Chapter 634 Racial Conflict
Train breakdown? War on the front line?
Destroy the railway? The greenskins in the cave?
After hearing these words, Akiveli and Aha looked at each other, and immediately stepped forward as usual, intending to listen to more content. At the same time, they transformed their own and others' clothes into jackets and linings of the local people of Orengard.
As a qualified anonymous visitor, when arriving in a strange place, the first thing to do is to conceal your identity, and the second is to explore information more effectively.
Just when they were about to do so, the engineers who were talking seemed to have seen something, and immediately shut up, lowered their heads and continued to repair the machine.
Noticing their situation, Akiveli and Aha immediately lowered their heads and looked around as if nothing had happened, while also scanning the surrounding situation.
A man in uniform dark blue clothing and long boots walked quickly towards them.
Accompanied by a few words like "Hello, Captain" and "Good day, Captain", the man also walked closer to the damaged train.
As the captain approached, the crowd who were originally curious also quietly moved away to avoid being identified as dangerous elements.
"Master Duwei..."
An engineer looked at the approaching captain and was about to say something when he saw the captain wave his hand and said:
"Don't talk, I'll see for myself."
"Um... yes!" The engineer was stunned when he heard this, then seemed to remember something and didn't say much.
After all, if he remembered correctly, in the army of Orengard, most of the senior officials were actually senior engineers of the Steel Dome Palace before taking office.
In other words, in Orengard, which attaches great importance to the development of science and technology, only senior engineers can become true senior military officials.
Ordinary engineers like them can only work hard to repair broken equipment here.
After asking the others to move aside and no longer block his view, the captain also looked at the damaged train in front of him.
"There's no damage on it. It doesn't seem to be related to the fairies in the Dream Forest."
"The bearings below are badly worn..." The captain took a closer look and didn't see anything wrong. "It seems that routine maintenance was not done well, which led to... Hmm?"
The captain's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the damaged parts below.
"This is……"
He stretched out his hand, and the specially made steam exoskeleton armor protected his palm with a "click".
Then a piece of something that seemed to have been torn off and burnt came into view.
The armor on the thumb suddenly changed, began to grow and spread out, and then a thin metal plate held the strange thing.
With the other hand, he took out a special observation device and began to observe the strange thing.
While observing, the captain rubbed the strange thing with his fingers. Then, as if touching some special point, the strange thing that was originally gathered together slowly unfolded.
The green light flickered, illuminating the captain's unfriendly gaze.
"Those damn greenskins shouldn't have attacked the transport line..."
"Could it be that something went wrong in the Dream Forest?"
In fact, on the planet Fruti, friction is not only between humans and aliens.
There is actually friction between different ethnic groups.
For example, the Endless Sea remains neutral, and the sea creatures within it do not have any special desires, and are basically fighting among themselves.
However, occasionally, due to some special reasons, sea tides would be launched to attack the land.
The targets of the attack include all intelligent creatures on the planet Frati.
Olungard, Dream Forest, Dark Cave...
If the Savage Cave was not close to the ocean, I'm afraid that group of wild beasts and savage beasts would have some conflicts with the sea creatures in the Endless Sea.
For example, between the Dream Forest and the Dark Cave.
The fairies in the Dream Forest have basically all kinds of strange abilities because they have lived in an area full of dream energy (memory) for a long time.
This is probably because there are various different dream energies in dreams, such as anger, greed, happiness, joy, etc. The fairies affected by these energies also have different characteristics.
But although fairies have somewhat different traits, they all have one thing in common.
That is... a stay-at-home!
The fairies in the Dream Forest don't like to stay in areas where there is no dream energy, so they stay in the forest all year round and live in harmony with the world.
For the humans of Olungard, the fairies of the Dream Forest can be friends, not enemies.
After all, in the understanding of senior engineers, the dream fairy and the dream energy complement and restrain each other. If there is a problem with one of them, there will probably be a riot.
However, just because the humans of Olungard don't want to provoke the fairies of the Dream Forest doesn't mean that other races don't want to provoke them.
For example, the dark cave.
Laurent Greenskin of the Dark Cave once accidentally captured a lone goblin in the Dream Forest and ate it...
("Laurent" means "naked ugly thing" in the language of Olungard, and "Laurent Green" means "green ugly monster")
Thus, the greenskin priests were born.
The newly born green-skinned priests believed that the dream fairy was a "spiritual awakening" thing given by the world. As long as they ate it, they would have the power of destiny and would definitely conquer the world in the future. Blah blah blah...
Under the guidance of the greenskin priest, the dark cave that was originally disorganized and posed little threat suddenly became strange.
The green Laurent inside began to learn human technology and abducted and ate the fairies in the Dream Forest.
As a result of this behavior, more and more "priests" were born. Under the guidance of the first high priest, they all believed that the fairies in the Fantasy Forest were destined to awaken spirits and treasures bestowed by their ancestors...
In order to obtain more "treasures", they would occasionally attack the scavengers, adventurers, and mercenaries of Olungard, obtain technological artifacts from them, and use them to attack the fairies in the Dream Forest.
Although not every "treasure" can be "awakened", for Laurent Greenskin, the appearance of every priest who successfully awakens the spirit is good news.
"The pitch-black cave... the dream forest..."
"Unless something unexpected happened in the Dream Forest, the greenskins in the Dark Cave don't have the energy to attack the transport train."
Because there was too little information, the captain's brows furrowed slightly, but there was no change on his stern face.
He has a facial paralysis and doesn't like to show emotions on his face.
"We still need to talk to the Archon about this matter to avoid any unexpected situations."
Thinking of this, the captain also ordered the people around him:
"You guys, continue with routine maintenance."
After saying this, he quickly left the place and took the corresponding steam car back to the Steel Dome Imperial Palace.
On the other side, Akivali and Aha took in everything that was happening before their eyes.
"Akivelli, what do you think?" Aha withdrew his gaze from the receding steam carriage and looked at Akivelli to see how he would answer.
"I'll stand and watch." Akivalli replied calmly.
"Good answer!" Ah Ha praised, "I was standing and watching too!"
Then he changed the subject and asked, "But what I want to ask is not this question, but that question."
"What do you think about what just happened?"
"It has nothing to do with us for now, so there is no need to contact them immediately." Akivelli thought for a moment and said, "We have just arrived here and have not yet had any contact with the people in this city, so..."
"Let's get to know the local situation first."
"Well, let's go and see what it looks like here." Aha nodded and silently changed the funny mask into a clown mask.
The Fate Walkers are spread all over the galaxy, and even on the remote world of Flati, there are Masked Fools.
Unlike traditional Masked Fools, the Masked Fools here do not obtain happiness by creating some bad tastes or bad behaviors, but...
Let everyone immerse themselves in joy through some funny and interesting performances.
In short, it's a circus.
In Olungard, there is a circus called "Cassandra", which is also the largest circus in Olungard.
They use the power of the Masked Fool to tame various animals, and while training these animals, they perform with them to gain corresponding happiness and wealth.
Now Aha is disguising himself as a member of Cassandra's Circus to conceal his identity and obtain more information.
"My dear friend Akivali, shall we have a competition?" Aha, wearing a clown mask, seemed to reveal his true nature and immediately began to laugh strangely.
This kind of strange laughter does not make people feel scared. Instead, it makes people feel an inexplicable sense of funny and joy.
"Oh? Competition?" Akivali narrowed his eyes slightly, "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing, I just think that simply collecting information is meaningless. If we have a competition..."
Ahaha chuckled.
"It must be very interesting."
"how do you feel?"
Akivali thought about it and felt that with his abilities and friendly appearance, he would definitely be able to defeat this guy Aha without using the power of destiny.
So, after pondering for a moment, he agreed to Aha's request.
However, when he agreed, he also put forward a new suggestion.
"Since it's a competition, there must be some stakes. If there's no stakes at all, it would be very boring."
"Oh? How do you want to bet?" Upon hearing this, Aha's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Akivali with more favor.
"How about this, whoever collects more information will have to call the other person..." A hint of evil interest flashed in Akivali's eyes, "Father..."
"Hey~ I'm here~"
Before Akiveli could continue speaking, Aha took advantage of Akiveli.
"..." Akivelli's face darkened slightly.
After a few moments of silence, he rolled up his sleeves with a grim smile, and used his pioneering power to change the surrounding environment so that the rest of the people could not see him.
Then...
boom!boom!boom……
A few minutes later, Aha walked out of the barrier set up by Akiveli with a bruised face.
Ah Ha rubbed his head and muttered, "My dear friend, you are really cruel."
Although he said so, his look was extremely proud.
No matter how hard Akivali beat him, he got the upper hand this time.
Even if he loses later, he won't lose anything.
……
Ah Ha hummed a tuneless little song and swaggered out of the train station. His circus clown costume was particularly eye-catching in the steam-filled street.
The cobblestone road beneath his feet was bumpy due to years of trampling by steam locomotives, but it did not affect his bouncing steps at all.
On both sides of the street are rows of steam factories, with huge chimneys spewing out thick smoke and the roar of machines being deafening.
Aha passed by a factory called "Iron Furnace Workshop", the entrance of which was filled with various metal parts and abandoned steam pipes.
Several workers were struggling to move a huge iron plate into the factory. They were wearing greasy work clothes and their faces were filled with fatigue.
Ah Ha came forward and grinned, "Hey, guys! After all the hard work, how about telling a joke to relieve your fatigue?"
The workers looked up at him, a hint of curiosity flashed in their eyes, but was quickly covered up by fatigue.
Ah Ha didn't care and continued talking:
"A steam robot went to the doctor and said, 'I feel like I'm short-circuited.'
The doctor said, "Then lie down and I'll check you." The doctor found that the robot's battery was dead. Guess what?
The robot said, 'I knew I was out of battery, I just wanted to talk to someone.'"
After hearing this, the workers didn't know how to express their feelings.
how to say……
It was a hot day, and with the iron furnaces surrounding them, they actually felt an inexplicable chill...
Is this the legendary cold joke?
Seeing that the time was right, Ah Ha asked, "By the way, I just arrived here, and I heard that there has been some unrest in the Dream Forest and the Dark Cave recently. Is that true?"
An older worker looked around warily and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense. This matter cannot be discussed casually. However... I heard that those greenskins are restless again, always harassing the fairies in the Dream Forest. Maybe one day they will cause a big chaos."
Ahha's eyes lit up and he continued to ask, "Then will Olengard not take care of it?"
The worker smiled bitterly and said, "How can we control them? Those greenskins are hiding in the caves, appearing and disappearing at will, and they seem to have learned some technology now, so they are not easy to deal with."
After thanking the worker, Aha continued walking forward.
He came to a street called "Gear Alley," which was full of shops selling mechanical parts and steam equipment.
The sign at the door of the store is engraved with various complex gear and steam pipe patterns, which are faintly visible under the cover of steam.
Walking into a store called "Precision Machinery Shop", it is filled with all kinds of parts, from tiny screws to huge steam engines.