Episode 34 The Tanzan Railway
The newly built railway of the Blue Star Country is named the Tanzan Railway, which starts from the westernmost part of the western steppe of the Blue Star Country in the east to the Zanxi City of the Yan Country in the west, with a total length of 1,100 kilometers, and needs to cross various peaks, hills, rivers, lakes and plateaus, and the construction of the entire railway is a very difficult project.
It would be extremely difficult to build such a super railway in a short period of time, even on the same earth. But this is the world of cultivation, and the realm cultivation engineers and monk construction teams that have been cultivated by the Blue Star Kingdom for many years and have mastered both cultivation spells and science and technology have perfectly combined cultivation and modern construction engineering technology to turn this seemingly impossible project into reality at a rapid speed.
When the engineering team of the Blue Star Country was building each section of the railway, they first let the garrison conduct preliminary reconnaissance to drive away all kinds of monsters in the project area, and then used spells and explosives to fill in the valleys and lakes and cut down the peaks to ensure the safety and smoothness of the road ahead. Then the Xiuzhen construction team in the rear followed closely, using mana and machinery to reinforce the roadbed with reinforced concrete, erect tracks and bridges, and use a lot of auxiliary spells to consolidate the tracks. Because of the combination of magic and scientific and technological power, the progress of the project is extremely fast, sometimes dozens of kilometers can be built in a day.
Of course, the reason why the construction of the Tanzan Railway is so fast also has a lot to do with the large amount of research and preparation that Lan Xinguo has done before. In order to expand the economic and trade of the western countries, the Blue Star country has long carried out research on the geography and transportation of the western countries, and has planned several commercial routes for a long time. After the start of the "Pan-Blue Operation", these plans immediately turned into various implementation plans printed on paper, and all kinds of preparatory work began in full swing.
Therefore, when the Kangnai government decided to start this plan, the construction team of Blue Star immediately launched an action, determined to open up this lifeline to Zanxi City, the last fortress of the Yan Kingdom, in just three months, and transport all kinds of materials from Blue Star to the front line of resisting the Qin army.
At this time, more than 100 miles away from the city of Zanxi, hundreds of workers of a construction team were working nervously, although they did not pay attention, the danger was quietly approaching them. Suddenly, a huge spotted lizard leaped out of the dense forest and pounced on several workers who were working on a certain section of railroad tracks. Seeing that the unsuspecting workers were about to die under the blood basin of this demon lizard, suddenly a magic weapon flew from not far away, only to see a flash of inspiration, a stream of blood spurted out, and the huge head of the demon lizard fell heavily to the ground.
"Young Master Rankie!
"It scares me so much!"
"Thank you for saving us!"
Several workers escaped with their lives, and when they saw that it was a boy who was only fifteen or sixteen years old who had rescued them, they immediately cried out in surprise.
Although the face of this young man in military uniform named Rangi still has childishness, his eyes reveal a trace of maturity and stability that his peers do not have. He walked quickly to the workers, first stepped forward to carefully check whether the magic lizard was completely dead, and then turned back to several workers with a relaxed face and said, "Whew! I'm sorry, I came a little late, and I almost hurt this beast!"
"Where, Young Master Rankie, you saved our lives, and it's too late for us to thank you, how can we blame you?"
"Yes, the deadline has been too tight these days, and you haven't had time to completely clean up the monsters in this vicinity, and it's not surprising that some fish have slipped through the net, if it weren't for you officers patrolling here all day long, I'm afraid we wouldn't have much of the heart to rush to work." Thank you so much!"
Hearing that the workers were grateful to him, Rangie was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and said, "It's okay, this is what I should do, not to mention that I am also responsible for guarding this area, and I am always responsible for anything that goes wrong." There shouldn't be any problems here, please keep working, I'm going to keep patrolling. With that, the boy quickly stepped on the flying wheel and flew off into the distance.
Looking at the back of the young man leaving, the workers sighed with emotion.
"Young Master Rankie's cultivation seems to be getting stronger day by day, the last time I saw it, it seemed that it was still in the late stage of the Qi Realm, and now it is already the early stage of the Earth Realm, this is really amazing!"
"Of course, he is the first disciple of Archmage Linda, and if he can get the true inheritance of Archmage, of course his strength is a thousand miles a day!"
"Well, but this kid is too pitiful, he has no father since he was a child, and it was the archmage who pulled him up. β
"What?!Young Master Ranji was raised by Master Lin?"
"Alas, you don't know, Young Master Rankie's father is said to be the first leader of the Blue Star Clan back then, called... It is said that this leader died at the hands of the elders of the Gui Guo Li clan at that time, and that incident also became the beginning of the Blue Star Clan's rebellion against the Xiuzhen forces! Oh, it's all a legend when I think about it!"
"That leader is called Grant! You should take a good look at the chronicle of the Blue Star biography, didn't the book describe this history of the Blue Star Clan a long time ago? And Lin Dafa is not only Young Master Lanji's mentor, but also his godfather, and many people in the country know about this. β
"It's not surprising that we don't know, we have been running projects outside all these years, how can we have the opportunity to go back to China to listen to this. β
"That's right! Don't say it, I still remember! It turns out that Young Master Ranji actually has such a background! He must have a bright future in the future! It's really enviable!"
"Don't talk nonsense, it is said that Master Lin is very strict with Young Master Lanji's education, otherwise he would not have been sent here to exercise at such a young age. β
"Alright, alright! Let's get to work first! Peyton, a few of you hurry up and connect this fence! The working group behind is about to catch up! It's less than 100 kilometers away from Zansi City, and there's still half a month to go, so let's work hard!"
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In the distance, Rangie did not hear the workers' comments about him, and even if he did, he had long been accustomed to these words. His most important job now is to protect the safety of workers in this thousand-meter-long construction area, so as to prevent nearby monsters or beasts from attacking the construction workers and ensure the smooth progress of the project.
This job was not arranged for him to be done by Linda, but he took the initiative to ask for it. For a long time, Rangie was strictly disciplined by Linda, often leaving him in the country for various closed cultivation and study, and never allowing him to participate in any foreign war affairs. This time, on the grounds that he had advanced to the realm of cultivation and had a certain ability to protect himself, Rang Ji strongly requested to participate in the expedition against the Qin army with Lin Da, hoping to follow Lin Da for a long time and learn skills.
Of course, Linda would not agree at first, but after Rangie stalked and found Arden, Connell, and White Feather to intercede, she finally agreed to the boy's request. However, Linda did not directly let him go to the battlefield, but first let him experience the construction site of the Tanzan Railway before following him to the front line to fight.
The boy was constantly patrolling in the low air, and his spiritual sense swept to the ground below again and again, and suddenly, he sensed a powerful spiritual sense sweeping from a distance, and instantly locked on to him.
"It's... This isβ" The boy sensed this familiar aura with a little excitement, and looked into the distance in surprise.
In the eastern sky, more than a dozen figures were flying quickly here, and there was a golden person in front of them, flying in front of everyone, it turned out to be Linda.
"Godfather!" the young man immediately greeted him in surprise when he recognized that it was Linda.
"Hehe, my little Rankie, are you busy here in this short time?" asked Linda with a loving face, looking at the young man's growing face, thinking of Grant, who had been dead for many years, and couldn't help but feel some emotion in his heart.
The young man immediately replied excitedly: "Of course I'm very busy! I've been patrolling here according to your orders, and I killed a spotted lizard just now! You didn't see it, the magic lizard just now was only a little bit away from those workers, if not..."
"Wait a minute, you said you killed a demon beast just now?" Linda interrupted him abruptly.
"Yes, it's a spotted lizard that is best at changing color and concealing, or how could it pass through the perimeter of the garrison, what a cunning and insidious animal. The boy said excitedly.
Lin Da shook his head and said, "That's not right, didn't I tell the past, don't kill any demon beasts easily? With your strength, you don't need to kill this kind of demon beast at all, and you are completely capable of easily controlling the demon beast, but why don't you listen to the advice?"
"I... I was only excited for a moment, so I made the killing, but this demon beast was only a little bit away from those workers, and I was forced to do it. When the young man heard Linda's words, he suddenly panicked a little, and hurriedly defended.
Linda still shook his head and said, "Even so, you can't kill easily. How did I educate you as a child?"
Seeing Linda's slightly serious expression, the young man couldn't help but feel a trace of awe in his heart, and quietly lowered his head. Seeing this, Lin Da's tone softened, and he said kindly: "You know, we built this railway, originally to disturb the creatures living here, and even destroyed the natural environment here. We're the intruders here, and that's not right in the first place. So for the various monsters and animals that originally lived here, we can protect them as much as possible, even if we encounter some monsters that threaten the construction, try not to kill them, just drive them away or move them to another area. We should respect every plant and tree here and protect the environment here. β
When the young man heard this, he asked a little unconvinced: "However, these demon beasts threaten our lives! Not to mention that by killing these demon beasts, we can also obtain valuable demon pills, which is very helpful to the cultivation of monks! Haven't the monks of the Terran Continent for thousands of years all killed demons and obtained pills for cultivation in this way?"
Lin Da shook his head firmly, looked at the beautiful mountains in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, killing demons and taking pills and seizing all kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures for one's own use is indeed the practice of traditional cultivators, but this is not the practice of our Blue Star Nation!
"For thousands of years, the cultivators on the Terran continent have unscrupulously seized resources from nature, and for their own greed and desire, they have continued to kill and plunder, I don't know how many heaven and earth spiritual creatures have died in the hands of cultivators, and how many species have died out because of their greed. The cultivators even stretched out their blood-stained sinful hands to other alien races, turning them into mortal enemies with humans. Didn't your sister Fia tell you a lot about the Fish-Folk past, and have you forgotten the tragic history of the Fish-People who were invaded by humans in the past?"
"No... Noβ" The boy lowered his head in shame, not daring to look directly into Linda's slightly reproachful gaze.
"Therefore, we people of the Blue Star Kingdom must follow such a principle, follow the way of heaven, respect nature, pursue truth, and maintain freedom. This is the code of our Blue Star Country, and it is also the creed that you must abide by in your life. Our current dispatch of troops to resist the Qin army and rescue the mortals in the west is also a manifestation of abiding by this principle. You understand, right?"
The boy raised his head, nodded slightly, and said firmly, "Yes, I understand!"
Lin Da smiled slightly, patted the young man's shoulder, and said kindly: "Okay, don't say so much, otherwise it won't be good for you to be disgusted." This time, I plan to let you and us go to the front line of Changshan City together. The Qin army hasn't made a big move for a long time, and we don't care what they do, but it's time for us to act. You can follow me and learn how to fight. β
Hearing this, the young man immediately became excited, and he was eager to rush to the front line immediately. In Linda's hearty laughter, the group turned to Changshan City in the west and flew away confidently towards the sunset.