"Ride my beloved motorcycle, it will never be stuck in traffic..."
Ren hummed a tune all the way and ran wildly for hundreds of kilometers in the wilderness. There was no imperial cavalry behind him.
I have to say that the shape of this steam motorcycle looks very strange, but the user experience is extremely good.
This three-meter-diameter double-layered large wheel has a super balanced suspension system, which not only ensures speed, but also allows this single-wheeled iron grunt to have extremely high stability and safety in the complex terrain of the wasteland.
Even if the ground is uneven, this thing can be like a "rolling hoop", bouncing while running... The beauty of the large ring wheel design is that as long as the rider maintains a good balance, it will never roll over.
Moreover, the inner ring is also equipped with a balance seat that changes rapidly with gravity, which can keep the knights' posture in a horizontal position and prevent the ballistic trajectory of the two six-round muskets loaded on the motorcycle from deviating too much from the target.
Of course, riding this kind of steam locomotive requires very high physical fitness of the rider, otherwise those difficult acrobatic moves can make people fall apart alive.
... .
The steam locomotive was speeding across the boundless wasteland. Ever since Renn traveled through the world, he had never been as comfortable and free as he was now.
The depression that had accumulated in my heart for more than a year was blown away by the strong wind and turned into a passing cloud.
For the first time, he felt a kind embrace from this mysterious new world.
With "freedom", life can truly have a sense of expectation.
However, this is just the beginning.
... .
Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly... suddenly.
The sound of the boiler suddenly stopped.
After riding for hundreds of kilometers, the steam boiler of the motorcycle went out.
Wren had to stop the car and checked it, and found that the car was in good condition.
"Steam motorcycles actually use solid fuel?"
Only then did he discover that the motorcycle did not use fuel, but a solid fuel called "high-burning coal."
Compared with ordinary coal, the same volume of "high-burning coal" can provide hundreds of times more combustion energy.
However, its output is rare and it is a rare associated ore in coal seams. It often takes thousands of tons of ordinary coal mines to dig out a piece of "high-burning coal" the size of a fist.
In the past, when Ren was in the "Weasel Phantom Thieves", he had seen old people snatching this kind of thing.
One piece is worth thousands of liso, and the one with high purity is worth tens of thousands. It is an extremely expensive rare energy.
This "high-burning coal" is also a strategic resource officially controlled by the two empires of Omar and Sid, and is rarely used for civilian purposes.
At this moment, the high-burning coal in the miniature boiler of the steam locomotive has been exhausted, and Renne has no spare, so he can only get down and walk.
Fortunately, the ten cubic meters of space carried by "Zhi Nao" can completely fit this motorcycle.
Otherwise, he would have no choice but to throw this good thing away in the wasteland.
... ..
As night falls, the heavy fog that must come every night arrives as scheduled, covering the entire Ice Ridge Wasteland.
The wilderness at night is the most dangerous time.
Various nocturnal monsters began to come out of their lairs and look for food in the wasteland.
Humans without the protection of the mechanical city are the favorite prey of the predatory monsters.
Dense fog and darkness make visibility extremely low. Occasionally there is a thick fog area where you can't see even your fingers.
In order to survive, the monsters in the wasteland have evolved a sharper sense of smell and hearing over hundreds of millions of years. They can keenly detect the scent and sounds of prey in the mist. They are like assassins who are born to sneak. After quietly approaching their prey, they will burst out when the prey is unaware and bite off the neck of the wilderness traveler.
"Maybe no one would bother chasing me for hundreds of kilometers to catch a little shrimp like me..."
Ren stood on a high hill and observed for a while, making sure that the area was safe.
He did not dare to violate the "nocturnal taboo" of walking in the wilderness, but planned to build a simple camp for the night.
Not to mention he was an [Awakened One] who had just broken through the first-level gene lock, even a third-level [Demon Hunter] was not willing to walk alone in the fog at night.
There is a proverb circulating in this world: There is a "great terror" hidden in the thick fog of the night, and travelers in foreign lands will lose their way and fall into the abyss.
The place outside the steel castle has always been the hunting ground for monsters, and they are the masters of the wasteland.
There are countless terrifying creatures hidden in the dark mist, such as jackals, human-faced ghost spiders, earth brown bears, and earth dragons.
... .
Ren had learned common sense about wilderness survival in the new training group, and he knew that "fire" was the best way to dispel the fog and the vast majority of nocturnal monsters.
He set up a temporary camp, then found some dry bushes and lit a bonfire next to the camp.
In the silent wilderness night, the surroundings were eerily quiet.
The firelight gave Ren the only solace, and the warmth dispelled the wet fog.
He ate some dry food and then estimated his itinerary and destination for tomorrow: "The nearest large-scale human gathering place should be 'Snow Eagle Castle', which is at least a thousand kilometers to the east. I hope it's still there. , no migration..."
Ren prayed.
"Snow Eagle Castle" is a small city with a population of more than 100,000.
Three months ago, the "Weasel Group" passed by there, and Renn wrote down its approximate coordinates in order to escape.
But the cities in this world are all mobile and have no fixed location, and he is not sure that the city is still in its original location.
Because the operation of the Steam Machinery City requires a massive amount of energy—coal!
In the Ice Ridge Wasteland, long-distance energy transportation lines are easily attacked by the Phantom Thieves and Warcraft.
Therefore, human cities are always near resource points, such as coal mines, wood, salt and various metal mining areas.
Where there are resources, there are gathering points for humans.
When resources are exhausted, cities will move, like shepherds, looking for the next resource-rich area to stay.
"If everything goes well, it will take at least five days to get there... I hope I can spend these few nights safely."
Beside the bonfire, the blazing light illuminated a determined face.
Ren was chewing brown bread in his mouth, thinking about his "new life" in the future.
Only by finding a human stronghold can he plan other plans.
Now he has escaped from the Phantom Thieves and is free again. He planned to find a gathering place for humans first, spend some money to forge a new identity, and start a new life again.
Moreover, he still has a few things that need to be resolved as soon as possible.
Those "blood worms" in the body were always a hidden danger, and he wanted to find some senior doctors to find a way to completely solve this problem.
Moreover, the translation work of 'Munchell Text' also needs to be put on the agenda. Now that he has advanced to the extraordinary level, he is in urgent need of a good gene source power cultivation method;
As for the map to the airship wreckage left by Baron Morin, there is no need to consider it yet. Judging from the situations described in Mo Lin's diary, Renn felt that he had to break through at least the second-level gene lock to be able to protect himself, and he considered exploring further.
At night, it was almost terrifyingly quiet.
After thinking about it, Ren took out the storage ring in his pocket.
This is the one I got from killing Pisis today.
Take a look, it’s another big harvest!
Potion masters are indeed the most gifted group of people.
Although the items in this storage ring may not seem as valuable as those left by Baron Morin, after all, Pixis has been with the Phantom Thieves for three years and has accumulated a lot of strange materials and treasures in his hands.
For example, take the collection in front of you.
The work of "Primo", the only master-level blacksmith in the Oma Empire.
"Is this an exquisite surgical suit hand-forged by 'Master Primo' in the Imperial Capital of Omar?"
Renn didn't look at the potion formulas, but was attracted by the set of silver-looking sophisticated surgical instruments at a glance.
Various types of scalpels, vascular forceps, tweezers, hacksaws... hundreds of them in total.
The handles of each instrument are beautifully engraved with incised patterns, as well as the initials of "Master Primo".
This is the legendary top surgical instrument, forged from Mithril and Haytham alloy, with perfect craftsmanship at the level of art.
He remembered that in Molin's diary, he had made a wish for such a set of "luxury" surgical instruments, but even as a baron, he had never been able to buy such a set. This Pisis actually has a collection
They were probably stolen goods.
"I'm going to be a doctor in the future, and this set of tools seems to be very handy..."
Ren played with it for a while and couldn't put it down.
The equipment is enchanted with two inscriptions: [toughness] and [sharpness], which are very strong and sharp.
At least, when using this scalpel to perform [Slit Throat] on an enemy, he doesn't have to worry about the blade breaking.
And the surprise doesn't stop there.
At this time, Ren unexpectedly discovered that Pisis's storage ring actually contained a set of metal exoskeleton steam mechanical power arms!
"Eh... what a good thing!"