Deep Sea Embers Chapter 405: Impact and wake up

There is fog everywhere, and the whole world seems to be sunk into the depths of a chaotic gray-white fluid. Everything that enters the eye is blurred in this fog. The city in the distance, the nearby city The road... everything becomes ambiguous.

Just after being active underground for a period of time, the scene on the surface completely changed into something I didn't recognize.

Agatha, who hurried back to the surface from the second waterway, stood at the exit of the traffic station, looking at the situation on the street with some astonishment. Now there are no pedestrians on the road at all. Under the thick fog, even the nearby street lights There was only a hazy glow floating in mid-air, other than that, there were only some dark red lights moving slowly in the fog, with the sound of the steam engine running in between— —That was the flashing warning light above the steam walker.

"The city-state guards and the sheriff's troops have already rushed to various intersections. Now the movement of people between the urban areas is strictly prohibited, and all private vehicles are prohibited from going on the road. People who fail to return home in time are arranged to take refuge nearby," said a person who came to respond. The pastor of the church reported to Agatha, "Most of the night shelters are already full. We can only cooperate with the security department to divert the people to churches, warehouses and the nearest subway station."

Speaking of this, the pastor paused and sighed heavily.

"Alas... More people could have taken refuge in places like libraries, but now the places where books are piled up are beginning to erode, and all the stacks are blocked... the time when the fog rises It happened to be the time when most of the factories in the city-state were changing shifts, and too many people were away from their homes.”

Agatha did not respond, but slowly looked away from the street, and looked up at the sky thoughtfully.

Thick clouds and fog in the city-state covered the sky, the sky was as dim as dusk, and in the chaotic and unclear sky, the shadow of the sun could not be seen.

"It's daytime..." she said softly. "Yes, it's daytime now, but this strange fog may have interfered with the power of the sun," the priest said with a solemn expression, with a hint of nervousness, "The erosion in the library is because of this..."

"Nothing can interfere with the power of the sun during the day - as long as Vision 001 hangs in the sky, even if the clouds cover the sun and the whole city is as dark as night, the power of the sun will not be weakened," Agatha gently Shaking his head, "In my judgment, this layer of thick fog is not the cause, it may just be a 'phenomenon' caused by a bigger crisis,...how is the situation on the mountain?"

"The cathedral is full of people now," the pastor said quickly, and at the same time, several steam walkers with their warning lights on clicked into the open space near the exit of the traffic station. In the middle, there was a car with a church flag flying, "The car that picked you up is here, let's go back to the mountain first, and we'll talk on the way."

Agatha and the pastor got into the car, and the steam walker cast a powerful light on the thick fog. On the barely illuminated road, the car started and headed for the road at the top of the mountain at a speed much slower than normal. cathedral.

"When it was foggy, there were still many prayers and tourists stranded on the mountain. The cathedral sheltered everyone as much as possible. If they couldn't take it in, they arranged it in the old church museum next to it, and there is also a city hall. The shelter has been arranged, so it doesn’t mean that people are left outside.” In the car, the pastor continued to report the situation to Agatha, “Bishop Ivan has stabilized the situation and did not let panic spread in the church. From the beginning, I have been using psychic communication to keep in touch with churches in various parts of the city-state. So far, there has been no pollution caused by mass panic...」

A low-pitched mechanical roar came from outside the car window, and Agatha turned her head to look in the direction of the sound.

She saw several long aerial guide rails extending from the top of the mountain road, passing through the thick fog, pointing to the distance, the towering support towers held up the rails like giants, and there was a dark warehouse hanging from one of the rails On the road, it was roaring towards the depths of the dense fog, and the red warning lights around the warehouse were like many eyes, blinking in the fog.

That is the transportation system of the boiling gold mine. The boiling gold ore mined from the mine will be transported to the crushing, sorting plant and large melting furnace at the foot of the mountain through those huge cargo boxes and mountain tracks.

"...The mine track is still running?" Agatha was surprised

Turning his head and looking at the pastor beside him, "Didn't the workers take refuge?"

At the same time, what emerged in her mind was the scene she had just seen in the depths of the ground not long ago, the ancient mine tunnel that had been exhausted decades ago.

"The workers must have taken refuge," the pastor was also surprised when he saw the rail container, but he still replied with certainty, "The church of the mine has confirmed it. It may be that the excavation area sent The last batch of raw ore coming up should be automatically arranged by the difference machine—you know, the boiled gold raw ore mined up will be sent away after staying in the storage area for a period of time. The machine will only According to the attachment..."

A disturbing roar suddenly came from the other side of the thick fog, interrupting the priest's vowed words. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, but only saw another dark warehouse The car came quickly from the other end of the track in the sky—it was on the same track as the warehouse that had just passed over the mountain road.

"I'm going to hit it!!"

The pastor only had time to let out an exclamation, and the earth-shattering impact had already occurred. The two rows of warehouses collided violently on the track in the sky, making terrifying roars and explosions. The ore poured down the hillside like a torrential rain. Immediately afterwards, as the two rows of warehouses swayed violently on the track, the power wheel and auxiliary wheel fell off, the axle broke, and the unrecognizable car fell into the valley with sparks and smoke.

A piece of wreckage that fell from the sky almost grazed the roof of the car Agatha was riding on, and slammed **** the side of the road.

Before the people in the car could react, another tooth-piercing and extremely terrifying sound of metal tearing came from the sky again.

The track in the air that suffered the severe impact was twisting and deforming. Sparks flew from the top of one of the iron towers supporting the track. Smash down from above!

"Get out of here!"

The priest on the car immediately exclaimed loudly, and before he could speak, the convoy had already started to avoid the falling objects from the sky—several steam walkers immediately dispersed, and the steam car in the center of the team suddenly accelerated forward , After a few seconds of thrilling, a terrifying roar came from behind Agatha.

She turned her head and saw that the broken track had already smashed into the mountain road, completely destroying the main road. With long mechanical limbs, he began to climb the nearby mountain. White high-pressure steam gushed out from the gaps in the armor plate, blending with the surrounding dense fog.

"Pedestrians No. 2 and No. 4 can't get through. They should be going to climb the path above and take a detour back to the cathedral. We don't have to wait for them," Agatha glanced back, quickly judged and ordered Said, "Keep going."

"A close call..." The pastor beside him couldn't help but wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "It almost hit the head."

Agatha did not speak for a while.

Is that an accident just now? Or... malicious?

Why is there a row of warehouse cars traveling in the opposite direction on the mine track that should be used for one-way traffic?

Mine workers are evacuating at this time~IndoMTL.com~ The operators of the track system will theoretically go to evacuate after setting up the last train...the last step of the warehouse hanging on the track has a safety lock, If there are other warehouses on the track, it will never start... The difference engine controls this process, and the difference engine in normal operation will not make mistakes, the gears and levers will faithfully execute the punched paper tape With a well-set program, there is no vibration between the meshes of the metal.

"There may be a problem with the differential engine of the mine..." Agatha seemed to be talking to herself.

And the problem may not be limited to the differential engine of the mine - if the library can experience evil erosion in broad daylight, then the coverage and urgency of this mutation will exceed everyone's imagination.

The sound of alarm bells on the distant street came to the ears faintly, the chaotic and disorderly cold wind passed through the empty cemetery wantonly, and the thick fog enveloped everything in sight, and in this inextricable fog, It seems that there are countless low-pitched murmurs overlapping and echoing, like the restless restlessness of the dead.

The sound of the gun safety opening broke the tranquility in the cemetery, and the faint light of a lantern dispelled the shadows in the fog. Standing on the path like a sentinel, staring at the neatly arranged coffins in the fog.

The murmur is just an illusion, at least for now, those coffins are still lying on the mortuary table obediently, and the people in the coffins are still lying obediently - but the strange atmosphere in the air cannot hide the veteran perception.

He knew that something was happening, and it was absolutely impossible for the cemetery to settle down today—some of the "residents" he "cared for" were gradually waking up.