The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Ah!" A scream came out of Daman's mouth, and then he jumped up from the bed, and subconsciously punched the wooden wall beside the bed. The severe pain from his hand made him very nervous He was about to wake up, and at the same time, a cool sea breeze blew in through the crack of the door, which made him feel a bit chilly, and realized that he was awakened by the nightmare again just now.

"What's the matter, Daman? I was awakened by the nightmare again. It's been thirteen days in a row. If you continue like this, you may not be able to survive the homecoming festival." The tub came in, and seeing Daman holding his hands with a painful expression on his face, he sighed and said with concern: "I think you'd better ask the old witch doctor in Gopher Lane, he can always get some Strange medicinal materials can cure some strange diseases."

"I'm just having nightmares, not crazy. Seeking that old guy for treatment is no different from committing suicide. You must know that many more people died by his hands than healed by his hands." His face was pale and thin , Daman, with dark circles around his eyes, rubbed the back of his hands to check whether the bones were injured, and gave his roommate an annoyed look, then went outside and washed his face with cool well water. The drowsy mind was completely awake, and he briefly treated the injury on his hand, and asked the roommate who had changed into a lumberjack uniform: "Is there any work today?"

"Yes." The roommate nodded, and said, "I heard that several ships transporting pioneering groups will come here in the past two days. The people who house those pioneering groups need to build some wooden houses. There is not enough wood in the town right now. Let's cut some, I heard that it is not counted by the day, but by the quantity, the more you cut, the more money you will give."

"Wait for me, I'll go too." Hearing this, Daman immediately ran back into the house, picked up his lumberjack overalls from the stool by the bed, put them on, and walked out of the house.

The roommate asked with concern: "Is your body able to take it now?"

Daman waved his hand casually and said, "It's okay, just cut some wood, it doesn't take much effort."

The roommate emphasized again: "This is going to the dense forest outside the fence, are you sure there will be no problem?"

Daman hesitated for a moment, then turned his trouser pockets out, and said, "If I don't work, I won't even be able to eat. This is what I should be most concerned about now."

Seeing that Daman was like this, the roommates did not persuade them anymore. The two each picked up the axes and other logging tools hanging in the utility room, and then walked along the outer wooden fence towards the small wooden building of the Outer Port Area Management Office. past.

On the way, his roommate chattered about all the rumors he had heard these days, but Daman didn't listen to a word. He was still thinking about the previous nightmare in his mind.

No matter how shocking and impressive the dream is, how great the reaction is, the dream will dissipate quickly once you wake up, and after a while, only a little conceptual idea of ​​the dream will remain. , no one will be able to remember all the details of the dream.

But there are exceptions to everything, and Daman is such an exception. He had the same dream for thirteen consecutive days. No matter how complicated the dream was, the relevant impressions left in his mind were enough for him to remember every detail.

In fact, this is not a dream, because most of the things that happened in the nightmare came from his personal experience, especially the monster that killed him in the nightmare really existed, but the real situation is that The monster didn't bite him, but killed a guard soldier not far away, and then dragged him into the forest.

It has been half a year since the monster attacked the town of Matouwan. After the initial panic and fear, the residents of Matouwan town have gradually become accustomed to this kind greeting from the New World, and many people even It was a fluke, thinking that he could not be the most unlucky person, and Daman was one of them.

Daman still remembered that it was a stormy night, he had already lost all his wages, and he was walking out of the secret casino in Gopher Lane, walking towards his residence.

Originally, according to the rules, ordinary people should not go out of the house after dark, because according to the analysis of the town sheriff, the monsters in the forest appear at night, and rarely destroy the house and attack the people in the house, so as long as they hide after dark It's safe inside the house.

But Daman was in a special situation at the time. Although he could stay in the secret casino, after all, he was a regular customer, and the casino could arrange a place for him to rest, but he knew very well that if he continued to stay in the casino, he might borrow money from the casino. Continue to gamble, in that case, he may never be able to recover from the huge debts like the gamblers he has seen, so he can only take the risk of walking home at night.

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He was lucky. After leaving the casino, he encountered a group of soldiers in full armor and patrolling. So he followed the soldiers and walked towards his home. He felt that with so many soldiers present, the monster should not appear. attack him.

However, fate is so weird, the more you don't want to see something, the more it will appear. The monster from the forest appeared in front of everyone without warning, and knocked them down before everyone had time to react , and under the impact of the monster, Daman, who fell near the wall, also saw clearly what the monster that was rumored outside looked like.

I saw that this monster was shaped like a cheetah, with scales all over its body, its huge head looked like a crocodile, and the mane around its head were tentacles capable of shooting poisonous needles. The tentacles sprayed poisonous needles towards the prey. These poisonous needles can easily pierce through clothing and leather armor, and pierce the human body, and the venom on them will instantly paralyze the prey. Ten people including Daman Several people were all lying on the ground unable to move.

At the very beginning, the monster chose Daman as its prey, and even the monster had already walked in front of Daman, and opened its mouth full of sharp teeth towards Daman. Everyone, including himself, thought he was dead.

But at the next moment, the monster suddenly changed its mind. Under the gaze of everyone, it turned its head and killed the guard soldier not far away, then crossed the wooden wall with the soldier's body in its mouth, and disappeared from everyone's sight. The officer found that the patrol time of the patrolling soldiers was wrong, and sent someone to check the situation. Only those who were attacked were relieved, knowing that they were safe.

Although Daman was also attacked, the sheriff's idea was aroused by the sudden change of the monster's choice of prey, so he was interrogated on the same day, and he was released from the barracks until it was determined that there were no noteworthy characteristics. On the day he came out, he began to have nightmares for more than ten days in a row. Every nightmare was the experience of being attacked that day, and every nightmare ended with the monster not changing his choice, but biting him to death.

Continuous nightmares not only made his spirit extremely weak, but also made him have a very strong fear of sleep. Every day was very late, and he only fell asleep when his body couldn't bear it. This state also made him unable to sleep again. Doing the original job, and his savings have been used up in the past few days. As he said, if he doesn't work to make money, he will probably starve to death.

The two soon arrived at the Outer Port Management Office. It happened that the logging job mentioned earlier was still in the hands of recruiters, so the two signed up immediately. Calculated on a daily basis, laziness is a day, and diligence is also a day. The officials in the management office naturally don't want the people they recruit to do nothing and cheat for pay, but it is different now. The wages are calculated according to the amount of logging, and the disadvantages of the previous system will be avoided. Yes, so for the officials of the management office, as long as they are human and can swing an axe, they are qualified.

Under such extremely broad recruitment conditions, a new batch of lumberjacks was soon enough. Under the order of the officials, a temporary guard team led the lumberjack team out of the town from the gate. Walk towards a designated forest farm.

After walking out of the town of Matouwan, Daman's face became a little ugly, and he had an impulse to flee back to the town immediately, because he didn't know that it was not the mental impact caused by the nightmares of the past few days. After walking out of the town, he felt as if he was being targeted by some terrible monster, but he looked around but couldn't see any shadow of the lurking monster.

Although he was extremely flustered, Daman finally stabilized his emotions and did not flee back to the town because he really needed money.

Because the predecessors opened up the road, the group soon arrived at the designated logging ground. Under the instructions of the logging leader, each person was in charge of a forest area, and the temporary soldier team responsible for security was divided into three teams. Patrol at the edge of everyone's logging area to avoid any ferocious beasts attacking the loggers.

Daman did not choose the forests deep in the forest farm with more thick trees like other loggers, but chose the forests close to the logging camp, and cut down those small trees that can only be used as planks and have relatively low value.

The other loggers were not surprised by Daman's choice. After all, several loggers made the same choice as him. In the eyes of these people, there are more mature trees in the depths of the forest farm, but for For the loggers who work there, there are also more dangers.

Although there are patrolling soldiers responsible for the security of the forest farm, those soldiers are only used to defend against large wild animals. If they encounter a legendary monster, those soldiers may not be able to protect themselves, let alone protect the loggers. And monsters are just one of the dangers, and all kinds of humble poisonous insects and poisonous weeds are real deadly threats. The people who were poisoned to death among the pioneers and settlers who came to the New World in the past far exceeded the sum of other causes of death.

The reason why Daman chose to work in the forest area near the lumber camp is different from other loggers who made the same choice. He was because the feeling of being targeted became stronger after entering the forest area of ​​the lumber camp. So much so that he had a premonition that if he really went deep into the forest area, he would never be able to get out.

If possible, he would like to return to the town immediately, but this idea is impossible, so he can only choose the next best thing, choose to log in a place where other people in the logging camp may see, so that even if he encounters There can also be a response to danger.

Although Daman's current state is not very good, but as an experienced lumberjack, he can still easily cut down the selected trees, remove the branches and leaves, and turn them into a log that can be further processed.

Perhaps the value of this kind of log is low, but if the quantity is enough, Daman can still make a lot of money.

I don’t know if it’s because of being obsessed with work, Daman forgot the feeling of being targeted that brought him a strong fear before, the active body generated a lot of heat, and gradually eliminated the weak state in the body Lost, now is the day when he feels the best physical condition in the past ten days.

The felled logs quickly gathered more than 30 logs. He skillfully piled up the logs, fixed them with vines, and then returned to the logging camp. He wanted to find the camp manager and record this batch of logs in his workbook superior.

A staff member in charge of managing the camp said casually: "Boss, I went to the big forest farm. I heard that a very valuable golden log was found there. It may take a few hours to come back."

"How many hours will it take to come back?" Daman was stunned, and asked: "Then what should I do?"

"Just put it there, it's not worth much, and no one will take it away." The staff looked at Daman with disdain, and then he took out a forest farm map from the workbook beside him , and then pointed to an area not far from the camp that was marked above, and said, "Instead of cutting this kind of worthless wood, you might as well dig some potatoes in this area, because there will be a large number of people coming There may not be enough food in Matou Bay. There are many prisoners of war and slaves among these people. Although the taste of potato beans is a bit poor, they can be impacted. It is most suitable for prisoners of war and slaves. You can dig more. , the price is calculated according to the price of ordinary wood. Although you can’t make much money, it’s much easier than logging. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com”

Hearing what the staff said, Daman saw that the location marked on the map of the forest farm was indeed not far from the camp, so he had an inclination in his heart, so he asked the staff for a two-toothed **** for digging potatoes, and walked towards the map. Mark the tree farm and walk.

However, when Daman just walked out of the camp, he thought that his ax was still in the camp. Although he stopped logging, the ax could defend himself in case of danger, so he turned back to the camp to retrieve the ax .

However, when he returned to the camp, he felt something strange, because the previous camp with six or seven people was empty at the moment, and even the staff who had talked with him before were gone.

At this moment, the feeling of being watched that he felt earlier reappeared and became stronger, so strong that he could clearly feel that the thing staring at him was behind him.

The intense fear made his body so stiff that he couldn't move. His whole body seemed to be petrified. He even stopped breathing. It wasn't until the feeling of being targeted began to weaken that he let out a long mouthful of turbidity. Out of breath, his stiff body instantly relaxed, and he fell limply to the ground, unconscious.