Volume II, Chapter 142, The Third Layer
"Is this a residential area?" Mu Luanyi looked at the things in front of him that were not houses at all. The streets, which were supposed to be wide, are now occupied by tents, with only a path large enough for two people to walk side by side. In this way, the road was also littered with all kinds of garbage, and there were even some unknown black liquids flowing, this thing Mu Luanyi was quite familiar with, but he ran most of the imperial capital to collect it for Liu Mengying.
"That's right, the people who live on the fourth floor are the families of the people who work on the next three floors, because the population is increasing, and the original houses here are not enough to live in, so they simply live here in tents. ”
"Why don't they live on other floors. ”
"Not to mention whether they have the money to buy a house on other floors, basically no one who works in the mines below wants to live on other floors. ”
"Why. Mu Luanyi didn't understand what he meant.
"I don't really understand this, the people here seem to be very disgusted with people in other areas, which is why I want you to change your clothes. ”
"How do we get to the lower three floors. Liu Yang asked.
"I'll make sure you're going to the bottom three floors. Jia Xilai asked again.
Mu Luanyi hurriedly said: "Xilai, lead the way, I'm also curious." ”
"Okay. Seeing that the two of them had such a tough attitude, Jia Xilai couldn't say anything more.
The three of them came to the landmark building on the fourth floor, in front of a giant gate where there was a staircase leading to the underground.
"Floors 1 to 3 are divided into three functional areas, the first is the mining area, which leads directly to the underground mine, the second is the mineral processing area, which is responsible for the refining and processing of minerals, and the third is the factory area, which is mainly some manufacturing plants. Jia Xilai wrapped himself in his clothes as he spoke.
Mu Luanyi and Liu Yang also repeated the same action, and Mu Luanyi also complained: "Why is it so cold here, we didn't feel this way when we were on the top floor before." ”
"I don't know at all, it's basically the same distance from the top floor to the rising sun, but the temperature here is too different from the top floor. But don't worry, it'll be warm when you go down. ”
The three of them soon went down to the factory area on the third floor, and before they got out of the stairs, an extremely pungent smell came out, and the three of them coughed incessantly.
"Ahem~cough~Ahem~, I told you a long time ago, there will be people in this place except for the staff. cough~cough~cough~"
Liu Yang was so choked that he couldn't speak at all, and raised his finger to point inside to signal to move on. Jia Xilai reluctantly took the two of them and continued to move forward.
When you really enter the third layer, what brings the three of you is not only a more pungent smell, but also a sense of depression from all directions. The whole hue of this layer is black, and it is the kind of black mixed with all kinds of turbidity, and even the light on the top is so dim. Not only that, but all the buildings that the three of them looked at at were all black, and black smoke was coming out of countless chimneys, and that pungent smell was like that.
"Wow~~~~~~~~~" A piercing sound sounded in the entire space, Jia Xilai suddenly reacted, and quickly pulled the two of them to his side, and a circular ice curtain instantly appeared to envelop the three of them.
Outside, all the personnel on the entire third floor entered the factory, the street became empty in an instant, and all the lights on the top of the floor were turned off, and Liu Yang, who was hiding in the ice curtain, used his natal skills to see what was happening. The original black steel plate on the top floor slowly opened to reveal a huge fan, the fan blades rotated, and the gas that filled the entire space was quickly pumped out, and the pungent smell was gradually disappearing at the same time.
Soon the roof was closed again, the lights were turned on, and the entire third floor was back to its original state. Jia Xilai also removed the ice curtain, and the smell could still be smelled in the air, but it was much better.
"What does this taste like. Mu Luanyi felt that his throat was about to be corroded.
"The factories here are all powered by burning coal, which is the exhaust gas from the burning of coal. These exhaust gases are cleaned three times a day, and we are fortunate to be able to catch up. ”
"What do the factories here produce?" Liu Yang has always been curious about this question, he didn't find any industrial products when he wandered around the shopping street before, but the factories here seem to be all running at full capacity. ”
"The vast majority of them produce boilers, the rest are all alloys. ”
"I can still understand what the purpose of producing alloys is to produce boilers. ”
"The entire Dry Ice City is made of special alloys, and the alloys are produced to meet the daily consumption of the city. ”
The three of them said as they walked, and they had to say that due to the countless boilers in the factory, the temperature inside was not low, and Liu Yang felt the illusion of the people around him while walking, and he was taken aback.
"Most of the people working here are B-level or above, and there are even a few S-class. Liu Yang reluctantly said this reality, and he could only say two words about these buried treasures - heartache.
Mu Luanyi also didn't expect that there would be so many masters here, but he was quite happy about this situation, after all, the more this situation would be beneficial to them.
Liu Yang also wanted to enter the factory to learn more about the situation, but was stopped by Jia Xilai.
"We don't show our stuff in this kind of clothing now, you just have to talk to them and they know that you are not in this area, and it will be difficult for us to even get out of here. ”
Liu Yang had no choice but to give up, Jia Xilai proposed that the three of them continue to go down, but this time both of them hesitated. According to Jia Xi, this layer can be said to be the best of the three layers below, and the treatment of the remaining two layers is comparable to hell.
In the end, the two still didn't have the courage to continue down, after all, the physical and psychological blow to them was already very high.
The three of them returned home, and now the top priority was to finalize the selection plan.
"Xilai, you will go back to the imperial capital early tomorrow morning and call my brother and his beloved disciple over, and the way we select will probably fall on the two of them. Mu Luanyi had already thought of the selection method, and this kind of thing was a strong point for him.
"Okay, I'll leave early tomorrow morning. ”
"Also, I will write a secret letter for you to bring back with you and give it directly to my father. Liu Yang wanted to report the matter of Heqing City and the Yaoyang Tower here, so that the imperial capital could take precautions as soon as possible.
"All that's left is to test us when it's time. After arranging Jia Xilai, Mu Luanyi looked at Liu Yang and said slowly.
Liu Yang looked at his future brother-in-law with a smile: "Looking at your expression, I know that I am going to suffer again." ”