Take Taobao with you to another world

Chapter 438 Death and Continuous Expansion

Thick blood rushed to the face, and the airtight doors and windows increased the concentration of the smell to a disgusting level. The young guard who followed Scar stopped and couldn't help holding his breath. He almost couldn't hold back the horrified voice. Ka waved them to stay outside, but they guarded the door, and they could still see the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood from the corner of their eyes.They had to look away.

The alliance has not been established for a long time, but wealth and comfort can easily make people forget the past. Most of the injuries that young people who are not in the alliance's combat team can come into contact with usually come from unlucky falls or improper production operations. Injuries on the job, mass killings of sheer malice that are only occasionally described in newspapers and radio, and when such a scene unfolds before their eyes, realizing that the barely distinguishable bodies were living people not so long ago, these few Young people go blank for a moment.

Ska did not demand their performance.

No one thought that the orc empire would perish in such a way.

He stepped over one mutilated corpse after another, blood everywhere.The blood accumulated on the ground, forming dark puddles one after another. The blood sprayed onto the wall, pouring out large red rainstains, and the ceiling was also covered with splattered blood.

It was a brutal massacre.

Scar slowly looked around the room, his rich experience allowed him to almost restore the scene at that time in his mind.He frowned, and scanned the wreckage everywhere, and found a huge figure that was still relatively complete among the white bones, broken limbs and marsh-colored internal organs.

Huge but emaciated, the skin clings to the bones, between the vertical and horizontal knife wounds and lacerations, the protruding blood vessels are still beating slightly, but the naked eye can see that it is getting weaker and weaker.

A woman died not far from him. Compared with the other dead, her death was more beautiful. The body was still intact, but her neck was broken, and her eyes were wide open in fear, reflecting a broken body. back view.

Scar comes before the man who caused all this.

Sticky blood trickled down the soles of his boots, and he said, "You're dying."

"Do you have anything to say?"

He waited for a while.

"...Yes." A deep, hoarse voice sounded, "Tell that human being that even if he dies, my soul will always, always look at him."

Scar straightened his body, looking down at the dying Beastmaster blankly.

He showed a sarcastic expression and wanted to say something, but stopped before he could speak.

"Okay." That was all he said.

The tragedy shocked the league.

The last Beastmaster was a stable position, and he used the forbidden technique of the ascetic to forcibly increase his strength, which led to a violent temperament. Bloodthirsty killing is not a well-known fact, but at least it has spread widely. But since meeting with the magician for a while, After he returned to Lacerda, he lived in seclusion and restrained himself a lot. He only occasionally showed up when important events such as the dissolution of the Northern Tribal Alliance and the signing of a new contract between the Orc King's Court and the Industrial Alliance occurred. Although the situation seemed to be getting worse Okay, but as long as he is still in power, the orc nobles can maintain a reluctant framework, so before that, almost no one thought that he would accumulate such anger and carry out such a tragic killing at the last moment of his life .

This massacre ruined the last foundation of the orc nobles. Important members such as the parents and elders of the major families all died in that hall. Since the scene was too unsuitable for display, after necessary records were made, the medical department finally ruled out the special The military medical staff went to collect the remains for them.The grooming work lasted for three full days, and their young immediate relatives rushed back from all over the alliance to bury them in a hurry, and even the legacy was rarely mentioned—it was nothing more than an old stone mansion, accumulated gold and silver, and Some things like land deeds can give them some capital to survive in the current Lacerda, but it doesn't mean much. After all, the Union is now the center of the western world. Regardless of the industrial city that everyone yearns for, it has become a transportation hub. The hub of Kanlar City, even those small cities transformed from settlements, is much more livable than this decaying capital city, especially the Northern Xinjiang Railway, which cannot enter the city, cut off its final recovery possible.

These young successors didn't show much sadness either. The Beastmaster's madness had indeed been foretold, but it wasn't just the Beastmaster who was crazy.After the tribal alliance surrendered voluntarily to the south, and the route of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was announced, construction started and progressed smoothly, the old orcs also went crazy—maybe they had gone crazy long ago.They still can't accept the rise of the Southern Alliance, nor can they accept that humans become the masters of orcs, and they can't accept that they have become rotten things that are not needed by anyone, but their reluctance is like all the enemies that the Alliance has encountered. Nothing, and after several failed attempts to sabotage the project, and severe punishment, they finally fell silent.

But the silence is only an appearance.

The investigation team found evidence that they collected "dangerous goods" for engineering and planned to airdrop and detonate them at the meeting place of the [-]th anniversary of the establishment of the Industrial Federation.This plan can be considered insane, because their biggest goal is to kill the Warlock, followed by Scar Nightmare and other important members of the alliance.

It has to be said that this plan does have a little chance of being realized.

This investigation report has not been made public. Although there are some rumors circulating in private, since everyone is dead and the death is so miserable, the disciplinary department has not taken any major action, and people will not pursue it excessively.Regardless of these orc nobles or the beast king himself, they all received funerals that were more suitable for their identities, and the newspapers published their obituaries in a considerable space.

Scar didn't put in much effort to deal with these matters. After finishing this job, he took the Northern Xinjiang train and returned to Industrial City.

The return trip was naturally smooth. Sitting in the car, looking at the scenery passing by the window, he could hardly remember the experience of leading tribal warriors to participate in the battle for the throne. After that, it was rare for him to indulge himself so much. If it is said that the end of the orc empire in this way was a disaster, the root of the disaster was probably planted at that time.

But Scar has no regrets.

The metal dragon went all the way to the south, thousands of miles of fertile fields unfolded in sight, huge agricultural machinery can be seen everywhere on the plain, and white islands emerged in the green ocean, which were towns and small cities of different sizes. Once chasing water sources and migrating, the tribes that lived in the wind and slept in the open have entered the era of settlement in just a few years. They learned to grow crops, raise livestock in captivity, work from sunrise to sunset, read, study, listen to the radio, and discuss newspapers. Take a break, watch a few movies a month, go to a photo studio in Industry City or Kanlar to get back big family photos, and hang them on the wall.

It was a life that even Scar never imagined they would have.

No one can tolerate it being destroyed.

After returning to Industrial City, Scar first went to the hospital to see the pharmacist, and then came to see Yunshen with him.

Scar came to talk about this work experience with Yun Shen, and the pharmacist came here for the department's routine physical examination.As the two most important people, the physical examinations of Scar and the practitioner were arranged until the end by a special person—basically, a pharmacist.

Scar didn't really want to cooperate, but he was escorted by the pharmacist to cooperate through the complete medical examination process.Consistent with the impression given by his appearance, Ska's physical condition is far better than that of his peers, but in terms of physique, he may be stronger than some young people who have not exercised slightly.

"After all, you use your muscles more than your brain," said the pharmacist.

Scar raised his eyes from bottom to top, his golden-green pupils met the pharmacist's red eyes through the mask.

Then Scar took a bite out of him.

"..." The pharmacist touched the teeth marks on his neck, then looked at his back as he walked away triumphantly, speechless.

After all the physical examinations were completed, the pharmacist sorted out the materials in the office alone.With the development of the alliance, many technologies have been widely used, so these highly classified materials have attached photos.

The pharmacist unfolded several of them on the table, watching them and pondering.

It seems that magicians came to the world only in the past few years, but in fact, a quarter of Scar's age has passed. The average lifespan of orcs is lower than that of survivors. From middle age to old age, perhaps because his partner is a doctor with proficient medical skills, or because of some reasons beyond common sense, Ska still maintains a full-grown state. Although some traces of time can be seen, it does not harm him. Charm.

No one can escape the invasion of time - in the eyes of the doctor, this is not something to be sad, but as an emotional individual, in the eyes of the pharmacist, it is like the alliance itself is full of vitality, and there are almost no bottlenecks in its development. Most of its members are also very young, and some are even too young—and some of them have already grown up physically, but their spirits are still immature.For these promising youngsters, time just makes them transform for the better.For example, the last time Takla returned to Industrial City from the Central and Western District, the pharmacist who hadn’t seen him for a long time felt that he had a lot of similarities with Fan Tianlan; another example was that Boss was influenced by Wells, although his appearance had not changed significantly. But now when mentioning him, few people use the term "Sachel's white wolf" anymore.

This is true for short-lived humans, and long-lived elves will also be affected by life and work experience. If there is one thing that can be completely unchanged... probably Meravia.He is still the same idle, shining person, no matter in mind or temperament, the pharmacist can't feel any difference between him and ten years ago.

Cloud depth is almost unchanged.

He still has the physique of a mortal, but the pharmacist doesn't know if his state can still be called a human being.

The magician still needs to eat to gain energy for activities, and also needs to rest to recover his spirit. He has a heartbeat and can also be injured. The pharmacist sometimes wonders whether the detection equipment is too biased or the recording method is wrong, so that he It turned out that no matter what kind of life he used, the body of the magician would be restored to an "initial state" every once in a while.The hair, the nails, the weight, everything they could verify, was almost—by a tiny margin—identical at corresponding points in each cycle.

Like the phases of the moon.

Time went round and round on him, and people couldn't help but think of that destined lifespan.What power gives time, and what power takes it away at the appointed moment?

The surgeon seemed not surprised by the result of the test. He looked through the test report and handed it back to the pharmacist.

"Put them away for now."

"But--"

"It doesn't matter." The magician said, "It doesn't affect much."

The magician was quiet for a moment, as if lost in some kind of thought, then he raised his head and smiled at the pharmacist again.

"That's fine."

The pharmacist put away these materials, pulled out the copy of the magician separately, sealed the file bag, and waited for someone to come and take them away, and locked the other copy deeply, deeply into the filing cabinet.

There are still some aftermaths of the Beastmaster Hall tragedy in Lacerda. Some people hope that Scar can take over the "inheritance" - because he has the blood of the Glacier Wolf Clan, he also has the heroic sword, and he has long been recognized by the alliance as the leader of the orcs. The form can disappear, but the spirit should last forever.

"The sword is mine." Xiu Moore said, "Also, what kind of orc spirit? Why haven't I heard of this thing?"

Scar was also a little surprised.

"These old guys are still alive?"

"Who?" Summer asked.

"The asylum."

"Get rid of them," said Xiu Moore.

"Okay," Scar said.

So Xiu Moore asked for an interview, and the newspaper naturally asked for it.

"It was a half-baked one to begin with," said Shewmore.

In fact, if the great shaman of the ascetic monastery were to move out their historical parchments, the "Orc Empire" would never have real unity and complete unity in the years after the death of the first emperor, and a loose aggregate would be impossible What produced a particularly firm belief, everything they did later was nothing more than "fake your name".The famous heroic emperor, the werewolf Samor, established such an alliance at the beginning, just because he had such a powerful force and undoubted achievements, so he had the privilege of unanimity in many places in the Western Continent. This kind of power Naturally, it cannot be passed on. The so-called glory that made those orc families seem to be possessed by demons only shone on one person for a short time than fireflies.

What's the pity if something that doesn't exist disappears?

The purpose of Xiu Moore coming back was not to become the second king, but no matter what his original plan was, everything has passed.As for why the remnants of the orc empire can linger in the alliance, it is not because the magician tolerated their existence for the sake of Scar and him, but because the other party adopted a delaying tactic that many people think is disgusting:

They said that the power of all nobles and royal families can be transferred, but they must be compensated by 50 years of tolls for a section of the Northern Xinjiang Railway.

If the sorcerer does not agree to their request and forcibly deprives them of their power, they will send one person to lie on the railway every day.Anyway, the total population of the various families and their subordinate retainers is enough for them to lie down for 50 years—and they really did this for a while.

Although some people think that this tragedy was a "mopping up" by Ska or even the Beastmaster instructed by the magician, but after the lesson of the rail lying incident that led to the complete collapse of a large chamber of commerce in the Principality of Ridan, the scope of this kind of speech spread is very limited. It's very narrow, and the league isn't overbearing enough to control what others say in bedrooms or kitchens.

In any case, the sand in the eyes of many people in the "Orc Empire" was finally cleared away naturally, and the storm subsided quickly. People finally classified it as a humanitarian disaster with certain inevitability. As long as it does not reappear, people will Just look to the future.

Henceforth only the Union.

After this incident, the northern administrative region of the alliance finally became a harmonious whole. Next year at the latest, the Northern Xinjiang Railway will open to traffic with the Principality of Ridan.

Many Ridan people are naturally very resistant to this natural development, and amidst their resistance, they are also extremely confused.

How did things come to this?

Obviously they have found a new way of wealth, they have effectively resisted the Grand Duke, their family wealth has increased significantly, the industry in the city has also prospered, and everyone lives and works in peace... They have done so many things , How come everything is making wedding clothes for others?

Looking back at the chess game, in the spring of that year, a huge caravan—more than 3000 people in number—followed the emissary team of Grand Duke Colson, and visited the alliance from the extreme north. ...Perhaps it should be regarded as big news that surprised the people of the three countries at that time.When the merchants who expressed disappointment with the status quo of the Orc Empire crossed the northern border, as soon as they entered the territory of the Alliance, especially after seeing the Industrial City and its production facilities, their ear-to-ear shock satisfied the vanity of some Alliance members. Xin, under the principle of free trade, it is not difficult to establish long-term exchanges with them.

During this round of fun, a particularly discerning businessman saw that the source of the alliance's strength lies in their production system. Although the developed and undeveloped mineral deposits in the alliance are currently sufficient to supply their needs, but In terms of ore quality and mining difficulty, perhaps the principality of Zhdan is better.

After experiencing the capacity of the train, the businessman proposed to the industrial city that he hoped to sell the ore from the Principality of Zidan to the Alliance.

His proposal was a bit too advanced, but no one thought that he could get a response from a person of high status.After a wave of hearty large-scale purchases, the caravan returned with a full load. In addition to a large number of industrial products, they also brought back a whole geological exploration team.It is worth mentioning that, perhaps because they paid tolls to Lacerda, they passed the northern border twice without being harassed or embarrassed by any tribes.

Not only did they fail these two times, but no caravan passed by no matter how weak or rich they were.

The detection results of the exploration team are satisfactory. The production of coal and iron in the Principality of Ridan is actually not very advantageous, but they are indeed rich in non-ferrous metal reserves, and they also produce a large amount of sulfur.Due to the distance between the two places, it is naturally not cost-effective to buy ore. After repeated discussions between the foreign trade department of the Industrial Alliance and Ridan, the repeated struggles between the Ridan Chamber of Commerce and the nobles and the Grand Duke, and repeated internal competitions, they finally reached an agreement. It can be called a wonderful result: that is to accept the investment from the industrial alliance in the name of the locality, the alliance provides money and technology, the local chamber of commerce provides land and population, the two parties hold shares in proportion, and work together to build smelters and various A processing factory, sending finished metal ingots to the alliance, and then transporting various industrial products from the alliance.

The profit gap between raw materials and industrial products can be easily calculated, but in order to fight against the dictatorship of the Grand Duke, the Chamber of Commerce chose a more lenient alliance. Compared with the Chamber of Commerce and small and medium nobles who are weak in all aspects, the alliance is more It is to hold the lifeblood of the Grand Duke, although they are not unaware that this method will also send their lifeblood to the hands of those alliance members, but the profit - unprecedented profit!Some lucky families have accumulated hundreds of years of wealth in just a few years. If there is no need for alliances, how many years will it take them, and what kind of opportunities will they encounter to obtain such wealth?

Although they did not find another way because of the sense of crisis, the more these factories were opened and the bigger they were, the more wealth they accumulated, and soon reached an amount unimaginable for any poor people in Zhdan.Since there is so much wealth, as long as they pay high enough, it is not difficult to recruit new workers. They can also build their own factories. When the alliance people teach apprentices, they also plant a lot of their own people to steal their teachers. .It's just sorting out the ore and smelting it. As long as they understand the basic principles, even if the alliance doesn't provide them with those stupid machines, they can learn to imitate them by themselves-they can do it.

Just give them time, they can do it.

In fact, in Archduke Colson's view, it would be foolish to compete with the Alliance in the field of production.Don't they think the orcs are stupid, even without mentioning the man who created the strategy?The nature of looting is as natural as their sharp teeth. If it is not restrained by the magician, these chambers of commerce will have no chance to toss.

But even if they are allowed to do it freely, very few merchants and nobles can produce results.Stealing a teacher cannot steal a complete system. Evening classes and daily lectures cannot make up for the basic gap. In addition, the alliance people also completely use the management method they have in the alliance in these joint venture smelters. Although the workers and apprentices work Hard work, survival, and dignity can all be guaranteed. Even if someone breaks the contract with the Alliance for a high-paying contract, it will not be long before they regret it.It is not only the earnest but naive demands of the merchants that make these Zidan people who have betrayed the alliance feel painful. It is also a step backward from the semi-mechanical to the manual age. This kind of gap is not something ordinary people can bear.

Because anyone with eyes can see, the gap between them will only grow wider.

Not only is the technological gap widening, but people's hearts are also shifting.The alliance does not restrict merchants and nobles from setting up separate schools, and the contract also stipulates that chambers of commerce and nobles cannot interfere with their teaching content in any way, until these emerging feudal bourgeois find out that the person who stole the teacher is stealing and never comes back. After running out of excuses, they sued the technicians of the Alliance that the Chamber of Commerce would control them personally, and asked for their freedom again. Only then did they find out that the Alliance members were spreading the faith openly among the factories and civilians.