Gene of Brilliant City 13 Division
chapter 590
Chapter 590 Chapter Zero. Tick Tock
Breeze blowing
Under the gray-black sky, a group of shimmering transparent balls are rolling, some dazzling light comes from a piece of metal inside the ball, under the sky is a large barren sandy land, occasionally there are some strange-shaped black protrusions Objects, black dust floating in the air.
The small ball was pushed gently in the breeze, bouncing up and down on the rough ground from time to time, at this time, the transparent small ball stopped at a black cracked tree stump.
There was a sudden movement, the black sand swelled slightly, the ball swayed from side to side in the breeze, and was caught in the cracked tree stump. The surrounding ground, the sand was still shaking slightly, and the sand was floating in the breeze.
Suddenly, the sand rose, and a snake with a flat triangular head rushed up from the ground. The whole body of the snake was jet black, with slightly wrinkled triangular scales. There is a gust of air, the snake is about 20 centimeters thick, it is an extremely weird snake, the scales all over the body are opening and closing slightly, the scarlet sharp snake letter spit out, a pair of golden eyes are staring at the cracked tree stump A small transparent ball stuck in the middle.
woohoo
There was a rush of sirens in the sky, and the snake, which was still staring at the transparent ball, was just about to go back to the ground when a pair of huge black wings descended from the sky, accompanied by a burst of electric current.
In an instant, the snake's head was pierced, and its huge body in the mud twisted violently in an instant, and yellow sand flew in an instant.
"This is Crow No. 817, calling Sand Dune, hoping to send an airship over here. Today is a good harvest. I caught a king snake, haha!"
Gradually the whole snake began to calm down, the wind and sand dissipated, and with the impact just now, the transparent ball broke away from the tree stump, and flew into the distance with the violent impact.
The man who spoke was wearing a crow protective mask, and his body was wrapped in black leather armor. There were small holes in the armor, which looked a little weird, and the armor seemed to be a bit thick. From time to time, the gears could be heard from the armor. rattling sound.
On the back of the man is a pair of huge bat wings connected to the arms. The wings are closely combined with the outside of the man's arms. The wings look very thin, but there are metal tubes like skeletons on the edges. Behind him, there is a long double-tube backpack, nearly 1 meter long. The backpack is also attached to the armor on the back. At the lower end of this double-tube backpack are two somewhat exaggerated horn-shaped openings, and the upper end is a round of.
A 1-meter-long gun was inserted into the ground beside it. The body of the gun was oval, only the head of the gun was slender, and there was a hand-held mechanism at the handle of the gun.
"Scrap metal!"
The man looked at the metal object that was flying to the distance and flickered in the wind, and he looked happily at the king snake in front of him, which was still nearly two-thirds in the sand.
Suddenly, at the moment when the man was a little happy, the sand around his feet suddenly swelled up. Before the man could react, a slanted black shadow rose from the ground. It was another smaller king snake. In an instant, the man body is bound.
"asshole!"
The man said that he was about to reach for the spear, but the next second the man was pulled down to the ground by the king snake wrapped around his body. With a creaking sound, the man's left hand was suddenly clenched.
woohoo
Accompanied by a burst of violent sirens, bursts of violent and rapid clicking sounds sounded instantly, the sound of mechanical gears, and the sound of water vapor whistled instantly. White water vapor came out, and the hot water vapor burned the scales of the king snake in an instant. It seemed to feel severe pain, and the force of the entanglement not only did not decrease, but increased.
The whining sound continued, and a large amount of water vapor continuously gushed out from the small holes around the man's armor.
"Damn, this is a high temperature close to 1000 degrees."
The twisting stopped, and part of the King Snake's body had been dissolved, exposing the dark bones inside, as well as some flowing juices. Within a few minutes, the man began to retch.
"It's disgusting."
The man struggled desperately, trying to break free, but he could only look at the sky helplessly. Under the window of the crow mask was a pair of helpless and irritable eyes.
woohoo
pat pat
In the distant sky, a black dot moved towards this side. With the sound of getting closer, there was a huge empty boat in the sky. The surface of the empty boat was the body of a blood-red crow with wings spread. pattern, with the words G29 next to it.
As the airship got closer and closer, the man on the ground who was still entangled by the dead king snake laughed.
"You guys are counted. Today's harvest is quite good, but I got rid of one of them. The leather may not be usable, and the bones are more or less useful. Anyway, it's pig feed."
The upper part of the empty boat is nearly 30 meters long, and a boat with multiple propellers is suspended below, nearly 15 meters long. With the sound of the whistle, the empty boat slowly landed on the ground, and some people wearing the same Wearing Crow Protective Mask.
"Idiot, I guess your steam battle armor is broken, repairing it is a lot of money, we G29 can't afford a fool like you who always ruins good things."
At this time, several men came over and began to take out a pair of small knives. The handle of the knife was a hollow tube, and there were also some small holes for air outlet. The blade was also a bit weird, like a track, with a circle of sharp sawtooth. The shaped object is at the edge, and at this time, several mechanisms under the handle of the knife are pulled.
Nearly 10 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide, the gear mechanism inside the handle began to move, and with the gushing steam, the sawtooth on the blade began to rotate rapidly, whining, and soon several The man took a knife and cut the body of the king snake that was entangled with the man on the ground, and the juice splashed everyone.
"Dragon Curse, I think you still have time to go home. After all, your brother doesn't seem to be having a good life now. Ibrahi is just wasting time. He has made mine 39 our mine for that research. The burden of Twilight City."
At this moment, after the man named Dragon Curse finally broke free, the woman in front of him came over and kicked him. The metal skeleton on the edge of the bat's wings was already disfigured, and some black liquid continued to drip out.
"It's leaking, bastard, it's troublesome now, you guys hurry up and take this stupid pig back."
A group of people carried the Dragon Curse into the airship with four hands and four legs, and then a few people stayed behind, planning to dispose of the corpses of the two king snakes first. Many parts can be used as production parts. The harvest this time For the G29, it is very good.
The wind is still howling, under this gray-black sky, there is nothing, the transparent ball is still rolling in the wind, before the wind starts to be violent, the ball starts to rise in the wind, and below is a big black There are many strange-shaped plants growing in the forest, as well as some dark animals, wandering in the forest.
There are many forests like this in this land with only wind and sand, but this is what the locals call a "forest", perhaps because they have never seen a real forest.
After the ball floated for a certain distance, it crossed a forest. At this time, not far away, on a sand dune, there were huge metal pipes that rose from the ground to the sky. There were some small holes on the surface of the pipes. holes, but these small holes are only for huge pipes, but they are actually pipes with a diameter of one meter.
噗噗
One side of the dune suddenly bulged, and then the sand sprayed out like a gushing stream of water, a large amount of sand rose up, the small ball sank into a small opening of the huge metal pipe, and slowly fell towards the dark bottom go down.
There was a rustling sound, and at the bottom of the huge tube was a pair of intertwined black and red and vine-like things wriggling, but after the ball fell, these black and red vines began to curl up and spread out in all directions. The ball fell down.
At the bottom of the pitch black is an open flower like a sun disc. When the ball fell down, a large amount of sand also fell down, and the open sun disc suddenly shrank.
微光历2276年,10月31日,下午5点43分
clang clang
A young man with a tired look and a beard was wearing a shoulder bag and a bag of things on his back. The sound came from the metal objects in the bag that the man was carrying collided with the guardrail next to him.
The man's cheeks were greasy, and sweat and dirt covered the man's cheeks. He looked very tired, but his expression was extremely happy and relaxed.
The man was walking on a long metal passage built in the air along the mountain wall. From time to time, some sand and soil would fall down with the violent roar, making the man ashamed. He could only shake his hair and slap his cheeks .
The path built along the mountain wall is nearly 3 meters wide, and below the man is a flowing water stream, which is somewhat black in color and has a pungent stench, and beside the small river is a rail.
This is a huge underground cave extending obliquely. The light inside the cave is somewhat dim. When the man raised his head, what he saw was a huge transparent cover emitting a faint light.
On the opposite wall of the cave, there are terraced fields from bottom to top, in which potatoes are planted. There are solar lamp poles on both sides of the terraces. During the day, the only crystal luminous cover above is used to supply the plants. At night, the sun lights will light up, and such terraced fields can be seen everywhere in Shimmer City.
This round and elongated underground cave with a diameter of more than 500 meters is the center of Shimmer City, and it is also the junction point connecting all mine cities, the place where steam trains must pass, and it is also the place where sewage is collected and treated.
The whole cave looks extremely empty, Long Yu stopped at the guardrail, he has been walking for five days, and he is about to return to his home, No. 39 Mine, all the mine cities are located in the center called Kimberley The surrounding area is connected by tunnels, and the steam train is the only means of transportation in Shimmer City.
It's just that the price is not cheap. Long Yu carefully opened his satchel. Inside was a small metal box. After pressing the button of the box, the lid popped open, and there were pieces wrapped in black and red vines Long Yu had a look of relief on his face. He hadn't seen his wife and two children for more than half a year.
"They should grow a little taller!"
The place where Long Yu went to exchange for work was in the remote No. 103 mine pit in the west. In the entire Shimmer City, it was a situation of bartering. At this time, a whistling siren sounded. There was a steaming white steam, and a steam train carrying guests and supplies roared past.
"It's too expensive to sit back and ask for 10 eggs. If you have 5 eggs, it's about the same."
Long Yu rested his chin on his hand and watched the steam train roaring past with a smile on his face.
At this time, the black and red vines in Long Yu's backpack crawled out, and immediately the vines burned without fire. Long Yu was startled, and hurriedly closed the box. He was startled, and almost died.
The black and red vines in the metal box are the power of the gods in Shimmer City. This power that facilitates the lives of residents is called Akuanguo. It is a power bestowed on humans by the gods after the high priest Laika communicated with the gods.
It's just that the power of the gods seems to be afraid of light, as long as they come into contact with a little light, they will disappear in ashes and smoke.
Both legs could no longer walk a step. Long Yu sat by the mountain wall, feeling a surge of longing in his heart. His wife and children should have a better life now, because Long Yu would send things to him every month. go back.
The smoked pork hind legs on the back are the settlement of Long Yu's last work, and the 100 eggs in the satchel were replaced by Long Yu with an electric steam valve.
Looking up at the translucent crystal cover above his head, Long Yu began to fantasize about going outside again. Long Yu had never been outside, but from time to time he would listen to the crows telling about the outside world, the strange animals and plants, and the land on the ground. What exactly is there.
Thinking of the crow, Long Yu couldn't help but think of his elder brother Long Jue. Seven or eight years ago, because of the death of his parents, the two brothers had extremely serious differences on the future. Yu couldn't leave because he only had eyes for the pig farm princess.
The two brothers fought for this. The crow that the elder brother wanted to go to was the security maintenance and mediation organization of Shimmer City, and also the army of Shimmer City. It was responsible for investigating the outside world, bringing back some resources, etc. Their treatment was Shimmer City. The best is the subordinate of High Priest Laika.
This is the dream of many people, but if you want to enter the crow, you have to go bankrupt. To become a qualified crow, you need to receive a lot of rigorous training in steam machinery, combat investigations, etc., but all of this must be supported by yourself, so The elder brother, Longma, exchanged the 3 steam generators left by his parents for everything he needed for the 4 years of training in the Crow.
When the family property was emptied, Long Yu didn't know it. For this reason, he fought with his brother, and finally his brother left. The sad life he has now is also caused by that ruthless brother.
A year ago, my brother came back and brought me a lot of things, but Long Yu didn't accept it. He looked down on his brother from the bottom of his heart, and he would not accept any assistance from his brother, because in Long Yu's view, he is now The happiest, successfully married the princess of the pig farm, and gave birth to children with the princess.
Click
At this time, accompanied by a shock, some sand on the cave wall fell again, but there was a faint light in the falling sand, Long Yu hurriedly got up, ran over quickly, and found that it had fallen from the ventilation hole. A translucent ball fell down, and there was a piece of shiny silver metal inside, Long Yu hurriedly grabbed it.
As soon as he touched the translucent ball, Long Yu felt a sense of wonder, because the outer mold of this small ball didn't look like plastic, it felt more like mud. Long Yu tried to pinch it hard, The ball didn't burst, but was sunken. After playing with it for a while, Long Yu found that even if his finger pricked the ball, it wouldn't burst.
"A broken sign!"
On the silver-white metal sheet inside, a line of small characters was engraved, and Long Yu directly pierced it with his fingers, holding the metal sheet.
璀璨城Edjk847damxu1ijdfcnxcmuqo2jh89jcfzlkxmc0823or
Looking at this string of incomparably weird number symbols, and some places with horizontal bars, Long Yu suddenly lost interest, thinking that maybe it was just a pendant hanging around his neck by someone, but felt like mud to this translucent touch, no matter what The small ball that remained in its original shape no matter how it was punctured became very interested. Long Yu took out a metal plate from the small ball, stroked it and found that it was just some kind of alloy. Shimmer City is still quite common and not worth much at all.
Long Yu just wanted to throw away this piece of metal, but suddenly remembered that he only wanted to go back and forgot to buy a gift for his wife. Long Yu continued to look at this small sign, if he could transform the edge , It’s not bad if it’s made into a pendant, and the string of things on it is worn off, the silver color looks good under the light.
Long Yu stuffed the small card with the length of his thumb and the translucent ball about the length of his palm into his bag. He tiredly took out a bottle of water, took a sip, took out some dried mushrooms and stuffed them into the bag. In his mouth, his hunger was relieved temporarily, and he continued to walk, at most a few hours away from the No. 39 pit where he lived.
"What a failure. I walked for 5 days. If I had known earlier, I would have taken the steam train."
It's the end in front of him, and there is no light in the next place, Long Yu sighed helplessly, holding on to the guardrail next to him, intending to go directly into the small cave in front of him, and at the end of the river, in the water, you can see a A huge black-red flower-like object like a mouth. This is Morimer who is in charge of sewage treatment. It is also the power bestowed on humans by God after the high priest Laika communicated with God. Morimer is also responsible for dealing with the external exhaust. The sand that seeps down and those substances that are harmful to the human body, including the air purification of Shimmer City.
Long Yu, who was submerged in the long dark cave, held on to the guardrail and walked step by step. Although he had a steam lamp for lighting, Long Yu didn't want to use it. The most troublesome part of the machine is wear and tear. Every time it is used, the machine will be consumed. , The number of times this small steam lamp is used is about 1000 times. Either replace the parts or replace it directly, but neither is cheap.
For some core parts, several eggs are needed for a small piece, or some sweet potatoes. If you replace them with meat, it will not be much better.
In the dark, Long Yu hummed, this is a distant song, it is a song that everyone in Shimmer City can sing, every year during the High Priest's Festival, it will be played on the steam speaker, Long Yu wants to sing it several times Go, it's just that the best No. 1 pit in Shimmer City is not accessible to people like Long Yu.
Except for the dust and sand falling from time to time in the darkness, there is no sound, which makes it easier for Long Yu to fantasize. In fact, he is also very envious of his brother, who can go to the outside world.
Many people have never been to the outside world in their whole life. They just heard that there are forests, and they have seen pictures, but they have never seen them. As for why humans live here, according to word of mouth of the older generation, it is God’s greed for humans. The punishment was lowered, and mankind has since lost the right to live on the earth.
This Kimberley mine is the best proof of human greed. Long Yu also took history classes in school. This huge mine was dug out by humans with bare hands. Long Yu has also seen it for something called a diamond, but it is very hard. , looks beautiful, but it is difficult to use on some steam machines.
Thinking of this, Long Yu couldn't help laughing. He felt that the people in the past were really stupid. For such flashy things, they spent so much effort digging underground. The center Kimberley is nearly 1100 meters above the ground, and other mines are similar. , but above the center so that the water can circulate continuously through the Morrimer for all to use.
It took humans 100 years to dig this huge mine. Long Yu also heard people say that diamonds used to be more valuable in the human world. It is said that a diamond can be exchanged for many things, but Long Yu is not very Believe it, I always feel that it is too fake, so an unusable thing is just hung on the body, and it would be nice to be able to exchange it for an egg.
Long Yu was a little tired again, he sat down, and took out a ticking pocket watch from his bosom, the slight light was on, it was already 7:23 in the evening, Long Yu smiled helplessly, It will take at least a few hours to walk like this, but soon Long Yu can go to No. 19 mine city, and the idea of going to No. 19 mine city to rest for a night appeared in his mind, but this idea was immediately put on the inside of the pocket watch cover. The photos of his wife and children were removed.
Long Yu took out a wind-up voice box from his trouser pocket, which was only as long as his big finger. He twisted the wind-up, and soon there was a burst of joy, and the music with the bell sound came out. This is what he gave to his daughter. Gift.
Cheerful music echoed in the long, dark corridor. Long Yu quickened his pace a little. A faint light came from a distance, as well as bursts of clicks. Long Yu knew that he was not far from the No. 19 pit. , can again bask in the twilight.
A dim yellow light shines through the opening, and Long Yu happily ran out following the rhythm of the wind-up music box.
"Really good."
Long Yu looked enviously at the prosperous scene of the No. 19 mining pit city in front of him, and stopped for a while. In front of him was a large building located in the mining pit.
The rattling sound was endless, the huge gears on the surface of the houses were slowly turning, and steam was constantly sprayed out from the houses. Although it was not bright, the warm and soft light formed a large area. golden.
The streets and alleys are full of lively scenes. From time to time, you can hear the snoring of pigs, the lowing of cows, and the clucking of chickens. Noise, Long Yu licked his lips, really wanted to go to a tavern to have a drink, but 5 eggs and a glass of wine are a bit extravagant for Long Yu.
People in the streets and alleys are wearing clothes made of leather, colorful, hats made of grotesque animals, and those clockwork clothes with steam machinery, with some decorations rotating slightly on their bodies.
There was a buzzing sound, Long Yu saw a shimmering firefly flying towards this side, he was startled, on the way down to the No. 19 pit, a group of children ran over shouting.
砰
A palm-sized large mechanical firefly full of gears and connecting parts hit the mountain wall, then stopped moving, and its wings seemed to be damaged.
"Huai Molei, you idiot, how could you fly this way?"
A little girl ran over angrily. This is a children's toy, and her own children also have it, but it is smaller. The children sized up Long Yu and picked it up from Long Yu's side. Only mechanical firefly toys.
"Be careful next time!"
Long Yu said, watching a bunch of noisy children running down.
"Uncle, would you like to come to our tavern for a drink, we will have an event today, and we will give you some beans."
A little boy with a snot in his nose and wearing a black blue leather metal jacket turned his head and asked, Long Yu coughed.
"Fat boy, I'm only 26 years old."
Several children made faces at Long Yu, and then continued to play and laugh. Long Yu saw that the steam train passing by before him stopped on the railroad tracks in the center of the city. A large number of people were near the truck. Goods were being moved down, while some were put up, and the train inspectors were busy.
Long Yu lay on the guardrail, sighed silently, and thought it would be great if he could move here with his wife, but according to the current situation, it is unlikely, the number of mine pit 19 is not too many, nearly 2 Thousands of people, looking at these mechanical metal houses standing on both sides of the railway tracks, Long Yu thought of his own house again, and he had to do many things by himself.
Among the pedestrians coming and going on the street, there are some people wearing tight black leather steam suits and crow masks walking around. These are crow people. They never show their true colors, because they need to deal with a lot of residents every day dispute.
Looking at the long stairs going down beside him, Long Yu swallowed from time to time, but in the end he held back. At this time, there was a trace of commotion near the corridor built on the protruding part of the cave wall. In an alley of light, a butcher from a pig farm quarreled with a man carrying a bag.
Although the stairs are very long, more than 20 meters long, the voice can be heard clearly. There was a dispute between the two because of the transaction. The man who came to buy meat was carrying a bag of pumpkin seeds. With the hefty linen bag weighing at least 5 kilograms, seeds are also a relatively valuable thing here, but only when the party who wants to buy them has no food pressure.
"Why are you so unreasonable? Isn't it worth the price? A bag of pumpkin seeds is exchanged for 20 kilograms of meat? You only gave me 15 kilograms."
"You fucking don't know how to look yourself. Some of the seeds are moldy. I don't know how many there are."
The man who bought the meat insisted that only a few pieces were moldy, which was different from what he had said before. Long Yu laughed helplessly. After all, if it was him, he would have to compete with the butcher. After all, he had lost a full 5 kilograms of meat.
Cured meat is the only way to preserve the quality of the meat here, but fresh meat will taste very good if it is baked on a steam iron plate with some spices. Long Yu glanced at the eggs in his pocket, one kilogram of fresh meat The price of pork is between 30 and 50 eggs, but it depends on whether the other party is willing to exchange it. Long Yu thought about it and decided to forget it.
The two seemed quite excited. The man carrying the seeds wanted to leave, but the butcher had already cut up all the pork and refused to let go.
At this time, someone on the street picked up the radio contactor and contacted the nearby crows. After a while, several crows came over. One crow held a small book and recorded the remarks of the two in detail. A crow Taking pictures with the camera in hand.
After some negotiation and mediation, the butcher could only cut off 3 kilograms of pork to supply the man who held the seeds in exchange for meat.
Many things in Shimmer City are resolved through negotiation, and all problems can be negotiated. Long Yu glanced at the scattered pedestrians, but at this time, the evaluation of the butcher seems to be not very good. People who originally intended to exchange meat should not trade with this butcher in a short time. After all, such a large bag of seeds can be exchanged for 25 kilograms of meat.
A good seed can even be exchanged for an egg. This is the price of the seed, and there are many things that can be exchanged for some effective edible fungi.
Long Yu went back this time with the intention of cultivating mushrooms in the food greenhouse next to him. Finally, he got some discarded wood from a forest maintainer and got the fungus. Long Yu also looked at the method in detail. As long as he can cultivate If mushrooms come out, life will be better.
At this time, the street near the edge of the mine was deserted. Long Yu sighed helplessly. The butcher seemed a little discouraged. There was only one third of the pork left. The pig merchant could only take a knife and start dismembering the pig. The bones are separated from the pork to make pickled pork bones and canned pickled pork.
The butcher skillfully brought over the metal cans that had already been filled with spices and salt water, and Long Yu looked at them with great interest.
"It's really no profiteering."
Long Yu found that the butcher puts very little pork in metal cans, most of which are minced meat and fat meat. Canned pickled products are also the least popular commodity in Shimmer City, because the things packed in iron boxes You can't see it, and you don't know how many edible parts are in it. Some butchers even put bones in cans, and the taste of this canned food is really mediocre.
Watching the man put the clean shaved pig bones into the pickling water for a while, then seal them with a plastic mold. There is a sealing machine next to it. After a while, the butcher finished processing the unsold ones Pork, holding a small bag of pork that looked very good in color, began to pack up, ready to leave.
Long Yu, who was attracted by the prosperity in front of him and the smell of food and alcohol, felt hungry again, so he could only take out the dried mushrooms and continued to chew. The taste was really good, and it could fill his stomach temporarily.
This kind of dried mushrooms boiled with spices and meat bones and dried in water is a relatively delicious high-end product, and it tastes good even when used in stew. Long Yu is only willing to eat a little bit. It is given to him by the old man of the forest guard. , because I work hard.
All families in Shimmer City must learn to be self-sufficient from birth, and only after self-sufficiency can they live, and live to enter this place full of gears, gushing steam, and all kinds of things. A society of grotesque mechanical objects.
The supreme ruler of Twilight City is the High Priest Laika. She has been recognized by the gods, so she has a life span beyond ordinary people. This High Priest is 196 years old. Without her, human beings would not be able to prosper like this survived.
Every year, Priest's Day is also called Repentance Day, which is a festival for people to confess their sins to God, and it is also called Thanksgiving Day, a festival for human beings to thank God for giving them convenience in life.
"Priest!"
Long Yu sighed helplessly. For the people of Twilight City, only those who are favored by the gods can do this kind of job that is extremely clean. Once they become priests, they will become the apostles of the gods, responsible for managing the power that the gods bestow on human beings. .
Usually only children under the age of 15 can get the chance. Long Yu and his elder brother Long Ju were tested by the god priests before they were 15 years old, but they failed because they could not respond to the gods.
"If you can become a priest, you don't have to worry about life."
Long Yu smiled, looking at his muddy feet and an old soft leather jacket, he could only continue walking.
In less than a few minutes, Long Yu came to the dark and lightless passage, and continued to walk for an hour to reach the No. 39 mine where he was located. It was different from the No. 19 mine, and it had already disappeared.
"It's all that old man Ibrahim!"
Thinking of Ibrahi, Long Yu's teeth itch. He used to be the most admired steam machinery scientist in Pit 39, because everyone believed his words and provided him with materials to continue to develop some steam machinery technology. Ibrahim Xi has indeed researched a lot of good steam machines, and bought a lot of good things for the local people, but today is different. A few years ago, Ibrahi suddenly announced that there was a new type of steam machine. Research, everyone is also happy, and fully supports Ibrahim's research.
However, Ibrahi's research has led to the decline of the No. 39 mine, which is also helpless. Compared with the No. 19 mine that Longyu passed by just now, there are only 39 people in the No. 5000 mine, and most of them are elderly people. They can rely on the little labor left to take care of their own land for a living.
It used to be the same as the No. 19 pit, the whole grand occasion full of clicks and clicks has disappeared, and the elder brother Longma may have expected it a long time ago, and he has been persuading himself to let him go to the crow with him.
Steam machinery provides a convenient life for the people in Shimmer City. From labor to daily life, these machinery are indispensable. Without these machinery, people can only work with their own hands. Mine No. 39 There are many steam mechanics in Zhongyuan, and they only need to use some potatoes, eggs, etc. to help them repair or build everything in the house.
As Ibrahi failed again and again in this steam machinery research, these steam mechanics finally left the No. 39 mine pit, and their departure was accompanied by more and more young people leaving.
Long Yu was uneasy in his heart, but there was still hope. He patted his satchel, and there were bacteria in it. This thing might bring a little hope to the No. 39 mine. In the urban area of the mine in the east, the value of mushrooms is very high.
This delicious and nutritious food goes well with many foods, and many people like it, which is also convenient for buying some things.
Long Yu also fantasized about becoming a steam mechanic in the past, but the conditions at home did not allow it. After finishing the cognitive class, he could only go back home to help. In such a cave, the output of crops is very unstable Yes, Long Yu was also hungry when he was a child.
The harvest was not very good that time, so my father had no choice but to exchange the only camera at home for a bag of potatoes to help them survive the bad harvest.
Long Yu was exhausted. He had been walking on foot for the past 5 days. When he was really tired, he would rest overnight in the corridor close to the city. The temperature in the cave was not too cold, but rather warm.
His legs were a little numb, and Long Yu couldn't move anymore. He pressed his hands on the guardrail and moved forward step by step.
"I would have taken the steam train if I had known."
patter
Long Yu fell to the ground, his legs could no longer move, he smiled bitterly, and walked for 5 days for ten eggs, which means that most people should laugh.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the darkness, Long Yu watched vigilantly, his hand had already been put behind the soft leather jacket, and he took out a steam gun in his hand, which was used for self-defense , six steel nails can be fired in a row at a time.
"Who!"
Long Yu asked, there were still rustling noises from the wall less than three meters away from him. After holding the steam gun for a few minutes, Long Yu realized something, he hurriedly took out the steam lamp, just now Wanting to open it, a serious and gloomy female voice came from the wall.
"Don't turn on the lights, I'll give you a ride, young man!"
Long Yu seemed to realize something, wanted to get up but couldn't get up.
"My lord, I'm really sorry."
Although Long Yu has only seen it once, these priests use the power bestowed by gods to move under the wrapping of black and red vines. This kind of power bestowed by God named Skyo is very incredible, and at the same time, it also has the function of purifying the air.
Long Yu felt that his feet were entangled by some smooth and fleshy things, and his body began to move slowly. He was very excited in his heart. Priests are very difficult to see on weekdays. After being recognized by God, as a medium between gods and humans, if they give power to humans, they will also become like the power of gods, unable to bathe in the sun, so priests are extremely awe-inspiring existences in Shimmer City. The same is true for Long Yu, who is in awe of these priests who are active all over Shimmer City and never receive any reward from the people.
Cities can continue to exist, and human beings can survive without these priests. Those who are chosen as priests can only live in darkness forever, and have no way to touch the light for their entire lives.
"My lord priest, your voice is very young!"
Long Yu happily asked, and there was a burst of desolate laughter from the thing that could only be seen as a swollen outline on the wall.
"Yeah, maybe I'm still young, what's your name young man!"
Long Yu found that this priest was very kind. The priest Long Yu had met before was extremely violent. Long Yu saw that priest directly eating several thieves with the power of God.
"Long Yu!"
As soon as Long Yu's words fell, he felt that Skaio, who was downloading himself, stopped in an instant.
"dragon?"
A slightly bitter laughter came.
"There are quite a lot of people with the surname Long."
"correct."
As Long Yu said, he had indeed met people with the same surname as himself in various mine cities.
"Maybe I shouldn't have expected it!"
When the voice of the female priest came, Long Yu could hear that she was a little melancholy, but seeing that the priest was so gentle and kind, Long Yu tried to ask.
"Master Priest, do you have any troubles!"
"Young man, troubles, as long as there are creatures with feelings and thoughts, they will exist, even crops, maybe machines too!"
Long Yu hummed, he would not doubt any words of the priest, although it sounds absurd, but the priests are all out of the human category.
The speed of moving began to increase, and Long Yu asked some more questions later, but the priest just smiled, that vicissitudes and powerless smile.
A gleam of light appeared in the place in front of him, and Long Yu happily said thank you, with a strong sense of awe.
"came back!"
At a glance, Long Yu saw the big clock tower with lights in the center of the No. 39 mine pit next to the railroad tracks. Most of the electric and lighting equipment in the city are damaged and aging to varying degrees, because there are no steam mechanics here, and most people can only buy small steam generators for their own homes.
Long Yu's home was in the dark for a long time, and he could only live by the dim light of the clock tower for a while. The only steam power generation equipment in the house needed to supply light to the fields to harvest crops. The reason why Yu went out to work.
In the first month of work, Long Yu bought a steam generator and sent it back to his wife and children. He stood up excitedly.
"No matter where it is, no matter how dark it is, there is always light!"
"Yes!"
As Long Yu said, he suddenly turned around and saw a female priest wrapped in a large number of black and red vines with only her head and shoulders exposed. She looked very beautiful, with a faint purple light on her skin , and the priest also noticed Long Yu's gaze, and she smiled gently.
"Have you ever heard that phrase, young man?"
Long Yu nodded and said.
"This is a saying passed down in our family."
The priest smiled and nodded.
"It's just that before this light appears, it is always accompanied by long-term darkness. As humans, how should we grasp this beam of light! The punishment of God may be because we humans have been immersed in the light for too long, and we continue to ask for it. In the end, there is only darkness left, and the punishment of heaven may be a trial given to us by God!"
"Why do you know"
Long Yu said proudly, but at this moment he noticed that the priest next to him was looking at him strangely.
"I will recite it since I was a child, Destroyer of Worlds!"
For a moment, purple particles floated in the air, and the priest in front of him suddenly greeted him. Long Yu was caught off guard and wanted to back away, but was already entangled by black and red vines.
"Don't be nervous young man, I'm just feeling your body."
Long Yu relaxed a little bit, the light in front of his eyes approached a little bit, a bit of icy chill came from his forehead, the priest directly pressed his forehead on Long Yu's forehead, at this time Long Yu felt a stabbing pain , it was Skaio's power that pierced his body.
After a few minutes, Long Yu was let go by the priest in front of her, and she showed a brilliant smile.
"Please remember to be vigilant! Be more vigilant, future vigilantes! Light does not only exist in front of your eyes, it also exists in your heart!"
"You know that too? World Destroyer!"
The female priest nodded gently.
"I once had a friend named Gene who told me a lot about the Destroyer of Worlds."
Long Yu looked at the priest a little strangely. A name like Jin seemed a little weird in Shimmer City.
"Perhaps as Gene said, when hope is about to disappear, as long as you don't give up, new hope will appear again."
The female priest looked at her eyes brightly as she spoke, smiling and moving along with the black and red vines under her feet.
"Good-bye, young man, perhaps we shall see each other soon!"
Long Yu stood still in place, and only remembered for a while.
"My lord priest, what's your name!"
In front of Long Yu's eyes, on the side of the road going down, beside the flowing sewage river, there are huge sunflowers one by one. This is Morimer. The priest in front of him quickly entered Morimer's big mouth, always smiling .
"My name is Laika, young boy!"
For a moment, Long Yu's eyes widened, and he looked at the priest who had already submerged in the Sunflower in disbelief.
"Your name is Laika?"
Long Yu ran over in a hurry, but the female priest was no longer in sight.
"Is that High Priest Laika? Really?"
After a while, Long Yu cheered excitedly. It was the first time that such a thing happened. He was able to see the supreme high priest Laika. , couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and approached the sun wheel flower step by step. At this time, many black and red vines on the ground rose up, as if they were stopping Long Yu, and Long Yu came back to his senses.
His legs are still tired, but Long Yu has strength again, he came back, Long Yu bowed respectfully, then turned and ran to the bridge on the small river into the city, following the lights of the bell tower in the distance, Long Yu is familiar with this place He ran quickly, his home was in the east of the city, not far from the clock tower, and there was still some light near the clock tower.
Surrounded by houses with gears and metal pipes, some houses are lit, some are dark, and many metal buildings are old and rusty. Long Yu still remembers that when he was a child, No. prosperity.
At this time, the long-pressed longing in Long Yu's heart broke out in one breath. He wanted to go home quickly. He just talked with his wife on the phone a few days ago. The wife also misses him very much, especially the children. God will ask himself when he will come back.
"Long Yu, you are back!"
I have already seen my own home, a three-story duplex mechanical building, with a large pile of mechanical parts and gears that fit together on the front, and rows of large pipes. The second floor of the home is lit.
"Grandma Puzzle!"
Long Yu shouted, and next to him was a crooked old woman with a rattling glowing cane, wearing a cat head hat, a pair of single-frame glasses, and wearing thick cylindrical glasses. The hard leather mechanical jacket, the mechanical jacket jingled, the gears were turning slowly, and from time to time, steam would be emitted from the back of the jacket where it rushed over the head.
This kind of mechanical suit is to help those with limited mobility. It has machinery embedded in the legs to walk instead of feet.
"Are there any eggs!"
Puzel said, pointing to a bag of potatoes next to his hut, each potato is not big, some are small.
"I'll exchange a bag of potatoes for 10 of your eggs, is that okay?"
Long Yu didn't want to change it, but he finally agreed. He opened the satchel, carefully took out 10 eggs from it, and entered the dimly lit Grandma Puzel's house, and put the eggs in the In the sackcloth basket next to him, he came out and picked up this pile of potatoes, which were covered with dirt and floated lightly.
"Grandma Puzel, if you are free tomorrow, you can bring your grandson to our house for dinner."
The old man smiled, stretched out his distorted hand from the long soft leather sleeve, waved it, and Long Yu turned around with a smile and started to run.
"I'm back, Isha."
Long Yu shouted happily. At this time, there was a sound upstairs, and there was a creaking sound. After the gears next to the metal door made a violent friction sound, the door slowly opened.
A figure had already rushed forward, Long Yu opened his arms and hugged his wife who was only wearing some old commoner clothes.
"father!"
The voices of two children, a boy and a girl, sounded at the same time. Long Yu immediately pushed away his wife Yisha, who was already weeping with joy, and the two children upstairs ran down, and they really grew a lot taller.
"Feifei, Honghong."
His wife gently rested her head on her shoulder, the corners of her mouth twitched. Long Yu held his son Long Fei and daughter Long Hong with both hands. The two little guys were already sniffing. The son Long Fei was 10 years old and the daughter was 8 years old.
"Is Dad a mushroom?"
Long Yu nodded, looked at his beautiful wife affectionately, Yisha kissed her, and Long Yu turned his head sideways.
"I'm going to take a good shower first, you get some gammon, I want a drink."
The wife still kissed and leaned gently in Long Yu's arms, and with the creaking sound, the door was slowly closed.
clang clang
12pm
As usual, the clock tower rang the evening bell to remind those who hadn't slept yet.
Several people wearing crow masks gathered in the hall of the clock tower. This is the headquarters of the crows in Pit 39. The crows are stationed here and manage Pit 39. In addition to daily training, the crows will go from house to house. Take some food, and how much you charge is up to the local crows, but most don't go too far.
This is the rule established by the high priest Laika after the turmoil in Shimmer City ended early in the morning. The crows serve Shimmer City, and the residents of Shimmer City have to support the crows.
Jingle Bell
There was a rush of phone calls. This was a long-distance call, and only the crow headquarters had it. Residents only had short-range radio communication equipment at most.
A black phone hung on the wall rang quickly, G39's crow captain ran over and picked it up, but in the next second, the captain froze in place.
"Yes, I see, Lord Raven!"
The moment he hung up the phone, there were already crows around him.
"What happened to the head?"
"It's the order of the high priest Laika. In our No. 39 mine pit, the Chosen One appeared, and there were two of them."
In an instant, everyone was jubilant. The so-called God's Chosen is someone who is chosen by God to become a priest. Once this person becomes a priest, the place where this person is will receive the supreme reward from the high priest Laika. And this family can get food delivered by steam train in the future.
"The Chosen One has appeared! In our No. 39 Mine City, dear citizens, repeat again, the Chosen One has appeared in our No. 39 Mine City, and there are two of them! Just now I received an order from the High Priest Laika, In a few days, High Priest Laika will come over in person."
There was a rattling sound, accompanied by the sound of whining steam, lights were lit up in many places in Pit No. 39, someone ran out of the house, and the whole town boiled instantly.
"Did you hear that dear!"
Long Yu, who was sitting in a metal cylindrical bathtub, stood up, smiled excitedly, and hugged his wife next to him. Everyone knew what this meant. Once the Chosen One appeared, the nearby The mine city will also send congratulatory gifts, this is the oldest custom in Shimmer City, and it is something that everyone should be happy about.
Serving the gods is a very joyful thing, and there are still two chosen by the gods, Long Yu is so happy, he just remembered meeting the high priest Laika at this time, his wife looked at Long Yu in disbelief.
The streets began to boil, and some residents who were reluctant to turn on the lights on weekdays turned on the steam lamps in their homes, as if the city was reborn in an instant.
"Okay, no dad! My sister is stealing dried mushrooms."
The immature voice of son Long Fei came out, and the hugging husband and wife hugged each other tightly at this moment, and Yisha pushed Long Yu away with a blushing heart.
"Wait until the children are asleep, and then bear it! Also, be careful this time, if there is another one, our life will be very difficult."
Long Yu smiled embarrassingly, and quickly scrubbed his body. He looked at the grand occasion outside the window. Today is obviously not the Priest's Day, but it seems to be a festival. This kind of grand scene has not appeared for several years, just for a moment, Long Yi's mood became enlightened.
Soon the whole family gathered happily around the table in the dining room on the second floor and began to eat. The daughter and son seemed to have not eaten meat for a long time, and they desperately ate the fried meat that their mother had just made.
There are still some opened metal cans in the corner of the kitchen, including vegetables and meat. His wife made a big pot of soup. Long Yu looked at the wine in the small glass bottle at hand. In the second half, he unscrewed the bottle comfortably and took a sip. The fatigue of the past 5 days seemed to be relieved. Someone knocked on the door, but Long Yu just stretched out his head and told them that he just came back and would go down later.
However, I don’t know why, the neighborhood of his home is getting more and more lively, Long Yu also feels strange, knocking on the door keeps ringing, Long Yu can only go downstairs, press the mechanism by the door, some old rusty doors Little by little, what Long Yu saw was the crow's captain and other team members.
"Congratulations, Long Yu."
The captain gave Long Yu a hug as soon as they met.
"It was your sons and daughters who were chosen priests."
For a moment Long Yu stared dumbfounded at the residents surrounding the street, everyone was saying blessings, but the next second Long Yu's heart was a little cold, which meant that he and his son and daughter would be separated for a long time, Maybe never again.
It was obviously a happy event, but Long Yu's smile was a bit dignified. He recalled the body induction that the high priest Laika made to him before, and Long Yu was not sure if it had something to do with that body induction.
Long Yu hurriedly asked.
"Did some priest come here while I was away?"
The captain shook his head.
"No priest has been here. It has been a long time since a priest has been in this city, so I was quite shocked when I received the notice, and it was the order of the high priest Laika."
Speaking of which, the captain turned around and gave the order to let the Crow's people patrol the vicinity 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of the Chosen One.
Neighbors from the neighborhood came over, and some even brought gifts. Although Long Yu was refusing, he had no choice but to accept it. After making the promise for half an hour, Long Yu said that he was very tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
"Wow, why does Dad have so many things?"
Daughter Long Hong ran over and took the things from Long Yu. Long Yu smiled bitterly and said that it was a gift from a neighbor in the neighborhood, and his wife Yisha also noticed the strangeness in Long Yu's eyes.
After her son and daughter were full, Isa took the two little ones upstairs. Up the third floor, there were corridors. On the left was the children's room, and on the right was the bedroom of Isha and Long Yu.
Long Yu drank the wine quietly, the dishes on the table were already tasteless, and the two children were about to be taken away.
"It's obviously something to be happy about, why?"
Long Yu took a big sip, the wine had already bottomed out, he picked up a bottle of wine he just got from a neighbor, unscrewed it and drank it vigorously.
The rattling sound outside the house was still coming in from time to time, and the enthusiasm of everyone cheering was still high, because this is indeed something to be happy about.
"What exactly happened!"
At 1 o'clock in the morning, Isha went downstairs. He looked at her husband who looked melancholy and a little drunk, walked over and sat at the metal dining table, pressing Long Yu's hand.
After a while, Long Yu told the truth, and in the next second, Yisha's face showed an extremely complicated expression. The two children were brought up by the husband and wife. Both husband and wife were reluctant, but the priest's order is absolute, absolutely It cannot be violated, and this time it is the order of the high priest Laika.
In the small dining room, the husband and wife leaned against each other, and Isa also drank a little wine. Neither of them was drunk, but sober, and they lost the interest in the bathroom just now.
"There are still a few days left, let's spend time with the children!"
As Isa said, Long Yu hummed, turned around and carried his wife upstairs. After the lights in the kitchen were turned off, the clicking sound stopped, and the hustle and bustle outside also calmed down at this time, but the crows could be seen people wandering around their houses.
The couple stood at the door of the children. Through the small hole by the door, they could see that the two children were already asleep, accompanied by the dim light.
Long Yu curled up at the door, sobbing in his throat, he couldn't cry anymore, his wife was also crying silently, the husband and wife could only hug each other, living in darkness all their lives, it was something they never thought about.
After calming down a little, the couple returned to the bedroom under the dim light, and lay on the bed quietly hugging each other, neither of them could fall asleep.
"Obviously something to be happy about!"
Yisha nodded lightly, and Long Yu looked restlessly at the glimmer of light cast from the distant bell tower. No matter it was day or night, the scene here was the same. There is not much difference, just to adapt to the work and rest time.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, neither the husband nor wife can sleep peacefully, the sudden good news makes the husband and wife feel terrible.
"I want to get up and walk."
Long Yu said, his wife nodded, the two got up again, and went back to the dining room on the second floor, then Long Yu opened the door of the storage room, a room full of food and different smells, piled up with some Steam machinery, metal, and some food, but most of them were potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some eggs. Long Yu turned on the steam lamp next to the storage room, and the clicking sound came again.
On a small mechanical table directly opposite the storage room, there are a bunch of old framed photos. These are the generations of the Long family. Long Yu walked over and saw the photos of himself and his wife on the table. At the front are my father and mother, and then my grandparents. I saw a handsome man wearing clothes different from the current era. His name is Long Fan, and he is the ancestor of the Long family. , already 200 years ago.
This is also the habit of everyone in Shimmer City. Every family will have photos of each generation. This is a means to prevent the loss of some city records of the crows. There will be some brief introductions behind the photos.
It’s just that in the photo of Long Fan at the top, there are four children in front of him, but the photo of the grandmother next to Long Fan is incomplete. Photos, this issue is not very clear to everyone.
Long Yu opened the drawer under the table, a heavy book covered with dust, with four large characters of World Destroyer printed on it.
An inexplicable sense of sadness lingered around the couple, Long Yu still told his wife about the high priest touching him before, maybe it had something to do with that incident.
"Feifei and Honghong are still so young, I really"
Isha sobbed again while talking, Long Yu smiled and recalled the place where he met the high priest Laika, and he showed a relieved smile for a while.
"I feel that the high priest Laika is a gentle and kind person. Why don't you ask her to disqualify our child from being the God's Chosen One."
"is it possible!"
Yisha asked, and Long Yu nodded.
"Talk to her sincerely about our feelings as parents of children, maybe it will work!"
Tick tick
The second hand on the clock tower is still spinning, it's 3:11 in the morning
The city of mine pit No. 39 finally fell into silence, only the clock tower was still dimly lit, and three figures appeared on the corridor built beside the mine.
The three people were of different heights, two men and one woman. One of them was a tall man with a long steam knife on his back. He stared sharply at the bell tower in the distance.
"How ironic!"
Said a woman of medium height and well-proportioned figure, all three wore soft leather masks, the woman was a slender fox, the man a lion, and the shortest with a high-pitched voice was a monkey.
The three of them walked down the long stairs and came to the riverside that exuded the stench. At this time, the three of them looked at the Sunflower on the left.
"Don't regret it! If we capture the chosen one, things will get out of hand."
The Lion spoke, and the Fox giggled.
"It's already out of control, after all, we are all wanted criminals."
The monkey laughed, and he walked to the side of some sunflowers. At this time, the black and red vines on the ground stood up. The monkey took out a hand-held steam lamp from the long strip backpack on his back, and started The moment the light was turned on, these vines burned without fire immediately after being illuminated by the light.
"Don't play monkeys, let's move quickly, there is only half an hour at most."
The three said that they quickly crossed the small bridge and started running. All three of them were wearing some weird steam armor, which looked different from the armor worn by the crows, and was lighter.
Soon the three of them came to Long Yu's house. The lion took off the big knife on his back and held it with both hands. The fox next to him pressed his hands under the lion's shoulder armor. She swallowed breathlessly.
"Move faster monkey."
The monkey raised his hands, and there seemed to be suction cups on his palms. He quickly climbed to the top of a house, and took out a nearly one-meter-long steam gun from the cylindrical bag on his back. There was a cylinder on the support, and the monkey took out some pointed cones the size of thumbs from the trouser pocket, and began to install them one by one in the horizontal strip-shaped holes on the side of the steam gun.
嗖
Accompanied by a violent sound of breaking through the air, there was a whining sound in an instant, and a cloud of white steam spewed out from the butt of the steam gun held in the monkey's hand, and a sharp cone accurately shot through a Crow's neck.
"Go!"
While speaking, the fox pressed the mechanism under the lion's shoulder, the lion roared angrily and rushed out with the steam sword in his hand, the fox turned around and ran quickly.
There was a whining sound, and a large cloud of water vapor spewed out from behind the lion's shoulders, and the sawtooth on the edge of the big knife in the lion's hands turned rapidly, with a little spark.
"Go to hell!"
In an instant, the lion had jumped in front of a crow that had just pulled out a steam pistol, and the big knife cut across the crow's steam armor, splitting him in two.
In the next second, another crow holding a steam spear and planning to launch a stab attack with steam jets fell to the ground. Suddenly, horns and sirens sounded, and crows holding slender steam knives sprayed over one by one.
The lion vigorously waved the big knife in his hand, and a large white steam rose into the air, blurring his vision for a while, but the crows that came close were directly pierced by the long cone and fell to the ground.
砰
Accompanied by a violent sound and a burst of mechanical jamming, the big knife in the lion's hand was blocked by a thick stick, making a hissing sound, accompanied by flying sparks and black smoke, the lion hurriedly He stepped back and let go of the damaged steam sword in his hand. The whistling sound of the siren came oncoming, and there was a huge sound of swinging through the air, and a stick fell in front of him instantly.
The lion clenched his right fist, and with the violent steam gushing out, he punched it.
"Hold on! Damn."
砰
Accompanied by a violent firing sound, the fox raised its arm, and a soft rope pierced the third-floor window of Long Yu's house. At the moment of fixation, the steel cable began to retract into the fox's arm, and her feet kicked on the wall , jumped up and directly slammed into the room on the third floor, protecting his body with his hands.
In front of him were two shivering children sitting on the bed, the fox giggled, but the door of the room opened the next second, the fox nimbly jumped to the bedside, grabbed the immobile girl, and took out A steam dagger was pressed against the girl's neck.
"What are you doing!"
Long Yu held the steam gun in his hand. He tremblingly looked at the woman in front of him wearing a fox mask and light steam armor that was easy to move. He only needed to pull the trigger, and the bullet could easily penetrate the woman's body, but Long Yu Yu didn't dare to shoot, Shanshan's wife Yisha, who came behind, covered her mouth and looked at the scene in front of her with tears in her eyes.
There were continuous bursts of clicking sounds below, and shouts were everywhere.
"I'm very sorry to disturb your rest, sir and miss, I want to take these two children away, please put down the gun in your hand, otherwise I would rather kill your son and daughter now, after all, I don't want them to become monsters .”
Long Yu looked at everything in front of him in bewilderment, already stunned, his hands and feet were cold.
"Hurry up."
The roar of the lion came from below. His condition seemed to be bad. At this time, the monkey had already run to the side of the railway track. After looking around, he quickly found a locked iron cabinet. He took out a key, opened the iron cabinet more than two meters high, and a steam rail trolley appeared inside. The monkey immediately pulled out a black tube from the side of the cylindrical metal backpack behind him, and connected it to his right Arm, the hook on the right arm is fixed on the front end of the cart.
"Don't make a mistake for me."
woohoo
A large amount of steam spewed out from the monkey's hands and feet, including the small holes in the steam armor behind him. At this moment, there was a creaking sound, and the heavy steam cart moved a little bit, and was dragged onto the track by the monkey.
"Come here, boy!"
The fox beckoned at this time, and Long Yu could only watch helplessly as his son walked over tremblingly. At this time, the fox suddenly pressed the mechanism on the edge of the armor, and the two children cried out, flying from both sides of the armor. Two ropes came out, and the knot was completed in an instant. The fox jumped directly to the window and fell down.
Long Yu had already turned around and went downstairs. His wife Yisha was crying helplessly. The fox who went downstairs directly used the steam knife in his hand to step on the steel cable, and ran away with the two children.
"Okay, here we go."
At this time, the lion behind a wall heard the shouting, and he took out a round ball from his pocket. After seeing several crows besieging him, he smashed the ball on the ground, and instantly followed As the black smoke rose, the lion clenched his hands, turned on the steam jet, and galloped out at an extremely fast speed.
"Same as the mock!"
Snapped
The lion hugged the fox and the two children with both hands, and rushed across the street, and soon rushed to the edge of the railway track under the surprised eyes of some people.
The steam scooter on the rails was ready, but there was no sign of the monkey, and the two jumped onto the steam scooter without any explanation. There were two big tubes at the rear. Just when the lion was about to press the start button, A hand protruded from behind the cabinet of the cart.
"Be careful."
嗖
The fox suddenly pushed the lion away, and a long awl pierced the fox's shoulder directly, and she cried out in pain.
Long Yu walked out with a expressionless expression on his face, and the monkey was already kneeling on the ground dripping with blood, being held by Long Yu with one hand.
"Let my child go!"
Long Yu roared, but the fox on the cart stopped the two children in front of him after cursing a few words.
"You can shoot, as I said, I will kill them without hesitation."
At this time, the whining sound continued to sound in the distance, and the crows had already come directly from the roof, and the lion glanced at the monkey.
"Sorry."
click
In an instant, accompanied by bursts of rattling sounds, mechanical friction sounds, and humming sounds, the steam scooter started to move. Long Yu had already jumped onto the scooter with one long step, and the monkey looked at the two of them angrily.
"You two assholes"
The instant the words were finished, the lion jumped down, picked up the monkey, roared and ran.
Whizzing
Two long cones pierced the lion's steam armor, and he jumped onto the cart with all his strength. With the increasing speed and a large amount of white water vapor floating up, the steam cart roared and galloped instantly .
Long Yu was still tightly holding the gun in his hand, looking at the crow chasing after him, he was angry at the moment, but within a few minutes, the steam scooter sank into the dark cave, and Long Yu held the gun in his hand. He never put down the gun he was holding.
"Sorry!"
At this moment, the lion opened his mouth to speak, but under the sound of intense steam, it was not convenient to speak at all. The four of them just faced each other in this dark cave.
The first time Long Yu went downstairs, he rushed towards the railway tracks. He knew that the other party had kidnapped his two children and wanted to escape the crow's pursuit. people.
After Long Yu came to the side of the railway track, he saw a man wearing a monkey mask sitting on a steam scooter. Long Yu approached quietly and shot decisively, shooting through the man's foot.
The only place this line can lead to is the quarry. Residents only go there once or twice, and occasionally they can dig out some metals, but they are not very valuable.
The speed of the steam scooter was very fast, Long Yu didn't know what would happen next, but in his impression, this woman wearing a fox mask said that she didn't want to see her child turn into a monster, and two things came to mind. This is the first time I saw a picture of a priest, and he really looked like a monster.
There was a glimmer of light in the darkness. At this time, Long Yu saw that the condition of the fox woman and the monkey man was not good, and they looked a little weak, and the condition of the lion was not much better. The steam armor had been scrapped. Mixed with a smell of blood.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and I don't know how long it has passed. Long Yu felt his arms were numb. At this time, the fox girl had let go of the two children, and the two children crawled to Long Yu's side. Long Yu hugged him with one hand. Holding the two children, leaning against the guardrail of the steam scooter, the hand holding the gun never let go, and it only takes one shot to pierce their heads.
It's just that the two children have returned to their arms, and at this time the lion turned away.
"Don't be nervous, it's just going to be over soon."
Long Yu looked at the three guys in front of him angrily. The fact that they didn't hurt his own children was probably the reason why Long Yu didn't kill them. There were still 5 bullets, more than enough.
It's just that in the bottom of Long Yu's heart at this time, there seems to be another reason. The two children were brought out, so they don't need to be God's Chosen.
At this time, Long Yu hugged the child tightly with both hands.
crunch
Sparks splashed on the rails, the steam scooter shook violently, and the violent brakes made the three people in front of them almost fly, but the lion had already pressed them behind them, holding the guardrail next to them tightly with both hands.
After a while, the car stopped, and the two sides looked at each other, Long Yu's raised arms could no longer hold on.
"Although I don't know what to say to make you believe us, these two children who were chosen as the Chosen One, will become monsters, we were all Raven people once, Shimmer City is not what you see Situation, High Priest Laika is just a bloodthirsty monster, you should have not heard the news of Pit 88 for a long time!"
Long Yu didn't answer, and he didn't know what happened to the No. 88 pit, but it seemed that he hadn't heard of it for a long time, because it seemed to have collapsed there.
"Everyone in Pit No. 88, more than 1 people, had been eaten two years ago, and none left were swallowed up by the high priest Laika."
Long Yu's eyes widened. At this moment, the fox endured the severe pain in his shoulder and put one hand into his pocket. Long Yu subconsciously pulled the trigger.
In the long tunnel, there was a rattling sound, accompanied by the sound of whining steam, and the only glimmer of light disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
Breeze blowing
Under the gray-black sky, a group of shimmering transparent balls are rolling, some dazzling light comes from a piece of metal inside the ball, under the sky is a large barren sandy land, occasionally there are some strange-shaped black protrusions Objects, black dust floating in the air.
The small ball was pushed gently in the breeze, bouncing up and down on the rough ground from time to time, at this time, the transparent small ball stopped at a black cracked tree stump.
There was a sudden movement, the black sand swelled slightly, the ball swayed from side to side in the breeze, and was caught in the cracked tree stump. The surrounding ground, the sand was still shaking slightly, and the sand was floating in the breeze.
Suddenly, the sand rose, and a snake with a flat triangular head rushed up from the ground. The whole body of the snake was jet black, with slightly wrinkled triangular scales. There is a gust of air, the snake is about 20 centimeters thick, it is an extremely weird snake, the scales all over the body are opening and closing slightly, the scarlet sharp snake letter spit out, a pair of golden eyes are staring at the cracked tree stump A small transparent ball stuck in the middle.
woohoo
There was a rush of sirens in the sky, and the snake, which was still staring at the transparent ball, was just about to go back to the ground when a pair of huge black wings descended from the sky, accompanied by a burst of electric current.
In an instant, the snake's head was pierced, and its huge body in the mud twisted violently in an instant, and yellow sand flew in an instant.
"This is Crow No. 817, calling Sand Dune, hoping to send an airship over here. Today is a good harvest. I caught a king snake, haha!"
Gradually the whole snake began to calm down, the wind and sand dissipated, and with the impact just now, the transparent ball broke away from the tree stump, and flew into the distance with the violent impact.
The man who spoke was wearing a crow protective mask, and his body was wrapped in black leather armor. There were small holes in the armor, which looked a little weird, and the armor seemed to be a bit thick. From time to time, the gears could be heard from the armor. rattling sound.
On the back of the man is a pair of huge bat wings connected to the arms. The wings are closely combined with the outside of the man's arms. The wings look very thin, but there are metal tubes like skeletons on the edges. Behind him, there is a long double-tube backpack, nearly 1 meter long. The backpack is also attached to the armor on the back. At the lower end of this double-tube backpack are two somewhat exaggerated horn-shaped openings, and the upper end is a round of.
A 1-meter-long gun was inserted into the ground beside it. The body of the gun was oval, only the head of the gun was slender, and there was a hand-held mechanism at the handle of the gun.
"Scrap metal!"
The man looked at the metal object that was flying to the distance and flickered in the wind, and he looked happily at the king snake in front of him, which was still nearly two-thirds in the sand.
Suddenly, at the moment when the man was a little happy, the sand around his feet suddenly swelled up. Before the man could react, a slanted black shadow rose from the ground. It was another smaller king snake. In an instant, the man body is bound.
"asshole!"
The man said that he was about to reach for the spear, but the next second the man was pulled down to the ground by the king snake wrapped around his body. With a creaking sound, the man's left hand was suddenly clenched.
woohoo
Accompanied by a burst of violent sirens, bursts of violent and rapid clicking sounds sounded instantly, the sound of mechanical gears, and the sound of water vapor whistled instantly. White water vapor came out, and the hot water vapor burned the scales of the king snake in an instant. It seemed to feel severe pain, and the force of the entanglement not only did not decrease, but increased.
The whining sound continued, and a large amount of water vapor continuously gushed out from the small holes around the man's armor.
"Damn, this is a high temperature close to 1000 degrees."
The twisting stopped, and part of the King Snake's body had been dissolved, exposing the dark bones inside, as well as some flowing juices. Within a few minutes, the man began to retch.
"It's disgusting."
The man struggled desperately, trying to break free, but he could only look at the sky helplessly. Under the window of the crow mask was a pair of helpless and irritable eyes.
woohoo
pat pat
In the distant sky, a black dot moved towards this side. With the sound of getting closer, there was a huge empty boat in the sky. The surface of the empty boat was the body of a blood-red crow with wings spread. pattern, with the words G29 next to it.
As the airship got closer and closer, the man on the ground who was still entangled by the dead king snake laughed.
"You guys are counted. Today's harvest is quite good, but I got rid of one of them. The leather may not be usable, and the bones are more or less useful. Anyway, it's pig feed."
The upper part of the empty boat is nearly 30 meters long, and a boat with multiple propellers is suspended below, nearly 15 meters long. With the sound of the whistle, the empty boat slowly landed on the ground, and some people wearing the same Wearing Crow Protective Mask.
"Idiot, I guess your steam battle armor is broken, repairing it is a lot of money, we G29 can't afford a fool like you who always ruins good things."
At this time, several men came over and began to take out a pair of small knives. The handle of the knife was a hollow tube, and there were also some small holes for air outlet. The blade was also a bit weird, like a track, with a circle of sharp sawtooth. The shaped object is at the edge, and at this time, several mechanisms under the handle of the knife are pulled.
Nearly 10 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide, the gear mechanism inside the handle began to move, and with the gushing steam, the sawtooth on the blade began to rotate rapidly, whining, and soon several The man took a knife and cut the body of the king snake that was entangled with the man on the ground, and the juice splashed everyone.
"Dragon Curse, I think you still have time to go home. After all, your brother doesn't seem to be having a good life now. Ibrahi is just wasting time. He has made mine 39 our mine for that research. The burden of Twilight City."
At this moment, after the man named Dragon Curse finally broke free, the woman in front of him came over and kicked him. The metal skeleton on the edge of the bat's wings was already disfigured, and some black liquid continued to drip out.
"It's leaking, bastard, it's troublesome now, you guys hurry up and take this stupid pig back."
A group of people carried the Dragon Curse into the airship with four hands and four legs, and then a few people stayed behind, planning to dispose of the corpses of the two king snakes first. Many parts can be used as production parts. The harvest this time For the G29, it is very good.
The wind is still howling, under this gray-black sky, there is nothing, the transparent ball is still rolling in the wind, before the wind starts to be violent, the ball starts to rise in the wind, and below is a big black There are many strange-shaped plants growing in the forest, as well as some dark animals, wandering in the forest.
There are many forests like this in this land with only wind and sand, but this is what the locals call a "forest", perhaps because they have never seen a real forest.
After the ball floated for a certain distance, it crossed a forest. At this time, not far away, on a sand dune, there were huge metal pipes that rose from the ground to the sky. There were some small holes on the surface of the pipes. holes, but these small holes are only for huge pipes, but they are actually pipes with a diameter of one meter.
噗噗
One side of the dune suddenly bulged, and then the sand sprayed out like a gushing stream of water, a large amount of sand rose up, the small ball sank into a small opening of the huge metal pipe, and slowly fell towards the dark bottom go down.
There was a rustling sound, and at the bottom of the huge tube was a pair of intertwined black and red and vine-like things wriggling, but after the ball fell, these black and red vines began to curl up and spread out in all directions. The ball fell down.
At the bottom of the pitch black is an open flower like a sun disc. When the ball fell down, a large amount of sand also fell down, and the open sun disc suddenly shrank.
微光历2276年,10月31日,下午5点43分
clang clang
A young man with a tired look and a beard was wearing a shoulder bag and a bag of things on his back. The sound came from the metal objects in the bag that the man was carrying collided with the guardrail next to him.
The man's cheeks were greasy, and sweat and dirt covered the man's cheeks. He looked very tired, but his expression was extremely happy and relaxed.
The man was walking on a long metal passage built in the air along the mountain wall. From time to time, some sand and soil would fall down with the violent roar, making the man ashamed. He could only shake his hair and slap his cheeks .
The path built along the mountain wall is nearly 3 meters wide, and below the man is a flowing water stream, which is somewhat black in color and has a pungent stench, and beside the small river is a rail.
This is a huge underground cave extending obliquely. The light inside the cave is somewhat dim. When the man raised his head, what he saw was a huge transparent cover emitting a faint light.
On the opposite wall of the cave, there are terraced fields from bottom to top, in which potatoes are planted. There are solar lamp poles on both sides of the terraces. During the day, the only crystal luminous cover above is used to supply the plants. At night, the sun lights will light up, and such terraced fields can be seen everywhere in Shimmer City.
This round and elongated underground cave with a diameter of more than 500 meters is the center of Shimmer City, and it is also the junction point connecting all mine cities, the place where steam trains must pass, and it is also the place where sewage is collected and treated.
The whole cave looks extremely empty, Long Yu stopped at the guardrail, he has been walking for five days, and he is about to return to his home, No. 39 Mine, all the mine cities are located in the center called Kimberley The surrounding area is connected by tunnels, and the steam train is the only means of transportation in Shimmer City.
It's just that the price is not cheap. Long Yu carefully opened his satchel. Inside was a small metal box. After pressing the button of the box, the lid popped open, and there were pieces wrapped in black and red vines Long Yu had a look of relief on his face. He hadn't seen his wife and two children for more than half a year.
"They should grow a little taller!"
The place where Long Yu went to exchange for work was in the remote No. 103 mine pit in the west. In the entire Shimmer City, it was a situation of bartering. At this time, a whistling siren sounded. There was a steaming white steam, and a steam train carrying guests and supplies roared past.
"It's too expensive to sit back and ask for 10 eggs. If you have 5 eggs, it's about the same."
Long Yu rested his chin on his hand and watched the steam train roaring past with a smile on his face.
At this time, the black and red vines in Long Yu's backpack crawled out, and immediately the vines burned without fire. Long Yu was startled, and hurriedly closed the box. He was startled, and almost died.
The black and red vines in the metal box are the power of the gods in Shimmer City. This power that facilitates the lives of residents is called Akuanguo. It is a power bestowed on humans by the gods after the high priest Laika communicated with the gods.
It's just that the power of the gods seems to be afraid of light, as long as they come into contact with a little light, they will disappear in ashes and smoke.
Both legs could no longer walk a step. Long Yu sat by the mountain wall, feeling a surge of longing in his heart. His wife and children should have a better life now, because Long Yu would send things to him every month. go back.
The smoked pork hind legs on the back are the settlement of Long Yu's last work, and the 100 eggs in the satchel were replaced by Long Yu with an electric steam valve.
Looking up at the translucent crystal cover above his head, Long Yu began to fantasize about going outside again. Long Yu had never been outside, but from time to time he would listen to the crows telling about the outside world, the strange animals and plants, and the land on the ground. What exactly is there.
Thinking of the crow, Long Yu couldn't help but think of his elder brother Long Jue. Seven or eight years ago, because of the death of his parents, the two brothers had extremely serious differences on the future. Yu couldn't leave because he only had eyes for the pig farm princess.
The two brothers fought for this. The crow that the elder brother wanted to go to was the security maintenance and mediation organization of Shimmer City, and also the army of Shimmer City. It was responsible for investigating the outside world, bringing back some resources, etc. Their treatment was Shimmer City. The best is the subordinate of High Priest Laika.
This is the dream of many people, but if you want to enter the crow, you have to go bankrupt. To become a qualified crow, you need to receive a lot of rigorous training in steam machinery, combat investigations, etc., but all of this must be supported by yourself, so The elder brother, Longma, exchanged the 3 steam generators left by his parents for everything he needed for the 4 years of training in the Crow.
When the family property was emptied, Long Yu didn't know it. For this reason, he fought with his brother, and finally his brother left. The sad life he has now is also caused by that ruthless brother.
A year ago, my brother came back and brought me a lot of things, but Long Yu didn't accept it. He looked down on his brother from the bottom of his heart, and he would not accept any assistance from his brother, because in Long Yu's view, he is now The happiest, successfully married the princess of the pig farm, and gave birth to children with the princess.
Click
At this time, accompanied by a shock, some sand on the cave wall fell again, but there was a faint light in the falling sand, Long Yu hurriedly got up, ran over quickly, and found that it had fallen from the ventilation hole. A translucent ball fell down, and there was a piece of shiny silver metal inside, Long Yu hurriedly grabbed it.
As soon as he touched the translucent ball, Long Yu felt a sense of wonder, because the outer mold of this small ball didn't look like plastic, it felt more like mud. Long Yu tried to pinch it hard, The ball didn't burst, but was sunken. After playing with it for a while, Long Yu found that even if his finger pricked the ball, it wouldn't burst.
"A broken sign!"
On the silver-white metal sheet inside, a line of small characters was engraved, and Long Yu directly pierced it with his fingers, holding the metal sheet.
璀璨城Edjk847damxu1ijdfcnxcmuqo2jh89jcfzlkxmc0823or
Looking at this string of incomparably weird number symbols, and some places with horizontal bars, Long Yu suddenly lost interest, thinking that maybe it was just a pendant hanging around his neck by someone, but felt like mud to this translucent touch, no matter what The small ball that remained in its original shape no matter how it was punctured became very interested. Long Yu took out a metal plate from the small ball, stroked it and found that it was just some kind of alloy. Shimmer City is still quite common and not worth much at all.
Long Yu just wanted to throw away this piece of metal, but suddenly remembered that he only wanted to go back and forgot to buy a gift for his wife. Long Yu continued to look at this small sign, if he could transform the edge , It’s not bad if it’s made into a pendant, and the string of things on it is worn off, the silver color looks good under the light.
Long Yu stuffed the small card with the length of his thumb and the translucent ball about the length of his palm into his bag. He tiredly took out a bottle of water, took a sip, took out some dried mushrooms and stuffed them into the bag. In his mouth, his hunger was relieved temporarily, and he continued to walk, at most a few hours away from the No. 39 pit where he lived.
"What a failure. I walked for 5 days. If I had known earlier, I would have taken the steam train."
It's the end in front of him, and there is no light in the next place, Long Yu sighed helplessly, holding on to the guardrail next to him, intending to go directly into the small cave in front of him, and at the end of the river, in the water, you can see a A huge black-red flower-like object like a mouth. This is Morimer who is in charge of sewage treatment. It is also the power bestowed on humans by God after the high priest Laika communicated with God. Morimer is also responsible for dealing with the external exhaust. The sand that seeps down and those substances that are harmful to the human body, including the air purification of Shimmer City.
Long Yu, who was submerged in the long dark cave, held on to the guardrail and walked step by step. Although he had a steam lamp for lighting, Long Yu didn't want to use it. The most troublesome part of the machine is wear and tear. Every time it is used, the machine will be consumed. , The number of times this small steam lamp is used is about 1000 times. Either replace the parts or replace it directly, but neither is cheap.
For some core parts, several eggs are needed for a small piece, or some sweet potatoes. If you replace them with meat, it will not be much better.
In the dark, Long Yu hummed, this is a distant song, it is a song that everyone in Shimmer City can sing, every year during the High Priest's Festival, it will be played on the steam speaker, Long Yu wants to sing it several times Go, it's just that the best No. 1 pit in Shimmer City is not accessible to people like Long Yu.
Except for the dust and sand falling from time to time in the darkness, there is no sound, which makes it easier for Long Yu to fantasize. In fact, he is also very envious of his brother, who can go to the outside world.
Many people have never been to the outside world in their whole life. They just heard that there are forests, and they have seen pictures, but they have never seen them. As for why humans live here, according to word of mouth of the older generation, it is God’s greed for humans. The punishment was lowered, and mankind has since lost the right to live on the earth.
This Kimberley mine is the best proof of human greed. Long Yu also took history classes in school. This huge mine was dug out by humans with bare hands. Long Yu has also seen it for something called a diamond, but it is very hard. , looks beautiful, but it is difficult to use on some steam machines.
Thinking of this, Long Yu couldn't help laughing. He felt that the people in the past were really stupid. For such flashy things, they spent so much effort digging underground. The center Kimberley is nearly 1100 meters above the ground, and other mines are similar. , but above the center so that the water can circulate continuously through the Morrimer for all to use.
It took humans 100 years to dig this huge mine. Long Yu also heard people say that diamonds used to be more valuable in the human world. It is said that a diamond can be exchanged for many things, but Long Yu is not very Believe it, I always feel that it is too fake, so an unusable thing is just hung on the body, and it would be nice to be able to exchange it for an egg.
Long Yu was a little tired again, he sat down, and took out a ticking pocket watch from his bosom, the slight light was on, it was already 7:23 in the evening, Long Yu smiled helplessly, It will take at least a few hours to walk like this, but soon Long Yu can go to No. 19 mine city, and the idea of going to No. 19 mine city to rest for a night appeared in his mind, but this idea was immediately put on the inside of the pocket watch cover. The photos of his wife and children were removed.
Long Yu took out a wind-up voice box from his trouser pocket, which was only as long as his big finger. He twisted the wind-up, and soon there was a burst of joy, and the music with the bell sound came out. This is what he gave to his daughter. Gift.
Cheerful music echoed in the long, dark corridor. Long Yu quickened his pace a little. A faint light came from a distance, as well as bursts of clicks. Long Yu knew that he was not far from the No. 19 pit. , can again bask in the twilight.
A dim yellow light shines through the opening, and Long Yu happily ran out following the rhythm of the wind-up music box.
"Really good."
Long Yu looked enviously at the prosperous scene of the No. 19 mining pit city in front of him, and stopped for a while. In front of him was a large building located in the mining pit.
The rattling sound was endless, the huge gears on the surface of the houses were slowly turning, and steam was constantly sprayed out from the houses. Although it was not bright, the warm and soft light formed a large area. golden.
The streets and alleys are full of lively scenes. From time to time, you can hear the snoring of pigs, the lowing of cows, and the clucking of chickens. Noise, Long Yu licked his lips, really wanted to go to a tavern to have a drink, but 5 eggs and a glass of wine are a bit extravagant for Long Yu.
People in the streets and alleys are wearing clothes made of leather, colorful, hats made of grotesque animals, and those clockwork clothes with steam machinery, with some decorations rotating slightly on their bodies.
There was a buzzing sound, Long Yu saw a shimmering firefly flying towards this side, he was startled, on the way down to the No. 19 pit, a group of children ran over shouting.
砰
A palm-sized large mechanical firefly full of gears and connecting parts hit the mountain wall, then stopped moving, and its wings seemed to be damaged.
"Huai Molei, you idiot, how could you fly this way?"
A little girl ran over angrily. This is a children's toy, and her own children also have it, but it is smaller. The children sized up Long Yu and picked it up from Long Yu's side. Only mechanical firefly toys.
"Be careful next time!"
Long Yu said, watching a bunch of noisy children running down.
"Uncle, would you like to come to our tavern for a drink, we will have an event today, and we will give you some beans."
A little boy with a snot in his nose and wearing a black blue leather metal jacket turned his head and asked, Long Yu coughed.
"Fat boy, I'm only 26 years old."
Several children made faces at Long Yu, and then continued to play and laugh. Long Yu saw that the steam train passing by before him stopped on the railroad tracks in the center of the city. A large number of people were near the truck. Goods were being moved down, while some were put up, and the train inspectors were busy.
Long Yu lay on the guardrail, sighed silently, and thought it would be great if he could move here with his wife, but according to the current situation, it is unlikely, the number of mine pit 19 is not too many, nearly 2 Thousands of people, looking at these mechanical metal houses standing on both sides of the railway tracks, Long Yu thought of his own house again, and he had to do many things by himself.
Among the pedestrians coming and going on the street, there are some people wearing tight black leather steam suits and crow masks walking around. These are crow people. They never show their true colors, because they need to deal with a lot of residents every day dispute.
Looking at the long stairs going down beside him, Long Yu swallowed from time to time, but in the end he held back. At this time, there was a trace of commotion near the corridor built on the protruding part of the cave wall. In an alley of light, a butcher from a pig farm quarreled with a man carrying a bag.
Although the stairs are very long, more than 20 meters long, the voice can be heard clearly. There was a dispute between the two because of the transaction. The man who came to buy meat was carrying a bag of pumpkin seeds. With the hefty linen bag weighing at least 5 kilograms, seeds are also a relatively valuable thing here, but only when the party who wants to buy them has no food pressure.
"Why are you so unreasonable? Isn't it worth the price? A bag of pumpkin seeds is exchanged for 20 kilograms of meat? You only gave me 15 kilograms."
"You fucking don't know how to look yourself. Some of the seeds are moldy. I don't know how many there are."
The man who bought the meat insisted that only a few pieces were moldy, which was different from what he had said before. Long Yu laughed helplessly. After all, if it was him, he would have to compete with the butcher. After all, he had lost a full 5 kilograms of meat.
Cured meat is the only way to preserve the quality of the meat here, but fresh meat will taste very good if it is baked on a steam iron plate with some spices. Long Yu glanced at the eggs in his pocket, one kilogram of fresh meat The price of pork is between 30 and 50 eggs, but it depends on whether the other party is willing to exchange it. Long Yu thought about it and decided to forget it.
The two seemed quite excited. The man carrying the seeds wanted to leave, but the butcher had already cut up all the pork and refused to let go.
At this time, someone on the street picked up the radio contactor and contacted the nearby crows. After a while, several crows came over. One crow held a small book and recorded the remarks of the two in detail. A crow Taking pictures with the camera in hand.
After some negotiation and mediation, the butcher could only cut off 3 kilograms of pork to supply the man who held the seeds in exchange for meat.
Many things in Shimmer City are resolved through negotiation, and all problems can be negotiated. Long Yu glanced at the scattered pedestrians, but at this time, the evaluation of the butcher seems to be not very good. People who originally intended to exchange meat should not trade with this butcher in a short time. After all, such a large bag of seeds can be exchanged for 25 kilograms of meat.
A good seed can even be exchanged for an egg. This is the price of the seed, and there are many things that can be exchanged for some effective edible fungi.
Long Yu went back this time with the intention of cultivating mushrooms in the food greenhouse next to him. Finally, he got some discarded wood from a forest maintainer and got the fungus. Long Yu also looked at the method in detail. As long as he can cultivate If mushrooms come out, life will be better.
At this time, the street near the edge of the mine was deserted. Long Yu sighed helplessly. The butcher seemed a little discouraged. There was only one third of the pork left. The pig merchant could only take a knife and start dismembering the pig. The bones are separated from the pork to make pickled pork bones and canned pickled pork.
The butcher skillfully brought over the metal cans that had already been filled with spices and salt water, and Long Yu looked at them with great interest.
"It's really no profiteering."
Long Yu found that the butcher puts very little pork in metal cans, most of which are minced meat and fat meat. Canned pickled products are also the least popular commodity in Shimmer City, because the things packed in iron boxes You can't see it, and you don't know how many edible parts are in it. Some butchers even put bones in cans, and the taste of this canned food is really mediocre.
Watching the man put the clean shaved pig bones into the pickling water for a while, then seal them with a plastic mold. There is a sealing machine next to it. After a while, the butcher finished processing the unsold ones Pork, holding a small bag of pork that looked very good in color, began to pack up, ready to leave.
Long Yu, who was attracted by the prosperity in front of him and the smell of food and alcohol, felt hungry again, so he could only take out the dried mushrooms and continued to chew. The taste was really good, and it could fill his stomach temporarily.
This kind of dried mushrooms boiled with spices and meat bones and dried in water is a relatively delicious high-end product, and it tastes good even when used in stew. Long Yu is only willing to eat a little bit. It is given to him by the old man of the forest guard. , because I work hard.
All families in Shimmer City must learn to be self-sufficient from birth, and only after self-sufficiency can they live, and live to enter this place full of gears, gushing steam, and all kinds of things. A society of grotesque mechanical objects.
The supreme ruler of Twilight City is the High Priest Laika. She has been recognized by the gods, so she has a life span beyond ordinary people. This High Priest is 196 years old. Without her, human beings would not be able to prosper like this survived.
Every year, Priest's Day is also called Repentance Day, which is a festival for people to confess their sins to God, and it is also called Thanksgiving Day, a festival for human beings to thank God for giving them convenience in life.
"Priest!"
Long Yu sighed helplessly. For the people of Twilight City, only those who are favored by the gods can do this kind of job that is extremely clean. Once they become priests, they will become the apostles of the gods, responsible for managing the power that the gods bestow on human beings. .
Usually only children under the age of 15 can get the chance. Long Yu and his elder brother Long Ju were tested by the god priests before they were 15 years old, but they failed because they could not respond to the gods.
"If you can become a priest, you don't have to worry about life."
Long Yu smiled, looking at his muddy feet and an old soft leather jacket, he could only continue walking.
In less than a few minutes, Long Yu came to the dark and lightless passage, and continued to walk for an hour to reach the No. 39 mine where he was located. It was different from the No. 19 mine, and it had already disappeared.
"It's all that old man Ibrahim!"
Thinking of Ibrahi, Long Yu's teeth itch. He used to be the most admired steam machinery scientist in Pit 39, because everyone believed his words and provided him with materials to continue to develop some steam machinery technology. Ibrahim Xi has indeed researched a lot of good steam machines, and bought a lot of good things for the local people, but today is different. A few years ago, Ibrahi suddenly announced that there was a new type of steam machine. Research, everyone is also happy, and fully supports Ibrahim's research.
However, Ibrahi's research has led to the decline of the No. 39 mine, which is also helpless. Compared with the No. 19 mine that Longyu passed by just now, there are only 39 people in the No. 5000 mine, and most of them are elderly people. They can rely on the little labor left to take care of their own land for a living.
It used to be the same as the No. 19 pit, the whole grand occasion full of clicks and clicks has disappeared, and the elder brother Longma may have expected it a long time ago, and he has been persuading himself to let him go to the crow with him.
Steam machinery provides a convenient life for the people in Shimmer City. From labor to daily life, these machinery are indispensable. Without these machinery, people can only work with their own hands. Mine No. 39 There are many steam mechanics in Zhongyuan, and they only need to use some potatoes, eggs, etc. to help them repair or build everything in the house.
As Ibrahi failed again and again in this steam machinery research, these steam mechanics finally left the No. 39 mine pit, and their departure was accompanied by more and more young people leaving.
Long Yu was uneasy in his heart, but there was still hope. He patted his satchel, and there were bacteria in it. This thing might bring a little hope to the No. 39 mine. In the urban area of the mine in the east, the value of mushrooms is very high.
This delicious and nutritious food goes well with many foods, and many people like it, which is also convenient for buying some things.
Long Yu also fantasized about becoming a steam mechanic in the past, but the conditions at home did not allow it. After finishing the cognitive class, he could only go back home to help. In such a cave, the output of crops is very unstable Yes, Long Yu was also hungry when he was a child.
The harvest was not very good that time, so my father had no choice but to exchange the only camera at home for a bag of potatoes to help them survive the bad harvest.
Long Yu was exhausted. He had been walking on foot for the past 5 days. When he was really tired, he would rest overnight in the corridor close to the city. The temperature in the cave was not too cold, but rather warm.
His legs were a little numb, and Long Yu couldn't move anymore. He pressed his hands on the guardrail and moved forward step by step.
"I would have taken the steam train if I had known."
patter
Long Yu fell to the ground, his legs could no longer move, he smiled bitterly, and walked for 5 days for ten eggs, which means that most people should laugh.
At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the darkness, Long Yu watched vigilantly, his hand had already been put behind the soft leather jacket, and he took out a steam gun in his hand, which was used for self-defense , six steel nails can be fired in a row at a time.
"Who!"
Long Yu asked, there were still rustling noises from the wall less than three meters away from him. After holding the steam gun for a few minutes, Long Yu realized something, he hurriedly took out the steam lamp, just now Wanting to open it, a serious and gloomy female voice came from the wall.
"Don't turn on the lights, I'll give you a ride, young man!"
Long Yu seemed to realize something, wanted to get up but couldn't get up.
"My lord, I'm really sorry."
Although Long Yu has only seen it once, these priests use the power bestowed by gods to move under the wrapping of black and red vines. This kind of power bestowed by God named Skyo is very incredible, and at the same time, it also has the function of purifying the air.
Long Yu felt that his feet were entangled by some smooth and fleshy things, and his body began to move slowly. He was very excited in his heart. Priests are very difficult to see on weekdays. After being recognized by God, as a medium between gods and humans, if they give power to humans, they will also become like the power of gods, unable to bathe in the sun, so priests are extremely awe-inspiring existences in Shimmer City. The same is true for Long Yu, who is in awe of these priests who are active all over Shimmer City and never receive any reward from the people.
Cities can continue to exist, and human beings can survive without these priests. Those who are chosen as priests can only live in darkness forever, and have no way to touch the light for their entire lives.
"My lord priest, your voice is very young!"
Long Yu happily asked, and there was a burst of desolate laughter from the thing that could only be seen as a swollen outline on the wall.
"Yeah, maybe I'm still young, what's your name young man!"
Long Yu found that this priest was very kind. The priest Long Yu had met before was extremely violent. Long Yu saw that priest directly eating several thieves with the power of God.
"Long Yu!"
As soon as Long Yu's words fell, he felt that Skaio, who was downloading himself, stopped in an instant.
"dragon?"
A slightly bitter laughter came.
"There are quite a lot of people with the surname Long."
"correct."
As Long Yu said, he had indeed met people with the same surname as himself in various mine cities.
"Maybe I shouldn't have expected it!"
When the voice of the female priest came, Long Yu could hear that she was a little melancholy, but seeing that the priest was so gentle and kind, Long Yu tried to ask.
"Master Priest, do you have any troubles!"
"Young man, troubles, as long as there are creatures with feelings and thoughts, they will exist, even crops, maybe machines too!"
Long Yu hummed, he would not doubt any words of the priest, although it sounds absurd, but the priests are all out of the human category.
The speed of moving began to increase, and Long Yu asked some more questions later, but the priest just smiled, that vicissitudes and powerless smile.
A gleam of light appeared in the place in front of him, and Long Yu happily said thank you, with a strong sense of awe.
"came back!"
At a glance, Long Yu saw the big clock tower with lights in the center of the No. 39 mine pit next to the railroad tracks. Most of the electric and lighting equipment in the city are damaged and aging to varying degrees, because there are no steam mechanics here, and most people can only buy small steam generators for their own homes.
Long Yu's home was in the dark for a long time, and he could only live by the dim light of the clock tower for a while. The only steam power generation equipment in the house needed to supply light to the fields to harvest crops. The reason why Yu went out to work.
In the first month of work, Long Yu bought a steam generator and sent it back to his wife and children. He stood up excitedly.
"No matter where it is, no matter how dark it is, there is always light!"
"Yes!"
As Long Yu said, he suddenly turned around and saw a female priest wrapped in a large number of black and red vines with only her head and shoulders exposed. She looked very beautiful, with a faint purple light on her skin , and the priest also noticed Long Yu's gaze, and she smiled gently.
"Have you ever heard that phrase, young man?"
Long Yu nodded and said.
"This is a saying passed down in our family."
The priest smiled and nodded.
"It's just that before this light appears, it is always accompanied by long-term darkness. As humans, how should we grasp this beam of light! The punishment of God may be because we humans have been immersed in the light for too long, and we continue to ask for it. In the end, there is only darkness left, and the punishment of heaven may be a trial given to us by God!"
"Why do you know"
Long Yu said proudly, but at this moment he noticed that the priest next to him was looking at him strangely.
"I will recite it since I was a child, Destroyer of Worlds!"
For a moment, purple particles floated in the air, and the priest in front of him suddenly greeted him. Long Yu was caught off guard and wanted to back away, but was already entangled by black and red vines.
"Don't be nervous young man, I'm just feeling your body."
Long Yu relaxed a little bit, the light in front of his eyes approached a little bit, a bit of icy chill came from his forehead, the priest directly pressed his forehead on Long Yu's forehead, at this time Long Yu felt a stabbing pain , it was Skaio's power that pierced his body.
After a few minutes, Long Yu was let go by the priest in front of her, and she showed a brilliant smile.
"Please remember to be vigilant! Be more vigilant, future vigilantes! Light does not only exist in front of your eyes, it also exists in your heart!"
"You know that too? World Destroyer!"
The female priest nodded gently.
"I once had a friend named Gene who told me a lot about the Destroyer of Worlds."
Long Yu looked at the priest a little strangely. A name like Jin seemed a little weird in Shimmer City.
"Perhaps as Gene said, when hope is about to disappear, as long as you don't give up, new hope will appear again."
The female priest looked at her eyes brightly as she spoke, smiling and moving along with the black and red vines under her feet.
"Good-bye, young man, perhaps we shall see each other soon!"
Long Yu stood still in place, and only remembered for a while.
"My lord priest, what's your name!"
In front of Long Yu's eyes, on the side of the road going down, beside the flowing sewage river, there are huge sunflowers one by one. This is Morimer. The priest in front of him quickly entered Morimer's big mouth, always smiling .
"My name is Laika, young boy!"
For a moment, Long Yu's eyes widened, and he looked at the priest who had already submerged in the Sunflower in disbelief.
"Your name is Laika?"
Long Yu ran over in a hurry, but the female priest was no longer in sight.
"Is that High Priest Laika? Really?"
After a while, Long Yu cheered excitedly. It was the first time that such a thing happened. He was able to see the supreme high priest Laika. , couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart, and approached the sun wheel flower step by step. At this time, many black and red vines on the ground rose up, as if they were stopping Long Yu, and Long Yu came back to his senses.
His legs are still tired, but Long Yu has strength again, he came back, Long Yu bowed respectfully, then turned and ran to the bridge on the small river into the city, following the lights of the bell tower in the distance, Long Yu is familiar with this place He ran quickly, his home was in the east of the city, not far from the clock tower, and there was still some light near the clock tower.
Surrounded by houses with gears and metal pipes, some houses are lit, some are dark, and many metal buildings are old and rusty. Long Yu still remembers that when he was a child, No. prosperity.
At this time, the long-pressed longing in Long Yu's heart broke out in one breath. He wanted to go home quickly. He just talked with his wife on the phone a few days ago. The wife also misses him very much, especially the children. God will ask himself when he will come back.
"Long Yu, you are back!"
I have already seen my own home, a three-story duplex mechanical building, with a large pile of mechanical parts and gears that fit together on the front, and rows of large pipes. The second floor of the home is lit.
"Grandma Puzzle!"
Long Yu shouted, and next to him was a crooked old woman with a rattling glowing cane, wearing a cat head hat, a pair of single-frame glasses, and wearing thick cylindrical glasses. The hard leather mechanical jacket, the mechanical jacket jingled, the gears were turning slowly, and from time to time, steam would be emitted from the back of the jacket where it rushed over the head.
This kind of mechanical suit is to help those with limited mobility. It has machinery embedded in the legs to walk instead of feet.
"Are there any eggs!"
Puzel said, pointing to a bag of potatoes next to his hut, each potato is not big, some are small.
"I'll exchange a bag of potatoes for 10 of your eggs, is that okay?"
Long Yu didn't want to change it, but he finally agreed. He opened the satchel, carefully took out 10 eggs from it, and entered the dimly lit Grandma Puzel's house, and put the eggs in the In the sackcloth basket next to him, he came out and picked up this pile of potatoes, which were covered with dirt and floated lightly.
"Grandma Puzel, if you are free tomorrow, you can bring your grandson to our house for dinner."
The old man smiled, stretched out his distorted hand from the long soft leather sleeve, waved it, and Long Yu turned around with a smile and started to run.
"I'm back, Isha."
Long Yu shouted happily. At this time, there was a sound upstairs, and there was a creaking sound. After the gears next to the metal door made a violent friction sound, the door slowly opened.
A figure had already rushed forward, Long Yu opened his arms and hugged his wife who was only wearing some old commoner clothes.
"father!"
The voices of two children, a boy and a girl, sounded at the same time. Long Yu immediately pushed away his wife Yisha, who was already weeping with joy, and the two children upstairs ran down, and they really grew a lot taller.
"Feifei, Honghong."
His wife gently rested her head on her shoulder, the corners of her mouth twitched. Long Yu held his son Long Fei and daughter Long Hong with both hands. The two little guys were already sniffing. The son Long Fei was 10 years old and the daughter was 8 years old.
"Is Dad a mushroom?"
Long Yu nodded, looked at his beautiful wife affectionately, Yisha kissed her, and Long Yu turned his head sideways.
"I'm going to take a good shower first, you get some gammon, I want a drink."
The wife still kissed and leaned gently in Long Yu's arms, and with the creaking sound, the door was slowly closed.
clang clang
12pm
As usual, the clock tower rang the evening bell to remind those who hadn't slept yet.
Several people wearing crow masks gathered in the hall of the clock tower. This is the headquarters of the crows in Pit 39. The crows are stationed here and manage Pit 39. In addition to daily training, the crows will go from house to house. Take some food, and how much you charge is up to the local crows, but most don't go too far.
This is the rule established by the high priest Laika after the turmoil in Shimmer City ended early in the morning. The crows serve Shimmer City, and the residents of Shimmer City have to support the crows.
Jingle Bell
There was a rush of phone calls. This was a long-distance call, and only the crow headquarters had it. Residents only had short-range radio communication equipment at most.
A black phone hung on the wall rang quickly, G39's crow captain ran over and picked it up, but in the next second, the captain froze in place.
"Yes, I see, Lord Raven!"
The moment he hung up the phone, there were already crows around him.
"What happened to the head?"
"It's the order of the high priest Laika. In our No. 39 mine pit, the Chosen One appeared, and there were two of them."
In an instant, everyone was jubilant. The so-called God's Chosen is someone who is chosen by God to become a priest. Once this person becomes a priest, the place where this person is will receive the supreme reward from the high priest Laika. And this family can get food delivered by steam train in the future.
"The Chosen One has appeared! In our No. 39 Mine City, dear citizens, repeat again, the Chosen One has appeared in our No. 39 Mine City, and there are two of them! Just now I received an order from the High Priest Laika, In a few days, High Priest Laika will come over in person."
There was a rattling sound, accompanied by the sound of whining steam, lights were lit up in many places in Pit No. 39, someone ran out of the house, and the whole town boiled instantly.
"Did you hear that dear!"
Long Yu, who was sitting in a metal cylindrical bathtub, stood up, smiled excitedly, and hugged his wife next to him. Everyone knew what this meant. Once the Chosen One appeared, the nearby The mine city will also send congratulatory gifts, this is the oldest custom in Shimmer City, and it is something that everyone should be happy about.
Serving the gods is a very joyful thing, and there are still two chosen by the gods, Long Yu is so happy, he just remembered meeting the high priest Laika at this time, his wife looked at Long Yu in disbelief.
The streets began to boil, and some residents who were reluctant to turn on the lights on weekdays turned on the steam lamps in their homes, as if the city was reborn in an instant.
"Okay, no dad! My sister is stealing dried mushrooms."
The immature voice of son Long Fei came out, and the hugging husband and wife hugged each other tightly at this moment, and Yisha pushed Long Yu away with a blushing heart.
"Wait until the children are asleep, and then bear it! Also, be careful this time, if there is another one, our life will be very difficult."
Long Yu smiled embarrassingly, and quickly scrubbed his body. He looked at the grand occasion outside the window. Today is obviously not the Priest's Day, but it seems to be a festival. This kind of grand scene has not appeared for several years, just for a moment, Long Yi's mood became enlightened.
Soon the whole family gathered happily around the table in the dining room on the second floor and began to eat. The daughter and son seemed to have not eaten meat for a long time, and they desperately ate the fried meat that their mother had just made.
There are still some opened metal cans in the corner of the kitchen, including vegetables and meat. His wife made a big pot of soup. Long Yu looked at the wine in the small glass bottle at hand. In the second half, he unscrewed the bottle comfortably and took a sip. The fatigue of the past 5 days seemed to be relieved. Someone knocked on the door, but Long Yu just stretched out his head and told them that he just came back and would go down later.
However, I don’t know why, the neighborhood of his home is getting more and more lively, Long Yu also feels strange, knocking on the door keeps ringing, Long Yu can only go downstairs, press the mechanism by the door, some old rusty doors Little by little, what Long Yu saw was the crow's captain and other team members.
"Congratulations, Long Yu."
The captain gave Long Yu a hug as soon as they met.
"It was your sons and daughters who were chosen priests."
For a moment Long Yu stared dumbfounded at the residents surrounding the street, everyone was saying blessings, but the next second Long Yu's heart was a little cold, which meant that he and his son and daughter would be separated for a long time, Maybe never again.
It was obviously a happy event, but Long Yu's smile was a bit dignified. He recalled the body induction that the high priest Laika made to him before, and Long Yu was not sure if it had something to do with that body induction.
Long Yu hurriedly asked.
"Did some priest come here while I was away?"
The captain shook his head.
"No priest has been here. It has been a long time since a priest has been in this city, so I was quite shocked when I received the notice, and it was the order of the high priest Laika."
Speaking of which, the captain turned around and gave the order to let the Crow's people patrol the vicinity 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of the Chosen One.
Neighbors from the neighborhood came over, and some even brought gifts. Although Long Yu was refusing, he had no choice but to accept it. After making the promise for half an hour, Long Yu said that he was very tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
"Wow, why does Dad have so many things?"
Daughter Long Hong ran over and took the things from Long Yu. Long Yu smiled bitterly and said that it was a gift from a neighbor in the neighborhood, and his wife Yisha also noticed the strangeness in Long Yu's eyes.
After her son and daughter were full, Isa took the two little ones upstairs. Up the third floor, there were corridors. On the left was the children's room, and on the right was the bedroom of Isha and Long Yu.
Long Yu drank the wine quietly, the dishes on the table were already tasteless, and the two children were about to be taken away.
"It's obviously something to be happy about, why?"
Long Yu took a big sip, the wine had already bottomed out, he picked up a bottle of wine he just got from a neighbor, unscrewed it and drank it vigorously.
The rattling sound outside the house was still coming in from time to time, and the enthusiasm of everyone cheering was still high, because this is indeed something to be happy about.
"What exactly happened!"
At 1 o'clock in the morning, Isha went downstairs. He looked at her husband who looked melancholy and a little drunk, walked over and sat at the metal dining table, pressing Long Yu's hand.
After a while, Long Yu told the truth, and in the next second, Yisha's face showed an extremely complicated expression. The two children were brought up by the husband and wife. Both husband and wife were reluctant, but the priest's order is absolute, absolutely It cannot be violated, and this time it is the order of the high priest Laika.
In the small dining room, the husband and wife leaned against each other, and Isa also drank a little wine. Neither of them was drunk, but sober, and they lost the interest in the bathroom just now.
"There are still a few days left, let's spend time with the children!"
As Isa said, Long Yu hummed, turned around and carried his wife upstairs. After the lights in the kitchen were turned off, the clicking sound stopped, and the hustle and bustle outside also calmed down at this time, but the crows could be seen people wandering around their houses.
The couple stood at the door of the children. Through the small hole by the door, they could see that the two children were already asleep, accompanied by the dim light.
Long Yu curled up at the door, sobbing in his throat, he couldn't cry anymore, his wife was also crying silently, the husband and wife could only hug each other, living in darkness all their lives, it was something they never thought about.
After calming down a little, the couple returned to the bedroom under the dim light, and lay on the bed quietly hugging each other, neither of them could fall asleep.
"Obviously something to be happy about!"
Yisha nodded lightly, and Long Yu looked restlessly at the glimmer of light cast from the distant bell tower. No matter it was day or night, the scene here was the same. There is not much difference, just to adapt to the work and rest time.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, neither the husband nor wife can sleep peacefully, the sudden good news makes the husband and wife feel terrible.
"I want to get up and walk."
Long Yu said, his wife nodded, the two got up again, and went back to the dining room on the second floor, then Long Yu opened the door of the storage room, a room full of food and different smells, piled up with some Steam machinery, metal, and some food, but most of them were potatoes and sweet potatoes, and some eggs. Long Yu turned on the steam lamp next to the storage room, and the clicking sound came again.
On a small mechanical table directly opposite the storage room, there are a bunch of old framed photos. These are the generations of the Long family. Long Yu walked over and saw the photos of himself and his wife on the table. At the front are my father and mother, and then my grandparents. I saw a handsome man wearing clothes different from the current era. His name is Long Fan, and he is the ancestor of the Long family. , already 200 years ago.
This is also the habit of everyone in Shimmer City. Every family will have photos of each generation. This is a means to prevent the loss of some city records of the crows. There will be some brief introductions behind the photos.
It’s just that in the photo of Long Fan at the top, there are four children in front of him, but the photo of the grandmother next to Long Fan is incomplete. Photos, this issue is not very clear to everyone.
Long Yu opened the drawer under the table, a heavy book covered with dust, with four large characters of World Destroyer printed on it.
An inexplicable sense of sadness lingered around the couple, Long Yu still told his wife about the high priest touching him before, maybe it had something to do with that incident.
"Feifei and Honghong are still so young, I really"
Isha sobbed again while talking, Long Yu smiled and recalled the place where he met the high priest Laika, and he showed a relieved smile for a while.
"I feel that the high priest Laika is a gentle and kind person. Why don't you ask her to disqualify our child from being the God's Chosen One."
"is it possible!"
Yisha asked, and Long Yu nodded.
"Talk to her sincerely about our feelings as parents of children, maybe it will work!"
Tick tick
The second hand on the clock tower is still spinning, it's 3:11 in the morning
The city of mine pit No. 39 finally fell into silence, only the clock tower was still dimly lit, and three figures appeared on the corridor built beside the mine.
The three people were of different heights, two men and one woman. One of them was a tall man with a long steam knife on his back. He stared sharply at the bell tower in the distance.
"How ironic!"
Said a woman of medium height and well-proportioned figure, all three wore soft leather masks, the woman was a slender fox, the man a lion, and the shortest with a high-pitched voice was a monkey.
The three of them walked down the long stairs and came to the riverside that exuded the stench. At this time, the three of them looked at the Sunflower on the left.
"Don't regret it! If we capture the chosen one, things will get out of hand."
The Lion spoke, and the Fox giggled.
"It's already out of control, after all, we are all wanted criminals."
The monkey laughed, and he walked to the side of some sunflowers. At this time, the black and red vines on the ground stood up. The monkey took out a hand-held steam lamp from the long strip backpack on his back, and started The moment the light was turned on, these vines burned without fire immediately after being illuminated by the light.
"Don't play monkeys, let's move quickly, there is only half an hour at most."
The three said that they quickly crossed the small bridge and started running. All three of them were wearing some weird steam armor, which looked different from the armor worn by the crows, and was lighter.
Soon the three of them came to Long Yu's house. The lion took off the big knife on his back and held it with both hands. The fox next to him pressed his hands under the lion's shoulder armor. She swallowed breathlessly.
"Move faster monkey."
The monkey raised his hands, and there seemed to be suction cups on his palms. He quickly climbed to the top of a house, and took out a nearly one-meter-long steam gun from the cylindrical bag on his back. There was a cylinder on the support, and the monkey took out some pointed cones the size of thumbs from the trouser pocket, and began to install them one by one in the horizontal strip-shaped holes on the side of the steam gun.
嗖
Accompanied by a violent sound of breaking through the air, there was a whining sound in an instant, and a cloud of white steam spewed out from the butt of the steam gun held in the monkey's hand, and a sharp cone accurately shot through a Crow's neck.
"Go!"
While speaking, the fox pressed the mechanism under the lion's shoulder, the lion roared angrily and rushed out with the steam sword in his hand, the fox turned around and ran quickly.
There was a whining sound, and a large cloud of water vapor spewed out from behind the lion's shoulders, and the sawtooth on the edge of the big knife in the lion's hands turned rapidly, with a little spark.
"Go to hell!"
In an instant, the lion had jumped in front of a crow that had just pulled out a steam pistol, and the big knife cut across the crow's steam armor, splitting him in two.
In the next second, another crow holding a steam spear and planning to launch a stab attack with steam jets fell to the ground. Suddenly, horns and sirens sounded, and crows holding slender steam knives sprayed over one by one.
The lion vigorously waved the big knife in his hand, and a large white steam rose into the air, blurring his vision for a while, but the crows that came close were directly pierced by the long cone and fell to the ground.
砰
Accompanied by a violent sound and a burst of mechanical jamming, the big knife in the lion's hand was blocked by a thick stick, making a hissing sound, accompanied by flying sparks and black smoke, the lion hurriedly He stepped back and let go of the damaged steam sword in his hand. The whistling sound of the siren came oncoming, and there was a huge sound of swinging through the air, and a stick fell in front of him instantly.
The lion clenched his right fist, and with the violent steam gushing out, he punched it.
"Hold on! Damn."
砰
Accompanied by a violent firing sound, the fox raised its arm, and a soft rope pierced the third-floor window of Long Yu's house. At the moment of fixation, the steel cable began to retract into the fox's arm, and her feet kicked on the wall , jumped up and directly slammed into the room on the third floor, protecting his body with his hands.
In front of him were two shivering children sitting on the bed, the fox giggled, but the door of the room opened the next second, the fox nimbly jumped to the bedside, grabbed the immobile girl, and took out A steam dagger was pressed against the girl's neck.
"What are you doing!"
Long Yu held the steam gun in his hand. He tremblingly looked at the woman in front of him wearing a fox mask and light steam armor that was easy to move. He only needed to pull the trigger, and the bullet could easily penetrate the woman's body, but Long Yu Yu didn't dare to shoot, Shanshan's wife Yisha, who came behind, covered her mouth and looked at the scene in front of her with tears in her eyes.
There were continuous bursts of clicking sounds below, and shouts were everywhere.
"I'm very sorry to disturb your rest, sir and miss, I want to take these two children away, please put down the gun in your hand, otherwise I would rather kill your son and daughter now, after all, I don't want them to become monsters .”
Long Yu looked at everything in front of him in bewilderment, already stunned, his hands and feet were cold.
"Hurry up."
The roar of the lion came from below. His condition seemed to be bad. At this time, the monkey had already run to the side of the railway track. After looking around, he quickly found a locked iron cabinet. He took out a key, opened the iron cabinet more than two meters high, and a steam rail trolley appeared inside. The monkey immediately pulled out a black tube from the side of the cylindrical metal backpack behind him, and connected it to his right Arm, the hook on the right arm is fixed on the front end of the cart.
"Don't make a mistake for me."
woohoo
A large amount of steam spewed out from the monkey's hands and feet, including the small holes in the steam armor behind him. At this moment, there was a creaking sound, and the heavy steam cart moved a little bit, and was dragged onto the track by the monkey.
"Come here, boy!"
The fox beckoned at this time, and Long Yu could only watch helplessly as his son walked over tremblingly. At this time, the fox suddenly pressed the mechanism on the edge of the armor, and the two children cried out, flying from both sides of the armor. Two ropes came out, and the knot was completed in an instant. The fox jumped directly to the window and fell down.
Long Yu had already turned around and went downstairs. His wife Yisha was crying helplessly. The fox who went downstairs directly used the steam knife in his hand to step on the steel cable, and ran away with the two children.
"Okay, here we go."
At this time, the lion behind a wall heard the shouting, and he took out a round ball from his pocket. After seeing several crows besieging him, he smashed the ball on the ground, and instantly followed As the black smoke rose, the lion clenched his hands, turned on the steam jet, and galloped out at an extremely fast speed.
"Same as the mock!"
Snapped
The lion hugged the fox and the two children with both hands, and rushed across the street, and soon rushed to the edge of the railway track under the surprised eyes of some people.
The steam scooter on the rails was ready, but there was no sign of the monkey, and the two jumped onto the steam scooter without any explanation. There were two big tubes at the rear. Just when the lion was about to press the start button, A hand protruded from behind the cabinet of the cart.
"Be careful."
嗖
The fox suddenly pushed the lion away, and a long awl pierced the fox's shoulder directly, and she cried out in pain.
Long Yu walked out with a expressionless expression on his face, and the monkey was already kneeling on the ground dripping with blood, being held by Long Yu with one hand.
"Let my child go!"
Long Yu roared, but the fox on the cart stopped the two children in front of him after cursing a few words.
"You can shoot, as I said, I will kill them without hesitation."
At this time, the whining sound continued to sound in the distance, and the crows had already come directly from the roof, and the lion glanced at the monkey.
"Sorry."
click
In an instant, accompanied by bursts of rattling sounds, mechanical friction sounds, and humming sounds, the steam scooter started to move. Long Yu had already jumped onto the scooter with one long step, and the monkey looked at the two of them angrily.
"You two assholes"
The instant the words were finished, the lion jumped down, picked up the monkey, roared and ran.
Whizzing
Two long cones pierced the lion's steam armor, and he jumped onto the cart with all his strength. With the increasing speed and a large amount of white water vapor floating up, the steam cart roared and galloped instantly .
Long Yu was still tightly holding the gun in his hand, looking at the crow chasing after him, he was angry at the moment, but within a few minutes, the steam scooter sank into the dark cave, and Long Yu held the gun in his hand. He never put down the gun he was holding.
"Sorry!"
At this moment, the lion opened his mouth to speak, but under the sound of intense steam, it was not convenient to speak at all. The four of them just faced each other in this dark cave.
The first time Long Yu went downstairs, he rushed towards the railway tracks. He knew that the other party had kidnapped his two children and wanted to escape the crow's pursuit. people.
After Long Yu came to the side of the railway track, he saw a man wearing a monkey mask sitting on a steam scooter. Long Yu approached quietly and shot decisively, shooting through the man's foot.
The only place this line can lead to is the quarry. Residents only go there once or twice, and occasionally they can dig out some metals, but they are not very valuable.
The speed of the steam scooter was very fast, Long Yu didn't know what would happen next, but in his impression, this woman wearing a fox mask said that she didn't want to see her child turn into a monster, and two things came to mind. This is the first time I saw a picture of a priest, and he really looked like a monster.
There was a glimmer of light in the darkness. At this time, Long Yu saw that the condition of the fox woman and the monkey man was not good, and they looked a little weak, and the condition of the lion was not much better. The steam armor had been scrapped. Mixed with a smell of blood.
Time passed by every minute and every second, and I don't know how long it has passed. Long Yu felt his arms were numb. At this time, the fox girl had let go of the two children, and the two children crawled to Long Yu's side. Long Yu hugged him with one hand. Holding the two children, leaning against the guardrail of the steam scooter, the hand holding the gun never let go, and it only takes one shot to pierce their heads.
It's just that the two children have returned to their arms, and at this time the lion turned away.
"Don't be nervous, it's just going to be over soon."
Long Yu looked at the three guys in front of him angrily. The fact that they didn't hurt his own children was probably the reason why Long Yu didn't kill them. There were still 5 bullets, more than enough.
It's just that in the bottom of Long Yu's heart at this time, there seems to be another reason. The two children were brought out, so they don't need to be God's Chosen.
At this time, Long Yu hugged the child tightly with both hands.
crunch
Sparks splashed on the rails, the steam scooter shook violently, and the violent brakes made the three people in front of them almost fly, but the lion had already pressed them behind them, holding the guardrail next to them tightly with both hands.
After a while, the car stopped, and the two sides looked at each other, Long Yu's raised arms could no longer hold on.
"Although I don't know what to say to make you believe us, these two children who were chosen as the Chosen One, will become monsters, we were all Raven people once, Shimmer City is not what you see Situation, High Priest Laika is just a bloodthirsty monster, you should have not heard the news of Pit 88 for a long time!"
Long Yu didn't answer, and he didn't know what happened to the No. 88 pit, but it seemed that he hadn't heard of it for a long time, because it seemed to have collapsed there.
"Everyone in Pit No. 88, more than 1 people, had been eaten two years ago, and none left were swallowed up by the high priest Laika."
Long Yu's eyes widened. At this moment, the fox endured the severe pain in his shoulder and put one hand into his pocket. Long Yu subconsciously pulled the trigger.
In the long tunnel, there was a rattling sound, accompanied by the sound of whining steam, and the only glimmer of light disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
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