Chapter 77: The Steam Platform
The dwarf's tricks also have a hint of thought.
As the steps below the cellar continued to descend, the group gradually entered the outer perimeter of the dungeon Snow.
Although Chen Zhou had imagined exploring the dungeons of the wizarding world countless times before, after really putting himself in the shoes of the underground, he realized that it was almost impossible for Asta to create an underground city as regular as in the game in reality.
Because of this, the environment inside the dungeon is actually quite bad.
The potholed walls seem to have not been repaired for hundreds of years, dust, gravel, insects and algae that grow due to moisture, and you have to occasionally wade through the road where you don't know if it's a bat or some kind of small creature.
If it weren't for the group's preparation of a spell effect that provided fresh air, they would have been defeated by the environment on the outskirts of Snow Dungeon alone.
The monster didn't see it for the time being, after all, this is an underground city inhabited by humans after all.
But expeditions are like going to jail.
"Dungeons, monster lairs, and underground spaces created by natural phenomena are the main components of a dungeon on the main material plane."
The core of the dungeon is not the "city" but the "underground".
It's a clichΓ©, but only a powerful spellcaster (or a similar race) is qualified to build a neat dungeon underground, or create some landscape from a natural cavern.
This is exactly what Asta is scarce.
Fortunately, Chen Zhou was the caster, and he directly performed the "flying technique" for himself, avoiding a lot of trouble.
It didn't take long for the privately maintained trail to merge into the official road, and the jail-like experience was slightly improved - at least the ground was a little smoother.
"According to the map, we need to go to the steam platform to go underground, do you need my help to show us the way?"
The moment he started the map, Xiao Hei, who had already entered himself, tried to provide navigation.
"It's so needed."
I never expected to be able to enjoy automatic wayfinding in such a place.
With the assistance of the automatic gnomes, the group arrived at what is called a "steam platform" on the map.
It's actually just an elevator powered by a steam magic machine.
In the past, it was often heavily guarded to prevent outsiders from entering the important alchemy industry chain of North City at will.
But now there are only three or two big cats and steam knights guarding here.
As the situation in Snow City has changed, the way the people at the top manage the bottom has also improved.
Disgusted by the intricacies and intertwined behemoths that had turned into an intricate and intertwined behemoth, the people above were so disgusted by this mutated and alienating ominous place that they delegated the management of the dungeon to the nezumi themselves.
As long as they can maintain the industrial chain, quality and quantity
"Sounds like a time bomb that could blow North City into the sky at any moment."
For this confusing current situation, Chen Zhou couldn't help but wonder, who gave the group of people above the courage to delegate power to the persecuted and oppressed bottom?
Thanks to the presence of Warlocks, Psychic Warlocks, Priests, Celestial Blessings, and other professions, the wizarding world stands out for a power that is never limited to the upper echelons.
However, anyone among the nezumi who is lucky enough to awaken a good bloodline or become a powerful psychic warlock may establish their own underground regime and they will explode.
Xiao Hei nodded: "But that's what it says in the resource book." β
"It's better to say that North City is about to explode." Tila suddenly probes, "Every country and every city in this world gives people a feeling that they are about to be finished. β
Chen Zhou couldn't refute it, and even the industrial process of Daheling had been greatly reduced......
There were not many people passing through the upper and lower floors, and the group soon came to the elevator.
The guard accepted their benefits as usual, and then reminded with a smile: "It's a rich man who came to find excitement again, but you better be careful, the rat people are orcs after all, and they eat people." β
Chen Zhou was silent, the orcs in this world obviously don't use humanoids as food, could it be that those "rat people" have a special habit after being alienated by alchemy?
Just as he was about to open his mouth to ask, a team of baggage came to the road not far away, and it was the soldiers above who were escorting the nezumi to escort supplies.
The materials of the underground world are not good, and many survival necessities must be provided by the upper level.
Naturally, these materials will not be provided for free, and everything needs to be exchanged for alchemy raw materials processed by the nezumi.
While the guards were inspecting the supplies, Chen Zhou and his entourage took a few curious looks.
The supplies were all food, but they all looked like they were showing signs of contamination.
"Isn't that something from the land that has been corrupted by the Fa Twist Aberration, and they give it to people?"
The erudite Jerry quickly recognized that food had been corrupted, and that it was more than unhealthy to use it as food.
Chen Zhou was silent, but the proportion of a certain impulse in his heart began to increase when he was young.
Seeing that the grain he inspected was contaminated, the guard waved his hand angrily and let the baggage team pass directly.
During this period, Xiao Hei's high-sensitivity camera detected that a rat man secretly stuffed money into the guards...... At this time, even he felt that North City and Snow City were going to be blown up.
Is it a miracle that this structure has survived to this day?
Could it be that during this period, there were still factors that were not known to the three of them to check and balance and reconcile?
Suddenly, there was a hint of foreboding in its processor......
After the guard's check, the grain transport team also came to the elevator.
"There are only three of you, let's squeeze in a bit."
Seemingly unwilling to stay with such an ugly and ominous existence as the rat man, the grain transport officer followed the three of them directly to the elevator.
Then the empty guard flicked the switch, powered by a steam magic machine, and the extremely load-bearing elevator descended smoothly towards the deep bottom floor.
"This grain must be Gajlan's contaminated crops, right?"
Looking at the baggage behind the grain transport officer, Chen Zhou asked intentionally or unintentionally: "It's all polluted into this virtue, is there anyone still harvesting them, and the price of hiring people to harvest it will exceed the value of the grain itself, right?" β
The grain transport officer sighed, a question that only the classic rich would ask.
"What does it mean to hire people to harvest, even if it is contaminated grain, the poor still have to eat it."
The fact that the war has destroyed the land does not mean that the people of Gajilan and Carlos are dead.
You don't accept it, some people do.
You don't eat it, some people eat it.
The price of this grain is extremely low, and it is suitable for the lower level of the rat people as food.
"I think you guys took a kickback on all the money sent from above, right?"
"So not only the rat people, but also more people are eating this contaminated food, how is it possible, haven't we sold thousands of tons of grain at the lowest price?"
(End of chapter)