Chapter 7: Iron Dove Town
After two days of continuous shuttling in the dense forest with vines and branches, Zhang Lei and his party finally approached a town in the evening. It is a castle made of boulders in the lower part and huge logs in the upper part, about three times the size of the novice village.
The old butler told everyone to stop and rest outside the city, about a kilometer away. sorted out the various animal skins harvested on the road, and the weapons he carried, while Zhang Lei held the Gu beast cub and took the opportunity to move his hands and feet.
"Why don't you just go into the city and rest?" Zhang Lei asked with some confusion. Dampness, mosquitoes, and all kinds of strange cries, I couldn't rest well after two days in this wilderness.
"We need to recuperate, although this town-level castle belongs to Snow Dove Mountain, some people in it are not very friendly to us. The old housekeeper rubbed Zhang Lei's hair and explained.
The town-level castle Snow Dove Mountain feels quite complicated, but what Zhang Lei wants now is to hurry to the place, and then find all the materials to make a space signal positioning transmitter. All other problems will be easily solved one by one after the arrival of the Federation's pioneer fleet.
"Alright, let's get together and go into town. After resting for almost an hour, the old butler saw that it was almost dark, and began to gather the people into the city. This time, the old housekeeper did not continue to hold Zhang Lei, but let Zhang Lei stay in the encirclement of everyone and walk and follow by himself.
The crowd split the vines and thorns on the road, and came all the way to a gate with three people parallel widths. There were still more than ten meters away from the city gate, and with a "shudder", a spear flew out of the city wall and slammed into the ground in front of the old butler who took the lead.
"Strangers, report your identity, outsiders are not welcome here. "No one was visible on the walls, and a word came out from behind the battlements.
"And then!" said the old butler, taking one out of his bosom, and throwing it at the black and red token-shaped object.
"Red Iron Order? "A head in his thirties with a metal helmet popped up from the battlements. "Wait a minute, the door here is not open often, and it is a little rusty. ā
"Hurry up, we're in a hurry. The old butler looked at the sky and shouted impatiently.
"Yes, yes, right away. The metal helmet's head nodded in response.
The gate in front of it made an unpleasant grinding sound and slowly opened.
The old steward did not wait for the gate to be fully opened, but he stepped forward and drew his spear at his feet, and then led the people towards the gate. When passing by the city gate, Zhang Lei touched the city gate with some curiosity, and a thick layer of black fish scales on it turned into powder when he picked up a piece and pinched it gently.
The strength of this metal is terrible, much worse than the metal weapons used by bodybuilders. It seems that the raw materials for making the signal transmitter have to get the weapon-grade metal here.
"My lord, do you need to help you contact the station?" A man who looked like a general with a black and red token in both hands and a full body of metal armor walked over with several soldiers wearing leather armor.
The old butler took the token, flipped through it and put it in his arms, and then said, "No need, we have a station here." As he spoke, he turned back to Liu Li and shouted, "You take a few people and dispose of the harvest on the road." So saying, he led the way into the city.
Zhang Lei handed the Gu beast cub in his hand to Liu Li. Liu Li lifted the little thing with one hand, and seemed to use more force, only to hear a strange cry of "ah", and the Gu beast cub twisted its small body to resist.
"Wait a minute!" the general's voice became a little louder, and the old butler looked back. "Uh, IāI'd like to buy this Gu beast cub. The man shrank his head and whispered.
"Liu Li, you look at it, let's go. The old housekeeper waved his hand, and Zhang Lei and the others hurriedly followed. When Zhang Lei passed by the general, he didn't know if it was an illusion, he felt that the guy's eyes lit up, and then he quickly turned his head and discussed with Liu Li.
The old butler led everyone into a path next to the city gate, walked around for more than ten minutes, and came to a small dilapidated courtyard near the city gate on the other side.
This small courtyard looks like it hasn't been inhabited for a while, but the place is quite large, and it should be no problem to live in these twenty or so people.
"Hurry up and clean up, it's getting dark. The old butler opened the wooden door with a thick layer of ash, and turned to the bodybuilders behind him.
Zhang Lei followed the old housekeeper into the threshold, the house looked a little strange, a bare square in the middle, surrounded by a circle of low bungalows, and a fence was built behind the bungalows.
Because there were no people for a long time, the flat ground in the middle was still overgrown with jagged weeds. The old housekeeper picked up Zhang Lei with one hand and walked to the room on the left side of the city wall.
When I opened it, it turned out to be a metal door more than ten centimeters thick, and the furnishings inside looked a little familiar, with a floor paved with various animal skins, on which a large wooden pier was placed as a table, and several small wooden piers were placed around it as chairs.
Isn't this the same as the novice village, but is there also a tunnel underground that leads to the outside of the city? Turning his head to look at the old housekeeper, he seemed to know what Zhang Lei wanted to ask, and the old housekeeper nodded slightly at him.
The old butler waved his palm lightly at the table and chair a few times, and the dust on the table and chair was obediently swept off the floor and did not fly. This kung fu is like performing magic, it looks very handsome, Zhang Lei thought that he would have to learn from him in the future.
"Sit down, I'll get you something to eat. Time seems to have returned, when Zhang Lei first came to the novice village, the old housekeeper seemed to say the same thing at that time.
After the old housekeeper left, Zhang Lei looked at the metal gate and thought to himself, metal products here seem to be very common, but it is still very difficult to make a large space signal positioning transmitter. Fortunately, the strength of this body is now large enough, but the energy problem is more difficult to solve, and if you rely on a homemade generator to generate electricity, you don't know when you will be able to store enough electricity.
As for other high-level energy, only the energy in Zhang Lei's own eyebrows is known, but the sum of the energy that is only enough for more than ten energy and the speed of light will definitely not be able to drive the signal transmitter.
However, this high-energy planet generally produces some natural energy ores, which can be found and explored. It's just that the current self-protection ability is too low, and this planet is a dangerous primitive ecological world, so you can only wait for your own energy storage to be enough.
Outside, it seemed that Liu Li was back, and there was a sound of opening and closing the door, and then Liu Li shouted loudly: "Master Butler" woke Zhang Lei up.
Is there something wrong, Zhang Lei walked out of the door with some curiosity. In the open space at the door, Liu Li handed a small cloth bag to the old butler, and then reported to the old butler in what he thought was a low voice: "Lord butler, there is a problem with that city gate official, I deliberately raised the price and sold that little beast to him." I also secretly inquired about his subordinates, and he seemed to be the one who was the deacon. ā
"Slap" The old housekeeper slapped Liu Li's bare head. "Idiot, ask his men?" the old butler spat at Liu Li's lowered head.
"Everyone hurried to eat, and after eating, they were ready to evacuate. The old butler turned to the group of bodybuilders who were watching the excitement and shouted.
After arranging, the old housekeeper walked over to Zhang Lei with a pair of wooden basins. Zhang Lei turned around and entered the door and sat down on the wooden pier, looking at the wooden basin held by the old housekeeper with some curiosity.