The sky was as gloomy and dark as ever.
Snowflakes continued to fall from the sky. This was a snowy weather that would continue every day.
When the next wave of cold air from the north came south, it would usher in a snowstorm.
Opposite the Deep Nobility Castle, in a dark alley.
Gounières, who was wearing a thick top hat and had his collar turned up to cover his face, was stepping on the soft snow that was more than a meter thick.
In the past, he would leave no trace behind.
But today, Gounières could clearly see a footprint with every step he took.
The reason was that Gounières was wearing the more than 150 kilograms of "Purple Scale Mail".
Gounières, who had already advanced to the Second Rank, had his body strengthened by the squirming flesh.
Naturally, he could bear the more than 150 kilograms of Purple Scale Mail. Although it affected Gounières' agility, it was insignificant compared to its powerful defense and buffering ability.
After passing through the alley, Gounières saw George waiting at the exit on the opposite side.
At this time, George's face was very calm.
"Follow me."
George's voice was very low, but Gounières could hear it.
He stopped a carriage and the two climbed up one after another.
"To the steelmaking factory." George said to the coachman.
Clop clop …
The carriage quickly moved with the sound of hooves.
George immediately activated his Nullification Interference Barrier.
"This is the Bracelet of Time."
George turned his hand and handed over a bracelet with five glass beads.
Gounières took the bracelet and carefully observed it.
These five glass beads were the same as the one George gave him before. Each glass bead had an hourglass inside. The black bracelet was divided into two and went around the hourglass from both sides.
There was nothing in the hourglass. Perhaps the flow of time was something he had never seen.
"The craftsmanship is quite exquisite." Gounières secretly commented.
"The Bracelet of Time is filled with the power of time. It can let you out of the Hunter's Stratum, but it can't let you in."
"Being able to come out is enough." Gounières nodded.
"Five Hourglasses of Time can let you leave the Hunter's Stratum five times."
"At the same time, the Hourglass of Time can not only let you leave the Hunter's Stratum, but it can also let you break free from other Stratum and return to reality."
"Even the Shadow World?" Gounières asked..
"That's the easiest Stratum," George gave an affirmative answer.
"Then, this is a treasure." Gounières.
"For an Extraordinaire who can travel in the cryptic world, this is the Hourglass."
"Of course, the most important thing is this Hourglass of Time. It can collect the time that passes by you and slowly replenish itself."
"Oh?" This time, Gu Nie's expression changed slightly.
"It can be recycled?"
"Yes."
"Very good, thank you," Gounières said.
This Bracelet of Time, which could be used repeatedly to collect time, was indeed a good treasure.
Then, George asked softly.
"Also … how's your source energy breathing?"
"You have to know that in the Shadow Stratum and even the Hunter's Stratum, it's impossible to perform regular air breathing."
"There's only a thin amount of source energy there. You need to master a deep level of source energy breathing to be able to walk freely and even fight there."
When George said that, Gounières Of Time laughed.
"Before I became an Extraordinaire, I've been training myself to use my cells to perform source energy breathing."
"As for the body breathing I'm displaying now, you can see it as a decoration."
"Completely free from the breathing of the physical body?" George was stunned.
"Yes." Gounières Of Time didn't hide anything.
When concocting potions, the breathing of the lungs would cause the muscles of the body to expand, thus affecting the precise ratio of the concoction.
Therefore, when Gounières Of Time was concocting potions, he would completely give up on the breathing of the lungs and rely solely on source energy breathing. This way, his control over the concoction ratio would reach its peak.
The function of the lungs had long been a decoration for Gounières Of Time.
"That's good." George nodded with narrowed eyes.
Then, George continued in a low voice.
"I've already detected that the Rank 2 Thanator will undergo a metamorphosis tonight."
"After lunch, we'll need to enter the Hunter's Stratum in advance."
"You haven't entered the Cryptic World before."
"Therefore, I need to bring you there in advance to get used to it. This way, you'll be able to unleash 100% of your strength in battle."
"Otherwise, if you enter the Cryptic World rashly, you might not even be able to unleash 10% of your strength."
The Cryptic World of the World Frame was indeed different from the real world, this was something Gounières Of Time knew very well.
"Indeed, we need to enter it in advance to get used to it." Gounières Of Time nodded.
"The Black Iron Smelting Factory has a rich supernatural property, it can easily cover up any abnormal waves. Entering from there, we won't be discovered."
"Mhmm." Gounières Of Time nodded lightly in response.
…
At noon, in a small restaurant near the Steel Factory.
Gounières Of Time and George Of Time had just finished a simple lunch.
A large number of workers from the Steel Factory had already left work. The workers from several factories flooded into this street.
These workers wore old work clothes. Although they looked dirty and messy, their mental state was not as numb and stiff as starving homeless people.
The two of them walked along the street on the accumulated snow. George Of Time lowered his voice and said.
"After the Empire promulgated the Labor Protection Law, the working environment and income of the workers have improved."
"Although there are still many problems, it's already much better than it was a decade ago."
Gounières Of Time nodded slightly.
Gounières Of Time carefully browsed almost every page of Transcendent Daily. Naturally, he knew that with the establishment of steam machine factories in every corner of the Empire, the Empire had indeed put in effort to protect the interests of the workers.
Gounières Of Time even heard that some nobles who did not comply with the Labor Protection Law were punished.
The effect was also obvious.
At least when the snow sealed the mountains, the workers in the Suge Ruins at the edge of the Empire had a place to rest and eat their fill.
Even in the Black Map Area where good and bad mixed together, there were not many homeless people.
Compared to the inland area, in the coastal area, the Empire promulgated the Navigation Law. As long as a ship paid a small amount of customs duties, it would be protected by the Navy's giant steel ship.
It was qualified to enter the Great Voyage and follow the route opened by the Empire deep into the deep sea for long-distance exploration. All the gains from the exploration would belong to the exploration ship itself.
This led to the extreme enthusiasm of today's Great Voyage Era.
"Woo woo …"
At this moment, the sound of exhaust from the steam engine furnace smelting steel could be heard not far away.
The roar of the steam boiler, which was the size of a house, could be heard clearly from a few kilometers away. A large amount of steam rose.
Gounières Of Time rubbed his fingers slightly and thought to himself.
The Yulan Empire was driving steam-powered steel machines and was in a period of prosperity.
However, those heretics wanted to destroy all of this and restore the foolish rule of the Church and the sacred rule of the Empire.
Gounières Of Time could even clearly see the true face of those strange and mysterious powerful existences from the Thanator.
They were cold and indifferent to life. If such people were to rule the world, it would be more bloody and merciless than the rule of the Theocratic Church. At that time, the entire world would become a "meat farm" for them to harvest at will.
"Barbarian Sage, the other races in the north, and the Evil Spirit Sect that has already set off waves in the depths of the sea. Can you stop these giant steel machines that bring about the new wave of the era and make a loud roar?" Gounières Of Time murmured softly.
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