Text-savvy, explore the copy

Chapter 14 Basement

"It's not hidden deep, it's easy to find."

Knowing that there was a basement and a design in this room, Zhuang Cai quickly discovered the place hidden in the basement.

After all, the architectural drawings of the basement were thrown away in the tool room like garbage. Obviously, this basement was not a place worth keeping secret.

Zhuang Cai looked at the drawing he put in his pocket. According to the proportions above, it should be at his feet now.

That is the inner corner of the room.

But the problem is that there is no obvious passage structure leading below.

"Is it still a hidden mechanism?" Zhuang Cai murmured to himself.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems really possible.

After all, Pluto is a craftsman, and the mechanical bird on the table was made by imitating his own hands.

According to some records in the books, it was not purchased at all.

Zhuang Cai was observing everywhere.

It was like what he had seen in movies and TV shows, pulling the bookcase, pulling the drawer, turning the vase and so on.

But it's no use at all.

Suddenly he saw a hole under the window next to him. The hole was neither big nor small.

But it looks familiar.

Silently he put his hand into his pocket and took out the clockwork that was in the desk drawer.

After comparing it, it was very smooth when inserted, it fit in perfectly, and even clicked.

I tried to twist it to the side, and when it was perfectly matched, I could hear a very subtle rotation sound of the mechanical structure.

"There's something going on." Zhuang Cai had a smile on his face.

With the rotation.

There was a clicking sound, and the lower cabinet next to it immediately popped out, just like a door. Then the stairs leading down from the corner of the wall were revealed.

He picked up the weapon and held it close to his body, and walked down from the entrance.

Jump down the stairs.

The entire basement was a bit dark, and the only light source was the entrance above the head, but the light was not very good because it was in the corner.

The entire basement could not be seen at all.

And the basement is very crowded, only half the size of the room above, and it's full of stuff.

I walked up again and found a clockwork oil lamp.

After looking at it, he looked at the situation in the entire basement.

Although a little crowded, the entire basement is not dirty. It is obviously taken care of regularly and people come in often.

The walls are covered with all kinds of incomprehensible tools, drawings, newspapers and some written records are posted.

Even if he is proficient in writing, he can't quite understand what it is when looking at the written records above. It sounds like some kind of terminology.

I know each word separately, but I don’t know them together.

To be honest, it's more like a small studio. It’s just enough for one person to move around.

Zhuang Cai began to understand some situations based on these drawing records and various texts.

Through the records in this studio, Zhuang Cai gained a slight understanding of the original system of this world.

This world seems to use an energy source called "kerosene" to create various very steampunk precision mechanical items.

But at this moment, he had such a one in his hand

The problem was that it was completely different from what he imagined.

"You told me this thing is called kerosene?"

What Zhuang Cai held in his hand was a crystal that exuded bright blue, about the size of a thumb, and contained the blue liquid that he could see while shaking.

Most items in this society require this kind of thing as energy.

However, the one in his hand is a relatively high-level existence, and generally provides energy-hungry things. There is also some household kerosene, which turns a very light blue when diffused.

He had seen that kind of thing before when he was ransacking the house, but he didn't expect it to be fuel.

Who would have thought that "kerosene" could be such a thing.

In addition, he also found several very useful things through Pluto's notes.

An arm hook is inconvenient to use, so Zhuang Cai plans to go out and try it out later.

A cloak. According to the notes, this cloak should be similar to a stab-proof suit. Able to defend against simple blade piercing attacks.

And it is made of cloth like a cloak, so it can be worn easily.

Zhuang Cai took off his coat without hesitation and put the cloak on his short sleeves.

I picked up some small knives and tools nearby and poked them and found that it was really difficult to cause any damage.

"It's a good thing." Moreover, it is very light and seems to have the effect of keeping warm.

A ring, an ordinary ring.

The reason why I mention it separately is because the ring on the note can control the mechanical bird outside when worn on the hand.

Of course, not with thoughts but with gestures.

According to the notes, this thing was originally made to compete with the mechanical bird that I saw in the magazine before, but it seemed that the cost was too high, and in the end only a few samples were left.

There are more design drawings of various mechanical structures that are completely incomprehensible, some abandoned drawings, some simple ideas, and some are experimental products.

I can't understand it at all, and I have no relevant technology at all.

The last item is a piece of jade wood.

It is also the most recorded thing among the various records on the table. It seems to be the target that Pluto is still studying.

Zhuang Cai looked at the jade wood piece in his hand.

It looks like wood, and when you touch it, it looks like jade, hung up by a rope like a pendant.

The most noticeable thing is the font in the center of the jade wood piece.

He has seen this font.

疾。

On the piece of paper that was crumpled before, there was such a character among the scrawls underneath.

The same.

The problem is that this character is neither the font he just saw nor the font used in this city, but another very strange font.

And this font only shows this one word.

"disease."

According to notes and records, Pluto seems to have been studying this font for a long time.

According to the records in his hand, he felt that his research could change the world.

This series of events were connected in series, and Zhuang Cai probably had the entire development process in his mind.

Pluto's work on this typeface brought him to attention.

And because of the emergence of mentally infected bodies due to an unknown crisis, members of other countries who are interested in Pluto want to come in to rescue him.

It is not known whether the rescue was successful.

Anyway, at the end of the note, it seemed that the rescue failed and Pluto was not found.

"Ji... strange power, what on earth is this, and how to use it?" Zhuang Cai couldn't help but ask, holding the jade wood sign in his hand.

Look at the various things around you.

He decided to have a good search here.

This thing obviously looks very important, maybe it is the most valuable item in this copy.

He made up his mind and started searching carefully.

(End of this chapter)