The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 397 The Industrial Crown Belonging to the Queen

Perhaps the S-level copy is too difficult, or perhaps the International Industrial Exposition is too important to Stian, so important people from all over the world must be present to witness it.

Steam Phantom is the only dungeon that Wu Chang has participated in where the main storyline does not end quickly after the previous storyline has been completed.

Even though he had already dealt with the Steam Council and the Church of Tranquility early on, Olivia still maintained his original schedule and wanted to open the International Industrial Exposition at the end of the month, which was the 30th day of survival as stipulated in the first main mission.

The official statement of the International Industrial Exposition is that it is a grand event with the theme of world cooperation among nations, promoting cultural, technological exchanges and development.

In fact, the International Industrial Exposition is just a way for Stian to show off his muscles to the participating countries and tell his younger brothers around him that they are no longer on the same level and they should be more discerning when they meet again in the future.

As the International Industrial Exposition approaches, more and more foreigners come to visit Stirland.

Not only ordinary tourists enter Stian, but also extraordinary people and spies trained privately by various countries.

Thanks to these guys, the dungeon journey of the arcane knights has become more engaging.

Dealing with these guys can not only demonstrate one's own value and comfort oneself that one is not an easy winner, but also increase the completion rate of the dungeon, which makes all the players excited.

If you can’t bully the Steam Parliament, you can’t bully these foreign superhumans?
Often, before Julie's secret police get wind of the news, the foreign superhumans who have revealed their identities have already been captured by the players and sent to the Secret Security Department.

Originally, the players wanted to take advantage of this free time to complete the third main mission and investigate the assassination of the Prime Minister that they had not had time to pay attention to before.

When Leng Shan and Jian Xing approached Wu Chang, Wu Chang said that he had other things to do and did not participate.

There is a limit to winning without doing anything. He and Ravington spent a long time investigating the truth behind Ron's assassination. With his unique intelligence, they pieced together the complete truth.

Other players come to pick peaches at this time, do they really think he is a philanthropist?
Leng Shan and others also guessed that Wu Chang already knew the answer. They did not ask any further questions, but turned to find Raventon, hoping to use the power of this famous detective, a native of this plane, to conduct an investigation.

To Wu Chang's surprise, Raventon also rejected their invitation, saying that it was meaningless to investigate who killed Prime Minister Ron now, as the murderer himself might have died in several incidents.

Perhaps it was the detective's judgment that allowed Ravington to vaguely guess the truth of the case through intuition even without sufficient evidence.

Two consecutive setbacks did not make Leng Shan and others give up.

Unfortunately, they acted too late. The Prime Minister's residence, which served as the crime scene, had already been cleaned and renovated, and there were no clues left at the crime scene.

The only clues they could rely on were the records left by the police department, and the result was predictable. After four or five days of hard work, they found nothing and gave up the investigation.

Speaking of the crime scene, the reason why the Prime Minister's residence was cleaned was to welcome the new Prime Minister, Randy Anderson.

During this period, Randy relied on his almost completely neutral status to gain a huge lead in support and was successfully elected as the new Prime Minister of Stellan before the Industrial Expo.

As supporters of Randy, all players belonging to the Arcane Knights received a hint of winning the side quest. Because of this, they could not complain about the destruction of the crime scene.

Time flies, and it is the day of the International Industrial Exposition.

Westminster, Crystal Palace.

As the venue for the World Industrial Exposition, the Crystal Palace covers an area of ​​more than 20 football fields and is nearly 50 meters high. The building uses steel as its skeleton, and all other building materials are glass. From the outside, the entire building looks like a huge, completely transparent palace.

It was not only the largest building in the world at that time, but also the most gorgeous and dreamy building.

Leaving aside professional fields such as the mechanical structure of steel frame structures and architectural functional design, just to produce the huge glass that covers the entire Crystal Palace requires sufficiently strong industrial capabilities and sufficient wealth.

When everyone sees the Crystal Palace for the first time, they can't help but cover their mouths, widen their eyes, and exclaim.

No matter which country the visitor comes from, no matter how confident and proud he is of his own country, the moment he sees the Crystal Palace, his eyes will become clear and his attitude will become humble.

Especially when the huge Queen Olivia airship flew across the sky, the shock in the visitors' eyes turned directly into horror.

On the airship, Wu Chang and Olivia stood on the observation deck, overlooking the Crystal Palace below.

Wu Chang held a champagne glass, stared at the tourists looking up from below, and asked:

"Your Majesty, is this what you wanted to see?"

Olivia said without hiding anything:
“This is what I want the world to see, the future of the world.”

Wu Chang gently shook the wine glass and said subconsciously:

"So, what's the price?"

Julie, who was not far away, heard this and her eyes twitched slightly. Olivia caught this and responded to Wu Chang with a smile:

“Everything has a price.”

"From the moment we are born, we have to pay a price for everything we eat, wear, live, speak and breathe."

“The price is inevitable, and what we have to do is to make our gains worth every price we pay.”

As they spoke, the Queen Olivia slowly descended.

Olivia put the wine glass aside and said:

“Now, it’s time to harvest.”

Olivia and a group of Stellan executives stepped down from the airship amid thunderous cheers from the people below.

Ever since Xavier's death and the fall of the Steam Parliament, the smog that shrouded Grimland has never appeared again. This city, known as the Fog City, has had very rare sunny days in a row.

Under the sunlight, the Crystal Palace looked like a huge shining crystal. Combined with the cheers of countless people in the background, it gave Wu Chang a sense of unreality.

The Grimland he had seen before seemed to be an illusion. The Grimland that was now presented to the whole world was the capital of the greatest and most prosperous empire in the plane.

The crowd entered the Crystal Palace under the guard of the honor guard. Before heading to the Industrial Expo Hall, they first entered the temporary reception area and met with ambassadors and representatives sent by various countries.

Countries around the world attach great importance to this International Industrial Exposition.

Larger countries, such as Fran, Drew and New World, have sent special diplomatic missions to participate, while smaller countries have even sent senior officials to attend in person.

For Olivia, the Industrial Expo is a stage to demonstrate national strength and redefine the rules.

For other countries, this is also a rare opportunity to find out the level of Stian.

After all, before this, the extraordinary steam engine was a semi-confidential existence. As for the development progress of the Stian extraordinary steam engine, various countries could only obtain vague information through informants and never had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the full picture.

The process of receiving representatives from various countries went very quickly. As a mature and qualified queen, Olivia could not find any fault with the etiquette of receiving everyone, but Wu Chang always felt that Her Majesty the Queen's attitude was a bit perfunctory.

Compared to these important tools in front of her who will witness the strength of the empire and spread the name of Stian to the world, she seems to care more about the extraordinary steam engines they bring.

Big countries like Fran and Drew did not come to the Industrial Expo for a simple visit. In order to regain some ground and not lose face in front of Stillan, they brought exhibits that represent the highest standards in the country to compete with Stillan.

For example, Fran brought the Heart of Land that the Stellan Army had been longing for, and Drew brought the ultra-high pressure steam engine and the extraordinary artillery machine tool.

The extraordinary steam engine technology in their hands all originated from Stellan. In terms of comprehensive development, they are certainly not as good as Stellan, but in the niche areas that each country excels in, they are not inferior, and even have a slight lead.

After the reception ceremony, Olivia entered the Industrial Expo Hall and, escorted by Wu Chang and Julie, stood on the podium and delivered a brief opening speech.

Subsequently, the International Industrial Exposition officially began.

At this International Industrial Exposition, more than thirty types of extraordinary steam engines were exhibited, of which eighteen were provided by Stirland, more than the total number of other countries in the world.

In order to ensure the effect of the exhibition, even the several extraordinary steam engine cores seized by Wu Chang were borrowed by Olivia and placed on the booth.

Before the Industrial Expo began, Wu Chang joked with Leng Shan and others, saying that if any player had not yet completed the second main mission, then the Industrial Expo at this moment would be their last chance.

Of course, the prerequisite for taking this path is to deal with hundreds of secret police and the arcane knights led by Wu Chang.

The extraordinary steam engines exhibited at the Industrial Expo covered various fields and attracted more than 100,000 visitors from 35 countries.

A huge flow of people filled every exhibition area.

Olivia had two to three students from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Grimmland beside each booth, who explained to everyone the extraordinary steam engines on display in the booths, their actual uses, and the effects they could achieve.

Visitors could not understand the knowledge in professional fields, but they could clearly hear how many times the efficiency could be improved and how much money the daily output could be converted into.

When people heard the comparison of these numbers, their eyes sparkled with excitement, as if they were witnessing the arrival of the future.

Many reporters could no longer wait and took out their notebooks and started writing reports on the spot.

In general, the first day of the exhibition went very smoothly, and everyone was immersed in the magic of the extraordinary steam engine.

At the end of the first day of the exhibition, Olivia gave a brief speech before closing.

"The emergence of extraordinary steam engines has broadened the possibilities of industry and mankind. After a whole day of visiting, I believe you all have a deep understanding of this." "But is this enough? I don't think so. If we want to achieve a more distant future and create a world of peace, prosperity, and satisfaction for everyone, these extraordinary steam engines alone are far from enough."

"So at the end of today, I'm going to show you a special machine that's truly a step into the future."

Olivia's words instantly attracted the attention of all visitors.

Through what they saw on the first day of the industrial expo, they gained a basic understanding of the extraordinary steam engine.

In their view, these extraordinary steam engines already represent the future, rather than the path to the future. Unexpectedly, in Olivia's eyes, they are far from enough.

This makes visitors look forward to the next exhibits, wondering what kind of great machine can satisfy Olivia's ambition.

This expectation, under the blessing of the first law of mysticism, turned into special energy and was injected into the instrument beside Olivia. The red liquid column in the instrument continued to rise as this power accumulated.

When the red liquid column reached the marking line, a huge roar came from under the Crystal Palace.

The floor behind Olivia cracked open, and a huge special steam engine rose from it.

Part of a steam engine, to be exact.

On the podium, Olivia pointed to the huge extraordinary steam engine behind her and said:
"It's called the Difference Engine. It has infinite computing power. All the problems that bother us are nothing compared to it."

"I have often heard people say that the extraordinary steam engine is the jewel in the crown of industry. If that is true, the Difference Engine is the crown of industry itself."

As soon as Olivia finished speaking, the entire Crystal Palace began to tremble slightly.

What was trembling was not the Crystal Palace itself, but the extraordinary steam engines placed on exhibition stands throughout the Crystal Palace.

These extraordinary steam engines seemed to resonate and vibrate at the same frequency. They started at the same time and spewed out thick steam.

Faced with the sudden change, the visitors thought it was a pre-arranged program and spontaneously applauded the scene.

In contrast to the visitors, all the extraordinary people present, especially the players who came to complete the main task one, did not have a trace of excitement in their eyes, but only fear.

With Olivia's actions, the steam rules that had disappeared reappeared in just a few seconds.

The steam rules that came back were even more repressive than the steam rules triggered by Xavier.

Under the Steam rules, not only are players' skills and attributes suppressed, but their ability to move is also being rapidly deprived.

Except for a few extraordinary people who mastered the root power and could barely keep moving in the fog, the other players lost control of their bodies the moment they reacted, and stood still, unable to move.

The deprivation of players' ability to move is not a pure restriction on the body, but a form of mental control.

For example, Leng Shan and God's Tongue, their bodies did not feel much restraint, but there was a voice in their consciousness that kept whispering to them:

"Give up thinking, stop struggling in vain, and follow the instructions of the superiors."

If they want to act, they must use their will to fight against that voice.

Every step they took was a mental confrontation, and they were sweating profusely after just a few steps.

In contrast to them, Jian Xing's swordsmanship talent, coupled with the tempering from his previous nearly failed job change, made his willpower attribute much higher than the other two.

This means that although Jian Xing's strength is not as good as the other two, it is much easier for him to act within the steam rules than the other two.

With Jianxing's help, the three of them quickly found Wu Changzhen.

The comparison with Leng Shan and God's Tongue gave Jian Xing a great boost of confidence. Before meeting Wu Chang Zhenwo, he thought that maybe he would have a chance to help Zhenwo and repay the favor first.

But when he saw his true self, he discovered that his true self was not affected by the steam rules at all, and was moving the members of the Arcane Knights out of the Crystal Palace at a brisk pace.

This was like a basin of cold water pouring down Jian Xing's newly-generated confidence before it could even warm up.

Is it so difficult to find an area that is better than peace?

Wu Chang didn't notice Jian Xing's disappearance. He grabbed the three people and took them outside the Crystal Palace. He told them that something big was going to happen inside the Crystal Palace and asked them to hide nearby.

Don't stay away, and don't get close. How much truth they can discover next depends entirely on themselves.

Inside the Crystal Palace, the applause stopped at some point, and the visitors who were applauding, like the ordinary extraordinary people in the venue, stopped their movements and lost control of their bodies.

More than 100,000 visitors, like 100,000 stone sculptures, maintained the posture of applauding at the last moment.

They looked towards the Difference Engine as if they were on a pilgrimage, which looked extremely strange.

The returning steam rules not only appeared in the Crystal Palace, but the haze that had disappeared for many days now also enveloped Grimland again.

Under the rule of steam, Grimland seemed to be paused, and all the residents in the city, like the visitors in the Crystal Palace, remained still in their last posture of action.

Except for the Grey Church Slums.

Just like with Xavier, the steam rules triggered by Olivia were also unable to invade Irene's kingdom of God.

The slum has become an independent space. The residents inside go about their daily lives unaffected. At most they look up at the sky and feel sorry for the disappearance of the sunlight.

In the temporary ward, Irene, who had noticed the changes in the plane, increased her energy release and used light magic to dispel the toxins in the girl's body. She then said to Thomas beside her:

"I have to leave for a while. Go out and tell everyone to come back another day."

Without waiting for Thomas' response, Irene disappeared into the temporary ward.

Inside the Crystal Palace, when thick steam filled the room, the extraordinary steam engines stopped vibrating.

They soared into the air, following the guidance of the steam rules, and sank into the difference engine.

As the last extraordinary steam engine on display entered the Difference Engine, a loud noise came from inside the Difference Engine, as if something amazing was being made inside.

Olivia looked at the completed Difference Machine and whispered:

"There is only one step left, and I will soon be able to fulfill the agreement between us."

Pop, pop, pop.

In the silent hall, faint applause came from behind Olivia.

Olivia turned around and found that the applause came from Wu Chang himself.

Wu Chang said: "The pearl of the industrial crown should indeed be inlaid on the industrial crown."

Olivia was surprised to see Wu Chang was able to move freely, as if he was not affected at all, and said:

"Sir Sean, you are more outstanding than I thought. I am sorry that I doubted your ability when you just returned from the New World."

"It's my honor to receive your recognition." Wu Chang responded with a gentleman's salute.

Olivia narrowed her eyes, as if observing some new invention, and asked tentatively:
"You seem to have discovered my plan a long time ago."

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "I am different from others. I dare not look down on your Majesty in the slightest."

"If I'm not mistaken, everything that has happened since Prime Minister Ron's assassination was designed by you."

"It includes rebuilding the Knights of Arcane, asking me to find Raventon, and to investigate the Grimland anomaly, and then discover the existence of the Steam Council."

The relationship between the Steam Parliament and Prime Minister Ron had already made him suspicious of Olivia.

After destroying the Steam Parliament, when he met Olivia again, the resentment of Olivia belonging to the phantom further confirmed his guess.

Olivia neither admitted nor denied it. She just smiled and looked at Wu Chang quietly, waiting for his next move.

Wu Chang continued:

"I am a person who sees things through to the end. Since I have agreed to your commission, I will investigate it to the end."

"So there is something I want to confirm with you, and I hope you can answer me."

"What is it?" Olivia asked.

Wu Chang looked into Olivia's eyes and said, "Prime Minister Ron's death was not murder, but suicide, right?"

(End of this chapter)