There was nothing to do all night, and early the next morning, after the convoy had sorted out its formation, it began to set off again.

Nearly half of the distance in the Demon Beast Forest has passed, and the rest of the distance, judging by the situation when I came last time, there should be no more big moths, Hua Yan accelerated the speed of the car, and the speed of the convoy behind also accelerated.

Soon approaching the edge of the Demon Beast Forest, at this time, he could already meet the members of the Steel City Guild who came here to hunt the Demon Beasts sporadically, Hua Yan breathed a long sigh of relief, this time it was finally safe to cross the Demon Beast Forest.

It seems that this demon statue does have the effect of deterring demon beasts, and you can consider taking this statue to open up a trade route in the demon beast forest in the future.

When the convoy returned to the City of Steel, it was not yet evening, much faster than the first time it set out from the City of Steel.

After Han Chenggang, Shi Yushan, Luo Zhongfa and others got the news that the convoy had returned safely, they also happily came to the city gate to greet them.

With the sound of "squeak, squeak", the heavy gate gate of the steel city slowly lifted, and then the mighty convoy drove into the city.

Hua Yan parked the Tiger Jiao chariot at the gate of the city, Hong Zhan and Shi Feng also got out of the car, and then lifted the mask armor on the mechanical armor together, and more than a dozen people walked towards Han Chenggang and them.

"Uncle Han!"

Hua Yan walked up to Han Chenggang and shouted respectfully.

"Hmm!"

Han Chenggang slapped Hua Yan's arm twice and said kindly:

"You've worked hard all the way!"

Although the situation on the road was generally reported to him by Hong Zhan, Han Chenggang, who had led the troops for many years, naturally knew the danger.

At this time, Shi Yushan and Shi Feng, father and son, ran to the side and chatted cordially.

After the greetings, Hua Yan drove the Tiger Jiao chariot into the city with everyone.

In the following time, the brain network began to be fully rolled out in the Steel City, and now the basic industry in the Steel City is basically complete, and nearly 10,000 ordinary models of mechanical armor have also been produced.

Hua Yan was not idle, as the vice president of the Hunters' Guild in the Steel City, he personally crafted several alloy rune swords, and hand-made four or five mechanical armors from demon beast materials and alloy materials, and put them into the guild's points warehouse.

As soon as these weapons and equipment were put into the points warehouse, they aroused the eyes of many guild members, and they were secretly determined to accumulate guild points and prepare to exchange them.

The atmosphere in the Steel City is getting more and more tense, and although many people don't say it, all kinds of information that has been leaked more or less show that there will be a big war in the near future.

Now the entire Steel City is revolving around improving its combat power as soon as possible, and after finishing some miscellaneous things, Hua Yan has been staying in his residence and not going out.

He was going to use the time gap to prepare for the battle to condense the runes in his body again, and in addition, he was contemplating the various sword styles of the Mo family's sword spectrum, as for the improvement of the Extreme Dao Sword Technique and the Flood Desolation Tyrant Body Technique, it was already too late to start.

There are three large grain depots around the Steel City, all of which are strategic reserve grain depots established before the end of the world, the nearest one is more than 100 kilometers, and the farthest one is nearly 200 kilometers.

In the office of the City Lord's Mansion, Han Chenggang was frowning, looking at the map sand table in front of him, pacing back and forth in front of the sand table from time to time, while Hua Yan was sitting on a wooden chair next to the conference table, and on the table was a cup of hair tips that had just been sent by the secretary.

At this moment, there were only Han Chenggang and Hua Yan in the office, and after a period of silence, Han Chenggang asked in a deep voice:

"You said there are humanoid intelligent creatures in the Demon Beast Forest?"

"Hmmm! At that time, a few of us found it with our own eyes, and I was about to track it down, but I lost it. ”

Hua Yan nodded, and Zhengse responded.

The clouds on Han Chenggang's face became heavier, and after walking around the sand table for half a circle, he said:

"If they destroy the grain in those granaries, it will be a big problem, even if they don't destroy it now, if these humanoid intelligent creatures find out our intentions, even if we hit the granary, it is impossible to transport too much at one time, if we can't occupy the granary for a long time, they will definitely destroy the grain in these granaries later."

Now the problem of food is indeed a headache, the problem of food rations for nearly two million people has always been a sharp sword hanging over their heads, and now there is not much food in the steel city, and now there is no way to grow food, and those strategic grain reserves are the lifeline of these surviving human beings.

"Uncle Han, let's go and spy on the situation around the grain depot first, maybe there will be a turnaround."

Hua Yan lowered his head and thought for a while, raised his eyes and looked at Han Chenggang for a moment, and then said.

"Alas~"

Han Chenggang sighed lightly, although he was the lord of this steel city, leading millions of people to build this majestic city brick by brick, but now it has reached a threshold of life and death, but at this time, Han Chenggang feels very powerless in the face of this kind of thing, and can only rely on the young man in front of him, this feeling has never been before, he was always someone else's object of dependence before, it is a solid city, and it is a mountain that does not fall.

Are you really getting old?

Since the end of the world, he felt a heavy mountain on his shoulders, and now the mountain is getting heavier and heavier, and his back seems to be getting more and more hunched.

"It's been a hard time for you."

Han Chenggang walked up to Hua Yan, gently supported his shoulder, and said with some unfinished words.

Hua Yan also knew the weight of these things, he could feel that this resolute city lord was under unbearable pressure, since he met Han Chenggang, in just a few months, his sideburns had turned a lot paler.

"Uncle Han, we will have a way!"

Hua Yan said softly.

He said this to comfort Han Chenggang, but in his tone, he could also feel some insincerity, there would be a way! He repeated it in his heart, and unconsciously clenched his fists.

After a while, Hua Yan said slowly:

"Maybe in another year and a half, the situation will change, and there will be occasional sunlight shining through this radioactive cloud recently, and maybe in a while, we will be able to grow crops and produce food."

"Hmm~ "

Han Chenggang nodded, his face eased slightly, and said:

"The possibility you are talking about is not small, this radioactive cloud has indeed become thinner and thinner recently, if the sunlight can pass through, we can produce our own food, this problem can indeed be fundamentally solved, but this little land in the city is far from enough now, we must expand the territory!"

Speaking of this, Han Chenggang was obviously a lot more excited, his eyes were like a lion, looking down at the sand table map in front of him.

"Since ancient times, every inch of mountains and rivers has been an inch of blood, not to mention that in this world after the nuclear explosion, the lost territory of our human race will be recaptured little by little, and our living space can only be killed by ourselves, there is no territory, even if there is sunshine, there are many human beings who can enjoy it."

After Han Cheng just finished speaking, he slammed his fist on the conference table next to him.

After coming out of the City Lord's Mansion office, Hua Yan's heart sank, he went straight to the Refining Department, ready to go to see what the situation is now, the most urgent thing now is to improve the overall strength of the human race, for the Steel City, the most direct way to achieve the effect is to vigorously develop the Refining Department and produce more weapons and mechanical armor.

When Hua Yan entered the refining department, he found that Luo Zhongfa was also there.

"Yo, Director Hua, I'm free to come over today!"

After seeing Hua Yan come in, Luo Zhongfa immediately came over to greet him enthusiastically.

Hua Yan nodded at Luo Zhongfa and said softly:

"Well, I'll take a look, we have too many people who lack equipment, I'm a little anxious, why is Director Luo here?"

When Luo Zhongfa heard Hua Yan ask, his voice immediately rose an octave, and he said excitedly:

"I'm talking about the logistics department now, and eighty percent of the work is revolving around this refining department, so I stay here most of the time, if there are problems and needs, I will work here on site and solve them immediately!"

Hua Yan smiled and said:

"Director Luo, you really want to go with me, now this is really the top priority!"

"Heroes see the same thing! Slightly the same! ”

Luo Zhongfa raised his head, shook the first few strands of thinning hair, and said with some pride.

The two laughed a few times, and then the two walked side by side in the refining department, and after walking dozens of steps forward, they saw that Shi Meng was building a bronze rune sword at this time, and there were seven or eight apprentices next to him who were engrossed in their studies.

"Ding~Ding~Dang~dang~"

A small hammer was in Shi Meng's hand, and it was danced into a daze, but Shi Meng's eyes did not look at the hammer and the bronze sword, but at a monitor next to him, this is the most critical time to cast this bronze rune sword, and the "Kun" character script is being constructed.

The display displayed was an image of the structure inside the bronze sword detected by the gamma-ray metal detector, and Shi Meng was now using a small hammer to correct the deviation of the rune little by little, completely unaware of Hua Yan's arrival.

An apprentice next to him recognized Hua Yan and just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Hua Yan reaching out and signaling.

Half an hour later, Shi Meng breathed a long sigh of relief, then threw down the small hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and then saw Hua Yan coming over from the corner of his eye, hurriedly pulled away the apprentice beside him, walked quickly to Hua Yan's side and said enthusiastically:

"Director Hua, you're here! I didn't bother to greet you just now, this... This is so rude! ”

Shi Meng's face was a little embarrassed, and when he spoke, his hands kept rubbing.

Hua Yan still appreciates Shi Meng's craftsman spirit, and said politely:

"Don't stick to those false courtesies, you did the right thing, I'm here to see how your situation is here, if you have any problems or difficulties, I will see if I can help!"

"No, no!"

Shi Meng waved his hand again and again, and then said.

"What's the problem, basically Director Luo solved it as soon as possible!"

Hua Yan nodded and said softly:

"That's good, I'll come over to build some equipment in the near future, take some of the pressure off you, and help me prepare a set of equipment."

Shi Meng was stunned for a moment, then immediately rubbed his hands excitedly, nodded again and again, and said:

"That's a good idea! That's a good idea! I will have the equipment ready soon, thank you Director Hua! ”

In the next two or three days, Hua Yan stayed in the refining department, his efficiency was very high, basically he could build a bronze rune sword in about two hours, and finally for the existing rune powerhouses in the steel city, no one was equipped with a rune sword, which also greatly improved their combat effectiveness.