Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 71

To Li Lin's surprise, his request was more difficult to realize in Zaan.

But after Huck explained a little bit, he suddenly figured it out.

Due to the existence of the Sun Gate Sea Lock, a large amount of sea water was cut off in the Piltover Canal, providing a safe haven for trading ships.

As a result, the coastline along Zaun has relatively little ebb and flow.

But this is only for the pier in Zaan's mid-level plaza.

In the trench area at the bottom, there are still several places with large tidal drop, so they have not been developed into the coastline of the wharf.

There is still a large gap between the trench area and the lower half of the middle square.

Li Lin wanted to spend some money to take the elevator down with Huck, but unexpectedly he refused and proposed another plan.

Go straight down the steep path.

Then, Huck led Li Lin down through several ramps and stairs, and finally arrived at an abandoned giant steel frame with a purple glowing signboard.

Under the influence of the smog, looking down, it seems that there is only a dark "abyss" in front of you.

Li Lin was a little uncertain: "Emmm... this is the path you mentioned?"

He carefully observed the structure of the abandoned frame, it should be to build an elevator.

However, due to various reasons, the project was only half built and then forced to stop.

Steep is quite steep, but where is the road?
"Hey hey, of course." Even Huck put on a low-quality alchemy breathing filter, urging his airway.

He chuckled and pointed down, "Let's get down along the frame, hehe, it's not too high, only more than 20 meters."

More than 20 meters is not high? !
If I had known that you were talking about this kind of "small road", I might as well take the elevator down...

Li Lin's eyes widened, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart.

"Uh, I didn't say, are you sure this rusty frame can withstand my power armor?"

"This...hehe, it should work, right?" A trace of embarrassment flashed across Huck's face.

To be honest, he really didn't pay much attention to this issue before.

But it’s all here, and it will take a lot of time to go back to the original road and take the elevator.

It was almost noon now, and Li Lin had to find a location where he could build a tidal power station as soon as possible.

The first batch of hydroelectric generators have been processed and manufactured under the arrangement of Mrs. Karina, and the dam here has to find workers to start construction.

Time cannot stand waiting.

I only have five years, and there is really not much time left for the construction of the project he planned.

Li Lin sighed, and said to Huck who was waiting for him to speak: "Just start here."

"Okay, hehehe..."

"How are you going to go down?"

Li Lin looked at Huck curiously, but he didn't answer this question.

He just rubbed his hands, stuffed his glasses into his jacket pocket, and bounced around in place to do a warm-up exercise.

Seeing that at Huck's age and his fragile body, Li Lin seemed a little hesitant as he didn't seem to have any strength at all.

Just as he was about to propose whether to go back to the elevator, Huck took a deep breath and let out a big sigh.

Immediately, he arched his left leg forward, pulled back and straightened his right leg, and sprinted forward when he was fully prepared.

"Hey……"

Li Lin was stunned for a second, and it was too late when he wanted to reach out to stop him.

But at the next moment, Huck's performance really surprised Li Lin.

When he sprinted to the edge of the cliff, he slammed on the ground with his back foot, and he jumped more than three meters as if he was flying, and suddenly hugged the metal horizontal bar closest to the ground here.

Huck breathed a sigh of relief, turned back and shouted to Li Lin: "Hey, come on, Mr. Li Lin, this shelf is very stable!"

He waved to Li Lin, and then climbed down the iron frame.

After a while, Huck's figure disappeared into the haze and disappeared from Li Lin's sight.

"..."

Li Lin frowned and hesitated for a long time on the edge of the cliff.

"Hey! Mr. Li Lin, come down quickly!" Huck's shout came again from the bottom of the cliff.

It looked like he had reached the ground safely.

Anyway, my power armor has a shock-absorbing function, so falling from a height of six or seven meters is not a problem, at most I will lose some life points...

Li Lin comforted himself a little in his heart.

Afterwards, he tentatively climbed onto the steel frame, which was fairly stable in structure, without much problem.

Amidst the sound of mechanical gears and parts running and the creaking sound of the metal frame bearing the weight, Li Lin went down step by step.

It wasn't until his dangling feet touched the ground again that his beating heart gradually calmed down.

call……

Fortunately there were no surprises.

Li Lin turned on the lights and looked around, trying to get a general idea of ​​the situation he was in.

This appears to be an abandoned mine hole.

There are traces of ore mining everywhere, and there are many discarded and unusable tools scattered all over the place.

A log cabin with a rotting roof clings to the bottom of a cliff on one side, and the walls are covered in graffiti with colored crayons.

"This room, hehehe, Wei and Bobo often come here, it's their secret base, hehe, even Craig and Mellow don't know about it."

Huck was standing next to the cabin at this time, introducing Li Lin in a dull voice.

Li Lin observed the graffiti on the wall, nodded in agreement, and said, "Well...it's really explosive."

"No, but you must, must keep it a secret, hehe, it was Baobao who found it here, and she doesn't want others to know."

Huck returned to Li Lin's side, walking non-stop into the dark space on the other side.

"Mr. Li Lin, this way!"

……

……

Before coming to the trench, Li Lin thought he had already prepared himself mentally.

But the environment here and the lives of the people still had a lot of psychological impact on him.

The place is full of green bubbling alchemy poison pits, half-clothed, sallow and emaciated homeless men in winter, and even some orphans are fighting for the spoiled black bread residue dug out from the garbage dump...

There are not even a few small metal houses that can shelter from the wind like the middle square. Anyone who has a dilapidated tent is already considered a luxurious residence.

Not only that, but there are also dark corners everywhere, and unrecovered rotting corpses are eaten by a group of shadow rabbits, plague rats, and various mosquitoes and maggots.

Li Lin could not see any hope, not even despair, from the faces of these people.

The only thing left, other than numbness... is numbness.

Even when Li Lin, who was wearing power armor, passed in front of these people, they just looked up blankly, and then lowered their heads again.

Or, reach out and block the light from the armor, which is very irritating to their dark-adapted eyes.

Li Lin's heart was very heavy.

The situation in the trench was much more serious than he had imagined.

Even Huck, who was leading the way, could feel Li Lin's depressed mood through the armor, "You...is this your first time here?"

He nodded without saying a word.

"Actually, hehe, the place we passed is considered a slum in the gutter area, other places are much better than this, hehe..."

Huck was not very confident, he just wanted to comfort Li Lin.

As a person who was born in the trench, if it wasn't for the uprising led by Van der and Silko, he would have starved to death in a corner, eaten by all kinds of creatures.

Although other places are indeed slightly better than here, but compared to the middle square, it is nothing more than worse.

There are no more than four kinds of people living in the trench: miners, scavengers, homeless people and trench orphans.

And these people all have one thing in common - desperate.

If it wasn't really impossible to survive, who would be willing to come to the ditches, a ghostly place where the sky is dark and the environment is so bad that people can hardly live normally?
Once a person comes to the ditch to spend his days in desperation, his life will enter the countdown.

Under the premise of lacking food, water and fresh air, it was also corroded by various alchemical poisonous substances.

Except in mines or certain shops, alchemy lighting is a luxury here.

It was pitch black everywhere, and even time lost its meaning, and almost everyone suffered from the double pressure of body and mind.

A homeless man whose body is already weak and has not undergone the enhancement of alchemy technology can only survive here for half a year.

If the group of orphans stayed in such an environment and didn't go to the middle and upper classes of Zaan to be adopted by some orphanage, they might not even survive their childhood.

Some alchemy barons who are not so cruel will install a few alchemy technology air filters dug out of the garbage dump in the mine with extremely low power.

Of course, most of the time it is just for the miners to try to comfort their hearts...

After an unknown amount of time, the two of them finally came out of this slum.

Li Lin took a deep breath. Even the mask with a breathing filter on the armor couldn't completely dissipate the smell of the haze inhaled.

I have to speed up my construction of Zaan...

　Thank you for not loving me, Dingzhenshui, Jinjin Miao, and street writer XX for their rewards!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)