Harut Heavy Industries' 15-storey office building in the winter capital has a dark façade and red edges that give it an unusually solemn feel. Outside the building, mercenaries patrol with war machines, and guards at the entrances and exits carefully check everyone's documents and belongings.

After the outbreak of the war, the spies of the Golden Shield Empire were indeed very active in the winter capital, making those big names a little afraid of being accidentally assassinated.

Luke took a taxi to Harut Heavy Industries, paid the fare, and calmly walked up the steps of the building in the snow. There was no problem with the documents and the letter of employment, and there were no contrabands on him, and the guard saluted him very respectfully, and then said, "Mr. Luke, welcome to Harut Heavy Industries!" You can take the elevator to the 9th floor, where there is a dedicated staff to receive you. I wish you a happy work and life in Dongdu! ”

"Thank you......" Luke nodded slightly in return with the brim of his hat and strode into the lobby of the office building.

Upwards of the hall is a shaft leading to the roof, and in the middle of the shaft stands a steam pipe that can be held two people's arm's width together, and each floor is connected from the main pipe. The entire steam delivery system not only heats the entire building, but also powers the staircase defense system and the various laboratories.

Standing in the middle of the hall, Luke couldn't help but admire the uniqueness of Atlantshire United in the field of steam. This kind of large-scale and efficient use of steam is something that Angry Waves City cannot do. If Dongdu is not an inland city and is located at a high latitude, Nutao City simply cannot compete with Dongdu in the industrial field.

The harsh environment and climate are the congenital deficiencies of the Atlante County Union, and the control of heavy industry capital has caused the Atlante County Union to invest in low-performance light industry very small. This makes the gap between the living standards of the rich and the poor within the Atlantshire Union very large, and Mina's family cannot afford gloves because they are very expensive here.

For various reasons, the Atlantic County Union is bent on obtaining land in the south, and the social contradictions that are accumulating more and more difficult to return to, can only use the war to vent internal pressure.

Luke hurriedly dispelled his divergent thinking, he didn't come to the winter to do social research. Hurry up and report to work!

Squeezed into a cage elevator with other white-collar workers, and when they reached the 9th floor, they saw the steam engineer's office area.

At the front desk, he took out his ID and offer letter, and Luke met with his supervisor. After a brief Q&A, Luke managed to get his work permit at Harut Heavy Industries, a blue jacket, and a steam pipe inspection form.

The supervisor was a very serious middle-aged woman, and after completing all the formalities, she said to Luke, "You came at a good time! The war against the Golden Shield Empire has greatly increased the company's production orders, and the warships under construction require a lot of steel.

In order to increase production, the steam pressurization exceeds the orange danger value, the frequency of steam pipeline failures has increased a lot, and many professional steam engineers are required to inspect and repair the pipeline.

You don't have time to adjust to the new working environment, and the people here are all out to patrol the pipeline. Take the map given to you and walk through the routes that need to be checked today, without missing a single potential point of failure. ”

"Okay......" Luke recalled the name of the director, "Lady Yolanda, I'm going to check the steam pipe lines now." ”

Yolanda was very happy with the new employee, not all newcomers were willing to go underground to check the steam lines on the first day of work.

She reminded Luke: "You are only responsible for checking for hidden dangers, just fill out the form carefully and get it back." Don't give a clear response to anyone's questions, and don't make any suggestions for plumbing repairs to your company's factories.

In charge of protecting you is the Ruskin Norton team in the company's security department, Norton is a very experienced team leader, and if you get into trouble, you will only do your part. ”

Luke patted the form book in his hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Lady Yolanda, I'm not a nosyman. ”

"Work well and you'll get paid very well."

"Goodbye, Lady Yolanda."

Luke left the Steam Engineer's office and took the elevator into the underground, and found the Norton team responsible for protecting himself from the underground Steam City in the Harut Heavy Industries Security Department area.

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There are four members of the Norton team.

Team Leader Norton is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man who wears a security team uniform canvas jacket and has two long-barreled revolvers pinned to his waist. He wears a wide-brimmed hat on his head and a cigarette in his mouth, which is very western cowboy style.

The team member, Mao, is a snowman with white fur all over his body, and his size resembles a strong standing polar bear. The Yeti are the natives of the Northlands, and their tracks can be found all over the perennial snow and ice regions. As the Atlantshire Federation expanded its territory to the polar regions, the Yeti naturally became a citizen of the Atlantic Union.

Snowmen have natural ice and snow skills, and in the event of a steam leak, their ice and snow skills can quickly cool down the leak area, so that maintenance personnel can safely carry out emergency repairs to the pipeline.

At the same time, the snowman has a lot of strength and stamina, and is able to carry more equipment and supplies for the team. When trapped underground due to an accident, there is a snowman in the team, and the chances of survival are much greater.

The snowman doesn't speak the lingua franca of the world, and Norton says after Luke introduces Mao, "I can tell you what you want Mao to do." Don't usually get too close to him, he doesn't like strangers very much.

This is Harry, the outpost of the squad, a very good thief. There are many dangers underground, and he can help us prevent most of them. ”

Luke enthusiastically held out his hand to the thief, "Hello Harry, I'm Luke, the new Steam Engineer. ”

Harry was short and thin, and his back was bent forward for professional reasons. Facing Luke's outstretched hand, Harry was visibly stunned, first happy and then inferior.

"Thank you for your respect, but I'm a disliked thief and don't deserve to shake hands with a venerable steam engineer like you."

Without waiting for Luke to speak, his hand was held by a woman.

"You're an interesting person, unlike other steam engineers who look down on our hard work. My name is Rebecca, your last line of defense. ”

Rebecca has a toned body that can't help but be eye-catching, and the muscles on her body are not gym muscle blocks with protein powder, but smooth muscle lines like long-distance runners. She tied her security uniform jacket around her waist and wore only a tight T-shirt. The T-shirt is covered with a pair of shoulder straps, and behind the shoulder straps is a two-handed knife stuck in the scabbard.

The blade is palm-wide, and the blade is long to the hip.

Luke notices that Rebecca's hair is long, with dark red hair tied up in a ponytail and the ends of her hair the length of the blade.

A woman with a lot of character.

Luke shook hands with Rebecca: "Before I came to the Winter Capital, I had heard about the dangers of the Underground Steam City. Criminals, gangs, pipeline accidents, underground creatures, and mysterious energy mutations can take people's lives at any time.

I'm leaving my safety to you. ”

The captain slung a cartridge belt on his shoulder, checked the firearm again, and said to Luke, "Let's go, Mr. Luke." I see your inspection route...... Not an easy path. We set off as soon as possible and hopefully made it back before the evening arrived.

Harry, go get ready for the railcar. ”

"Yes, Captain." Harry pushed the door open and left.

Mao howled and slung a large box of supplies on his back.

Rebecca stepped out of the way and said to Luke, "Please, Mr. Luke!" I'll be there for you all this time, and Captain Norton will be watching behind us. ”

"Let's go."

Luke walked out of the room with the briefcase on his back.

Walking through a long corridor and down a spiral staircase, a group of people arrives at the rail station built on the ground floor of the building.

Harry had been deployed to a section of the railcar.

After everyone had entered the carriage and sat down, the rail car slid down the tracks deep underground.

There is a large cave underneath the winter capital. With the production of steam and the transport of heat, as well as the development of mining and metallurgy, the cave gradually developed into a settlement of underground workers. Later, the settlement became a town, and with the arrival of a gray industry, the underground of the winter capital became a unique underground city.

Companies, factories, gangs, and those with special prestige control different areas of the city. In the midst of all kinds of contests and compromises, a set of order that is not explicitly stipulated by the law is tacitly acquiesced by all those who live here. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Abide by it.

Not crossing the line is the most basic rule.

The railcar glides down the top floor of the cavern along the winding rails, and the entire cavern is the same as the surface of the earth day and night. During the day, the cave glows red to illuminate the city; At night, the red light disappears, and the fluorescent moss on the cave walls creates a strange sight.

View of the dungeon Steam City from above.

The company's control area is in good order, and most of them are tall buildings. Most of the people inside were well-dressed and patrolled by armed mercenaries.

The factory area for the company is slightly downgraded, with luxurious buildings and humble factories.

Elsewhere, it's a mess, with a maze of houses and occasional explosions.

Just as the rail car was about to hit the ground, Luke saw a sudden burst of fire in one place, and the sound of a strong explosion was particularly loud inside the cavern. The Norton team only glanced at the blast zone, and then continued to talk casually.

The rail car is parked in the station in the Harut Heavy Industries control area, and Norton requests an off-road vehicle with a letter of instruction to overhaul the pipeline. Norton then asked Harry to drive the five out of the underground Steam City and towards the edge of the cavern.

Luke took out the map he had received and compared it to the map on his phone to make a plan for his next move.

The underground steam city is only one part of the underground system of the winter capital, and most of the steam pipes are installed in intricate underground passages. In addition, the mining holes dug out by the mines, as well as the topographic changes caused by various landslides, made the pipeline build and rebuild, and change and change.

In addition to the steam pipes built by the company, there are also many pipes erected by private individuals openly or secretly.

The complexity of the pipeline here is no less than that of the Indian circuit system.

Another thing that most people don't know is that there is a connection to hell. With the mining of underground heat energy in the winter capital, the power from hell is gradually seeping in. The most straightforward thing is that change is ...... Underground steam pipes are mystified, and early steam pipes are transformed into mysterious props.

It's just that most of the early steam pipes have been deactivated, and all Luke needs to do now is to follow the strategy to find the steam pipes that need to be used, and then process them into auxiliary words and mystical energy arrays suitable for the arcane language.

This is a very time-consuming task and requires a job that can be accessed to the underground steam lines.

So Luke was hired as a steam engineer at Harut Heavy Industries.

This maintenance line......

By comparing it with the phone's arcane array diagram, Luke found an early pipeline that needed to be used in the arcane technique. One section of the pipeline was out of service because it was buried, and the other section was repaired to continue steam transportation, which is a section of the line with a high incidence of failure.

Luke then noticed the end of the steam pipe.

"Captain Norton......" Luke showed Norton the map, he pointed to a mine area and asked, "This is the B36 mine, did there was a pipe burst accident a few days ago?" ”

Luke didn't expect him to be so close to Mina. On the first day he came to the winter capital, he hired Mina to be his maid; The first job to inspect the steam lines was in the B36 mine, where Mina's father worked.

Norton glanced at the map, shrugged his shoulders and said, "During this time, due to the increased workload caused by the war, all the factories were overloaded, and there were more accidents with steam pipes.

I don't know if there have been any recent accidents in the B36 mine, but some of the pipes here are very old, and accidents are very normal. @精华\/Shuge Error-free Debut~~

Sir, you are the first day you arrived in Dongdu, how did you know that there was a steam pipe burst accident in the B36 mine? ”

Luke didn't hide this matter: "I met a girl at the train station, her father was working in the B36 mine, and the other day he broke his leg because of a steam pipe accident.

Now the family has no source of income. I took pity on her and hired her to be my servant while I lived in the Winter Capital...... What a very poor child. ”

Norton did not feel any emotion at Luke's description, and warned Luke, "I believe Lady Yolanda has warned you not to mind anything other than your duties." Mine owners in the underground are not easy to mess with, and offending them will cause you a lot of trouble. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Rebecca, sitting on the other side of Luke, also said, "Captain Norton is right, the underground factory owner and mine owner are the embodiment of vampires and demons. Offend them and you may disappear inexplicably. Initial Update@

We can't protect you. ”

Luke laughed, "Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble." ”。

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