The city under curfew was not suitable for exploring outside, so Duncan stayed in the antique shop all night - the excitement of setting foot on land drove him to tirelessly explore the entire building.
It is true that the original owner of this body was a cultist, but while he was a cultist, he was also an ordinary person who needed a normal social life. He needed the conveniences provided by modern civilization to maintain his survival, to communicate with others, and to
Various daily necessities.
Need to deal with the whole city.
And all of this will leave a lot of clues, allowing Duncan to roughly deduce the way of survival in the city-state of Pland, as well as the general level of technology and people's livelihood status in this era, even though the memory fragments are blurry.
He found a small amount of cash in the secret compartment behind the counter on the first floor, including a handful of scattered coins and several blue and green currencies of different denominations. This is the legal currency common in most city-states.
The currency is jointly certified and issued by the governors of the city-states and the Boundless Sea Chamber of Commerce. The main currency unit is called "Sola", and a "peso" worth one-tenth of the main currency is issued as a secondary currency. The cash found by Duncan
The total amount is only more than two hundred solas, and according to the information obtained from memory, this money is probably enough for a family of three to survive in the Lower City for about a month.
It seems that even though the business in the store is bleak and most of the family property has been donated to the church, the original owner of this body still maintains a basic living standard - this shows that this "antique shop" still has its own stable customers.
source.
There are only two parts on the first floor of the entire store. Two-thirds of the area is the shop floor in front of the stairs, and the remaining one-third is the "warehouse" behind the small door of the stairs. There is also a door behind the warehouse.
The back door of the entire building should also be the entrance and exit for goods.
The structure on the second floor of the store is a little more complicated. In addition to a bathroom, there are two rooms, one large and one small, as well as a pipe room shared with the building next to it. The large and small rooms are located on both sides of the stairwell on the second floor, and cleaning is also required.
Considered clean.
In addition, there is a small kitchen on the second floor, but it seems that it was last used at least half a month ago, and everything is covered with a layer of dust.
After checking everything, Duncan returned to the master bedroom on the second floor. He looked at the room, which was smaller than his single apartment, and his eyes fell on the small cabinet next to the bed.
There is a picture frame there, and inside... is a black and white photo.
The photo shows a family of three, including a pair of young men and women in simple attire, and a little girl who looks to be only four or five years old. They are standing in front of a courtyard set with obvious artificial traces, with a faint smile on their faces, looking at the camera.
This way.
Duncan came to the photo frame, picked it up and looked at it carefully, constantly matching it with the vague and messy clues in his memory.
The original owner of this body...is not in the photo.
The person in this photo seems to be a relative of this body...a very close person.
While looking at the young couple, Duncan seemed to feel a faint sense of longing emerging from the depths of his memory.
However, more information about this photo is vague. It seems that...more memories about them have disappeared from this world with the last breath of the original owner of this body.
He put down the photo and thought about what level of consumption such a black-and-white photo would be among the common people in Xiacheng District. He also thought about what stage the photography technology in this world has developed and what principles the equipment used is based on.
At the same time, his eyes also fell on the neatly made bed, and there was a faint doubt in his heart.
Would a cultist who has been completely immersed in the belief in the sun have a lot of time to tidy up the room so cleanly on weekdays?
The store on the first floor is obviously neglected. How is the bed in this bedroom so meticulous?
He walked outside the door again and came to the smaller room opposite the stairs, looking at the same neat and clean bed and desk.
He sorted out the memories in his mind and confirmed that the original owner of his body left the shop a few days ago and went to the secret meeting place to attend a gathering of Sun God believers - that was the last time he left, and the details of his memory were blurred.
, but there seemed to be no impression of cleaning the house before leaving.
In other words...there are others?
Is there anyone else living with this "cultist"? Is it a relative?
Duncan frowned slightly, and while searching for the corresponding clues in his mind, he came to the desk in the small room. His eyes glanced at the neatly stored pens and papers, and finally landed on a book.
The book was placed in the most conspicuous place on the desk. It had a dark blue cover with patterns of gears and connecting rods, and the title of the book was written in beautiful cursive letters:
"The Art of Steam and Gears—General Textbook III"
Duncan frowned. He had vaguely realized that this room should belong to "another person", but he still subconsciously picked up the book.
There were no books to read on board the Lost Home, and there was not a half-word article to read in the master bedroom or other places in the shop. The book in front of him might help him understand things in this world.
After opening the cover of the book, he saw the illustrated inner pages - this was indeed a "textbook" about engineering technology and steam machinery principles, and the owner of the book could be seen between the paragraphs of the textbook.
Many notes left behind.
The slim and beautiful font seems to have been written by a young woman.
Duncan rubbed his forehead. The original owner of this body did not seem to have many relatives or friends. Most of the scenes or "impressions" in his memory were cold and lonely. However, after sorting through his memories several times, he finally came up with the idea.
I vaguely "remembered" a person... a girl with dark brown hair.
That seemed to be the only figure that could be considered concerned in the mind of the cultist named Ron when he breathed his last breath.
Duncan's eyes fell on the pages of the book. He did not bother to read the words and drawings related to specific technologies, but specifically picked out the parts such as the editor's introduction and conceptual discussion.
A line of text suddenly caught his eye:
“…Flame, or more strictly speaking, specific flames released by burning oils in the deep sea and crystallized minerals offshore, is the cornerstone that supports the functioning of modern society and protects our civilization…
"The prosperity and order of modern civilization are based on flames and steam... Clean and convenient electricity cannot replace the exorcism effect of fire, nor can it allow large machines to operate stably for a long time... Experiments have proven that steam is affected by deep space
The most stable power form...
"In this chapter we will discuss three typical architectures of steam cores, and explain the mechanical principles and design ideas..."
Duncan's eyes froze slightly.
He remembered the gas lamps, torches, oil lamps, and gas lamps that could be seen everywhere in the sewers, as well as the gas street lamps on the city streets. He also remembered the doubts that arose in his heart when he saw the electric lamp in the shop.
It turns out... what is the reason behind these seemingly "weird" situations?
Even at certain risks, open flame lamps must be used in sewers, and even when electricity has developed to a certain extent, gas lamps must be used for outdoor lighting on the streets. The reason is that "fire" can withstand certain hazards to a certain extent.
The spread of “dangerous weirdness”?
Duncan felt an indescribable emotion in his heart. He continued to look down and saw complex drawings, dense annotations, and notes carefully left by the owner of the book.
It was a machine he couldn't understand at all.
And it was definitely not the "steam engine" he knew in his previous life.
Those precision gears, those extremely complex cylinders, as well as the connecting pipes and valves between the various components, are far beyond the concept of a steam engine. They are more like some kind of equipment that jumped out of a fantasy illustrated book. Everywhere
Revealing a contradictory and grotesque beauty.
This is the "heart" that supports the advancement of civilization in this world today.
In deep thought, Duncan slowly put the book back to its original position.
Because he couldn't understand it at all.
As an earthling, even if he has been a teacher, he cannot understand what the steam-powered mechanisms in this book are that have been developed to their extreme state.
But even so, a vague enlightenment still emerged in his heart:
The development of civilization in this world seems to be on a completely different path than what he thought.
In order to survive in a world surrounded by crises, mortal countries have also taken on bizarre forms. However, no matter how weird the world is, as long as it can still be called "civilization", it must have its own reasons and reasons for its development to this day.
The logic is in it.
The gas lamps burning in the sewers, the electric lamps lit in the shops, and the steam engines described in books, which were condensed by the wisdom of countless people, all faintly reveal a kind of... resilience.
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