Struggle in the Steam Age

Out of curiosity, Lawrence and the others focused their attention on a middle-aged man who was arguing with a potbellied man in a full tuxedo and a top hat and the conductor behind the iron railing.

After listening to a few words of their quarrel, Lawrence immediately understood the reason for their quarrel: the businessman wanted to transfer the ticket from this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon because of something, but the conductor told the businessman that according to the regulations, only Give him a 20% discount refund, and then buy two tickets for tomorrow.

"Sorry, gentlemen, I just overheard your quarrel from the sidelines." Seeing the two people arguing more and more intensely, Lawrence walked over and said to them. "I think I have a better plan here—"

After a few simple negotiations, it may be because of the high charisma naturally possessed by a warlock that it has an effect. Lawrence was very lucky to buy two first-class train tickets at a 10% discount from the businessman, so he and Sefiel could set off this afternoon.

At noon, they had lunch with Cog in the restaurant outside and said goodbye to each other, then rushed to the Bofors gunpowder and metal processing factory to say goodbye to the dwarf Eugene, and by the way, they were preparing a trip for the little doll Nora. box.

"Is this the construction doll you made?" After watching Nora jump out of the interspatial bag to salute and say hello to herself, Ou Ren showed a surprised look, as a dwarf who is good at making various weapons Elite, he knows how difficult it is to make this intelligent puppet.

Of course, even if Ou Ren had made a bold guess, he would never have imagined that Nora was a divinely constructed creature with self-awareness. Naturally, Lawrence will also keep this secret and will not reveal it to others.

"It should mean that the birth of my construction doll is related to me." Lawrence shrugged. "But the birth process of this puppet cannot be repeated, I think you should know what I mean."

"Understood, you spellcasters will always give everyone a surprise—" As a dwarf, Ou Ren certainly knew that it was not appropriate to continue asking questions at this time. So he quickly changed the subject to, "You're looking for me to say that you want to prepare a suitcase for this little guy for long-distance travel?"

"Yes, because I'm going to take the train to the New Island Republic on the west side of the mountains this afternoon." Lawrence nodded. "I hope I can be with this doll of mine, instead of leaving her alone in the space bag."

The reason why the interspatial bag cannot transport most creatures is because the space in the bag is in a complete vacuum state, and creatures that need to breathe cannot survive in it. Although Nora can survive in it, she is not the character of a book charm who can stay anywhere as long as she has knowledge. In terms of character, she is no different from a human being. So Lawrence came here after asking for the opinion of the minifigure, hoping to build a suitcase for her use.

"I understand what you mean." Ou Ren nodded, "You are on the train at 6:00 p.m., I promise I will get this thing out for you within an hour, and you don't have to worry because you won't be able to catch the train."

The dwarves are indeed a race that is naturally good at making such props. After only 40 minutes, a suitcase that Nora can lie comfortably in was created.

This is a wooden box wrapped in high-quality brown cowhide, and the eight corners are wrapped with engraved copper sheets. There are also a lot of copper parts for reinforcement on the top, which looks very strong. The inside of the box was wrapped with sponge and white velvet. Out of nowhere, Eugene found out a large pile of goose down and made a small goose down pillow for Nora.

"This is simply amazing." Looking at the leather case in front of him, it looks very ordinary at first glance, but every detail reveals a luxurious leather suitcase. The little puppet said happily through the connection in the soul, "It looks very suitable for me to rest in it."

"...As long as you like it." Lawrence said helplessly, because he found that if the handle that was reinforced with copper components was ignored, the box would look like a small coffin. But since he had promised Nora that she could look whatever she liked, he could only express his approval.

Ten minutes later, Lawrence stood at the gate of the factory and shook hands with Eugene to see him off. Then he boarded a carriage with Nora's sleeping suitcase inside and drove towards the train station.

The station was still as noisy as when we came here, but because of the dense fog today, Lawrence could only see vague silhouettes. At the same time, I heard the loud yelling of the street vendors who seemed to be a little blurred through something, the scolding of the patrol police after they found the thief, and the children's slapstick.

Because the train station is near the edge of the city, it was also the focus of the murlocs' massive attack a few days ago. Fortunately, the guards were prepared for battle in advance, and used the weapons on the train to inflict heavy damage on the murlocs.

For this reason, there are not many traces of war around the train station. Similarly, the surrounding residents were basically unaffected by the war, and quickly returned to their former lives.

Even because of the traffic cutoff caused by the war a while ago, the flow of people and supplies around the train station has been much more than usual. And those people around also took this opportunity to work hard, trying to make up for the losses caused by the murloc invasion.

After passing through the gate of two armed soldiers standing guard, Lawrence walked into the train station in Huguang City again. It's just different from the south platform he came to before, this time he will cross the railway through the overpass to wait for the north platform used by international trains.

After passing through the crowded waiting room, Lawrence and the others followed the marble-decorated stairs to the second floor of the waiting hall, and then stepped onto a black wrought iron bridge through a door on the second floor.

The entire overpass is covered by white steam, and from time to time, the wind driven by the train will blow away part of the mist, revealing the armored steam trains lying on the rails like steel dragons under the overpass and standing on the nearby platform. Thick travelers.

"Have you arrived at the train station? Let me out now." Just an ordinary wooden box can't stop Nora's perception, so when she found out that Lawrence had arrived at a place she was interested in, she immediately expressed her desire to come out and take a look. .

"Okay—" Lawrence immediately opened the box in his hand, and then Nora jumped directly onto Lawrence's left shoulder and sat down.

Passengers coming and going on the overpass soon saw a strange scene: a young man with white hair and blue eyes was walking on the overpass with an animated doll on his shoulder, and the very cute doll was still there. He turned his head from side to side as if looking at something.

After crossing the railway along the overpass, Lawrence and the others came to the ticket gate. A young man in a red uniform with gold trim took his and Safir's tickets, looked at them, and pointed to the door at the other end of the hall. Brown oak doors. At the same time, he said with a formulaic smile.

"Welcome to take the Republic Express. As first-class passengers, you can go to the dedicated waiting room opposite and enjoy free drinks and refreshments inside. At the same time, there is also a boutique in the first-class waiting room, which can provide you with carefully selected products. .Finally, there are special waiter reminders in the waiting room of the first-class car, which can save you the trouble of staring at the clock all the time."

"Thank you!" After listening to the introduction, Lawrence touched the brim of his top hat to greet the waiter, and then walked towards the lounge with an empty box in one hand and Safiel in the other. After all, it is only 3:30 in the afternoon, and there are still more than two hours before getting on the bus.