The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Lord Leo, the Changji Peak post is ahead. We'd better rest for a day and wait until tomorrow. This guy is too tired to drive in the black storm for several days." With the light smoke and the fluttering flag, he slightly pulled down the scarf covering his mouth and nose, and suggested to Leo who seemed to be asleep behind him.

It has been four days since the beginning of Palm Rock. During these four days, they have not stopped on the road. Even in the face of a very strong snowstorm, they are still on the road. Only Hancock consumed a lot of energy, and the long-haired beast under him probably had never experienced such a task before. When he entered the entrance of Blade's Edge Canyon just now, he had already felt that the long-haired beast started to walk a little bit, so He would make such a proposal.

If the person walking with him is just an ordinary person, he will not talk nonsense at all, and ask the other person what they think. On the snowy field, he is the authority, but on the road, he finds out that the seemingly ordinary man Leo is not ordinary. Ou's status in his heart has already been raised to the level of Filoria. Even if Leo made an excessive request to rush for several days, he did not dare to refute.

However, he also had to admit that Leo's proposal to continue traveling was very correct, because he found that this year's black storm seemed to be different from the previous ones.

Originally, according to his estimation, counting from the day he left Palm Rock, within two or three days at most, the first black storm of this year should weaken and disappear, but in fact, just yesterday, he found that the black storm not only showed no signs of weakening , On the contrary, it has strengthened a lot, and the momentum of the storm is still continuing to strengthen today. It seems that this black storm may last for more than ten days, or even longer.

There is no doubt that if there is no continuous rush proposed by Leo, walking in the snow field during the time when the black storm intensifies, even an old leader like him may be in danger of getting lost.

Sitting on the armchair made up of shelves at the back, Leo heard Hancock's proposal. He didn't answer, just nodded, and continued to organize and absorb the books again.

After receiving the response, Hancock immediately controlled the long-haired beast and walked towards the post. Perhaps knowing that he could rest at the post, the long-haired beast accelerated a lot, and soon came outside the post.

This is not the first time Hancock has visited the outpost, and he didn't ask the people in the outpost if they can go in. When he reached the gate, he directly controlled the long-haired beast into the compound of the outpost, and then jumped down, pulling the long-haired beast The beast came to a shed not far away where the roof had collapsed, and led the long-haired beast to the middle of two juxtaposed wooden frames in the shed, and then let the long-haired beast lie down. The cargo rack on the long-haired beast happened to be stuck On the wooden frame, the burden of the long-haired beast was relieved.

After that, he took out some hay bread specially for the long-haired beast from the shelf, fed it to the long-haired beast, and then let it rest. In fact, the shelf should be completely removed from the long-haired beast at this time , but now he is the only one. After moving the shelves away, he may not be able to move them back again. He can only let the long-haired beast temporarily rest in this slightly awkward way.

After taking care of the long-haired beast, he jumped onto the shelf and whispered respectfully to Leo: "Master Leo, we can go to the ignition room above to rest now, there should be a bonfire at the guard point of the post, it will be warm a lot of."

Hearing Hancock's proposal, Leo temporarily interrupted the absorption and arrangement of the books, stood up from the chair, and motioned for Hancock to lead the way.

The two came one after the other, and soon came to the ignition room of the beacon tower above the outpost. At this time, a seductive aroma could be smelled coming from the room. Hancock was so tempted by this aroma that he couldn't help swallowing. He drooled, but he didn't step forward to push the door in. Instead, he looked at the two naked corpses that had been frozen to death neatly placed aside.

Judging from the city flag of Movitt Road covered on the corpses, it is clear that the people who handled the two corpses had special feelings for them, and they were unwilling to let the two corpses be placed naked in the open air like this. To give some dignity to the two corpses also gave Hancock an instinctive sympathy for the people in the room.

As for the clothes on the body, Hancock guessed that the people in the room took them off and put them on by themselves. Hancock didn't feel too much about this behavior, because dead people don't need clothes to keep out the cold, and only the living If people like them who walk on the snowy field encounter similar situations, they will use the same method to deal with the clothes and items on their companions, which is normal.

Hancock looked away from the corpse, and then walked to the door. He didn't push the door to go in, but knocked on the door politely. He pushed the door and went in after hearing the invitation from the house, but he didn't look at it. When Leo behind him saw the two corpses again, a sneer appeared on his face. Obviously, Leo's etiquette towards the two corpses was different from Hancock's.

After entering the house, the surrounding air was warmed up by the fierce bonfire in the fireplace.

"Close the door! Close the door!" But the people in the room didn't think so. After Leo entered the room, he yelled at Leo in great dissatisfaction.

Leo turned around and closed the door, then walked to the fireplace alone, found an open space to sit down, and continued to sort out and absorb the books.

Hancock did not rest immediately, but greeted the person in the room: "Hi, I'm Hancock from the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce, are you the guard at the outpost?"

"What guard? It's just a criminal who was sent to suffer. My name is Quinine." The man didn't put down the food in his hand, and while eating, he asked Hancock, "I remember the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce is a big chamber of commerce. , last time your Chamber of Commerce team had hundreds of long-haired beasts and thousands of people, how come there are only two of you this time? Did you get separated in the black storm?"

"No." Hancock shook his head, but he didn't explain too much.

Quining didn't ask too much, and pointed to the open space next to the fireplace and said, "You find a place to rest yourself! I'm the only one here."

Hancock cleared an open space next to Leo, then looked at the bowl full of hot food in Quining's hands, and at the pot next to the campfire, and asked, "The food in your pot can be sold?" give to me?"

"A silver naka." Quining responded indifferently, and then added, "A bowl of silver naka."

"A silver naka! Are you crazy?" Hancock stared at Quinine with great dissatisfaction, and said, "One silver naka can buy thousands of bowls, and you actually..."

"It's too expensive, so you don't have to buy it." Quining glanced at Hancock and said, "Yes, you can buy thousands of bowls on Movitt Road, but don't forget, that's Movitt Road, and this is Chang'an Road. Jifeng Outpost, there can provide you with thousands of bowls at any time, and I only have this pot here." He said with a slightly contemptuous smile: "Of course you can take that pot of food, I am not as strong as you , I will not resist."

Hancock looked at Quinine with a gloomy face. If it wasn't for Leo, he might have really snatched the pot of food, and he might even beat him up, and then throw him outside, leaving him to fend for himself Anyway, it's not like he hasn't done such a thing, but now he's not the only one here, there is also Leo, if he does this, then Filoria may know, and he may be very concerned by then. It is difficult to gain a foothold in the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking of this, he planned to hold back his hunger and have a big meal when he went to Movit Road tomorrow, but the food in the pot had an unusual aroma, and under the influence of this aroma, his hunger was much stronger than usual In the end, he couldn't hold back such a strong sense of hunger, took out his wallet from his arms, took out two silver Naka, threw it to the quinine at the side, then directly picked up the wooden bowl on the ground, opened the pot Gai, took out two bowls of food from inside, followed him to put one of the bowls in front of Leo, and put the other bowl near his mouth, blowing on the hot air above, and planned to swallow it into his stomach, Relieve the hunger, and warm up the cold body by the way.

"Is it okay to eat this kind of stuffed food?" At this moment, Leo suddenly said.

Hearing Leo's words, Hancock immediately put down the bowl next to his mouth, and spit out the little food that had already been eaten in his mouth.

If it was someone else's words, Hancock would definitely not listen, but he completely believed Leo's words. After seeing Leo's magical power to block the most dangerous ice hell in the black storm, the relationship between the two of them The primary and secondary relationship has been lost.

"Damn it! What did you add to it?" Hancock asked, pointing at Quinine, with the long knife at his waist.

At this moment, Quining seemed a little scared and flustered, and completely lost the calm state just now. He took a few steps back and said hastily: "I just added some mushrooms dug from the mountain, and nothing else. If the mushrooms in the pot If there is a problem with the food, then I will definitely have a problem if I eat it now!"

As he said that, in order to prove his innocence, Quining quickly swallowed the bowl of food in his hand, and then showed an innocent look.

Seeing what Quining is doing now, Hancock hesitated for a moment, but he did not put down the long knife in his hand, but took two steps forward slowly, handed the bowl in his hand to the other party, and said, "I You eat the bowl too."

Seeing Hancock's actions, Quining suddenly showed a flustered expression, and glanced at the door not far away.

Seeing Quinine's behavior, Hancock naturally didn't need to ask any more questions. He saw that Hancock directly poured the steaming food in the bowl towards the other party. The other party obviously didn't expect Hancock to do this He shot decisively, and was unprepared for a while, and was splashed on the face by food, so his eyes closed involuntarily, and then he felt a pain in his heart. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Hancock had just stabbed him The knife in his heart was pulled out, and he also felt a burst of weakness, limp on the ground, unconscious.

Although the opponent was not dead yet, Hancock still grabbed the opponent by the collar, dragged him out of the house, went directly to the edge of the beacon tower, and dropped him off the post. Only a dull sound came from below. come up.

After returning to the house, Hancock took the pot of food outside and poured it out, cleaned the pot with the snow on the ground, then returned to the house with a full pot of snow, put it on the bonfire, and followed him out again I picked up some dough cakes that were as dry and hard as stones, and threw them into the pot to cook.

Although Hancock has prepared plenty of food, this kind of food can only be used to satisfy his hunger. As for whether it is delicious or not, he doesn't need to think about it, especially after eating this kind of dry biscuit for a few days, he can smell the smell of this kind of food I feel a little nauseous.

"Why don't you keep alive and ask him why he attacked us?" At this moment, Leo asked Hancock a little abruptly.

Hancock was stunned, because this seemed to be the first time Leo asked him something in the past few days, so he thought about it seriously and said: "The guy just now should be a criminal on Movit Road. The purpose of being sent here as a post guard is to reduce the sentence. As for the attack on us, it should be because we are only two people. I think we are separated from the caravan and have some valuable goods in our hands. What forces have assigned us to wait here to attack us. If someone on Movit Road really wants to attack our Ice Bear Merchant Guild, they will secretly send a large number of people into the snowfield to intercept us, and they will not choose to attack us at the Changji Peak Outpost. , because it is too close to Movit Road, if you make a big move, you will be known by Movit Road immediately. You must know that even though our Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce has many enemies on Movit Road, there are also many Allied forces, those allies will not watch us have trouble."

After listening to Hancock's explanation, Leo thought for a while and asked again: "Is Movit Road a mess?"

"Of course it's not chaotic. Compared with other cities in the polar mountains, Movit Road is the most stable. At least on Movit Road, you don't have to worry about someone rushing out and stabbing you in the stomach." Hancock Patiently explained: "However, stability is also relative. After all, the cities in the polar mountains were built by tribes, large and small. These tribes have now become the nobles and nobles in the city. There is no such thing as fighting for power and profit." less, but no matter how fiercely they fight, it is only their internal affairs, and will not affect the outside, let alone civilians. What civilians and outsiders really have to be careful on Movit Road are those gangsters, their means A lot of ruthlessness, that guy just now should be a member of a gang."

When Leo was about to ask for more detailed information about Movit Road or the polar mountains, he suddenly seemed to have sensed something. With a puzzled look, he got up and walked outside, looking in the direction of Movitt Road, his sight seemed to penetrate the layered mountains of Blade's Edge Canyon, and he saw what he wanted to see at the end.

I only heard him talking to himself: "What's the matter? What is she doing on Movit Road? She knew I was coming in advance, so did you come to pick me up?"