Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 156: Huguang City

Lawrence and Syfiel were the first team to handle the assigned tasks, so they deliberately slowed down when they withdrew the carriage and prepared to cover the others. After all, fighting this kind of thing, even if the previous plan is perfect, but if it really starts, I will have this kind of accident. When the transcendents act collectively, it is also essential to actively help each other.

Sure enough, the captain and his team members took slightly more time to kill the four shamans than planned, so that they were chased by a large group of murlocs when they retreated.

Although the artillery on the train just now was doing their best to fire, but when Lawrence and the others came into contact with the shaman, the artillery was naturally sparse to avoid hurting them. As a result, a large group of murlocs successfully washed ashore.

The group of murlocs indeed failed to rescue their shaman from the attackers on the train, but they succeeded in biting the fleeing guard captain.

[Missile Storm], seeing the members of the guards chased by a group of fish people, Lawrence immediately released magic to the group of fish people behind, and at the same time pulled the trigger of the left hand pistol again and again. At the same time, Syfiel also removed a bottle of incendiary potion from the armed belt used to fix the armor at his waist and threw it into the crowd of fish who were chasing it.

In an instant, the dozen or so murlocs who were chasing the front fell like a wind-blown grass. At the same time, behind the murlocs a group of flames burning with yellow missions was ignited. Chasing soldiers. Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone successfully withdrew to the safe compartment of the armored train.

The beheading of the Murloc Shaman went very smoothly. After checking, all the extraordinary who took the initiative just now successfully completed the mission and returned to the carriage smoothly. The only hapless soldier with muscles, because of the fight, the blood rushed forward a little bit, and the murloc stabbed a hole in his calf with a bone fork in his hand.

"Don't worry, it's okay. It really doesn't have to be so troublesome to deal with the wound." Lawrence looked impatient when he disinfected and bandaged him with bandages and spirits from the car. After all, there were ten large and small wounds on his body. In several places, the wounds this time were relatively mild.

"Don't be paralyzed." Lawrence said when he was bandaging. "In case of a real infection, it will be troublesome. Although extraordinary people are much better than ordinary people in this respect, it does not mean that they will not be harmed at all. If I don't remember, If it is wrong, there will always be a few extraordinary people who need to apply for a large price to ask the priest to release high-level magic or have no money to be forced to amputate their limbs every year—"

At this moment, the sound of a siren came from the direction of the front of the car. Then with a shock, the train slowly moved forward.

After losing all the shamans commanding the front lines, the fish people have completely restored their nature as a mob. After a burst of fierce artillery fire and machine gun fire, the train's way forward was completely opened. When Lawrence helped several injured people deal with their wounds, the captain of the security team walked over from the front of the car.

"Thank you very much for your help." Looking at the extraordinary passengers who took the initiative to participate in the assault just now, the captain smiled directly. "As a thank you, our Federal Railways will waive your ticket money this time. At the same time, we will send each of you 35 yuan as a thank you."

Of course, this 35 yuan is naturally only available to passengers who participate in active assaults. And those transcendents who only participate in the defense only get free payment for train tickets.

"Ha, our luck is really good." After returning to the box, Syfiel said while removing the simplified version of the half-body plate and the metal forehead tied to his head with the help of Lawrence. "In such a simple hour, we have basically earned back all the money we prepared for the trip."

"This can only be said to be luck." Lawrence arrived after receiving a chest and putting it in the space bag. "Better luck is that no one on the train was seriously injured as a result of this attack."

The next journey was as far away from the lake shore as the captain had just said, so the last journey was very smooth. After more than three hours, the slightly accelerated train successfully drove into a capital of steel looming in the fog according to the originally scheduled timetable.

"Isn't it said that half a century ago Huguang City and the group of druids' organization Emerald Dream reached an agreement to solve the environmental problems in this area?" After walking out of the black steel and gray concrete train station, Safir looked at the street with less than 100 meters of visibility in front of him and complained, "Why is it still foggy here?"

"The druids of the Agricultural Church did cultivate a batch of plants and fungi to purify the pollution caused by the urban industry, but the mere fog is not pollution. And there are so many steam engines operating in urban industrial areas plus local The special terrain makes the whole city shrouded in fog for at least half of the year." Lawrence shrugged.

"So the reason why Huguang City took this name is not only because Huguang Town, the first town established here, was able to see the beautiful lake on the green lake when it was established. There is also a very important reason for this town When it was merged with several surrounding towns and converted into an industrial center, the people who lived here could not see the light of the lake by the lake, so they chose the name of this somewhat historical town as the name of the city. Express your expectations."

"So it's like this!" Syfiel nodded. "I feel that the factory owners here are much more enlightened than the Eagle Fort, and they will actually invite the druids to help them reduce pollution."

"Enlightenment? This group of wealthy people would not have such enlightenment." Lawrence curled his lips. "We must know that the Great Lakes region is not only conducive to the development of industry, but the surrounding environment also attracts many extraordinary people who practice natural forces."

"According to the information I saw in the church of knowledge, the factory owners were actually not willing to take various environmental protection measures when this place was just industrialized. Because it would cost them more. But when the two were nearby After the demigod druids who can transform into giant dragons by practicing, brought a group of extraordinary monsters to talk with these factory owners, the factory owners immediately became staunch environmentalists."

"I should have thought of it before. It is more difficult to want those rich people to spend money to do some good things than to let a camel go through the eye of a needle." Saifei shook his head and said with emotion.

As the most important industrial city in the White Eagle Federation, Huguang City naturally has very convenient public transportation. In addition to the common horse-drawn carriages and public carriages, the canals all over the city also provide boats for hire.

The operation of the steam engine requires not only coal~lightnovelpub.net~ but also enough water. Therefore, in this kind of industrial city for some years, there is often a well-designed canal network.

On the one hand, the canal network can provide enough water for steam engines. On the other hand, these canals can also help factories to transport raw materials and products.

However, with the further development and popularization of steam engines, the transportation of materials between factories will soon be completed by more efficient railways, and steam pumps can also provide enough water for factories through pipelines. So there are not many such canals in emerging cities like Eagle Fort.

Since the fishermen’s offensive has not stopped until now, even in the city, Lawrence and the others can still hear bursts of cannons and the sound of various guns shooting. In some cases, we can even see the vision created by powerful transcendents releasing certain moves.

But as the captain in the car said, this large-scale attack by the murlocs every year has become a part of the lives of locals, so the locals in front of the train station are still doing themselves as usual. Things.

Soon, Lawrence negotiated the price with a boatman on the canal, and then sat in his boat along the river to the center of the city with Seifer.