Ember Gun

  Chapter 140 Industrial Zone

  The low light in the early morning has just fallen, and the surging steam is frozen by the low temperature, clinging to the buildings on the street, everything is covered with a little bit of frost and engulfed by the cold wind.

The dark carriage stopped at the door of 121A Cork Street. Joey and Kestrel sat in the carriage and waited for Lorenzo. Merlin was quick to move. Lorenzo just agreed to send someone to pick him up today. Renzo put on his clothes as fast as he could, and brought his sword and gun.

   "I said you don't need to be so vigilant."

  Kestrel looked at Lorenzo’s undisguised Winchester, and thought that Lorenzo was going to kill someone who didn’t know it.

   "It just adds a little sense of security."

  Lorenzo replied, and sat on the other side.

  The pitch-black carriage slowly accelerated, and then the steed ran wildly on the streets of Old Dunling with white gas.

  Looking out of the car window, there are obviously more patrols on the street than usual, and they are equipped with weapons. From time to time, there is an iron whistle to convey news.

  Although there is no explicit statement, many people clearly feel the changes in the atmosphere of the old Dunling. The cold wind smells of gunpowder, as if on the eve of the war.

   "Is it so serious already? There are patrolmen everywhere."

  Lorenzo closed his eyes back. He thought it was just the inner city to strengthen protection, but now the ordinary outer city is also full of patrols.

   "After all, the birthday of God is coming. At that time, there will be delegations from various countries participating in the celebration. If monsters erupt at that time... the consequences are unimaginable."

   Joey replied solemnly.

As an annual grand festival, it has been given many other meanings in the continuation of so many years. The old Dunling will hold the celebration of the birthday of the gods, and huge airships fly across the sky, connecting endless petals with With the lights on, people rushed to the streets to bless each other and celebrate.

That was the moment to demonstrate national strength and also a shopping festival for missions from various countries. According to Lorenzo’s understanding, on the day of the festival, for those missions, the real celebration is late at night, which one after another can be sold. The steam engine is the highlight of the festival.

   "Really, that is true."

  Lorenzo replied faintly. Inervig replaced the Holy Evangelical Papal State and became a new giant. At this time of year, countless flags entered the Platinum Palace.

   "In order to ensure order, Shrike has prepared a secret cleansing of the Xiacheng District. Those with crooked ideas will be eliminated one by one to ensure that there will be no accidents that day."

  Joy continued.

  Lorenzo nodded, this kind of serious time really needs to be taken seriously.

   "Where are we going?"

  When the line of sight fell out of the window again, Lorenzo realized that the surrounding scenery had become strange.

  The carriage was driving to an unknown place, the sky was still gloomy, the thick black smoke was like stone pillars supporting the sky and the earth, and they stood upright in the field of vision one after another.

  Below the stone pillar was a gray silhouette. The steel giant tens of meters high moved slowly, and every twisting made a huge noise. It was not until a giant was overtaken by a carriage by Lorenzo to see its appearance.

It is an abandoned giant crane, like the dead remains of a giant, falling between the gravel and the mine. The once shiny metal is covered with rust, and the workers are as small as ants on it. They are dismantling it. The dead corpse looked like a vulture that ate the carrion.

"Welcome to the Victorian Industrial Zone. This is the first industrial zone developed by Queen Victoria ordered by Queen Victoria during the Glory War. The first steam engine was born here."

  Lorenzo looked at the steel cemetery in astonishment. He had never thought that there was such a place in the old Dunling, as if there was an invisible wall separating the ordinary world from it.

Abandoned giant machines and still-working steel creations, large particles of dust filled the gray ruins, blowing by the wind, cutting the cheeks like tiny sharp knives, and all of this formed this twisted and growing metal jungle. .

  "Well, Mr. Holmes, we should get off the carriage. The carriage can't get in the next place."

  Kestrel continued to explain, it seemed that he was also very excited, after all, no one could refuse this kind of steel creation, this thing is simply a man’s romance.

"The northern part of Old Dunling is an uninhabited and cold no-man's land. However, in recent years, sufficient minerals have been discovered there. Therefore, the center of gravity of the industrial area has been leaning there. Most of the areas here have been abandoned, with only a few machines It's still running."

   "In fact, our current location is already considered to be the suburb of Old Dunling, but this industrial area is a bit too large, you may not feel it yet."

Lorenzo got out of the carriage. A train was parked on a platform not far away. It was gray and most of the carriages were covered with dirt and dust. This was obviously a train for transporting minerals, but today it is ushering in Lorenzo this guest.

  "How do you feel? Our industrial base is very strong. The most prosperous location is in the north, but our sightseeing today does not include it, so let's go again when we have a chance."

  Kestrel looks extremely proud. In a sense, mechanics is magic that belongs to mortals. As long as there is fuel, it can make steam rise, and then drive the beasts of steel one after another.

  Hundreds of years ago, people would never think of such a scene. I am afraid that they would be regarded as heretics just by talking.

  The ignorance was shattered, torn to pieces.

  "Compared to these, I hope you will pick me up with a slightly cleaner train."

  Lorenzo replied, and then got on the train.

This industrial area is really huge. It may be related to the Academy of Mechanical Engineering. Lorenzo has never seen it on the map. As the train roars forward, new railroad tracks can be seen constantly appearing in the line of sight, like scattered all over. The branches finally return to the trunk of the tree.

  At the end of the main trunk, the city of steel slowly appeared in Lorenzo's eyes.

  Lorenzo has never had a general understanding of the Academy of Mechanical Engineering. The only thing that is clear is that they have opened a university. Only those students with excellent IQ can enter it and accept gifts from the mechanical engineering.

But obviously, the city in front of him has nothing to do with the college. Although it is far away, Lorenzo can clearly see the garrison on the edge of the city. Judging from the bright smoothbore guns, this place Rather, it is a military restricted zone.

"This is the Mechanical Institute Factory. Because it involves core technology and production processes, it is closed. There are workers' dormitories, canteens, and entertainment facilities. Because of the huge area, many people will get married and have children here. His children have not even seen the outside world and have lived in this factory from birth."

   "You built another small city next to Old Dunling?"

  Lorenzo felt that he only officially saw the whole picture of Old Dunling today.

The city was filled with fireworks. The scorching heat caused the air to be slightly distorted, and rhythmic percussions came from a distance. The Kestrel did not give Lorenzo time to visit, and it stopped after the train stopped on the platform of the city. Take him to a huge elevator.

  The heavy chain churned slightly, and then began to sink.

The elevator was not completely sealed, and Lorenzo could see what was going on through the iron fence. As they descended, there was a river of gold flowing slowly in the darkness. It was molten iron, and they followed the channel. Pouring into the molds one after another, he could see the heavy hammer falling, the mechanical monster assembled in the restraint of the frame.

   "This is industrialization, Mr. Holmes."

   Kestrel said just right.

  Lorenzo was silent, but just continued to watch. He was very clear that he could see that these were also Arthur's decisions. They were now allies, and what the allies had to do was like showing their strength to another allies.

   But thinking that he had only one person and some knowledge of demons, Lorenzo suddenly became a little ridiculously panicked.

Suddenly the sound of clear water came into Lorenzo’s ears, but there was darkness in the field of vision. Only the pale yellow light illuminates the surrounding iron walls, but then the sound of water became louder and louder, as if it were tens of meters away. High waterfalls were falling turbulently, coming from all directions, surrounding them.

"what is that?"

   Lorenzo asked, a crisp echo from the darkness, like a grand movement.

  The voice sounded, and Kestrel's response came from behind.

"We are passing through the backbone of the Pillar of the Furnace, which provides energy for the entire Mechanical Yard and Old Dunling, but it requires a lot of water, so the group of neuroses dug through the Thames a few decades ago and branched from it. There is a canal leading here, and the water from the Thames River supplies every boiler room here. There are several filter dams along the way. If you catch fish, you will give everyone a meal. If the carcass is thrown on the conveyor belt, it will be sent into the combustion chamber."

  The Pillars of the Furnace, the Mechanical Yard, the Victorian Industrial Zone, the underground drainage, and the Snake of the Atrium, they are intertwined with each other and rely on each other to jointly build this mechanical ecosystem and completely perfect the industrial production line.

  Darkness finally arrived at the end. I don’t know how long the dive of the elevator finally stopped. When it stopped, countless dust splashed and it was clearly visible in the bright light.

  Lorenzo closed his eyes slightly. The long-term darkness made him a little uncomfortable with the light, but soon the door of the lift opened, the light completely spilled in, and a scholar in a white robe greeted him directly.

  The man recognized Lorenzo at a glance and stretched out his hand to show his approval.

  "Welcome to the pump of perpetual motion, everyone."

Lorenzo grasped with him. Although he didn't know what the perpetual pump was, from this position, it was far more important than the mechanical courtyard on the surface. His eyes caught his nameplate, and the person seemed to have noticed it. Lorenzo's behavior, then said.

  "Hello, this is Nikola Tesla, the project leader."

  Some sick faces showed a smile as much as possible to make this experimental subject who had finally deceived his hands feel relieved.

  　 No one can refuse to drive Gundam

  (End of this chapter)