Chapter 1: Gold Rush
"Hurry up, hurry up!! The car is about to go!! ”
"It's coming! Here it is.."
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On the seat by the window, Fugui quietly looked at the noisy city in the distance, the towering chimneys, the rumbling roar of machinery, and the airship that seemed to hang in the sky, all of which showed that he had crossed over, and this was no longer the earth, but a new and strange world.
But it doesn't matter, there is nothing to accept or not, I was terminally ill in my last life, and if I can do it again, I will earn it after all.
After crossing over, he planned to leave this bustling city, and the reason was very simple, his predecessor had never belonged here, and he was a country boy who wanted to come to the city to work hard.
Everywhere hit a wall, depressed, only then did he occupy the magpie's nest, the house in the countryside was also sold by the predecessor, and the parents have died, in a sense, in this world, the predecessor has nothing.
Although there are many opportunities in the city behind him, it is a pity that he has nothing, except for going to the factory to be juiced sugar cane, he is to go to the gangsters, and it is okay to mix with the gangsters, but in these years, everything pays attention to a bloodline, and the gangsters also have a family heritage, and he can only be a cannon fodder when he goes.
So, after muttering for a long time, he used his little savings to buy a steam ticket to the border, and he wanted to go to the southern border to pan for gold.
Of course, the gold rush here is an adjective, and the country where he is located is called the Border Kingdom, and the south is an endless grassland and forest, where a nomadic race lives, and there is no so-called steam revolution based on alchemy like his country, which is relatively backward.
The Industrial Revolution is a steel monster that devours resources, once it acts, it will not stop, similar to the previous life, when the border kingdom is almost industrialized, it can only expand externally, so the grassland forest named Char is targeted by this country.
Although Char is mostly grasslands and forests, there are also rich resources under it, and the two sides have fought a lot for these things, and naturally, the border kingdom is more dominant.
The greatest achievement of the Industrial Revolution was efficiency, and in the face of well-equipped alchemy troops, the nomadic tribal army could be said to be losing ground on the frontal battlefield, just like the Indians who were slaughtered by the Americans.
But the difference is that this world has supernatural abilities, or rather, it was once a world of swords and sorcery, but with the passage of time, the Industrial Revolution began.
There are also so-called transcendents among the nomads, who can't beat you head-on, but in guerrilla warfare, the alchemy troops are not opponents, so the battle situation is not one-sided, but a little stalemate.
Of course, he didn't want to join the army, he was not interested in fighting for life and death, he just wanted to go to the rear of the front line, where there were all new territories fought by the border kingdoms, and colonies built around various resources could be described as a waste to be rebuilt.
There is a lack of everything, especially people, and naturally, a person like him, who has nothing, may find some better opportunities if he goes there.
Moreover, he is not without any hole cards.
The last memory of his previous life was that he was taking an X-ray, and then he lost consciousness, and perhaps because of this, after being reborn, he found that he actually had the ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves.
If he wants, the images within a certain range of his surroundings will be projected in his mind like 3D images, especially the human brain waves, and he can even interpret their meanings, although he cannot read the memory, but he can also know what the other person is thinking.
It stands to reason that with this ability, he can actually stay in the border kingdom, but as mentioned earlier, he lacks the first pot of gold, as for using his ability to do some bad things to accumulate money, sorry, there is a secret guard dedicated to the transcendent.
He asked himself that although he had some ability to protect himself, in the face of other people's professional and armed secret guards, the end was probably not much better...
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"Boy, go to the south to pan for gold?"
Fugui, who fell asleep against the car window and woke up in a daze, saw that there was a middle-aged man full of stubble and dust, with a mouthful of yellow teeth and a cigarette in his mouth.
"Hmm."
"Have you figured out where to go?"
"Not yet."
"See?"
The man took out a flyer from the canvas bag beside him and placed it in front of Fugui.
Colorful and green, very visually impactful, it is written in extremely tempting language to go to a certain place in the south to mine, the treatment is good, the income is more, there is a small town next to it, there is everything in it, you can consume, it looks very good.
It would be perfect if you didn't keep in mind the risk of frequent mining accidents and the occasional harassment by the nomads who made a detour to the rear.
However, Fugui still picked up the flyer under the bearded man's eyes.
There is nothing else, just some small experience accumulated in the previous life, the most profitable gold rush in the western United States was selling jeans, so, in such a place, can you also do something.
Of course, he is not in a hurry, if there is no investigation, he has no right to speak, no matter how well it is written on the leaflet, it is only a one-sided statement, he plans to go to the local town to inspect it..
"The small town of the gold diggers."
The man said with a smile.
"The town farthest from the front line is safe and prosperous, and if you go, tell someone about me, my name is York, and it says on the leaflet, you can read."
"I went to elementary school for a few years."
Fugui nodded.
"I'll think about it."
Hearing this, the man grinned, picked up his canvas bag, turned and walked along the driveway, apparently this was his job, to get people to the town called the Gold Digger's House.
"Home.."
Putting the flyer away, Fugui leaned against the window again.
Seeing the word home, his heart throbbed inexplicably a few times, it has been a few days since he passed through, and Fugui has already passed the initial adaptation period, but in fact, he didn't really let go, it was his parents who had been with him for decades, and he could only put it there, how could he put it down.
However, he also has to admit that he has slowly accepted the world, especially after having extraordinary abilities, and has burst out of a mood called passion, and now that he is allowed to return to Earth, he seems to be a little hesitant.
All in all, it's such a painful and happy emotion...
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"The air... , it's still like that.."
After sitting for more than 30 hours, his legs were a little bruised, and Fugui finally got off the steam locomotive.