"Hoo ......"

Putting down the thick log in his hand, Cole also hurriedly rubbed his bruised shoulders during this short break.

"Shhhh

It's just that with the slight kneading of the palm, the bone-piercing soreness and cone-like pain immediately surged over like a tumbling tide.

Cole couldn't help but let out a few low wails, but the movements of his hands did not stop there.

He knew very well that such an action at this time would at least make him let out a few hysterical screams from the soreness accumulated at night due to the exertion of his whole body.

"Get up, go on!"

It wasn't long before the devil's cold voice sounded in his ears again.

Cole didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, ignoring the soreness coming from his body, and hurriedly got up and began to work nervously again.

As for the few sailors beside him who were a little slower, when they stood up tremblingly, the long whips covered with sharp barbs had also been ruthlessly swung down.

After a few clear sounds of breaking the air, they were followed by sharp and tragic wails, and the sailors who had just looked weak and weak immediately became vigorous as if they had been stimulant, and then they immediately joined the transport army with the hot wounds on their upper bodies.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of this scene, but Cole's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he had seen this scene in front of him many times in the week he had been captive.

Those who tried to dissuade or whatever kind of sailors were subjected to even more miserable treatment.

It's not that Cole didn't want to fight, but if he had to choose between death and survival, he would naturally choose to live, even if it was ...... Humiliated to live.

As a member of Fordes' navy, Cole had also been invincible in the endless sea, but at this time, he could only carry heavy logs back and forth between the dense forest and warehouse in front of him.

Although it was only a short week, but the high-intensity work made his hands not know how many blood blisters were grinded out because of this, and the constant exertion made his whole body extremely sore, and his whole body seemed to fall apart at any time, but he did not dare to relax in the slightest because of this, around him, a soldier with a steel spear was staring at them.

In the makeshift turrets a little farther away, dozens of line infantry were constantly raising flintlock pistols in their hands, staring condescendingly at the sailors around them.

As soon as these guys really don't know how to move, the black barrels will burst into blazing flames in an instant.

In this situation, it is naturally impossible to escape.

Licking his extremely dry lips, Cole only felt a fire burning in his chest, as if his body would explode in the next moment, but the hateful exploiters around him would not let him go.

Ever since he was captured by those damned soldiers, his daily food has only been a few pieces of black bread that have been sitting for an unknown amount of time, and it is a rare gift that the other party can give them a blood-stained piece of meat.

How could Cole endure such a hard life, as soon as he was captured, he began to plan to escape from here, but when he thought of the confrontation between the two sides a few days ago, he suddenly became a lot more embarrassed.

The roar of the salvo, the devilish phantom that harvested human heads like a god of death, was not a force he could resist at all, and in that battle, he watched his companions fall one after another, and the whole ocean seemed to be dyed red, and the bloody scene had become a nightmare that he would never forget.

And the subsequent fate of a desperate sailor and the massacre that had just taken place made Cole's mind completely retract.

For the situation in front of him, looking at the soldiers around him, he had to suppress the anger and unwillingness in his heart, and reluctantly and mechanically repeated the movements in his hands.

However, he never gave up the idea of escaping, but hid such thoughts in the deepest part of his heart.

**********

Although the life of these newly captured sailors was quite difficult, Chopin did not blindly oppress them.

Although the food given to these sailors had nothing to do with the word "delicious", it was basically sufficient to meet their needs in terms of quantity.

After all, such a high-intensity work every day is undoubtedly amazing for the physical consumption of these sailors, and there is not enough energy to replenish, no matter how much Chopin's imperial soldiers threaten and intimidate, these guys will definitely not last long.

Chopin, on the other hand, did not want a group of short-term oppressive workers, but a long-term labor force.

Although the construction of the city of Paris and the island is in full bloom at this time, it is not known how long it will take to plant flowers and bear fruit, and the construction of these seemingly dazzling buildings is only the first step in the planning and development of the city of Paris, and the subsequent construction will undoubtedly consume more manpower and material resources.

Because once a month, the island turned into stars will fall, and the rules of the system will be strengthened, Chopin is not too worried about resources, but he is a little helpless due to the lack of a large number of labor.

It was only the first step in the planning and construction, and the entire inhabitants of the city of Paris were mobilized, plus the more than 1,000 sailors and hundreds of pirates who had been captured, and it was a little stretched to run at full capacity.

"Manpower......

Looking at the documents handed over by the Parisian officials, and sweeping the blank areas that had been circled on the city walls, Chopin was also quite worried about this.

However, after upgrading the blacksmith workshop, with the construction of the first steam engines, a large number of sailors who were originally arranged to mine stone were gradually liberated at this time, and then other locations where there was a shortage of manpower were arranged one after another.

The steam engine, which was of great significance in the time and space where Chopin once lived, even triggered the industrial revolution in the 18th century!

And in this completely strange world, with the upgrading of the blacksmith workshop, the scientific research results that once changed the course of history have finally appeared.

**********

The steam engine was a relatively unfamiliar word even to most of the inhabitants of Paris, let alone the captured sailors.

When Hiro saw the loud buzzing sound of these big guys lighting the fire for the first time, he was startled, and his whole body involuntarily retreated.

And when he found out that these big guys were not only capable of moving on their own, but also of infinite strength, Hiro's eyes were full of strange looks like encountering ghosts.

And after finally accepting such a completely unreasonable existence, their group of captives became the masters of these "ghosts".

At first, all the sailors were undoubtedly fearful, but they carried out their orders meticulously under the great threat of death.

It was only in the subsequent stone mining process that these sailors really saw the power of these steam engines.

Just light the fire, and the big guy will pull out baskets of heavy stone while making a "woo" whistling sound.

It's incredible!

This was the exclamation of all the sailors after seeing this scene.

After all the sailors were amazed, their minds were all floating involuntarily, and almost every sailor's heart flashed at this time with a look of joy, with the existence of such a big guy, their workload will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

However, all this was only the imagination of the sailors themselves, and it was only the day after these sailors became familiar with the operation of the steam engine, the sailors who had been entrenched near the mountains were escorted by the Imperial soldiers to other areas where manpower was scarce, and the sailors who remained here were not greatly reduced as they had originally expected, but the workload of the sailors who remained here became heavier than they had expected.

**********

The night was as cool as water, the bright moon was obscured by dark clouds drifting from nowhere, and the stars that were usually bright lost their original brilliance tonight, and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

Darkness swept across the sky, spreading its wings like an eagle, obscuring the entire lonely sky, and turning into a black oppression all around.

But under this dark sky, the city of Paris is brightly lit, with a large number of candlesticks and torches, transforming this legendary city into a city that never sleeps.

Although in this generation, or rather, due to the current state of the city of Paris, the people of the city have very few ways to entertain themselves at night, and at most they drink in the taverns, but with the lighting of the flames, many things are much more convenient.

In the dark and deep night, Chopin remained awake for a long time, and the rising light of the fire reflected his figure on the wall, and then stretched out like a devil with teeth and claws.

In the lonely office, the only maid was also sent out by Chopin not long ago, and when he finished processing all the documents on the desk, with his eyes wandering aimlessly, the whole person's thoughts also inadvertently drifted farther and farther, and then the final picture of the final battle in the "world of the dead" involuntarily resurfaced in his mind.

The solid iron ball that rotated at high speed with a blazing temperature resembled a meteorite falling from the sky, and then smashed into the water where the energy source of the giant golden skeleton was stored.

The giant golden skeleton naturally wanted to stop the fall of these iron balls, but the launch of dozens of iron balls in unison made it useless.

And as the solid iron balls fell, one after another strange energy fluctuations continued to invade, and the invisible dotted lines pulled behind the giant golden skeleton began to break at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And when the continuous cannon fire was over, the giant golden skeleton obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, and the purple soul fire jumped wildly at this time, but at this time it had no way at all.

And in such an embarrassing situation, the giant golden skeleton also made a quick decision and decided to start a desperate fight, and its tall body was like a giant in the sky, brazenly rushing towards the direction where Chopin was at that time.

Every step of the giant golden skeleton was like a small mountain range falling straight down, and with a huge thunderous vibration, the figure rushed forward at great speed.

However, under the subsequent roar of muskets and artillery, this once invincible giant golden skeleton seems to have come to an end.

Just as Chopin sighed like this, the purple soul fire of the giant golden skeleton began to jump wildly at an astonishing frequency, and then without the slightest warning, the body of the giant golden skeleton exploded, and then a purple flame flew straight towards Chopin's location.

The purple flames flew so fast that Chopin couldn't even react to what was going on.

In the face of this huge crisis, he desperately wanted to struggle, but his body could not react to the speed of his brain after all, at this moment, it had entered an incomparably mysterious state, and the time around him seemed to have slowed down dozens of times, but he could still only watch the purple flame get closer and closer to him.

There has never been a moment when Chopin felt death so close to him.

Just when he was extremely unwilling, golden light emerged silently.

Then the burly figure holding a giant shield that had once appeared on the golden paper suddenly emerged as if stimulated by something.

"Whew-"

With a strange sound, the giant shield phantom was entangled with the purple flame, but the two sides were entangled for only a moment, but the giant shield phantom quickly retreated like light, and as soon as it moved, a golden lightning suddenly slammed into the purple flame.

If the purple flame gives people the feeling of being mysterious and demonic, then this golden lightning gives people the feeling of vastness, solitude and ...... Powerful!

The purple flame that seemed to be fighting with each other before was split by this golden lightning, and it suddenly dimmed a lot, as if it knew that something could not be done, and this purple flame also quickly retreated, but at this moment, with a "crackling" sound, the golden lightning that was originally only the thickness of a hair suddenly soared several times, and then faintly with an indescribable majestic aura, slashing at the purple flame again.

This time, the purple flame didn't even struggle for a moment, and it turned into nothingness.

At the same moment, Chopin's mind suddenly appeared with a terrible scream, but he only heard two words clearly.

"Destiny ......"

And after the purple flame turned into nothingness, the two golden pieces of paper rushed into the ripples left by the purple flame like living creatures, like a hungry beggar seeing delicious food, and swallowing everything around him like a whirlwind.

Then the golden paper, which had never changed much, also changed suddenly, and then, the pictures that disappeared into the long river of history were extremely clear in Chopin's mind, which was boundless darkness and dead silence, and it was also a nightmare that haunted the deepest part of Chopin's heart......

ps: Thanks to the "Poor Lonely" pro-reward of 100 coins.