Five thousand years ago, before the apocalypse, Furious Bears City had been an enormous metropolis. Furious Bears City had been built on the ruins of the metropolis. The ruins were the most important resources of Furious Bears City.
Therefore, Furious Bears City had been divided into several districts around the ruins where the resources were densest in the past. High walls had been built around the ruins.
The distance between the districts was very long. Many places had been blocked by the ruins. The roads were rugged, and the transportation was inconvenient.
Therefore, the True Qi trains that had been established in midair had become the best means of transportation. Most ordinary people would take the True Qi trains between their homes, schools, and factories every day.
Hardly had Wu Mayan and Li Yao boarded the train when a conductor came to check their tickets. Wu Mayan held his head high and declared loudly, "I'm a qi-trainer!"
The conductor immediately changed his attitude and said respectfully, "Please go to the special compartment for qi-trainers in the front. This is …"
Wu Mayan said again, "He is my friend and a qi-trainer, too. However, he was wounded in a hunt recently. I'll help him vent his anger later."
Led by the conductor, the two of them passed through two compartments. Judging from where they were going, the passengers knew that they were both qi-trainers. They all looked at them with admiration and respect, as if they were great heroes or big shots. Li Yao even felt a bit embarrassed.
Compared to the regular compartments, the special compartment for qi-trainers was not as luxurious and delicate. However, there was a giant iron rack at one end of the compartment, on which many dark metal balls were placed. Every ball was slightly larger than Li Yao's palm, with holes and valves on the surface. They reminded Li Yao of the super-compressed crystal reactor on the Crystal Suit, except that they were more primitive.
Wu Mayan picked up two metal balls from the rack naturally. Thinking for a moment, he picked up one more and led Li Yao to an empty seat.
Li Yao craned his head and observed. Several qi-trainers were sitting in the other compartments, each of whom had a couple of metal balls in front of them.
Just now, Wu Mayan had said to the conductor that he would help him vent his anger. Li Yao wondered why the conductor had said that he would help him vent his anger.
"Wu!"
The train roared. Not only the front of the train, but also the bottom of every carriage, a large amount of white smoke gushed out. The carriages seemed to be shrouded in a haze as they rumbled forward. It gradually rose to a height of twenty to thirty meters above the ground.
The scenery outside the window changed, and Li Yao enjoyed it with great interest. Not far away, there were five steel towers that were over a hundred meters tall. In the middle of each tower was a huge spiral iron pipe that pierced deep into the ground.
At the top of the tower, more than ten streams of white smoke shot out like roaring dragons, causing the iron pipes to drill into the ground continuously.
Wu Mayan followed his eyes and explained with a smile, "Uncle Sand Scorpion, this is the 'True Qi Water Dragon' of Furious Bears City. It is designed to dig underground water!"
"Everything is good around Furious Bears City. There are many crystal ore veins, all of which are in the open. It's very convenient to mine them, but they lack water! "
"Ever since the True Qi Water Dragon was established, it has been able to dig water hundreds of meters below the ground, which is clean and delicious. Because of that, the shortage of water was completely solved. The population of Furious Bears City gradually increased, and it became one of the largest cities in the six tribes of Iron Plateau! "
Li Yao watched without blinking.
When he was in the Tian Yuan Realm and the Flying Star Sector, he had seen a lot of drilling magical equipment driven by the spiritual energy of crystals.
But this was the first time that he had seen a piece of large-scale magical equipment driven by spiritual gas that could drill hundreds of meters into the ground!
The wisdom of human beings was truly astounding. The flame of civilization was like a stubborn weed. No matter how harsh the environment was, it would always find a new way to drill through the cracks of the rocks stubbornly and stick its head out!
While he was secretly complimenting the magical equipment … A few deafening noises echoed in the sky, too.
Li Yao craned his head out of the window, only to discover that several gray giant airbags were passing by slowly. Below the airbags were iron gray cabins.
Two broad wings extended out from the two sides of the cabin. There were four pairs of propellers on the two wings and behind the cabin. They were rotating rapidly under the boost of spiritual gas and propelling the air bags to fly slowly, leaving white traces behind them that were slowly dispersing.
"These are True Qi airships, which are used for transportation between Furious Bears City and the other towns in the tribe!
"The pilots of the airships are all experts among the qi-trainers. Their control over their spiritual gas has reached a very delicate level.
"They can make their spiritual gas extremely thin with a special Cultivation art, to the point that it is even lighter than the air!
"By pouring the 'thin spiritual gas' into the giant airbags, they will be able to float in the air. Then, by driving the propellers with their spiritual gas, they will be able to fly freely!
"This is a piece of True Qi magical equipment that was only invented in the past three hundred years. With the True Qi airships, Furious Bears City will be much closer to the other towns and cities.
"However, there are a lot of flying demon beasts in the sky that attack the True Qi airships all the time. Therefore, there are a lot of guards on the True Qi airships, who are known as the 'Furious Bears Army'. It is one of the most popular occupations in the Furious Bears Tribe. My dream before was to join the Furious Bears Army!"
Wu Mayan held his head high and spoke excitedly.
As he spoke, he took out a metal ball. First, he opened a valve on top of it. Then, he pressed his hands on top of the metal ball. His ten fingers were facing ten holes, while his palms were facing the other six holes. There were a total of sixteen holes, and all of them were blocked tightly by him.
"He!"
The young man bulged his eyes and suddenly bellowed. His spiritual gas surged out, and the magnificent capability of the 12th level of the Refinement Stage burst out!
Li Yao sensed that the spiritual gas around his body was tied to his arms in a spiral before it flowed into his hands and flooded into the hollow metal ball from his hands!
The metal ball was emitting feeble 'hiss' sounds.
Above the metal ball was a pressure gauge made of brass. There was a red needle on it. As Wu Mayan poured his spiritual gas in, the red needle was wobbling and rising from the left side to the right side, too.
There was a scale on the pressure gauge from 0 to 100.
When the needle reached 60, it seemed to be stuck. No matter how Wu Mayan blushed and how the needle shivered, it did not rise any further.
Wu Mayan loosened his hands in frustration and tightened the valve on one side, while he mumbled, "Another middle-level True Qi balloon!"
He breathed for a moment and warmed up his limbs. Then, he grabbed the second metal ball and took a deep breath, before he mumbled to himself, "I must break 65% this time!"
Seeing that Li Yao was looking at him in confusion, Wu Mayan chuckled and said, "Uncle Sand Scorpion, this thing is known as' True Qi balloon '. It is the most important magical equipment for the Iron Plateau natives!
"As you can see, Iron Plateau natives are a civilization of spiritual gas. Flying in the sky, running on the ground, fighting against demon beasts, fighting against apocalypses, pumping water, farming, and building houses all require spiritual gas."
"However, only the qi-trainers can produce True Qi. Ordinary people don't have True Qi inside their bodies even if they become strong fighters. Then, it is impossible for them to use True Qi magical equipment, isn't it?
"Therefore, a long, long time ago, a great qi-trainer invented a piece of magical equipment named 'True Qi Ball'. It is like a solid pressure cooker that can store a lot of high-pressure spiritual gas!
"You see, if we store our True Qi in the True Qi balloon and give it to the ordinary people, they will be able to use the simple True Qi magical equipment as their power source, won't they?"
Wu Mayan smiled. "Therefore, you saw that we didn't need to buy tickets when we boarded the train. It was not the privilege of the qi-trainers, but that the qi-trainers had to buy tickets with their True Qi instead of money!
"If a qi-trainer wants to take a True Qi train, they have to fill at least one low-level True Qi balloon.
"Right. True Qi balloons can be classified into three levels, namely high, low, and high. It all depends on how much True Qi you pour into them. The more True Qi you pour into them, the greater the pressure inside them will be, and the more difficult it will be for you to pour more True Qi into them. For example, I'm only in the 12th level of the Refinement Stage right now. I can only fill my True Qi balloon to about 60% capacity.
"The more True Qi balloon is filled, the greater the pressure of the True Qi that will spurt out will be, and the more True Qi magical equipment can be applied to them. Therefore, they are called high-level True Qi balloons.
"If the pressure is not high enough, the True Qi that will be released will be weak. Therefore, they can only be applied to civil magical equipment. Therefore, they are called low-level True Qi balloons.
"This is the rule of the six tribes of Iron Plateau. Ordinary people farm, weave, and work hard in the factories to earn a meager income.
"The qi-trainers are supported by the ordinary people. They can enjoy the best food and the best resources first. They are not bothered by the trifles and can devote themselves to training and fighting wholeheartedly.
"We have two responsibilities. Firstly, we slay the demon beasts and resist the apocalypse. Secondly, we provide a lot of True Qi balloons incessantly as the most precious source of energy for the entire tribe!"
Li Yao nodded. The environment on Iron Plateau was much harsher than that of the Tian Yuan Realm. The threats were much greater. The ordinary people and the qi-trainers had to fulfill their responsibilities and try their best to keep the fire of civilization alive.
Wu Mayan said again, "Our tickets are supposed to be filled with two low-level True Qi balloons. But generally speaking, on any occasion, qi-trainers will always fill more True Qi balloons as long as they are capable of doing so. Although they are more or less exhausted, every additional True Qi balloon will make the tribe stronger!
At this moment, the True Qi train was passing by a cluster of skyscrapers. Illuminated by the setting sun, gold scales were flashing, and redness was rising. It was a splendid scene.
I recommend my friend's new book, 'The Law of Travel in Fantasy Worlds'. Not bad at all.
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