Chapter 023 Deadly Fireworks
One thousand two hundred years ago, steam machinery technology was discovered by explorers from the ruins of ancient civilization, and human civilization has since entered the steam machinery era.
With the protection of the Iron Castle, human beings were no longer dominated by darkness and fear, and the population entered an era of big explosion.
From that time on, humans transformed from a weak race surviving on this foggy continent to a powerful group at the top of the food chain.
The great scientist who built the first steam steel city was called Dorena Spuglin, and he was the first emperor of the Omar Empire.
It was also from that time that the ancient slave state was divided into the two great empires of today, one is the "Theed Empire" that continued the ancient heritage, and the other is the "Omar Empire" that took the steam technology route.
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"Steam technology" is the foundation of the Omar Empire.
The steel monster that slowly emerged from the Storm Lake was the result of the hard work of several generations of scientists from the "Omar Royal Academy of Sciences". It was a mechanical city representing the pinnacle of steam technology - [City of Destruction]!
This is a "Behemoth Lord-level" ultimate war fortress, a pure weapon of war.
Because it does not have ordinary residential buildings and is not as large as some lords' steel castles, its firepower and mobility have overwhelming .
All designs in the entire mechanical city are for war.
The huge and exaggerated composite tracks support this conch-shaped steel city, which is as indestructible as a tin can.
What caught my eye was the defensive armored wall that was over 200 meters high and as solid as a reservoir dam. And looking upwards, between the spiral floors, there were densely distributed super cannons with terrifyingly large calibers, aiming in all directions at 360 degrees without blind spots...
The most advanced large steam boilers, steel-burning furnaces, city-breaking cutting machines, war arm hammers, destroyers, whale harpoons...
This is a steel monster armed to the teeth.
The moment the water came out, the steam cabin that had accumulated a lot of pressure suddenly released pressure, and white steam rose up, as if a giant beast walked out of hell, with raging ferocity.
The three war elephant-class main mechanical cities of the "White Wolf Phantom Thieves" were just like hyenas at the feet of a lion, trembling in front of this [City of Destruction].
"This thing... is too exaggerated!"
From a distance, Ryan looked at the mechanical city that suddenly emerged from the lake and couldn't help swallowing.
The steam engine in front of him, which represented the world's top technology, shocked him a hundred times more than the aircraft carrier he had seen in his previous life. This technology tree was a little too crooked...
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This "black market trade fair" gathered most of the Phantom Thieves in the southern part of the Omar Empire.
There are more than a hundred main mecha cities of the Phantom Thieves, plus those miniature mecha cities for supply and troop transport, totaling more than a thousand...
In the split second that he was stunned, the first round of artillery fire from [City of Destruction] had already bombarded him intensively.
Bang, bang, bang, bang…
The dense sound of artillery fire filled the sky, deafening.
All of a sudden, thousands of shells fell like raindrops on the mechanical cities of the Phantom Thieves on the lakeside, causing huge flames.
What shocked Ryan the most was...
At this moment, he saw with his own eyes that the mechanical monster that was slowly coming ashore was actually "eating" a small steel city like a whale!
Yes, eat it!
After the Steel City came ashore, a huge crack appeared in the exaggerated city wall, like a giant beast opening its mouth, revealing a high-temperature steelmaking cabin like a crater .
Then, dozens of whale harpoons were ejected, easily penetrating the small mechanical city closest to it. Like a bound prey, the mechanical city could not struggle even with all its might.
The capstan pulled back, and before the thieves in the steel city could escape, even the castle and its people were pulled into the furnace, and instantly turned into molten iron...
It crushed into the battlefield with an invincible attitude!
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"The steam boiler is running at full pressure. The boilerman is adding coal...adding coal!"
"Gunner, reload and fight back..."
"Don't panic, everyone. Large artillery takes a long time to reload ammunition... Everyone, hurry up and disperse and escape!"
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The Phantom Thieves' combat reaction was also extremely fast. After being caught off guard by this round of artillery fire, the team's commanders also reacted quickly.
One steam machine after another ran at full speed and spread out in all directions.
Although their artillery was not as powerful as the top-level technology [City of Destruction], this distance was enough for them to fire intensively and destroy some of the castle's buildings...
After all, no matter how powerful the enemy is, there is only one mechanical city.
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Storm Lake suddenly became a mess.
At this moment, [White Wolf] Bazel finally understood where his bad premonition came from.
He stared at Omar and the others fiercely, his tone full of murderous intent: "Do you think that if we set up an ambush on a Behemoth Mechanical City in advance, we can catch all the hundreds of Phantom Thieves?"
Although the "City of Destruction" is unrivaled, it is wishful thinking to catch all the hundreds of Phantom Thieves with just this super mechanical city!
In his opinion, this encirclement and suppression would be like countless previous ones and end in failure.
After a pause, he said with a stern face: "Although [City of Destruction] is powerful...but before we escape, we still have time to save your lives!"
"Oh? Then we'll have to wait and see..."
Omar and his companions stood there with normal expressions, as if they didn't care about the threat at all.
"snort!"
Basel snorted, and the silver wolf incarnation stopped talking nonsense. His muscles were tense and he was gathering strength, ready to take action.
"Brothers, whoever kills this Prince Omar will receive a reward of 100 million!"
There were desperate criminals all around, and when they heard the bounty, they screamed in excitement. They waited for the moment when their leader would take action, and then they swarmed over and tore the Omar royal family members into pieces.
But at this moment, something strange happened.
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Suddenly, blood-red paintballs exploded in the sky.
PIU~Bang!
PIU~Bang!
PIU~Bang!
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A series of fireworks shot up into the sky, exploding into large clouds of blood-red dust. In just a few breaths, a faint red mist filled the air around Storm Lake.
"What the hell are these guys doing again?"
Basel sniffed and smelled a faint medicinal aroma, and a hint of suspicion instantly appeared on his face.
What puzzled him was that the dust was not poisonous and would not hurt anyone when it exploded, so what was it used for?
He felt something was wrong, and Wolf Claw hesitated for a moment.
At this moment, the black-robed aide beside the eldest prince Quentin glanced at the thieves and spoke again: "I have been planning for this day for three years... You don't think I will let you escape so easily, do you?"
Three years of planning?
Basel was horrified when he thought about it.
From the ambush he had just experienced, he was keenly aware that there were many strange things going on.
First of all, there is no trace of a large mechanical city near the shore of Storm Lake, which means that the City of Destruction had been lurking in the lake for at least several months.
Secondly, the location of this "black market fair" was also chosen by him and the leaders of several large phantom thieves, and now he has fallen into a trap...
This means that there are "traitors" in the decision-making levels of the major Phantom Thieves groups!
All signs indicate that their transaction had fallen into human calculations long ago.
Thinking of this, Basel knew that if things were delayed any further, something unexpected might happen.
At the command, they started taking action immediately.
"Act immediately and kill Prince Omar!"
At this time, several members of the Omar royal family were already prepared.
The Knight Commander Rhine, who was wearing heavy armor, was full of fighting spirit and blocked the thief without hesitation. As the first knight of the court, he had a super strong defense that could withstand artillery fire!
The great wizard [Yan Mo] Hemos finished chanting his magic spell, and the hexagram flashed, summoning four eight-meter-tall "Hellfire Demons" to protect the eldest prince Quentin...
For a while, the Hyacinth Tavern was plunged into a fierce battle.
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On the other hand,
Ryan, who had already run several kilometers away, naturally noticed the "red fireworks" exploding in the sky.
"This dust...can't it be a graphite bomb or something? By the way, is the technological level of this world so advanced?"
This thought just occurred to him, but when the dust settled and rushed into the filter of the gas mask...
The smell was like a cat smelling mint, which made him shudder.
"Eh... No. Is this medicine powder?!"
Ryan had been an apprentice potion maker for a few days and was no longer unfamiliar with the taste of medicinal herbs.
When he inhaled the red dust into his respiratory tract, it was like cold water dropped into a frying pan, causing the blood in his body to boil.
"No, there's something wrong with this powder!"
The abnormality of his body made Ryan frightened instantly.
His intuition told him that disaster was about to happen!
At this moment, he suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over his skin, as if his hairs were blown by the wind and itchy.
When I raised my hand, I saw red lines growing wildly on my exposed skin like sweat hairs!
"What's going on?"
But within just one or two breaths, red hair nearly an inch long grew out of all the pores on his body, and he looked like a red-haired baboon.
The red hair grew longer and longer, and accompanied by a feeling of severe dehydration and blood loss, a strong feeling of dizziness rushed into Ryan's heart.
When he took another look at the physical condition projected by the "intelligent brain", he suddenly understood!
[Warning! Catalyst invaded, 'Zombie Potion' activated, host is expected to die in 30 seconds...]
[Warning! A large number of unknown life forms have been discovered invading...]
