Chapter 36: The Furnace Cave
The next day, Andy and the hangman prepare to head to the Forge Cave.
Following the route Galen pointed out, Andy casually grabs a bag of scrap metal and leaves.
Continuing eastward from Galen's house, small houses began to appear along the way, which were inhabited but looked rather miserable.
Andy stopped for a moment to look at the living conditions of those people, and it felt like a slum with black feet.
"It's weird, Craig said that Blackfoot treats every brother and sister like a family, why is there such a place in such a village."
The hangman remained silent, only glanced at it slightly.
"It's not surprising, but there are places like this in all settlements, and this is no exception, they don't tell you where the people who have been excluded from the village have gone to live.... Among those people are those who have committed big mistakes and are not forgiven by the villagers, and there are also new villagers who have just become villagers not long after they become slaves, and they have no way to live with those normal black-footed villagers, so they can only live in the abandoned old village. ”
The men looked at the two men cautiously, then immediately went back to the house and closed the door.
Andy and the hangman then turned and left.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the eastern slope of Blackfoot Village, where some large and small caves began to appear in front of the two of them, which seemed to be a group of caves.
Andy made a closer look, there was a simple paved path on the ground that led to one of the largest caves, and this cave was emitting smoke, and even people who had not been here could recognize at a glance which one the forge cave was, which was too obvious.
A guard stood outside the cave, but far from the entrance, and after a brief exchange, agreed to Andy's entry.
After a moment's hesitation, Andy plunged headlong into the smoke.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ....."
The hangman choked and coughed, and waved his hand at Andy to signal him not to go in.
Andy didn't have much to say, and if he wasn't wearing a gas mask, he wouldn't have been able to get in, so he had to walk in alone with scrap metal.
It didn't take long for the beep boy to pop up the prompt.
[Note: Excessive concentration of toxic gas has been detected, and long-term non-departure will cause fatigue injury and deduct life, causing coma and death]
Thick smoke kept pouring out of it, even if there was a gas mask to block it, the smell of melted metal and all kinds of strange industrial products was still disgusting, he was very sympathetic to the helpers who escaped at the moment, if there was a choice, a fool would come to work in this kind of place for a long time, and it would be impossible to stop the cardiopulmonary function of being smoked directly inside.
After going deeper into the cavern, Andy saw the huge forge.
At this time, even with a gas mask, Andy was almost unable to stand the smoke.
"Hey! What are you here for? ”
An angry question came from the side, and Andy barely looked over and realized that it was the scarred hand from before.
"Send metal."
Andy lifted the bag, and Scar's hand took it and poured it into the forge, and in an instant, puffs of smoke came out wildly.
After enduring and enduring, Andy turned his head and ran towards the outside of the cave.
After leaving the cave, he took off his mask and coughed frantically, feeling dizzy.
When he stood up, he found that Scarhand had also run out.
"You're the Scarhand of the Tube Forge Cave, aren't you? Can you really stay in this place? ”
Scarhand is still the same grizzled face, and this time Andy knows why she looks scruffy, and it's impossible to work in this kind of place without being grizzled, because the ash is too big.
She wears a makeshift mask made of some kind of tree and leaf on her face, but Andy doesn't think that might be too useful.
“.... At first, everyone was as miserable as you are now, but after a long time, you will get used to it a little bit. ”
Scarhand took off the improvised mask and took a few breaths of fresh air.
Behind them, smoke was rising from the cavern of the forge.
"You're really dedicated, those helpers have run away, why don't you just run away?"
Scarhand didn't squeak when he heard this, he just diverted the question.
"What else are you doing here? If you don't, leave. ”
Andy looked at the smoke and thought to himself that this was not a place for people to stay at all, why did it become the way it was.
"Why don't you put the forge outside?"
Scar's hand shows a layman's eye.
"Where? Open-air? Or in those broken wood houses? ”
Scarhand sneered, and then rushed into the smoke again.
The hangman approached from the side.
"What are you going to do with this? .... The woman was just playing with her life, it looked like she had just been freed from slavery for a long time, and there was no other choice at all, such a thick smoke, even if she could get used to it, it wouldn't be long before she would be smoked to death. ”
Andy frowned at the smoke.
"We have to start from two aspects, the combustion of the forging furnace is too insufficient, which leads to the current situation, we have to improve the structure of the forging furnace, and we also need to build an air system to let the air into the exhaust gas and exhaust it."
The hangman didn't understand at all, so he didn't respond, and Andy put on his gas mask and rushed in again with smoke in the thick of smoke.
This time, he saw Scarhand struggling to bring in fuel such as coal and other wood, but choked on the smoke and quickly fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Andy rushed over and dragged her out of the cave.
The sleepy guard next to him, who was hiding in the distance, heard the movement, and was startled when he saw Scar's unconscious, and took out his own kettle and came over to pour some water on her and wash her face.
After a while, Scarhand finally woke up.
"You can't go in and work anymore, this forge has to be transformed, or no one will be able to do this job."
Scarhand sat up, his face still in a trance.
"Less, I know what I'm doing..... You don't have to worry about it. ”
The hangman smiled indifferently from the sidelines.
"Stupid woman, you're just hastening your own death, no one at Blackfoot really realizes what's wrong here, what's the point of you working here like a slave by yourself?"
Scar's eyes widened and he yelled at the hangman.
"I'm not a slave! I know what I'm doing! Blackfoot is the only one who knows what kind of metal can be smelted, and no one can replace me! ”
She struggled to her feet, as if she wanted to find physical trouble with the hangman, but was easily held down by Andy, who felt that with the hangman's temper, the woman would definitely die after she passed.
"Scarhand, you'd better calm down first.... Actually, I also want to ask you this question, the Forge Cave is the source of the Blackfoot Weapon, and such an important place is facing such difficulties, why hasn't anyone really presided over this matter until now? ”
Scarhand broke free of Andy's grip and answered him with gritted teeth as he rubbed his head in severe pain.
"It's not because Chagas left here .... If he was still here, with the help of someone who understands technology and status, of course the problems here will be taken seriously, but he is missing, Craig has no idea what the situation is here, and Galen's appeal is not taken into account by him... Now Galen is also starting to drink heavily.... It's ......"
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