Steel steam and flame

The scene in front of you is the same as when you left. Noisy and crowded will always be the norm at airports or train stations. Even if hundreds or even thousands of years have passed, the scene now and in history will not change.

He didn't seem to be affected by the war atmosphere, and there was no sadness on the faces of the passers-by. Life is still going on, as if the breath of war has not yet come here, and very few things can be changed.

Dragging her luggage and walking out of the large square in front of the airport, Cassia rejected several enthusiastic limousine drivers along the way. The total weight of his body weight, the contents of the two suitcases, and even the suitcase itself, which was woven with fine steel mesh to achieve high strength, could not be covered up.

Following the sidewalk next to the main square, Cassia thought for a while, then slowed down her walking speed, and finally stopped in front of a shop on the roadside. The urban structure and area within the empire are completely different from those in other small countries. Even if it is not a prosperous area, even in this industrial city, the building facilities, transportation network, central area and various levels of areas wrapped in layers, etc. Wait, they look really huge when combined with each other.

Among the small countries, only a few major cities in the coordinating country can give Cassia the same feeling at the moment.

Sound wave pulses and mental perception cannot completely cover this huge area. Moreover, with more complex and diverse transportation facilities, the desired information cannot be obtained by detection alone.

When I hold in my hand a city map with a brand new cover that still reflects a little light, and the latest version of the travel guide, the memory of the routine I used to go to a new city or new area in the past emerges in my mind - information is always important, especially It is an introduction to the functions of maps and various building facilities.

Seeing newspapers from various newspapers on the small shelves next to the store, Cassia also picked up a few different copies. After paying, she selected the park closest to her in this industrial city based on the map and walked there. .

The further away from the airport, the quieter the surroundings become, but compared to the quietness among small countries, it still seems full of floating sounds. Cassia looked around as she walked. Far away, under the slightly gloomy weather, a scene that seemed unfamiliar to my memory appeared. They were five steam furnace towers hundreds of meters high standing side by side, blocking one side of the city like a wall.

Five thick columns of milky-white steam smoke turned at a small angle and rose into the sky, dragging out a spreading white smoke trail. They did not gradually dissipate until they spread out and covered a small area of ​​the sky. At this moment, there are several small airships surrounding the steam tower, flashing lights of various colors, doing routine maintenance operations.

His eyes stayed on it for a long time, and it wasn't until the shadow of the park thousands of meters away appeared in front of his eyes that Cassia looked back. In the afternoon, there were fewer people in the park than expected. Finding a place near an artificial lake, Cassia sat on a pedestrian chair, flipped through a few pages of maps and travel guides, then picked up the newspaper and read -

"The big explosion that occurred in the Seventh Industrial Park seven days ago was caused by improper storage and management of chemical materials for private hoarding, which caused several huge explosions, then caused a fire, fused the main pipe of the fourth steam tower branch, and caused a serious steam leak. ACCIDENT,,,"

Improper management of chemical materials... Cassia only felt that this rhetoric had a strong sense of familiarity. The newspaper was accompanied by two photos of the scene, one showing a large number of people fighting the fire and rescuing it, and the other showing the factory being enveloped in fire. Just glancing over, perhaps the photographic equipment and corresponding technology have undergone huge changes since they came to the empire. Compared with the blurry images in some newspapers in small countries, when he looked over, he discovered that the factory building structure was extremely difficult to detect. Bullet holes are coming...

No matter where they are, the surgeons are very active. Moreover, this is an empire whose overall level is higher than that of other small countries. Even with the entry of members of Theocratic State and Natural Society, the level difference has been basically smoothed out.

"Re-train No. 1778 is fully open to traffic. The route spans seventeen areas, reaching as far as the border areas. A complete route takes one hundred and thirty-two days to run!"

Is it used to quickly transport military supplies? Cassia did not think of going to the border areas to facilitate the import and export of goods to the factories there, because the transportation capacity was already sufficient. The impact of the situation in the small countries must have been covered up as much as possible, Cassia thought at this time, but it could only buy a little time. After heavy rains become the norm, everyone will know.

Cassia read every piece of content in the newspaper carefully, trying to find the information she wanted.

"Three Primary Color Group has released a new generation of steam furnace, which is smaller in size and more powerful. It is expected to increase by 320%!"

"Dixing Hotel Group announced that it will suspend all cross-border airship routes in two months. In order to meet the growing traffic demand, hundreds of large airship routes will be added within the empire and the corresponding flights of all routes will be increased. On the ground In terms of transportation, the frequency of heavy trains will be increased on the high-speed train line, but it will not affect passenger use..."

"Dixing Hotel Group and Three Primary Color Group have reached a cooperative relationship, and a new generation of power source airships, heavy trains and high-speed trains will be launched soon..."

Cassia's gaze paused here. As a company that almost everyone in the empire knows but doesn't care about, Dixing Hotel Group can be said to be the same company as Golden Bank, Webley Arms Company, Infinite Communications Company, Three Primary Color Group, and Imperial Mineral Resources. The seven giant companies, including the company, Three-Phase Connection Network Company and Deep Blue Yuanhang Group, are listed side by side. It's just that the actual controller is the Imperial Parliament, and it has not been included in the ranks of companies from the beginning.

The imitation solid red mercury of the Three Primary Color Group is already in mass production. It is still unknown how much goods are shipped out every day. However, the power transformation based on solid red mercury has begun to be installed, and the reliability of its technology should be recognized.

Does the Imperial Council want to use the technology to imitate solid red mercury to minimize the impact of climate change in all aspects? In addition to being used for steam furnaces, Cassia also saw predictions for the transformation of various factory machinery at the end of this news, including several reorganizations of the Dixing Hotel Group and the airship assembly plant.

As a military airship manufacturing facility that is not known to most people, it must be one of them. And even more isolated from the circle of surgeons in the ordinary world, the impact of imitation solid red mercury will almost be regarded as a change that will be recorded in history.

Reading the newspapers one by one, the empire, which had no obvious changes on the surface, was also using this information to show Cassia its changes little by little.