"With all due respect, miss, that road has been abandoned for many years. Saji made a cup of hot tea and handed it to Rong Ruo, a middle-aged Moro man with a mustache who oversaw the construction of the underground railway from the Elven River to the Black Mountain Mining Area.

I don't know whether the luck of the three was too good or too bad, but not long after they entered the woods, they stepped into the trap net buried among the dead leaves, and were loaded into the net at once, and then hung to the tree.

The net was set up by a nearby road builder to catch wild boars, and the workers who came to inspect found the three men in the net and brought them back to the camp, where the head of the camp sent them to Saji's office because of their identity.

"Thank you. Rong Ruo carefully took the teacup with her left hand, the doctor in the camp did a simple handling of her right hand, Saji borrowed three blankets for them, the blankets used by the Moro people were just the right size for their three children, they were draped in blankets, sitting on the sofa in Saji's office, and the cold wind was unpleasant to be hung in a net and hanging on a tree for a few hours, and all three of them were almost frozen.

"That road has been abandoned for many years?" Anton asked.

"Yes. "This mountainous area is so loose that the road collapses too frequently, accidents are frequent, and maintenance costs are too high, so the Empire abandoned it thirty years ago after building another road around the mountains." ”

Xinghe and Anton Qi set their eyes on Rong Ruo, and in the face of the eyes of the two, she stomped her feet in annoyance, "Why are you looking at me, I didn't know that this road was abandoned, and my senior brother didn't tell me when he took me here!"

When Anton heard this, he looked up at the ceiling above him, as if there was something interesting on the beam, but with a mean smile on his face.

Rong Ruo was angry and stepped on him violently, causing him to scream, "Okay, it's my fault!"

Xinghe shook his head helplessly, is Anton a restless character, and Rong Ruo is also a noisy lord, I'm afraid that such a senseless bickering will continue until they reach the capital.

Suddenly, he noticed that Saji was watching them distracted, he put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Mr. Saji, is there something wrong?"

Saji came back to his senses and smiled, "It's nothing, it's just that your relationship seems to be a lot better than I thought." ”

"Who has a good relationship with him (her)!" Rong Ruo and Anton retorted in unison, Sagi stroked his mustache, smiled, and didn't speak, but Xinghe understood what he meant, Anton is a human being, and his current identity is also a human being, and Rong Ruo is a demon spirit, and it is indeed a rare thing for a demon spirit to make trouble with a human being like this.

Saji walked back to his desk, pulled the brass bell on the table, and then said to Rong Ruo: "Miss Hegu, you see, we have a very tight schedule here, and there are places where hospitality is not good, I hope you will forgive me, tomorrow morning 'Newton' will come with supplies, and he will take you to the Elven River." ”

"Who is Newton?" Xinghe asked, somewhat confused.

An unfathomable smile appeared on Saji's face, "You'll know tomorrow morning." ”

There are a large number of workers in the camp, and the living space seems a little cramped, but the three of them were assigned to a relatively clean single room that night, if I am not mistaken, this should be Saji's own bedroom, and only Saji, as the head of the project, may be given a single room here, and Xinghe found Saji's personal belongings inside, a group photo, the photo shows Saji and his wife, they are holding a small baby, and the photo corner reads "Newton is 1 year old".

Newton was Sage's son?

Xinghe couldn't figure it out, what would it be that would pick them up?

But the doubts are doubts, the three of them first fell off the rock wall, and then fell on the tree for a few hours of cold wind, by this time they were already very tired, even Anton and Rong Ruo did not quarrel abnormally, as soon as they lay on the blanket they fell asleep, and even the little goblin shrunk in Rong Ruo's arms, sleeping very soundly, in order to avoid causing a commotion, the little goblin had been hiding in Rong Ruo's pocket.

The next morning, Xinghe was woken up early by the movement from outside the room, he woke up Anton and Rong Ruo, it is worth mentioning that Rong Ruo's sleeping appearance is really bad, the quilt that was originally covered by her was kicked far away by her, and the whole person put a big word on the blanket, Xinghe took a lot of effort to wake her up, to be honest, this is the first time he has seen such a person who can stay in bed.

Afterwards, the three of them washed up briefly on the edge of the pool in the camp, the workers in the camp had already gotten up, they followed the workers to receive breakfast, a few slices of dry bread, an egg, and a bowl of hot soup, Xinghe and Anton felt that the food was not bad, but for Rong Ruo, it didn't seem to be so appetizing, she only ate eggs and the bowl of hot soup, and the dry bread that was not easy to eat did not move.

After breakfast, the three of them came out of the camp's cafeteria and found Saji talking to some other Moro people wearing hard hats, and he saw the three of them and walked over, "Miss Hegu, are you and your companions resting well?"

Rong Ruo yawned and waved her hand, "It's okay." ”

Sagi tugged at his mustache and said to the three of them, "Come with me, several, 'Newton' is coming soon." ”

Wondering what "Newton" was, the three of them followed Sage into a carriage, which drove them out of the camp and drove in one direction, and Xinghe could see the workers in the camp also walking in that direction.

The carriage carried them to a clearing, and a rectangular platform about a meter high and dozens of square meters in size was built on the ground, and a roof was built above the platform to protect them from the rain, and they followed Saji up the stairs to the platform, and the galaxy leaned towards the bottom of the platform, below which were two long metal tracks, and between the two tracks were stacked with wooden strips at equal intervals, and under the wooden strips were buried gravel.

Xinghe suddenly remembered what Du Ze had said to him on the boat, he said that the empire was laying an iron road to directly connect the Elven River with the Black Mountain mining area, and he asked with some uncertainty: "Railway?"

"Railroad?" Saji looked at him in surprise, tugging at his mustache and thinking for a moment, "'Railways,' haha, but I'm more used to calling them rails." ”

Xinghe looked back at the railroad tracks, where a barricade had been erected not far from one end of the track, the back part of which seemed to be under construction, and the other end of the track stretched far away.

"Look, 'Newton' is coming. Saji suddenly looked into the distance and said, his face showing an undisguised look of pride.

Xinghe followed his gaze, only to see a small black dot appear in the distant sky, and a white line floated above the black dot, and as the black dot approached, a deafening roar followed.

The thing that rushed along the railroad tracks, like a monster shining with a metallic luster, as it approached, the ground began to tremble, Xinghe subconsciously took a few steps back, Anton was no better than him, his face was shocked, but Rong Ruo was very calm, and poked his head out to look at it with a heartless look.

"This is 'Newton'?" Xinghe asked, licking his somewhat dry lips.

"Yes, this is 'Newton', the highest wisdom crystallization of Vulcan University!" Saji walked quickly onto a wooden platform specially prepared for him, and at the same time did not forget to introduce to the three of Xinghe, "The 'Newton' steam bullet train, the whole body is cast with copper alloy, the power source is five alpha steam cores, the maximum speed can be as high as 120 kilometers per hour, and the full load weight can reach 700 tons, he will bring a revolution in the transportation industry!"

Someone on the platform picked up a wooden stick painted with a striking color and waved it at "Newton", and then "Newton" came with a harsh and sharp sound, it was braking, and Xinghe could see countless sparks popping out between the wheels and rails under the brass body.

The workers who arrived one after another were already surprised by this, and they parked the carriages and began to install the lifting machinery.

The Newton slowly drove into the platform, just as Sage said, the entire front of the car was made of brass, the surface of the brass was polished, and the gap between the two copper plates was so tight that Galaxy even doubted that it could be inserted with a blade.

The wheels were already a little red from the huge friction, and the galaxy could feel the oncoming heat, and thick steam rose from the hole in the front of the car, and the huge roar in the front of the car was like the roar of a giant beast.

The workers who came to the yard walked to the carriage pulled behind the front of the carriage, opened the gate on the carriage, and hoisted bundles of uninstalled rails and sleepers from the carriage with assembled lifting equipment, loaded it into the carriage for transportation, and then slowly transported it into the distance.

Xinghe looked at the "Newton", was shocked and speechless, from Du Ze's mouth heard that it was one thing, and it was another thing to see it with his own eyes, he clearly saw that the more than ten carriages pulled behind the front of the "Newton" were stacked full of steel rails and thick sleepers, in front of such a monster, the decline of Jiangcheng seemed so natural.