Chapter 83

In Basil Hotel, in Zoltan's mechanical workshop, Ren worked intently in front of the machine tool, and a small part was gradually formed in his hands.

Behind him, a metal shelf rests on top of the table.

This stand has two cone-shaped tubes made of copper skin, one end is large and the other end is small, like a long horn, but it is not used to play sound, on the contrary, it is used to receive sound.

The tail of the cone is connected to a thin needle, and underneath is a set of winding wheels.

It's a mechanical gramophone for recording vinyl!

Since Ryan got acquainted with Viola, he came into contact with the field of music, and he thought of the gramophone. He was sure that Arranus didn't have a gramophone, but had something similar called an echo crystal.

The echo crystal is a kind of alchemy item, the main manufacturing material is the same as the sound transmission table, that is, the sound transmission stone.

Using the echo crystal, the sound can be saved and played repeatedly, but this thing is not common, especially in the common people, most people don't know its existence.

Because the echo crystal is very expensive, the sound transmission stone used to make it is itself very expensive, and after being handed by an alchemist, the price goes up to a higher level.

Moreover, both the Echo Crystal and the Sound Transmitter have a shortcoming, they must be injected with soul power regularly before they can be used.

For the voice transmission meter in the demon squad, many extraordinary professions without soul power, such as Berserker Hargrove, have to ask their caster teammates to inject soul power every six or seven days, just like charging, which is very troublesome.

An Echo Crystal costs more than 50 gold shields, which is several years of income for ordinary people.

Various conditions limit the popularity of echo crystals, and they can only become a luxury for a very small number of people.

Few people associate the echo crystal with music.

Ryan's original idea was to make money, "invent" the phonograph, and then record a batch of classic music, which would soon spread to the entire empire, create a brand new market, and earn a lot of gold shields.

Later, I got in touch with Viola a lot, and I knew that the phonograph was not just about making money.

This pair of gods of art and love, the long-haired lady Freya, is definitely a super killer!

Once the phonograph comes out, it will quickly become popular all over the world, allowing music to enter thousands of households, and countless people will hear wonderful music that they would never have the opportunity to appreciate. How many believers will this develop?

The number of believers determines the strength of a god. With the phonograph, Ms. Long Hair might be able to rank among the stronger gods!

If Viola could contribute the phonograph during the prayer ceremony, she would definitely get a response from the long-haired lady, bestowing a magic spell.

In addition to magical arts, manufacturing gramophones and selling them can also make uncountable wealth.

The huge wealth obtained by relying on the gramophone is enough to make the Duke of Silver Star pay more attention to Viola, which affects the competition for the Earl of Winter Ting.

Church contributions, family wealth, earldoms.

A phonograph can give Viola countless benefits, and his life has undergone earth-shaking changes. Ren can't think of any better gift than this.

But it's easy to think, hard to do.

In fact, Ryan has been making phonographs since last month. After starting, he discovered that this thing is much more difficult than firearms, and it is also several times more complicated.

He knew how the phonograph worked and remembered most of its mechanics.

But if he wanted to make it without any mistakes, it would test his memory and hands-on ability too much. The biggest difficulty is not the phonograph itself. It took him more than half a month to make a semi-finished product. The most difficult thing is to record the sound and store the sound on the vinyl record.

The metal shelf on the table is used to receive the sound, and the sound wave drives the needle to vibrate, engraving lines on the plastic disc.

For this seemingly simple plastic disc, Renn spent too much effort.

The vinyl record in his previous life was made of plastic paint, which had the best sound quality and was durable. It took him a few days to find a similar substitute, and he managed to make a few vinyl discs.

And that's just the beginning, what you get after the initial burn is the original recording disc.

The recording disk has to go through several processes, such as silvering, mold making, cleaning, and making it into a metal master disk, and then use the master disk to press hundreds of records, and then there is a complete production process. Make a lot of sales.

At present, Rennes is still groping to make a metal master disc, and he does not know when it will be successful.

Just asking Zoltan to buy a large amount of various materials, and after various experiments, he has already spent more than 300 gold shields, and he expects to spend more in the future.

But it was all worth it for the phonograph.

Just after noon, Ren had lunch in the lobby of the hotel, and was about to go back to the mechanical workshop to continue his work, when there were a few vibrations in his pocket.

Ren took out the sound transmission meter and found that the button in the middle was lit.

He pressed it, and Pollock's voice came out: "Frieda, Ryan, come here, there is a task today, and the others are on standby."

"Got it." Ren replied.

From Pollock's calm tone, it should not be an urgent task.

Ren was not too anxious. He took the icebreaker hammer and shotgun and took the bus to the Public Security Bureau.

Half an hour later, he got into a car in the garage of the Public Security Bureau. Both Captain Pollock and Frieda arrived. Both were fully armed, but looked relaxed.

Seeing Ryan's war hammer, Pollock raised his eyebrows and exclaimed, "Good weapon!"

The cold Frieda also took a second look.

Ren didn't explain, and waited until the car started before asking, "Captain, what is the mission?"

"An investigative mission." Pollock introduced sternly: "A rich man in the Silver Star District reported to the Public Security Bureau that his neighbor's mistress hadn't shown up for two months, and it was suspected to be a monster."

"Understood." Ren nodded.

This kind of report is very common. Because of the existence of the blood soul curse, people are very vigilant about the abnormal phenomena around them. They haven't seen a certain neighbor for a long time.

Of course, it is also possible that the neighbor is just away and not at home.

Usually this kind of report is a false alarm, or a misunderstanding caused by coincidence, but the demon squad dare not ignore it, because many monsters and fallen people are discovered in this way.

According to statistics from the Public Security Bureau, out of about ten similar reports, one or two are really problematic.

Most of the missions of the demon squad came from reporting. The last time Rennes and his teammates went on a mission for the first time, the fallen man they dealt with was reported by the neighbors.

Pollock continued: "However, this mission is a bit special. It's in the Silver Star District, and the man of the family is a fifth-level mechanic named Travic. He works in the Mechanics Union. It is said that his status is not low."

"Level 5 mechanic?" Ren was surprised.

A mechanic is a spellcaster. Generally, extraordinary people above the middle level will rarely be invaded by the blood soul curse, but if they really become a fallen person, the harm will be far greater than that of ordinary people.

"Well, so we still have to be more cautious." Pollock reminded his team members, and at the same time said: "The Public Security Bureau has sent someone to the Mechanical Union to ask secretly. Travic behaved normally and is still working in the union today. .”

Frieda asked aloud, "Is there any problem with him?"

"It's not clear yet."

Pollock shook his head, "At least the person sent responded that it's normal. Let's check his home first and see the condition of the mistress. If there is no vision, we will go to the mechanic union again."

"Okay." Ren nodded yes, this is a normal investigation process.

Not long after, the car drove into Yinxing District and stopped in front of a mansion.

As soon as Ren got out of the car, his heart trembled. He turned on the voice of all things, but he didn't hear any human voices or human activities in this house.

The whole house was dead silent.

Those who can live in a mansion in Yinxing District usually hire a few housekeepers and servants, even if the master is not at home, it will not be so empty.

He listened to the house next door, and there were many voices coming from it, which was normal.

"There's a real problem."

Ren remained calm and watched Captain Pollock knock on the door. No one responded after knocking vigorously for a few minutes. The three teammates all looked dignified.

He knew this was the result, and immediately kicked the door open.

bang!

The iron gate fell down and made a loud noise, but there was still no movement in the house.

Ren held the icebreaker and went in first, stepped across the vestibule, and as soon as he entered the main entrance, he smelled a strong smell of blood, and then saw several corpses scattered throughout the hall.

Judging from the clothes of these corpses, they were all servants of this family before they were alive. There were men and women, and there was still some fear in their dim eyes, as if they had been greatly frightened before they died.

They all died from the same cause, a bullet through the body or the head.

Pollock squatted down and dipped some blood on his fingers, and confirmed: "They died not long ago, it should not be more than two hours."

"You check for survivors, or something."

Ren and Frieda turned around and searched in every room.

In fact, Ren is very clear that there is no living person in this house, but he still searches very carefully, maybe he can find useful clues.

These servants died under the soul gun, and the murderer clearly pointed to the master Travic.

As a gunsmith, the soul gun is the most commonly used weapon.

If nothing else, the curse of this fifth-level mechanic broke out!

The attack of a supernatural person's curse is completely different from ordinary people. They will not lose their minds immediately, but will change their personality drastically, as if they were a different person, and still have the ability to think. destruction.

The higher the level and the stronger the supernatural being, the more terrifying it will be after becoming a fallen one!

It is very likely that Travich sensed that he had been exposed, so he killed everyone in the family.

The three of Renn searched the entire mansion and found two or three corpses in other rooms, but nothing else was found.

That Travic was careful not to leave any clues.

"The ones who die here are servants, not the mistress." Pollock said in a deep voice.

This means that the neighbor's report is correct, and the mistress has been missing for two months, and Travich may have used some reason to deceive the servant at home.

As for himself, the curse has been happening for at least two months, maybe even earlier!

The fallen ones have been lurking for so long before being exposed, so they must have a conspiracy.

Pollock had a premonition that something was wrong, and quickly ran out of the mansion with the two of them, jumped into the car and shouted to the driver: "Go to the Mechanical Union immediately, hurry up!"