The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Not long ago, a monster attacked the city. The nearby roads, including the road into the mountain, have been destroyed by monsters. We need to reach the Kata tribe's camp before dark, so the road will be bumpy later. " Sitting on the back of the mountain, Bran, the caravan director, handed a cyan fruit that smelled a little pungent to Leo who had just sat next to him, and suggested: "If you feel a little uncomfortable, you can hold With this waking fruit, it relieves discomfort."

"Thank you." Leo did not refuse the other party's kindness, took the fruit, and then refocused on other places.

For him, the Mosang Continent is a very novel place. After leaving the city of Torch Harbor, which is not much different from other mainland port cities, and really entered the land of the Mosang Continent, he felt Mosang The difference between the continent and the other two continents, and this difference is mainly reflected in the strength of energy fluctuations in the surrounding air.

The situation in the port city is not too abnormal, but after leaving the port city, the surrounding energy fluctuations become more intense and restless, as if breaking into a turbulent ocean from a calm lake area .

And more importantly, there is an unknown energy hidden in these subtle energies in the air that Leo cannot clearly perceive, and he can only feel that this energy should be based on some of his reactions to this energy. It is related to the unknown force that causes various mutations in the whole world.

In the Velen Continent, it is not known whether it is because of the Black Forest, or because there are a large number of mutant families in the Velen Continent itself. The energy in the air there does not contain this special unknown energy. The main reason is the mutated family members, mutants and other mutated creatures, while the types and extent of the variation of common species in the Velen continent are not as large as the main reason in the Mosang continent.

For example, the beast Bushan that Leo is riding on now is a typical example of biological variation in the Mosang Continent. Bushan is the earliest beast domesticated by humans in the Mosang Continent, and it has been domesticated for thousands of years. It has become an indispensable livestock in the Mosang Continent. Its meat can be eaten, its skin can be used to make a pig, the internal organs are one of the main materials for shaman medicine, and its bones can be made into ornaments. It is also the Mosang Continent when it is alive. Best transport in this mountainous continent.

In the past, the normal body shape of Bushan was about the height of an adult and the length of two adults. Although it was considered a large beast, it was barely acceptable. It is several times bigger, and it is almost the same as a small mountain. Like Bran Fire Dancer's current caravan, a special small house is installed on the back of Bushan, which looks like a small house from a distance. mobile home.

In Mosang Continent, there are many ordinary creatures like Bushan that have undergone huge mutations, and even some domesticated poultry have returned to their ancestors, and the bestiality has reappeared in them. The slaughtered livestock has now become the most troublesome mutant monster in the city-states of the Mozambique continent.

The beast tide mentioned in Bran's words that happened not long ago in Torch Port City was caused by these mutated monsters that used to be domestic animals, and more than 70% of the beast tide that happened in Mosang Continent was also caused by such monsters. And those more powerful wild mutant creatures and monsters rarely attack humans in the form of beast hordes, and even if they do, the scale is not very large.

The main force used by human civilization to resist the tide of mutant beasts is to rely on extraordinary and extraordinary powers such as gods, wizards, and controllable mutants. The main weapon is the door erected on the city wall that fires special shells. artillery.

This is because the high-energy substances needed to make special bullets and bombs are no longer in short supply. Now almost every mutant creature has such high-energy substances. When the supply of materials is stable, special weapons will naturally be It can be supplied openly and used openly.

Like the current caravan, nearly half of the people are wearing firearms that fire special bullets. Although the other half still use cold weapons and mechanical crossbows, some of their arrows are also modified with special bullets. , the power is not much worse than firearms.

And to deal with the monsters and beasts mutated from domestic animals, these cities in Mozambique don't need to use any extraordinary power prepared on the city walls at all. They only need to use these special ammunition artillery to cover a wide range of attacks. It's just that these artillery, while killing mutated monsters on a large scale, also caused damage to the infrastructure outside the city. Therefore, after each beast tide, there will be a large number of workers outside the city to repair various infrastructure, such as roads and so on.

Because the environment around Torch Harbor is mountains and forests, the outskirts here do not have a lot of farmland like other plain cities. Except for the safety of the city, a large number of trees will be cut down around the city and an open space isolation zone will be built. The most primitive forest state will be maintained.

The road built by Torch Harbor only leads to a hunter rest area at the edge of the deep forest. This is not only the last safe area for the hunters of Torch Harbor to enter the mountain, but also the warning area or sentry tower area before each beast tide appears. It is located in a On the top of a mountain with a relatively high altitude, there is a towering masonry sentry tower. Standing on the top of the sentry tower, you can see most of the area from the coastline to the depths of the forest, as long as you arrange a lookout with particularly strong eyesight Standing here, any large-scale animal horde can be predicted in advance, and the torch port city can be notified.

Because after seeing the movement of the beast horde, it was already difficult for the hunters in the rest area to run back to Torch Port City, so they could only resist the attacks of the beast horde monsters in the rest area, and the way they resisted was a strong bunker.

However, unless it is the garrison stationed in the rest area by Torch Harbor, other people who enter the bunker can only stay on the first floor, and these people are also the first layer of defense against monsters that invade the bunker.

It is also because of the way of Torch Harbor that many people are curious about the situation in the deeper part of the bunker, and from the original construction materials leaked from some unreformable places on the first floor of the bunker, it is judged that this bunker may be a It was built by prehistoric civilization, and the people in Torch Harbor just discovered this bunker by accident and used it.

When the caravan passed by the rest area, Leo also heard something about the bunker, so when the caravan went through the customs clearance procedures and made the final material preparations, he extended the spiritual net to the underground, scanned the situation underground,

And the results of the scan just confirmed some rumors. This bunker is indeed very old. It was not built by Torch Harbor, nor was it built by a prehistoric civilization. The existence of the relevant extraordinary power is just a simple bunker building.

The area inside the bunker is very large, extending down almost to the bottom of this mountain with an altitude of more than 400 meters. The interior of the mountain has been hollowed out by nearly one-third. According to Leo's estimation, even if half of the people in Torch Harbor It won't feel cramped even if it's all stuffed in.

Torch Harbor's exploration and utilization of this bunker only stayed within the space of more than 20 meters on the uppermost floor of the bunker. As for the area below, perhaps due to the movement of the mountain caused by the earthquake, a complete building was cut off lazily, and this The fault is at least ten meters long, and it is difficult to excavate it with the current strength of Torch Harbor.

As for the areas that have been explored, they are being reused. The things found here should have been removed long ago. Now they have been transformed into warehouses and barracks, and the number of garrison troops stationed here is more than what is known outside. The number of people is much larger, and it seems that they want to use this place as a key force that can play a surprise attack role when Torch Harbor is attacked.

If there is enough time, Leo will take the time to explore the depths of the bunker and study the origin of the bunker, but now Leo only wants to reach the New Porto area as soon as possible, so after the caravan completes the formalities, he follows the business team. The team left together.

After leaving the hunter's rest area, although the current location is still on the west side of the Newski Mountains and closer to Torch Harbor, but according to the division of administrative regions, this is already considered the New Bodo area.

It is also because of this that Torch City is no longer responsible for the road that crosses the Newski Mountains after a rest. Now this mountain road is unmanaged until the Far-Watcher Tower on the east side of the Newski Mountains. Because the mountain road is difficult, more people like to go to Port Hope in the New Porta area by sea. There are only one or two land caravans such as the Fire Dancer Caravan a month.

In fact, if it is only from the point of view of the convenience and speed of doing business, the Fire Dancer Caravan should not choose to take the land route, at least the route from Torch Port to New Porto District should not take the land route, but the Fire Dancer Caravan is not only It's just as simple as a caravan, and it also shoulders tasks such as establishing contact with other aboriginal tribes on the Mozambique continent, and there happens to be such a very important aboriginal tribe, the Kata tribe, at the northern end of the Newski Mountains. .

In the Mosang Continent, faced with the continuous invasion of civilizations from the other two continents of the Velen World, most of the primitive tribes in the Mosang Continent either completely integrated into the new civilized society, or chose to leave the invaded land and go deeper into the wasteland Keep their tribe in its most primitive state.

However, there are also some tribes who choose other methods. For example, the Kata tribe went north to the northern end of the Newski Mountains and settled in the virgin forest in the mountains. While still maintaining a complete tribal culture, they also communicate with outside civilizations. Contact and influence the power struggle of outside civilizations.

Although there is no substantive evidence, there has always been a saying in the Kuishan Allied State that the Kata tribe led the establishment of the Allied State, and it also secretly led the split of New Porto County in two.

Although the senior officials of the Kata Tribe and the Kuishan Allied State have never admitted such claims, it can be seen from the fact that the commissioners sent by the Kata Tribe to the Allied Parliament also enjoy a special status. The Kata Tribe has special commercial powers in the Allied State. How much influence the Kata tribe has within the Allies.

Because the Kata tribe lives in the deep mountains and old forests, no one knows how many people the Kata tribe has. However, since the Allies once had a small conflict with the Kingdom of America, the Kata tribe sent more than 5,000 young fighters to join them. From the perspective of the army of the Allied Powers, the Kata tribe should be regarded as a large tribe.

However, with the changes in the whole world, many beasts in the mountains have mutated, becoming more dangerous and powerful, and the Kata tribe living in the deep mountains seems to have become less good.

The latest impact of the Kata tribe on the external situation was the establishment of Torch City. After that, the Kata tribe has never had closer contact with the outside world. Even the commissioner sent to the Allied Parliament was suddenly Withdrew, if it weren’t for the several camps that the Kata tribe has made public and the people of the Kata tribe stationed and living there, perhaps the outside world would have thought that the Kata tribe had died in this world change.

Although the influence of the Kata tribe is only within the small country of the Kuishan Allies, it is the only large tribe in the large mountain range outside the wilderness of the Newski Mountains, so it is so dedicated to the fire dancers. It is very important for the power of the tribal union. The fire dancer caravan will temporarily change the trading route, go overland, and go to the outskirts of the Kata tribe to learn about the situation of the Kata tribe, and help some Kata tribes when necessary. Tower Tribe.

Therefore, most of the goods prepared by the fire dancer caravan this time are mainly weapons and medicines, and the accompanying caravan guards are veterans who have experienced battles, and they can form a small army at any time.

"It's really weird!" On the rugged mountain road, Bran sat on a seat fixed on the back of Bu Shan, his body swayed from side to side as Bu Shan walked, and after listening carefully to the report of his hunters, Bran showed With a look of doubt.

The attendant sitting at the front and controlling Bushan turned back to Bran and asked, "My lord, what happened?"

"Nothing." Bran shook his head, then fell silent for a moment, and asked the guard leader beside him, "I remember you walked this mountain road a few months ago, was it as quiet as it is now? Haven't encountered any monsters?"

The leader of the guard immediately shook his head and said, "Of course not. At that time, we encountered at least 30 attacks. Fourteen of my subordinates were eaten by monsters. When we finally arrived at the Kata tribe's camp, even I was attacked." Seriously injured." As he spoke, he also looked at the dense forests on both sides of the road with a blank face, and said, "This time is really weird and completely contrary to common sense. Could it be because of a beast horde just happened?"

Another leader of the hunter team immediately retorted: "Of course it is impossible. After the beast swarm occurs, there will definitely be many scattered monsters in the nearby forest. Those monsters that are alone will be more vicious and attack any creatures that approach."