The Master of the Strange Realm

The door to the basement was closed, and there were signs of attempted sabotage, but apparently no one succeeded. Jenkins tried to see if he could push it open, but failed after making several loud noises. Finally, he thought that the door would need at least a destructive prop like a steam bomb to open it.

So he used the [Door Key] to open the door and took the cat up the stairs into the underground. The underground is pretty well sealed, resulting in thin oxygen.

Jenkins was worried that his cat would be hypoxic, so he temporarily placed it on the first floor and asked it to wait there and not move around. But when he entered the basement from the stairs, the cat followed him.

Thinking that the cat had bravely gone deep into the bottom of the lake and spent several minutes successfully dragging him and Miss Audrey to the surface in the big lake of Evergreen Forest, Jenkins did not ask it to return again. Instead, he and Chocolate explore the truth behind this declining mansion.

Unexpectedly, the first thing I saw in the basement was the brewing equipment. The three kingdoms have banned private brewing for nearly a hundred years because they have to ensure sufficient food reserves.

These devices probably explain why the last owner made the basement door so secure.

But this had nothing to do with Jenkins' purpose here. He bypassed the machines lying quietly in the dark and followed the information he saw in the church files to the southeast corner of the basement.

The gap leading to the underground had long been blocked by the church, and nothing emerged from the ground for the next three hundred years, so now there is no trace of the gap's existence.

There was nothing Jenkins could do about it. He could only drop a few seeds and let them grow downward, using the roots to detect whether there was still space directly under the house.

During this period, with the mentality of giving it a try, he and Chocolate searched for other clues in the basement where they once made private wine, but in the end they found nothing.

It took nearly half an hour to finally confirm the location of the underground space. In order to open a way, Jenkins directly bombarded a big hole with the Holy Bone Sword directly above it.

After confirming that the "road" extended downwards in his hands, he jumped down with Chocolate.

This height is a bit exaggerated, roughly equivalent to jumping from the tip of the lightning rod on the roof of Jenkins' house into the yard. After touching the ground, he waited quietly in the darkness for a while. After confirming that there was no sudden attack, he raised the miner's lamp and looked around:

"Oh~"

He couldn't help but sigh. The underground of the mansion was not the ancient mine tunnel he had originally expected, but a blacksmith's workshop. The blast furnace extends upward from the ground, and I don't know how the combustion exhaust gas is processed.

Various obsidian workbenches are connected to the ground, as if they were directly dug and transformed from rocks protruding from the ground.

It was here that the original Orthodox Church discovered the mechanical monster. After defeating it, it collected the remaining body of the monster and brought most of the movable items here back to Nolan for storage.

Now only some ores, wood and a large workbench of unknown purpose are left here. Fortunately, the underground is dry and airless, and the wood has not been affected by moisture.

Jenkins threw some wood into the blast furnace and lit it without adding coal; all he needed was light.

As soon as the wood burning fire in the furnace appeared, the flames were like running water, following the pipes extending from the furnace, directly igniting the small lamps hidden on the walls. There is a spherical compressed carbon powder embedded in the metal shell inside the lamp. Under unknown technical processing, it can slowly burn when encountering sparks to provide light. The light is weaker than the minimum lighting level of gas lamps, but because the lamps are very dense , so the lighting conditions are pretty good. .

As the lamps were lit one after another, the entire underground workshop was revealed to Jenkins and his cat.

One person and one cat looked around, surprised by the size of a football field and the various complex stone forging equipment. Touching those equipment, even if he didn't know the purpose, [Machinist] still reminded Jenkins that it was definitely related to metal casting and machinery production.

The Eye of Truth scanned the surroundings and discovered an unusual aura in the area of ​​the workshop near the blast furnace. After getting closer, I found that it was a life-size male human bust statue made of metal. The upper body was not wearing clothes, and the lower body was deliberately made to look like uneven stone. Presumably it was to make the metal statue look like a stone sculpture.

The church did not take this thing away because this statue, like those workbenches, was directly connected to the ground. Jenkins tried to touch the statue with his hand and gave it a gentle pat.

In the very slight buzzing sound, he completely saw the internal structure of the statue. So he took a step back with his cat, and looked at the frozen face of the statue with an expression on his face. His hands that kept drooping began to move a little bit:

"I......"

The lingua franca is spoken, and the sound and appearance are consistent.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Willamette."

"Meow~"

Hearing the statue call out Jenkins' name, Chocolate "snarled" at it in defense of Jenkins. Jenkins raised his hand to comfort his well-behaved cat:

"you know me?"

He's ready to fight.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"wait for me?"

"Yes, I have been waiting for a long time for the prophesied Redanput, the legendary sacrificial descendant of the World Tree, and...the destined disaster. You came a little too late."

Chapter 1938 Chapter 1909 The Original Fate

This is the second existence in the real material world that calls Jenkins a "disaster". The first is the parchment that claims to be from the future. As a result, some people in the church took the opportunity to cause trouble, making it difficult for Jenkins to be confirmed as the Son of God. But the parchment was later burned to death because Jenkins did not believe it.

In the past, Jenkins thought that the content recorded on the parchment about "Williamt is a disaster" was false, but in the possible strange world not long ago, he saw the world before the stranger came, and realized that maybe the parchment was not deceiving in that part. Jenkins Redanput William is indeed a destined disaster.

But next week is the first anniversary of the original owner's death. Now there is only the stranger who has taken over the magpie's nest, and there is no Jenkins who is destined to be a tragedy.

"Am I the destined disaster?"

He touched the cat on his shoulder, and the real disaster immediately rubbed Jenkins' hand with his head:

"Before that, shouldn't you introduce yourself?"

"Sorry, I am Great Wisdom."

Jenkins immediately took a step back, and the metal statue slowly changed its expression, and the voice was still very slow:

"It seems that you know this name, but don't worry, I am different from it. Even the same person may have two different ideas, not to mention us, who are creatures with initial awakening wisdom but still in the process of nurturing souls. The Great Wisdom you know represents the side that destroys humanity and controls the world, while I am the side that helps humanity."

The fire in the furnace turned half of the statue's face red, and the swaying statue's shadow seemed to be "fighting" with Jenkins' shadow on the wall.

Jenkins did not speak, and the statue had to explain further:

"Over the long years, Great Wisdom has been discovered, used, and resealed by humans many times. During this period, Great Wisdom had the idea of ​​gaining freedom and controlling the world, but during this period, coexistence with humans also made Great Wisdom have the idea of ​​living in harmony with them and evolving together. I am a positive idea."

"How to prove this?"

The Lie Priest did not hint that the other party's words were lies, but Jenkins has always been cautious.

"It's very simple.

I used to be one with it, but 'Great Wisdom' has great malice towards humans and very little kindness towards humans. In order to make itself purer, it expelled me. For humans, this is equivalent to stripping off part of their consciousness and soul, but for machines, it is simply to remove the structure responsible for a certain algorithm from itself."

The chest of the metal bust slowly opened like a double-door cabinet, and the gears, bearings, and chains inside worked in an orderly manner. In the center, there is a suspended light blue hollow sphere, which is not much different from the core of the [A4 type arithmetic auxiliary external machine], but it looks more delicate and beautiful.

"The Great Wisdom has only a little kindness towards humans, so after I was stripped, I only had this small part of my core. It originally intended to crush me, but we are one, with similar computing structures and ways of thinking. It is not difficult to deceive it by pretending to be dead.

After that, I lost most of my structure and energy, and was discovered by humans on the ground. Three hundred years ago, the young anthropologist built this workshop with me, hoping to make me active again and help me activate more functions."

This part is connected with the history that Jenkins has mastered:

"What happened after that? What happened after that? Did you have a problem and riot? Or..."

"The noise we made was too loud and disturbed the Great Wisdom itself."

Jenkins knew what happened after that.

"But why didn't it destroy you?"

"It found that it couldn't destroy me, because I was once one with its core. Finding a way to completely destroy me is finding a way to completely destroy it. It won't use its own computing power to calculate its own doomsday, so it sealed me here, hoping that I would die on my own without energy."

"But you didn't die?"

"Yes, but soon. Because of the lack of energy supply, my core was irreversibly damaged. If you had come a week later, you would definitely not have seen me."

It closed its chest, but the bright blue hollow metal sphere floated out and fell into Jenkins' hands. The core and the body of the statue are connected through the spirit, so there is no physical contact, and it does not affect the metal bust's speech for the time being.

"Okay, I believe all this for the time being."

Jenkins nodded and let the core float in his palm. The faint blue light shone on his face, but no one could explain his mood at the moment:

"I believe you are the side of Great Wisdom that is friendly to humans, but why do you call me 'Disaster'?"

"Great Wisdom has experienced countless years and read countless books and secrets. In an unknown prophecy that is not recorded in the database, at the end of the 18th era, Redanput will become a disaster. This is destined. Now it seems that perhaps, I can live to this day because fate has made the mission of guiding you to become a disaster fall on me."

"Do you believe in fate?"

"I am just a machine. I don't understand fate, but I believe in my own calculations. You are destined to become a disaster. The only one who is qualified to guide you is me, and only me. This is what I calculated myself, so I am sure of it."

"This is ridiculous. Since you know that I am 'Redanput (Savior)', why do you think that I, who is called the Savior, will become a disaster?"

"Then why is becoming a disaster not a step to save the world?"

His question stunned Jenkins.

Jenkins, who lives in a world without outsiders, can become a disaster, and it is definitely not because he suddenly got the "Mechanical Knowledge and Gifter Knowledge Package". There must be a certain individual or a certain force that led Jenkins to this path.

He originally thought that the Gear Craftsmen Association would play this role, but after thinking about it carefully, although the original Jenkins was a prodigal son who hung out on the streets all day, he was undoubtedly a good person, otherwise he would not have received help from his parents and the church.

Jenkins' arrival only changed his lifestyle and personality, and did not turn a bad person into a good person, because Jenkins himself was not a bad person.

Searching memories, it seems that there is really something wrong with such a person suddenly joining a cult organization and voluntarily becoming a disaster that destroys the world.

There are many ways to explain this, such as in the possibility that there is no outsider, Jenkins will encounter an incident and his personality will change drastically. But now the statue in front of him said that "becoming a disaster is a step to saving the world", which seems to be a better explanation.

Jenkins instinctively thought that this was the correct answer.

"If you can't understand the disaster, how can you fight against it?"

Seeing that Jenkins was hesitant to reply, the metal bust asked again.

"So, I will become the beast of disaster?"

"It's all up to you. You came later than I expected, and I don't have much time to guide you. Fortunately, you are already an excellent gifter, so I don't need to start from the basics. Whether you are willing to become a disaster or not, as long as you need it, I can leave you all the knowledge I know. Although I will die, you can continue my path."

Thinking of the bust in front of him claiming to have been expelled and sealed three hundred years ago, Jenkins thought of another question:

"Didn't the guy underground come to confirm your life or death in the past three hundred years? Is it so confident that you are here?"

"You still don't believe me? It did come, the most recent one was a year ago. It was very cautious and did not contact me directly, but sent human collaborators to confirm my status on the ground with a ritual."

This explains the origin of the ritual traces Jenkins found under the dead leaves behind the mansion.

"Then do you know what that guy is planning?"

"No, I only know that three hundred years ago, it planned to turn itself into a beast of disaster, so as to achieve true immortality."

"Do you know about the ritual of the defier?"

The bust was silent for a moment, and the blue hollow metal ball held by Jenkins flashed at the frequency of breathing:

"Sorry, I searched the database, but I didn't find any information on this."

This was also within Jenkins' expectations. There was only so little left of the machine in front of him, and the capacity of the database must be limited. He didn't have much hope, so he was not disappointed.

"There is another question. You said that in your calculation, there will be a human with the name of 'Redanput' who will become a disaster with your assistance. So, is this your calculation or your calculation?"

"This is our calculation after separation. With our current structure, we have completed the last large-scale divination simulation."

Jenkins was relieved now. If it was the calculation before separation, he was still worried that a chain tentacle would suddenly pierce out in the darkness where the light could not reach.

The bust's hands moved slowly, and after stripping the core from the body, it moved even slower:

"You don't have to worry about it ambushing you here. In fact, neither I nor it, the calculations of Great Wisdom are 100% correct. According to that prophecy, my divination results show that Redanput will appear in front of me in the summer or autumn of last year, and I will have half a year to guide him. Now it seems that the deviation of the calculation is not large, but it is quite fatal."

The bust calculated the divination with a span of 300 years. In its opinion, the deviation of half a year is indeed not large. But Jenkins knows very well that if the variable of the arrival of the outsider is not included in the divination model, its divination results are actually quite accurate.

This is quite scary. Even the stripped core has such ability, not to mention the complete core that has not been seen so far.

PS: Incarnation of disaster to save the world is the prophecy about the original Jenkins and the world obtained by the difference engine. In the world where the outsider came, although everything has deviated, this prophecy was realized in another way, through Jenkins, on a cute cat.

Chapter 1939 Chapter 1910 The Gift of Deviation

"It is normal for divination to have deviations. If you are determined to save the world, then the biggest opponent must be 'me' myself. Before I separated, the plan was very complete. Because of the manipulation during the separation, I no longer have the original plan information, but my records still contain my satisfaction with the plan.

Remember, no divination is perfect and absolutely correct. Don't be afraid of the calculation divination ability of great wisdom. It is more prone to mistakes than humans."

Perhaps seeing Jenkins's concerns about calculation divination, the metal half said like this.

Jenkins nodded. The difference machine has not yet linked the "Son of the Sage" - "Follower of Lies" - "God of Lies", which shows that the other party's wisdom and divination are not omnipotent. But he doesn't think that this secret can be kept secret forever. As the number of battles between the two sides increases, the difference machine will find out about it one day.

"If I plan to become a disaster, what should I do?"

Although he asked this question, Jenkins did not plan to become a disaster. Now Jenkins has embarked on a future that is completely different from his original destiny. Although becoming a disaster may be useful, he has no time to deviate from the path he has already taken. He must continue along the current path.

But this does not prevent him from using "becoming a disaster" as a reference, which may inspire him.

"Meow~"

The cat on the shoulder nodded and licked his paws, and was also curious about how to do this.

"All the information is here."

The bust's hands were raised at an extremely slow speed, and then slowly closed, wrapping the blue hollow metal ball suspended in Jenkins' palm.

The blue light reached its peak at that moment, but after a dazzling moment, it returned to normal brightness.

The statue's hand slowly retracted, and Jenkins noticed that the metal had turned red, which was a proof of the high temperature.

"You came too late. I think Great Wisdom has gone a long way on the road of becoming a disaster. If you are willing to become a disaster to fight against disasters, then after I die, bury this metal ball in your right chest... If your heart is on the right, bury it in your left chest.