Chapter 7 Entering
the City Shenjiao City is located on the border of the Seven Towers Federation, and Sheshou Town was established during the opening war more than 20 years ago, although the surrounding land has been developed.
But the danger is never really eliminated, and he is often attacked by spiritual beasts.
With the recommendation form, Duke boarded the special car of Faling Society.
This is a special route car commonly known as the "Black Beetle". It is shaped like a beetle several houses big. There is a thick smoke pipe standing on the front of the car. When it is ready to depart, the pipe will spit out a continuous stream of black smoke. .
Similar to the black smoke from factory chimneys, it is caused by the burning of spiritual slag.
For factories and cars, which are large consumers of spiritual energy, it is unrealistic to rely on spiritual energy storage cards to supply energy, and the price is seriously uneconomical. Burning cheap spiritual slag is the normal operation.
As for pollution.
Black smoke is the romance of the industrial revolution.
"Woooo!"
The Black Beetle made a whistle, and the black smoke from the pipe intensified rapidly. Then several solid tires the size of millstones slowly rotated, running over the gravel road, and drove out of the town. go.
Duke sat by the car window, looking at the town gradually fading away, feeling in a different mood.
Sheshou Town is said to be a small town, but in fact it is not much different from a small county town. Seventy or eighty thousand people live in it, and many people, including Duke, have never left here.
This time.
It was the first time that he left Sheshou Town and headed towards Shenjiao City.
The Black Beetle does not travel very fast, and the cabin is very bumpy. There are no highways or even asphalt roads. All roads are gravel roads.
This kind of road is also called a route.
Because in areas far away from cities and towns, spirituality activates all things. Even if humans clean them out over and over again, there are still countless spiritual beasts lurking, destroying roads and attacking convoys.
Every time I go out, it's like an unknown voyage.
Bang, bang, bang.
The car suddenly jolted violently, almost knocking Duke off his feet.
Someone in the carriage yelled and cursed: "Do you know how to drive? Do you know how to take a detour if there is a pothole?"
Soon a flight attendant came over and explained: "I'm sorry, everyone, the road ahead must have been damaged by digging insects. The whole area..."
Before she finished speaking, the car bumped violently again. The flight attendant quickly grabbed the handrail to ensure that she did not fall. After she stabilized, she continued to explain: "The entire road has been dug up, and the patrol road repair team has not had time to repair it, so please Everyone, just sit tight and wait until we cross this bad road."
"Damn diggers!"
"When I go out hunting, I must kill a few more diggers!"
The passengers complained and cursed 0 Rings The Digger, a bug that looks like a cockroach but is larger than a cat, roams in the wild in groups.
After a while of jolting, the Black Beetle finally stabilized.
Not long after, Duke saw from the car window that the car had passed another small town, and it would pass through four small towns before reaching the final destination.
After a while, some people got off and some got on.
Soon we set off again, leaving the market town, leaving the farmland, and driving into the vast wilderness.
Duke looked greedily at the scenery outside the window. Compared with the earth, this place was full of exotic scenery. He was dizzy with strange plants. Occasionally, he could see strange beasts.
suddenly.
The Black Beetle stopped.
"Please be patient and don't open the windows casually. There are several spiritual beasts blocking the road. The knight following the car has already got out of the car to drive them away." The flight attendant smiled and reassured everyone. This kind of situation has become commonplace for her.
Duke didn't stay in his seat.
Like others, he ran to the window near the front of the car and looked out to join in the fun.
But I saw two knights wearing armor, confronting several black spirit beasts that looked like leopards and wolves. Each black spirit beast was the size of a calf.
"It's a ring of thin-cheeked black panthers. There are only six of them, not enough for two great knights." A passenger said easily.
The confrontation lasted no longer than three minutes.
One of the great knights suddenly moved, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and suddenly rushed forward into the thin-cheeked black panther. Then he swept the sword ring with one hand and struck out a circular sword light.
Another great knight stepped forward slowly, maintaining the threat to the thin-cheeked black panther.
A main attack and a threat.
The six skinny-cheeked black panthers dodged while baring their teeth, as if they were about to make a move, but after all, they mainly dodged and did not attack the two great knights.
And soon, one of the thin-cheeked black panthers simply slipped away.
The remaining thin-cheeked black panther roared a few times and ran away.
An attack by spiritual beasts came to an abrupt end. The two knights joked with each other and returned to the black beetle car. Black smoke billowed up and the car continued to run over the gravel road.
Duke returned to his seat, recalling the brief battle just now with some unfinished thoughts.
"That sword light should be the fighting spirit of the great knight." He thought of his predecessor who had taken the blood-boiling potion, hoping to open the sea of blood and gain the talent of knight cultivation.
Unfortunately it didn't work out.
"Speaking of which, whether it is the sea of blood or the sea of qi, they have all been included in the spiritual arcane system and are recognized as branches of the spiritual sea. It is also a place where spirituality gathers." In his mind, he used thinking and
Xiaoyi Communication: "Xiao Yi, tell me, is it possible for me to open the sea of blood and sea of qi?" "
Xiao Yi lacks relevant information and cannot speculate on the possibility for the time being."
"Okay."
Duke reluctantly gave up thinking.
He was just a fifteen-year-old orphan at the moment. He had just stepped into the threshold of spiritual practice and knew nothing about the true practice of the Three Seas.
...
half a day later.
Shenjiao City is in sight.
The first thing that caught Duke's eyes was the billowing black smoke from countless chimneys. However, when the black smoke rose to a certain height, it seemed like there was a constant strong wind, blowing the black smoke away from the city. .
"It should be the arcana related to the wind that has been stabilized."
The Black Beetle drove into the station, bustling with special buses for various special routes. After Duke got off the bus, he walked out of the station along with the crowd, and then saw a train coming from the street. Rail buses passing by.
He quickly grabbed his bag and ran to the nearby bus stop.
Although it was his first time to come to a big city, he had already asked Old Sam about the details of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the big city.
"Excuse me, which bus route can I take to Faling Pagoda?" He asked a middle-aged woman. There was no route sign at the platform, only a sign saying "Western Station".
"Fa Ling Pagoda, it seems to be Route 17." The middle-aged woman said and asked her companion, "Yes, Route 17 can go to Fa Ling Pagoda, right?" "That's right.
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"Thank you." Duke expressed his thanks.
There are people selling tickets for bus No. 17, and it costs 5 copper dragons to go to Falingta Station. This is obviously not cheap, and is much more expensive than taking an ordinary rickshaw.
But now that Duke had money, he wanted to try something new.
The trambus is very stable, but the process of traveling is exciting. Pedestrians, animal-drawn carts, and trucks almost ignore the traffic rules, run rampant, and take advantage of every opportunity.
Fortunately, the speed of the car was not very fast, so no one would be killed if it collided with it.
"Chaotic, dirty...but vibrant." Duke thought to himself.
(End of chapter)