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Chapter 323 Class R. Stephenson's "Planet" locomotive
Not long after, a reply came from inside the door:

"terribly sorry.

The workshop is closed today. If you need maintenance work, please come back another day."

"It's me, Kevin."

Hear his voice.

The door that was temporarily welded with discarded iron sheets was opened a crack. Hannah, wearing the steam workshop windproof glasses on her forehead, confirmed through the crack that it was him and breathed a sigh of relief.

She was wearing a beige workshop outfit and her gloves were stained with motor oil.

After opening the door, he quickly closed it again:

"Mr. Kevin, I thought you were leaving Jupiter Observatory."

"It should be tomorrow."

He calmly looked at the pure white astronomical observatory in the distance through the narrow gap in the metal pipe.

Then he said rationally and gently:
"But before I set off, I still have two things to do."

As she took off her gloves and hung them on the lower workbench, she asked with a hint of curiosity:

"Two jobs?"

Su Wen smiled and nodded:

“One is to lay the foundation for the future structure of the Lost Sea.

At least, have a glass of rum with those castaway friends I didn't get to know well last night.

Regarding another task, I have a few things I'd like to know:
That knowledge about the Jupiter Observatory Lighthouse."

He chose the term 'knowledge' rather than 'intelligence'.

the reason is simple.

The travel deck related to Jupiter is almost complete, so it's almost time to light the lighthouse for this journey.

Su Wen is well aware that there are many intersecting forces within the Jupiter Observatory on the giant planet Jupiter.

"Next.

What will the Cleveland Mining District do in conjunction with Lesrondon while defending itself after a major attack?

I think.

We can make predictions.”

Hearing him express his concerns.

Hannah couldn't help but start to get nervous and scared; she was just a trainee engineer.

If it weren't for the persecution by the Cleveland Group, she would still be studying for a mechanical engineer degree at Duke University in North Carolina as a young lady.

but now.

He could only escape here with the help of his grandfather's relationship with the Carnival Team.

After all, the Lost Sea may be the only unowned area in the world where a private workshop can be built to study the iterative evolution of steam machinery by the Faro metal veins.

Old Merck probably didn't choose this place just to escape.

But no matter what he imagined.

From the beginning of the United States Federation's development plan, the Wiltings entered the port of Jupiter Observatory, and the drifters were tracked by the Black Tide Crisis due to the loss of the Jupiter sculpture.

The crisis has quietly arrived.

Hannah was now alone in the cabin where she had rested for a short time yesterday.

She was sorting out the dozen or so steam pressure gauges hanging from the steam pipelines, with a few oil droplets still stained on the inside of the dials:

"Mr. Kevin, please wait for me for a moment.

There are still several underground mine steam-driven devices that have not been inspected.

In order to prevent those guys from last night from raiding again, the deep-sea elevator will probably be blocked for a while, and I need to conduct a final inspection before shutting down.

Grandpa is very unwell and is now receiving treatment at the Drifters Camp."

Hear her say that.

After expressing his concern for the old engineer's health, Su Wen asked about the professional aspects of steam machinery:
“Hannah.

Has the latest steam machinery been combined with the psychic field theory of the Lost Sea to identify energy domains?
It is said that NASA built an observatory in the Lost Sea, close to the near-orbit islands of the giant planet Jupiter, not only for the subsequent construction of star towers in the inner space of the solar system and living stations on the outer planets.

Based on the clues I got.

They pay more attention to the de Broglie matter wave field of the planet where active dark matter is synchronously enhanced." Su Wen mentioned such a highly professional question.

Hannah hesitated.

The honest engineer lady said with a bit of embarrassment:
"In fact, I still only understand a small part of the knowledge about steam-driven transportation.

It is said that similar research is being conducted in some of the Drifter Kingdoms in the deep sea areas of the Lost Sea.

But I am still imitating the "Planet" locomotive built by R. Stephenson in 1830.

It is a structure in which the inner and outer fire boxes and smoke boxes of a horizontal boiler are made into an integral whole.

This type of boiler came to be known as a locomotive boiler and was the main means of transporting the ore being mined at the Faroe mines.”

Hear her say that.

Su Wen smiled gently:

"It's okay, I'm just asking casually, do you need my help with anything?"

Hear him say that.

Hannah waved her hands quickly:

“No, no, if it weren’t for your scepter, not only my grandfather, but many children would have been polluted by the black tide last night.

I can do this little thing.”

Su Wen could hear the seriousness in her words.

He just stood aside and watched gently, without saying anything else and without making any suggestions that would cause her any trouble.

He understands.

I am the only observer of the future in this world, but from another perspective, I am just an ordinary person.

He can't do everything, and he shouldn't negate the efforts of others.

If human beings want to move beyond the cradle, they must rely on the power of civilization itself.

and so.

Su Wen wanted to witness all of this happen.

Looking at the data table, one by one, the shutdown signals came from the drifters.

I watched Hannah wipe the sweat from her hair next to her work hat with the back of her hand, and then put on her large brown-rimmed windproof glasses again to make fine adjustments to the pipeline.

He leaned back in his chair, looking out the window at the thin winter sky in the south of the Yangtze River, and listening to the roar of the steam engine in the game that never stopped all year round.

Calmly thinking:

The advancement of science and technology drives the development of productivity.

This is the driving force of the times, if the drifters in the Lost Sea want to keep up with the wave of this century of origin.

The evolution of steam technology to create production jobs may have been essential.

Forty minutes later.

Hannah's shutdown inspection of the underground mine steam pipe network is completed.

The two followed the steel spiral pipe back to the previously secret underground drifters' residence.

Su Wen had indeed anticipated the next scene.

But it was still a bit shocking.

The core crystal of the scepter that was temporarily assembled yesterday has run out of energy and is placed flat on a separate iron rack. It looks like it has been carefully wiped.

Above their heads, the hum of steam pipes and the clacking of gears and bearings could be heard.

And in this open space that looks like the basement of a Victorian factory.

White mats had been laid out, and on the mats lay many slum dwellers with pale faces and thin bodies.

And old Merck was among them.

Just as Hannah had said, he was leaning against an iron rack, wrapped in torn blankets and coughing.

And that's just the surface.

From Su Wen's perspective, the old engineer's vitality was already very low.

Compared to the upcoming attack today.

The crisis had already brought destruction last night,

(End of this chapter)