In the central tower of Sky Mechanical City, at the intersection of the three towers, Astartes opened a hidden door after inviting all other residents out of this place where people often come and go.
After the layers of anti-magic metal plates several meters thick were deformed, this lifting device was revealed, which was parallel to the teleportation circle that Wang Yu had previously ridden to the higher level of the tower.
Wang Yu walked into it, and Astarte's voice sounded in the elevator, telling him that down here was the hub of Sky Machinery City, and the source of power of Sky Machinery City was also where he was going.
"The power core of Sky Mechanical City? It sounds like something similar to a reactor. Speaking of how to maintain this thing, it should be very complicated. If it is not handled well, it will easily cause a terrifying explosion."
Wang Yu listened to Astarte's explanation and did not suppress his curiosity. He naturally asked Astarte for information about Sky Mechanical City.
According to Wang Yu's understanding, the power that can lift the entire city into the sky should be powerful to a certain extent. Take the standard alchemy mechanical energy core that Wang Yu has learned about and the reactor on the chest of Iron King Bogul. Speaking of which, the consumption of magic crystals and various fuels is extremely exaggerated.
But in fact, according to Wang Yu's occasional observations of Sky Mechanical City, very few of the materials it collects from outside kingdoms are used to generate energy, and most of them are alchemical consumables.
In Wang Yu's view, the technology of the Sky Mechanical City that has been stagnant for many years because of the Central Council cannot obtain enough energy to support the operation of the entire Sky City from this small amount of materials.
"What you are curious about is what I was about to tell you. Sky Mechanical City has four giant energy furnaces, which occupy about one-half of the space of the city base below. They can convert various alchemical materials into power to supply the entire city. use."
"But in most cases, these four energy furnaces will not be filled with any alchemical materials for reaction. This can effectively avoid the situation you envision - a devastating explosion caused by accidental overflow of energy."
Astarte stated the news about the power source of Sky Mechanical City. Wang Yu listened and noticed that something was wrong. These four energy furnaces did not rotate far under normal circumstances, so how did Sky Mechanical City maintain its operation.
"Then where does the power of Sky Mechanical City come from? It can't be something like a void engine."
Wang Yu thought for a while and made a guess. If energy is drawn from the void, then this really makes sense. After all, no one knows how much energy is available in the void. Maybe it is infinite?
"Void engine? It's a great idea, but it's not the case. It's a pity that the technology you mentioned was not completed in the era when Sky Mechanical City was built, and the cities that were blocked in technology later did not develop this technology. There are conditions for achieving results, but I think there will be people who will learn to take this step soon.”
Astarte denied Wang Yu's conjecture with an emotional tone, which made him even more curious about what the power source of Sky Mechanical City was. After eliminating the options one after another, a bold idea came to Wang Yu comes to mind.
"So, the power source that maintains the operation of Sky Mechanical City is not a strange object, right?"
Wang Yu expressed his thoughts, and the elevator stopped operating at this moment, reaching the lowest level. The heavy door opened under the operation of the mechanical structure, revealing a rather plain-looking walkway. At the end of the walkway was a door. That was Wang Yu. The place where Yu will go to later.
"Well, you are right. Do you know that besides my machine soul created by my creator Merlin, there is another machine soul?"
"Malfurion, one of Merlin's disciples?"
Wang Yu answered Astarte's question. The alchemy book he read did not mention this matter, but Sieg knew about it and told him about it.
"It's him. The strange object that maintains the operation of the Sky Mechanical City is in the machine soul he created. Its name is the Eternal Gear."
"The manifest form of this strange object is a gear of unknown material with a radius of ten meters. When the owner releases it, it will ignore any interference from the outside and rotate endlessly at a constant speed."
"With its absolute nature, we can make full use of this strange object. No matter what it is, as long as it is not broken and embedded in it, it will naturally be carried by the eternal gear."
"The real energy core of Sky Mechanical City is built around this strange object. Through a special device, we can draw enough energy from it to maintain the operation of Sky Mechanical City."
Astarte informed Wang Yu that the real source of power of Sky Mechanical City was strange objects, and Wang Yu wanted to understand another thing.
"So, those four energy furnaces you mentioned are actually emergency?"
"Yes, we still know very little about the existence of strange objects and cannot completely trust them, but we cannot help but make use of them."
"If one day the eternal gear really stops turning, then the four energy furnaces will be enough to support Sky Mechanical City in finding a suitable location to land."
After listening to Astartes' answer, Wang Yu nodded. The existence of Sky Mechanical City is really a great creation that contains countless knowledge crystallized in it.
"As a machine spirit, I am mainly responsible for a series of things that run the entire city, including of course the central council. The machine spirit created by Malfurion is somewhat special. It seems to think that it is Malfurion himself. .”
"So... there are not many things left to it to handle. Apart from the operation of the energy core, it is the database of "taboo" knowledge that you want to know. Leave these to it. "
"The authority is still with me. If I want to show it to you, it can't control it. But if you can communicate with it well, it should save you a lot of time in finding the information you need. Although it has a weird personality, Already."
Astarte's tone was a little weird when he talked about the other machine spirit. Wang Yu could tell from his tone that the other person probably didn't have any good impressions of the other machine spirit.
"Then I go in?"
Wang Yu pointed to the door at the end of the corridor and asked.
"Go in, remember that the knowledge here is only recorded and analyzed, and is not 100% correct. Don't be too deeply affected by it. Also, my authority is not complete, and the time you can stay in it is limited. , it should be about a day, I will inform you then."
Waving his hand to indicate that he understood, Wang Yu walked out of the elevator, walked through the aisle, and opened the door. The power of the chariot spread out to the surroundings in advance. What he captured through the wall were mechanical structures that were so complex that they made people dizzy.
Stepping inside, Wang Yu found that the layout inside was very strange. Either there was something wrong with it, or it was just different from the overall style of the Sky Mechanical City he had seen.
If Sky Mechanical City has a mechanical feel with a touch of modern style, this room has returned to the stereotypical magician's cabin.
There are ancient wooden desks and stools, rows of bookshelves, on which are neatly stacked notebooks with parchment scrolls and magic book pages to record information. Even the lights are old-fashioned magic crystal lamps, and some other appliances are also almost……
"It's almost the same as my understanding of the world when I first came to this world..."
Wang Yu muttered to himself and stopped paying attention to the situation here. Instead, he leaned down and began to rummage through the bookcases to find the information he needed.
"What are you looking for here? Placing it in other people's bookshelves without permission is extremely bad behavior in the eyes of the instructor. I suggest you stop immediately, otherwise I will kick you out."
Wang Yu paused while searching for information, then turned to look at the place where the voice came from. It was a woman who appeared in the form of a magic projection. She looked a bit old, probably in her thirties or forties, and her appearance was not outstanding. , seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with Wang Yu's behavior.
"Well... I have permission. Astartes has agreed for me to come in and search for information."
Putting the book he just took out from the bookshelf back into the bookshelf, "Structure Analysis of Five Special Seventh-Level Magic" sounds like quite incredible knowledge, but it is not what he needs most. If Wang Yu thinks about it, After reading the required information, he will record a copy and bring it to Aviya Ziger and the others.
"Astartes, the Master created
A machine soul made? What right does it have to let others enter my own library? I am Malfurion, the disciple of the reverse mentor, and these things are my own research results, so why should I show them to others.
Not satisfied with Wang Yu's answer, the machine soul projection calling himself Malfurion was talking to himself there with an ugly expression.
"You're an alchemist, right?"
After thinking about it, Wang Yu took out a spell book called "Singularity" from the bookshelf and asked Malfurion. Judging from the other books next to this book, the spells recorded in this book are probably An eighth-level spell.
"yes."
"Then why is there a spell book in your bookshelf?"
"What's wrong with me practicing magic as well as alchemy?"
"No problem, then you can explain this book to me."
"Read it........."
Wang Yu ignored the machine soul projection and fell into silence after taking the book, and began to look for things on the bookshelf. Astartes had said that Malfurion could only say a few words to him, but there was nothing he could do about it. Stop him from looking for something.
As for the fact that the other party is both a mage and an alchemist, there is no problem in Wang Yu's opinion. Isn't Aviya the same? But Malfurion is recorded in history. He is a very pure person. The alchemist is indeed a mage, but he is only a mage. Analyzing eighth-level spells is just a dream.
Wang Yu, who was not being bothered, quickly rummaged through the bookshelf. Calculating the time, it wouldn't take too long to go through all the bookshelves. He hoped that there would be what he wanted, about space, about the starry sky, and the existence of abyssal creatures. .
"Okay, I admit that I can't analyze this spell, but that's not the reason for you to look through my bookshelf. What are you looking for?"
Malfurion, who had paused for a long time, began to speak again, but there was a hint of helplessness in his arrogant words.
"I want to know where the creatures of the abyss come from. How could such a weak thing make the five races fight so hard back then? Even the gods fell several times."
Wang Yu answered casually.
"You don't know this. The abyssal creatures naturally come from the starry sky. As for such weak existences in your mouth, this was not the case at that time. The abyssal creatures you can see now are existences that have deteriorated countless times."
Malfurion was surprised by Wang Yu's ignorance.
Wang Yu once again stopped rummaging in his hands. He realized that the knowledge he could get here was not limited to the notebooks on the bookshelf. The machine soul calling himself Malfurion had recorded it in his soul. Something he can try to get.
"Are you interested in chatting?"
