Doomsday Totem

Chapter 3 Locomotive
Tie Slag led the girl out of Tieshan Town, and then walked on the gravel road for about twenty minutes...

The girl looked up, and they had come to the foot of a low mountain.A fence made of twisted iron sheets and steel bars was built on it, and several containers were scattered on the top of the mountain.She couldn't help but think of the fairy tale books she read when she was a child. This place is like the robber's castle described in the story, messy but sturdy.

The two climbed up the dwarf hill along the stone steps, and Tie Slag entered the password in front of the door.Accompanied by the friction sound of mechanical gears, the rusty iron door slowly rose.Iron Slag told the girl to stay where she was, and then took out the machete and went in to check it out. After confirming that there was no danger, he motioned for the girl to enter.

There are about [-] square meters inside the wall, and there are five containers in the middle. There are various objects everywhere on the ground, including tables and chairs, tires, wooden boxes, oil barrels, radios, iron cabinets...

The girl carefully observed that after the iron door was closed, the boy's tense nerves were obviously relaxed.Watching the boy's changes, she deeply realized the ruthlessness and cruelty of the ground world.There is hardly any room for the weak to survive in this place.

After a while, Tie Slag pulled a chair and sat down, and began to ask about the girl's condition.

"My name is Yugo Lombard, I allow you to call me by my name." The girl said proudly.

Tie Slag let out a lazy "hmm", indicating that he understood.

The young man's lazy attitude seemed to arouse Yugo Lombard's dissatisfaction. She said, "You shouldn't underestimate the friendship and kindness of a Lombard."

"Can Lombard's friendship and kindness be eaten?" Tie Slag asked casually.

You Ge blushed suddenly, and said with a little shortness of breath, "The Lombard family has a respected status. One day, you will pay a heavy price for your attitude today!"

Tie Slag chuckled, stood up and walked towards You Ge.

"What do you want..." The girl looked at Tie Slag's malicious smile, and remembering the ferocity of the young man in front of her, her anger instantly turned into deep cowardice, and she took a step back involuntarily.

"I think you will pay the price for your current behavior." As he spoke, Tie Slag grabbed You Ge and walked towards the container.

You Ge kept struggling and patted the young man's shoulder, "Bad guy! Robber! Devil! Put me down quickly."

Iron Slag kicked open the door of the container, and the afternoon sun shone in.All kinds of furniture are neatly arranged inside, and there is also a clean bed.

When she saw the bed, the girl stopped struggling, and said in a pleading tone, "You Ge is wrong."

"And then?" Tie Slag asked.

"Then Yu Ge will speak well."

"So..." Tie Slag seemed still not satisfied.

"So You Ge will tell brother everything he knows." The girl replied seriously, as obedient as a kitten.

Satisfied, Iron Slag put her down, motioning for her to continue talking.The girl told Iron Slag that she came from NO.17 Silver City.A few days ago, she traveled to NO.15 city by aircraft.When passing through the endless sand sea, the aircraft was suddenly attacked by UFOs, and the engine was damaged by bullets.She had to skydive with other passengers and finally landed in the desert.

On the second day, she encountered a group of desert travelers.Those people brought her here and sold her to a grocery merchant.You Ge then proposed that as long as Iron Slag could bring her back to No. 17 Silver City's military base on the ground, the Lombal family would pay a generous reward.

"Isn't it okay to go there?" Tie Slag asked, pointing to Yincheng in the distance in mid-air.

"That's No.13 Yincheng." The girl shook her head and explained. NO.13 The senior management of Yincheng had some problems with the Lombard family, so she couldn't turn to them for help.She suspected that the attack on the aircraft was led by NO.13 Yincheng, with the purpose of preventing her from going to NO.15 Yincheng to participate in the annual parliament.

"It seems that I can send you to NO.13 Silver City to collect the bounty, which seems much simpler." Tie Slag said.

"They'll definitely kill you so they don't have to pay the bounty and keep the dead secret forever."

"You're really smart." Tie Slag sighed.

"Thank you." You Ge smiled slightly, but Tie Zha's next words completely froze her smile.

"Therefore..." Tie Zha paused, "Even if I send you to the military base in No. 17 Yincheng, you will still get a bullet."

"No!" You Ge said anxiously, "You saved the third lady of the Lombal family, they will definitely thank you."

"Thank you! Then a shuttle of 'da da da' bullets." Tie Slag waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't fool me, I've never seen the people above being friendly to the people below us. So, I I can only send you to Sand City, and then find a rich man to pay the ransom for you. Then you can just ask him to send you back. This kind of person values ​​Ronbal’s friendship and kindness more.”

"Actually..." The girl hesitated for a while, "You are handsome and powerful, I can introduce you to join the No. Then I can take you to No.17 Silver City, as the guard of the Lombard family, or...my guard."

Tie Slag calmed down, as if he was thinking about You Ge's words.There was light in his eyes, but it didn't take long before his eyes dimmed, and he said to himself, "If someone said these things to me three years ago, I might believe them." He raised his head Looking at You Ge, "But now, it's absolutely impossible!"

The boy's words revealed an unspeakable vicissitudes.You Ge was silent for a while, and couldn't help asking: "How old are you this year?"

Tie Slag was choked by her question and was speechless for a while.

"Tell me, you look so mature, you should be in your 20s."

"How old are you?" Tie Slag asked back.

"I just passed my 16th birthday." The girl said on tiptoe with her hands behind her back.

"I'm seventeen." Tie Slag said casually.

The girl showed a sly smile, "Actually, I am eighteen this year, come on, call me sister."

Iron Slag narrowed his eyes, and there was a sense of danger in his eyes.You Ge looked at him without giving in.He only felt an inexplicable anxiety, he picked up You Ge in front of him and walked into the container, threw him on the bed and rushed over.

"Call me sister." You Ge's tone was full of provocation.

The warmth and elasticity coming from under his body made him feel uncomfortable all over.At this moment, You Ge was lying on his back on the bed, and the two of them were facing each other at close range. When she spoke, the hot air sprayed on his face, which aggravated his irritability.You Ge's calm was somewhat beyond his expectation. He originally thought that she would yell and beg for mercy, but it turned out like this.

"Please remember, you are just a cargo." Iron Slag got up and said lightly.

"Even if it's goods, you can try it." You Ge suggested.

"Take a good rest. There is water and bread on the table. We will leave early tomorrow morning." After speaking, Tie Slag went out without looking back.

Looking at the young man's seemingly calm but guilty back, You Ge pursed his lips and smiled.

Iron Slag walked out of the container, immediately opened the big iron door, and went to Lao Niu's repair shop.He wants to retrieve the jet locomotive, go to the Narcissus doctor to buy some medicine, and prepare to cross the endless sand sea.In the entire Iron Mountain Town, there are only a few people who can cross the endless sand sea alone, and Iron Slag is one of them.In the sea of ​​death, the temperature during the day is as high as 40 degrees, and the temperature at night is as low as minus [-] degrees.All kinds of creatures are buried in the sand, ready to deal a fatal blow to travelers in the desert.If you are not prepared enough, you will be buried in the sea of ​​sand.

Lao Niu's repair shop is located at the foot of the dwarf mountain, across from Iron Slag's stronghold end to end.The repair shop covers an area of ​​about [-] square meters and is surrounded by barbed wire. There are old cars, tires, oil drums, various home appliances, and waste products everywhere.Several tin sheds were built on the open space in the middle, and various parts were piled up in a mess.

Iron Slag walked into the repair shop, imitating the calls of animals, "Moo...moo...moo..."

Soon, a tall and thin young man with dark skin came out.His eye sockets are deep, and his jaw is extraordinarily wide, jutting forward like a gorilla.The frame of the whole body is also very large, and the shoulders are very broad.Although he looks a little thin, his muscles are very solid.

"Brother Niu, I'm here to get the motorcycle and the gun." Tie Slag said.

The old cow immediately turned back to the tin shed and rolled out a red locomotive.This locomotive is half a person tall, the body reflects the luster of metal, and the two thick wheels cling to the ground, appearing very stable.Three oval-shaped jet bags are installed on both sides of the locomotive.This is a dual-purpose locomotive for roads and sandy terrain. It usually runs on tires. After entering the desert, it can put away two wheels and use six jet bags to float in the air.

In the endless sand sea, the jet locomotive is the second life of the traveler.Because the desert here lives a huge terrestrial arthropod-sandworm.It is every desert traveler's nightmare.Adult sandworms are more than 20 meters long, covered with a carapace, surrounded by two adults, and covered with jointed legs.It lurks in the sand, can walk freely in shallow sand, and moves very fast.If there is no locomotive, as long as you encounter a sandworm in the sand sea, you will be caught up and swallowed immediately, turning into a pile of white bones in its acidic body.

"The booster pump picked up last time has been installed, and it should be more flexible." Lao Niu said.

"I also need a pair of binoculars and two hundred rounds of ammunition." Iron Slag stepped on the locomotive and said while debugging.

"Are you going to Sand City?" Lao Niu asked with concern.

"I bought a girl from Jusang, and I'm going to send it to Shacheng in exchange for some money for the winter."

"Then you have to find a good home for her." The old cow repeatedly warned, "Don't harm her." Then, he entered the room and brought a double-barreled shotgun with a shiny wooden handle and two strings of red shotguns. He also took a pistol and two boxes of pistol ammunition.

Iron Slag took the shotgun first, hung it obliquely on the left and right sides, and then took the shotgun and tied it behind his back.Then, the old cow pulled out the pistol from his waist and handed it to him with the magazine.Iron Slag asked curiously, "When did I use this thing?"

"It's not for you, it's for that girl. You are going to cross the endless sea of ​​sand, so you should give her a self-defense weapon." Lao Niu explained.

"What if she uses it to beat me?" Tie Slag asked.

"You can figure it out yourself." Lao Niu continued to remind, "I have checked every shotgun, you can use it with confidence."

Iron Slag nodded, stepped hard with his right foot, and the locomotive made a smooth mechanical sound.The display screen on the front of the car lights up, a hollow blue circle gradually fills in, and a synthesized sound comes from the car body.

[Red Comet, activated]
[6% of charge has been completed]
[Currently in road mode, the charge is less than 20%, and the injection mode cannot be activated]
"This charge is so slow, is there any way to increase it?" Tie Slag asked.

"When you go to Sand City, change to a new battery and a new capacitor produced by 'HH Company', which should improve a lot." Lao Niu replied.

"What do you want to bring?" Iron Slag continued to ask.

"I don't need anything here, you go and come back quickly."

The two chatted about trivial matters, and after 15 minutes, the locomotive was charged to 30%.Iron Slag bid farewell to the old cow, twisted the accelerator, and drove towards Tieshan Town amidst the roar of the locomotive.

(End of this chapter)