The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Seeing Sans holding the woodcarving tightly and experiencing the power given by the woodcarving, Leo was also surprised by Sans' choice just now. He thought that Sans would definitely choose the kind of woodcarving that could bestow great power, but he chose instead. Among all the wood carvings in Li, the power is the weakest, but also the most special wood carving fog mouse.

The fog mouse is the only beast among the wood carvings made by Leo that is not related to beasts. It is the most common beast in the Minsk continent. There is not much special about this beast. The only thing worth remembering by others is this This kind of beast is the least prone to accidental death.

When editing the biological atlas of the medical school, they carefully observed and studied this kind of beast. The researchers at that time found that the fog rats had a very strong danger perception ability. As long as their slightly malicious eyes fell on them, they would immediately Inducted, and instantly chose the most correct method to escape.

The researchers once specially made an extremely complex maze, and then made a safe house at the only exit of the maze, then put the fog mouse into the maze, and placed a wild cat next to it.

After that, an astonishing scene happened. The Fog Mouse immediately sensed the wild cat's malice, and traveled through the maze at an extremely fast speed, and finally reached the safe house at the end. It didn't make a mistake in the middle, as if it knew it had arrived at a safe place It seems that the correct route should be taken.

Naturally, it is impossible for Leo to completely imitate the ability of the Misty Rat through the rune magic circle, but the rune magic circle in the wood carving can give the holder a very strong sense of crisis. Absolutely not much difference.

When Leo introduced the functions of these wood carvings to Sans, Sans chose the wood carving of the fog mouse at the first time, which shows that he must be avoiding some dangerous things, and hopes to use the power of the wood carving to let him Before the danger comes, sense it in advance.

As for what kind of danger Sans will face in the future, Leo has no intention of exploring, nor does he intend to help Sans solve the problem. In his opinion, selling a wood carving to Sans is already the most suitable help.

Leo left the camp and directly boarded a steam rail car in the city.

This kind of steam rail car is almost the same as the steam rail car that appeared in Miria back then, except that in order to increase the load capacity, the steam locomotive here is enlarged and there are two more carriages, so the steam that erupted from the train There is also a lot more fog and dust.

However, this kind of steam and dust that caused countless accidents in Miria City and was disgusting to everyone has become an inconspicuous matter in Dry Steel City, because the smoke from the chimneys in the city is the real big trouble. Lingering in the city, small troubles are naturally not so conspicuous.

Most of the wealthy people in the city live in the suburbs, and almost all the people living in the city are workers in steel factories.

Although the workers' uprising in the Marris Kingdom is now very loud, it has not affected Kugang City, because in terms of treatment, the workers in Kugang City far exceed the workers in other places in the Maris Kingdom, and are even more Compared with other places, the people at the factory supervisor level are all good, and the only flaw is the environmental problem.

The reason why it is so different is mainly because the founders of the board of directors of Kugang City had extremely wise foresight. From the very beginning, they incorporated the clauses related to the treatment of workers into the basic rules of the board of directors of Kugang City. Subsequent board members have also followed these guidelines.

These codes include granting workers basic rights such as medical insurance and education, providing basic housing, and also stipulating annual salary increases and pension policies, etc. It can be said that when the board of directors of Kugang City announced these codes, Maris Everyone in the kingdom thinks that the people in Dry Steel City are fools, and some even think that this is a trap set up by the king-chosen Saran to bring down Dry Steel City, because the king-chosen Saran also participated in the formulation of the code.

However, the subsequent situation showed that these rules definitely did more good than harm to the factory owners in Kugang City, and the loyalty of workers was unmatched in other places. There were even times when the factory ran into difficulties, Workers take money to help the factory tide over the difficulties.

Of course, there have also been some new factory owners who were unwilling to abide by the rules and were more willing to implement the harsh methods of oppression from the outside world. These factory owners usually either died or were quickly squeezed out by the factories controlled by the board of directors. Bankruptcy, so the board of directors has been firmly controlling the situation in Kugang City.

This time, the worker riot in Maris has progressed to a worker uprising. Although some local workers want to take advantage of this momentum to get better treatment for workers from the board of directors, they are immediately dismissed by the internal factory union It was suppressed, and the person who caused the incident disappeared.

When the outside world is in turmoil, Kugang City is still very calm, and the factory owners in Kugang City are even more happy with the stalemate, because as long as the war continues, both sides will definitely need to manufacture a lot of weapons. There is no need to worry about sales of steel in Kugang City.

The matter was indeed as discussed by the members of the board of directors at that time. The steel orders from the royal government army and the workers' uprising army were sent to the desk of the board of directors like rain.

It means that both sides actually have smelters, but most of these factories were secretly destroyed by people sent by both sides. During the war, they couldn't repair them for a while, so they had to buy them from outside, and Kugang City became the most suitable place of purchase.

Therefore, relying on the orders from both warring parties, Kugang City can be said to have made a lot of money during this period, and even the workers have paid bonuses several times. If it continues, Kugang City will become the richest city in the Maris Kingdom. The city can be said to be just around the corner.

However, as the situation of the civil war in the kingdom began to change, the good days of Kugang City seemed to be passing, and there was a tendency to be involved in the civil war, because both sides hoped to control Kugang City in order to obtain a stable supply of steel and cut off each other. source of steel supply, so both sides unanimously sent many of their elite troops to the northwest of the kingdom, causing several cities in the northwest to be involved in the disaster of war. Steel City is only a day away.

It's just that war is not the most serious thing for Kugang City. After all, Kugang City itself has a military police team belonging to the board of directors, with extremely sophisticated weapons. Any party in the civil war must resolve the ownership of Kugang City through negotiations. The problem is, anyone who wants to take down Kugang City through strong means will find that it is a hard rock.

The real headache for the board of directors of Kugang City is the monsters that appeared in the city. The monsters appeared in less than half a month, and the order of Kugang City has already encountered an extremely serious test. Prestige, so that the workers still retain the strong confidence of the board of directors, the workers may have long since given up on work and fled in all directions.

The monsters that appeared at the beginning were easy to deal with. Although the gendarmes had never dealt with these monsters, they were still able to kill those monsters with powerful weapons such as steam engine crossbows and cannons with special ammunition in their hands.

At that time, they thought that all the monsters had been dealt with, but they didn't expect that those monsters killed on the spot were only a part, and some monsters were hidden among the citizens. They were no different from ordinary people in normal times, but after night, They will turn into monsters with strange powers to attack the people in the city.

Some of these monsters turned into a puddle of water on the ground. As long as someone stepped on it, they would be wrapped in water and eaten instantly. Some even turned into a cloud of dust that could be seen everywhere. When people entered, they would never Impossible to come out.

These elusive monsters are difficult to be found, and most of them will be noticed when the victim appears afterwards, but it is impossible to find the murderer at this time, and even if the well-equipped military police or police encounter It is impossible to deal with these monsters, because no matter how powerful the machine crossbow is, it is impossible to kill a cloud of mist.

If the board of directors hadn't concealed the news that the monster was hiding among ordinary people, the entire city would have been plunged into mutual suspicion and suspicion, and the city might have collapsed without waiting for the arrival of government troops or insurgents.

For this reason, they announced a reward on the bulletin board in the city to recruit bounty hunters who can solve monsters. In addition, the black market in Dry Steel City also issued similar announcements, such as the bulletin board that Leo is looking at now.

The reason why Leo entered the urban area of ​​Kugang City was mainly for the black market in the city. He didn't know the exact location of the black market in Kugang City, or even whether there was a black market in Kugang City, but in his opinion, Kugang City With the current scale, the black market definitely exists.

As for finding the black market, it is very simple. He no longer needs guidance to find the black market as he did at the beginning. He knows that any black market will leave some marks near the city square that only people with extraordinary power can see. Through the guidance of these marks, Outsiders can easily find the location of the black market.

The black market in Kugang City is a four-story office building. It looks no different from other ordinary office buildings. The first floor is a steel trading company that can be seen everywhere. The black market is located above the second floor. A transcendent was guarding on the stairs. He seemed to have some kind of ability to perceive the power of others, a bit like a spiritual net, so when Leo was about to go to the second floor, he didn't stop him at all.

All the rooms on the second floor have been demolished, and there is only one empty floor, which should have been transformed into a free market like an underground cemetery, but now this free market is not lively, more correctly, it is deserted, looking around It seemed that there were only five people here, and they were not selling anything, but were standing in front of the bulletin board in front of the market, discussing something.

When Leo walked over, those people also noticed something, they all stopped talking, and they all looked at Leo in unison, with a little surprise on their faces, as if they knew that there were still outsiders coming to Kusteel City at this time The black market is a bit of a surprise.

While these people were looking at Leo, Leo's mental net also swept over these people, and he had a clear grasp of their situation.

None of these people were superhumans, but their physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people. It seemed that they should be bounty hunters who had undergone some special training.

There are a lot of bounty hunters like this in the dark world, and most of the bounty hunters came into contact with things in the dark world by accident, and were curious about the world behind the real world, so they tried their best to join.

It's just that after they joined in, they found that things were not as beautiful as they thought, and they were full of dangers. They wanted to quit, but at this time they could no longer quit, because anyone who knew the truth of the world could not return to normal life .

Although these ordinary people who recklessly broke into the dark world cannot be compared with supernatural beings in terms of strength, they are not useless. Whether it is the church, the night watchman, or the witch society and other dark world organizations, there will be special training. Some ordinary people, as their peripheral staff, most of the people who have undergone these trainings have physical strength and fighting ability far superior to ordinary people, and at certain times they can even threaten the lives of supernatural beings.

The few bounty hunters who appeared in front of Leo now did not have the marks of other underground forces, so it can be judged that they should be bounty hunters trained by the black market training camp.

The black market training camp is different from other underground organizations. They don't need to undergo any screening and testing of identities, ideas, etc., as long as they have money, it is enough. Therefore, the abilities and qualities of bounty hunters from the black market are uneven, and there have been many bounty hunters. Gold hunters kill employers and rob employers.

These few bounty hunters are not clear about their personalities and abilities, but their eyesight is very good. Although Leo deliberately restrained all the power in his body to make himself look like ordinary people, they can still feel that Leo Ou's uniqueness and potential danger, after Leo approached, they all stopped talking, and made a way for Leo to approach the bulletin board.

In front of the bulletin board, Leo can see the information about buying various items, but the biggest information is the reward information from the board of directors of Kugang City. I have to say that the reward information is very attractive, and even Leo feels the price above heartbeat.

"What happened here? Has it always been so deserted?" After reading the reward information, Leo turned his head and asked these bounty hunters.

"Of course not, this place was still overcrowded a few days ago." Immediately someone answered Leo's question, saying: "However, many fools thought they could earn the bounty from the board of directors, and they all died in the hands of their prey. They all went here."

As he spoke, the man pointed to the other two messages on the bulletin board, and saw that these two messages were actually the recruitment information of the government army and the rebel army. The above recruitment requirements were capable people. Being able to directly become an officer is undoubtedly very good for bounty hunters.