Chapter 1 Hope and despair come on the same day

In the sixties of the eighteenth century, a new type of steam engine was born, the "McClatch Mechanism", which adopted the epochal idea of "vapor compression", which not only provided a lot of power, but was also small and easy to carry.

The emergence of the McClatch organ not only liberated a large number of laborers, but also greatly increased productivity, Britain launched the first industrial revolution on this basis, and quickly swept the world, whether it is the East or the West, all countries have passively or actively introduced this technology, and the national strength has also increased rapidly.

Under the wisdom of human beings, countless huge chimneys have been erected, all kinds of exquisite machinery have been manufactured, although the life has been rapidly changed, causing some old-fashioned people to be dissatisfied and resistant, but industrialization and the steam engine has been the choice of the times, can not be changed, the whole society has become thriving, according to this development, human beings will also go to glory!

However, a rumor that seems to be a supernatural legend has also spread in the streets and alleys, it is said that someone saw the dead resurrected, and turned into a rampaging monster to attack humans, feeding on human blood.

In the beginning, people only regarded it as superstition, not seriously. But with a small country in Eastern Europe swallowed up by the dead overnight, the world understands that none of this is an illusion.

Corpses attack humans, humans are drained of blood and die, turn into corpses, and then the corpses are resurrected and start attacking humans again...... This method of proliferation caused the number of these monsters to grow explosively, and by the time humans came to their senses, their numbers were irresistible.

Kabane!

People have given names to these monsters, and some scholars have wanted to study its weaknesses. But what is surprising is that the existence of the Kabanai is completely contrary to the common sense of living beings, their brains are withered, their internal organs are shriveled, and no matter how you look at it, they should not present the world as "alive"!

Whether it is cutting off hands and feet or even cutting off the head, it can't kill Kabane, and the lost parts will regenerate over a period of time, its only weakness is the heart, but this irrational monster seems to know this, and it will absorb the iron in the blood, and wrap a layer of incomparably strong metal film outside the heart, ordinary swords can't destroy it at all, only with a steam gun at close range, it is possible to penetrate this layer of steel film, so that Kabane becomes a harmless corpse again!

But in the face of Kabane, who chooses people to devour, how many people can stabilize the gun in their hands?

As a result, humanity retreated, and Kabane marched all the way, sweeping the whole world, and Japan, in the far east, was also exposed to the threat of Kabane.

This time, because of the threat of Kabane, there were no more Restoration Warriors, and the shogunate was highly centralized, maintaining its rule for nearly 300 years, and the shogun had unshakable power, so in order to defend Kabane, he ordered the important strongholds in various places to be fortified, called "post posts", and then connected these "post stations" with a railway network, and made an armored locomotive called Sunjo to go back and forth between the post stations, integrating the production materials of various places to sustain life.

Unlike its heavy and majestic appearance, the armored locomotive known as Sunjo is not a weapon used to hit Kabanei, but a tool for escape, and if a post is contributed by Kabane, Sunjo is the only way for the people in the city to retreat.

The meaning of Juncheng is "a city like a galloping horse", if the post is an immovable fortress, then Juncheng is a moving fortress!

More than 90% of the country's Juncheng are produced here, and it is precisely because of this that the Xianjin Station usually has Juncheng in and out, which also greatly strengthens the possibility of being invaded by Kabane, so as the garrison of the Sifang Chuan family, it bears great pressure.

On this day, another Juncheng drove into the Xianjin Station, and both passengers and crew members in Juncheng must be strictly inspected before getting off.

They had to strip naked in a separate compartment, and if they found wounds on their bodies, they could be wounded by Kabane, and they had to go through a three-day quarantine before they could be released.

At the station of the Xianjin Station, the samurai armed with steam guns stood guard at the entrance to the inner city with stern faces, and the passengers on the train carefully entered the compartment for inspection, although the atmosphere was depressing, but for safety reasons, no one was dissatisfied.

Suddenly, a hurried voice came from inside the compartment: "There are wounds, there are wounds on his body!"

"No, I'm not Kabane, I'm not!"

A naked man rushed out with a narrow wound on his arm, and the people around him retreated with a scream of surprise, as if they had seen a demon from hell!

"I'm not...... I don't die...... "The man has completely fallen into chaos, if he is regarded as Kabane, then he will definitely not escape death, fear makes him run like a headless fly, the samurai are holding steam guns around, but the beads of sweat on the forehead also show the tension in their hearts, the trigger was pulled without hesitation, but did not hit the target, the man was startled because of the gunshot, and his legs fell to the ground weakly!

The samurai surrounded the man with their guns raised, their fingers on the trigger, ready to kill the man.

But a figure jumped out and stood in front of the man, and the clothes on his body indicated his identity, which was the steam craftsman responsible for maintaining and repairing Juncheng.

"Isn't it necessary for those who are suspected of being Kabane to be quarantined for three days to determine the authenticity?

"Damn!" a samurai stepped forward, knocked him to the ground with the butt of his rifle, and said fiercely, "It's just a steam craftsman, it's not your business!"

"But, but......" Although the steam craftsman was beaten to the ground, he still shouted, "But the muzzle of your gun is pointing at the wrong target!"

This sentence was exchanged for an even more ferocious attack, and even the other samurai surrounded him. The naked man, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, actually got up again and ran outside.

But the station is so big, you can see it all at a glance, it's good that the man doesn't move, and the movement immediately attracts the attention of the samurai, and after a vent, they don't have the initial nervousness, raise their guns and shoot flat, bang a few times, the man was immediately beaten into a honeycomb and fell in a pool of his own blood!

"Bastard, bastard!" the steam craftsman shouted angrily when he saw this happen, "You have guns against Kabane, not innocent civilians!"

No one cares about him, and there is no need to deal with him.

It is not surprising that the samurai maintained order and the logisticians removed the corpses.

The steam craftsman was still yelling, "Don't you say something, aren't you ashamed? Afraid of everything, your nerves are out of order!"

"Hmph, it's funny, my samurai don't need to be ashamed at all, they are very good, and I am proud of them!" A low figure sounded behind him, and the steam craftsman turned his head to look, and it was a man in a gorgeous costume who spoke, it was the garrison officer of the Xianjin Station, the general of the Sifang River, he stretched out his hand and followed the two, wearing the kimono was his daughter, the eldest lady of the Sifang River family, and the next garrison officer, the next garrison officer, the other person was holding a steam gun, with two swords pinned to his waist, tall and mighty, it was the personal guard of the calamus, and the samurai came to live.

The steam craftsman did not flinch in the face of the garrison, and he exclaimed excitedly: "What are you talking about, you have been here a long time ago, and a person has been killed, and you have been killed by your samurai, don't you think this is a mistake?"

General Sifang Chuanjian was expressionless: "Young man, what is your name?"

The steam craftsman said loudly, "Ikoma, my name is Ikoma!"

"Very good, Ikoma!" Jian General nodded: "Now I tell you, this is not a mistake, if the same situation occurs next time, I will not hesitate to shoot anyone, whether the other party is a man, a woman, an old man, or even a child, all of them will not be spared!

Ikoma gritted his teeth and stepped forward step by step in anger: "This is not a reason for you to kill innocents indiscriminately!"

The strong general took a step back: "Come to perch!"

"Yes!"

The samurai stepped forward and struck Ikoma on the chin with the butt of his rifle, making it impossible for him to get up again.

"It's a pity, it's our indiscriminate killing of innocents that allows you to live in peace in the Xianjin Station, whether you admit it or not, you are living under the protection of the samurai!" The general ordered the samurai: "Stay him and lock him up, I hope he can wake up in the cell!"

"Yes!" two samurai approached and took Ikoma down.

"Father......" Calamus wanted to ask for mercy, but she didn't know how to say it.

"Daughter, you must know that the most important thing as a manager is to maintain order, especially in the current situation. Jian Jiang sighed: "That kid is not wrong, what is wrong is this sad era!"

Calamus nodded and said nothing more.

"So, is this the end of it?" asked a girl in a red kimono with clogs behind her head with her hands behind her head and a grin.

"Sorry for making you laugh. The firm general nodded slightly.

A man in a white cloak, as if he was a religious person, shook his head and said, "No, what you have done has opened my eyes, and the Golden Post will be impregnable under your leadership." ”

"I hope so!" Adamant asked, noncommittal, "So, is there anything you two are here?"

"Ah, there is indeed an important matter!" said the man in the cloak, "I'll get it!"

Jian Jiang raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised: "There is another movement in Kabane?"

The cloaked man snorted, "Maybe it's Kabane, maybe it's ...... Some restless guys. ”

The girl in the red kimono was a little impatient, and interjected: "I'm more interested in that person than that thing, I heard that 20 years ago, she fell from the sky, and she has been unconscious, not only did she not die without eating or drinking, but she has always looked ageless...... Isn't that even more magical than Kabane? I want to see it, I must see it!"

The strong general was helpless, so he had to nod and wave his daughter to call his daughter: "Calamus, you take this ......"

The girl hurriedly said, "Nameless, my name is Nameless!"

"Well, you take this nameless lady to the inner house. ”

"Yes, Father!"