Lawrence woke up from bed at six o'clock the next morning after receiving the invitation. He was so excited and nervous that he couldn't sleep anymore. After all, members of the Commonwealth Science Association were equivalent to members of the National Academy of Sciences in previous lives. How could this allow so many people to fall asleep?
Wasn’t Lawrence, who was just an ordinary person a few months ago, excited about this?
Unable to sleep, Lawrence climbed out of bed. After washing carefully, he went out to buy some breakfast. When he put the breakfast on the table, the two ladies also finished washing and came to the dining table.
More than an hour later, the carriage that had been booked yesterday arrived at the door. Lawrence, who was wearing traveling clothes, and Saphire put their luggage on the carriage together, and then the two of them set off.
Yesterday's envelope contained two tickets, and the letter also stated that in addition to Lawrence himself, he could bring a relative or friend as a witness to this critical moment and to share this joy. Obviously, Lawrence knew someone in this city.
There were not many people, and the people from the Knowledge Church had already set out two days ago.
So Lawrence tried to invite Saphire, and she blushed and agreed to Lawrence's invitation after shyly laughing and joking with Fatina for a while.
At about 8:30 in the morning, they arrived at the Eagle Castle Central Railway Station. It was a very tall large building built of beige stone, with a transparent roof made of black steel and transparent glass on the top.
Dome.
"Platform 15, Platform 16 - this is it." Facing the ticket, Seifer pulled Lawrence and ran forward, and soon they arrived at a platform through a cast iron overpass.
On the track beside the platform, the thick smoke of the steam locomotive lingered over the chattering crowd. The shouts of vendors selling various things were mixed with the buzzing chatter of the crowd and the sound of hauling heavy luggage.
The railways in this world are completely different from the previous one. The track gauge of 3.5 meters, the width of the carriage of 7 meters and the height of the carriage of 6.5 meters make the whole train look like a moving steel fortress. If you insist on comparison, this train
It is closer to the armed train in the anime "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress" that Lawrence watched in his previous life.
The front of the entire train is an armed armored carriage, and the second carriage is the steam locomotive that spits out thick white smoke. After all, the wilderness in this world far away from the control of intelligent creatures is not very safe. So if you want to travel safely,
Force is absolutely necessary to pass through those places.
When getting on the train, Lawrence and the others simply registered as extraordinary beings. This registration is mainly to ensure that if an accident occurs on the train in the wild, manpower can be organized to fight in time. Of course, you can also choose not to register, but then
First of all, unless there is a special license, weapons can only be checked.
Space equipment such as space pockets are not only expensive but also very rare. Generally, extraordinary people can only carry their own weapons with them. Because of this, under normal circumstances, extraordinary people will register at the door of the carriage when taking the train.
After the registration was over, Lawrence and the others walked into the carriage carrying their weapons. The interior of the carriage was divided into upper and lower floors, and the tickets given to them by the Science Society were for two seats facing each other by the window on the second floor. A few minutes after they sat down, they got on the train at the station.
The big clock reached nine o'clock, and with the sound of the whistle, the train slowly started.
There was nothing to talk about along the way. After all, Lawrence and the others took the train for three days and three nights when they arrived here, so naturally they had no interest in traveling by train. Therefore, the two of them mainly focused on communicating with each other along the way.
What did the other party do in four years?
While they were chatting, the train slowly left the city limits, and the scenery outside the window changed from neat farmland to patches of dense woods, swamps and grasslands. Occasionally, some extraordinary creatures would try to attack.
train, but these low-level monsters were quickly wiped out by the steam cannon on the roof.
When it was time to eat at noon, Lawrence finally found out what the trains in the two worlds had in common, that is, the food sold on the train must be much more expensive than outside. Fortunately, Saifei had prepared some beef sandwiches wrapped in oil paper in advance.
Take it with you so they don't need to eat these things on the train.
After more than eight hours of travel, the train finally approached its destination. A clean small city composed almost entirely of white buildings appeared outside the train window.
This is the Eagle's Nest Special Zone, the capital of the White Eagle Federation, and the seat of the Federal Science Association. Unlike the lively and noisy Eagle Castle, this city looks much cleaner and tidier, with some colorful two- and three-story buildings rising from the lush greenery.
The trees are revealed behind, giving people a sense of tranquility.
In fact, in the early days of the Federation's independence, some people suggested setting up the capital in Eagle Castle or Victoria Harbor City in the south, two of the most prosperous cities in the New World at the time.
But later, considering that the relationship between the newly independent Federation and the Britons was not good at that time, it was really easy to attack the capital when it was built on the seaside. At the same time, the two cities had already developed well at that time. If you wanted to obtain enough land for construction,
The cost of the facilities required by the federation was too high. So after discussion, everyone finally chose this small settlement that was originally located in the interior to build the capital of the federation from scratch.
After leaving the train station, Lawrence and Saphire went their separate ways: Saphire took his luggage and went straight to the hotel that the Federal Science Association had booked for them, while Lawrence rented a carriage and rushed to the church of the Church of Knowledge.
"Ah, my little Lawrence, I am very happy to see you." After entering the church and stating his purpose, a church staff member quickly called out the people who had arranged to receive Lawrence. But what Lawrence did not expect was that
Yes, the person who received him was actually Priest Carter.
"Did you come here specifically for me? This is really too much trouble for you." Lawrence showed a flattered expression after seeing Priest Carter.
"Of course not." Priest Carter patted Lawrence's shoulder hard with his broad palm and said. "It's just that the chief priest sent me to deliver some things here, just so I can tell you about tomorrow's process. After all, it was two years ago
I helped guide that member in the church, so I have some experience in this area."
Fortunately, it may be considered that most of the scholars who joined the society are not very good at dealing with people, so the whole ceremony seemed relatively simple. It only took 20 minutes for Priest Carter to introduce the entire process. After listening to the process
, Lawrence found that the only troublesome thing about the whole ceremony was the need to give a speech after receiving membership.
"Don't worry, Lawrence." Seeing the embarrassment on Lawrence's face when he heard the speech, Priest Carter comforted him. "This is just a process. I remember that many people only had a few words in their speeches. Just say whatever you want.
Okay, there’s no need to feel too much psychological pressure.”
It took Lawrence 20 minutes to piece together a simple speech based on the template essays in his memory. After confirming with Priest Carter that there was no problem, he returned to the hotel and had dinner with Saphire. After the meal, he chatted for a while.