Struggle in the Steam Age

After discussing the thesis, Lawrence and the others went to visit the wounded man. After some inspection, they found that the condition of the wounded was indeed very good. At least according to Liszt's experience, this person only had a little pus and redness in the wound, and it seems that there should be no serious infection.

After two people re-sterilized the wound with spirits and changed the wound dressing for the wounded, a gunman found them: "Gentlemen, our boss hopes to hold a bonfire party to boost morale at night, and I hope you can participate .”

"Of course, of course we will." Lawrence nodded and agreed. After all, this kind of social activity is also the reason why they joined the expedition.

After going back to their house and tidying up briefly, Lawrence and Liszt went to an open space in the construction site together. The previous open space has been completely cleared, only a shallow pit was dug in the middle, and a conical firewood pile as high as a person was placed in the center of the shallow pit.

Three ovens were placed around the shallow pit. Some gunmen and workers were lighting the fire, while others were marinating various meats. It seems that tonight is supposed to be a barbecue party.

In the Old Continent, such as Briton, the former suzerain of the White Eagle Federation. At this kind of gathering, everyone often gathers together to hold a tea party. At the same time, they think that a barbecue party like the White Eagle Federation is a barbaric practice.

But in the White Eagle Federation, most people think that Britton's kind of tea party can only be held if a series of conditions are met, such as venue, space, and guests. Otherwise, the barbecue party is more straightforward. It is an obvious hypocrisy to insist on drinking tea when all the conditions are obviously not met.

It didn't take long for Lawrence and the others to wait for the sky to slowly darken. As the bonfire was lit, everyone began to eat, drink and relax. I have to say that this barbecue party in the form of a buffet is more suitable for releasing everyone's emotions. After Baron Gonzalez said a few words, everyone quickly became active under the stimulation of barbecue and beer.

"Ha, why don't you two drink alcohol? Tonight is only craft beer, and drinking a little will do nothing. After all, the Transcendent I'm looking for won't be here until the morning after tomorrow." Looking at Lawrence and the others Just drink water, Gonzalez advises, holding up a glass of beer.

"In this case, let's drink a little." Liszt said and brought a glass of beer from the side, and Lawrence also raised his glass. "Thank you for your hospitality."

After speaking, the three of them raised their wine glasses together, clinked them together, and drank them all in one gulp. However, Lawrence took advantage of the night and Liszt's obstruction to directly pour the wine on his clothes.

Of course, Gonzalez didn't notice this. After seeing Lawrence and the others empty the glasses in their hands, they said a few polite words and left.

"If you don't have to work tomorrow, it's a good idea to drink some wine and sleep late." After watching Gonzales leave, Liszt said to Lawrence, "Anyway, our wages are calculated by the day, and we can rest One day is just enough to perfect our thesis."

In the following time, Lawrence and the others chatted with the two students of Professor Edward. During the chat, he learned why there were two workers missing when he came back.

After discovering monsters hidden in the lake in the previous expedition, Gonzalez ordered the expedition team to try to lure the monsters to the lake and kill them. But what everyone present did not expect was that those monsters were not pure fish, but some kind of amphibians. At this time, two workers were unable to retreat and were dragged into the water by the monster that climbed ashore.

The male witcher was injured by a green water arrow when he was trying to save the two workers. Since this monster has been hiding in the sand and has not shown its face, and the sand at the bottom of the lake probably has some kind of shielding effect, everyone felt caught off guard by this surprise attack.

The witcher's sister reacted very promptly after seeing this scene. She pulled her brother back with a noose, otherwise the victims of the attack might have been more than just two workers. Fortunately, there seemed to be some restrictions in that place, and the monsters stopped after chasing the entrance of the cave, so that no further casualties were caused to the expedition team.

"But those workers are indeed very brave. Although they usually look dull, they didn't panic even when they were attacked this time." One of the students sighed while drinking the wine in his hand. "You must know that we have also done archaeology in other places before. Most of the workers tend to get into a mess after encountering problems, which eventually led to many casualties that should not have occurred."

"That's right." Another student also ate the piece of roast beef on the plate in his hand, and then said: "The thing that shocked me the most is that the two workers did not make a sound from the time they were attacked to being dragged into the water." Shouting, has been silent like a stone. This has greatly changed my perception of the Yanzhou people, and I swear that I will not think of them as a naturally sloppy race in the future."

"Yes, I was also shocked." The student who was drinking just now put down his glass and said, "Foreman Bubu said that keeping silent is a custom in their tribe, and only those who are not afraid of death can be called warriors. Only in this way can their souls return to the embrace of their ancestors after death."

"It turns out that they are so brave! This should be the noble savages mentioned in the book. I mentioned in the book that there are still some people in those ignorant races who have similar characteristics to our civilized people. His noble soul." Liszt gave admiration after listening to the introduction of the two students, but Lawrence frowned where others could not see, he felt that this matter sounded very wrong.

The celebration lasted until close to midnight, and everyone felt a little sleepy after playing for hours. So they greeted Baron Gonzalez and returned to their rooms. To their surprise, there was a whole pot of honey soaked in dried grapefruit imported from the Republic of New Island in the west on the table in the room. pomelo tea.

However, due to the various mysterious situations encountered before, Lawrence just pretended to drink a cup of tea. A few minutes after drinking tea, Liszt yawned heavily and went back to his room to sleep. Seeing this, Lawrence also gave a lazy waist, and then returned to his room.

After returning to his room, he climbed onto the bed without even taking off his coat, then closed his eyes and fell asleep. More than an hour later, just when Lawrence thought nothing would happen today, there was a sound of footsteps outside the room.

The man stood at the edge of Lawrence's room for a few seconds before poking a metal pipe through a gap in the rough plank walls of the house. Then a little white smoke came out of the pipe.

Seeing this, Lawrence immediately used his fingers to gently cut a small hole in the wallpaper near his head, and then moved his mouth to slowly breathe in the fresh air that seeped through the cracks in the wood.

After a few minutes, the room fell silent. Liszt, who was snoring because of exhaustion, was also silent at the moment. Lawrence lay on the bed and listened quietly to the movement outside. Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the person outside left with slightly heavy footsteps after hearing that there was no movement in the room.

"What's going on here?" Lawrence slowly pulled out the gun and held it in his hand, thinking. "Why do I feel like I'm more confused."