Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 458: Travel by train (2/3)

Regardless of the various stories and love-hate relationships between the Black King and the alchemy train, one thing can be confirmed, that is, Nanling is really a rural place outside the core civilization circle of the Terra nations.

Although there are indeed huge iron-clad warships in Nauman City, and there is no shortage of sophisticated alchemy products in Harrison Harbor, it is difficult for Ian to find much of the splendor and civilization in the idyllic scenery of Nanling .

"It's no wonder that such a gentle and polite person as Isengard can't help but say the word 'countryside' when he arrives in Port Harrison - the feeling is really not an arrogant belittling by the people of the imperial capital, but a frank statement .”

"Yeah, there's not even a train, and you have to rely on a camel team to travel long distances. If it's more difficult, you even have to walk on foot... Haha, it's really rural."

Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help laughing behind the helmet, but at this moment he was already in a hall.

There are a lot of people in the hall of Butte Grand Station, and the number is still increasing. The main body of the horseshoe-shaped station has a total of eight plus one entrance and exit-there are even some flying sublimators or griffins. A landing point for taming flying monsters.

Most of the passengers are businessmen, and there are also some well-dressed, wealthy people who look either rich or noble. Of course, some of them, like Ian, wear armor and are obviously knights or sublimated adventurers.

People are looking up at the moment, looking at the translucent hanging panel in the center of the hall, observing the various car numbers and time numbers floating on it.

"The ticket for the three of us to go to the imperial capital is ten talers. The combined cost of me, Huaan and Shuangdie should have been twelve talers. I discounted it after seeing that I am an active knight."

Ian had already bought the ticket through the sublimator channel just now, and he couldn't help shaking his head slightly when he thought of the ticket price.

A regular worker can earn fifty or sixty thalers a year. Of course, if some subsidies and bonuses are included, it may be a little more, but it will never exceed eighty thalers.

And a decent staff job, the annual salary is about 90 to 100 talers... Although it sounds not much different, but the bonuses and various subsidies of the staff, as well as the benefits of the unit are also quite a lot , and there are many hidden discounts, so you can already save money in the central bank around the imperial capital.

However, for a ticket, one worker needs about one month's salary, and a respectable person's salary for ten days.

Of course, this is the long-distance fare... It's that expensive from Butte Station to the Imperial Capital. If it's a closer place, such as going to Yuandingshan Fortress, it only costs one and a half talers.

But there is no doubt that the alchemy train is not mainly open to ordinary people. It is used as a tool for material transportation most of the time. Even if it is a passenger train, the customers it faces are businessmen and scholars from all walks of life. and various wealthy relatives.

After all, the average person does not need to travel long distances for short periods of time.

In the current Terra Continent, it is normal for a person to leave his hometown for a lifetime.

"In this land where monsters are raging, the maintenance of the railway is also very troublesome."

Thinking of this, Ian took the two goblin ladies into the waiting room and waited for the train to arrive.

He had just gone to the branch of the 'Boin Workshop' at Butte Station, informed Isengard that he was about to board the train and headed to the Imperial Capital, and then asked the local staff to work **** him. Take good care of the camels along the way, and he may continue to ride when he returns to Nanling.

"I really don't need a griffin, and you don't need to arrange someone to pick me up, I just want to take the train..."

"A few days later will not affect much, and there is no time limit for my mission to go to the imperial capital... Well, okay, you should also pay attention to your health, see you in the imperial capital."

After the call with Isengard, Ian told the local staff: "If there is a chance, let my camel beast and the caravan go back to Port Harrison."

"Understood, my lord!"

But looking at the expressions of these staff members, the boy understood that his camel beast would definitely be well kept in place.

After all, if Ian, a guy who can actually talk directly to his immediate superior, suddenly remembered his mount in the future, only to find that his mount died on the way back to Nanling—this is not a small probability— — If he is going to be angry, do he and others still want to work?

It doesn't cost much to take care of camel beasts.

While waiting for the train, nothing happened.

About five o'clock in the afternoon, the car came.

Accompanied by the clanging sound of mechanical wheels turning, a strange oval-shaped head, with the faint fluorescence of the alchemy furnace running, approached from a distance. Mercedes-Benz, like a speeding meteor.

As the name suggests, the Rainstorm Alchemy Furnace is as powerful as a torrential rain and fills the world, but most of it is scattered and cannot be gathered into a high-pressure water flow that can kill the enemy. This kind of energy cannot be used on armor The advanced alchemy furnace eventually became the power source of various civilian large-scale alchemy equipment, and its relatively stable operation mode became an advantage.

The steel giant came all the way from the southwest direction, and finally stopped slowly in Butter Station. The steel guardrails on both sides of the station slowly lowered. protective measure, but really it's just an insurance measure.

Because when the still-running alchemy locomotive approached slowly, an invisible but obvious 'force' pushed everyone back—just five meters away.

This is the spontaneous shield produced by this giant alchemy furnace when it is in operation. Ordinary people cannot resist it or approach it at all. They can only approach it after the train stops. If someone can really kill himself in this situation, it can only mean that it is deliberate or it deserves it. The train wash will not wash it. When it is activated, the inflated shield will push all the blood and flesh step aside.

Ready to get in the car. Ian raised his head and looked around. He saw that there were many people boarding this train.

There are merchants and scholars, as well as Huaiguang clergy and nobles. He even saw a very neat line of soldiers around the rear carriage, probably the private soldiers of a noble family? Or is the imperial capital stationed in a new defense?

In addition, there are also some people wearing strange costumes and special robes... ordinary people may not be able to tell the difference, but Ian can tell that they are people from the Spiritual Tool Church.

"Strange, people from the Spiritual Tool Church? But it's not very strange, after all, it's a train to the imperial capital, so it's strange that there are no such people."

Ian didn't see that there were sublimators among the people of the Spiritual Tool Church, so he didn't pay special attention.

Soon, he took Shuang Die and Hua An, and boarded the car under the arrangement of the staff.

"Three...two goblin ladies and you knight...your seats are on the left. Two, do you need extra cushions?"

The service of the alchemy train is still very good. The train staff even prepared special cushions for goblins, so that they would not float on the seats so that they would not be blocked by the table—of course, there are also special cushions for all kinds of demihumans. The hollow seat of the tail, these are parts that can be replaced at any time.

After so many years of operation, all kinds of preparations are very sufficient.

Ian also sat on a fairly spacious seat on the train for a long time, and Shuangdie and Hua An sat on the side near the window.

Miss Goblin seems to often take this kind of transportation, she seems familiar with the way, and even ordered a cup of hot drink on the train - of course goblins can drink and eat, it's just a pure experience, but Not for hunger.

Frost Butterfly, like Ian, looked sideways at the scenery outside the transparent glass of the carriage.

Obviously it is the road they have already traveled and the scene they already know, but sitting in the car is completely different from their own experience.

"This feeling... is amazing."

The little goblin said softly, with a subtle feeling: "I feel so happy... This kind of huge train, a giant steel beast... the feeling of riding on it will make me happy."

"Like machinery, like things with an industrial-strength aesthetic?"

Ian also smiled when he heard it, and he stretched out his hand to touch Shuangdie's hair: "That should come from my 'aesthetics'."

Shuangdie shook her head comfortably, and the wings on her back spun a few times.

And Hua An is happily drinking a cup of hot nut cocoa - she is relatively indifferent to these things, to her, trains are no different from carriages, armor, or a particularly large but unattractive fairy shell .

This kind of slow means of transportation is only valued by human beings.

However, one thing is the same.

That is one person and two goblins, both enjoying the feeling of traveling by train.