"No, you have been sleeping soundly. I was actually quite nervous, and I squinted my eyes and pretended to fall asleep for a long time."
Naifei propped her hands on the small table in the middle of the two beds, and said in a low voice, "But you seem to have ground your teeth a few times in the middle of the night, and then there is no other reaction."
"molar…?"
Talia's ears were red, and she reached out and scratched her cheek: "I didn't even know I still had this habit."
"Maybe I didn't eat much for dinner, so I was hungry when I was dreaming? Do you remember what you dreamed?"
"I don't remember, I felt like I slept soundly, and it was dawn when I opened my eyes."
"Really? I thought you dreamed about something delicious. By the way, I heard that there are many delicacies in Houlier City. Are you interested?"
Naifei looked full of longing for the city of Houlier. Talia was obviously curious. She licked her lower lip, but she was a little worried: "But I heard that the things there are also expensive. I don't have much money..."
"I thought about it too, look at this..."
Nafi took out a newspaper, flipped through the front page of the latest research report on "Anatomy of the Demon", and pointed to Talia the recruitment entry under the third page: "Here!"
Taking it over and looking it over carefully, Talia found that it was the recruitment notices of various research departments in Houlier City - each research department does not only have one laboratory and one team doing research, and now each department has derived a number of There are ten laboratories, so the recruitment of manpower is also diverse.
At the same time, in addition to these "official top departments", there are many well-known and powerful magisters stationed in Houlier City. In order to keep up with the times, many of them simply rented laboratories in Houlier City for a long time with all their belongings. , At the same time, it has obtained enough funding by virtue of its own research results.
"Are you... planning to leave?"
Talia thought of this possibility, and she, who had always been indifferent, suddenly felt reluctance. But such emotions were quickly restrained, she smiled and said: "Yes, at your level, it is a waste of talent to be an assistant all the time."
"Okay, okay, why are we both bragging about each other? I want to say..." Nai Fei lowered his voice: "You'd better make some preparations, and don't panic if you have money in your hand. Although Master Ethan is a high-level mage, But in Hollier City, where the dragons roam the ground, it may not be enough to see... Find a reliable mentor, make money first, and then think about solving problems."
"So you mean that, but I don't know anything about it."
Talia was really tempted, and her eyes quickly moved up and down the handwriting in the newspaper.
"Many positions in the research department are estimated to be squeezed out to compete, and the hope is not high at that time—but the requirements of these magister's laboratory assistants are not high. You see, most of them take care of board and lodging, and the salary is really not low. Woolen cloth…"
Naifei took Talia and started a chattering discussion. They have four beds in a sleeper room, and no one else came. The speed of the train is not fast, but after five or six hours at a constant speed, the surrounding scenery and gradually decreasing temperature made Talia feel the changes and power brought about by "industry".
Because if they followed the previous mode of transportation, they might not even be able to go out for fifty kilometers now.
Talia was still full of confusion at first, but as Naifei showed her more information about Houlier City, she became more and more excited as she chatted. Barely slept for a while—of course, she didn't forget to remind Nefei to bind herself with spells.
When I woke up the next day, the scenery outside the window had changed drastically. The original plains turned into forests, and the railway was adjacent to the road. Talia felt very happy sitting in the car and watching the caravans being left behind, but soon she raised her eyebrows and was caught by the green-skinned people outside the car window. The tall figure was startled: "What is that?!"
Naifei was hugging the book and reading it. Hearing this, he glanced out of the window, blinked and sat up straight, stared at the window carefully for a long time, and then said: "It should be an orc."
"I've read about orcs in books. Didn't they say that tens of thousands of orcs were captured in the last war? But why do they look like this?"
Talia made a gesture with her hand: "Look at the guy in the front, his fist is bigger than the head of the supervisor next to him!"
"Yeah...why?"
Naifei is also full of question marks. She has never paid attention to orcs before, but she also knows that orcs will not be so big. At this time, she was shocked when she saw these figures working in mines and quarries.
Seen from a distance, those orcs were even two sizes larger than humans. Under the sun, they were all muscular and their arms were as exaggerated as orangutans. One person could resist twice as much stone as the ordinary human next to them.
"They are so strong, isn't the mine here afraid of the orcs rioting and rebelling?"
"Who knows, maybe they have a way..."
Nephi frowned, obviously worried.
And Rody, who had just arrived in Houlier City, happened to be looking through the information and reports about the orcs at the cabinet meeting.
"The third attack?"
"Yes, there have been three incidents, but the scale is not large. They are all emergencies with less than three people, and they will subside soon. But the problem is that such incidents may happen more and more frequently, because now the orcs The size and strength seem to be showing signs of getting out of control..."
The cabinet members all expressed their concerns: "It is still necessary to take measures as soon as possible. Before, I thought that these orcs would wear out after becoming laborers, but who knew that they didn't die of exhaustion and starvation, and even the food supply was not abundant. The most incredible thing is that the orc babies born in the environment of the labor shed have an astonishingly high survival rate..."
Rody pointed to the information in his hand: "Is the orc who committed the crime still alive?"
In the three incidents, the orcs suddenly lost control and attacked the supervisors in the workplace, but they were all quickly subdued in the end. However, because they were wearing harnesses and the surrounding security was tight, they only caused two serious injuries and six minor injuries. No one died.
This matter is not a big deal, after all, as a coolie orc, it is expected to make trouble and rebellion. In order to prevent the orcs from colluding with riots, the more than 10,000 captives captured were dispersed and arranged into mines and quarries in various regions, or construction areas of different railways and roads to separate them.
Under such circumstances, the orcs in the same area will not exceed 300, and even if they are assembled together, they will not have much strength. However, the survey results show that the orcs who suddenly lost control were normal before, they all suddenly went crazy, and then started like wild beasts It's obviously a bit unusual to attack the surrounding creatures.
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