"Sir."

A black sedan is parked in the center of the square somewhere in a military base on the outskirts of Britannia's steam capital.

In front of the sedan was a heavy armored car, surrounded by heavily armed soldiers.

Mycroft was still in the same suit and stood next to the black sedan with a cigarette in his mouth.

A man in a suit, with a fat stomach and bald hair, was smiling in front of McCroft and handing him the papers.

"I'll leave it to you, sign it."

Mycroft tossed the cigarette butt in his mouth on the ground and stepped on it, then took the paper from the bald man's hand and signed his name.

Rob, who was standing beside him, picked up the cigarette butt from the ground and threw it into the trash can on the side.

The bald man took the paper from Mycroft's hand, looked at it carefully, and bowed to Mycroft.

"Please, then I'll get busy first."

With that, he walked to the house on the side of the base.

Rob raised his head and looked around at the military base, "It's still our third agency headquarters that is stricter, and the guards here are too perfunctory." ”

"After all, the level of secrecy of the Seventh Organ is not high." McCroft said slowly, "Let's go." ”

He got into the car, and Rob followed.

The armored car slowly started and drove away from the military base, and the black sedan also left.

These two cars are not theirs, but from this base, and at this moment they are going to the empty ship docking ground in the steam capital, and they need to send this thing that needs to be escorted to the third organ of the imperial capital.

The steam is actually not far from the military base, so it didn't take long to arrive.

The city was the industrial center of the South, and in the past Britannia's main enemy was in the South, so there were many military factories here, and at the beginning of the World War, the factories here produced a large number of weapons to support the front line.

There are also many very large heavy industry companies here, such as the factory of Tesla in the past, of course, this famous company in the past is no longer owned by Tesla. There is also the Behemoth Company that built the civilian armored car that carried Sherlock Watson and others around the demon-filled imperial capital a few years ago.

And they passed through the factory area, through the windows, they could see many tall chimneys belching smoke, and there were many mechs walking around the streets.

The houses here are also very different, because of the large number of factories, it is also the most populous city in the south. And because the steam capital does not affect the construction of the city by retaining some historical buildings like the imperial capital, there are many high-rise buildings here.

There are a lot of workers wearing overalls on the road, and even wearing some exoskeleton armor to assist in work, or directly manipulating non-combat mechs to move through the streets, which is very steampunk.

"It's really different from the imperial capital here." Rob muttered softly.

"The former imperial capital is very similar to here." "It's just that because we want to protect the environment in the imperial capital, all the factories in the imperial capital have been moved to the suburbs." ”

Rob nodded, "It's true that when I was a child, I basically couldn't see the blue sky, but now the weather in the imperial capital is really much better." ”

He slowly looked up at the sky, "It's a lot darker here." ”

"After all, there are many factories where pollution has always been a major problem for steam." "In the process of industrialization, we always have to give up something. ”

Rob seemed to be about to say something, but a loud noise in the distance startled him.

"Boom !!"

It was as if something had exploded, followed by a tremor of the earth, and the people around thought it was an earthquake, and squatted on the ground in horror to look around.

The tremor was even transmitted through the ground to the vehicle they were riding, and the tremor was so persistent that the surrounding houses began to tremble, and Mycroft saw many visible cracks in the ground.

"Boom !!"

A fireball that flew out of nowhere smashed at the end of the street, and countless pieces of debris flew around, and ordinary people walking nearby were directly smashed by the explosion generated when the stone fell.

Some had their legs broken and were wailing in pain on the ground, while others were hit by rubble and their heads were covered in blood.

The flames splattered all around, igniting the surrounding houses, and the flames gradually burned.

Mycroft slowly looked up at the sky.

In the drowsy night, countless "fireballs" pierced the sky like meteors, and finally smashed into the city, and the sound of vibration came from afar.

And the tremors coming from farther away are even more concerning.

"Get out of here." Mycroft calmly gave the order.

The car quickly changed streets and drove quickly to the place where their empty boat was parked.

But apparently, luck didn't favor them at the moment.

There was a whistling sound in Mycroft's ears.

"Boom!"

A loud bang came from their ears, and a stone hit the armored car in front of them, directly smashing the armored vehicle into the house on one side.

The sedan he was riding in was also affected, and the whole car was overturned and smashed to the ground.

But fortunately, the sedan itself was specially made, so the appearance did not change much, and they also wore seat belts, so they did not suffer any injuries.

However, Mycroft was a little blinded by this blow, and it took a while for him to recover.

He unbuckled his seatbelt and slammed the door open with a punch, crawling out with a little difficulty with the rest of the Third Division.

He looked at the armored car, which had been partially deformed by the stone, but it was still intact.

Rob came out faster than he did, and he stepped forward to open the rear door of the armored car.

However, the door was deformed, and it could not be opened either from the outside or the inside, and it was clear that his strength was not enough to open the heavily armored door.

"The thickness of this armored vehicle can only be pulled by hydraulic tongs, and manpower cannot pull it open."

A man in overalls and a bit of a fortune came over and used his exoskeleton to help open the door, but apparently, the exoskeleton of this era only made it easier for him to carry heavy loads, and did not add much strength at all.

However, Mycroft walked straight to the side. Without any hesitation, he smashed his fist directly on the armored door.

To the worker's astonishment, the heavy armored door was directly smashed and deformed by him.

Mycroft gripped the shape-shifting door with one hand, and with a soft grunt, the door made a dull sound of branches.

The door was opened alive by his hand.

The worker looked at Mycroft in disbelief, as if it weren't a person, but a humanoid mech.

The armored car door opened, and some of the soldiers jumped out, while the other part was a little unlucky, because the head was hit hard by the impact just now, and they were completely lost.

Several soldiers worked together to drag out a very well sealed iron box.

Mycroft slowly raised his head with a solemn face, and saw that on the skyline of the city, red flames directly occupied half of the sky, and countless clouds of smoke and dust poured into the sky, black and oppressive.

This dreary atmosphere reminded him of the demonic invasion a few years ago, and filled him with a deep sense of unease. (End of chapter)