Steam power, once opened an era, it let science out of the school and the real room for the first time, to show the world its powerful power and infinite charm, with connecting rods, gears, cylinders and bearings to build the first scientific and technological empire of mankind, human beings cheered for it, bowed to it, applauded its glory, it was the dream of countless people, the goal of countless people.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, when the lighter, more powerful and more efficient fuel power appeared, the steam engine completed its historical mission and withdrew, which was another brilliant leap for an era, but for the ideas and dreams left in the previous era, it was tantamount to being swept into the garbage basket of history.

However, there is no shortage of opinionated maverick explorers among mankind, who are madly obsessed with the so-called backward steam technology, constantly explore its potential, and eventually develop steam power into a culture, an alternative symbol that is outside the mainstream culture of the world, which is steampunk.

The girl in front of us is undoubtedly a typical steampunk, flamboyant, decadent, preemptive, domineering, they are mavericks, self-admiring, do not care about the eyes of the world, they are immersed in their own world, and they use deviance to express their dissatisfaction with the shackles and constraints of mainstream thought, which is incompatible with the world of our ordinary people, they are the first explorers to embark on an alternative path, the first bad children to break away from the mainstream culture, in other words, the first batch of non-mainstream ......

The reason why I arrange people like this is because the first impression left on me by this chick is really bad: impulsive, irritable, savage, shallow, self-respecting, no one in sight, directly holding a cannon barrel to people when they meet, and talking is also a rushing smell of gunpowder, as if they have a deep hatred with us.

Although I was secretly dissatisfied with her vicious attitude, I still tried my best to greet this girl with a peaceful attitude, after all, there is no contradiction between us, maybe we will have to cooperate in the future, there is no need to stiffen the relationship, so I quickly took off the armor on my face, faced the muzzle, and walked up with my hands to show my identity: "Don't get me wrong, we are from the Institute of Asian Studies!"

"Hmph! I know!" the cold gaze glanced at me through the windbreaker, and the girl was unmoved: "Go away!"

"Uh......" I looked back at Zero, who was huddled on the ground shivering, "You're here to get him?" I can understand how hard it has been for you to track him all the way from Europe, if you must bring him back......

I just wanted to be generous and send the loot out to ease the tense atmosphere, but I didn't expect this chick's attention to be suddenly attracted by Li Heigou, who was honestly standing aside: "Hey, are you wearing liquid metal armor?"

“…… Well. The black dog was stunned for a moment and replied honestly.

"Great," the girl dressed as a gunner suddenly smiled, and then bombarded her without warning!

"Bang!", an oval, cannonball-like white air mass erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, and rushed towards Li Mo, fortunately, the black dog reacted quickly, and when he saw her turn the muzzle, he subconsciously raised his arm, and the liquid metal instantly completed the transformation, forming a small round shield on the arm, blocking in front of him.

Li Mo and I are very confident in the strength of liquid metal, in the words of the inventor Shi Tieling, don't look at the usual soft lying on your stomach and don't look good, it is definitely hard enough when it should be hard!

Although the light air mass was extremely fast, it naturally smashed into the metal shield without accident, but the attack did not end there, on the contrary, it had just begun.

"Boom!" A scorching white wave of air erupted violently from the air mass, like the power of a cannonball's explosion, except that instead of gunpowder and shrapnel, high-temperature water vapor was pouring out.

How powerful is the compressed water vapor explosion in an instant, as long as you think about the scene of the pressure cooker explosion, you can get a glimpse of it, and the power of the steam cannonball shot from the muzzle is only high, not low, Li Mo, who was hit head-on, was blown out without snorting, and even I who was standing next to me was affected, and was swept up and fell to the ground by a wave of hot and humid air.

"What are you doing?" Although there was armor to protect me and I was not injured, but I was attacked inexplicably, I was puzzled and angry, and I couldn't help shouting, but the chick didn't pay attention to it at all, kicked his feet and quickly retreated to distance himself from us, raised his hand and shot at Li Mo, who had just gotten up and hadn't figured out the situation!

Although he couldn't figure out the situation, Li Mo would not be stupid and stand in place to be beaten, roll to the side and dodge, jump up and rush directly to the aggressive girl, the chick was naturally not to be outdone, the steam engine behind him was running faster, and the urgent and dense cannonball was thrown towards the black dog like no money, but the strange thing was that the cannonball did not come towards me.

At this time, Li Mo and I didn't have the heart to do anything to that little girl, we just wanted to stop her indiscriminate attack, so I didn't rush up with Li Mo, but continued to explain the misunderstanding with all my tongue: "Don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive! We are not enemies! I ...... I'm sorry to answer the phone first. ”

That's right, at this critical moment, my mobile phone rang at an inopportune time, I didn't want to pay attention to it, but the ringtone was higher than urgent, and I had no choice but to apologize for suggesting that Li Mo would hold on for a while in the stormy shells, and hurriedly took out the mobile phone from his arms, and saw that it was really Chen Sanshan calling.

Because I am afraid that we will be fishing and slipping away when we are on guard at night, the old thing often makes a phone call to check the post when we get up at night in the middle of the night, this kind of behavior is not welcome, and now is the time when I am anxious about a lawsuit, how can I have a good voice when I receive this kind of call, as soon as I pick up the phone, I yelled at the old guy: "Fight the Eurasian war! I don't have time! You old Wang Ba either come over to help, or just wait honestly, don't make a mess!"

"That little girl ran away from you!?" Chen Sanshan guessed the situation here as soon as he heard the explosion, and hurriedly said: "Arrest him! Can't let her escape! She attacked our research institute and injured Shi Tieling!"

I was taken aback by the sudden news: "What's going on?"

Then, Chen Sanshan concisely talked about the situation of the research institute, about seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Shi Tieling's real yàn room sent out a series of dull explosions, Chen Sanshan and others noticed that something was wrong, smashed open the door and went in to see, the real yàn room was in a mess, Lao Shi fell to the ground unconscious, red as if cooked......

"Lao Shi is still asleep, we don't know what happened in the real room, but the on-site inspection found that there was a steam explosion in the real room, and the surveillance video at the entrance of the community also captured the girl from the European Institute running out with a cannon barrel. Chen Sanshan said to me solemnly: "We don't know how she deceived our security facilities and infiltrated the real room, but it is almost certain that she attacked Shi Tieling, and now we can't be sure whether she did this because of personal vendetta or the instructions of the European Research Institute, so she must be brought back for strict interrogation!"

"Wait!" I asked, "There was an explosion at seven or eight o'clock, why did you notify us now?

"Uh......" Chen Sanshan said embarrassedly: "When we first heard the explosion, we didn't take it to heart, scientists, who hasn't blown up one or two real rooms!"