Steel steam and flame

The rearranged car's route was closest to the tundra, but it was still a long way away. A small part of the tundra is connected to the empire's territory. Of course, since the establishment of the empire, it has been a region of frozen soil, and there has never been a trace of human life.

"About ten days." This is the time Cassia estimated to get off the bus. After that, it will take nearly twenty days to see the white world in the tundra. Now I just hope that there will be more wild creatures accompanying me on the road without human traces, so that I can save myself the time of hunting them for food.

As a train that simply transports goods, Cassia must be familiar with its structure. As if he was on the way to Manoma again, Cassia found a wooden box to sit down and rest. There was no light, only a little light could shine through the gap in the skylight, but he was soon taken away by the night.

This time there was no one else around, no refugees, no fierce flight attendants coming to check tickets. It's rare for Cassia to suddenly rethink the two years that seemed to have passed by in a roughly the same environment. I had considered it before. If I had not picked up the revolver or the bullet because of fear, I would definitely not be in the queue again now. In other words, if I had not paid for Nuoer's ticket and was just a bystander like those around me, I would still be in the Imperial Heavy Industry School now.

"Probably already capable of taking on some factory jobs." Cassia thought, exhaling with a sigh.

But he felt that no matter how he considered it now, he seemed to have made the same choice at the same time.

"It doesn't matter now." Looking up, Cassia said with a smile. It was already two years ago. What he thought he could do was to turn the route that suddenly turned at a right angle back into a straight line in the next time. As for the rest, it seemed that he could not do anything else. None of it matters anymore. The only difference is that the people or things around him, as well as the environment, have completely changed their appearance.

I don’t think I am a person with a long reflex arc. It’s time to adapt and survive well in it. Cassia told herself that just like now, if she wants to go to a certain church in the empire to be an envoy, or to work as a technical engineer in a company or factory, it can be realized very quickly. Although this is all in another sense.

Eleven days later, a heavy train covered in thin ice traveled on a track in the wilderness. The surroundings were very empty, and the sound of friction between the rearranged steel rollers and the track gradually became invisible. Watching this steel python-like rearrange slowly disappear into the wilderness of black and white, Cassia let out a breath of heat and turned to look ahead.

There had just been a light snowfall, and there were patches of snow on the ground. The sky already had the appearance of a tundra, and the falling snow did not make it lose its original color. It only made the turbulence under the influence of high-altitude winds a little lessened, that's all.

Only then did I feel that I should wear more clothes, because I no longer had a clear sense of the changes in the surrounding environment. Whether it was cold or hot, clothes were just an item used to prevent myself from being exposed. Under time, just like food, people like Cassia have long lost their sense of taste. It is rare to have the time and opportunity to savor it, as long as it can fill their stomachs. The same is true for clothes. There are only two requirements: being strong enough and having a good fit.

But it’s good to add one more piece here to reduce the physical consumption of keeping out the cold, even if that physical strength is negligible for Cassia now.

First I walked quickly for a few kilometers, and then I ran slowly, which allowed this body to wake up from its slumber after resting for more than ten days. The situation seems to be similar to the previous situation. Injuries are treated by concentrating dragon blood. The extra blood seems to be absorbed by the devouring method during the coma and used as a substance to strengthen himself.

When Cassia woke up on the fishing boat, she felt something different from before. I don’t know if there is a factor in staying in the tundra for a long time and being affected by the invisible induction field there. Before Kasia boarded the train, she checked her weight on an industrial scale and found that she had gained a little more. Correspondingly, it is like a new life, and the basic aspects of strength have also been enhanced a lot.

"But the operation stage should still be in the late second stage." Cassia had this feeling. In the information fed back from the body to the brain, there was a feeling that the organs and tissues were bound by something. Just like the red copper pipes used to transport steam, they are used to prevent superheated steam from flowing randomly and pour it to where it is needed. On the other hand, it is also a safety guarantee. The red copper pipe is strong enough to withstand high-pressure steam.

Cassia feels that she has reached a critical point now, but it is not known how long it will take to open the safety valve on the pipeline, or directly bypass the safety valve and break through the red copper pipeline.

"Is this the reason why many surgeons stay in the second stage?" Cassia thought as he moved forward. During my time at the military school, the theoretical course teachers often mentioned this knowledge. Whether in the empire, the Far Sea Commonwealth, or the Flame Alliance, there are not many stage five surgeons. Although according to theory, after undergoing surgery, regardless of the number of inhibitory tubes in the body, every surgeon has the possibility to theoretically assimilate and fuse dragon tissue to become a five-stage surgeon. It’s just that there must be many differences between factual data and theory, as well as various obstacles of unknown reasons.

In fact, many operators will stop at the late second stage, and some of them may be able to reach the third stage, but assimilation and fusion are becoming increasingly difficult. Just like a red-hot iron exposed to the air, as its temperature decreases, it becomes more and more difficult to knock marks on it.

Now that I can't go back to the military school, it will be a long time before I can contact Coach Bolei or the old professors. Cassia understood this, so she stopped thinking about it and started thinking about other things. The vision he saw on Cassie Hei, as well as the scene of a whaling ship hunting a giant whale that seemed to be another dream not long ago, were all recalled by him. He sorted out the tiny details bit by bit, hoping to see something from it. What comes.

Just like this, Cassia would take some time to hunt wild creatures almost every two days. Fortunately, even in the tundra, there are still a good number of plants and animals that have adapted to this environment over a long period of time. The food was basically taken care of, and Cassia gradually speeded up. After getting familiar with the current power, four days ahead of schedule, a corner of the white tundra appeared in Cassia's eyes.