novelonline Chapter 2799: The Truth Society and the Difference Machine
Chapter 2799: The Truth Society and the Difference Machine
Chapter 2799: The Truth Society and the Difference Machine
Both the North and the South recognized the value of this automated computing machine and therefore had their own plans for its design and manufacture.
During the Midhill Castle incident last year, after learning that Carsonrick was seeking intelligence from the Draerion Academy of Sciences on the "steam-powered automatic mechanized gear calculator", Resia passed the blueprint with key parts missing to them through Shade (Chapter 655).
And in that intelligence, Shade called this machine a "Difference Engine".
Therefore, Carsenrick thought that thing was called "Difference Engine". MI6 later stole the intelligence of Carsenrick Royal Academy of Sciences and brought the name back to the Northland, so the Northland also began to call it "Difference Engine".
"I know this, and I am also concerned about the current development of cutting-edge technology. Is the Truth Society busy with this?"
The Thirteenth Ring Warlock of the Creation Church nodded:
“During the Pantanal War last winter, when the now-mad Lakins Prisha was performing the Chosen Ceremony, didn’t the Light of Enlightenment grant many people knowledge and wisdom?
The church's insider got the information that the vice president of the Truth Society, Miss Pavo, who was present at the time and is now the president of the Nine Rings, received enlightenment related to the manufacture of the difference machine. And we are almost certain that the difference machine she wants is definitely different from what ordinary scientists imagine.
Miss Pavo is always mysterious, but we know that she is good at mathematics, and she must have a deep understanding of this kind of machinery."
Seeing Xia De's interested expression, Mr. Delong shook his head again:
“That’s all we know. Intelligence on the Truth Society is not easy to obtain.
As you know, the power I am good at is related to machinery and steam power, so I have been paying attention to Delarion and Carsonrick's "Difference Machine" project for a long time, and I am also very clear about its value.
Whatever Miss Pavo of the Truth Society knew at the time, I have a feeling that the project they are working on with the Difference Engine will probably be the craziest plan the Truth Society has ever come up with."
"Then didn't the church investigate the two countries' academies to determine whether there were any insiders planted by the Truth Society? Even if Ms. Pavlo was enlightened, the Truth Society can't design such a complex large-scale machine from scratch, right?"
"it's useless."
The Thirteenth Ring Warlock shook his head:
"The Truth Society is not just a ring wizard organization. Crazy ordinary scientists and mechanics are also part of the Truth Society. In fact, in my opinion, one-third of the people in the Southern and Northern Science Academy have the potential to become members of the Truth Society. In this crazy era, what is most lacking is madmen with talent and ideas.
I have made suggestions to the church, and the church has been monitoring the progress of this project. We have not let down our guard. However, manpower is needed everywhere in the material world, and the matter of the Truth Society and the Difference Machine is obviously not the most urgent. "
He moved his left arm, and Xia De clearly heard the sound of gears and bearings:
"In short, I am personally willing to trade with you any information related to the Truth Society."
"That Miss Pavo is very mysterious. Although I have met her several times, I don't have any information about her for the time being."
The last time I saw Miss Pavo was before the Battle of Moon Bay. That lady should appear this time as well.
Thinking of the prophecy made by the old murloc priest of the Scarlet Order before his death during the Coldwater Harbor incident last autumn - it said that Mr. Gerard Dron "you, as a human being, attempted to abandon flesh and blood", Shad not only guessed that this thirteenth-ring warlock of the Mechanicus Church was interested in the Differential Machine, but actually wanted to use the "Differential Machine" to complete some extraordinary experiment.
Of course, this was just a suspicion, and he was not going to question the church's ring warlock, whom he did not actually understand.
Considering that he had spent too much time "in the bathroom", Shade was about to go back, so he asked the real question that had brought him here to talk:
"By the way, Mr. Delong, are you here because something is wrong with this afternoon tea party?"
"Aren't you here too?"
The ring wizard of the Church of Creation asked back with a smile, and then explained:
"I'm just sitting around in the church, so I occasionally attend social events. I might run into some 'surprises', like I ran into you this afternoon, didn't I?"
Then he looked at Xia De:
"So is there something wrong here?"
"At least not at the moment. This is the city center. Who dares to cause trouble here?"
The two nodded to each other, and Xia De turned and left the venue.
After staying in the bathroom for a while to make sure that he was not being followed, and using his senses to repeatedly check whether there were any tiny mechanical creatures nearby, Shade changed back into his disguise and returned to Flora.
As expected, the witch teased Xia De for taking too long to leave, but then took out a fashion magazine that she had gotten from somewhere and asked Xia De whether the clothes in it were suitable for her.
This question was not easy to answer, and directly saying "all are suitable" was obviously too perfunctory. Therefore, Xia De could only ask "her" for help and then chose two sets of dark-colored dresses.
Flora praised him for his "good taste".
Although Madam Shatara was from another place, her communication skills were truly extraordinary. In just two months since she came to Vista City, almost all the local nobles and businessmen knew her.
That's why she looked very busy at the afternoon tea party. Shade and Flora didn't have the chance to get close to her until four o'clock in the afternoon, or rather, she came to them on her own initiative.
This was not planned by Shad and the other man, but because Sir Wayne had a brief conversation with Lady Chatara, who seemed to have nothing to do with him, the lady then learned that Shad had the "high-end stuff" that was passed down by word of mouth among the ladies of Willendel.
"What a handsome young man~"
She fanned herself and came to the sofa and held out her hand to Shad, who stood up, took it, and kissed her fingers.
[Yes, the devil.]
"She" whispered in his ear, and Shade tried hard not to make a disgusted expression. But no matter what, the four split bodies of the devil were finally gathered together:
"Hello, what can I do?"
Mrs. Chatara was a lady with golden hair and a plump figure. Although Miss Bell said she was close to forty years old, she looked only in her thirties.
When she covered her face with a fan and squinted her eyes and smiled, the description of "still charming" was so appropriate for her.
At this time, Shade was very glad that he brought Flora with him to conduct this investigation, because Flora, who also stood up, almost immediately showed hostility to Mrs. Shatara without any disguise. This hostility could help Shade cover up his discovery, so Flora's acting skills were really good.
[Honestly, do you really think she is acting? ]
"Good afternoon, Mr. Holmes. I just heard from a lord that you have the 'golden yarn' of Willendell in your hand, right?"
"Golden yarn" is the name given by the people of Willendel to the high-end stockings that Miss Sylvia does not sell. "Gold" represents nobility and rarity, and "yarn" represents that it is a textile.
"Yes, but you can't buy this kind of fabric. To be honest, this is a gift from my business partner."
Xia De explained, and the lady who was covering the lower half of her face with a fan smiled and asked:
"Well, sir, I'm really sorry to say that I've always heard of Willendel's 'gold yarn' and have seen others use it at receptions and banquets, but... are you interested in selling one or two pairs? I can buy them at a high price."
"This"
Xia De looked at Flora in embarrassment:
"I gave the gold veils to my female companion as a gift."
"I don't have the habit of giving my clothes away."
So the witch said, staring at the woman who looked quite "flirtatious" without showing any weakness. She knew that she was a latecomer compared to Jialina and others, so she had no right to judge Shade's love life, but she didn't want such a person to get close to Shade, this was the consensus of the witches.
As long as Lady Shatala was not stupid, she would certainly feel the hostility of the young female companion next to Shade, but she didn't feel anything wrong:
"That's a pity. For outsiders like us in Willendel, it's hard to break into the circle of noble ladies, let alone wear clothes of the same taste as them."
She said goodbye politely and turned to leave. Flora was still a little unhappy. After sitting down, she did not forget to warn Xia De to stay away from such people.
Although only the identity of the demon has been confirmed, it seems that the relationship between the Hoy Manor that caught fire three hundred years ago, the current Kant family, the antiques in the cellar of the deserted village, and the Deringor Restorationists can all be sorted out.
There is still no trace of the time curse on the body of this split body of the devil, so the treasure of the Hoy family was brought by an ordinary person, Sir Wayne, three hundred years ago.
Part of the "Hoy Treasure" was kept by Sir Wayne himself for his business, in order to expand the power of the Deringor Restorationists; the other part was given to the local police chief, Mr. Kant, through the deserted village as a transit point, and the subsequent treasures were used as temptation to manipulate him into contacting the upper class nobles of Willendel.
As for why Sir Wayne gave the antique to Director Kant, it should be guided by "Madame Shatara", who is also a Restorationist. Shat even speculated whether Director Kant had been cooperating with the Deringor Restorationists.
If this is true, Shade can only say that the demon of fire can actually be renamed "the demon who provokes war."
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