At first, I only saw a part of the behemoth, which was its half-egg-shaped base, and the countless round holes in it were spraying colorless strong air currents, which caused the giant buildings to be lifted up, and at the same time, the steel markings covered under it turned into twisted and blurred symbols. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the flying ship gradually rises upward, Zuo Ci sees a ring of huge gears staggering in the center of the city, with intricate metal pipes forming an abstract art style. Steam erupts into the air from pipes or other outlets, adding a hazy look to the European-style buildings made of black iron and white steel, and transforming the entire city into a British-style misty city.

Similar guardrails and neatly cut platforms were revealed as the flying ship taxied, but the world inside the guardrails was completely different from the previous Blood Abyss West Exit Station-

Warm orange lava lights illuminate the floor, walls, and beams in the delicate black iron lamps, on which countless screws and tangents are clearly visible. At the end of the station, there is a huge gear turning, and when it makes a "click" sound, it seems to play a role in telling the time, and the ship that cooperates with it reports the arrival of the station.

"The West Exit of the Steel Fortress has arrived! The West Exit of the Steel Fortress has arrived! ――The train has arrived at the West Exit Station of the Steel Fortress, so please take your luggage and valuables and get off the train through the door on the right side of the train, and be careful when you get off the train and the platform! ”

Following the large group and getting off the "bus" ship, I looked left and right, and found that the entire station was three times the size of the West Exit Station of the Blood Abyss, but there were still not many people.

Seeing his doubts, Sal took the initiative to explain: "There are a total of five stations in the entire Steel Fortress, except for the four exit stations in the south, east, west, and northwest, the most important station is the Central Station. Most of the stopovers from the Steel Fortress are to Fort Furnace, or to Iwo Jima and the Sky Islands, all of which are to Central Station by airship. Although the road is easy to walk in the area pointed to by this west exit station, the direction leading to it is relatively unpopular, and few foreigners can walk except for locals. This place can't be said to be as popular as the Iron Fortress......"

Sal's words were soon confirmed.

Because of the strange rules of the Steel Fortress that prohibit riding in the city, the group left their mounts in the stables under the West Exit Station. As soon as I walked down the stairs through the exit to the corner of the commercial street in the West District, the concentration of the fog was much thinner than the upper layer, and the whole world became clearly visible within 100 meters, Zuo Ci was immediately stunned by the crowd of people in the river for a second. It's arguably the most populated area he's ever seen in this game-

Ten steel guards, dressed in similar attire as mercenaries, patrolled the streets in pairs, and in a short period of time, they saw two groups passing in front of them, which showed that the security was definitely strong.

On the left-hand side are rows of shops, where travelers dressed in various costumes carry backpacks and sell goods on Taobao, among which several races and races are the first time Zuo Ci has seen them.

On the right-hand side of the uphill road there was a vaulted bridge, under which sat homeless people or travelers, some of them were sleeping, some were painting, some were singing—the song was so beautiful that it attracted not only many onlookers-by, but also Zuo Ci's attention.

"Hey, I'm going to return the mercenaries first, and then I'm going around the city to gather the materials for making the spiral - rest assured, there's no place in the world with more complete engineering materials than the Steel Fortress. We agreed to meet at the inn in the heart of the fortress in the evening, and then I would hand over to you what I had made—and that was it. Ludy said, waving her spear and swaggering away with a large number of mercenaries into the road between the herb shop and the leather shop in the upper left.

Sal saw that Zuo Ci was interested in the crowd watching and singing, so he patted him on the shoulder and beckoned, "Let's go, go and see." ”

The two of them squeezed through a gap in the crowd one after the other, and in front of them appeared a thin but tall boy with feathers on his head and pointed ears, holding a bronze harp and singing a song with a story.

The land of Manchester, the land of demons;

In the molten river, there are countless secrets hidden.

In the battle of the molten fire, the lives were devastated, and I saw a mountain of molten corpses and bones in the river;

The battle situation was decided, Keane was brave, who knew that Albert was a ghost;

He is a mad king, squeezing the countries and making people resentful;

Dominating the rivers and lakes relies on means, which makes the two lords uneasy.

The wicked harm the sage, still look up to the sky and spit on it, spit on the sky, and fall from himself;

Dust is raised against the wind, and the dust does not reach them, but also their own bodies;

The virtuous cannot be destroyed, and the evil will destroy itself!

The Steel Fortress hides a killing machine, and the Shadow Castle still has intrigues;

Manchester's demise is imminent, and the Keane continent is always on the lookout......

In the metropolis of Manchester, there is a great rebellion singing, and sure enough, it attracts the attention of the steel guards. After singing a few more words, they came forward to drive the crowd away, and the pointy-eared singer, seeing that the situation was not good, immediately got up and burrowed into the crowd and mist, and disappeared from Zuo Ci's sight with the speed of thunder.

"It's really fast." Sal pursed the corners of his mouth, "It's not a small amount of guts, singing this kind of song in Manchester's urban field, even I want to beat him up......"

Zuo Ci didn't intend to express his opinion, just kept silent.

Sal then proposed, "Shall I take you to the Central Hotel to check in?" Go back to the city stone to register. ”

"No, you can go back first, I want to walk around the city, and I'll meet at the hotel when the time comes." Zuo Ci glanced at him indifferently, said this in a non-negotiable tone, and walked alone along the road under the arch bridge towards the uphill land.

The steel fortress is a strange and complex city, with the road going uphill and downhill, high and low, and from time to time there are arch bridges, platforms, pipelines and giant gears and other two- and three-level construction, making the entire city's passage appear more complex and three-dimensional. As a result, there are many dark passages in the city's paths, and the steam mist is floating in the sky, which is extremely easy to get lost. It's no wonder that Sal just proposed to take him to the hotel, and it is estimated that there is also this consideration.

Fortunately, Zuo Ci has a good sense of direction and memory, and although the road section is complex, there are also street signs to guide the way, as long as you don't walk on the same road section repeatedly without knowing it, you can walk to the right direction to the core of the city.

After quickly finding the right way, he jumped from a low bridge onto a huge pipe, and was about to jump down the narrow deserted alley where he was about to look, when he suddenly saw the figure of the bard just now-

The singer's expression was evidently panicked, stumbling away from the crowd and looking backwards. There was visible blood on his left hand, which was holding his stomach, and it appeared to be injured.

Although he knew that this was his own business, Zuo Ci still had the idea of jumping down to help him for a second...... However, as soon as this thought flashed through him, a violent gunshot rang out, and the singer immediately fell to the ground in agony.

Luty, who was traveling with her, immediately appeared in sight, with the group of mercenaries who had not yet returned.

The mercenaries swarmed up, chained the dying minstrels, and then carried him back in the direction from which they had come.

Zuo Ci unconsciously sighed slightly, perhaps it was this very small movement that made Ludy, who was about to evacuate quickly, raise her head and meow at it-

Zuo Ci immediately flashed a trace of shock, not because of Rudy's looking back, but because of a cold air behind him, and his afterglow seemed to skim a mysterious black shadow and disappeared.

It was too late to catch more, but Zuo Ci quickly turned around and looked towards the foggy city behind him......

After this episode, after turning around and walking for an unknown amount of time, Zuo Ci came to a rectangular square. In the center of the square, there is a huge statue of a dignified nobleman with a serious face and a burly figure holding a spear in his hand and shooting into the sky, presumably this is Dracula, the lord of the city, Zuo Ci thought so and approached in the direction of the statue.

When he reached the foot of the statue, he noticed a bulletin board on the right side of the statue, prominently pasted with a map of the Steel Fortress. Without hesitation, he unfolded it and held it in his hand, leaning against the base of the giant statue, Zuo Ci carefully studied the terrain of the city.

Although the structure of the city is complicated in the steel fortress, the functional area is clearly divided into five parts: southeast, northwest, and middle.

The western part is the commercial area and living area of the commoners, and the eastern part is the territory of the nobility, with many castles and mansions, which must be more heavily guarded; The southern part is a mechanical engineering area, which is probably a paradise for engineering players, as Luty said earlier. To the north is a military zone, and the map does not show the function of each building in detail, which evokes reverie. The four stations are connected in a perfect positive direction, and although the aristocratic district to the east and the military district to the north sound like inviolable territory, it seems that the stations have independent passages to get to them, and their function as passageways does not affect them.

The central square is a comprehensive business district, and the central hotel is on the left side of the direction directly opposite the statue, after studying the map, Zuo Cili is walking towards the hotel, ready to do the registration and start to study the items sold in the surrounding shops.

The Central Hotel, made of black iron, is indeed the most luxurious hotel I have ever seen.

Pushing the door opens, you will see a row of burning fireplaces at the end of the lobby that are the width of the wall, and the walls on which are clearly visible ten square pipes, which appear to be connected to the chimney leading to the roof. Dozens of European-style black iron lamps illuminate the lobby, and dozens of black iron tables and chairs are neatly placed in the lobby of Nuoda, half of which are full of adventurers. The black iron staircase leading to the second floor is set in the center, and a red carpet is laid on top to prevent the sound of frequent travelers from disturbing other guests.

The innkeeper's counter was set not far to the right of the entrance, and he was a middle-aged man with a stiff, well-dressed beard, who couldn't help but stare at Zuo Ci for a long time as he stood in front of him to register.

After completing the registration, Zuo Ci couldn't help but raise his head and ask him, "What's the matter?" ”

"I've rarely seen adventurers below level 30 come here......" The innkeeper glanced at the lion tattoo on his right arm and added meaningfully, "except for the members of the Lion Guild." ”

--------I'm here to add the dividing line---------

Yes, Zuo Ci's chapter is coming to an end, and the next time is the end of this chapter, and it will be more complete today.