Chapter 0. Tick-Tick-Tick

A breeze blows by

Under the gray-black sky, a small transparent ball with a faint glow rolls. Some of the dazzling light comes from a piece of metal inside the ball. Under the sky is a large expanse of barren sand, with occasional black protrusions of strange shapes, and black dust floating in the air.

The ball is gently pushed in the breeze, jumping up and down on the rugged ground from time to time. At this time, the transparent ball stops at a black cracked stump.

There is a strange movement, the black sand rises slightly, the ball sways left and right in the breeze, and is caught in the cracked stump. The surrounding ground and sand are still shaking slightly, and the sand is floating in the breeze.

Suddenly, the sand bulged, and a snake with a flat triangular head suddenly rushed up from the ground. The snake was black all over, with slightly wrinkled triangular scales. The scales suddenly opened, and streams of air shot out from the gaps. The snake was about 20 centimeters thick, and it was an extremely strange snake. The scales on its body were slightly opening and closing, and its scarlet sharp snake tongue was spitting out. A pair of golden eyes were staring at the transparent ball stuck in the middle of the cracked tree stump.

Woo woo

A rapid whistle sounded in the sky. The snake, who was still staring at the transparent ball, was about to go back underground when a pair of huge black wings fell from the sky, accompanied by a burst of electric current.

In an instant, the snake's head was pierced, and the huge body in the mud twisted violently in an instant, and the yellow sand flew in an instant.

"This is Crow 817, calling Dune, hoping to send an airship over. Today's harvest is quite good. I caught a king cobra, haha!"

Gradually, the whole snake began to calm down, the wind and sand dissipated, and with the impact just now, the transparent ball broke away from the stump and flew away with the violent impact.

The man who spoke wore a Crow protective mask and was wrapped in black leather armor. There were fine holes on the armor, which looked a bit weird. The armor seemed to be thick, and the gears would occasionally make a clicking sound.

On the man's back was a pair of huge bat wings connected to his arms. The wings were tightly combined with the outside of the man's arms. The wings looked very thin, but there were metal tubes like skeletons on the edges. Behind the man, there was a long double-tube backpack, nearly 1 meter long, which was also attached to the armor on the back. At the bottom of this double-tube backpack were two exaggerated trumpet-shaped openings, and the top was round.

A 1.5-meter-long gun was stuck in the ground nearby. The gun body was oval, with only the tip of the gun being slender. There was a hand-held mechanism at the gun handle.

"It's just scrap metal!"

The man looked at the metal object that was flying away and flashing in the wind. He looked at the king snake in front of him with joy, which was still nearly two-thirds in the sand.

Suddenly, just when the man was a little happy, the sand at his feet suddenly bulged. Before the man could react, a long black shadow rose from the ground. It was another smaller king snake, and the man's body was entangled in an instant.

"Asshole!"

The man said as he reached out to grab the gun, but the next second he was pulled to the ground by the king snake that was entangled with his body. There was a creaking sound, and the man's left hand suddenly clenched.

Woo woo

Accompanied by a violent whistle, a series of violent and rapid clicks sounded instantly, the sound of mechanical gears, and the whistle of water vapor instantly sounded. Accompanied by a violent whistle, white water vapor sprayed out from the small holes on the man's armor. The hot water vapor instantly burned the scales of the king snake. It seemed to feel intense pain. The force of the entanglement did not decrease, but increased.

The woo woo sound continued, and a large amount of water vapor continued to gush out from the small holes all over the man's armor.

"Damn, this is a high temperature of nearly 1000 degrees."

The twisting stopped, and the king snake's body had been partially dissolved, revealing the dark bones inside, and some flowing heterochromatic juice. In less than a few minutes, the man began to vomit.

"It's so disgusting."

The man struggled hard, trying to break free, but could only look at the sky helplessly. Under the window of the crow mask, there was a pair of helpless and irritable eyes.

Woohoo

Patta, patta

In the distant sky, a black dot moved towards this side, accompanied by the sound of getting closer and closer. In the air was a huge airship. On the surface of the airship was a pattern of a blood-red crow with its wings spread out, and the words G29 were written next to it.

As the airship got closer and closer, the man on the ground who was still entangled by the dead king snake laughed.

"You are finally here. Today we have a good harvest, but I have killed one. The leather may not be usable, but the bones are more or less useful. After all, they are pig feed."

The upper part of the airship is nearly 30 meters long, and there is a boat with multiple propellers hanging below, which is nearly 15 meters long. With the sound of the whistle, the airship slowly landed on the ground, and some people wearing crow protective masks came down from it.

"Idiot, I guess your steam armor is broken. Repairing it is a big expense. We G29 can't afford a fool like you who always messes up good things."

At this time, several men came over and began to take out small knives. The handle of the knife was a hollow tube with some small holes for air outlet. The blade was also a bit strange, like a track, with a circle of sharp serrated objects on the edge. At this time, several people pressed the mechanism under the handle.

The gear mechanism inside the handle, which was nearly 10 cm long and 4 cm wide, began to move. With the gushing steam, the serrated objects on the blade began to rotate rapidly, making a humming sound. Soon, several men took the knife to cut the body of the king snake that was entangled with the man on the ground, and the juice splashed everyone.

"Long Zhu, I think you still have time to go home. After all, your brother doesn't seem to be living a good life now. Ibrahim is just wasting time. For that research, he has made the No. 39 mine a burden to our Weiguang City."

At this time, the man named Long Zhu, who finally broke free from his restraints, stood up. The woman in front of him came over and kicked him. The metal skeleton on the edge of the bat's wings was no longer in shape, and some black liquid kept dripping out.

"It's leaking, bastard, this is troublesome, you guys hurry up and take this idiot back."

A bunch of people carried the dragon curse into the airship with their hands and feet, and then a few people stayed behind, planning to deal with the bodies of the two king snakes first. Many parts can be used to produce parts. This harvest is very good for g29.

The wind is still whistling. Under this gray-black sky, there is nothing. The transparent ball is still rolling in the wind. Before the wind started to be fierce, the ball began to rise in the wind. Below is a large black forest, with many strange plants and some black animals wandering in the forest.

There are many forests like this in this land with only wind and sand, but this is what the locals call "forests", perhaps because they have never seen a real forest.

After floating for a distance, the ball passed a forest. At this time, not far away, on a sand dune, there were huge metal pipes that shot straight up from the ground to the sky. There were some small holes on the surface of the pipes, but these small holes were only for the huge pipes. In fact, they were pipes with a diameter of one meter.

Puff puff

One side of the sand dune suddenly bulged, and then the sand gushed out like a gushing stream of water. Large pieces of sand were raised, and the ball sank into a small opening of the huge metal pipe and slowly fell to the dark bottom.

There was a rustling sound. At the bottom of the huge pipe was a pair of black and red vine-like things that were twisted and wriggling. But after the ball fell, these black and red vines began to curl up and spread out around the ball and fell.

At the bottom of the dark bottom was an open flower that looked like a sun wheel. The ball fell down, and at this time a large amount of sand also fell down, and the open sun wheel flower suddenly shrank.

2276th year of the Twilight Calendar, October 31st, 5:43 p.m.

Ding-ding-ding

A tired, unshaven young man was carrying a shoulder bag and a bag on his back. The sound came from the metal object in the bag that the man was carrying hitting the guardrail next to him.

The man's cheeks were shiny, and sweat and dirt covered his cheeks. He looked very tired, but his expression seemed unusually happy and relaxed.

The man was walking on a long metal walkway built along the mountain wall. Some sand and soil would fall down from time to time with a violent roar, making the man dirty. He could only shake his hair and slap his cheeks.

This path built along the mountain wall was nearly 3 meters wide, and below the man was a flowing stream. The water was a little black and had a pungent stench. Next to the stream was a railroad track.

This is a huge underground cave with a long and oblique extension. The light in the cave is a little dim. The man looked up and saw a huge transparent cover emitting a faint light.

On the opposite wall of the cave, there are terraces from bottom to top, where potatoes are planted. There are solar lamp poles on both sides of the terraces. During the day, the only crystal light cover above is used to supply the light needed by the plants. At night, the solar lamps will light up. Such terraces can be seen everywhere in the whole Weiguang City.

This circular underground cave with a diameter of more than 500 meters is the center of Weiguang City. It is also the junction connecting all the mine cities. It is a must-pass place for steam trains and also a place for sewage to gather and treat.

The whole cave looks extremely empty. Long Yu stopped at the guardrail. He has been walking for five days and is about to return to his home, Mine No. 39. All the mine cities are located around this central area called Kimberley, connected by tunnels. Steam trains are the only means of transportation in Weiguang City.

But the price is not cheap. Long Yu carefully opened his bag, which contained a small metal box. After pressing the mechanism of the box, the lid popped open and eggs wrapped in black and red vines were placed inside. Long Yu showed a relieved look on his face. He had not seen his wife and two children for more than half a year.

"They should have grown a little taller!"

The place where Long Yu went to exchange for work was in the remote No. 103 mine in the west. In the whole Weiguang City, it was a situation of bartering. At this time, a whistle sounded. Long Yu just looked over and saw a trace of steaming white water vapor. A steam train carrying passengers and supplies whizzed by.

"It costs 10 eggs to ride back. It's too expensive. If it's 5 eggs, it's about right."

Long Yu supported his chin with his hand and watched the steam train whizzing by with a smile.

At this time, the black and red vines in Long Yu's backpack crawled out, and immediately the vines burned without fire. Long Yu was startled and hurriedly covered the box. He was startled and almost died.

The black and red vines in the metal box are the power of the gods of Weiguang City. This power that facilitates the lives of residents is called Akuang Fruit. It is a power given to humans by the gods after the high priest Leka communicated with the gods.

It's just that the power of the gods seems to be afraid of light. As long as it is slightly exposed to a little light, it will disappear into ashes.

With his legs unable to move, Long Yu sat on the edge of the mountain wall, with a surge of longing in his heart. His wife and children should be living a better life now, because Long Yu would send things back every month.

The smoked pork hind leg meat on his back was the settlement of Long Yu's last job, and the 100 eggs in his bag were exchanged by Long Yu with an electric steam valve.

Looking up at the translucent crystal cover above his head, Long Yu began to fantasize again, going outside. Long Yu had never been outside, but from time to time he would listen to the crows talk about the outside world, those strange animals and plants, and what was on the ground.

When thinking of crows, Long Yu couldn't help but think of his brother Long Zhu. Seven or eight years ago, because of the death of their parents, the two brothers had a very serious disagreement on the future. Brother Long Zhu planned to go to the crows, but Long Yu couldn't leave because he only had eyes for the princess of the pig farm.

The two brothers fought over this. The Crows that the elder brother wanted to join were the law and order maintenance and mediation organization of Weiguang City, and also the army of Weiguang City. They were responsible for investigating the outside world, bringing back some resources, etc. Their treatment was the best in Weiguang City, and they were subordinates of the high priest Leka.

This is what many people dream of, but if you want to enter the Crows, you have to go bankrupt. If you want to become a qualified Crow, you need to undergo rigorous training in many steam machinery, combat investigations, etc., but all of this must be supported by yourself, so the elder brother Long Zhu used the three steam generators left by his parents in exchange for everything he needed for the four-year training in the Crows.

When the family assets were emptied, Long Yu had no idea, so he fought with his brother for this, and finally his brother left. His current life was so difficult because of that ruthless brother.

A year ago, his brother came back and brought him a lot of things, but Long Yu did not accept them. He looked down on his brother from the bottom of his heart and would not accept any help from his brother, because in Long Yu's opinion, he is the happiest now. He successfully married the princess of the pig farm and gave birth to children with the princess.

Click

At this time, accompanied by a vibration, some sand on the cave wall fell down again, but there was a faint light in the falling sand. Long Yu hurriedly got up and ran over quickly. He found that it was a translucent ball that fell from the ventilation port. There was a silver metal piece inside. Long Yu hurriedly grabbed it.

As soon as he touched the translucent ball, Long Yu felt a sense of wonder, because the outer mold of the ball did not look like plastic, but felt more like mud. Long Yu tried to squeeze it hard, but the ball did not explode, but dented. After fiddling with it in his hand for a while, Long Yu found that even if his finger pierced the ball, it would not explode.

"A broken sign!"

There was a line of small characters engraved on the silver-white metal piece inside. Long Yu directly pierced it with his finger and took the metal piece.

Brilliant City edjk847damxu1ijdfnxmuqo2jh882

Looking at this string of strange digital symbols, with horizontal bars in some places, Long Yu suddenly lost interest, thinking that it might be a pendant hung around someone's neck. Instead, he became very interested in this translucent ball that felt like mud and remained in its original shape no matter how it was poked. Long Yu took out the metal plate from the ball, touched it and found that it was just some kind of alloy. Although he had never seen it before, metal was quite common in Weiguang City and was not worth anything at all.

Long Yu was about to throw away the metal, but suddenly remembered that he was only thinking about going back and forgot to buy a gift for his wife. Long Yu continued to look at the small plate. If the edge was modified and made into a pendant, it would be good. Then grind off the string of things on it. This silver color feels good under the light.

Long Yu stuffed the thumb-long card and the translucent ball that was about the length of his palm into his bag. He tiredly took out a bottle of water, drank a sip, took out some dried mushrooms and stuffed them into his mouth to temporarily relieve his hunger, and then continued walking. It was still a few hours away from the No. 39 mine where he lived.

"What a failure. I walked for 5 days. I should have taken the steam train earlier."

The end is in sight. There is no light in the next place. Long Yu sighed helplessly, holding the guardrail beside him with one hand, intending to enter the small cave in front of him directly. At the end of the river, in the river water, you can see a huge black and red tube-shaped object that looks like a mouth. This is Morimer, who is responsible for sewage treatment. It is also the power given to mankind by God after the high priest Leica communicated with God. Morimer is also responsible for dealing with the sand leaking from the external exhaust port and those substances that are harmful to the human body, including the air purification of the city of glimmer.

Long Yu, who was immersed in the long and lightless cave, held the guardrail and walked step by step. Although he had a steam lamp for lighting, Long Yu didn't want to use it. The most troublesome thing about machinery is wear and tear. Every time it is used, the machinery will be consumed. This steam lamp can be used about 1,000 times. Either replace the parts or replace it directly, but neither is cheap.

Some core parts cost several eggs or some potatoes and sweet potatoes for a small piece. If you exchange them with meat, it won't be much better.

Long Yu hummed in the darkness. This was a distant song that everyone in Weiguang City could sing. It was played on the steam horn during the annual High Priest Festival. Long Yu wanted to go there several times, but the best No. 1 mine in Weiguang City was not for people like Long Yu to enter.

In the darkness, there was no sound except for the dust and sand that fell from time to time, which made it easier for Long Yu to fantasize. In fact, he also envied his brother for being able to go to the outside world.

Many people have never been to the outside world in their lives. They have only heard of forests and seen pictures, but have never seen them. As for why humans live here, according to the word of mouth of the older generation, it was God who punished humans for their excessive greed, and since then humans have lost their right to live on the ground.

This Kimberley mine is the best proof of human greed. Long Yu also took history classes in school. This huge mine was dug out by humans with their bare hands for something called diamonds. Long Yu has also seen it, but it is very hard and looks beautiful, but it is difficult to use in some steam machinery.

Thinking of this, Long Yu couldn't help but laugh. He felt that people in the past were really stupid. For such a flashy thing, they spent so much effort digging underground. The central Kimberley is nearly 1,100 meters above the ground. Other mines are similar, but they are all higher than the center, so that the water can circulate continuously through Morimo for everyone to use.

This huge mine took humans 100 years to dig. Long Yu also heard that diamonds were more valuable in the human world before. It is said that a diamond can be exchanged for many things, but Long Yu doesn't believe it. He always thinks it's too fake. It's good enough to exchange an egg for such a useless thing that is just hanging on the body.

Long Yu was a little tired again. He sat down and took out a ticking pocket watch from his arms. The faint light came on. It was already 7:23 in the evening. Long Yu smiled helplessly. It would take at least a few hours to walk, but soon Long Yu could reach the No. 19 Mine City. The idea of ​​resting in the No. 19 Mine City appeared in his mind, but this idea was immediately dispelled by the photos of his wife and children on the inside of the pocket watch cover.

Long Yu took out a clockwork sound box from his trouser pocket. It was only as long as his thumb. He twisted the clockwork, and soon a burst of extremely cheerful music with bell sounds came out. This was his gift to his daughter.

The cheerful music echoed in the long and dark corridor. Long Yu slightly quickened his pace. A faint light and bursts of ticking sounds came from a distance. Long Yu knew that he was not far from the No. 19 Mine and could bathe in the dim light again.

The dim light shone through the hole, and Long Yu ran out happily following the rhythm of the clockwork music box.

"It's really good."

Long Yu looked at the prosperous scene of the No. 19 mine city with envy, and stopped temporarily. In front of him was a large area of ​​buildings in the mine.

The ticking sound was endless, and the huge gears on the surface of the house were slowly turning. Steam was constantly gushing out from the houses. Although it was not bright, the warm and soft light formed a large area, golden.

The streets and alleys were a lively scene. From time to time, you could hear the grunts of pigs, the moos of cows, and the clucking of chickens. The steam trains passed through the streets and alleys, and the sound of clinking glasses that made Long Yu's throat dry. Long Yu licked his lips and really wanted to go to the tavern to have a drink, but 5 eggs and a glass of wine were a bit extravagant for Long Yu.

People in the streets and alleys were wearing leather clothes, colorful hats made of strange animals, and clockwork clothes with steam engines, with some decorations on their bodies turning slightly.

There was a buzzing sound, and Long Yu saw a glowing firefly flying towards him. He was startled. On the way down to the No. 19 mine, a group of children ran over shouting.

Bang

A palm-sized large mechanical firefly covered with gears and connecting parts hit the mountain wall, and then stopped moving. The wings seemed to be damaged.

"Huamore, you idiot, how can you fly here?"

A little girl ran over angrily. This is a toy for children. Her own children also have it, but it is smaller. Several children looked at Long Yu and picked up the mechanical firefly toy from beside Long Yu.

"Be careful next time!"

Long Yu said, watching a bunch of noisy children running down.

"Uncle, would you like to come to our tavern for a drink? We will do some activities today and give you some beans."

A little boy with a runny nose and wearing black and blue leather and metal clothes turned around and asked, and Long Yu coughed.

"Fat boy, I'm only 26 years old."

Several children made faces at Long Yu, and then went down laughing and playing. Long Yu saw that the steam train that had passed in front of him was parked on the railway track in the center of the city. A large number of people were near the truck, and some Cargo was being moved down, some was being put up, and train inspectors were busy.

Long Yu lay on the guardrail and sighed silently. He thought it would be great if he and his wife could move here, but according to the current situation, it is unlikely. There are not too many people in Mine No. 19, nearly 2 Thousands of people, looking at these mechanical metal houses standing on both sides of the railway tracks, Long Yu thought of his own house again, and he had to do many things by himself.

Among the pedestrians coming and going on the street, there are some people wearing tight black leather vapor suits and crow masks walking around. These are crow people. They never show their true colors because they need to deal with a lot of residents every day. dispute.

Long Yu looked at the long stairs going down next to him, swallowing from time to time, but in the end he held back. At this time, there was a trace of commotion under the passage built on the protruding part of the cave wall. In Guang's alley, a butcher from a pig farm had an argument with a man carrying a bag.

Although the stairs are very long, more than 20 meters long, the sound can be heard clearly. The two had a dispute over the transaction. The man who came to exchange for meat was carrying a bag of pumpkin seeds. Long Yu glanced at it and saw The hefty linen bag weighs at least 5 kilograms. Seeds are also a relatively valuable thing here, but only if the party who wants to exchange them has no food pressure.

"Why are you being so unreasonable? Isn't it worth the price? A bag of pumpkin seeds, in exchange for 20 kilograms of meat? You only gave me 15 kilograms."

"You can't fucking look at it yourself. Some of the seeds are moldy. You don't know how many there are."

The man who bought the meat in exchange insisted that there were only a few moldy ones, which was different from what he had promised before. Long Yu laughed helplessly. After all, if it were him, he would definitely have to compete with the butcher. After all, 5 kilograms of meat were missing.

Cured meat is the only way to preserve the quality of meat here, but if the fresh meat is grilled on the steam iron plate and added with some spices, it will taste very good. Long Yu glanced at the eggs in his pocket, one kilogram of fresh meat The price of pork is between 30 and 50 eggs, but it depends on whether the other party is willing to exchange. Long Yu thought about it and decided to forget it.

The two of them seemed very excited. The man carrying the seeds wanted to leave, but the butcher had already cut off the pork and refused to let go.

At this time, some people on the street picked up the radio contact device and contacted the nearby crows. After a while, several crows came over. One crow held a small book and recorded the remarks of the two people in detail. Taking pictures with the camera in hand.

After some negotiation and mediation, the butcher finally cut off 3 kilograms of pork and supplied it to the man who exchanged the seeds for meat.

Many things in Shimmer City are resolved through negotiation, and all issues can be negotiated. Long Yu glanced at the scattered pedestrians, but with such a fuss at this time, the butcher's evaluation seemed not to be very good. Some People who originally intended to trade for meat should not trade with this butcher in the short term. After all, a bag of seeds that big can be exchanged for 25 kilograms of meat.

A good seed can even be exchanged for an egg. This is the price of the seed. There are also some effective edible fungi that can be exchanged for more things.

Long Yu went back this time with the intention of cultivating mushrooms in the food greenhouse next to him. He finally got some discarded wood from a forest maintainer and obtained the strains. Long Yu also read the method in detail. As long as it can be cultivated If mushrooms come out, life will be easier.

At this time, there was no one in the market near the edge of the mine. Long Yu sighed helplessly. The butcher seemed a little discouraged. There was still one third of the pork left. The pig dealer could only take a knife and start to dismember the pig. The bones are separated from the pork and canned into pickled pork bones and pickled pork.

The butcher skillfully brought over the metal cans that had already been filled with spices and pickling water. Long Yu looked at them with interest.

"It's true that there is no treachery or business."

Long Yu found that the butcher put very little pork into metal cans, most of which were minced meat and fat meat. Canned pickled products were also the most unpopular products in Shimmer City because of the contents of the iron boxes. You can't see it, and you don't know how many edible parts there are. Some butchers even put the bones in cans, and the canned taste is really average.

Watching the man put the shaved pork bones into the pickling water for a while, then directly sealed them with plastic molds. There was a sealing machine next to it. In a short time, the butcher finished processing the unsold ones. Pork, holding a small package of pork that looked very good in quality, started to pack it up and prepared to leave.

Long Yu, who was attracted by the prosperity in front of him and the smell of food and alcohol, felt hungry again. He could only take out the dried mushrooms and continued to chew them. They tasted really good and could fill his stomach temporarily.

This dried mushroom is boiled with spices and meat bones and air-dried. It is a relatively delicious high-end product. It even tastes good when used to stew soup. Long Yu is only willing to eat a little bit. It was given to him by the old man who was the forest ranger. , because I work hard.

All families in Shimmer City must learn to be self-sufficient from birth. Only when they are self-sufficient can they live. Only by living can they enter this world full of gears, springs, gushing steam, and all kinds of things. A society of strange mechanical objects.

The supreme ruler of Shimmer City is High Priest Laika. She has been recognized by the gods, so she has a lifespan beyond that of ordinary people. This high priest is 196 years old. If it weren't for her, humans would not be able to be so prosperous. To survive.

The annual Priest's Day is also called Shrovetide. It is a festival where people confess their sins to God. It is also called Thanksgiving. It is a festival where humans thank God for blessing them with the convenience of life.

"Priest!"

Long Yu sighed helplessly. For the people of Shimmer City, this is an extremely honorable profession. Only those favored by God can be qualified for it. Once they become priests, they will become God's apostles, responsible for managing the power given to mankind by God. .

Usually only children under the age of 15 can get the opportunity. Long Yu and his brother Long Ju had taken the priest test before they were 15 years old, but they failed because they could not respond to the god.

"If I could become a priest, I wouldn't have to worry about life."

Long Yu smiled, looking at his muddy feet and the old soft leather clothes on his body, he could only continue to move forward.

Within a few minutes, Long Yu came to the dark and lightless passage. If he continued walking for an hour, he would reach the No. 39 mine where he was. Unlike the No. 19 mine, it had long since declined.

"It's all that damn old man Ibrahim!"

Long Yu's teeth started to itch when he thought of Ibrasi. He was once the most respected steam machinery scientist in Mine No. 39, because everyone believed his words and provided him with supplies to continue developing some steam machinery technologies. Ibrasi Xi has indeed researched and developed a lot of good steam machinery and bought a lot of good things for the local people. However, it is different from the past. A few years ago, Ibrasi suddenly announced that there was a new type of steam machinery. research, everyone became happy and fully supported Ibrasi’s research.

However, Ibrasi's research led to the decline of Mine No. 39. There was nothing that could be done about it. Compared with Mine No. 19 that Long Yu just passed by, there were only 5,000 people in Mine No. 39, and most of them were elderly. Only They can make a living by taking care of their own land with the little remaining labor force.

In the past, the whole grand scene full of clicking and ticking sounds, just like Mine No. 19, had disappeared, and his brother Longshu might have predicted it a long time ago. He had been persuading himself to let him go to Crow with him.

Steam machinery provides a convenient life for the people of Shimmer City. From work to daily life, these machines are indispensable. Without these machines, people can only work with their own hands. Mine No. 39 There are many steam mechanics in China, and you only need some potatoes, eggs, etc. to help them repair or build everything in your home.

As Ibrasi failed again and again in this steam machinery research, these steam mechanics finally left Mine No. 39. Their departure was accompanied by the departure of more and more young people.

Long Yu was uneasy in his heart, but there was still hope. He patted his satchel, which contained strains of bacteria. This thing might bring a little hope to Mine No. 39. In the eastern mine city, the value of mushrooms is very high.

This delicious and nutritious thing goes well with many foods. Many people like it, and it is also convenient to exchange for some things.

Long Yu also dreamed of becoming a steam mechanic in the past, but his family's conditions did not allow it. After taking the cognitive class, he could only return home to help. In such a cave, the yield of crops is very unstable. Yes, Long Yu also suffered from hunger when he was a child.

The harvest was not very good. In desperation, my father had no choice but to exchange the only camera in the family for a bag of potatoes to help them get through the bad harvest days.

Long Yu was too tired to bear it. He had been walking for the past five days. When he was really tired, he would rest for a night in the corridor near the city. The temperature in the cave was not too cold, but rather warm.

There was no feeling in his legs, and Long Yu couldn't walk anymore. He pressed the guardrail with both hands and moved forward step by step.

“If I had known better, I would have taken the steam train.”

snap

Long Yu fell to the ground, and his legs could no longer move. He smiled bitterly, saying that he walked for five days for ten eggs, which would make most people laugh.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound in the darkness. Long Yu looked at it with vigilance. His hand had already been put behind the soft leather jacket. He took out a steam gun in his hand, which was used for self-defense. , can fire six steel nails in succession at one time.

"who!"

Long Yu asked, but there were still rustling sounds coming from the wall less than three meters away from him. After holding the steam gun for a few minutes, Long Yu realized something. He hurriedly took out the steam lamp. When I wanted to open it, a serious and gloomy female voice came from the wall.

"Don't turn on the lights and I'll give you a ride, young man!"

Long Yu seemed to realize something. He wanted to get up but couldn't.

"Master Priest, I'm really sorry."

Although Long Yu had only seen it once, these priests used the power given by the gods to move wrapped in black and red vines. This power given by the god named Sgaio was very incredible, and it also had the function of purifying the air.

Long Yu felt that his feet were entangled with some smooth and fleshy things, and his body began to move slowly. He was very excited. It was very rare for priests to see them on weekdays. They got the gods. After being recognized, as the intermediary between gods and humans, giving power to humans, they will become as powerful as gods and cannot bathe in the sun. Therefore, priests are extremely awe-inspiring existences in Shimmer City. Long Yu was the same. From the bottom of his heart, he was in awe of these priests who were active all over Shimmer City and never received any payment from the people.

The city can continue to exist, and humans can survive, these priests are indispensable. Those who are chosen as priests will always be able to live in darkness, and will never be able to touch the light in their lives.

"Master Priest, your voice sounds very young!"

Long Yu asked happily, and a desolate laughter came from what could only be seen as a bulging outline on the wall.

"Yeah, maybe I'm still young. What do you call a young man?"

Long Yu found that the priest was quite kind. The priest that Long Yu had seen before was extremely violent. Long Yu saw with his own eyes that the priest used the power of God to eat several thieves directly.

"Long Yu!"

As soon as Long Yu finished speaking, he felt Skye, who was holding him on the ground, stop.

"dragon?"

A burst of slightly bitter laughter came.

"There are quite a few people named Long."

"yes."

Long Yu said that he had indeed met people with the same surname as himself in various mining cities.

"Maybe I shouldn't have my hopes up!"

The voice of the female priest came, and Long Yu could hear that she was a little melancholy. However, seeing how gentle and kind the priest was, Long Yu tried to ask.

"Master Priest, what's bothering you?"

"Young man, troubles exist as long as there are creatures with feelings and thoughts. Even crops are the same. Maybe machines also exist!"

Long Yu hummed. He would not doubt any of the priest's words. Although it sounded absurd, the priests were all existences that were beyond the scope of human beings.

The speed of movement began to become faster, and Long Yu asked some more questions later, but the priest just smiled, that kind of vicissitudes of life and weak smile.

A glimmer of light appeared in front of him, and Long Yu happily said thank you, with a strong sense of awe.

"came back!"

At a glance, Long Yu saw the big bell tower with lights on next to the railway track in the center of Mine No. 39. There was a clicking sound in the air. Two-thirds of Mine No. 39 was only dimly lit in the house, and on the street Most of the electric lighting equipment in the city are damaged and aging to varying degrees. Because there are no steam mechanics here anymore, most people can only replace them with small steam generators for their own home use.

Long Yu's home had been in darkness for a long time, and he could only live with the dim light of the bell tower for a while. The only steam power generation equipment in the home needed to provide light to the fields before harvesting crops. This was also Long Yu's home. The reason why Yu went out to work.

In his first month of work, Long Yu bought a steam generator in exchange and sent it back to his wife and children. He stood up excitedly.

"No matter where it is, no matter how dark it is, there is always light!"

"yes!"

As Long Yu spoke, he suddenly turned around and saw a female priest with only her head and shoulders exposed, wrapped in a large number of black and red vines. She looked extremely beautiful, with a faint purple light emitting from her skin. , and the priest also noticed Long Yu's gaze, and she smiled gently.

"Have you ever heard this! Young man."

Long Yu nodded and said.

"This is a saying that has been passed down in our family."

The priest smiled and nodded.

"It's just that before this light appears, it is always accompanied by a long period of darkness. As humans, how should we seize this light! The punishment from heaven may be that we humans have been immersed in the light for too long and kept asking for it. In the end, there is only darkness. Heaven’s punishment may be a test given by God to us humans!”

"Why do you know"

Long Yu said proudly, and at this time he noticed that the priest next to him looked at him strangely.

"I've known it since I was a kid, Destroyer of Worlds!"

For a moment, purple particles floated in the air, and the priest in front of him suddenly came over. Long Yu was caught off guard and wanted to retreat, but was already entangled in black and red vines.

"Don't be nervous young man, I'm just feeling your body."

Long Yu relaxed a little. The light in front of him got closer and closer. A cold chill came from his forehead. The priest directly pressed his forehead to Long Yu's forehead. At this time, Long Yu felt a stinging pain. , it was Skyo's power that penetrated his body.

After a few minutes, Long Yu was let go by the priest in front of her, and she showed a bright smile.

"Please remember to be vigilant! Be more vigilant, future vigilants! Such things as light do not only exist in front of your eyes, but also exist in the bottom of your heart!"

"You know that too? Destroyer of worlds!"

The female priest nodded gently.

"I once had a friend named Jean who told me a lot about the Destroyer of Worlds."

Long Yu looked at the priest strangely. A name like Gene seemed a bit strange in Shimmer City.

"Perhaps as Gene said, when hope is about to disappear, as long as you don't give up, new hope will appear again."

The female priest said, looking brightly in front of her, smiling and moving along with the black and red vines under her feet.

"Goodbye, young man, perhaps we will meet again soon!"

Long Yu stood there and remembered for a while.

"Master Priest, what is your name!"

In front of Long Yu's eyes, on the roadside and beside the flowing sewage river, there were huge sunflowers one after another. This was Mori Mo. The priest in front of him quickly entered Mori Mo's mouth, always smiling. .

"My name is Laika, young boy!"

For a moment, Long Yu's eyes widened, and he looked in disbelief at the priest who had submerged himself in the Ririn Flower.

"Your name is Laika?"

Long Yu ran over in a hurry, but the female priest was no longer in sight.

"Is it the high priest Laika? Really?"

After a while, Long Yu cheered excitedly. This was the first time that he could see the supreme high priest Laika. Long Yu roared and ran down the stairs quickly, and ran to the rows of sunflowers. , unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, he approached the Sun Flower step by step. At this time, many black and red vines on the ground rose up, seeming to stop Long Yu, and Long Yu finally came back to his senses.

His legs were still tired, but Long Yu had strength again. He came back. After bowing respectfully, Long Yu turned around and ran to the bridge over the river into the city. Following the lights of the clock tower in the distance, Long Yu was familiar with this place. Everything, he ran quickly. His home was in the east of the city, not far from the clock tower, and there was still some light near the clock tower.

There are houses with gears and metal pipes around him. Some houses have lights on, while others are dark. Many metal buildings are old and rusty. Long Yu still remembers that when he was a child, Pit No. 39 was as beautiful as Pit 19. of prosperity.

At this time, the longing that had been squeezed in Long Yu's heart burst out in one breath. He wanted to return home quickly. He had just talked to his wife on the phone a few days ago. His wife also missed him, especially the children, every few days. God will ask himself when he will come back.

"Long Yu, you are back!"

I have already seen my home, a three-story duplex mechanical building. On the front is a lot of mechanical parts and gears that fit together, as well as rows of large pipes. There are lights on the second floor of the home.

"Grandma Putzer!"

Long Yu shouted, and next to him was an old woman with a stooped figure, leaning on a rattling luminous cane, wearing a cat-head hat, a pair of single-frame glasses, and a thick cylindrical jacket. The hard leather mechanical jacket was jingling, the gears were turning slowly, and steam would be emitted from the back of the jacket over the head from time to time.

This kind of mechanical suit is designed to help those with limited mobility. It has machines embedded in the legs to walk instead of feet.

"Are there any eggs?"

Puzel said, pointing to a bag of potatoes next to his hut. Each potato was not big, but a little small.

"I'll trade you a bag of potatoes for 10 eggs, okay?"

Long Yu didn't want to change, but he finally agreed. He opened his satchel and carefully took out 10 eggs from it while covering the light. He entered Grandma Puzer's house, which was dimly lit, and placed the eggs. In the linen basket next to him, he came out and picked up this pile of potatoes that were covered with soil and light.

"Grandma Puzer, if you are free tomorrow, you can bring your grandson to our house for dinner."

The old man smiled, stretched out his somewhat deformed hand from his long soft leather sleeves, and waved. Long Yu turned around and started running with a smile.

"I'm back, Isa."

Long Yu shouted happily. At this time, there was a sound and a creak upstairs. After the gears next to the metal door made a violent friction sound, the door slowly opened.

A figure had already rushed forward, and Long Yu opened his arms and hugged his wife, who was only wearing some old common clothes.

"dad!"

The voices of two children, a boy and a girl, sounded at the same time. Long Yu immediately gently pushed away his wife Isa, who was already crying with joy. The two children upstairs ran down. Sure enough, they had grown a lot taller.

"Feifei, Honghong."

His wife gently leaned her head on her shoulder, her mouth twitching. Long Yu held his son Long Fei and daughter Long Hong in his arms. The two little guys were already sniffing. His son Long Fei is 10 years old and his daughter is 8 years old.

"Daddy, isn't he a mushroom?"

Long Yu nodded and looked at his beautiful wife affectionately. Isha kissed her and Long Yu turned his head.

"I'm going to take a good shower first, and you can get some cured ham. I'd like a drink."

The wife still kissed him and leaned gently into Long Yu's arms. With a creaking sound, the door slowly closed.

Dang Dang Dang

12 am

As usual, the bell tower rang the evening bell to remind those who were still awake.

Several people wearing crow masks gathered in the hall of the clock tower. This is the headquarters of the crows in Mine No. 39. The crows are stationed here and manage Pit No. 39. In addition to daily training, the crows will go door to door. It's up to the local crows to decide how much they charge for taking some food, but most crows don't go too far.

This is the rule set by High Priest Laika after the turmoil in Shimmer City ended early in the morning. Crows serve Shimmer City, and residents of Shimmer City must support crows.

Jingle Bell

A quick phone call rang. This was a long-distance phone. Only Crow headquarters had it. Residents only had short-range radio communication equipment at best.

A black phone hanging on the wall rang rapidly. The crow captain of g39 ran over and picked it up. However, the next second, the captain froze on the spot.

"Yes, I understand, Lord Darkcrow!"

The moment he hung up the phone, people from Crow Crow gathered around him.

"What's wrong with your head?"

"It was the order of High Priest Laika. In our mine No. 39, the Chosen Ones appeared, and there were two of them."

In an instant, everyone burst into joy. The so-called God's Chosen One is a person who is chosen by God to become a priest. Once this person becomes a priest, the place where this person is located will receive the supreme reward from the High Priest Laika. This family will be able to receive food delivered by steam train in the future.

"The Chosen Ones have appeared! In our city of Mine No. 39, dear citizens, I repeat once again, the Chosen Ones have appeared in our Mine No. 39, and there are two of them! I just received an order from High Priest Laika, High Priest Laika will come in person in a few days."

A clicking sound suddenly sounded, and along with the sound of steam, many places in Mine No. 39 suddenly lit up with lights. Someone ran out of the house, and the whole town boiled in an instant.

"Did you hear that honey!"

Long Yu, who was sitting in a metal cylindrical bathtub, stood up, smiled excitedly, and hugged his wife next to him. Everyone knew what this meant. Once the Chosen One appeared, the people nearby would The Mine City will also send congratulatory gifts. This is the oldest custom in Shimmer City and something that everyone should be happy about.

Serving God is a very satisfying thing, and there are still two chosen ones. Long Yu was so happy. Only then did he remember that he met the high priest Laika. His wife looked at Long Yu in disbelief.

The streets began to boil, and some residents who were usually reluctant to turn on the lights turned on the steam lamps inside, as if the city was reborn in an instant.

"Okay, no dad! My sister is secretly eating dried mushrooms."

The childish voice of her son Long Fei came out, and the couple hugged each other tightly. Isa blushed and pushed Long Yu away with her heart beating.

"Wait until the children are asleep, then be patient! And please be careful this time. If there is another child, our life will be very difficult."

Long Yu smiled awkwardly and washed his body quickly. He looked at the grand scene outside the window. Today was obviously not the Priest's Day, but it seemed like a festival. Such a grand scene had not appeared for several years, but for just a moment, Long Yi's mood became enlightened.

Soon, the whole family happily gathered around the dining table in the dining room on the second floor and started eating. The daughter and son seemed to have not eaten meat for a long time, and they were devouring the fried meat that their mother had just made.

There were some opened metal cans in the corner of the kitchen, including vegetables and meat. His wife made all of them into a big pot of soup. Long Yu looked at the wine in the small glass bottle at hand. It had been there for a long time and there was still some left. In the second half, he unscrewed the bottle and took a sip. The fatigue of the past five days seemed to be lifted. Someone knocked on the door, but Long Yu just stuck out his head and told them that he had just come back and would go down later.

However, for some reason, the area around his home became more and more lively. Long Yu also felt strange. The knocks on the door kept ringing. Long Yu could only go downstairs and pressed the switch next to the door. Some old and rusty doors suddenly Opening it bit by bit, what Long Yu saw at this time was the captain of the crow and other team members.

"Congratulations, Long Yu."

The captain gave Long Yu a hug as soon as they met.

"It was your sons and daughters who were chosen to be priests."

For a moment, Long Yu stared dumbfounded at the residents gathered around on the street. Everyone was saying blessings. However, the next second, Long Yu's heart felt a little cold. This meant that he and his son and daughter would be separated for a long time. Perhaps never to be seen again.

It was obviously a happy event, but Long Yu's smile was a little solemn. He recalled the physical induction that the high priest Laika had done to him before. Long Yu was not sure if it had anything to do with that physical induction.

Long Yu asked hurriedly.

"Did any priest come here while I was away?"

The captain shook his head.

"No priest has come, and no priest has come to this city for a long time, so I was quite shocked when I received the notice, and it was the order of High Priest Laika."

As he spoke, the captain turned around and gave the order, asking Crow's men to patrol the area 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of the chosen ones.

Neighbors came over, and some even came over with gifts. Although Long Yu refused, he had no choice but to accept it. After half an hour of accepting the offer, Long Yu said that he was very tired and wanted to go back to sleep.

"Wow, why does Dad have so many things?"

His daughter Long Hong ran over and took the thing from Long Yu's hand. Long Yu smiled slightly bitterly and said it was a gift from a neighbor, and his wife Isha also noticed the weirdness in Long Yu's eyes.

After her son and daughter had eaten, Isa took the two little ones upstairs. Up to the third floor were corridors, with the children's rooms on the left and Isa and Long Yu's bedrooms on the right.

Long Yu drank the wine quietly. The dishes on the table were already tasteless. The two children were about to be taken away.

"It's obviously something to be happy about, why?"

Long Yu took a big sip. The wine was already at the bottom. He picked up a bottle of wine he had just received from his neighbor, unscrewed it and drank it up.

The clicking and dripping sounds from outside the house were still coming in from time to time. Everyone's cheering enthusiasm was still high, because this was indeed something to be happy about.

"What happened!"

At 1 o'clock in the morning, Isa came downstairs. He looked at her husband who looked melancholy and a little drunk, walked over and sat at the metal dining table, holding Long Yu's hand.

After a while, Long Yu told the truth, and the next second Isa's face also showed an extremely complicated expression. The two children were raised by the couple since childhood, and the couple were reluctant to let them go, but the priest's order was absolute and could not be violated. This time it was the order of the high priest Leka.

In the small dining room, the couple leaned against each other. Isa also drank a little bit of wine. Neither of them was drunk, but sober and no longer had the interest in the bathroom just now.

"There are still a few days, let's spend time with the children!"

Isa said, Long Yu hummed, turned around and hugged his wife upstairs. After the lights in the kitchen went out, the clicking sound stopped, and the noise outside also calmed down at this time. Only the crows could be seen wandering around their house.

The couple stood at the door of the children. Through the small hole on the side of the door, they could see that the two children were already asleep, accompanied by the dim light.

Long Yu curled up at the door, sobbing in his throat, and he was already crying. His wife was also crying silently. The couple could only hug each other. Living in darkness for a lifetime was something they had never thought of.

After calming down a little, the couple returned to the bedroom in the dim light and lay quietly hugging each other on the bed. Both of them couldn't sleep.

"It's obviously something to be happy about!"

Isa nodded gently, and Long Yu looked at the faint light from the clock tower in the distance with anxiety. Whether it was day or night, the scene here was the same. In fact, there was not much difference between day and night for the people in the city of glimmering light, just to adapt to the schedule.

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. The couple couldn't sleep well. The sudden good news made the couple feel terrible.

"I want to get up and walk."

Long Yu said, his wife nodded, and the two got up again and returned to the dining room on the second floor. Then Long Yu opened the door of the storage room. In the room mixed with food and various smells, there were some steam machinery, metal and some food, but most of them were potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as some eggs. Long Yu turned on the steam lamp next to the storage room, and the click and tick sound came again.

On a small mechanical table directly opposite the storage room, there are a bunch of framed old photos. These are the people of the previous generations of the Long family. Long Yu walked over and saw the photo of himself and his wife placed at the front, followed by his father and mother, and then his grandparents. He went all the way to the top, where there was a handsome man wearing clothes different from those of the present era. His name was Long Fan, and he was the ancestor of the Long family, who lived 200 years ago.

This is also the habit of everyone in Weiguang City. Every family will have photos of each generation. This is to prevent the loss of some city records of the crows. There will be some simple introductions behind the photos.

It’s just that on the photo of Long Fan at the top, there are four children in front of him, and the photo of the grandmother next to Long Fan is missing a piece. The photos of the four children when they grew up are all on the table below. As for why there is no photo of the grandmother of the Long family, no one is too clear about this question.

Long Yu opened the drawer under the table, and a heavy book covered with dust was printed with the four characters of World Destroyer.

An inexplicable sense of sadness surrounded the couple. Long Yu still told his wife about the high priest touching him before, perhaps it was related to that incident.

"Fei Fei and Hong Hong are still so young, I really..."

Isa said and sobbed again. Long Yu smiled and recalled the place where he met the high priest Leica. He smiled with relief for a while.

"I feel that the high priest Leica is a gentle and kind person. Why don't we ask her to cancel our child's qualification as the chosen one of God."

"Is it possible!"

Isa asked, and Long Yu nodded.

"Tell her sincerely about our feelings as parents of the child, maybe it will work!"

Tick-tick-tick

The second hand on the clock tower is still turning. At 3:11 in the morning

The No. 39 mine city finally fell into silence. Only the clock tower was still shining. Three figures appeared in the corridor built against the mountain beside the mine.

The three people were of different heights, two men and one woman. One of the tall men had a long steam-shaped broadsword on his back, and he stared sharply at the bell tower in the distance.

"What a irony!"

The woman of medium height and well-proportioned figure said. The three of them were wearing soft leather masks. The woman was a slender fox, the man was a lion, and the shortest and sharpest one was a monkey.

The three of them walked down the long stairs and came to the river with a foul odor. At this time, the three of them looked at the sun wheel flower on their left.

"Don't regret it! If we catch the Chosen One, things will get out of control."

The lion said, and the fox chuckled.

"It's already out of control. After all, we are all wanted criminals."

The monkey laughed and walked to some sunflowers. At this time, the black and red vines on the ground stood up. The monkey took out a hand-held steam lamp from the long backpack on his back and started burning it. When the lights were turned on, these vines burned without fire in an instant after being illuminated by the light.

"Stop playing monkey, we have to move quickly, we only have half an hour at most."

The three of them said that they quickly crossed the bridge and started running. The three of them were all wearing some weird steam armor, which looked different from the armor worn by the crows, and was thinner.

Soon the three of them arrived at Long Yu's house. The lion took off the big knife from his back and held it with both hands. The fox next to her pressed her hands under the lion's shoulder armor. She swallowed breathlessly.

"Move fast monkey."

The monkey raised his hands, and there seemed to be suction cups on the palms. He quickly climbed to the top of a house, and took out a steam gun nearly one meter long from the cylindrical bag on his back. There was a cylinder on the holder. Monkey took out some thumb-sized cones from his trouser pocket and began to install them one by one in the horizontal strip-shaped holes on the side of the steam gun.

Whoosh

Accompanied by a violent burst of sound in the air, and a whining sound in an instant, a cloud of white steam spurted out from the butt of the steam gun held in the monkey's hand, and a sharp cone accurately shot through a Crow's neck.

"Do it!"

As the fox spoke, he pressed the mechanism under the lion's shoulder. The lion roared and rushed out holding the steam sword in his hand. The fox turned around and ran quickly.

There was a whining sound, and a large cloud of water vapor was sprayed out from behind the lion's shoulders, and the saw teeth on the edge of the large knife in the lion's hands began to rotate rapidly, with little electric sparks.

"Go to hell!"

In the blink of an eye, the lion had jumped in front of a crow who had just taken out a steam pistol. The big knife slashed through it, directly cutting the crow's steam armor, splitting him in two.

The next second, another crow holding a steam spear and planning to use steam jets to launch a stabbing attack fell to the ground. Suddenly, horns and sirens sounded, and crows holding slender steam knives sprayed over.

The lion vigorously waved the sword in his hand, and a large amount of white steam rose into the sky. His vision was blurred for a while, but the crows that came closer had their necks pierced by the long awl and fell to the ground.

boom

Accompanied by a burst of violent noises and bursts of mechanical jamming, the big knife in the lion's hand was blocked by a thick stick. With a sizzling sound, accompanied by flying sparks and black smoke, the lion hurriedly He stepped back and let go of the damaged steam sword in his hand. The whine of the whistle came towards him, a huge sound of swiping through the air sounded, and a stick fell instantly in front of him.

The lion clenched his right fist, and with the violent steam spurting out, he punched it.

"Hold on! Damn it."

boom

Accompanied by a violent firing sound, Fox raised her arms, and a soft steel rope pierced the third-floor window of Long Yu's house. At the moment of fixation, the steel rope began to be retracted into Fox's arms, and she kicked her feet on the wall. , jumped up and directly protected his body with his hands and crashed into the room on the third floor.

In front of him were two shivering children sitting on the bed. The fox chuckled, but the next second the door to the room opened. The fox nimbly jumped to the bedside, grabbed the girl who could no longer move, and took out the He put a steam dagger to the girl's neck.

"What are you going to do!"

Long Yu held the steam gun in his hand. He trembled and looked at the woman in front of him wearing a fox mask and a steam light armor that was convenient for movement. He only needed to pull the trigger, and the bullet could easily penetrate the woman's body, but Long Yu Yu didn't dare to shoot. Behind him, Shanshan's wife Yisha covered her mouth and looked at the scene in front of her with tears in her eyes.

There were constant rattling sounds from below, and there were shouts everywhere.

"I'm very sorry to disturb your rest, sir. Miss, I want to take away these two children. Please put down the gun in your hand. Otherwise, I would rather kill your son and daughter now. After all, I don't want them to become monsters." "

Long Yu looked at everything in front of him at a loss. He was dumbfounded and his hands and feet were cold.

"Hurry up."

There was a roar of a lion below, and his situation seemed to be bad. At this time, the monkey had already run to the railway track. After looking around, he quickly found a locked iron cabinet. He took out a handful of He opened the two-meter-high iron cabinet with the key, and a steam rail car appeared inside. The monkey immediately pulled out a black pipe from the side of the cylindrical metal backpack behind him and connected it to his right hand. The arm, the hook on the right arm is fixed on the front end of the cart.

"Don't make any mistakes for me."

Woo woo

A large amount of steam spurted out from the monkey's hands and feet, including the small holes in the steam armor behind him. At this moment, there was a creaking sound, and the heavy steam trolley moved little by little, and was dragged onto the track by the monkey.

"Come here good boy!"

The fox waved at this time, and Long Yu could only watch his son trembling as he walked over. At this time, the fox suddenly pressed the mechanism on the edge of the armor. The two children cried and flew from both sides of the armor. Two ropes came out and the knot was completed instantly. The fox jumped directly to the window and fell down.

Long Yu had already turned around and went downstairs. His wife Isa was crying helplessly. The fox who came downstairs cut the steel rope with the steam knife in his hand and ran away with his two children.

"It's done, I got it."

At this time, the lion behind a wall heard the shouting and took out a round ball from his pocket. After seeing the crows besieging him, he smashed the ball on the ground. Instantly, accompanied by black smoke, the lion clenched his hands, turned on the steam jet, and ran out at a very fast speed.

"Just like the simulation!"

Snap

The lion directly hugged the fox and the two children with both hands, rushed across the street, and quickly rushed to the edge of the rails in the surprised eyes of some people.

The steam cart on the rails was ready, but there was no monkey's figure. The two jumped onto the steam cart without saying anything. There were two large cylinders at the back. Just when the lion was about to press the start button, a hand stretched out from behind the cabinet of the cart.

"Be careful."

Swoosh

The fox suddenly pushed the lion away, and a long spike pierced the fox's shoulder directly, and she screamed in pain.

Long Yu walked out with an expressionless face and a face full of anger. The monkey was already kneeling on the ground with blood dripping, and was held by Long Yu with one hand.

"Let my children go!"

Long Yu roared, but the fox on the cart cursed a few words and blocked the two children in front of him.

"You can shoot, I said, I will kill them without hesitation."

At this time, the humming sound in the distance continued to sound, and crows came directly from the roof. The lion glanced at the monkey.

"Sorry."

Click

Instantly, accompanied by bursts of clacking sounds and mechanical friction sounds, the humming sound sounded, and the steam cart began to move. Long Yu had already jumped onto the cart with a leap, and the monkey looked at the two angrily.

"You two are messing around"

The moment the voice was not finished, the lion had jumped down, picked up the monkey, and ran away with a roar.

Whoosh

Two long spikes pierced the lion's steam armor, and he jumped onto the cart with all his strength. With the increasing speed and a large amount of white water vapor floating up, the steam cart instantly whistled and ran away.

Long Yu still held the gun tightly in his hand, looking at the crows chasing behind him. He was angry at this moment, but in less than a few minutes, the steam cart sank into the dark cave, and Long Yu never put down the gun in his hand.

"Sorry!"

The lion said at this time, but it was not convenient to speak under the violent sound of steam. The four people just confronted each other in this dark cave.

The first time Long Yu went downstairs, he ran to the railroad tracks. He knew that the other party kidnapped his two children and wanted to escape the pursuit of the crows. The only place he could go was the railroad tracks, and it was very chaotic outside his house. The crows were still dealing with these people.

When Long Yu came to the side of the railroad tracks, he saw a man wearing a monkey mask sitting on a steam cart. Long Yu approached quietly and decisively shot, shooting through the man's foot.

The only place this route can lead to is the mining site. Residents occasionally go there once or twice, and occasionally dig out some metals, but they are not worth much.

The steam carriage was moving very fast. Long Yu didn't know what would happen next, but he remembered that the woman wearing a fox mask said that she didn't want to see her children become monsters. The two scenes of seeing the priest appeared in his mind. He really looked like a monster.

A faint light appeared in the darkness. At this time, Long Yu saw that the fox woman and the monkey man were not in good condition. They looked a little weak, and the lion's condition was not much better. The steam armor had been scrapped, and there was a bloody smell in the air.

Time passed by minute by minute, and I didn't know how long it had passed. Long Yu felt his arms numb. At this time, the fox woman had let go of the two children. The two children climbed to Long Yu's side. Long Yu held the two children in one hand and leaned on the guardrail of the steam carriage. The hand holding the gun never dropped, and he only needed to shoot to pierce their heads.

However, the two children had returned to his arms, and the lion turned around at this time.

"Don't be nervous, it's just going to end soon."

Long Yu looked at the three guys in front of him angrily. They didn't hurt his children. Maybe that's why Long Yu didn't kill them. There were still 5 bullets, which was more than enough.

But at this time, in Long Yu's heart, there seemed to be another reason. The two children were brought out and didn't have to become the Chosen Ones.

At this time, Long Yu hugged the children tightly with both hands.

Creaky

Sparks flew on the rails, and the steam carriage shook violently. The violent brakes almost made the three people in front of him fly, but the lion had already pressed the two behind him, holding the guardrail next to him tightly with both hands.

After a while, the car stopped, and the two sides looked at each other. Long Yu's raised arms could no longer support it.

"Although I don't know what to say to make you believe us, these two children who were chosen by God will become monsters. We were all once Dark Crows. The Twilight City is not what you see. The High Priest Leka is just a bloodthirsty monster. You should have not heard about the No. 88 Mine for a long time!"

Long Yu did not answer. He didn't know what happened to the No. 88 Mine, but it seemed that he hadn't heard about it for a long time because there seemed to be a landslide there.

"All the people in the No. 88 Mine, more than 10,000 people, were eaten two years ago. Not a single one was left by the High Priest Leka."

Long Yu's eyes widened. At this time, Fox endured the severe pain in his shoulder and reached into his pocket with one hand. Long Yu subconsciously pulled the trigger.

In the long tunnel, a series of clicks and ticks sounded, accompanied by the humming sound of steam, and the only glimmer of light disappeared.