The Mechanical Empire of the End of the World

Cheng Shenghu is not an idiot, he naturally knows what this means.

In the dim world, in the vast snowy world, the porter team slowly moved forward under the escort of the army.

The cold air enveloped everyone, and the survivors pulled sleds and hugged their bodies to warm themselves up.

Compared to the survivors who were afraid of the cold, the troops marching in line were much more majestic.

They stood up straight and walked step by step, raising the billowing snow, each step giving a feeling of great strength.

Perhaps because I went to the pier yesterday, the exotic beasts along the way were all destroyed, and the rest of the journey was smooth, without encountering the alien beasts or encountering any accidents, and at nearly noon, the army escorted the porter to the dock.

"Don't rest, move, so that your bodies can be warm, quickly, load all the coal into the sled, and rest well after you go back..."

The cold wind howled, and on the dock, Cheng Shenghu shouted loudly.

The porter team that had just entered the dock did not rest for a moment, peeled off the thick snow, and loaded the sled with coal with hands and shovels, and for a while, the dock was bustling and lively.

Still in that position, Li Meng stood on the embankment by the canal, looking at the vast river...

An imperial archer stepped forward slightly, and said in his mouth

: "Commander..." With a wave of his hand, Li Meng said: "Don't worry about them..." Without

saying anything, the imperial archer who took a step forward retreated back.

In the helmet, Li Meng's gaze looked to the opposite bank, this time, in the direction of eleven o'clock.

Although his eyes could not see it, on the map, Li Meng saw five people lying on the snow on the opposite bank.

Whether it was the five people yesterday, Li Meng did not know, but the shelter behind the five people today still did not move, which shows his caution.

Time passed little by little, just like yesterday, half an hour later, the five people on the opposite side quietly retreated.

Looking at the five people who were retreating on the map, Li Meng's face was thoughtful.

It seems that the shelter behind the five people is not close to the dock, otherwise, they would not leave in such a hurry.

Pulling out a landmark sensor rod from the hanging bag on his waist, Li Meng said in his mouth: "Follow them, find their shelter, don't be discovered..." Behind

Li Meng, an imperial archer responded to the call, took the landmark sensor rod from Li Meng's hand, and then jumped off the embankment, entered the river, and hurried to the opposite bank.

At this time, on the dock, the porter had already loaded the coal, and as soon as the order was given, they could embark on the return journey.

"Sir, you can

go..." Looking back at Cheng Shenghu who came behind him, Li Meng said: "Then let's go..."

Saying that, Li Meng turned and strode towards the pier, and the imperial archers who lined up on the embankment responded to the sound and withdrew from the embankment.

Looking at the distant figure on the river, a trace of doubt flashed in Cheng Shenghu's eyes.

Where is he going alone?

Although there were doubts in his heart, Cheng Shenghu did not dare to ask more, so he had to withdraw his gaze and quickly followed behind Li Meng.

After a while, as the porter gradually left, the dock returned to its previous calm, and under the cold wind, the snow rolled, and soon buried the black patches in the pier.

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cold wind was blowing, snowflakes were rolling, and on the avenue between buildings, five people were stepping on the thick snow.

They wore thick cotton jackets, only one pair of eyes were exposed in the hat, and they looked very bloated.

In the middle of the walk, dull words sounded from the hat, and they were communicating.

"It's still that group of people, but the number is not as large as yesterday, and it seems that they will come to carry coal every day."

"So what to do? The fort owner means to stagger with them, try to avoid contact with them, if they come every day..."

"What else can I do, I can only rob it hard, this thing has not been done before, why, now the Fort Lord wants to be vegetarian?"

"This is different, those people are not people from the Daguan Shelter, I don't know the roots, it's always right to be careful

..." "Okay, or go back quickly, we don't know what to do, the castle owner will have his own decision..."

In the snow, the figures of the five people were gradually moving away, and in the cold wind, only their low words echoed between heaven and earth.

All the way west, before dark, the five disappeared into a subway entrance.

Yingjiang District Metro Station, this is the name of the underground platform, which became a shelter for a group of people decades ago, until today....

The underground is not dark, on the platform, in the tunnel, there are one half-man tall iron barrel after another, from which orange flames burst out, which dispels the darkness well.

In the light of the fire, on the platform, in the tunnel, the ground was full of people lying on the ground, wrapped in thick quilts, densely packed, with no end in sight, I don't know how many people.

On the platform, a corner is isolated by a huge curtain, and the fire behind the curtain is the brightest, like a light on the dim platform....

Behind the curtain, there is a man-made private space with a lot of space.

There are beds, sofas, dining tables, wardrobes, everything....

In the darkness outside, a person came to the door curtain and whispered: "Fort master, there is news from the coal dock..." In

the space behind the door curtain, in the bright firelight, a burly figure lifted the quilt and got out of bed wearing a fluffy coat.

On the bed, in the bed, a graceful figure loomed, and the snow-white was covered by the slippery cotton quilt.

Sitting on the sofa and leaning back, Sun Gaowu said indifferently: "Come in..." As Sun

Gaowu's words fell, the door curtain was lifted, and a person hurriedly walked in.

"Fort master, now it can be determined that the group of people is not people from the Daguan shelter, it is from other shelters, there are quite a few people, yesterday there were hundreds of people carrying coal, today it is much less, only more than a hundred people, according to the exploration team we sent to confirm, those people seem to want to empty the coal in the dock, if more than a hundred people a day move, at most half a year, I am afraid that the coal in the dock will be emptied, the fort owner, we can't wait any longer, finally found coal resources, but can't just give up..."

Looking up at the person who came, Sun Gaowu said indifferently: "Chen Tianyou, you are the second-in-command of the shelter, and also my right and left hand, what do you think about this matter, is it by force, and talk to them?"

"This..."

A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, Chen Tianyou bowed his head slightly, and said: "If we talk, we can only take half at most, although there are countless docks on this canal, but within a radius of twenty kilometers, there are so many coal docks, one has been vacated by us, this one must not be shared with others, so many people in the shelter, the coal consumed every day is an astronomical amount, we do not lack anything, there is no shortage of food, there is no shortage of clothing, what is lacking is burning, Only coal must not be shared with others, and if the fort owner really does not want to rob it by force, he can trade it with them in another way, bartering for goods, and trading with them for grain..."