The steam locomotive sped along. Although he couldn't see the dashboard, Xu Le estimated that the speed of the locomotive was not slow from the wind speed.
Leaning against the window, Xu Le saw some abandoned towns.
There are various buildings on both sides of the road, and some dilapidated stone blast furnaces and wooden windmills around the town.
Judging from these two, this town once had some simple forging metallurgy technology.
There is even a stone bridge railway by the river, which must have been a transportation channel in the past.
However, this kind of railway does not correspond to the steam locomotive railway in the original owner's memory, and should not be a product of this era.
Looking at these buildings of different styles, Xu Le couldn't even tell what era they were from.
"An era that was once abandoned..."
"Hey, Xu Le, want some water?"
Bai Jing handed over a bottle of water, interrupting Xu Le's thoughts. Xu Le hesitated for a moment, but still took the bottle.
Before Xu Le could take a few sips of water, Bai Jing's eyes suddenly became mysterious.
"Do you feel relieved after burning that man's body?"
"Uh, cough cough cough!"
Xu Le choked on a large mouthful of water and coughed many times before he recovered.
Of course, this was also meant to delay time. He needed some time to think about how to deal with Bai Jing's question.
"I actually..."
"You don't need to explain to me, Xu Le, life is very long.
We will encounter many things and make many choices. Some choices are correct and some are wrong.
No matter what choice we make, we must keep going.
We want to pursue the light, don’t we?”
Xu Le's eyes flickered slightly. He was not quite sure what the meaning of Bai Jing turning into a life mentor and talking to him about so many things was.
Threaten him? The gap in strength between the two sides is too big, it seems unnecessary.
Since it's unlikely to be a threat, what does she mean
Considering the previous situation, recruiting
Is it necessary to be so cryptic
"I don't quite understand what the captain means."
"hehe!"
Bai Jing smiled, and her fingers, as thin as an old onion, stroked Xu Le's collar, finally stopping at Xu Le's chest.
This action is not a tease, but a real pressure.
Bai Jing pressed her fingers on Xu Le's wound.
Xu Le stepped back in pain and almost fell to the ground.
"This wound is caused by a musket. Weirdos don't use firearms. Do you understand, Mr. Xu Le
There was also a wound on the back of the deceased, which was obviously a dagger puncture wound.
These scars would not change even if I turned into a zombie.
The murder weapon should be this dagger, right?"
Bai Jing took out Xu Le's dagger, waved it in front of Xu Le, and then put it away:
"This thing needs to be confiscated when you bring it back. Do you want me to continue talking about the rest?"
"No need." Xu Le shook his head helplessly.
How to explain that Lao Zhou didn't kill him? How to explain? Should we say there is another Xu Le
Moreover, the information, strength, background and status of both parties are not equal.
Such questions and answers are meaningless.
“Don’t be nervous, Xu Le, you are just an ordinary person and you can survive alone in the dark.
Even able to kill a monster on his own, which is pretty amazing.
No, in fact, from the moment you can see how polluted the ancient sound is, you are no longer an ordinary person. "
"What exactly does Captain Bai want to tell me?"
"As someone who has experienced this, isn't it my duty to remind young people how to proceed?"
Does that mean you're just giving him chicken soup? When it comes to writing a short essay, who has Xu Le ever been afraid of
He hesitated for a moment, his eyes gradually shifted to the window, his eyes gradually becoming empty:
"Captain Bai, do you know? A scholar once said this.
We should never place unrealistic expectations or attach insignificant value to the things that matter to us.
Because the only certainty in life is uncertainty. "
As expected, these words still brought some shock to Bai Jing, and she nodded slowly.
"The scholar you are talking about must be a remarkable person."
"I think so."
Bai Jing stared at Xu Le for a while, while Xu Le looked out the window.
He just said a few words of chicken soup for the soul, that was enough. He didn't dare to look into the eyes of a powerful night watchman.
"Well, we're about to head back to the lighthouse, so let's get ready for the inspection."
Seeing Bai Jing retract her gaze, Xu Le turned his head and looked forward.
A huge tower appeared in front of the field of vision.
The tower reaches into the clouds, while the buildings around it are arranged in a circular pattern, advancing outward layer by layer.
The inner urban area is very prosperous, with classical Central Asian houses dominated by gold and blue.
Among the gold-inlaid roofs that can be seen everywhere, some buildings even have more than 20 floors, which is very rare in the Quaternary Period.
This prosperity continued all the way to the central moat.
The areas within the moat are collectively referred to as the Upper City.
Outside the moat, as the urban area developed outward, the style and form of the buildings became much worse.
The area near the moat is fine, but the situation further out is hard to describe.
Not only are the buildings getting shorter and shorter, except for the East Asian, Gothic and classical styles.
There are more and more buildings that are a bit weird and have no clear style.
Xu Le really couldn't see any beauty in a building that was deliberately designed to look like a toilet or a poop.
Various graffiti cover most of the buildings, some of which are advertisements and slogans.
Another part is just pure pranks, cursing, debt collection, and the most terrifying gang blood letters.
In the outermost layer of the city, most of the buildings are earthen or wooden huts.
This is the lower town area of Lighthouse where Xu Le lives.
However, this is not the outermost part of the city. There is another towering city wall further out.
This layer of city wall is a long distance away from human settlements, and its function is very simple, which is to block most of the wandering low-level monsters.
There are four gates in the city wall, located in the east, south, west and north, which are used to check the residents entering and leaving the city on a daily basis.
It also has the function of releasing the pressure of the Kuroshio Current during the night of the Kuroshio Current.
The city wall is far away from the human area, so even if it is very dark here on weekdays, no more strange things will naturally occur.
The lighthouse is one of the four major safety bases for mankind.
It has the most ridiculous resource allocation, the most rigid promotion channels, and the most straightforward regional divisions.
The gap between the upper town and the lower town is like a natural chasm.
But even so, it is one of the few bright spots in this dark age.
Looking at this somewhat unreal city that was just like what he remembered, Xu Le murmured:
“It’s an incredible city.”
"Yeah, it's our home."
"What do I need to prepare after I get back?"
Bai Jing turned her head and gave a malicious smile.
"Grit your teeth and survive."
"ah?"
The steam train stopped outside the city wall.
There is another system of lighthouse keepers here, the Lighthouse Guard.
Although the two are part of the same system but different departments, there is no strong competitive relationship between them.
Therefore, there aren’t any bloody conflicts or anything like that happening on a daily basis.
After seeing Bai Jing and his team, the guards immediately came forward and saluted.
Bai Jing also stepped forward and gave the guard a lighthouse salute.
"Team 6 Bai Jing, everyone return to the team."
"Welcome home, Captain Bai Jing."