Chapter 26: Martin Luther
In the Black Forest, in addition to obtaining a heart-shaped high-energy substance that could be absorbed from the monster killed in the Dense Mist Wonderland, Leo also found some non-absorbable high-energy substances from the Black Forest beast he shot during his later journey.
None of these high-energy substances were used by him, but they were put in his pocket, and he would find an opportunity to study them slowly later.
However, before seeing this hard object similar to animal organs on the table, Leo had always thought that only under the influence of the special high-energy force field of the Misty Moon Black Forest would ordinary animals produce this high-energy substance.
However, what he saw now clearly gave Leo another answer, the beasts of the Black Forest were not the only ones.
Leo had mixed feelings about this strange place in the Black Forest, he knew very well that there must be many monsters hiding in the Black Forest that could absorb high-energy substances, but he was worried about entering that foggy fairy land again and seeing the golden giant deer again.
He wasn't sure if he would be lucky next time and escape the hitherto incomprehensible influence before his willpower fell below zero, so he stayed away from the Black Forest, at least until he really understood the world and had the power to protect himself.
Since he couldn't get high-energy substances from the Black Forest, Leo had to find other ways, such as the necklace that opened his psionic powers.
It's just that this kind of item can be said to be unavoidable, it's good to be able to meet one, and the next time you encounter it depends on luck, and Leo is the most reluctant to bet himself on luck, otherwise he won't decisively give up the idea of entering the Black Forest again.
Now the appearance of this hard object resembling an animal organ makes Leo realize that this type of high-energy substance, while uncommon, is not as rare as he expected.
This discovery just solved the problem of obtaining more high-energy matter, although these high-energy substances could not be directly absorbed, and could only replenish psionic energy, but just like the situation in the Black Forest, since there are low-level high-energy substances, there must be high-level high-energy substances.
Thinking of this, Leo put the hard object in his hand back on the table, picked up the trash can next to him, took out the deplaned pieces inside, and put them on the table.
I saw that the beast was somewhat similar to a mouse, but it was larger than any mouse Leo had seen, and about the same as an ordinary cat or dog. It resembles a mouse because it has sharp teeth that are different from those of a mouse, and its four claws resemble the claws of a lizard, rather than the short claws of a mouse.
In addition, this rat-like beast is also very strong, with muscle under its fur, not even a trace of fat.
It wouldn't be surprising if such a strong muscle group was placed on a human body, but it would be very abnormal when placed on a beast.
Because beasts need fat, because fat not only allows them to survive by consuming their own fat when food is scarce, but also enables them to resist the cold through fat during the cold season.
Although some animals wake up in the spring due to hibernation and deplete their body fat, and the fat content will be reduced to the extreme, no matter how much they are reduced, it is impossible to see almost no fat like this rat-like beast.
"Probably not, can the technology here?" Seeing this rat-like beast with an abnormal body, Leo couldn't help but think of the experiments of those human scientists in the research laboratories under the Federation, and he remembered that many of the failed forms of those experimental objects were similar to this beast, all of them were muscles of the whole body, and there was no fat at all.
However, Leo quickly shook his head again and cleared the idea, after all, in the world of the early industrial age of the Old Earth, there was absolutely no way that anyone would be able to complete a human modification experiment that would not necessarily succeed at the Federal Supreme Research Institute.
"Who are you, what are you doing here?" was just as Leo thought about it when a man's voice came from behind him and grabbed him by the shoulder.
Leo naturally couldn't let the person behind him grab his shoulder, and his body was slightly abandoned, just right to avoid the other party's hand, and at the same time turned around, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with red hair, a pair of blue eyes, and a majestic and solemn temperament, and said: "My companion is Dr. Catherine's old classmate, not the person you think. ”
The middle-aged man with an extraordinary temperament was a little surprised that he didn't catch Leo, but his face didn't show it, but he looked at Leo with a scrutinizing gaze, his eyes fell on the breech gun on Leo's back and the bullet pack on his waist, narrowed slightly, and then looked at Leo, and said, "What kind of person do you think Your Excellency is thinking about?"
"The man of the factory owner. Leo also said bluntly.
"Can you take a look?" The middle-aged man blocking the door of the small room did not ask Leo about his origin, nor did he let Leo leave, but pointed to the breech gun hanging from Leo's shoulder and said.
Leo took the breech gun off and handed it over, as if he wasn't at all worried that the other party would pick it up against him.
The middle-aged man took the musket, skillfully pulled the bolt, withdrew a special bullet from it, put the bullet in front of his eyes and looked at it, pushed it back into the gun, followed the well-trained man to raise the gun, and aimed at the large room behind him in a standard shooting position, and then looked at the position of the trigger of the breech gun, and then handed the musket back to Leo.
"It's a good gun, well tuned. The middle-aged man first praised the gun, and then, as if he meant something, said: "If I remember correctly, these breech guns are all products of the Murphy Arsenal, and they are handmade, and each gun has a gun number at the trigger, and yours has it." ”
"Is that anything strange?" Leo had made several adjustments to the rifle when he was using the breech gun in the Black Forest, and had discovered the number at the trigger.
"The guns themselves are not strange. The middle-aged man clasped his hands on his chest, looked at Leo, and said: "It's strange why it appeared on you, I remember that this kind of guns and ammunition are all custom types, exclusively for the French royal guard, unless it is the owner of the Murphy Arsenal who is looking for his own death, otherwise, he will definitely not have the courage to produce this kind of gun separately and supply it to others." ”
"Fran Royal Guard?" Leo had a look of surprise on his face when he heard this, he never imagined that this breech gun taken from the members of the Blood Axe Gang had something to do with the French Royal Guard, but he quickly thought of the story of the old hunter of the Blood Axe Gang that night to turn the tide, and he vaguely understood something.
It's just that the matter of the Blood Axe Gang is just a trivial episode on the road for Leo, and now that it has passed, it may not be possible to have anything to do with it in the future, and as for the Fran royal family, there is no possibility of intersection, so he is not interested in what he is guessing.
"How does Your Excellency know about these things?" Leo, who had buried what he had discovered, questioned the other party at this time, "Shouldn't these things be confidential?"
"I worked at the Murphy Arsenal, and the gun in your hand may have been produced by me," the middle-aged man said confidently, "For some people, such a thing is confidential, but I can naturally know if I want to." ”
Leo added, "If I say I stole this gun from someone else, would you believe it?"
"I believe it. The middle-aged man nodded, and did not give a reason for believing what Leo said, but stretched out his hand to Leo and said, "Martin Luther." ”
"Leo Dodd. Leo shook the other man's hand and introduced himself.
"Looks like I don't need to introduce you two. At this time, Catherine led Nelson and Jason over, saw the scene of Martin and Leo talking, and said with a smile.
"I heard that your old classmate is here, so I came to take a look. Martin walked up to Catherine and kissed her cheek very affectionately and naturally, and then stretched out his hand to Nelson, who had a somewhat gloomy face, and said, "Hello, Dr. Nelson, I'm Martin Luther, Catherine's good friend, and I often hear her talk about you." ”
"Poor doctor!" muttered Leo at the sight.
"Poor doctor. Jason happened to walk up to Leo, and he also heard Leo's whispering, and couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Nelson didn't hear his companion's teasing, he collected his gloomy mood and smiled at Martin, "Hello, I'm Nelson Matthew. ”
After introducing himself, Nelson seemed to have turned into a stuffy gourd, and did not speak again, and the atmosphere immediately became a little awkward.
Catherine broke the atmosphere at the right time, and said to Martin, "Nelson told me a piece of news just now," and as she spoke, she walked into the lab hut and motioned for Nelson at the door to enter the room, and then Martin closed the door with a clear heart, and then she continued: " Nelson, who had just come down from the battlefield of Leboutuil, discovered that the French army had used imine poison gas in violation of the continental agreement, and the troops using poison gas were directly subordinate to the emperor's eldest son, Duke Dewin, so this decision was likely to be led by Duke Dewin. ”
At Catherine's suggestion, Nelson told them all about their experiences.
"He's so bold. After hearing what Nelson said, a trace of surprise flashed on Martin's face, and he looked at Leo and the other three with a little deep meaning, but it was quickly replaced by disdain and hostility, and chuckled: "However, I am not surprised at all by such a thing, with the blood of those madmen of the French royal family, everything can be done." As he spoke, he looked at Nelson again, and was very keenly aware of something, and said, "You left the battlefield and came here, thinking that you were going to go to Miria City to accuse Duke Devon of his crimes, right?"
For Martin to be able to see the follow-up plan with just a few clues, not only Nelson and Jason were surprised, but even Leo was very surprised, and Martin at this moment made him think of those federal politicians who played hundreds of billions and trillions of people in the palm of their hands.
"Does their plan have a good chance of success?" Catherine asked urgently, as she seemed to trust Martin's judgment.
"If it had been a few days ago, I would have told you that their success rate was only ten percent at most, and I would have advised them not to kill themselves. Although I don't know who came up with such a plan, the person who came up with such a plan is very simple, does he think that those members of the Continental Congress are saints?" Martin mercilessly despised this plan, and said in a very disdainful tone: "They are politicians, politicians who can talk and laugh with you in person, and you can stab you immediately as soon as you turn around, their character stinks worse than feces, it is better to believe in them than to believe in the devil, at least the devil will fulfill the signed contract." ”
When Martin mercilessly put this plan under his feet, Nelson and Jason looked at Leo who was starting to have green muscles in his head.
"Martin. Catherine looked at Martin reproachfully, signaling that the other had spoken too much.
Martin smiled a little awkwardly, and also realized his mistake, in order to ease the atmosphere, he revealed his scars, and said: "I'm sorry! Please forgive me for being so excited, mainly because I suffered a big loss at the hands of the members of the Continental Congress, so I am so excited." Your plan would have failed if it had been executed a few days ago, but if you had done it now, it would have succeeded. ”
Nelson, Jason, and even Catherine didn't quite understand Martin's words, but Leo quickly got the answer through parabrain analysis.
Leo asked, "Is there something going on in the Franco-Empire?"
Leo's inquiry made Martin stunned for a moment, and he looked at the tall strong man in front of him again, a little surprised that the other party would be so keen to find the point.
In addition to being surprised, Martin quickly adjusted his mood, nodded, and continued: "Yes! It is true that something big happened in the French Empire, and the French Emperor Louis IX died two days ago. ”
"What?" Hearing this, everyone around except Leo looked shocked, and Leo's unusual performance was seen by Martin, making him mistakenly think that the other party had guessed the answer, so he couldn't help but think a little higher about Leo's political wisdom. It's just that Martin doesn't know that Leo doesn't have the slightest reverence for people like the emperor, and whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with him, and naturally he won't have any intense feelings exposed.
"How is this possible......?" said Catherine, though she believed Martin, instinctively questioned.
"This news has been banned by the royal family, and there are no more than ten people in the entire Fran Empire, and even the whole world, who know about it," Martin said, pointing to a few people around him, and said, "However, there are a few more of us now." ”
"How is this possible?" Nelson still couldn't believe the news.
"Steam airships. Leo suddenly said something without a word.
This sentence woke Nelson up, and he quickly connected the matter, and suddenly realized: "No wonder he left in a steam airship when the war was urgent, it seems that he should have received the news that Louis IX was critically ill at that time." ”
As he spoke, he saw that everyone was looking at him in puzzlement, and when the three of them fled the battlefield, he saw the scene of Duke Dewin's exclusive airship flying away from the battlefield.