Chapter 027: Pisis's Collection
"I ride my beloved little motorcycle, it will never get stuck in traffic..."
Ryan hummed a little tune all the way and ran wildly for hundreds of kilometers in the wilderness. There was no trace of any imperial cavalry behind him.
I have to say that this steam motorcycle looks very strange, but the user experience is extremely good.
This three-meter-diameter double-layer large wheel has a super-strong balance suspension system. While ensuring speed 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 run and bounce like a "rolling hoop"... The beauty of the large ring wheel design is that as long as the rider maintains a good balance, it will never overturn.
Moreover, the inner circle is also equipped with a balance seat that changes rapidly with gravity, allowing the riders' bodies to always remain in a horizontal position, and also preventing the trajectory of the two six-wheeled muskets mounted on the motorcycle from deviating too much from the center of the target.
Of course, riding this kind of steam locomotive requires a high level of physical fitness from the rider, otherwise those difficult acrobatic moves can beat the rider to pieces.
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The steam locomotive was speeding across the endless wasteland. Since Ryan traveled through time, he had never felt so relaxed and free as he did now.
The depression that had been accumulating 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 this mysterious new world extending a friendly embrace to him.
Only with "freedom" can life truly have a sense of anticipation.
But this is just the beginning.
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Thump, thump, thump...thump.
The sound of the boiler stopped abruptly.
After riding for hundreds of kilometers, the steam boiler of the motorcycle died.
Ryan had to stop the car and checked it, and found it was in good condition.
"A steam motorcycle actually uses solid fuel?"
Only then did he realize that the motorcycle did not use fuel, but a solid fuel called "high-fuel coal".
Compared with ordinary coal, the same volume of "high-fuel coal" can provide hundreds of times the combustion energy.
However, its output is rare, and it is a rare associated ore in coal seams. Often, only a piece of "high-burning coal" the size of a longan can be dug out from thousands of tons of ordinary coal mines.
When Ryan was in the Weasel Thieves, he had seen old people snatch this kind of thing before.
One piece is worth several thousand liso, and a high-purity piece is worth tens of thousands. It is an extremely expensive rare energy source.
This "high-burning coal" is also a strategic resource officially controlled by the two empires of Omar and Theed, and is rarely used for civilian purposes.
At this moment, the high-fuel coal in the steam locomotive's miniature boiler had been exhausted, and Ryan had no spare coal, so he could only get off and walk.
Fortunately, the ten cubic meters of space carried by the "intelligent brain" is enough to accommodate this motorcycle.
Otherwise, he would have to abandon such a good thing in the wilderness.
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As night fell, the fog that always falls every night arrived as expected, covering the entire Ice Ridge Wasteland.
The wasteland at night is the most dangerous time.
Various nocturnal monsters began to leave their nests and forage for food in the wasteland.
Humans without the protection of the Mechanical City are the favorite prey of predatory monsters.
The thick fog and the dark night made visibility extremely low. Occasionally, there was a thick fog area where you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
In order to survive, the beasts in the wasteland have evolved a keener sense of smell and hearing over millions of years. They can keenly capture the smell and sound of prey in the fog. They are like natural assassins who sneak up on their prey and bite off the neck of the wilderness traveler before the prey is aware of it.
"Maybe no one would be so idle as to chase a small shrimp like me for hundreds of kilometers..."
Ryan stood on a high ground and observed for a while to make sure the area was safe.
He did not dare to violate the "night walking taboo" in the wilderness, so he prepared to build a simple camp for the night.
Not to mention that he was an [Awakener] who had just broken through the first-level gene lock, even a third-level [Demon Hunter] would not be willing to travel 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 from foreign lands will lose their way and fall into the abyss...
The area outside the Iron 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 fog, including jackals, human-faced ghost spiders, earth brown bears, earth dragons...
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Ryan had learned common sense about wilderness survival in the new training regiment. He knew that "fire" was the best way to dispel fog and most nocturnal monsters.
He built a makeshift camp, then found some dry bushes and lit a bonfire next to the camp.
It was a silent night in the wilderness, and the silence was eerie.
The firelight gave Ryan the only comfort, and the warmth dispelled the wet fog.
He ate some dry food, then estimated his itinerary and destination for tomorrow: "The nearest large human gathering point should be 'Snow Eagle Castle', at least a thousand kilometers to the east. I hope it is still there and has not moved..."
Ryan 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 Ryan wrote down its approximate coordinates in order to escape.
But the cities in this world are mobile and have no fixed location, so he is not sure whether the city is still in its original location.
Because the operation of the steam machinery city requires a huge amount of energy - coal!
In the Ice Ridge Wasteland, long-distance energy transportation lines are vulnerable to attacks by the Phantom Thieves and Warcraft.
Therefore, human cities are always built near resource points, such as coal mines, timber, salt and various metal mining areas...
Where there are resources, there are human gathering places.
When resources are exhausted, the city will migrate, like shepherds, looking for the next resource-rich area to settle in.
"If everything goes well, it will take at least five days to get there... I hope we can get through these few nights safely."
Next to the campfire, the blazing flames illuminated a determined face.
Ryan chewed the black bread and thought about his "new life" in the future.
Only by finding the human base can he plan the next steps.
Now that he has escaped from the Phantom Thieves and regained his freedom, he plans to find a human gathering place, spend some money to forge a new identity, and start a new life.
Moreover, he had a few things that needed to be dealt with as soon as possible.
The "blood nematodes" in the body are always a hidden danger, and he wants to find some senior doctors to find a way to solve this problem completely.
Moreover, the translation of the "Monkel script" 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 method to cultivate his genetic power;
As for the map to the wreckage of the airship left by Baron Morin, there was no need to consider it for the time being. Judging from the situations described in Morin's diary, Ryan felt that he had to break through at least the second-order gene lock to be able to protect himself and consider exploring again.
The night was so quiet that it was almost terrifying.
After thinking about it, Ryan took out the storage ring from his pocket.
This is the one I got today after killing Pisis.
After a look, it was another great harvest!
Potion masters are indeed the most gifted group of people.
Although the things in this storage ring do not seem as valuable as those left by Baron Morin, Pisis has been in the Phantom Thieves for three years after all, and has accumulated a lot of rare materials and treasures.
For example, this collection in front of you.
The work of Primo, the only master blacksmith in the Omar Empire.
"Is this the fine surgical suit hand-forged by Master Primo of Omar Royal City?"
Ryan didn't look at the medicine formulas, but was attracted by the set of sophisticated surgical instruments that looked silvery.
There are hundreds of scalpels, vascular forceps, tweezers, hacksaws, and other types of equipment.
The handle of each instrument is engraved with exquisite intaglio patterns and the initials of "Master Primo".
This is the most advanced surgical instrument in the legend, forged from Mithril and Haytham alloy, with perfect craftsmanship at the level of a work of art...
He remembered that Morin had wished for a set of "luxury" surgical instruments in his diary, but he, a baron, had never bought one. Did Pisis actually have a set?
Probably stolen goods.
"I'm going to be a doctor in the future, and this set of tools seems to be quite handy..."
Ryan played with it for a while and couldn't let it go.
The equipment is enchanted with two inscriptions: [Toughness] and [Sharpness], which makes it very strong and sharp.
At least, when he used this scalpel to perform the [Throat Cutting] on the enemy, he didn't have to worry about the blade breaking.
And the surprises don’t end there.
At this time, Ryan discovered that Pisis's storage ring actually contained a set of metal exoskeleton steam mechanical power arms!
"Hey... good stuff!"
