Chapter 18: The Beauty of Machines
Just listening to this voice through the door, Sun Dao felt a pressure in his heart, but when he pushed the door open and walked in, he saw the strong figure sitting behind the desk, and this pressure dissipated.
Sir Bled.
Sun Dao's gaze fell on the other party's face.
In appearance, Sir Brad was at least fifty years old, with a full beard, black and white, and his hair was combed back to reveal a broad forehead.
He was wearing a dark blue military uniform similar to Su Yan, but the shawl was blood-red, and the sunlight outside the window was projected on it, and this shawl was actually rippling!
"Is this Sir Brad? has fought in the Blackwater Knights for centuries, and is a knight captain who is more senior than Su Yan, and unlike Su Yan, this is a warrior who was really born and raised in this world, and after a long period of precipitation, he looks like he is only in his fifties, but he is actually a living history book! ”
Living for hundreds of years, witnessing the rise and fall of history, fighting on the front line of dark creatures, such a thing, such a person, for Sun Dao, who lives in the real world and has only lived for more than 20 years, is incomprehensible, but looking at each other at this time, he can feel heavy and legendary from that broad shoulder.
Thinking about it, Sun Dao's afterglow swept over an object on the table, and he couldn't help but look at it twice.
This is a model, it looks like a ship, but there are no sails, the top is very flat, and the whole body seems to be made of metal, although it is far away and not big, but with Sun Dao's current eyesight, it is not difficult to see the gears and metal cracks on it.
"You're Nord?"
At this time, Sir Brad spoke slowly and asked a question, calling Sun Dao's attention back.
"Yes, greetings to you, Venerable Knight of Thorns." Sun Dao followed the actions taught by Su Yan yesterday and performed a courtesy.
Knight of Thorns is the title of Sir Brad, and the official knight of the Blackwater Knights has a title of their own.
Seeing Sun Dao's somewhat rusty movements, the legendary knight showed a smile, pointed to the model on the table, and asked, "Interested in this?" This is the latest product of the East Harran company, the transoceanic airship, in order to fly over the misty ocean, open up a safer, to the new continent, but there is no real interview, their company's director knows that I like machinery, so I sent a model over, look at your appearance, you should also have discovered the beauty of this model, last night when Vivian and I talked about you, also mentioned that you are very interested in machinery. ”
As he spoke, he picked up the model, and the expression on his face softened.
"You know what? The beauty of the machine is not because of the actual function and structural layout, nor because of the simple or complex shape design, but because it is made by humans! It's real, it's concrete, it's all around us. ”
Putting the model down, the old knight's eyes flashed a little reminiscence.
"My good friend is working on a machine called the difference machine, it's a great idea, and if it succeeds, it may bring about a sea change in the world, as long as you live long enough, you can see these changes with your own eyes, little by little, Nord, do you want to have such an opportunity?"
"Me?" Sun Dao was a little surprised, but he didn't expect the legendary knight in front of him to turn around for a long time, and the topic fell on him.
"Yes," Sir Brad nodded, "Vivien asked you to come to me as a servant, not just to make you an apprentice, I have two kinds of servants here, the first is mostly young children, they don't need to go to the battlefield, they just need to learn the way of knighthood, and when they are older, they go to the battlefield with me and charge with a gun, and the second is the servant of the Blackwater Knight, which exists as a reserve, once the knights have battle damage and the knights are reduced, they will give priority to the knights who are apprenticed knights from these knights, and this is how the Furth knights entered the knights back then." ”
"Join the Blackwater Knights?" Sun Dao's heart moved, this is also what he needs, Su Yan told him in the morning, saying that after inspection, the toxins on her body have been determined to be suppressed, and it is related to the holy weapon of the Black Water Knights - the holy weapon pierces the flesh and blood, can delay aging, and allows people to survive for hundreds of years, each knight in the Black Water Knights has one, even if the trainee knight also has an imitation holy weapon, the effect is not as good as the genuine version, but the effect is not much different.
"If you join the Blackwater Knights and get the holy weapon, you will be able to suppress the toxin, which will undoubtedly add another guarantee." Thinking in his heart, Sun Dao nodded honestly, of course he wanted to join the Blackwater Knights, if it came true, it would be his biggest gain in this world.
"Very well, you are honest, for a knight an honest heart is indispensable......" the old knight was saying, but was interrupted by a hurried ringing bell.
Sun Dao followed the sound and saw that it was a well-made second-hand telephone with a crisp ringtone.
Sir Brad stopped the conversation, reached out and picked up the earpiece, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he did not say anything, and after two minutes he spoke: "Okay, I'll be there at once, and until then, you just need to cordon off the scene, and don't do anything superfluous." Hanging up the phone, he looked up at Sun Dao.
"Roude, I heard you're interested in the Blackwater Library?"
After getting a very definite answer, the old knight got up and said with a smile: "Okay, come with me now, the destination is the Blackwater Library, but the purpose may be a little different from your original plan, I hope it won't make you distressed." ”
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The Brad family's carriage was specially designed, and Sun Dao looked at the two carriages in surprise before he boarded the carriage, looking up and down, and he even saw springs and levers on the edge of the wheels - this is obviously a shock absorbing device.
But what Sun Dao cares about more is that this carriage actually has no horses.
"It's indeed your first time in Shadow City," Sir Brad smiled slightly when he saw Sun Dao stunned, "This carriage is powered by a steam engine, and the inventor is a Brandenburg man, I looked interesting, so I asked him to help me modify it and bring it for my own use, but although such cars are rare in the city, I can still see a few." He pointed to the two chimneys on the roof of the car and gave a brief introduction.
"I can't see that this old knight is still a trendy person, standing at the forefront of the times." Sun Dao sighed with emotion and followed the old knight to board the "carriage".
As the two men shoveled a few piles of coal and stuffed them under the carriage, they heard two whistles, and the carriage started slowly, gradually speeding up on the asphalt road, but the car also shook badly, and the car was like taking a boat, and it was inevitable that there would be adverse reactions if it was not in good health, even if Sun Dao could temper his will after data, when the carriage stopped, his face was slightly pale.
However, when he looked at Sir Bled again, he was still calm, took off his gentleman's hat, and went up to shake the hand of a police officer.
"Officer?"
When Sun Dao calmed down, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"How come there are so many police officers in the library?"
As far as the eye can see, a police officer in a blue uniform is coming and going, and beyond that, there is a rather imposing archway, and one of the books in the arch hangs a sign with the words "Blackwater Library" written in Anglosalam letters, which is simple and clear.
This Blackwater Library is a three-story building, boxy, and looks like it's been around for a while. It's just that at this moment, there are more than a dozen guards wandering around, checking, and two are standing directly on the edge of the arch, vigilantly observing passers-by.
"Something's wrong? Such a coincidence? With such a formation, Sun Dao could see that something was wrong no matter how sluggish he was, "As soon as I was about to come to the library, something happened in the library, which doesn't feel right." ”
Sun Dao thought as Sir Bled was talking to a shrewd-looking policeman who was dressed a little differently from the other officers, and Sun Dao guessed that he was a police sergeant or something.
After waiting for three minutes, the old knight who had finished speaking turned around and beckoned to Sun Dao.
When Sun Dao rushed over, Sir Brad said, "Come in with me and have a look." ”
"Sir," the police chief next to him couldn't help but speak out when he saw Sun Dao's face, "Who is this?" ”
"This is my knight's servant, who came with me." Jazz explained with a smile, in an easy-going tone, but the sergeant didn't dare to ask any further.
"This one looks easy-going, but it doesn't seem to be less majestic." Sun Dao has a new understanding, and the experience of the past half a day, as well as the people and things he has seen, have also made his sense of this theme world more and more deep, "This world exudes a unique historical atmosphere. ”
Then he followed the old knight up the stairs, and finally through the archway into the library.
Unlike Sun Dao's imagination, there is no wide hall in the library, but it is a little cramped, but the bookshelves are lined up one after another, and it can be seen that the storage capacity is huge, and there is a ladder in the innermost part that leads to the second floor.
However, Sun Dao's mind was not on the library's collection, but was attracted by the figure who fell to the ground at the entrance and in the open space.
It was a man in a corseted suit, lying motionless on the ground, with a pool of blood under him, and his right arm was torn open entirely, revealing his bones.
This scene made Sun Dao feel a little uncomfortable, but after a lot, now he is very resistant, and he can still bend down slightly and look at the man's face.
But the result surprised him.
It was a young face, with round eyes and lips slightly open, frozen in horror on his face, apparently dead for some time.
But this face is somewhat familiar to Sun Dao.
"This person also went to open the permission yesterday, and he also won the third place, I remember that his name is Ren Qingmin, how can he appear here? And, he's dead? ”
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