The most shameless alchemist in history - Chapter 905

Chapter 905

After leaving the Rainstorm City, Du Lei took a train to Flame City, the southern important town of the Kingdom of Flame.

According to the train schedule, it takes 18 hours to drive from Storm City to Blaze City.

Originally, Jeff proposed to arrange a special train for Du Lei, or even provide a military train to escort him.

But Durley rejected Jeff’s kindness, and he got on the civilian train line alone.

Lance and Kelly did not go with him because they had other things to do.

If it is at other times, the train must be overcrowded, but the train on Du Lei was very empty.

This was not because Jeff deliberately gave him privileges or something, but because the country of flames and the country of thunder were at war.

This has led to a large number of businessmen and ordinary people fleeing, they do not want to be affected by the war.

And those who originally thought of doing business in the country of flames or the country of thunder must consider carefully at this time.

After all, with the exception of very few businesses, no other business could be opened in the chaotic environment.

There were only two people in the carriage where Du Lei was, and there was only one person besides him.

It was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was tall and thin, wearing a cowboy hat.

His outfit also feels like a cowboy, and he even wears a revolver around his waist.

This is a new thing that just came out. Originally, his seat and Du Lei’s seat were separated by some distance.

But soon he changed his seat to the opposite side of Du Lei, and there was no one else, and the free seat change would not be supervised.

His purpose of changing seats was because the journey was too boring and he wanted to find someone to talk to, and Du Lei was the only person he could find.

Although Du Lei had been reading and didn’t take care of him much, this person was obviously a silly talker.

He talked to himself all the way.

However, Du Lei also learned from his fragmentary words that he was named Marco Polo, a native of the country of inflammation, but he was keen on adventures, and left his hometown of the country of inflammation many years ago to travel around the mainland. , I have seen a lot of local customs, and even wrote a lot of travel notes.

Now, after he learned of the war in his hometown, he took the road back to his hometown from Rainstorm City, intending to do his best for his hometown.

“Leidu, do you know what war is? War is to use barbaric means to forcibly plunder other people’s property. This is a very immoral, very barbaric, and very unfair behavior. Its existence makes our human civilization retrogress!” Marco Polo condemned vigorously.

“War is inevitable, but every day human beings exist, there will be contradictions and differences. Such contradictions and differences will continue to rise from individuals to groups, and different groups are due to different regions, races, beliefs, customs and habits. Conflicts broke out due to reasons. From a certain point of view, war did destroy everything and was very destructive, but it must be objectively recognized that if there were no wars and everyone coexisted peacefully, then the world would lose its aggressive vitality. People are satisfied with the status quo and live an easy life. This is the true retrogression of the times.”

After Du Lei finished reading the book, he closed the book and said softly.

“Hey, Lei Du, your point of view… is very fresh.” Marco Polo said in a daze.

“It’s like two people getting along. If they are in harmony, they will hunt together and use wooden sticks to compete with wild beasts. But if they have a bad relationship, they will fight, and they will try to kill each other. Wooden sticks, iron weapons, gunpowder guns… It is this opposition that produces explosive technology.” Du Lei continued.

“Although I don’t agree with your point of view, but… Redou, you are so amazing, you have such a unique insight.”

Originally Marco Polo thought this young man was a dull gourd, and he talked freely enough to show off his knowledge.

But this time, after hearing what Du Lei said, he realized that there was something in this kid’s stomach!

“This is not a unique insight. Are we… have crossed the Wind Whisper Mountain Range?” Du Lei looked at the backward scenery outside the car window.

“Yes, I have already crossed the Wind Whisper Mountain Range. The Wind Whisper Mountain Range is the dividing line between the Kingdom of Flame and the Kingdom of Rain. From now on, we have officially set foot on the territory of the Kingdom of Flame. Speaking of which, I already have two I haven’t returned to my hometown in twelve years. I really miss it!”

Marco Polo looked out of the car window. He took off his cowboy hat and took a deep breath in the cold wind that came in from the window.

“This long-lost smell… really is the familiar smell of sulfur, it’s really choking.” Marco Polo reluctantly closed the window.

Since crossing the Wind Whisper Mountains, you can see that the land has gradually turned crimson, and everything is very dry.

Compared with the country of rain, which is constantly raining all the year round, this is simply two extremes.

“The Kingdom of Yan is a country built on a large area of volcanoes. It is said that there are as many as 642 volcanoes in the country of Yan.” Du Lei said softly.

“No, it’s 647 seats.” Marco Polo corrected.

“What?” Du Lei was a little surprised, because the number 642 is an official number and there should be nothing wrong with it.

“I know that the 642 you said was seen from a geography magazine. Actually, this number is not wrong. It’s just that 5 more volcanoes were discovered later, and new things will be discovered every year. In a few years, this The number will continue to increase.” Marco Polo said with a smile.

“By the way, I am one of the chief editors of Geography.” Marco Polo was a little proud.

“So, it’s no wonder you are so familiar with geography.” When Marco Polo talked to himself by himself before, he talked about the customs of many places. Now it seems that he is not completely fabricated by himself.

“Of course, my hometown is very barren due to frequent volcanoes, and no food is produced at all, but fortunately there is an industry that is extremely developed.”

“It’s the magic stone industry, right?” Du Lei added.

“Yes, yes, brother, you are really knowledgeable. It is magic stones. Near the crater, there are a large number of magic stones. In my hometown, everyone has mastered the skills of mining magic stones. They often go picking magic stones with the children in the village.”

Marco Polo recalled his childhood, which made him a little melancholy.

“The magic stone has created the prosperity of the country of flames. Speaking of it, the country of flames is the largest magic stone produced, and the country of thunder is the largest importer of magic stones, right?” Du Lei said softly.

“Yes, my hometown produces magic stones, and the kingdom of thunder does not have such a rich resource as magic stones in their territory, but they have another ability, which is to make all kinds of magic items. Magic props need magic stones to be inlaid. Our country of flames and the country of thunder have always been in a complementary cooperative relationship in history.” Marco Polo nodded and said affirmatively.

“But it was such a cooperative relationship, but suddenly turned against each other, and war broke out, right?”

“Yeah… It’s really unexpected. The relationship between the country of flames and the country of thunder was very good, and the two countries have been married many times in history, but suddenly declared war. This is really confusing. “Marco Polo was also at a loss.

“There must be many reasons for the outbreak of war, eh?” Before taking the train, Du Lei had obtained two pieces of information.

One was given to him by Jeff, and the other was obtained from his own intelligence channels.

Through these two pieces of information, he also figured out where the fuse of the war broke out in these two countries.

However, these news have not been disclosed yet. He and Marco Polo met by the water, and there is no need to tell him this.

At this moment, the train suddenly slowed down and stopped.

“What’s the matter? Is it at the station? No, isn’t it two hours before the next station?” Marco Polo looked at the time and said with some wonder.

“If it wasn’t a breakdown, then something unexpected happened.” Du Lei is very knowledgeable about similar things.

After all, he had encountered similar incidents several times before.

“Emergency? What emergency?” Marco Polo was a little puzzled. “I’ll go over and take a look.”

He opened the window and was about to ask what was going on in the carriage ahead.

But at this moment there was a gunshot from outside!

“boom!”

The gunfire was very dull, and the sound of horseshoes corresponded to it, which made Marco Polo stunned.

“These people are…” Marco Polo squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.

Soon he saw someone riding down on the hillsides on both sides of the railroad tracks.

They all held self-made gunpowder guns in their hands. There were as many as forty or fifty people.

“Horse thief?” Du Lei glanced, he probably figured out what was going on.

At the junction of the country of rain and the country of flame, it is a typical three-regardless zone, where public security is chaotic and horse thieves prevail.

He had heard before that horse thieves were prevalent on the border of the country of flames. There were often hordes of horse thieves robbing the past business trips, which caused panic. Now the country of flames and the country of thunder have broken out war, and the troops are all transferred to On the eastern front line, only small security forces defended the southern part.

It is completely impossible to expect these security forces to suppress the horse thieves.

But I didn’t expect them to meet this time, and these horse thieves came to rob the train!

“Horse thief? No, now the horse thief is arrogant to this level, even the train dared to grab it?” Marco Polo felt incredible.

It has been many years since he left his hometown, which was originally a beautiful place in his memory.

But I didn’t expect that when I returned to my hometown this time, the first thing I saw was the robbery by horse thieves.

“They should have set up roadblocks to stop the train, and then take the opportunity to rob. After all, if they are to rob a town or something, not only is it difficult, but the town will organize defenses and hide valuable things. Trains are different. Trains It is closed, and there is no one to support it in the vast wilderness. As long as the train is forced to stop, they can act recklessly and wantonly looting the property on the train.” Du Lei said calmly.

“Brother, you are quite professional with these?” Marco Polo looked at him in surprise.

“…”

“Anyway, you can only get out of the car now.” Du Lei looked out the window.

At this time, the horse thieves had stopped by the railroad tracks, turning over and dismounting one after another.

“Everyone, come down to Lao Tzu, all be honest.” Some horse thieves have already begun to yell loudly.

They raised their gunpowder guns and aimed them at the position of the carriage, and someone successively turned in through the windows of the car.

The carriage was very empty, and the entire train only had more than a hundred people.

Under the scolding of the horse thief, the passengers were soon driven out of the car and gathered in one place.

“You hand over all your valuables and put them in this box. Have you seen it? Be honest with yourself. If you hand over the things obediently, Lao Tzu will give you a way out. If anyone dares to be honest and want to play Fancy, that Lao Tzu can only kill him with one shot!”

The leading horse thief has a scar on his face, from the corner of his eye to his chin, looking extremely fierce.

The passengers looked at each other, one after another some people dropped their belongings into the boxes.

“That’s it? Boy, what is this? What is it?”

The horse thief patrolled back and forth, and they were obviously not satisfied with the contents of the box.

Soon the fierce horse thief grabbed a young man next to him and took out a gold pocket watch from his pocket.

“This is what my father left to me. It is the only relic he gave me. All other valuable things are for you. Please be sure to leave this to me, please…” He begged bitterly.

“Did you not understand what I just said, hand over all the valuable things, what is “all”, don’t you understand? It seems that you don’t have a hole in your head. Others don’t know how good we are. Yes.” He put the gunpowder gun on the young man’s forehead.

And he pressed him to the ground, stepped on his back with his foot, and planned to shoot!

“Hey, you are just asking for money, there is no need to kill people.” Someone in the crowd couldn’t help but say at this time.

The horse thief turned his head to look at the person who was talking and found that it was a middle-aged man about his age.

And that guy is wearing a cowboy hat, which looks a bit unique.

“What are you, did I talk to you? Or do you plan to stand up for him?”

Ma Zeitou temporarily abandoned the young man, and he rushed towards him angrily.

“I’m an explorer and my name is Marco Polo. If you have read travel notes or geography magazines, you must have heard of my name, right?”

“Marco Polo? Have you heard of it?” The horse thief turned his head and asked his subordinates.

All his men shook their heads.

“Ahem, this…it doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of me. In short, we will cooperate with you as much as possible. You don’t hurt these innocent people, okay?” Marco Polo was embarrassed, but he still negotiated with the horse thieves.