After breaking the idea of Moteng running away.

Luki went back to the living room, where the fireplace was lit and the temperature had dropped considerably.

Throwing two bundles of firewood into it, Lu Qi didn't bother to go back to the room, and lay directly on the sofa, intending to continue the dream just now.

I slept soundly this time.

When the first rays of the morning sun poured in through the window, shining on Luci's face, he also woke him from his sleep.

Although I slept on the couch last night, the quality of sleep was surprisingly good.

After falling asleep, I was lazy, but after a lazy waist, I instantly recovered my spirit.

Yuna didn't know when she got up, but she was already over there with hot water and pouring tea.

"Good morning."

yawned slightly, and said morning and evening.

Lu Qi suddenly smelled a burning smell, and when he looked at the smell, he saw Mo Teng, who was lying in the corner with his limbs open, like a dead dog, with a bad expression on his face.

His eyes rolled white, and his already black hair looked even darker, some of them were hard and straight, and there was a smell of burning, as if he had been roasted by fire.

"What is he doing here?"

Seeing this, Lu Qi was a little surprised.

When Yuna, who was pouring tea, heard this, her face was as flat as ever, and she said in a cold voice: "Your Highness may have misunderstood him this time." ”

Lu Qi was puzzled: "What do you mean?" ”

Yuna said: "Your Highness slept last night and said a night's telegram. ”

When the words fell, Lu Qi was slightly stunned, and then he glanced at Mo Teng again, probably understanding the reason.

Then he sighed: "I rarely talk in my dreams, but I didn't expect to run into you." ”

Morteng: "."

Look at what you're talking about.

I'm about to give him a call overnight, and now this is the attitude?

Don't you even feel guilty about losing it?

He couldn't tell who was the dog for a while.

At this time, there was a burst of footsteps on the second floor, and then Miss Crownguard yawned and walked down, and she had slept for a while, her hair was messy, a dull hair was cocked, and her little face was leisurely and comfortable.

"Good morning."

A lazy voice said hello, and Lux sat down on the couch.

Yuna placed a cup of hot water on the table in front of her.

After thanking her, Lux took a glass of water and took a sip of it.

Lu Qi looked at her and said, "Today is officially going to worship the ancestors, and we are ready to go back." ”

"Hmm."

Lux nodded, her eyes already thinking about the day of returning to the royal capital.

After a while, Sana, Poppy, Caterina, and Frey all woke up.

Everyone packed up and prepared to go.

On the way, they joined Galen's team and headed towards Forsian's grave.

I don't know how many times I've walked this road in the past few days, but I'm already a little more familiar with it.

Lux looked at this mountain road that she felt tortured when she was a child, and suddenly felt a lot of inexplicable feelings in her heart.

When she came here as a child, it had just rained, and she only remembered how difficult the road was, how tired she was, and how cold the air was.

Now that she was back on the road, she suddenly noticed many details that she hadn't noticed.

There are signs of spring revival in the mountains and forests, the grass is full of chests, and the wildflowers all over the ground are connected to create a flower bush.

Halfway up the mountain, when you look up, you can see the blue sky and cloudless, and the birds fly by, and everything seems to be full of peace.

It turned out that this was the scenery she had not noticed at that time.

The main thing is that Lux looks to the side, yawning and climbing the mountain with her.

It seems that climbing mountains is not particularly boring anymore.

She thought for a while, and suddenly asked out loud: "You have climbed this mountain a few times, is there anything you want to say?" ”

Climbing the mountain early in the morning is actually not in line with the style of an elderly person like Lu Qi.

He sighed slightly: "I don't want to say anything, I just think that after climbing this mountain in the morning, I can show off an extra bowl of rice when I go back." ”

Lux was speechless for a moment, touched her stomach, and then nodded, "Indeed." ”

I didn't even eat breakfast when I went out this time, and when I climbed halfway up the mountain, I felt a little hungry.

However, the group persevered to the top of the mountain and came to the cliff where Foss Ian lived.

The cliffs are still barren and grassy, and lonely tombs stand on top of the raised hills, and the cold wind blows from the high mountains, accompanying the graves.

Galen and Lux stepped forward and solemnly began to worship their ancestors.

I don't know why, in the process of worshipping his ancestors, Galen always felt cold on his body, as if he was being targeted by something.

And Lux clasped her hands together, seemingly very pious to worship her ancestors and pray, but in fact, she was frantically making a small report in her heart.

He blamed Galen for bedwetting. When it comes to playing the game later, he is tall and plays the hero, and she can only be the villain. and then Galen always secretly made small reports to his mother

As if counting Galen's sins, Lux kept thinking about it.

If great-grandfather has a spirit in heaven, he must help her vent his evil spirit.

So, in the pious prayer of Lux, the ancestor worship came to an end.

Galen got up from the ground, his face was not very good, and he didn't know why he always had a bad premonition.

"Captain, what's wrong?"

Diadoru sensed that his expression was not right and asked more.

"Nothing."

Galen shook his head, always feeling strange, but he couldn't tell.

Then, the group began their return journey, and just as they were about to leave the cliff, the stone path under Galen's feet suddenly "rattled" and broke apart.

He threw himself forward, slammed his head into the tree in front of him, and made a crisp sound of "dong".

This time, everyone froze in place.

When Lux saw it, her eyes lit up and she couldn't wait to applaud. Thinking of something, she glanced back at her great-grandfather's tomb, folded her hands again and bowed slightly.

And Galen, who had hit his head against the tree, stood up straight with a black face, and was extremely puzzled in his heart, completely unaware of the situation.

He couldn't even react to such a thing?

Behind him, several team members couldn't help but laugh and stepped forward hypocritically.

"Ah, Captain, what's going on?"

"It's so good, why did you hit the tree?"

"It's rare for a captain to have this kind of mistake."

"Captain, you didn't break your head, did you? That sound just now was so loud. ”

Lu Qi also liked to join in the fun, and suddenly realized: "I understand, Brother Lun wants to test everyone, whether the human head is hard, or the tree is harder!" ”

When the words fell, there was a chorus of "I see", "It turned out to be like this", and "I deserve to be the captain".

After this wave, Galen's face became darker and darker, and his mood was extremely cracked.

The morning atmosphere, right in the midst of Galen with the trees and the head iron, ended happily.

Back in the small town of Fosbayro, in celebration of the help of Lucci and Galen in destroying the demons, Judge Giselle specially prepared a banquet after they left.

The food and drinks were ready, and the people who had just returned to the town immediately threw themselves into the feast.

The banquet was very pleasant, and Lux was in a very good mood and showed off four bowls of rice.

One of the bowls was for climbing a mountain, and another was for Galen hitting a tree.

The little black dog was ignored by the people, sitting outside the feast in isolation, watching the people drink and talk hungrily.

Before coming to this body, Morten didn't need to eat, and human food was far less delicious to him than the horror of nightmares.

But now it's different, at this moment he is basically equivalent to a physical mortal, and he will also feel hungry.

I'm already a little hungry by now.

Hungry to the end, even if it was a bowl of leftovers from Lu Qi, he ate it quite quickly.

After eating, Mo Teng couldn't help but suspect the demon life, and sat there with a gloomy face, looking up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle.

He was the master of nightmares, and now he was reduced to the point of living on leftovers.

Such a tragic situation made him suddenly feel that his future demon life would be a darkness.

It's a feast, and there's an end to it.

The morning time flew by, and soon it was time to separate.

At the gate of the town, the residents of the whole town came out to see each other, and after saying goodbye, Lu Qi and the others embarked on the journey back.

Shortly after leaving the town of Fosbayro, Galen found Luci to say goodbye.

This time, they came to the town of Forsbyro Town and suddenly received a letter asking for help, and now that the matter is settled, they naturally want to move on to the next mission.

So, after agreeing to say goodbye to the king, Galen left directly from the other direction with his team.

In the blink of an eye, it was February 22.

On the way back to the royal capital, Lu Qi also witnessed spring getting closer and closer along the way.

The buds on the trees appeared, the green leaves appeared, and the wind blew a little spring, and before I knew it, it seemed that I didn't feel the cold anymore.

Time is like that, always changing inadvertently.

On the way back, of course, it was the same, passing through the city of Mi Yin for a day, and then Veros, Rissos, Pinara, and Edessa.

Arrived at the gate of the royal capital this afternoon.

This time I went out for nearly a month, and after returning to the royal capital, Lu Qi and the others also felt a little tired and gradually relaxed.

After entering the city, the king has not changed much, and it is still the big city in his impression.

Lux, who was like an arrow, immediately went home, and Sana also missed her sister and family, and everyone was temporarily separated.

Lu Qi also went to the palace first, and after reporting the matter to Gavin III and Tiana, he left the palace.

got into the carriage prepared by Youerna and went all the way to the research and development base of the scientific research institute.

In fact, in recent times, he has been more concerned about the progress of steam engines and trains.

After arriving at the scientific research institute, Wenward was leading a group of scientific researchers to test the train outside the wide area.

Now there is a wider track built outside, and the trains running on it are constantly making a "clang" sound, and they are moving in circles and moving at the same speed.

"Your Highness."

Seeing Luffy coming, Winward nodded in acknowledgment.

Lu Qi looked ahead and asked, "Has the stability of the steam engine been taken care of?" ”

"Hmm." Winward nodded lightly and said, "Now the steam engine can provide stable power, and after improvement, it is no longer as material-consuming as it was at the beginning, and it is relatively affordable. However, after solving this problem, we also found that new problems followed."

Immediately, Winward spoke slowly, and Luckye listened.

At the beginning, the problem encountered by the scientific research institute was the stability and energy consumption of the steam engine, which was not so stable and wasted resources because it consumed too much coal.

Today, this one has been resolved.

However, as if the problems were emerging, the research institute encountered new problems.

The problem shifted to the train.

To put it simply, there are two issues at the moment.

First, it is the problem of train rollers and tracks, if a train wants to move forward stably, then the phase of wheels and tracks must be coordinated, otherwise it is easy to cause derailment.

Second, it is a matter of speed, and after many tests, Winward found that the kinetic energy provided by the steam engine is somewhat overflowing. In other words, the speed of the train is not the same as the kinetic energy brought by the steam engine.

In other words, the running is a bit slow.

The scientific research institute is trying to break through these two problems, and has probably thought of a solution at present.

Luki believed in their abilities, and he did what he had to say.

The slow speed is due to air resistance, as long as the front of the car is modified to a shape that is more suitable for air resistance, the Luqi impression is basically to use a streamlined front end.

The flow of air can also affect speed, so a barrier between the cabins that prevents air from entering can be added.

Now the scientific research institute is thinking about how to solve these problems.

After all, what they have to consider is not just what Lu Qi says, what they are building is a real steel monster.

If the speed is too fast, it is easy to derail, so the wheel Luqi recommends using tapered, small on the outside and large on the inside, with suitable rails, basically as long as there is no impact, there will be no derailment.

In general, none of the problems encountered so far are problems.

It's a bit of a boom.

Another important thing is the use of the steam engine.

The steam engine is not just used as a power source for trains.

Its role is quite extensive, and the steam engine that has been tested and stabilized can be put into use.

For example, the research institute recently transformed a forging machine.

The steam engine is used to provide power, which can almost replace the power of three people, which can be said to be very labor-saving.

There are many great blacksmiths in Demacia who make high-quality equipment, and with a forging machine, these excellent blacksmiths will not be unfamiliar.

On the contrary, it will open up a very convenient route for them.

There are other uses as well, such as printing presses.

At present, the printing press is basically a hand-cranked printing machine.

Once the steam engine was in use, the printing press did not need to be manpowered, but only needed to be programmed to run stably.

And there are countless applications like this.

This is the change that machinery will bring to an era.

Luch believes this is just the beginning.

(End of chapter)