Although decisive evidence has been produced, the Lightseeker team was still stopped outside the city. This is also routine. Although the ecological environment outside has deteriorated to a certain extent, there are still toxins and infectious diseases in the outside world.
Curses, especially curses on the spiritual level, are quite terrifying. There have been returning lightseekers who have been infected by the curse and infected other people, resulting in terrible spiritual plagues.
Therefore, the returning light seekers currently need to be observed for a certain period of time, and only after isolation will they be given the right to pass inside the shield.
During this time, they lived in a small house with a relatively good environment. They had enough food and water every day, as well as talismans to protect themselves from magic pollution. During this time, they also carefully cultivated and brought them back.
Although the plant in the house could not touch them directly, many people had left the shield out of curiosity and looked through the windows to see the plant in the house that was slowly coming back to life.
When there was sufficient fuel, Lan Nuo used magic to adjust the gas lamp to be as bright as a bathroom heater. He illuminated the plant at regular intervals. With sufficient air and water, he finally made the plant, which was already a little wilted, shine.
Revitalized.
Their return and the evidence they brought back also received extreme attention from the Steam Council. In several consecutive meetings, a large number of scholars conducted countless comparative studies on samples collected from plants.
Finally, they came to the conclusion: "This is a characteristic of a stable, self-reproducing plant. It is a species that cannot be derived from any plant in the Twilight City through hybridization or mutation. That is to say, even if they do not find it,
Asgard must also have found an area where wild plants can grow freely.
This is a breakthrough that light seekers have never achieved before. Although the whole thing is too coincidental, I think it is necessary for us to send more people to investigate the situation and prepare manpower and material resources to build a road from the Twilight City to the Rainbow
Rail access to the bridge.”
The conclusion reached by the leader of the Scholars Association caused everyone in the Steam Council to fall into silence. A considerable number of them rose to power by criticizing the Lightseeker, including Wendell's son Hope.
, after all, light seekers have consumed too many resources in modern times. Although everyone is embarrassed to say it openly, they are actually complaining about the huge consumption of light search operations in their hearts.
Taking the banning of lightseekers as his political proposition can indeed be a clever way to gain a subtle advantage in votes during the election for parliament.
When everyone fell into silence, Lavinia, the Speaker of the Steam Parliament, spoke up: "No matter what our attitude towards the light seekers was before, after this, we must pay attention to their opinions. For a long time, we have thought that staying in the twilight
The stable existence of the City of Light is the goal. To this end, we have even established the Steam Six Section, a violent machine for internal suppression, but this does not mean that our personal interests can override the survival of the entire Twilight City.
I suggest forming a special investigation team, recruiting people with expertise in wild survival and night exploration, giving them priority in terms of human and material resource support, immediately organizing a large-scale light-seeking exploration again, and starting to prepare supplies. Prepare to expand twilight
The passage between the capital and Asgard."
The speaker is an unsmiling middle-aged woman who rarely speaks in parliament. But almost every time she speaks, it is final. This time it seems to be the same. Just when she is preparing to make a concluding speech and initiate a vote.
, sitting next to him, Angelica, a senior executive, stood up.
"Everyone, have you forgotten one important thing? That is the foundation of the Twilight City's existence. The reason why we can survive in the darkness full of magic radiation is because of the power that envelopes the entire city.
's shield.
And do you still remember who is maintaining the shield? Yes, although the history of all this is like a myth and legend, the shield above our heads is indeed maintained by the ancient saints. The ancient saints have maintained the shield for a long time.
The shield has lasted for thousands of years, so that we have gradually become accustomed to it. Many people have even forgotten the existence of the ancient saints.
But now that we are about to move and have the hope of leaving this city, at this time, can we leave the Ancient Saint alone?"
Even Lavinia, as the Speaker, could not refute these words for a moment. At the same time, she could not help but reflect that she had indeed forgotten the existence of the Ancient Saint. She had forgotten that this person had protected the entire Twilight City for thousands of years.
The ancient existence of time. But what kind of attitude would such a god-like ancient have towards the relocation of the fragile humans he protects? It is really disturbing.
As a human being with a short life, it is probably difficult to understand the way of thinking of immortal species. After the noise in the audience quieted down, Lavinia said: "We should indeed seek the opinions of the ancient saints. But now Operation Light
There is no need to delay. According to the report of the Light Seeking Team, there are still eight team members trapped in Asgard and unable to return for the time being. We need to contact them as soon as possible, and we also need to confirm the situation in Asgard as soon as possible.
The Ancient Saint also migrated from Asgard with us. I think that after knowing the details of Asgard, the negotiations with the Ancient Saint will be smoother."
Discussions in parliament are still continuing, but the general direction has been determined.
On the other side, the isolation accepted by Lanno was over. Hope received them with a very complicated expression and took them back to the city. Next, the connection between the Lightseekers and the Steam Council will be completed by Hope. This is also the case for Steam.
meaning of parliament.
Although the estrangement between father and son has lasted for many years, right and wrong have now been distinguished. Perhaps this kind of contact can help them accept each other.
Lan Nuo didn't pay attention to Hope, who had an extremely complicated expression, but asked him directly: "What's going on with the factory I left before I left? I left the relevant technology for the production of internal combustion engine vehicles there.
This kind of vehicle that can operate normally in the radiation of magic energy has brought great help to our exploration. If the next exploration team wants to explore equally smoothly, a similar fleet is indispensable. I hope to get in touch
Get these skilled workers.”
When Hope heard this, his color became even weirder, but unlike the bitterness before, his face now looked more like he was suppressing a smile.
"I have to admit that your thinking is really different from ordinary people. This is the first time I have seen those gang members living in the dark side of the Twilight City being tricked into such a embarrassing situation.
What you may not know is that after you set out, all the gangs who suddenly discovered that your large loan sharks could not repay were furious. The loan sharks you borrowed at the beginning were not a small amount. If you don't come back, even the gang boss will have to pay for it.
It's nerve-wracking.
As a result, they used their own energy to check the remaining assets in your name. Then they found the factory and prepared to use threats and inducements to coerce the workers there and take the factory as their own to make up for the losses.
As a result, they didn’t know it before. You borrowed loan sharks to build the factory, and you back-handedly mortgaged it to the bank. All the money you cashed out was used in the light-seeking operation. So before they took action, the bank had already taken advantage of it.
The factory was taken over by the public.
The troublemaking gang members were chased all over the ground by the mechanical pillars of the Steam Section 6, and were beaten with iron rods by the security guards. They didn't even get a cent back. Originally, the gang boss was thinking about what if you were alive.
When you come back, he will definitely make your life worse than death. He will try his best to squeeze out every bit of your value to repay his losses.
As a result, after you came back, you actually brought back the news of finding Asgard. So that each of you became a national treasure level figure. Dare to touch you is equivalent to touching the high-pressure steam line with bare hands. Now they are all very aggrieved.
.
As for your factory no longer belongs to you, but after it was nationalized, the operation of the factory has not been interfered by airborne officials. The Steam Council still knows that laymen cannot guide insiders. Therefore, the workers still produce according to the methods they are accustomed to.
, now more than a dozen internal combustion engine vehicles have been produced, but the current problem is insufficient fuel. The scale of the chemical workshop you left behind is too small. The principle of producing fuel has not been left, so it is difficult for us to expand the scale of the fuel workshop.
Many recent vehicles use spirits to replace energy consumption.
Although these factories do not belong to you now, according to the next plan of the parliament, the entire parliament will try its best to meet your reasonable requirements. If you need these factories to start producing something for you, you can put it forward now."
It is not for nothing that Hope became the governor of the Steam Machinery. In terms of ability, he is more than adequate as a public official.
Lannuo then made a large number of requests, and these requests were properly arranged. A large number of equipment was produced, and the fuel workshop also expanded its production scale under his transformation. The technology of converting coal into oil can be used to
Producing a large amount of fuel at a relatively cheap cost. As a result, a large number of idle internal combustion engine vehicles were all put into operation, and the railway to the Rainbow Bridge also began to be laid rapidly. With the assistance of these vehicles, the construction of the railway roadbed was difficult
It has dropped greatly. Among them, crawler vehicles play the most important role because these tracked vehicles are very expandable. With the addition of a shovel, they become a bulldozer. With the addition of a huge roller, they become a road roller. They can even be equipped with a hydraulic system for excavation.
Machines, and they themselves are quite useful tractors. Compared with the previous ones, which were mostly built by manpower, the conditions are much better.
Nowadays, workers who can operate these internal combustion machinery have become even more in demand. The construction speed of the railway is far faster than the Steam Council expected. However, before the construction of this railway is completed, the members of the second round of light-seeking operation have been assembled. This time
A team of hundreds of people has been assembled. Although it is still far from the largest team in history, in an era when light-seeking operations have declined, it is already the largest light-seeking operation in the past century.
This time the team is equipped with a total of 30 vehicles of various types, including bulldozers and excavators, which are used to build various facilities along the way. In order to be able to carry more materials, this time the team is equipped with three vehicles
Trucks carry a large amount of prefabricated building materials, which are used to lay roads on the roads that will be difficult to drive.
The vast convoy moved forward along the marks left by the previous light seekers. The marks on the road that were walked by the light seekers one after another have become clearer, and the speed of the vehicles is really faster than the speed of walking.
It was much faster, and the search for light went more smoothly than everyone imagined. They crossed one rainbow bridge after another, and finally encountered a little trouble on the Broken Continent. In order to cross the Broken Continent before, they had to
Instead of piling soil, a slope was built and the car was pulled up using a winch.
This time, it was very difficult for the convoy to pass like this. Fortunately, they had anticipated this situation before setting off. One of the trucks carried a large amount of cement and steel bars, and found them again. These were difficult to pass or were too narrow.
They set up camp on the same section of the road. The engineering team and the experienced Lan Nuo went to survey the local geological conditions, and then designed a construction plan based on local conditions. Roads and bridges were built to connect the broken continent.
The people who came here were all the most experienced engineers, but they seemed too immature in front of Lan Nuo.
"I didn't expect that you not only have such profound knowledge in black magic and mechanics, but also have such rich experience in civil engineering. To be honest, I have been working in this industry for half my life. When faced with such a complex environment,
The plans I designed are far inferior to yours." The engineering captain scratched his head behind his helmet, puzzled by the sudden appearance of a No. 1 person like Lan Nuo.
"Ah, don't worry about those details. We will face a bigger problem later. How to build a bridge on the surface of magma. This is the biggest problem we will face next."
The engineering team leader had already heard how harsh the environment there was before he came. The islands were suspended on the magma lakes, and they could only pass through them by relying on the iron cable bridges left by their predecessors.
The original construction of these cable bridges relied on a few powerful magicians who had mastered the art of flying. They flew to the other side with ropes and successfully built them. Now, it is difficult to build bridges that can allow vehicles to pass. This difficulty is simply too difficult for engineers.
Scalp numbness.
But similarly, using their own wisdom to challenge nature and create miracles is also the lifelong pursuit of these top engineers.
