Steel steam and flame

"We need to hurry up on Silla's matter. It is possible that they think that we will go to other cities." Cassia said to Lina alone. They are now going to several stations outside the train station to see if there are any Rental vehicle services.

"That bank card may be a clue for them to find us, but we have to use it. It is really an impossible and easy thing. After finding the mechanic, everything leaving the gray area must be planned clearly. There must be no mistakes, otherwise no matter how hard you think of a solution, in a seemingly peaceful place like the gray zone, it is very common for big forces to break their own rules." This is the general direction Cassia is thinking of now.

The car was rented with Delya's money. The payment for the transaction was charged to Cassia's bank card, and now only her golden bank card is considered safe for the time being. Delya is also the boss of a good small force in Brino. Although the force was disbanded by herself early and almost all the stored funds were distributed to her subordinates, she still has a large amount of deposits in her bank account to support her. It was completely enough for four people to handle other matters except the mechanic's fees.

There was no need to stay in a hotel anymore. The four of them all thought it would be better to keep their positions flowing. The rental car was also chosen for this purpose as it was a larger model, so there was still considerable room left for seven or eight people.

Delya was driving the vehicle, and Silla was blowing air in the passenger seat, and after a while she closed her eyes to rest. There is a dim light in the car, which is enough light. Linna studied the train line map and route map of the entire gray area under the lamp to ensure that the return trip was complete. Cassia checked the remaining ammunition and prepared for battle.

After arriving in this city in the morning, it was not until around 4 or 5 pm that all the related itinerary issues, information collection and judgment, and train and boat tickets were announced to be resolved one by one.

The car stopped at an emergency stop on a not-too-congested road in the evening. It was very rare that there were not many cars on the road at this time. The fiery red sunshine was exactly the same as yesterday. Everything is changing, as if only the sun follows the same trajectory every day and does the same thing forever.

Cascia opened the door and got out of the car, her clothes immediately painted bright red.

"I'm leaving tomorrow." Lina said behind him, seeming a little emotional.

"There will be a lot of time in the future." Cassia is not good at dealing with this kind of situation. It was like this before and it is still like this now.

Lina shook her head and said nothing more. I stood quietly by the car and looked at the end of the road under my feet for a long time. When the light completely dimmed and the distant scenery all merged into a mass like paint, I got in the car.

Then the car's headlights were turned on, and two bright lights hit the ground ahead. Amidst the roaring sounds of gears and steam engines, they drove towards a mechanic they had identified based on intelligence.

Cassia doesn't have a complete concept of mechanics, just like he still can't tell the difference between the two different titles of doctor and physician. Because of the influence of the steam factory, or his interest since childhood, not only was it a requirement to apply for the Imperial Heavy Industry School, he also longed to become an experienced technician. The first time I heard the concept of mechanics may have to be when I met Nolida in the Gerun Oasis.

At that time, I had seen pneumatic weapons, and for the first time I knew that the combination of steam and electric current drive, plus gear and shaft parts, could make machinery reach this level. And it was a technological product after the Empire of Avalon stopped researching it a hundred years ago. Later, Avalon shifted its focus to other aspects, otherwise I don't know what the current situation of the machinery in the empire would be like.

Suddenly feeling someone push her, Cassia woke up from this retroactive thinking. There were large bright lights outside the car window, the undulating sound of horns and buildings, the passing vehicles, and Linna's gaze looking over from inside the car.

"It's coming." Lina reminded.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Something." Cassia replied, but she didn't say any more and just packed her things.

After a while, Delya turned the control valve to reduce the output, and the brakes also tightened a little.

There was a small parking space ahead, with parking lines drawn in zigzag yellow paint on the ground. Most of the cars were parked, with only a few sparsely parked cars. There was no one there either.

On one side of the parking lot is a three-story house-like building. It is not small in size, and the space inside should be quite large. There is also a signboard that is half new and half old, and most of the gas lights are broken. There are no obvious words on it, only a series of gears meshing together, and the flow of light is used to simulate their actual rotation.

As soon as they stopped the car, they heard a "squeaking" sound, like the friction of insect wings flapping at a high frequency, originating from the dark sky above the car roof. There was something flashing red intermittently, and it was approaching quickly.

Cassia pulled out the gun in advance and pointed it at the red light. Before the trigger was pressed, an electronic synthesized sound came from there.

"It's just a gadget. Guests, don't think of it as anything else. For example, a bomb." Cassia put away the gun and stared at the thing as it descended and landed in the place covered by car lights. It was a dragonfly-like thing twenty to thirty centimeters long, and its whole body was covered with a coating with strong light-absorbing properties. It was almost indistinguishable against the dark background. Electronic sounds come from it.

The mechanical dragonfly, which could barely be called an aircraft, was still flapping its wings repeatedly. It had several pairs of legs under its body, and its motion when it stopped on the hood of the car in front was not smooth.

"Welcome to your arrival. There has indeed been no business coming to our door recently." This time it was the voice from the loudspeaker. On the third floor of the small building, a man turned on the light and waved to them.

According to the photos collected for intelligence, he is the mechanic we are looking for at this moment.

The iron dragonfly flies up again, it can be regarded as leading the way. It took off very smoothly. Cassia, who walked in to observe, discovered that the lift that supported it in flying was not due to the two pairs of wings. There are several small lifting devices on both sides of the body equipped with precision components. After all, the wings are just decorative items, and they cannot take off like a real dragonfly can rely on its wings.

A man in charge was already standing at the door. There were two people in their prime behind him, wearing casual summer clothes and looking cold. There is nothing special about the rest, except that they are all surgeons. In Cassia's eyes, there is really no big difference between this place and a senior technician's work room.