The next day, the weather was good.

The outer city square of the Shining City is densely packed with thousands of steam locomotives ready to go.

Ghoul-level mechanical city, war elephant-level mechanical city, as well as all kinds of strange troop carriers, individual motorcycle locomotives, flea cars, engineering vehicles...

The roar of the steam boiler is incessant; Billowing white smoke rises into the sky, obscuring the sky and the sun; The towering chimneys are jagged, and as far as the eye can see, it looks like a forest of steel.

The call for war has been issued, and in three days, hundreds of thousands of hunters will set out from the city to fight for the "Forest of Ashes". The hunting feast has begun...

......

Early in the morning, Wren arrived at the meeting point outside the city and Karl's grandfather and grandson.

From a long distance, he saw Carl standing in front of a very strangely shaped steam car, twisting some parts.

Wren walked over, his gaze unconsciously falling on the steam car.

This is not the common four-wheeled, boxy kind of steam car.

It has five rows of wheels, the largest of which is two meters in the middle, and seems to be responsible for stabilizing the body and providing power; The front and back are slightly smaller, presumably used to control direction and balance...

It has wheels, but it also has four stout mechanical legs, as well as a decorative big-eared dog-faced hood and a dog's tail.

Belch...

The overall shape looks like a large dachshund six or seven meters long!

Although this car doesn't look very stylish, you will feel that there are mysteries everywhere and a sense of science and technology. Completely different from the ordinary steam cars on the street, this is more like a "concept car" with cutting-edge technology.

Wren stroked the body and exclaimed, "Carl, you designed this steam car?" It looks very functional..."

Designing the shape of the dachshund, it is estimated that only Carl has this childlike fun.

"yes."

Carl seemed quite satisfied with his work, and pointed to some of the designs on the car, and said: "Grandpa can't stand the violent bumps, otherwise it will concussion to the brain and cause syncope, so this car will add a lot of shock absorption design and special suspension system." And those mechanical legs are designed to cope with complex terrain and ensure that the whole process can be smooth..."

"Oh?"

Wren followed Karl's finger and looked intently.

Looking through the iron sheet that was not completely wrapped, he realized that the internal structure of this sausage steam car was very magical, and the five rows of wheels were not as simple as they seemed to be. They are all linked to a very sophisticated suspension damping system. Large and small brass gears are intertwined with each other, making it look very complex. No matter in terms of function, material, or structure, it is very different from ordinary locomotives.

Carl introduced this, and couldn't help but say, "Brother Rennes, tell you... Don't look at my 'sausage' is very small, but a lot of the technology on the car is unique, the best technology on the market. Any bearing and valve component is the kind that can be patented! ”

"Dachshund?"

The corners of Wren's eyes twitched, and he had such an expression on his face, and praised again: "Carl's mechanical skills are naturally very powerful. ”

Tust was taking a nap in the cab when he was awakened by the sound of talking.

He waved the mechanical arm that was disguised with gloves and greeted Wren, "Wren boy, you're here." ”

Wren smiled and waved at the old man, "Good morning, Grandpa Tust." ”

......

Wren helped Carl hang some instruments that couldn't fit in the storage ring behind the "dachshund".

didn't wait long, and the broadcast started to broadcast (don't ask, ask is the steam black technology speaker).

"Head to the 'Plague Swamp' hunters, ready to go in a quarter of an hour! Keep up with the 'Radiant 13' Machinery City, and don't wait for it to become obsolete..."

"Head to the 'Red Rock Canyon' Hunters, and you're ready to go in a quarter of an hour! Keep up with the 'Radiance No. 25' and 'No. 33' Machinery City, and don't wait for it to become obsolete..."

"Heading to the 'Karna Miasma Wetlands' hunters, you're ready to leave in a quarter of an hour! Keep up with the 'Radiance 19' Machinery City, and don't wait for it to become obsolete..."

“...”

Guangbo continued to reverberate in the army of squares assembled outside the city.

This time, the Hunters were led by the Radiant City, and the city also sent dozens of "Ghoul-level" and seven or eight "War Elephant-level" mechanical cities to accompany the group.

These giant war castles are the greatest guarantee for land reclamation.

The destruction of a barbarian civilization is not as simple as hunting for wilderness, it requires some necessary strategies.

Each mechanical city will arrive at its intended destination, build a camp, and form a large encirclement of the "Forest of Ashes", which will slowly encroach on it.

In the end, they assembled into legions, looked after each other, and pushed everything sideways.

These mechanical cities are also the logistics support base for the hunters.

Provide a necessary place for land reclamation... Field hospitals, equipment supplies, logistics support services for mechanical repairs.

......

Wren's mission is to go to the "Plague Swamp" and participate in the construction of the base.

The powerful liar hunters set out yesterday, and they received "danger clearance", "paving roads and building bridges", "drawing maps", "hunting monsters", "setting up communication base stations", "setting up sentry posts"... and so on.

The stakes are high, but the corresponding contribution point rewards are also very substantial.

Doctors, mechanics, businessmen, and some soy sauce guys like Wren all started to walk with Machine City today.

It's slow and pays little, but it's good to be safe.

All in all, those who can fight have gone to the front line to hunt for treasure, and the rookies and bastards are with them as logistics troops in the Machinery City.

......

Assemble and set off, mighty.

The mechanical city opened the way ahead, and the huge tracks pressed deep ravines.

Hundreds of small, strange-shaped troop carriers stretched for kilometers on the flat road pressed out behind the Machine City.

Those "ghoul-level" mechanical cities like small county towns can accommodate at least a few thousand people, but Rennes and them are not qualified to go up.

It was the private property of the five major families in the Radiant City, and only the forces that were friendly with them were allowed to live, as well as the "Mage Regiment" that was the Wasteland Legion of the City Lord's Mansion.

Rennes doesn't care, the car is quite comfortable.

Anyway, in the wasteland, this kind of large army goes out, and there are very few demonic beasts that don't have long eyes to attack.

Even if there were, before they could get closer, they were beaten into a sieve by the various artillery and sniper rifles on the mechanical city.

Not to mention, although Karl's "dachshund" shape is not so stylish, but the shock absorption is really powerful. That slight vibration, even if you put a glass of water on the car, will not shake out. This is a level of comfort that no other steam locomotive can imagine.

This has to be replaced by other steam locomotives, not to mention the complicated road conditions, driving like a "bumper car", just the sudden boiler vibration, long distance, can shake people out of the body.

Because of this, Wren was able to meditate and practice normally on the locomotive and learn medical knowledge.

......

There had been no large-scale battles yet, and the doctors were idle.

But Carl, a mechanic, has been busy since the beginning.

The Mech Corps went on the march, and every day the locomotive broke down and needed to be repaired.

Carl seems to have been short of money all the time, as his grandfather needed top-level life potions every week to stay alive. That kind of medicine is not cheap, and the cost of one is millions. Over the years, this is a very dreaded expense.

At first, Wren didn't understand why Carl and his grandfather were living so hard.

Obviously, they have mastered a large number of cutting-edge mechanical technologies, and they have also invented some cutting-edge mechanical technologies that can make a lot of money once they apply for patents.

It was only later that he heard what had happened to Tust when he was younger, and he realized that the old man had become disheartened by the Mechanics Guild that had removed him from the Mechanics Guild by not applying for a patent.

And high-level patents can only be bought by the top elites, but Tust hates the top elites!

This stubbornness made Tust prefer to bury his skills and him together rather than sell them to the filthy magnates who had hurt him.

Therefore, a mechanical maintenance shop that was originally profitable was only enough for food and clothing, except for the cost of medicine.

And Carl's grandfather Tust's condition, Wren has also carefully examined it.

His "gang line" can stimulate muscle growth, which is a very symptomatic means for muscle atrophy caused by this paralysis. The unknown toxin in Ketust's body is very tricky, and even if the muscles are stimulated by the warmth, they will soon return to their original state.

It's like a computer virus, if you don't kill it, you will soon be infected again.

There is no cure at all without addressing that toxin.

The toxin that the teacher Ilubeck can't help but can do means that this is a disease that the entire medical community has no solution for the time being, and Wren is naturally helpless. It can only be regularly equipped with [Golden Liquid] to ensure the basic life support of Tuust.

......

There was nothing to do on the trip, and Wren meditated almost twenty-four hours a day.

Twenty times the time in the dream world gave him a lot of time to digest knowledge.

The amount of knowledge mastered in one month is equivalent to several years for others.

Progress is flying.

He also took advantage of the time on the road to read the research materials and medical records left by Ilubeck.

He now realized that Ilubeck seemed to have anticipated his arrest a long time ago. So he had already arranged a study plan for Wren.

In the information left behind, there is the syllabus of the tutor of the Royal College of Physicians... Where to start with potions, read books that go from shallow to deep, where to start practicing...

Very well organized and well organized.

Looking at the prompts that were obviously fresh, Wren also realized the teacher's good intentions.

The old man really cares about his apprentice.

With these study outlines, he doesn't have to be like a headless fly and doesn't know where to start, just learn everything step by step.

Of course, there is also the "Six Styles of Martial Arts Mystery", the ascetic skills in the dream realm, and gradually getting started...

.......

And just like that, more than a month later.

Wren and the others followed the [Radiance XIII] Machine City to the predetermined location - "Plague Swamp".

This is a large swampy area to the south of the "Forest of Ashes", which is notoriously high-hazard area.

Their mission was to establish a base on the edge of the swamp to provide logistical support for the hunters.