelf helped Leo broaden his horizons, then the mechanical puppet books specially compiled by Peter Alcott allowed him to truly touch the core of the world's steam mechanical civilization.
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The contents of these books do not touch on the manufacturing process of mechanical puppets themselves, but only describe the transformation process of large-scale steam machinery into mechanical puppets. Taken together, it is a history of mechanical puppet manufacturing technology.
Although these books did not specifically describe the assembly and manufacturing methods of any mechanical puppet components, the data recorded in these articles allowed Leo to speculate on some details.
He discovered that the most important components of these mechanical puppets, in addition to the mysterious thing similar to the control chip and the core steam furnace provided by the Wizards Association, the various large and small parts that make up the components are also key items. The precision of the parts completely determines the final composition of the components.
Energy efficiency size.
For example, Wizmir went to the town of Seventh Lake specifically to purchase a batch of precision parts. It was because the parts made in Peter Olcott's factory were the best in the entire Lake District Alliance, and the machine components assembled with these parts were the best.
Able to exert its strongest effect.
After learning these contents, Leo thought of the things he saw in the noble area.
When he entered the noble district that day, he found that there were no patrol guards inside the noble district. Only some symbolic sentries were set up in the internal divisions of each noble district. The number of these sentries was not large, and their main tasks were not
It's not for public security and other issues, but to provide services such as doorkeeping for noble banquets.
At that time, Leo felt that there was something strange about the internal defense of this noble district.
Even though most of the nobles in the dream world living in the noble district can be configured and have various powers and abilities, except for a few military nobles, most of them are not warriors. Even if they can be configured
, the power that can be exerted will not be very strong.
According to Leo's estimation, with his current ability, it would be difficult to sweep through the entire aristocratic district of Seventh Lake Town, but it would not be difficult to sneak in and assassinate someone.
Based on the commonality of the rich and powerful in all worlds who are greedy for life and afraid of death, the defense force within the noble district is too weak.
But now after reading about the evolution history of mechanical puppets, Leo found that the defense force in the noble area was not only not weak, but was actually extremely strong. It was so strong that if he rashly broke in without knowing anything about it, he would probably be killed.
It's hard to escape intact.
Because in that urban area, any mechanical device with a separate steam furnace as power may be a mechanical puppet similar to the Earth Federation battle robot. Based on this calculation, there are nearly a thousand people in the entire Noble District of Seventh Lake Town.
A mechanical puppet with powerful combat capabilities.
"This is the basis for their ability to rule the world for such a long time." Leo closed a book about the combat power of mechanical puppets and muttered to himself, but then he added: "I'm afraid this is also
One of the reasons why the Wizards Association is still able to rule here."
Thinking about the mechanical puppet control components provided by the Wizards Association, it is not difficult for Leo to guess that the wizards may have tampered with the control components. Normally, these mechanical puppets are the main force that helps the nobles of the Lake District Alliance rule the ten towns, but it is necessary
At that time, these mechanical puppets were also deadly killers who took the lives of nobles.
"This should also be a mechanical puppet?" Just when Leo recalled the mechanical puppets disguised as various steam machines in the noble area through the accessory brain system, he suddenly thought of something, opened the mental net, and checked again
Peter Alcott, this room, then said thoughtfully.
After purposeful analysis by the accessory brain system, Leo discovered that Peter Alcott's house was also a kind of mechanical puppet, but compared to the mechanical puppets in the aristocratic district, this house did not have that kind of control component, and
It is a pure mechanical device, but these devices are combined together through some extremely clever linkage devices to produce an automatic operation mode similar to a mechanical puppet.
Although this model does not have a certain level of intelligence like a real mechanical puppet and can judge things like friend, foe, and form, this mechanical puppet is another attempt, a model that removes the key part of the control component.
, a new mechanical puppet that can still maintain its combat power.
"Isn't this a mecha?" Leo quickly deduced from the characteristics of these mechanical parts in the house what Peter Alcott ultimately wanted to develop this new type of mechanical puppet into. The final result made him also
Feeling a little surprised.
Because, he found that the mechanical puppet developed after removing the control components will eventually be controlled by ordinary people and carry out a certain fixed mode of battle, which is very similar to the early mechas of the Earth Federation.
Mechas were also popular for a period of time during the Earth Federation's early space exploration. However, during some subsequent war conflicts with alien races, the Earth Federation discovered that this weapon, which was extremely popular in the old Earth era, could not adapt to the level of the universe at all.
battle, or more correctly, the human form is the non-universe racial form.
In the end, this kind of combat mecha was either sent to the Earth Federation Military Museum as an exhibit, or distributed to ground troops and used as part of the ground defense force.
Leo had previously piloted this type of mecha in a small-scale ground war he participated in, and had also supplemented relevant information, so he knew the basic structure of the mecha very well.
It was precisely because of this understanding that he could easily see traces of Earth Federation mecha components from some key parts of the house. For example, the device used as the main axis of the house's linkage system was very similar to the supporting parts of the mecha. Although these
The components have undergone some modifications, but the overall characteristics have not changed much. It can almost be judged that the two are two branch components developed from the same type of components.
Previously, Leo had revealed some small details about Peter Alcott, guessing that Peter Alcott might have visited the Earth Federation before, and now this house is another example of evidence.
"Is this his own whim, or is there support from aristocratic forces behind it?" After carefully inspecting the situation of the house, Leo couldn't help but have a question in his mind.
If it was just Peter Alcott who had a sudden idea to build such a house, and cleverly installed the mecha components from the old earth era in the house to test the efficacy of these components, then this matter would be just a personal matter.
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But if Peter Alcott's actions are supported by aristocratic forces, then it means that the aristocratic forces in the entire Lake District Alliance have begun to have the idea of ​​resisting the absolute rule of the Wizards Association. No matter how things develop in the end, Silver Moon
It is inevitable that some turmoil will occur within the Lake District Alliance.
Thinking of this, Leo suddenly smiled mockingly and said to himself: "What does this matter have to do with me? Why do you think so much about it?"
As a passer-by, Leo no longer thought about the internal power struggle in the Lake District Alliance. Instead, he quickly included all the remaining books in the study into the database, and then handed them over to the deputy brain system for sorting and archiving.
After completing the filing of the data, Leo did the same thing he had done in the other two study rooms before. He also selected a mechanical component with a simple structure from the data, and prepared to go to the secret room upstairs to select the materials for assembly and testing, and verify what he had done before.
Based on the data, we can estimate the strength of the kinetic energy generated by the steam machinery in this world.
However, just when Leo stood up and was about to open the entrance to the attic secret room, a strong spiritual energy wave suddenly came from behind him, and a sub-freezing cold air appeared out of thin air, instantly filling the entire room. At the same time, a figure was also accompanied by the cold air.
Chapter completed!