Chapter 50: The Age of Steam
As he retreated, the shadow man pointed forward, and the temperature of the stone giant's body rose sharply, expanding and deforming, and cracks appeared.
In the goatee's hand, there was an extra sarcoma, which was thrown out, and it hit the place where the stone giant's body cracked, and the sarcoma exploded violently.
The stone giant was shocked and retreated one after another.
Just as he was about to lift the stone arm to smash it, Luo Lan on the other side pushed his hands forward, and the air vibrated visibly with the naked eye, and the ripples wrapped around the stone arm.
Mu Shi opened his bow and released an arrow, and the arrow hit the stone giant, but it bounced into the air.
"Cannon!" The filmmaker's voice is calm.
"Born free!"
Zhuo Cheng completely took on the role, ran in a few steps in a roar, jumped on the highest stone, stepped on the crack of the Dao Dao, and the person jumped up, and the mace made of lapis gold hit the stone giant's head, and the smashed stones collapsed, and the debris flew out.
The stone giant's body, as if it had lost the strength to support it, cracked with a clatter, and shattered into a pile of rocks.
Zhuo Cheng moved his right arm, felt the twisted tumor stinging pain in his upper arm, and endured the urge to take inhibitory drugs, which was far from the limit.
There was a shadow overhead, and he looked up to see a large cloud floating across the sky.
Dusty, bleaker than a gloomy sky.
The shadow man looked at him and nodded imperceptibly: "Very good." Then, holding the horns of the top of his head: "Born free!" ”
The mule said to Zhuo Cheng that this was the recognition of his companion by the wilderness bandits, and Zhuo Cheng hurriedly raised his hand, held the top of his head, and replied: "Born free!" ”
Boom –
In the distance, a loud explosion was heard.
The filmmaker quickly went up to the heights, and the goatee followed closely: "Where to shoot?" Where to shoot? ”
"Blood Cannon!" The filmmaker said: "The man of the singularity! ”
Zhuo Cheng has heard the name of the blood energy cannon, the forest environment is so complicated, the people of the singularity brought the cannon in?
But the screams quickly drew everyone's attention, and in this moment, the bandits in the wilderness under the boulder had been slaughtered by those mutated monsters.
The centipede girl and her little male pet watched the excitement with great interest, and had no intention of reaching out to help at all.
Those humanoid dragonflies were just ordinary people when they were alive, and their strength was limited, and they were also temporarily killed by wilderness bandits.
There are only two left that can fly.
A humanoid dragonfly vibrated its translucent wings and tried to fly up, but Wood and Stone bent his bow and arrow, and an arrow pierced his bulging eyes.
The shadow man casually took his hand, and the remaining one rose into flames and burned to ashes.
Zhuo Cheng reminded at this time: "Before these people mutated, there were eggs in the wounds, which may have been parasitized by golden dragonflies, everyone be careful." ”
Mu Shi saw Zhuo Cheng speak, and hurriedly spoke: "Mutants have no ability to parasitize anymore. ”
Zhuo Cheng came to the stone giant's broken rock, and used a mace to move the stone to see if there was any special substance in it.
But in addition to blood-soaked stones, it is still blood-soaked stones.
Luo Lan jumped down from the boulder, landed opposite Zhuo Cheng, leaned down and squatted down to look at the stone, and the low neckline revealed a large white flower.
"I didn't expect that the blood stains left by the extraordinary twister can really animate the dead." She threw the stone: "There's an extraordinary twister, or a blood twist type, who died here, but the body is gone......"
The shadow man got down from the stone, picked up the horse that was carrying the supplies, and said only one word: "Enter!" ”
Goatee and Mu Shi each chose a horse to lead and follow, and the centipede girl looked at Luo Lan and Zhuo Cheng, and walked first.
The stone giant was activated, and it happened to open the opening, and everyone led the horses in.
Zhuo Cheng led the mule at the end, and Luo Lan followed, passed by him, and said softly: "I helped you, you have to repay me." ”
Hearing these almost inaudible words, Zhuo Cheng looked back, and the stone giant was still scattered in a heap.
When they first arrived in front of the boulder, there were still more than a dozen people in the team, and there were only seven left after a meal at most.
Zhuo Cheng led the mule through the gap into the ruins of the city, and walked along the road in front of the machinery company and the gold shop, the road was paved with concrete, not asphalt.
The golden dragonfly fled into the ruins of the city, and everyone was on high alert.
The doors and windows of the gold store were broken, and the inside was a mess, Zhuo Cheng did not look at the gold jewelry on the ground, but looked at the pipes in the store, which seemed to be made of brass, and the tee was bolted, and the end was connected to the ...... Glass lampshade with brass mechanical base on the bottom!
The appearance is rugged and the style is retro.
Looks like I've seen something similar in the movie.
On the other side, the iron door of the alpine machinery was closed, and nothing could be seen.
The filmmaker said: "Calm down, the essence of the city's ruins, in the center." ”
It didn't seem to be the first time Luo Lan had seen the ruins of the city, and as he walked, he looked at it, and his face was not serious: "This is the style of the previous era, and the city center is the most prosperous place." ”
Zhuo Cheng is not in a hurry, he has seen more prosperous cities, hundreds of meters high, ordinary in the city where he lives.
Besides, there is a limit to what a person can carry, so he must look for the most valuable.
Walking all the way on, on both sides of the road, most of the buildings are three to five stories high, and many of them are storeys on the first floor.
Although most of the city's buildings are intact, there is no human figure in sight, not even a single skeleton.
Where have all the people gone? Refugees? The buildings and shops in the city are neat and tidy, and they don't look like people fleeing.
The roads on the outskirts of the city are very empty, with no people in sight, and there is no means of transport.
There are tracks on the ground, trams? Or a steam car?
The whole street passed, and a street lamp appeared in front of him, Zhuo Cheng came to the front, knocked on the brass lamppost, and looked at the retro design lampshade, which didn't feel right.
Others may have been in the ruins of other cities, but it's normal.
"There's a bookstore!" Mu Shi reminded.
Zhuo Cheng also saw that there was a wooden signboard hanging on the store in front of him, with four red characters engraved on it - Baiwei Bookstore!
Several people were no longer calm, and even the filmmakers quickened their pace, threw down their horses and entered the bookstore.
Zhuo Cheng also followed, and the bookstore was very large and full of bookshelves.
When he was in the Singularity Camp, he knew that the books of the First Age were highly valued by major organizations such as Singularity, and the books in the ruins could be exchanged for a large amount of resources.
The shelves are full of books.
The wrinkled face carved in the wood and stone couldn't hold back the excitement, and the trembling hand went to pull the book, and as soon as the fingers touched the edge of the book, the book immediately turned into ashes.
The same goes for the shadowman's black-gloved hands.
Even Zhuo Cheng, the book he touched immediately shattered and fell to the ground.
"It's still like this, it's still like this." Quite like the goatee of the old teacher, he couldn't help but say: "The books that carry the knowledge of the First Age in the ruins will be broken when touched!" ”
Zhuo Cheng asked curiously: "Isn't it because of time and aging?" ”
Luo Lan picked up a blank piece of paper from a table, and it shook and crackled: "Look, the blank paper is very well preserved." ”
Zhuo Cheng realized: "The world curses not only us humans, but also human civilization?" ”
"Remember, we are Flying Goat believers." The shadowman's black hooves staggered, and the horns on his head swayed: "Don't be influenced by the old and old, and don't be bound by narrow racial concepts." ”
Zhuo Cheng is very conscious: "Born free!" ”
He subconsciously glanced at the naked thin waist of the centipede woman, and the stitches that stitched the upper body of the human body and the huge centipede's body, dense and delicate, like a work of art.
Is this not bound by racial ideas?
Zhuo Cheng couldn't help but shudder.
The book was shattered to ashes, and nothing was found.
Zhuo Cheng couldn't help muttering, what kind of deep hatred does this fucking world have for human beings, it is not enough to destroy the first era of mankind, and even the inheritance of knowledge must be destroyed by this means.
Do you really think humans are viruses?
After leaving the bookstore, continue along the straight street towards the center of the city's heritage.
Buildings began to collapse ahead, and the road was cut in a large section, as if it had been smashed by something falling from the sky.
The collapse is positively large, but the collapse is not deep, and the radius is tens of meters.
When he got closer, Zhuo Cheng looked down, although the things in the pit were partially damaged, countless construction debris fell on them, and even the airbags were deflated, but he could still recognize it, and the style was clearly an airship!
"A flying object invented by humans in the First Age!" At this time, Luo Lan said: "A weapon of war! ”
War means that it has to do with weapons, and weapons are the key to survival in the ruins of the wilderness, and the people can't bear to go down and check it out.
Zhuo Cheng looked around and found that it was just a civilian airship, and there were no weapons such as guns and cannons as imagined.
But the rugged shape of the airship, the huge steam engine, and the delicate and tight transmission connection made him think of a certain technological civilization.
Skirting the giant pit, there is a mechanical boutique with glass cabinets.
Zhuo Cheng looked at the works on display in the cabinet: brass pocket watches with bare gears, toy-like steam locomotives, motorcycles made of gears, metal and bearings, and ......
When he came to the door and saw the works in the largest display case, Zhuo Cheng tried his best to hold back his surprise.
It's a delicate piece of steel.
On the head of the anthropomorphic fox, a female face can be seen, as evidenced by the slender and towering steel body underneath.
Further down, on the straight metal long legs, there are extremely smooth and natural lines, and on the cocked buttocks, there are nine metal woven fox tails!
It turned out to be a mechanical nine-tailed fox demon!
Zhuo Cheng looked carefully, this mechanical body is not empty of appearance, there is a delicate structure under the metal armor, tightly fitting and precisely biting gears, regular running chains, springs that are recovered after being squeezed, and so on.
Above the shoulders, there are even exhaust vents reserved!
It seems to add power and it works!
Zhuo Cheng speculated: There won't be a small steam engine in it, right?
No, no, let's not talk about the machine......
Not only Zhuo Cheng, but others are also staring at this mechanical masterpiece.
Luo Lan said directly: "This one, I want it!" ”
She smashed open the glass cabinet and took out the mechanical nine-tailed fox for the centipede girl to carry it.
This is a dead thing, not a distorted thing with a living consciousness, Zhuo Cheng naturally has no interest, just marvels at the beauty of machinery, the beauty of splicing, the beauty of retro, and the beauty of precision.
And, the beauty of steampunk!
Seeing this, Zhuo Cheng gradually grasped that judging from the ruins of this city of the First Age, the human civilization of the First Age was not the world he lived in at all, but a steampunk world!
This steampunk civilization is ruined!
Zhuo Cheng thought more, and when he was in the ruins of another city, he had never found electrified items......