Chapter 254 Screaming Elevator Steam Robot
Maybe the evolution day is approaching.
The lower urban areas are gradually getting rid of the chaos and dilapidation of the past, showing unprecedented prosperity.
The once dilapidated and dirty streets are now noisy and lively, with an endless stream of pedestrians.
There is Mrs. Piltover who is well-dressed and chatting and laughing; there is a vendor who spreads a canvas on the barrel and puts out unknown parts;
Together they form the unique look of the lower urban area.
Huo Jixing walked forward leisurely, observing the surrounding environment with deep eyes.
As he went deeper, the buildings on both sides of the street were quietly changing.
At first he passed buildings decorated with bronze veneers, leaded glass windows and brass eaves.
These clusters of buildings reflect the technology and prosperity of Piltover.
But deep in the lower urban area, the gorgeous buildings in front of us gradually disappeared, and older houses appeared.
Old houses made of limestone square tiles as the main material, you can see the chamfered wood, looking slightly mottled from a distance.
At the same time, Huo Jixing also noticed that the color of the sky began to become a little darker.
The originally clear sky turned into gray clouds, echoing the changes in the surrounding buildings, silently telling the changes in the lower urban areas.
Huo Jixing crossed the crowds and walked to the edge of the lower urban area. He saw the cracked and winding ravines, which seemed like scars on the earth, witnessing the vicissitudes and changes of the two cities.
High barbed wire fences surround the gully, warning pedestrians not to get too close.
Many eye-catching warning signs are hung on the barbed wire fence. The writing is mottled and blurred, but the warning messages on them can still be made out.
Huo Jixing stood on the edge, overlooking the You Gully below.
Red golden light filled his eyes, and countless clouds were entangled together, breaking through the sky.
The hazy Zaun was like a roll of dark green cloth with mixed light and shadow, stretched out on the rocky floor of the canyon.
The staggered smoke exhaust ducts and corroded and aging steel walls filter the light coming from above into strange colors.
In addition, there are densely packed workshops, with steam hanging over the domes and rainbows connecting them.
The shining smoke from the alchemy furnace spirals upward, dancing in the breeze.
In the diffuse haze, the ditch pools were full of water, like an emerald-colored mirage, looming.
With his extraordinary vision, Huo Jixing saw many flickering fires in the dark shadows, like tiny stars.
Although Za'an has always been shrouded in the twilight covered by haze, the bustling and bustling place has not lost any trace.
The residents here are all-encompassing and the culture is diverse.
Piltover's wealth also led to the development of Zaun, making it a dark mirror to the city above.
Huo Jixing walked along the ravine and saw a tower made of steel in the distance, rising straight into the sky, majestic and rough.
Under the steel tower, there is a train platform that resembles a carriage in the previous life.
There was already a huge crowd in front of the platform.
They stood or sat, chatted in low voices or waited quietly.
Huo Jixing also saw a lot of graffiti illustrations and texts on the walls outside the platform, which had a vague cyberpunk style.
These graffiti seem to tell people who come here that they will soon enter a different world.
Huo Jixing followed the crowd and entered the steel platform.
Looking around, he found that the platform looked rough, but the internal space was unusually wide.
Even though there are many people waiting, the air still circulates freely and is not dull at all, indicating that the platform has a good ventilation system.
Huo Jixing generally swept through the crowd of people waiting on the platform. Mrs. Piltover occupied most of them, and occasionally saw a few Zaun people.
"A giant elevator?"
Huo Jixing's gaze fell into the distance. About three meters away, there were three elevator pillars, each about three centimeters in diameter. Cast in wrought iron.
Boom! Boom!
Suddenly!
A harsh roar sounded, getting closer and closer.
But for a moment, a huge clicking sound flowed into the platform like a strong wind, hitting the moss-green walls and making a deafening echo.
Huo Jixing heard the sound and saw a strange elevator coming into view at a very fast speed.
Screaming lift!
The name of the elevator came to Huo Jixing's mind, and he looked at it carefully.
The Screaming Elevator drives on the rails with its huge, round belly filled with countless gears and precision wrought iron structures.
Bang!
The dull sound of steel collision sounded, and the round glass door slowly opened, revealing the clean space inside.
As the screaming elevator arrived, the crowd began to move, like an opened fish can, everyone eager to enter the elevator's cabin.
Huo Jixing waited quietly, his eyes flashing, watching everything in front of him, vaguely recalling the scene of taking the subway when commuting to get off work in his previous life.
At that time, he stood in the crowd like this, waiting for the arrival of the subway, and then squeezed into the crowded carriage to start a busy day.
“Don’t crowd, there are plenty of places.”
The administrator wearing thick goggles came out and shouted loudly, and the bell-shaped trumpet carried her voice throughout the platform.
Huo Jixing stepped forward, blended into the crowd, and entered the round iron sheet.
The elevator cabin has many levels. The main support structure is three longitudinal rails, which are vertical to the ground and the same height as the ground.
Huo Jixing walked to the top floor and could see a little haze on the surface of the glass.
The administrator waited until everyone had entered the cabin, then walked to the glass door, pressed the switch, and closed the solid glass door.
“Let’s go, dance down the corridor!”
Sonorous! Sonorous!
When the elevator is running, it makes the sound of mechanical parts biting together, and the soft sound of steam being released.
Huo Jixing felt that the elevator was speeding at an alarming speed, and the surrounding environment was changing rapidly before his eyes.
Piltover gradually disappeared, and the surrounding light became hazy.
Fortunately, the light at the top came on, dispelling the surrounding darkness.
When it reached its destination, the elevator gradually slowed down and finally stopped completely.
"Currently arriving at the station, dance corridor!"
The bored administrator adjusted his thick goggles and spoke loudly.
"Arrived ahead, border market, academy of thaumaturgy and magic, plant cultivation center."
Passengers began to pour out of the elevator. Then dozens more people entered the elevator and were scattered throughout the cabin.
Huo Jixing stayed where he was and did not go down. The dance corridor was not his destination.
"The elevator is going down!" the administrator said.
She reached out and rang a huge bell in front of her, and started operating the roulette wheel on a bright red stand.
Screaming sound The elevator made a buzzing sound and continued to sink. The exhaust hole at the top roared and released a cloud of steam.
Through the glass, Huo Jixing saw the iron spire of the Zaun Tower and the green glass dome of the Training Tower shining like candles in the dim light.
"Huh?"
Huo Jixing raised his eyebrows slightly, looking up as if he noticed something.
In the dim environment of Zaun, he saw a flash of light shining in a nearby cave.
Immediately afterwards, several Zaan children wearing torn clothes jumped down from the cave and landed on the top of the elevator.
Perhaps he noticed Huo Jixing’s gaze, and there was a shirtless Zu’an child with tattoos on his face. He looked down and met Huo Jixing’s eyes. "Damn Piltover," the Zaun child said in a feigned ferocity.
“I feel like my life is very exciting when I run down there to have fun, but I still have to sneak back to Pi City at night.”
Huo Jixing passed the story of Zuan’s children The lips, and the extended spiritual power, heard the meaning expressed by the child in Zaan.
“If it weren’t for this, the money Zaun could earn would be much less.” Another Zaun child said with a smile.
"The Piltover guys rely on Zaun to make money, and we also have to depend on them for food. And don't we have many good days in Piltover?"
"Do you remember the fireworks that were set off at the Sun Gate on Evolution Day last year? Do you remember that Piltover girl you fell in love with? This is the intimate relationship between Piltover guys and us."
"Hey, then I'll give it to you. Let’s order some good things and take a look.” The Zaun child at the beginning glared at the passengers in the screaming elevator and muttered.
Then he quickly took off his ragged pants, sat down, and pressed his butt against the glass.
“Hey, Picheng guy, is the moon full tonight?!”
The Zaun child slapped the glass with his hand, attracting the attention of the passengers, and moved his butt along the glass Sliding down, the two buttocks pressed open, opening the eyes of the people underneath.
"Haha! Haha! Haha!"
The children in Zaan burst into laughter, but the faces of the passengers in the elevator were ashen.
While blocking their children's eyes, the adults angrily shook their fists at the young hooligan from Zaun above them.
Seeing the interesting situation in front of him, Huo Jixing laughed softly.
Through the curses of Mrs. Piltover beside him, he knew the origins of these Zaun children.
The screaming is one of the many rituals that the children of Zaun need to go through.
Only in this way can you prove that you are a street kid who cannot be messed with.
Huo Jixing thought of the records about Jinx and Wei in his past life memories. They were the idols of these Zaan children.
To this day, their legend is still circulated on the streets of Zaun.
“Xutai Square!”
When the administrator announced the station, the elevator suddenly slowed down.
At this time, the naughty children of Zaun were caught off guard.
Before the naked Zaan child could put on his pants, his feet slipped and his body slid outward along the curved window flow line.
He moved his hands and feet desperately, trying to grab something, but his sweaty palms kept slipping, and his feet kicked wildly.
No matter what, as long as it can hold him back.
Unfortunately, there was nothing.
"Farewell, farewell, farewell"
The child in Zu'an suppressed his face and blushed, panting heavily, and rolled from the top of the arc to the edge.
"Janna on top!"
Suddenly, a strong wind emerged out of thin air outside the screeching elevator, blowing the Zaun child over, just in time for him to see There is a copper hook supported on the side of the lift.
He twisted his body as hard as he could and threw himself forward. The wind behind him seemed to push him, no more, no less.
His fingers hung on the copper hook, and finally he saved his life at the gate of hell.
At the same time, in front of the children of Zuan, there was a whistling sound.
It is a copper-colored mechanical arm!
With the sound of steam, the mechanical arm grabbed the Zaun child's body in mid-air and pulled him back to the platform of Xutai Square.
Mechanical flying claw!
Huo Jixing looked along the copper-colored mechanical arm, his eyes narrowed, and he saw a huge metal robot standing outside the elevator.
Steam Robot Blitzcrank!
Huo Jixing directly recognized the identity of the metal robot based on its appearance.
Because the design of the metal robot is unique and eye-catching, it is difficult to ignore.
It has a round metal head with blinking blue eyes that looks both sturdy and cute.
The shiny copper-colored metal body presents an oval shape, with white steam filling the back, adding a sense of mystery and technology.
The slender metal arms falling on both sides of the body are almost as high as the body.
The copper-colored mechanical flying claw, which is about the same size as the Zaun child, is retracting into its right hand, leading the embarrassed Zaun child to the platform.
“Hoo ho! Hoo ho!”
The Zuan child survived the disaster. After taking a breath, he looked at the huge robot in front of him, shrank his body, blended into the crowd, and disappeared.
When Blitzcrank saw this, he didn't care. As an iron giant, he habitually walked the streets of Zaun, trying to improve the underground city and help people in trouble.
However, Blitzcrank's body is too large, and the inner space of the Screaming Elevator cannot accommodate him.
Blitz also understood that he did not enter the cabin through the door, but hung outside the cabin, firmly grasping the bottom iron rod with both hands. Below the iron rod was the glass window frame made of ribbed steel.
Cang! Bang! Bang!
A dull sound sounded, and Blitzcrank lay firmly on the screamer.
The metal body made a clanking sound, attracting the eyes of many passengers, and the administrator's face was also filled with disgust.
But no one dared to stop Blitzcrank from taking the ride.
“Down!”
The administrator said as he rang the bell and the screeching elevator hummed.
Then the elevator continued to descend underground, steam gushed out from the exhaust pipe above, and fog formed on the glass windows.
In the following time, the elevators stopped one after another, and new passengers were welcomed into the cabin.
A pair of couriers entered the cabin with tightly tied packages, followed by a group of alchemy technology researchers.
There was also a group of cheerful alchemical punk teenagers who entered the cabin. From their purple faces, it could be guessed that they had just drank Shimmer.
Huo Jixing still stayed where he was, looking at Blitzcrank with interest through the glass window frame made of ribbed steel.
According to the information from the Reiser Guard Secretariat, the steam robot Blitzcrank was originally created to enter the most dangerous and harsh environment in Zaun City to process hazardous waste.
But his evolution has far exceeded the design scope of the source program.
Because he has a genius inventor and the mysterious power of Hex Technology.
Blitz lay on the glass, motionless, listening carefully to the sound of the screaming elevator.
To him, the screamer was not a single sound.
It is a harmonious symphony of noise, a melody composed of thousands of different sounds.
Blitzcrank was immersed in the melody, and his body moved slowly.
When he turned his blue eyes, he unexpectedly saw Huo Jixing looking at him and the smile on his face.
Blitzcrank quickly responded to Huo Jixing's smile, a tiny spark of lightning flashing in his blue eyes.
He thinks that he is almost like a human being and should learn to be polite.
Huo Jixing nodded slightly to Blitzcrank and looked away.
Then his mind fell on the child from Zuan just now, and the wind that appeared out of thin air.
"Eye of the Storm·Janna!"
(End of this chapter)