Steel steam and flame

The window in the aisle was opened a little, and the wind blew in from the fast-moving train, and the smell of smoke was almost gone. I found a place to stand, and the wind felt very comfortable on my body. Of course, this was for Cassia's body.

Looking out the window at the scene that was different again, Cassia closed her eyes and stood there, not closing her eyes to recuperate, but recalling what she saw in her dream. But as time went by, the originally blurry image almost completely faded out of his mind at this moment. He had no memory of what he had experienced in the dream. Except for the shocking black and the golden shadow, everything else is impossible to talk about. Even if you search for related things and pictures in your head, it is in vain.

"Could the golden blurry shadow be a valuable handicraft?" Cassia knew that gold was also a precious and luxurious metal in the empire. Many nobles and wealthy businessmen especially like to use them as their own decorations. Even the Golden Bank, one of the seven giant companies in the empire, is derived from the golden meaning of gold.

Because there were no clues or clues, Cassia could only search for various similar things in her head to fill this gap. Being able to influence from dreams, or spiritually, to one's own body in reality made Cassia have to be vigilant. Although he still doesn’t know whether this is due to external factors or simply due to his own system, whether it is one of them or both, this is a very important matter for Cassia. .

Because this way of affecting one's body from the spiritual level in reality is very similar to the sleeping dream when they performed the first dragon tissue transplant operation. There are too many similarities between the two, but this time Cassia can't remember what she experienced in the dream at all. Only the black and gold shadow imprinted in her head still has a basic impression.

Yesterday I got on the train near dusk, and when I fell asleep, the night might not have been very dark. According to the impression left in my mind, dreaming seems to have started very early, but it is not difficult to infer from Julien's words that my physical problems occurred in the morning, which means that during the night, I There was no reaction. Cassia analyzed it in her mind, but in the end she didn't come up with any valuable answers.

"Would you like to try again tonight?" Cassia was still uneasy because he didn't dare to be careless about the surgery. But thinking about the physical condition after waking up this morning, and that she had not yet recovered her physical strength, Cassia gave up the idea after thinking about it.

When he returned to his seat, Julien was studying the next route, and Taranto also took down his black box to perform daily basic debugging and inspection operations. After the other passengers around them had eaten and drank enough, they looked lazy in the afternoon sunlight filtered by the dark glass. Some passengers took out the books they carried with them and leaned against the window to read quietly, while some others He closed his eyes and rested.

"Mr. Cassia, the train will stop at a city this afternoon." Julien said to Cassia who sat down. "The train will take a short rest there. I think we will have some time to go down, right at the station. Buy some stuff from the store next door.”

Cassia nodded, "That's good news. As long as you can catch the train, you can move around freely. Of course, if you buy something, it must be a punched strip or a coded printed note." "

"Thank you, Mr. Cassia." Even though he was middle-aged and smoked a cigarette habitually, Julien's exposed teeth were all white, with not a single one missing. Taranto on the side also looked happy.

There was nothing left to do. Several people were waiting for the train to stop in the afternoon. Cassia is also going to buy some books. This train still has two and a half days to go, so we need to find something to kill the time.

When the time came, we walked out of the train platform. The bookstore was not far from the train station. Cassia randomly selected two books and was given a copy of today's newspaper by the shop owner. When she hurried back, she saw a machine shop selling small items, so Cassia bought another small alarm clock. There were still a few minutes before the train started, and he rushed back. Now is the time for the crew on the train to change shifts, and by the way, it is also time to replenish the train with steam and the most basic water source.

The high-pressure pump is running at high speed, steam columns are gushing out, and are dyed golden in the dim sunlight. The ground is also filled with water vapor, and it is always moist.

At this time, Cassia came back to her senses. As long as it was related to steam machinery, it was almost always built near the water source. The reason why the war started when Saint Lavana and Saint El Niño met was because when they met, it would cause intense rainfall. Only with a water source can there be sufficient steam to power the machinery. This is an essential factor if you want to continue fighting on a long front. So why does a war break out every time a red star is observed? This is because such opportunities are hard-won.

Julien and Taranto also came back a few minutes before the train started. Cassia found that the little girl behind him also went out and bought some snacks. She left the black leather box there unattended. She didn't know whether it was because she was really reassured that no one would take it away, or because she didn't have the height or strength to take it off. He was more inclined to think that the reason was the latter, thinking that he got off immediately after the train stopped, and it seemed that no one helped her take off the box.

Aren't her family worried that such a young girl is going on such a long journey alone? Cassia glanced at the girl's face, and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere before. But I don’t know where to start, so I just give it up after thinking about it.

After arriving at the station, the number of passengers changed slightly, and some new faces came on board.

As the train started moving, the sky darkened faster. I wonder if it was because it was getting closer and closer to the Endless Sea. There was still a groggy tone in the carriage, and every sound urged people to close their eyes and fall asleep. Julien and Taranto couldn't hold on at first. The biological clock came on time during the journey.

Cassia has been reading the book she bought by the light, occasionally looking up and looking around. Every time I looked up, there was a different scene in the car. As the night progressed, it became a lonely place with only the sound of train wheels rubbing on the steel tracks.

Cassia stood up at this time. She only wanted to stretch her body after sitting for a long time, but she didn't want to feel that her whole body had lost strength as soon as she stood up, and her sober head became groggy. Holding on to the seat next to her, it was difficult for Cassia to move even one step. He could only sit down again, and Cassia found that his breathing was extremely rapid, his heartbeat made his chest hurt, and he felt like he was retching. When Cassia's eyes looked around, she realized that they had completely turned into double images at some point.

Blinking hard several times, Cassia leaned back in her seat completely. Suddenly, he felt something above his head again. When he looked up, he saw a golden skull floating there, with two empty eye holes staring at him for who knows how long.

His memory was completely restored at this moment, and the scenery in the car around him completely changed. His feet turned into a bottomless abyss again, and the mud was swallowing his body.

"When did I fall asleep?" Cassia thought like this the moment before she was swallowed. Then a voice also reached his ears.

"You shouldn't have come out, this isn't your body."