Brave World

At the end of the grave sweeping, McFlynn was going to the market to get some fresh fish and vegetables. He said that he showed them at noon and thanked An Yizhi for helping him clear his grievances.

An Yizhi they did not follow this time, he had already learned the general layout of the town from McFlyn on the way to the grave sweeping, and he was going to collect some information.

So the four separated after entering the town. McFlynn ran to the market near the pier, and An Yizhi went to the library on the left side of the town.

After all, the town used to be very prosperous, and many hardware facilities were perfect. McFlynn thought they wanted to go to the library to check information about the mine, so it didn’t feel strange.

Passing a tall building on the road, people come in and out from time to time.

McFlynn mentioned that this place is the meeting place in the town. Generally, major events are held here, such as funerals or weddings.

Thinking of the two people who died on the ship, it is estimated that this is the funeral for them.

The three people came to the library and could see the traces of baptism over time. Many places looked very dilapidated, but the town did not have the money to repair it, so it could only be so broken.

Next to the library is a building of the same style. McFlynn said that it was originally a school, but because there are very few newborns, and most newborns go outside with their parents, this school It’s already closed.

What is more noticeable is that there is a stone sculpture at the entrance of the library, which looks like a iron tongs inserted in the middle of a large disk, facing the sun like a sunflower.

This is a sundial, which can judge the time according to the shadow. In ancient times, there was no clock or watch.

An Yizhi walked over to check and found a name engraved under the sundial.

‘Rock Rupert’

This name should be the old Locke who died when the chandelier fell. So the Oriental invention of the corona was made by Daddy Locke?

The dial of the corona is usually engraved with the words indicating time, but this corona may be because the material is not enough, or because the time is too long, the engraved lines are already fuzzy, and only a few rough A straight line extends from the center iron to the edge.

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing, just a little curious, how can the islands near the Mediterranean Sea have our celestial things?”

“What’s the matter here? Strangely, the sundial is a symbol of culture and wisdom in the eyes of foreigners. It is normal to be placed at the gate of the library.”

As Tu Hongyu said, this is probably just for fashion. For example, foreigners who like to wear shirts printed with Chinese characters and walk all over the street, they don’t even know that the ones printed on it are actually “stupid foreigners”……

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Entering the library, it is not closed here. There is a skinny old man at the door holding a pipe in his mouth.

Don’t underestimate him, he is the mayor, because the town is too small and there is no official business to do, so he works part-time as a librarian, although it’s been a long time since no one comes to borrow books That’s it.

“Who are you? Tourists?”

When the old man saw three players, he asked vigilantly.

“Hello, Mr. Mayor, we are the geological experts sent by the government to detect whether the mountainside mine can still produce gems. I would like to borrow the previous records before starting the exploration work”

An Yizhi still uses this rhetoric to fool people, mainly because this rhetoric is very effective for the townspeople.

As soon as the mayor heard the joy, he certainly hoped that the mine could re-mine gems, but he was still very vigilant.

“Where are your documents?”

If you want to suffer, An Yizhi, how can they have any credentials.

But if An Yizhi dares to say that, he must have a plan for his future.

“The documents you want are on the way, you know, it is slow to follow the rules after all, the three of us came first as the early personnel”

Of course, the mayor will not be so simple An Yizhi told Qingfeng Bazuka to expose his police gun and said: “She is the policeman who protects us. Even if you don’t believe us, you should know this police badge”

Old Town Head is still a bit unbelief, but police guns cannot be faked, and even if they are fake, what do they do? There are no precious books in the library, and there is no need to lie to him.

After hesitating for a while, Old Town Head said:

“What information do you want to check?”

“Geologically related, especially mines and small towns History-related things are required”

“History is also necessary? Geological exploration has nothing to do with the history of the town, right?”

“No, no, you may not know, many writing history People will write related major events. For Keisa Island, mining is undoubtedly a major event. We need this information to make preliminary judgments.”

This statement is a bit convincing. , Old Town Head said, wait a moment, and walked into the bookshelf to search. After a while, I took several books and put them on the table:

“All related things are here”

“So few?”

There is only trifling in total. Less than 10 books, and they are all thin.

“I was not born when the town started mining. The town has been prosperous for several decades. With this little information, it was a problem for everyone to eat earlier, so no one would have nothing to write a book.”

Westerners are not as good as Easterners on this point. They don’t have the habit of writing history. A short poem collection of Homer’s epics has been regarded as a history book by Western descendants. How flimsy things are, no matter how celestially they are, there are well-established history books to check.

But the problem is not big, anyway, they just came to the library to try one’s luck, and now there is no news about the mission goal, and even the main mission is not updated. There are generally speaking libraries and other places. The clue is purely giving medicine to a dead horse.

The three divided several books and read them separately.

An Yizhi saw this is the development history of the town.

According to the book, the inhabitants of the island can be traced back to the sixteenth century. They were originally crew members who had been on the deserted island due to a shipwreck during the great voyage. Later, they simply settled on the island and gradually formed a small town.

For this part of history, the narrative in the book can be said to be a stroke. It can be seen that the author is not very sure, after all, the news comes from the stories passed by the residents.

Continue to scroll down and it becomes more detailed.

In March 1852. The town organized its first prospecting activity, and it took two months to find nothing.

The following year, also in March, the town again organized prospecting activities. This time they discovered an exposed coal deposit on the mountainside. Experts said it was just a small coal mine and did not have much mining value.

In June of the same year, the then mayor felt that even the raw coal mined from a small coal mine could improve the lives of residents, so he organized manpower to excavate the open-pit coal mine.

In August of the same year, after two months of excavation, the open-pit coal mine was gradually hollowed out. The islanders lacked drilling experience and did not dare to dig deep. However, the coal exported in the past two months made everyone His pocketbook is a little more generous. The mayor decided to invite professional drillers to drill the mine. What if there is still coal below?

July, 1854. Drilling work lasted for three months. The engineer in charge of mining approached the mayor and said that there was no coal below, and it would be a waste of time to dig down.

March, 1855. The mayor who took out all his savings and continued digging finally paid off. The drillers dug a natural cave, which is connected to an underground lake and contains a large number of gemstones and crystals of various colors.

This discovery made the residents of the town to be wild with joy and attracted a large number of Outsiders. The town gradually prospered.

The next paragraph, An Yizhi, intends to skip, because that paragraph writes about things like “what new facilities have been built in the town, how much is the annual income?” and so on.

Flicking two pages quickly, only then did I find the different changed parts.

In 1895, it was difficult to dig any more ore in the mine. The absence of anything for a month made everyone feel uneasy. Outsiders left one after another, and the town began to decline due to the loss of important pillar industries.

1899, March. The excavation was forced without the help of professional engineers, resulting in a mining disaster. A total of 30 miners died.

This is the last record. Combined with the information obtained from McFlynn, the mine disaster happened when he lost his father.

In simple terms, this history is just a record of a small town from ordinary to prosperity, and then from prosperity to decline. At first glance, there is nothing suspicious, but An Yizhi always feels where Not quite right.

Browsing again, he found that whether it was finding the veins or the last accident, despite the different ages, they all happened in March.

Close your eyes, An Yizhi recalled the calendar in the detective office when he first entered the dungeon. That’s right, the time for the dungeon is now also in March!

Major events often happen in March, and it is also the return day for migrant workers. Combined with the weird scenes we saw last night, is there any connection between this?

An Yizhi put down the book and tapped his fingers faintly discernable on the table. At this time, he saw Tu Hongyu and Qingfeng Bazuka also came back to his senses from the book, first concealedly towards them nodded, and then Said to the mayor:

“Thank you, these materials are very useful. In the afternoon, we plan to go to the location of the mine. According to the materials, the mine has collapsed. I wonder if I can go in there now?”

“Yes, not all of them have collapsed. Only the bottom part has fallen. But because of the danger, we locked the gate.”

“Can it be opened? “

“This…”

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Old Town Head’s face:

“I don’t know where the key is, but it doesn’t matter. , The lock is easy to open, you can find an axe to split it.”

An Yizhi is speechless. From the perspective of time, it is the current mayor who locked the gate, but he actually gave the key to Lost…

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Farewell to Old Town Head, the three left the library, and when An Yizhi passed the sundial at the door again, suddenly An Yizhi divine light flashed, he reached out and took out his pocket watch from his pocket.

“What are you doing with it? Isn’t that something that can’t be opened?”

“It really can’t be opened, but that’s because we didn’t find a suitable way.”

“Have you found it now?”

“Of course”

An Yizhi smiled triumphantly, pointed to the sundial and said:

“This sundial is Daddy Locke carved it, and the pocket watch was also Daddy Locke. Both are not only related to him, but also timing tools. This is enough to make me think.”

It suddenly dawned on me that, indeed, there is an unignorable connection between the two.

Touching the remaining engraved lines on the sundial, An Yizhi erected his pocket watch, aligning the circular spring with him, and turning the mainspring according to the position on the engraved line.

“It’s done!”

Only listening to a light sound, the back cover of the pocket watch opened, and the three of them looked inside.

There are three thumb-sized crystals, which look exactly the same as the stone that McFlynn has shown before. They are placed on the purple-red fleece and carefully protected.

An Yizhi was a little disappointed and puzzled. He thought there was a clue in the pocket watch, but it turned out to be this thing.

But there is still a clue. The number of crystals is three, and among the people returning home on the boat, excluding Daddy Locke with a crystal on his neck, there are exactly three people without crystals.

This shows that the crystal was originally intended to be given to their three people? But why? Does it mean that the residents of the island must bring crystals when they return home?

I was wondering when the crystal suddenly floated out of thin air. This shocked the three players, and they quickly dispersed.

But it was still a step slow, and the crystal flew towards them with a whistling sound. An Yizhi stretched out his hand to grab it, didn’t expect the crystal passed through his palm like an illusory shadow without a substance, and hit his chest straight…