The Master of the Strange Realm

The following questions and answers gave Jenkins a rough idea of ​​the woman's family environment. Just as Jenkins thought, the family had come to Nolan since the woman's grandfather's generation and had always been at the bottom of society.

The woman had six brothers and sisters, but only four of them survived to adulthood. When she was young, the woman met her husband, a young man who had no fixed job and was idle.

This introduction was somewhat similar to the original owner Jenkins, but the difference was that the original owner Jenkins had a relatively good background, was literate and knew some simple mathematics. Both his father and mother would guide the original owner's life, and the original owner also planned to change that kind of life under the discipline of his father Robert. But the teenager the woman met was born in the slums, his mother died early, his father was a gambler, he had no big pursuits, and his character was also problematic.

But such a "bad man" somehow attracted the young and ignorant girl at that time.

So, despite the opposition of her family, she insisted on marrying that guy. After the woman had three children five years after marriage, the man ran away with another woman as expected, and there was no news from then on.

So the woman can only raise three children alone. In addition to working in the factory, she also washes clothes and repairs clothes for others. Fortunately, the eldest girl is 8 years old this year and can take care of her younger brothers and sisters and do some simple housework.

The woman's brothers and sisters are not doing well, and her parents passed away two years ago. The life span of the poor is generally not long. So now she is completely relying on her own work to raise three children independently. The reason for her haggard face is partly because of physical fatigue and partly because of mental fatigue.

She can't see the future, not only her own future, but also the future of her children, because this family of four will never have the money to let the children learn to read.

This reality of having no future but still having to live is a torment for every day when she opens her eyes. But life must go on day by day, and the woman must live strong. She dare not imagine what will happen to the three children if she disappears.

In the question and answer about the woman's family situation, they have left the factory and walked to the street. The woman's home is in the slums of Nolan East District. Although Nolan East is more prosperous than Nolan West, it is only in the core area of ​​the city, and the periphery is actually similar.

People in the slums in the west of the city mostly work at train stations and docks, while people in the east mostly work in factories and mining areas, which absorb the vast majority of Nolan's labor force.

There was still time on the way, and Jenkins also thought of how to make women have a "hardworking heart" through asking. Just like the previous few people, paint a beautiful future for her, and then encourage her to work hard for her children.

Based on the character of the woman known from the conversation, she will definitely "work hard" for the beautiful future that is painted, just so that her children don't live like herself.

But Jenkins didn't want to do this, not because he hated the same routine used twice, nor did he suddenly pity others. It was just because the joke of the difference engine was too much. When he asked the miner for "never tired" just now, he was a little annoyed. Now he asked the poor woman for "hard work", which directly ignited his anger.

People can not pity others, but they can't laugh at others. Even if you laugh at others, you must never laugh at others at their weakest point.

Jenkins believed that this strange place was originally Nolan's scene, but he also believed that the details of the mission were definitely tampered by the Differential Engine. He knew that the Differential Engine could guess that he could come up with a way to "paint the future", and he knew that the Differential Engine wanted to see him do that.

But that kind of approach was very hypocritical, drawing a big pie and letting the poor people waste their lives to fight, even in the strange place, Jenkins did this once enough, there would be no second time.

They turned at the corner, and the woman's eyes swept over the window of the cake shop, but her steps did not stop. The workers coming out of the factory were diverted by the streets and alleys, and returned to the city life in the late summer evening.

The drizzle that lasted for half a day has stopped, and the dark clouds disappeared quickly, letting the brilliant sunset shine in the city. Let the two people walking on the uphill street facing the rolling sunset seem to be emitting golden light.

At this moment, everyone is equal. They are all part of this city, a role in this era, and a corner of the picture. After briefly giving up thinking about everyone's own life, the moment of beautiful scenery can make the mood completely relaxed, as if blending into this brilliant light.

Chapter 2206 Delays on Both Sides

After the woman told Jenkins her story, there was a relieved expression on her haggard face:

"I rarely mention my affairs to others."

"Don't you have friends in the factory?"

"Everyone is very busy, and, sir, do you think I am pitiful?"

There are many more people who are more pitiful than her. At least she can barely make a living now, which is a luxury for many people.

"Every family has a story. My story is not uncommon, so I rarely tell others. I don't want others to pity me, and I don't think I need pity."

They finally came to the top of the gentle slope, and the next step was a straight road. The light cast by the setting sun after the rain was particularly dazzling. This was an orange-yellow light, and it could even be said to be tragically warm.

Because the rain stopped, there were more people on the street. Every scene here is a manifestation of this magnificent era. Jenkins even thought that if someone could record everything that happened on this street, then these records could be used to describe Nolan in the summer of 1865.

"Do you feel tired of life?"

He finally asked this question. The woman did not look at him, but looked at the children running on the street:

"How can I not be tired? But since it is the life I chose, I have to accept it."

Two children chasing each other passed in front of them, and the two stopped and waited until the children ran to the side of the road.

"Sometimes I also thought about how happy I would be if I could not wake up, but every time I would force myself to wake up and go to work. There is nothing I can do about it, after all, I still have them."

This is a woman with an ordinary appearance. After being destroyed by physical labor and life pressure, her appearance is not very good. But Jenkins is willing to see her face at this time, which represents most people in this world.

"Some people work to make money, and some people work just to live. I think no one will not feel tired. After all, everyone knows how boring and arduous factory work is. But so what? We have no choice, or rather, the choice we made when we were young led to such a life."

"So, do you resent life, or the man who abandoned you and the children?"

Jenkins asked again.

"Both, that man and my current life make me feel uncomfortable. But I also resent myself...so what?"

The woman asked the question again.

"You always have to go on, work, live, and watch the children grow up day by day. Maybe their lives will be worse than mine, or better than I imagined. But that doesn't matter anymore. I never dare to look forward, I just walk with my head down, and walk forward quickly, so that I can temporarily forget those troubles. I can probably be considered a very hardworking woman."

Without Jenkins's induction, she said this sentence herself.

"If my family is happy, I will be a good housewife. But since it has become like this, I can only work harder, otherwise the children's future will really have no way out."

The two turned inward at the alley on the side of the street, left the main road, and entered the intricate alleys of the slum. The population density here is very high, and it is a warm summer evening, and the alleys are full of people.

The children are laughing, and the housewives are sitting at the door to wash vegetables. The men gather in groups of two or three to chat, or discuss their recent income.

The woman's home is nearby, and she is the same as everyone here. People greet the woman, and the woman responds.

"Look at the people here, who is not the same as me? Even in other cities I have not been to, I believe most people are the same as me. Life is busy, we work hard, this is life."

The two walked side by side and finally arrived at the door of the woman's house. The younger girl, under the care of the older boy, sat silly at the door and played with sand, while the oldest girl came out with a spatula to greet her mother.

The family of four walked into the house, but Jenkins did not follow them in. Instead, he reached out and caught the heart-shaped gemstone that floated over.

After touching the well-behaved cat on his shoulder, Jenkins turned and looked at the gear man who had been following him.

"It's really strange. I didn't do anything."

He said.

Jenkins didn't want to use the future he portrayed to coax the woman into working hard. His idea was to make the woman love life and cherish the present. The venue for the conversation was planned to be in the woman's home, which would be easier.

But he hadn't done anything yet, and the gemstone appeared. He just communicated with the woman as a listener, and no other influence was exerted.

"The difficulty of the seven goals is different. This one may be the easiest one."

The gear man said, and then looked at the gemstone in his hand with Jenkins.

The rain stopped and the clouds dispersed. In the magnificent sunset, the light reflected from the surface of the gemstone was still dazzling. The diamond was not big and did not have much temperature, but it did appear.

"Are you pitying this woman?"

The gear man asked.

"Yes, I didn't feel that way on the way, but looking at this diamond, I really pity her, and I also want to punch you in the head."

"But her life has nothing to do with me. I didn't do anything. I just brought you to see it all."

It was right. The woman's current life really had nothing to do with it, but this did not prevent Jenkins from further disgusting the difference machine in his heart.

Of course, it was not because it brought him to see this scene, Jenkins would not be so angry. What he hated was that the difference machine deliberately provoked his mood. The strange environment set by the other party was definitely aimed at his mood.

The ninth level of the strange environment is the last level. The difference machine may want to make Jenkins hesitate and hesitate before the final battle, but this will only make Jenkins want to destroy the other party more.

"Even if I don't bring you here, this person still exists, but you can't see it. Or are you angry just because I brought you to see something you don't want to see or think about?"

"I'm not that low-level yet."

Jenkins said before tossing the Silmarillion to the Cog Man and turning towards the woman's door. After pushing the door open and entering, he returned to his father's antique store.

"So, William the Savior, if you can't see it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I'll show you it..."

The Gear Man followed Jenkins back into the store, then stopped talking, and saw with Jenkins that Dad's place was empty.

"Look, I knew there would be surprises. Everything has surprises, that's what I've learned over the years."

The gear man said, taking two quick steps back to the counter:

"When building any model, variables must be considered. The complexity of reality makes it impossible to count the variables. Only a being like me can calculate every possibility. I guessed that someone would I invaded the final mystery in advance, but I didn’t expect it to be in this way. It seems that I still underestimated the True God Church, but after all, it is the church of the True Gods, and it is normal to have some abilities beyond calculation. "

"Dad is really here?"

Jenkins thought for a moment and then asked the other party:

"Aren't you going to stop him?"

"Why are you going? The owner of this antique shop must have gone to the last bell tower. We are going there too, so there is no need to stop him."

"Aren't you worried that I'm stalling here to give dad more time to prepare in the clock tower?"

Jenkins asked.

"Of course I'm not worried. Why do you think I'm talking to you so much in the mysterious realm on the ninth floor?"

The Gear Man asked, and Jenkins answered without thinking:

"In order to delay time, let the core of your body fuse as much as possible."

"Did you guess it?"

"Yes, guessed it."

"Then why are you still willing to talk nonsense with me here? You probably didn't just think of this, right?"

Jenkins smiled, leaned sideways on the counter, put the cat on the counter, and stroked it with one hand:

"Actually, I would be happy to see you become a beast of disaster."

"Why?"

"If I stop you, although I have successfully prevented the end of the world, it means that the eighteenth century lacks a beast of disaster. Therefore, before we try our best to calm down the aftermath of the disaster and wait for the oracle to announce the beginning of the nineteenth century, There will definitely be a disaster beast, and it will be a disaster beast that no one understands.

Therefore, instead of facing an unknown enemy, it is better to turn you into a beast of disaster and let me defeat you. Wouldn't it be more convenient in this way? "

Jenkins said.

"Are you so confident? Are you confident that you can still deal with me even though I have become a beast of disaster?"

"If you don't believe it, why don't you go to the clock tower and start the decisive battle directly here? Of course, that means your core dares to appear in front of me now."

Hearing Jenkins' provocative words, before the Gear Man could react, Jenkins' chocolate became energetic. It was originally lying on the counter, letting Jenkins pet its little head. Now he didn't care about getting close to Jenkins. He stood up immediately, his eyes widened, and he looked around excitedly, expecting the battle to start immediately.

Chocolate thinks his highlight moment is coming.

"We all have to abide by the rules. Since you said you would see me at the end of the ninth floor, you must complete this adventure in a strange place before you can see me."

"You still want to take more time to integrate the original steam engine and the [Mechanical Heart] as much as possible? Look, you are still afraid."

Jenkins asked.

"Whatever you think."

Because it was not a direct answer, the priest could not tell whether it was a lie.

Chapter 2207 The Last Bell Tower

"Speaking of which, aren't you at the critical moment of fusion now?"

Jenkins asked again, but the Gear Man did not answer, but opened the secret compartment on his chest and put the sixth Silmaril in.

"Since you don't say anything, why not let me guess where your core will be hiding in the deception. Since the scale of the deception is the entire Nolan, the most likely location is... "

"You cannot act at will in the deception before completing the task in the deception."

Gear Man reminded.

"Are you scared?"

"of course not."

This is true. After all, it is still unknown whether a machine with only a broken soul will be afraid.

"So, you are worried that I will find you and fight you before you complete the final fusion."

"Yes."

"You're so honest. This is one of your few advantages. Well, in that case, let's start the final adventure. It's not too early."

He squinted at the afterglow of the setting sun shining on Fifth Queen's Avenue outside the window. Once the setting sun appeared, the dusk phase would soon end. The sky was already darker now than when he and the woman were walking down the street just now.

"But don't leave now, we can talk some more."

He added that of course the Gear Man would not refuse:

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Why do you want to place the transit point for this strange situation in Dad's antique shop? Is there any purpose for this?"