In the dense storm, the deafening roar echoed the thunder in the air, and the brilliant firelight crossed through the rain curtain.

The city wall to the west of the city of Wood and Stone City was blazing under the bombardment of the dense artillery of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Under the explosion and heat wave, the defenders at the head of the city could not react, and they turned into a pile of minced flesh and limbs with fire in the explosion.

Even if they dodge the bombardment, they may not be able to escape the burning of the flames that burst out after the explosion of the poisonous fire cannon, and the long-haired ghost soldiers can be seen everywhere on the city, and they are constantly rolling in the rain on the top of the city.

The wind blew in the torrential rain, the smoke billowed from the city, and the blood-colored powder that hundreds of hairy ghosts turned into after their death gathered into a fishy blood on the ground with the falling rain.

When the third round of shelling began in the rain, as the artillery commander had said, the walls of the city finally collapsed with a bang.

The dust rose as the falling stones fell, and were immediately washed down by the rain, turning into patches of mud on the ground.

When Zhu Hai saw the city wall collapse, he immediately pulled out the hammer on his waist and clenched it in his hand, and then swung forward sharply and pointed at the wooden and stone city, and after a long roar, he roared angrily: "Kill into the city, those who dare to resist will be killed!"

He rushed out of the forest first, followed by tens of thousands of ghost soldiers letting out a high-pitched roar as he galloped towards Wood and Stone City.

When their gallop made the earth tremble, it also brought a miserable wind. Sen Ran's ghostly aura was like a cloud of green smoke rushing straight into the sky, making the cloudy sky even darker......

"My daughter has grown up, and Feng Linzhou's affairs have been handled well. "After living in Miaoguang City for a day, Xiao Shizhu took the ghost mother and them to feel the border of Dingnan County, and after meeting with the large army, they sat on his shrine.

In the early hours of the morning, the honor guard set off again under the escort of the accompanying forbidden army and headed towards Yunyu County in the south of Dingnan County.

This Yunyu County was originally the northwest border county of Nanban, and it was incorporated into the land of Jiuyou after Nanban was destroyed by the Nine Shadow Kingdom. Because the sea in the west is more humid, it can be regarded as a place with more rain in all the places in the Nanban, so the officials of the Nine Shadows Kingdom named it Yunyu.

Xiao Shizhu's next destination on this trip is a natural volcano in Yunyu County.

"Look at you. After the ghost mother sitting next to Xiao Shizhu glanced at him, her eyes also flashed with relief.

"However, this surprise attack on the southeast of the Six Heavens Continent was a bit difficult. After a long time, the ghost mother looked down at the unfolded notebook in her hand and couldn't help frowning.

That was the battle report sent to her and Xiao Shizhu by Xiao Poria's fungus ghost, about the surprise attack on the Huaishan granary and Huaishui Port.

The Beiyin Dynasty equipped the water division with artillery, which made the ghost mother somewhat uneasy. Originally, firearms were one of their nine secret kingdoms' specialties in the war, but now they have also been learned by the Northern Yin Dynasty.

"We learn war in war, and the same is true of the Northern Yin Dynasty. Xiao Shizhu, who had already read the book, was slightly unimpressed, took a sip of tea, grabbed a pastry, and said leisurely: "If the Northern Yin Dynasty is so easy to defeat, there will be nothing to do with me." ”。

Xiao Shizhu stood up after eating all the breakfast pastries in his hand, walked slowly to the window and stood still, and pushed open the window carved with exquisite ghost playful pictures: "But our firearms are still more advanced than those of the Northern Yin Dynasty; ”。

With that, he looked out the window at the sky. I saw that the weather today was the same as the first day he first arrived in the underworld, and the sky was gray.

A slight yin wind blew around the shrine, blowing the copper bells hanging from the four warped corners of the roof, making bursts of crisp and pleasant sounds.

Looking at the gray sky, Xiao Shizhu couldn't help but think of the comfort when he first arrived in the underworld; he mingled with Yingzhao and them during the day, and went to the casino to play at night with a silver ticket. It's carefree all day.

At that time, he was not familiar with the underworld, but he also lived a relaxed life.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu, who had a faint look of happiness on his face, couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, revealing a light smile.

"In the words you often say, if you don't support the wall, I'll obey you. The ghost mother closed the notebook in her hand, and when she sighed lightly, a little envy flashed in her eyes: "Why do you seem to be so dismissive of any difficulties?"

"Then if I sigh, will the difficulties give me face and fly away? Don't be stupid, whether it is difficult or suffering, it is not so easy to be reasonable. Xiao Shizhu smiled and continued to say casually: "So if there is a difficulty, then deal with the difficulty, even if it fails, it is nothing, it is better than a whole day with a sad face as if you owe money." ”。

The ghost mother sitting on the edge of the bed not far behind him could listen attentively, and Xiao Shizhu always had all kinds of 'crooked reasoning' in the face of anything. But these so-called 'crooked theories' are not rough, which is also one of the things she likes about Xiao Shizhu.

Xiao Shizhu is occasionally lost, angry, and of course sad, but more often, he encourages himself with an optimistic attitude, desperately standing in front of his cherished ghosts, and facing many difficulties alone.

Just when the ghost mother looked at Xiao Shizhu lying on the windowsill with affection, and was fascinated, Chunhan's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Lord Princess, we have arrived at Cuishan." ”。

The ghost mother hurriedly paused, while Xiao Shizhu said, "Got it." After that, he slowly turned around and put the purple clay pot in his hand back on the small table next to the bed.

Walking out of the shrine with the ghost mother, there was a sudden heat wave in the face, and then I saw a volcano not far in front of the honor guard with a slope that was not too steep and filled with a pungent sulfur smell in the mountains, which was reflected in the eyes of Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother.

Billowing black smoke continued to rise from the top of the mountain, and dark red magma slowly gushed out from the mountain pass, leaving thousands of fiery red scratches on the slopes of the mountain, and slowly flowing into the magma stream that surrounded the mountain.

The shore is planted with tall Fuso sacred trees, which exude a cold air, and surround the edge of the forests, between the workshops and turrets built with Fuso sacred trees.

The souls of people carrying wooden plaques made of Fuso sacred wood are carrying spoons and buckets made of Fuso sacred wood, going back and forth between the workshop and the magma river outside the forest, from which buckets of scorching magma are held, and various firearms are forged in the workshop.

That volcano is the green mountain that Chunhan said. In the past, there was a deserted land near this area, but after this place was incorporated into the Nine Shadows Kingdom, a sub-bureau of the Ordnance Supervisor was built here.

The underworld can't make an electric steelmaking furnace on earth, and if you want to make a high-quality firearm, you have to have high-quality steel. However, ordinary forging furnaces could not reach the temperature of making good steel, and Xiao Shizhu could only use these geographical advantages to forge high-quality metals that could make firearms.

But looking at the volcano in front of him, which only has volcanic rocks and hot magma, but is called Cuishan, Xiao Shizhu has no idea where this mountain is located?

Just when he was suspicious, a banshee soul that looked like Yingzhao and was also a white horse, with green and black hooves and a human head, as well as a long brown hair and a pair of wings, came to the opposite side of Xiao Shizhu and stood still under the leadership of Chunhan.

"Because of this, the minister visited the lord and the mother of the country. This demon spirit bowed his head slightly to Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother, and bowed with his fists.

This ghost used to be also a divine servant, but a divine servant of the god of the sea lord Buting Hu Yu. But when the Emperor fought for sovereignty over the underworld with the evil gods who had fled from the human world, she remained neutral and survived.

Later, she became more and more disappointed in the underworld, and she has been wandering in the Nanban Mountains and forests, living a carefree life. It wasn't until after the annexation of Nanban in the Nine Shadows Country that Xiao Shizhu issued a recruitment order to select ghost talents from all walks of life across the country.

Because she can override the cold wind at will, and can turn her ghost qi into cold qi and spit it out, Mrs. Lai arranged for her to come here, one is to manage the armory supervisor here, and the other is to cool the metal forged by the workshop of the armory supervisor here.

And after she taught the magic technique of spitting cold breath to some craftsmen in the Ordnance Prison, she also made the firearms of the Nine Shadows Kingdom better and better.

As soon as Xiao Shizhu was happy, he promoted her to the rank of officer, and all the ordnance supervision sub-bureaus in the western part of the Nanban region were handed over to Yin Yin to manage.

"There is no distinction between ministers and ministers in the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Xiao Shizhu waved his hand, signaling that she didn't have to take a step forward after being polite, facing this demon soul, who had a delicate goose egg face and a pair of watery eyes on both sides of the high nose bridge, he raised his eyebrows at the demon soul with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked in a low voice: "Why is that volcano called Cuishan?

As soon as these words came out, I didn't get along with him too much, and I didn't know anything about his character, because I was suddenly stunned, and blurted out "Ah?", and his frowning face was instantly full of doubts and incomprehension.

"Because you don't mind, he's like this, as long as he's interested in anything, he has to get to the bottom of it immediately. She knew the ghost mother with her, and Ying Ying smiled at the moment: "You don't have to deal with him." ”。

The sergeants around him also laughed.

If this kind of thing were in another country, the participants would have been charged with disrespect to the lord and dragged out and beheaded. However, in the Nine Shadows Kingdom, whether it is a minister or a ghost people, it is commonplace to joke with the King of the Nine Shadows, not to mention a few laughs, Xiao Shizhu doesn't care at all.

What he wants is the sincere admiration of his subjects, so that he will not care about the speed of a few words.

"Okay, why did Cuishan become a black volcano, I heard that you were researching a new type of artillery, so I deliberately came around, take me to see it. Xiao Shizhu also said with a smile.

"In fact, in the era of the ancient gods 10,000 years ago, this place was also green mountains and green waters. Later, the war between gods and demons began in the ten continents, and many places in the south became the strongholds of the demons; In order to attack this place, the ancient gods rained down endless heavenly fire, and it became a volcano. After briefly explaining to Xiao Shizhu, he turned sideways and said with his right hand: "Please come with me." ”。

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother just took the tiger biao as a guard, and followed Yin Yin towards the workshop by the volcano.

After taking them to a workshop in the deepest part of the house, Xiao Shizhu saw a square four-wheeled cart that was one zhang long and no more than half a zhang wide, parked in the room.

It's better to say that it's a car, but it's also like a box, with ten round holes at the front end, divided into two rows, and through the holes, you can see that inside are slide rail slots.

Looking around, I saw two craftsmen assembling a thing with a branch about half a zhang long, a thick front end and a thin back, and the front end resembled a diamond-shaped spearhead. Xiao Shizhu just glanced at it, and felt that it was like a gun in the world*.

It's just much longer than a human gun*.

"This is the Falling Star Cannon. Because he came up and explained to him.