Struggle in the Steam Age

The lunch at noon was full of the characteristics of the Republic of New South Wales, because the waiters at the front desk first tried to find an interpreter after they found out that Lawrence and the others were foreigners, but after finding out that Lawrence could not only speak Sinian, but also knew something about the Republic of New South Wales After that, the front desk clerk enthusiastically recommended various local specialties to him.

Of course, the kitchen of this ordinary hotel is not big, and there are very few cooks. On the whole, it is just a small restaurant that can provide a simple breakfast and dinner. These seemingly rich menus actually belong to nearby restaurants that have partnerships with the hotel. And every time a dish is sold, the hotel and waiters can get a part of the commission.

At noon, the waiter used a small trolley to deliver a table of sumptuous lunch including six dishes and one soup plus a small wooden barrel of rice as the staple food to the guest room where Lawrence and the others were staying. Because Lawrence said before that he and his companions are extraordinary people, and they eat a lot. Therefore, the amount of these dishes has been deliberately increased.

"Ha, let's eat. The food on the train is still a little cruder than that in ordinary restaurants." After moving the dishes to the table in the room, Lawrence and the three of them first served a bowl of rice for themselves, and then picked up He picked up his chopsticks and ate.

"Cherry meat, I used to eat it at home, but I feel that the chef here is much more delicious than my mother's." Safiel took out a piece of meat wrapped in an attractive red sauce from a plate with serving chopsticks , then put it in his own bowl and ate it with rice, then raised his head and said to Lawrence.

"When my mother was on the train, she met a female chef from Zhendan who came to the Federation to open a restaurant. Because they had a good chat on the train, the female chef roughly taught my mother how to make cherry meat. But The dish she makes for us when she comes home is always too sweet."

"What is this? It tastes a bit like fish, and it tastes delicious." At this time, the little puppet scooped out a spoonful of shredded pork with black sauce from the bowl and put it on After taking a sip from his own bowl, he raised his head and asked Lawrence.

"Sound oil eel paste, this is a special dish of the Cathayans." Lawrence took out a handkerchief and wiped the sauce sticking to the corner of the doll's mouth before introducing it. "After they immigrated to the New World, they accidentally discovered that there was a new species of eel that was much fatter and larger than the eel in their hometown, so this dish became a special dish in the northern part of the Republic of New Zealand. "

In short, although there were many unfamiliar dishes on the table for this meal, the taste of these dishes unexpectedly met everyone's taste, so everyone had a very happy meal.

Less than half an hour after lunch ended, Lawrence, who was reading a book, heard a knock on the door. After stepping forward to open the door, Lawrence saw Zhu Yan standing outside the door wearing a windbreaker and carrying his precious magic-modified assault rifle on his back, and standing behind him was wearing a bright red dress with lace trim , Okita Sakura with two samurai swords, one long and one short, stuck in her waist.

"Welcome to New Kuaiji." After seeing Lawrence open the door, Zhu Yan hugged Lawrence slightly excitedly. "Also, thank you so much, I didn't expect you to come here directly after receiving my letter."

"It's nothing, after all, I'm helping a friend." At this time, Lawrence would not say that he rushed over so quickly, it was purely because he happened to have nothing to do during this time. So when I heard something was going on, I rushed over.

After a brief introduction to each other, everyone sat down at the table together, and then Lawrence asked the question he had been thinking about along the way. "Can you tell me why you need to call me from the Federation this time?"

"Is it safe here?" Zhu Yan didn't answer Lawrence's question directly, but asked another question. "What I'm going to say next is very important and must not be leaked."

"It shouldn't be a problem. I checked this hotel when I first entered it. At the same time, I chose this hotel randomly. It is impossible for someone to tamper with it in advance." Lawrence nodded. After all, he read it from the news in his previous life. There are more stories about some wicked guys installing monitors in the hotel, so every time I go to a place, I always choose to use the newly mastered ability similar to the spell [Secret Sight] to observe.

"It's fine if it's safe." After confirming the confidentiality of this house, Zhu Yan stated the reason why he wrote the letter to call Lawrence over. "The reason why I am bothering you to come here from the east of the big mountain range is because I found the location of a ruin, which is likely to be related to a gold-level spellcaster. Now I am free to explore this place with me You are the only reliable caster of the ruins."

"The relic—what type of relic is it?" After hearing about the relics related to gold-level spellcasters, Lawrence's interest was also aroused, so he hoped to get more information.

"That's the relic of a magic ship, a ship that belonged to a certain powerful extraordinary person." Speaking of this, Zhu Yan looked around vigilantly and then lowered his voice to everyone at the table. "And that ship is more advanced than the common magic ships that are only used as weapons or means of transportation."

"You mean the base ship?" As a spellcaster, Lawrence immediately realized what Zhu Yan was talking about, and then frowned.

According to a lot of information instilled by the God of Knowledge before, the so-called base ship is actually a form of mage tower. After all, the mage tower is just a general term for this type of facility, and it does not mean that it must be a tower-shaped building. It's just because the earliest facilities of this type are in the shape of towers, so they have such a name.

But even the simplest mage tower needs at least one million yuan to purchase materials and build it. There is almost one spellcaster in a hundred who can afford such a price alone. Not to mention that the mage tower built in the form of a base ship is three times the construction cost of an ordinary mage tower.

Naturally, what such a high value is exchanged for is the solidity of the Mage Tower itself. Even if no one is in charge, the automatic defense system inside can defeat a small army. In this case, if Lawrence and the others go to explore, basically they can only give away the head.

Seeing his concern from Lawrence's expression, Zhu Yan explained with a short smile, "What we want to explore is not the main part of the base ship, that ship has been destroyed after being sunk in the war. The Transcendents of the Republic and the mainland of Cathay have explored it several times, but now it’s just empty shelf.”

"What we are looking for is actually only a part of the lower deck of the ship that year, which is also the escape mechanism of the entire ship. Before the base ship sank, several core personnel on that ship successfully recovered from the sinking by using this escape mechanism. escaped from his ship."

"Unfortunately, when they abandoned the escape cabin in the shallow sea area and were about to go ashore, they were attacked by a group of Leviathan sharks attracted by the large number of corpses caused by the war. As a result, only one person finally gave up an arm and was injured. A price so severe that irreversible injury escaped ashore."

"It may be because of the serious injury of his wife. This man hid after he went ashore, and then married and had children in anonymity all his life. Even when he was able to go home after the war, he never left the New Island Republic."

"And I found the information from the descendants of that person. His descendants are now ordinary people and are working in my gun accessories factory. So after discovering the notes left by the ancestors, I directly put this thing as a The 35-hectare small farm was sold to me, so I had the news."