Volume 19 Chapter 247 The Weird Study Room

The row of giant machines in front of us looks very much like generators, but they are not the small generators we usually see, and of course they are not the same as the generators in thermal power stations. These things look a lot like the turbines used in hydropower stations, and they are huge. However, there seems to be no water resources in this place, so it is unlikely that this thing is a turbine, and it is not even certain whether it is a generator.

Although "Zero" is a diversified game, it is still based on magic after all. It is true that things like generators can be made in the game, and they can also generate electricity normally, but there are really not many things in the game that can use electricity. In reality, electricity is mainly used for lighting or providing power. There is no such thing as electric lights in the game, so lighting does not use electricity at all. As for the power of mechanical equipment, firstly, there are not many mechanical equipments in the game. Secondly, the power and operating cost of the electrical equipment in the game are far inferior to those of magic equipment, so few people will consider using electric equipment. If we really want to talk about the role of electricity, I think electricity is the main channel.

As a game that focuses on combat, "Zero" naturally has a wide variety of combat settings, including defensive facilities such as electricity. However, considering the power consumption and the effects it produces, not many people will use it under normal circumstances.

Based on the above situation, I can basically rule out the possibility that the machines in front of me are generators. After all, without electrical equipment, the generator would be useless. Besides, I have never heard of such a loud noise from a generator before. It is almost as loud as the noise when a rocket is launched.

After roughly observing the appearance of these equipment, I went directly from the escalator to the ground below, and then released Brigitte. Everett is away, so we have to worry about mechanical things like Brigitte. Fortunately, Brigitte's knowledge is not small, and she can accurately judge the use of most machines, even if she has never seen them before. However, its function can also be inferred from the mechanical structure.

After being summoned, Brigitte first circled around one of the machines, and then flew to the top of the machine to study it for a while. While she was observing the machine, I was also studying the machine next to it, but other than tapping the outer shell to test the hardness, I didn't have much else to study. These machines are all covered with metal on the outside, and you can't even see what they look like on the inside. If there was no noise here, I could still hear the echo by tapping, but with this noise now, even if I smashed the machine, I probably wouldn't be able to hear the echo.

Although I was at a loss, Brigitte quickly figured out something.

"..." After studying, Brigitte flew directly in front of me and started talking, but the noise around her was too scary. I only saw her mouth flashing, but I couldn't hear what she said at all. Fortunately, as a constructed creature, Brigitte's mouth will flash according to the frequency of her voice when she speaks. Otherwise, I wouldn't know whether she is speaking. Seeing her like this, I knew she had forgotten the noise, so I quickly reminded her with telepathic contact. Brigitte only reacted after hearing my reminder, and quickly said in spiritual contact: "I just did a fluoroscopic examination of the device in front of me, and found that there is a huge amount of energy reaction inside this machine."

"You mean this thing is still a generator?"

"It's not a generator, it should be a magic conversion device. Through infrared scanning, I can see that the inside of this device is filled with high-temperature steam, but the steam is constantly cooling during the flow process, and at the same time, a steady stream of magic power is generated inside the device. It can be inferred from this that this is an energy conversion device that consumes thermal energy to produce magic energy."

"It turns out to be a thermal energy extractor." After hearing Brigitte's explanation, I looked at the machine next to me again, and then said, "I don't know which one has a higher thermal efficiency ratio or the equipment in our guild."

Our guild also has equipment for extracting geothermal energy and converting it into magic energy, and it is located in Essinger. There is an Essinger Underground City under the Essinger Twin Cities. There are three geothermal energy converters in that area, but the thermal energy conversion method we use is different from the six devices in front of us. According to Brigitte, these six devices directly absorb thermal energy, but the devices in our guild absorb mechanical energy. Our three machines are actually turbine-driven magic generators. We introduce the seawater outside Essinger City into the geothermal area, and then use the geothermal heat to heat the seawater to boil it and generate a large amount of high-temperature steam, which will evaporate under pressure. Erupting rapidly outward, we then let the erupted steam pass through a series of turbines and push them to rotate to convert thermal energy into mechanical energy. The next part is to use a set of magic devices to convert the mechanical energy into magical energy. Because mechanical energy is required as a transfer, the thermal efficiency ratio is not high, but considering the huge amount of geothermal energy, the output is actually quite considerable.

The device in front of us only needs thermal energy to work, and there is no mechanical energy conversion process, so theoretically speaking, this thing may be more thermally efficient than our device. But that's just theoretical. To be honest, I doubt the conversion rate of this device. It’s not that its principle is not good, but its manufacturing process. It is said that our guild's geothermal converter requires the use of large turbines. Once those big things, which can weigh hundreds of tons, are in operation, the power they generate will be amazing. In this case, as long as there is any slight unevenness in the bearing part and the slightest deviation in the blade, the irregular deflection force generated by it under high-speed rotation will cause extremely loud noise. In comparison, the structure of the thing in front of you is much simpler, and it should be much more convenient to control noise. However, even if it is superior in principle, the noise of the thing in front of me is comparable to that of a rocket. The heat engine in our guild is several times larger than these machines, and the noise it produces is no more than that of a speeding locomotive. The sound was just about the same. Although it was noisy, it was at least not so exaggerated. If there were no protective equipment, the noise generated by these six machines could be used as sonic weapons.

"Brigitte, can you scan the entire structure of this thing without dismantling it?"

"It should be possible. But if you, master, want to go back and imitate it, I suggest it is better to dismantle a machine and study it. My scanning ability can only scan the mechanical structure and energy structure, but cannot scan color information. If the machine There is a magic circle structure that has not been activated yet, and I cannot scan it out."

"That's it!" Although I also wanted to dismantle a machine and take it back for study, the problem is that this thing is running. If this were an ordinary warehouse, no matter whose it was, I would still empty it. But on the one hand, these devices are producing magic energy, and on the other hand, they are also connected to geothermal pipes. Who knows what the situation of the geothermal resources down here is. What if it is an ultra-high pressure geothermal area like the one at Essinger? When the time comes, I dismantle the machine, and the lava will instantly spurt out of the pipe and fill the entire room. Even if I won't be burned to death by the lava, it will take some effort to get out. Besides, when the lava burns down the machine, won’t I still be unable to get anything out?

In fact, even if there is no pressure on the underground lava, I would not dare to dismantle this kind of machine. After all, this thing is producing magic energy. Everyone knows that magic energy is quite unstable. What if the magic energy in the magic energy pipe explodes when the machine is dismantled? Of course, I usually won't be blown to death, but it's still the same problem. I'm not afraid of being blown up, but the machine can't withstand it. Besides, even if the machine is not damaged by the bombing, what if the cave collapses and the place is buried?

In short, it is too difficult to disassemble the equipment. Unless I find the switch and stop the equipment first, I can start to disassemble the equipment.

Since I couldn't dismantle things, I had no choice but to ask Brigitte to scan out a set of drawings that were as detailed as possible. While Brigitte was busy scanning the machines, I searched the entire room carefully, and found that there was nothing else except the six machines, and there was only the entrance through which I came in. In other words, this is a dead end.

After I checked the situation of this room, Brigitte had just scanned the entire structure, and then I put Brigitte away and left the room. Su Lun outside saw me coming out and immediately came up to me and asked me something loudly. However, I only saw his mouth moving and didn't hear the sound, so I remembered that the sound insulation setting of the helmet had not been adjusted back. I quickly turned off the soundproofing and opened my mask before asking, "What did you just say? I turned on the soundproofing and didn't hear you."

"I said I found something."

"Oh? What did you find?"

Su Lun took me directly to a passage some distance away from the room. Then he pointed to one of the walls and said, "Listen."

I turned my ear to the wall in confusion, and then suddenly froze. I really couldn't hear it without paying attention before, but once I focused my attention, I found that there seemed to be bursts of screams coming from the wall.

"How did you find out?" The voice was so quiet that you had to lean against the wall to barely hear it. I was curious about how Su Lun found out.

Su Lun smiled and explained: "After you went in, I was a little bored waiting outside, so I wanted to try to see if I could hear any sound on these pipes. You should know that the sound conducted by pipes is very powerful. The sound here The pipes must be connected to different places. I wanted to see if I could hear something. As I was listening to this part, I suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a scream in the wall. Then I listened carefully and found that the scream was coming from s position."

"You really have an idea." After I said that, I put my ear to it and listened again, but in the end I didn't smash the wall to see what was going on. Instead, I walked to the other end of the passage with Su Lun.

I haven't met the owner here yet, and I don't know who he is. If I were to dig a hole in someone's house now, no matter what kind of personality the other person is, I would definitely not treat him right in the future. I have a good face. Although I am basically not worried about provoking any powerful creatures, it is really a stupid behavior to add unnecessary risks to myself in unknown situations. Therefore, I decided that unless the owner could not be found in the passage on the other side and there was no path leading to the place where the screams came from, then I would come back and smash the wall. Anyway, you can hit the wall anytime, there's no need to worry.

Follow the passage all the way back to the elevator where we came down, put away the Death Guard that we had put down to guard the passage, and then we started walking to the opposite side.

The passage here is not long at all. After walking less than a hundred meters, we encountered a door. After passing through, we directly entered a room. Originally, because of the magic energy conversion equipment there, I thought this would be a rather technological environment. Who knew that after opening the door, what I saw was a European classical style study room.

This room has an area of ​​approximately 70 to 80 square meters. The surrounding walls are covered with bookshelves, which are densely packed with books. There are so many books that it can be used as a miniature library.

Apart from a circle of bookshelves, there is only a large desk on the left side of the room, a couch and a coffee table opposite the desk.

The desk on the left is in the shape of a concave letter, and its area is almost as big as a billiard table. And very similar to the billiard table, the surface of this table is not made of wood, but covered with a layer of green velvet. The other parts of the table are made of dark red wood with gold lines on the edges. It looks quite luxurious when paired with the green tabletop. In fact, everything in this room is similar to the style of this table. Whether it is the sofa, the coffee table in front of it, or the surrounding bookshelves, they are all in the style of a European classical palace, with dark red materials and complicated gold embroidery. The carvings make these furniture and furnishings super gorgeous. But this room really reminded me of Essinger's style. Speaking of which, Essinger also followed this route, but it was not as luxurious and exaggerated as before. It looked more majestic and solemn than this one, but the overall style was basically the same. It's almost the same.

There is no one in the room now, so I can only come in and check it carefully. Su Lun followed me in, but his mouth never closed since he entered. Although Essinger's style is not so exaggerated, it is still very gorgeous, so I just feel that the room in front of me is a bit too gorgeous, and I don't have much reaction. However, Su Lun is a native Vietnamese player. Whether in reality or in the game, Vietnam's architecture can only be described in one word, that is - broken. Of course, it's not really shabby, but it's obviously much shabby compared to the other countries. This situation is partly due to money issues. After all, Vietnam is very poor. But I think it's more due to the environment. As far as the environment in Vietnam is concerned, even if you move the Palace of Versailles here, if it is not maintained regularly, it will definitely be assimilated into a group of shabby buildings in less than five years. After all, It's really too humid here. Whether it's wood, protective clothing, fur or metal, it's impossible to preserve it for a long time. Even cement buildings will grow moss over time here, so it is almost impossible to keep the building gorgeous.

Because most of the buildings in Vietnam looked very dilapidated, Su Lun was so shocked when he suddenly saw such a gorgeous palace-like place that his jaw almost dropped. Having brought so many people to Vietnam, this was the first time for him as a tour guide to see such a building in Vietnam.

"Isn't this gold?" Su Lun suddenly said this while I was looking at the titles of books on the surrounding bookshelves. As soon as I turned around, I found him caressing a miniature globe on the table. Of course, the base of the thing was shining with golden light, and the earth on the globe seemed to be carved out of jade. I guess if such a thing existed in reality, it would have to be sold at least millions. After all, it is a bracket made of gold, and the jade ball on it is definitely not cheap.

Probably because he had never seen such a gorgeous thing, Su Lun actually grabbed the globe and wanted to pick it up to take a closer look, but when he lifted it hard, the thing didn't move. Su Lun's first reaction after discovering that he couldn't lift it up was of course to raise both hands together, but the result of trying again was that it still didn't move at all.

"Suellen."

"Huh?" Su Lun, who was competing with the globe, looked up at me in confusion.

I made a twisting motion and said to him: "Try turning the base."

Su Lun suddenly reacted when he heard my words. After all, there are too many mechanisms like this in various movies, TV series, novels and other works. Just now he was attracted by the gorgeous items in front of him and didn't think about it. Now he understood it immediately when I reminded him. However, when he tried to turn it hard, he found that the thing could not turn at all.

Originally, I asked Su Lun to turn because I thought it might be a mechanism, but now I was surprised to see that he couldn't turn. "Strange, could it be that I guessed wrong?"

After trying for a long time and finding that it really couldn't turn, Su Lun raised his head and said to me: "It's strange. Since this thing is not a mechanism, who would be so bored as to stick it on the table?" After saying this, Su Lun still said Angrily, he flicked the earth on the globe, and the jade-carved earth immediately followed his hand and turned half a circle, but as soon as he took his hand away, the ball immediately stopped.

Seeing the condition of the globe, I quickly walked over, then put my ear to the globe under Su Lun's puzzled gaze, and then gently turned the globe with my hands. "Sure enough." After listening for a while, I suddenly looked up and said this.

"What's true?" Su Lun looked at me puzzled and asked.

"This thing is indeed a mechanism, but it is not the base that rotates, but the earth above. Moreover, this mechanism is not a mechanism that will be opened by simply turning it. It seems to be the same setting as the combination disk of the safe. It may require a special combination. to open it.”

"But we don't know the password." Su Lun said.

"So we need this." I took out the eternity directly, and then slashed the table under the globe with my sword. The huge table was instantly fell to both sides by all the halves. Su Lun was heartbroken when he saw that such a good table was broken by me, but I didn't care about him at all and directly lifted half of the table out, exposing a metal rod standing on the ground. . I first grabbed the stick and turned it around, and found that there was no response at all. Then I lifted it up. Sure enough, I clearly felt that the metal rod was driving something, and then I heard a clicking mechanical transmission sound. A section of bookshelf on that wall slowly rose upwards and eventually retracted into the ceiling, while a door was revealed where the bookshelf originally stood.