I don’t know if it was the good luck brought about by witnessing the so-called “miracle”, but it became very easy to climb the most dangerous mountain top section of Quinsis Snow Mountain. Even if I walked in the middle of the night, there were only a few near misses on the way.

Not to mention the casualties, even the goods were not lost.

After climbing over the top of the mountain and officially entering the mountain on the Maris Kingdom side, the rain and snow that had been falling stopped and the snow on the ground melted quickly, and it didn’t take long for the ground to no longer be slippery.

, driving with a pack truck has also become much safer.

The more important point is that the ancient salt railway facing the Maris Kingdom is more complete than the road on the Saville Kingdom side, and because the terrain is relatively gentle, the road is much easier to walk.

The only flaw is that no one cleans the road regularly, and there are a lot of weeds growing on the road, which blocks people's sight and makes it impossible to see clearly some potholes and traps on the road. Several times, the team has encountered these potholes and traps, and the pack truck has been blocked.

The shaft and wheels of the vehicle were damaged and the vehicle had to be stopped for repairs.

However, this is a good thing for the caravan. After all, the caravan climbed over the Quinsis Snow Mountain overnight, and everyone was already extremely sleepy. If it weren't for the shocking scene witnessed on the top of the mountain that was beyond imagination, it made everyone's spirits seem to be infused with divine power.

They were generally very excited, and maybe some of them had already fallen asleep under the double pressure of their minds and bodies.

The person in charge of the caravan also discovered that everyone was extremely tired and it would be dangerous to continue walking. Therefore, after reaching a relatively flat area, he ordered to stop traveling and rest on the spot.

Although there was no formal encampment, a bonfire was lit to dispel the coldness of everyone, and some hot food was prepared to restore some strength and spirit to everyone.

After the meal, the people in the caravan each found a warm place to take a nap. They were not woken up until noon. They drank hot water and ate some dry food before continuing on the road.

Although the slopes on the west side of Quinsis Snow Mountain are gentler, the journey is much longer, and you need to detour through several peaks along the way. This section of the ancient salt railway is four or five times longer than the ancient salt railway on the eastern slopes.

The caravan that continued on its way at noon did not arrive until late at night at the town of Tong, a resting point located in the middle of this ancient salt railway.

The mountains on the east and west sides of Quincy Snow Mountain are like two extremes. The mountains on the Savile Kingdom side on the east side are probably affected by the desert. The vegetation on the slopes is very sparse, and most of them are some

There are weeds and moss everywhere, and a lot of exposed rocks. It looks very desolate, and no one would think that there could be any prey in such a place.

But the mountains on the west side of the Quinsis Snow Mountain on the Maris Kingdom side are different. Except for a part of the top of the snow mountain that is covered with shrubs, moss, weeds and other plants, the rest of the area is covered with very dense virgin forests.

A large number of red hardwoods grow here and countless wild animals live here, so hunting activities here are very popular.

At first, Barrel Town was just a lumberyard and manufacturing workshop set up by a wine barrel dealer to facilitate the felling of trees and production of wine barrels. However, many hunters who went hunting in the mountains later used this place as a resting place.

At this point, some hunters even built some simple hunting cabins, and over time it became a village.

However, with the reactivation of the ancient salt railway, the caravans traveling here will also use this place as a stopover. This has also caused the small village that was originally just a resting place for hunters to gradually grow into a small town.

The new hunting season will only arrive in two months. Logically speaking, there should not be too many people in Wood Barrel Town. However, when the caravan arrived at Wood Barrel Town, they found that Wood Barrel Town was already overcrowded. Their caravan

They couldn't even find a hotel or private house where they could rest, so they had to camp on a grassy field outside the town.

Afterwards, the caravan director Gu Sang sent people to the town to buy food and asked why there were so many people in the town.

The people who went to the town came back soon, and brought back some not-so-good news, that is, the civil war in the Maris Kingdom has spread to Kusteel City, and many people are unwilling to be involved in the scourge of this civil war.

, chose to throw themselves into the mountains to escape the disaster of war, and then go back after the things outside calmed down.

Although the civil war in the Maris Kingdom has nothing to do with the Savilians, and even the Saviors will gloat about this civil war, the problem is that once the scope of the war includes Kusteel City, then Kusteel City's business will

It will inevitably be affected, and businesses in Kugang City from various countries will temporarily leave their residences like ordinary people and seek shelter elsewhere.

As a result, there will probably be no more foreign merchants from Dalyat in Kugang City, and their caravan mainly transports goods with merchants from Dalyat. Now if those merchants

If they leave, then the goods they transported this time will definitely not be sold.

What's more important is that wars often bring about security problems. Ordinary bandits are nothing more than the guards of the caravan alone are enough to deal with those people. But if those bandits are the army, then they are really in trouble.

For a moment, the senior caravan officials became nervous. They casually gave instructions about setting up camp, and then gathered in a tent to discuss whether to continue to Kusteel City.

When the caravan camped, Leo had already quietly left the camp and came to Barrel Town. He mainly wanted to know the news in the Kingdom of Maris.

Because it is a remote town deep in the mountains and old forests, there are no newspapers or other things that can provide a lot of information. Leo can only follow the old method and stay in the busiest tavern in the center of the town for a while to learn from the people around him.

Let’s talk to learn about the situation in the Kingdom of Maris.

The hottest thing talked about in the tavern now is naturally the monsters and strange things that appeared out of thin air after the world changed. Except for a few people in the tavern who have personally experienced these things, everyone else is hearsay, so there are not many people.

I really believe that there are monsters in the world and use these topics as a way to pass the boring time.

However, for Leo, these topics provided him with a lot of useful information.

When he was in the Savile Kingdom, he also saw some reports about the Kingdom of Maris, but those reports were not very detailed or many about things like the sudden appearance of monsters. In addition, the situation in the Savile Kingdom itself

It stabilized quickly, so it gave Leo the illusion that the situation in the Maris Kingdom should be similar to that of the Saville Kingdom. Even if it was a little different, it wouldn't be much different.

But now from the people in the tavern who had fled here to avoid the disaster of war, he learned that the mysterious side of Maris Kingdom had a very serious impact on the real world. Monsters continued to suddenly attack ordinary people in various parts of Maris Kingdom.

It happens, and not only at night, there are many monsters that appear during the day.

In the face of these monsters, ordinary people have no ability to resist at all. Only the army and the city's military police can deal with these monsters, but each time they have to pay huge casualties to get rid of the monsters.

There are legends that appear with monsters, as well as organizations such as the Night Watch that maintain the underlying order, but their number seems to be much less than that of monsters. Although they can save many people every time, the mysterious side of the entire Kingdom of Maris

The situation cannot have much effect.

However, the kingdom's army still has absolute suppression of these monsters, so towns that encounter monsters either invite government troops to garrison the towns, or simply defect to the rebels. It is precisely because of this that the armies and forces of both sides of the civil war

It is also expanding rapidly. Both sides believe that if the war continues, they will become the ultimate winner, so no one has the idea of ​​​​peace talks.

Because a large number of people gathered around cities where troops were stationed, the suburbs or remote areas became deserted. Some villages did not escape and wanted to stay in their homes. After they encountered monsters, the endings were often extremely terrible.

Tragic.

In the tavern, there were several people from the villages that were massacred by monsters. Most of the others did not take what these people said seriously, but Leo could hear the excitement and grief in these people's words.

, regret and other emotions.

In the tavern, there are also people who know that what these people said is true, because they have seen those monsters and how those monsters treat humans as food, so they feel the same way to some extent, and they also feel sorry for themselves.

I feel lucky, and even more lucky that I can come to the safe town of Tongtong.

However, these survivors of the monster's mouth did not know that in the tavern where they were, not far from the table where they were sitting, there were five dependents who had returned to their ordinary appearance and were sitting quietly.

there.

Although the disguises of these Familia are perfect, under the detection of Leo's spiritual network, it is easy to distinguish the Familia with very special physiques and souls.

From the thick bloody aura on these four Familia, it can be seen that these Familia must have attacked humans, attacked many humans, and even eaten many humans, but Leo could not see any signs that they had lost control.

, obviously these Familia are just pure evil.

However, Leo does not plan to deal with these four Familia now, because he wants to see what changes will happen to the Familia who are closely connected with the gods after the changes in the world, especially in terms of strength, and with the return of the gods.

He also wanted to know if the Night's Watch had changed as well.

At the same time as he discovered the four evil family members, Leo also discovered the traces of the two night watchmen. They were on the second floor attic of the tavern. Their position happened to overlook the entire interior of the tavern, and the two of them had more sights.

It was placed on the four evil dependents, obviously because of these distances.

The conditions of these two night watchmen are different. One of them should have been implanted with supernatural cells, and the energy fluctuations in his body are somewhat similar to those of the Familia, while the other is derived from bloodline awakening, but Leo doesn't know that.

What is this man's bloodline? It can only be felt from the energy fluctuations that this man's power may be related to flames, because his energy fluctuations are somewhat similar to those of Seran the Fire Bather, both of which can make Leo feel hot.

After discovering these Familia and Night Watchmen, Leo buried a mark on each of them to determine the location of these people.

After that, he focused on another thing he heard in the tavern.

The person who said this had some status. He was a maintenance craftsman from the Logistics Support Department of the Royal Government Army, and he was a craftsman with a military rank. He was mainly responsible for maintaining the steam trains for material transportation that belonged to the military.

Not long ago, he was responsible for a routine inspection of a steam locomotive. After discovering several problems, he quickly solved them and allowed the steam locomotive to leave the maintenance room within the specified time and continue to run on the railway track.

Distributed and transported strategic materials to the Royal Government Army.

Originally this was just a simple routine inspection, but something happened to the steam locomotive he was responsible for inspecting the next day. The reason was that the locomotive was traveling at an unusually fast speed, making it impossible to stop the train after it arrived at the station.

It rushed out of the station and entered the derailment track in advance, and collided head-on with another steam train on the opposite side. The two locomotives were damaged on the spot, and the people inside the train suffered heavy casualties.

After hearing this, the craftsman knew that something was bad. It would be fine if only one person was injured, but the problem was that two steam locomotives crashed. The loss was too great for anyone to bear.

And the most important thing is that the factory that manufactures locomotive cylinders is still under the control of the rebels, which means that it is impossible to replenish these two steam locomotives.

There is no doubt that someone must take responsibility for such a significant time. Let alone others, he, a craftsman who repairs the steam train, may not be able to escape liability.

The craftsman quickly figured out the pros and cons, and immediately made the decision to flee. So he took all his money and escaped from the factory managed by the military department overnight, and walked north, preparing to go to Dialiat.

However, he had never traveled far and was not familiar with the roads. In addition, he encountered some strange things, which made him lose his way. Finally, he got mixed up with a group of refugees and came to Bucket Town.

After settling down, he was always thinking about why the steam locomotive he was overhauling had an accident, so he used the limited resources at hand to carefully restore the process, and even built a steam locomotive that was so crude that it could fall apart at any time.

After experiments, he finally came to a result, that is, some parts that make up a steam locomotive, after certain combinations, can produce a power limit that far exceeds the power limit measured in the past.

This extraordinary power effect caused the train to travel faster than before, and also caused the braking system to be unable to work after it was activated. This eventually caused the steam train to pass through the station and another train approaching slowly from the opposite side.
Chapter completed!