Walking through the stone buildings, passing through the areas, and walking to the end of the city, you will see that this is actually a vertical stone wall.

Philip was a little surprised, unsure if the city was built close to the stone wall, or if he had half-wrapped a mountain in it before it was built, and then cut it like this.

What surprised him even more was that there was a huge arched round hole in the stone wall, and it was pitch black that he didn't know where it led. Dense "concave" shaped metal pipes extend from round holes and are laid on the ground, and it is not known what they are for.

Later, he heard an explanation from others that these "concave" metal tubes were called tracks, and as for round holes, they were called tunnels.

Philip and his son, along with the rest of the group, were caught up by the officer named Norton Wanwa to a dam-like platform next to the tunnel, and asked to wait quietly.

After waiting for about ten minutes, suddenly everyone looked into the tunnel in unison, because they heard a strange sound.

"Click, click......"

The ground around shook slightly, as if some terrifying beast was about to rush out of the tunnel, and the crowd couldn't help but feel a little commotion.

"Click, click......"

The sound coming from the tunnel grew louder and louder, tormenting everyone's eardrums so strongly that white vapor spread out.

The crowd harassment intensified, and panic began.

"Click, click, click!"

Finally, the sound suddenly turned into a long, sharp sound, piercing everyone's ears like an awl, and everyone couldn't help but reach out and cover their ears. Then, in his wide eyes, he saw a steel monster burst through the thick white vapor and roar out of the tunnel.

The steel monster was extremely long, hundreds of meters in length, and it was section by section. The first section has an almost cylindrical structure, with many iron wheels rolling into the rails at the bottom, and the black iron rods repeatedly move up and down, pushing forward. Billowing white steam, emerging from several short and thick "horns" at the top, raises the temperature of the surrounding air, exuding a frightening atmosphere.

Philip watched the steel monster approach, his body stiffened, and the whole person felt weird and shocked.

"Woo! click...... Click...... Click...... Boom!"

In the continuous long roar, the steel monster began to slow down, and finally stopped little by little, and the gray body in the middle stopped in front of the high platform of Philip's group.

With a "bang", this section of the body slid away from the middle, as if opening a door. A man appeared inside the door, tall and thin, wearing an officer uniform similar to Norton's, beckoning to them, "Don't be stunned, come up." ”

Philip's group: "......" looked at each other, and no one dared to move.

What is this for? Feed them directly to this weird steel monster?

Then they won't be fooled!

Officer Norton shouted at this time: "Don't waste my time, hurry up, what are you afraid of, Lao Tzu will go in with you, hurry up!"

Under the urging of the force, someone hesitated for a moment, and finally put it into action.

It's little Jimmy.

Little Jimmy, running two steps, jumped lightly, jumped directly into the door on the body of the steel monster, and looked around curiously.

Philip couldn't help but be anxious, didn't think much about it, and hurriedly rushed up, preparing for any danger, desperately trying to protect his son.

With this drive, the rest of the people, under Norton's continued urging, jumped into the "belly" of the steel monster one after another.

Officer Norton was last in line, but he didn't lie and followed into the steel monster. After entering, there was no fear on his face, but he easily chatted with the tall and thin officer who beckoned before.

"Sam, I didn't expect that it was you who picked up the car this time. ”

"Norton, I didn't expect you to deliver the car, didn't I hear that you were transferred to City 11?"

"yes, but I only reported next month, going to City 11 to be the head of some small department. ”

"Yes! Congratulations!"

"Congratulations. Norton shook his head, "It's said to be promoted, but it's actually about the same as a demotion." City 11, you don't know, the location is not good, it has not been valued by the above, and the conditions may be the worst of all the cities. Don't say anything else, let's just say this spell steam locomotive, there is still the most primitive Mark 1 type, three cold and four hot design, slow to death, shock absorption is still poor, from time to time the spell engine will explode, I'm really afraid that one day it will be blown up directly on it. ”

"In fact, the difference is not so big, the Mark III type we are sitting on now is actually the old model. The design of six cold and eight hot has no essential change compared to three cold and four hot, the speed is faster, the shock absorption is better, and the spell engine is safer. But it's good that nothing happens, but if something happens, it's a big deal, and it's not as good as the new Mark IV. The officer named Sam said.

After a pause, Sam said, "By the way, I've heard others mention that there is a new spell locomotive of the Crewe type, which is under development and has a huge improvement. It's fast, it's powerful, and it's safe, but I don't know if there's a chance to see it. ”

"Anyway, your chances of meeting him are definitely better than mine. Norton responded.

"It's hard to say. Sam disagreed, "You work hard in City 11, make a meritorious service, get a 'Richard Gold Leaf Medal' 3rd class, and be transferred to Sharin, and then you won't see anything? Maybe even the 'Storm Bird' and the 'Iron Winged Bird' can be seen." ”

"You really dare to think that don't say 'Richard Gold Leaf Medal 3rd Class', even 'Richard Silver Leaf Medal 1st Class' I don't think it's possible to get it. ”

"Have a little faith, it's man-made. ”

“......”

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Norton and Sam then talked a lot, but Philip didn't understand most of it.

Understood, he was not in the mood to think about it, because he was still in fear, shock, amazement, and incomprehension of the steel monster.

He is not a man with much courage, because he wants to protect his son, so he rushes in. Originally, he thought that it would be very scary, very bloody, and maybe there would be a lot of debris that had been digested by the steel monster, but it didn't.

In this body of the steel monster, it can't be said to be clean, but it definitely can't be said to be dirty.

Inside, it looked like a simple iron-shell house, with a strip light that cast light on the top—the same as the lodging rooms in the stone building before.

In addition, there are many staggered iron rods with handrails on them, and I don't know what to do.

There are a series of transparent windows in the steel walls, the edges of which may be due to water leaks, and there are many brown rust stains, and there are black stains on the floor.

Nothing else, and honestly, this place was much better than his house in Bright Town.

Is this really in the belly of the steel monster?

If the steel monster's belly is like this, then how does the steel monster run?

As soon as he thought of this, Philip felt silence, and the steel monster shook and roared again.

"Click, click, click...... Woo!"

The Iron Monster starts moving from a standstill, but not forward, but backwards.

Slowly at first, gradually accelerating, and then accelerating. Propelled by some unknown force, the steel monster galloped back into the tunnel as if it had come, and roared towards the other end of the tunnel.

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