High Above

Of course, the alchemy train not only carries passengers, but also carries a lot of cargo. The carriages in the second half of the train are still loading and unloading large quantities of materials, and all the passengers are waiting.

Ian used goblin perception to observe the people who were doing unloading work not far away.

They worked enthusiastically, and even had a special alchemy device that could, under the control of one person, suck larger boxes like magnets, and then release the suction after moving them to the ground.

Alchemy equipment has been widely used in folk production around the imperial capital. This is not yet commonplace in Port Harrison.

Without transportation capabilities, there would be no mass productivity... No matter how the Black King is praised in later generations, the foundation he laid for the Setal Empire is so solid that all successors need to remember this.

After loading and unloading were completed, the train gradually started.

As the heart of the alchemy furnace at the front gradually began to buzz, a sound sounded like heavy rain pouring down the earth, and waves of turmoil arose between the heaven and the earth.

Rumble, rumble - the wheels turned, and the huge steel beast moved forward. A hazy shield flash lit up on the outside of the front of the silver-black alchemy train, carrying the carriages behind it at speed.

Outside the train window, BART Station was rapidly retreating and getting smaller, and the road closer to the train was becoming blurry in the high-speed movement. Only the setting sun in the sky seemed to remain stable and still stayed in its original place. .

But this is only temporary.

Soon, night fell, and many passengers chose to turn off the lights next to their seats and prepare to take a nap to the soothing violin music played on the train.

The alchemy train network was built in the middle of the Black King's era. At that time, the First Knight had wiped out almost all the monster lairs in the central plains of the empire. All the core hinterland of the empire belonged to humans, and a large number of towns and farmland were built and developed. , and the alchemy train network is part of the ten-year construction plan.

After leaving the main station, we gradually began to approach the farming area. The central area of ​​the Setar Empire is an extremely vast and abnormally mountainous area. Although there are still forests, rivers and hilly areas, in the final analysis, the majority of it is flat terrain.

The steel behemoth was speeding, and the green farmland continued to recede backwards on both sides of the track.

Even with the train, this is quite a long journey.

And Ian and Frost Butterfly were always watching.

Following the vibrations of the track, they walked through the Black Lake, and the huge fishing ground beside Camor City was eye-catching in the dark night.

As the forest flew by, they gazed at the Starfall Hills, where the dwarf towns were always bustling with enthusiasm, and the fires in the town never stopped late at night.

At the station where they stopped, they looked out over the vast fruit groves, where the Royal Ministry of Agriculture's animal husbandry experimental gardens and new planting areas were located. The large white greenhouses even made people vaguely think they were in the snowy Northland.

The train started again, leading the boy and the elf gradually closer to the center of a prosperous country of Terra.

They saw the ruins of an ancient city, which was a deciphered pre-era maze and a relic city. Now it has become a tourist attraction for future generations to admire its past glory.

There are also tracks on the bridge that spans 1,500 meters across the Kuoran River. This was a city-state fortress a long time ago and a checkpoint guarding the river. Now it has become a business and workshop garden, with a huge flow of people, far more than The armies that passed through this place hundreds of years ago were even more unstoppable.

Riding the train, Ian and the two fairies passed through the deep lake and rolling hills, and crossed the vast woodland and farmland. Time passed in the sun and night.

They travel to distant places.

Such a rare leisure time, no one is chasing you, and there is no journey with monsters everywhere like Nanling. To be honest, it is quite relaxing.

It was in this environment that Shuangdie gradually accepted all the knowledge and common sense taught to her by Ian and Hua An.

"That's it...that's it. I understand it completely."

The little fairy showed a stunned expression. Although she didn't know what she understood, the fact that she could speak such a sentence fluently proved that Shuangdie had indeed learned well in the recent period, and she would definitely have no problem communicating with people normally.

As for accidentally saying something weird... to humans, it doesn't matter that goblins say weird things every day.

"It turns out that traveling in a car is like this. It's beautiful to enjoy the scenery slowly... Last time, halfway through the ride, I felt it was too slow, so I got off the car and walked on my own."

For example, when talking about Hua An's feelings now, Miss Goblin nodded with emotion: "Ian, have you ever ridden the Alchemy Train before? Why do I feel like you are very familiar with this feeling and enjoy it very much?"

"where."

Ian shook his head and told the truth: "I have never been on an alchemy train. This is also a novel experience for me - in Nanling, I have never even left Harrison Port. I just do alchemy all day long. Alchemy, no time to enjoy the scenery."

"That's why I feel so happy now." He whispered, looking out the window at the slowly decelerating woods.

"That's quite hard work." Hua An commented seriously: "I remember we fairies have a word to describe this kind of life... What is it called... social animal?"

"It sounds like you were very social during your years in Port Harrison!"

"Pfft." Ian couldn't hold back and laughed - he felt inexplicably happy when he was with goblins: "Why is there such a word in goblin country? Shouldn't it be a human country?"

"Maybe it's human." Hua An turned his umbrella and vaguely fell into memories: "Because we fairies have all kinds of memories in our psychic network, and we don't know which ones are our own and which ones are human... Or maybe Is it another creature?"

“You even occasionally turn up really old stuff.”

Psionic network?

Hearing this, Ian's heart moved. He did know that there was an invisible network connecting the goblins, and that network was closely related to the various connections formed by natural spiritual energy... But now was not the time to ask about this.

When we get to the Imperial City, we can ask more about the psychic network.

The journey up to here has been quite enjoyable.

Until the alchemy train stopped next to the Six-sided Flower City and boarded a few ordinary-looking passengers.

At this time, it was raining lightly outside. This kind of rain was different from the rain in Nanling that Ian was used to, but the atmosphere did suddenly become damp and uncomfortable.

Ian turned his head slightly, and he noticed that a large group of new passengers were boarding in the car behind him.

And among those passengers... there were several Ascended Ones.

Regarding this, the young man didn't pay much attention to this at first. After all, the closer to the imperial capital, the more sublimated people, which is normal.

It's like you won't see a few Ph.D.s in physics in a remote town, but you might encounter dozens of them near a university town in the capital.

But here's the problem... Even next to the Imperial Capital, the frequency of Ascended Ones is obviously a bit too high.

When we stopped at the station for the second time, we boarded two more Ascendants next to the Brody Farmers and Trade Area. This time he was in the front compartment. His aura couldn't be called suspicious, it could only be said that he was not a normal person at all.

Now Ian suddenly became alert - he carefully observed Frost Butterfly and Hua An, and found that the auras of these two fairies had basically not changed, and even got vaguely better.

"Yes, there is an actual second-level goblin here. How can they be in danger?"

Shaking his head slightly, Ian increased his vigilance and continued to pay attention to these people.

——After all, it’s just that there are a few more Ascended ones, so there’s nothing strange about it, right?

But what he really couldn't ignore was that when he stopped for the third time and entered the station, some of the passengers got off and among the new batch of passengers who came up, there were several more sublimates mixed in.

There were even three people who came to the carriage where they were.

One was wearing a guard uniform and should be a knight preparing to return to the imperial capital for duty, while the other two were wearing robes and hoods.

They all had legal documents. After getting on the bus, they went to their seats to close their eyes and meditate, appearing very calm.

But it's not that simple.

"what happened?"

Ian drank the free tea provided by the train and watched the actions of this group of people, with frequent doubts in his heart.

Because he could see that most of the sublimated people obviously belonged to the same organization, and at least they had known each other for a while... There was an obvious commonality in their actions.

Not only that, most of the people on this train heading to the imperial capital belong to different organizations.

Among them are groups of scholars, groups of sects, and nobles and their followers. All in all, they are a group.

Solo travelers like myself are in the minority.

"interesting."

After thinking for a while, Ian frowned: "It seems that something big is going to happen soon."

as expected.

Just half an hour later, the alchemy train started to set off again.

There was a dull explosion from the front of the car.

Please give me a monthly ticket!