Chapter 3

Through the jungle by the river, a wide road appeared in front of us.

Ren remembered that this road was one of the main roads into the city, and Longshande was a few kilometers north. At this moment, it was completely dawn, and a farmer was pulling a horse-drawn cart on the road. The cart was full of fresh vegetables and food, ready to be sent to the vegetable market in the city for sale.

There are also pedestrians like Ren, who are in a hurry, running around for their lives.

Walking on the road, Ren noticed that his physical fitness was quite good, and his physical strength was very good, at least much stronger than in his previous life. It seemed that he had learned nothing in the academy in the past three years.

I don't know if it's the benefits brought by time travel, or his physical fitness is too good, but the wound on the back of his head that was attacked seems to be improving rapidly, and it doesn't hurt at all. If you don't touch it with your hands, there will be a dull pain, and Ren doubts whether the wound has completely healed.

While walking, Ren's attention swept over the little red flower, and immediately enlarged it into an operation interface in front of his eyes, and he noticed the change at a glance.

"Huh? The battery level has risen by one level. It turns out that physical recovery is equivalent to charging."

This discovery made Ryan overjoyed, and he no longer had to worry about running out of power.

"It should be that the healthier my body is, the higher the battery."

Ren was thoughtful, but felt unreasonable.

According to the current physical condition, even if it is fully recovered, the battery can only reach about 10% at most, so how can it be increased to 100%?

Then what happens when the battery is fully charged to 100%?

There are too many questions to explore.

While thinking, a movement came from behind.

Ren looked back and saw a black car driving on the road, as if it was in a hurry to enter the city. The driver kept honking his horn, driving away the carriages and pedestrians in front of him.

The two sides and the back of the car were guarded by four servants. They wore light armor and carried long swords. They rode on horseback and kept a proper distance from the car to avoid collisions. They were not too far away. Protect the owner of the car.

There was confusion on the road, the farmers hurriedly pulled over their carriages, and people gave way to the side of the road.

Ren also quickly got out of the way.

Soon, the car drove past in front of it, raising a cloud of dust, and the cavalrymen also rushed over, leaving a series of horseshoe marks on the ground.

Watching this group of people leave, Ren had a strange feeling.

He knows that this world has a high level of industry, especially in the application of steam machinery, which is even higher than that of the earth, but seeing a car driving past in front of him with a few cavalrymen behind him, this scene is really a little strange. and.

In the words of the previous life, the painting style is wrong!

When the car passed by, he also made a special observation.

The appearance of this car looks similar to the cars on the earth, but there are still some differences in details. The window decoration is very gorgeous, covered with curtains, and the internal structure cannot be seen. The white smoke emitted from the rear of the car has no obvious smell. It looks like water vapor because it is powered by a steam engine.

"It's amazing that a steam-powered car can be manufactured to such an extent that the speed is not too slow."

As far as Ryan could remember, he had never been in a car.

Because a car is one of the most high-end mechanical products, it is extremely expensive, and only the nobles, the rich, or the extraordinary can afford it. Ordinary people may never have the opportunity to sit in a car once in their lifetime. I didn't see what the people in the car looked like just now, but I think they must be either rich or expensive.

As the distance from the city gets closer, the road gets wider and more pedestrians gradually increase. The farmland beside the road can't be seen at a glance, and many farmers are already working in the field.

This is already the outskirts of Longshande. Besides farmland, there are also factories, plantations, pastures, and private estates of nobles.

Not long after, a huge city appeared in sight.

From a distance, a large number of buildings constitute an endless city. The closer to the city center, the taller the house. Although there are no skyscrapers that can easily exceed 100 meters in the metropolises of the earth, the prosperity is not far behind, and the population is very dense.

This is Longshande City, one of the most prosperous big cities in the empire, with a permanent population of over one million!

Longshande has no city walls, but its defenses are very strong.

Ren noticed at a glance that there was a conspicuous stone tower every few hundred meters in the city, with a height of thirty to forty meters, and the top looked like a fort.

Weapons were mounted on the tower, but covered with a tarpaulin, the contents could not be seen.

Ren knew that there was a steam ballista under the tarpaulin, a very powerful weapon, said to have a range of up to 500 paces, and it was a sharp weapon for guarding cities in this world.

There is no city wall, but there are checkpoints on the main road into the city.

Because it was not long after dawn, the people entering the city were not too crowded, and the guards stationed at the checkpoint did not check every carriage or every person. They only occasionally stopped a few people and asked a few words before letting them go.

Ren often went out of the city, and there was nothing to be afraid of, so he walked over with his usual expression.

"Stop."

A heavily armed guard suddenly stood in front of him, his eyes scanning Ren.

Ren immediately realized that the clothes on his body were not completely dry and looked wrinkled. He did not expect to attract the attention of the guards.

"My lord, I went out before dawn in the morning. I couldn't see the way clearly, and accidentally fell into the river."

Ren took the initiative to explain, and took out a white card from his jacket pocket and handed it over.

On the way back to the city, he checked everything on his body. Except for his clothes, he had nothing but a key and this strange card.

This kind of card is about the size of an ID card, and the material is very hard and difficult to destroy. It has a black and white portrait of Rennes and a brief identity information on it. The most important thing is the dozens of small holes on one side of the card. Put the card into a large precision machine for reading, through which the authenticity can be distinguished.

Ren's card was issued by the academy as a pass to enter and exit the academy.

The college pass is a relatively precious thing, most people can't get it, it is a status symbol, so it is used in many places, as long as you show the card, you will be allowed to go.

Sure enough, as soon as the guard saw the card, he let down his vigilance. After confirming that the profile picture on the card was Ren himself, he immediately moved out of the way.

Ren collected the card and entered the city along the road.

The main road in the city is very wide, which can accommodate several carriages in parallel. There is a gas street lamp every ten meters. The carriages and cars drive in the middle, and pedestrians can only walk on the sidewalks on both sides.

The street paved with stone slabs is full of traffic, and the houses on both sides are row upon row. Most of them are based on stones, supplemented by wooden boards and a small amount of bricks. tiles, the architectural style is very uniform.

There are people coming and going on the street, bustling, and most people's footsteps are in a hurry.

All kinds of people passed by, postmen delivering letters, housewives buying vegetables, apprentices working part-time, coachmen pulling loads of goods, and playful children. Some of the houses on the street are civilian homes, and there are also a large number of shops. All kinds of clothing stores, restaurants, grocery stores, blacksmith shops, bookstores, vegetable markets, taverns, hotels, newsstands... There are all walks of life, and the whole city is full of life.

Walking in the city full of exotic styles, Ren looked around curiously.

He thinks of cities in the European Middle Ages.

But the two are completely different. First of all, the sanitation here is very good. There are well-designed drainage channels on the side of the road, and the ground is covered with flat stones. It will never turn into a quagmire when it rains; it will not be like Europeans. In that way, the toilet buckets are dumped in the street, and the stench is smoky. Even in Paris, which is known as the center of Europe, there will be big "goods" on the road if you are not careful.

Secondly, the architectural style here is very different from that of the European Middle Ages.

Wren didn't know much about architectural history, so he couldn't tell where the difference was.

From the point of view of personal perception, Longshande’s buildings are more atmospheric. They like to use large stones as the main material, and then carve patterns on the stones, embellish various statues, and try their best to make the house more spacious and bright, giving people a sense of solemnity feeling.

This architectural style has an extremely strong religious color, somewhat similar to Baroque architecture, but more majestic like ancient Greek architecture.

Suddenly, a burst of aroma wafted from the restaurants on the street, causing his stomach to gurgle and interrupting Ren's thoughts.

He touched his empty pocket, and couldn't help cursing in his heart: "Damn it, you still have to grope the dead body after killing someone, and confiscated all my money. This account will be settled sooner or later."

Swallowing, Ren could only speed up and return to his apartment.

In my memory, my predecessor hid a sum of money in the crack of the apartment wall, which was saved before. Although it is not much, it is enough to live for a period of time.

Wren's apartment is in Los Angeles, not far away.

The residents of Los District are ordinary citizens, only slightly better than the slums, and the rent is cheap, so he can afford it.

Ten minutes later, Ren finally came to the downstairs of the apartment, went in through the gate and went up to the third floor, and took out the key in front of the door at the end of the corridor to open the door.

The room is not big, and the layout is very simple. There is only a bed, a set of tables and chairs, and a wardrobe against the wall. There is a simple bathroom next to it.

Ren took off his uncomfortable wet clothes and threw them into the bathroom. There was a bag of bread bought yesterday on the table, and he picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth.

He had never felt so hungry, like he hadn't eaten for days.

While nibbling on the cold and hard bread with a glass of water, Ren swallowed the smoke and ate a whole bag of bread quickly. The bread was originally enough for breakfast for three days, but he was still only half full and felt that he could eat more food.

But at least I am not so hungry anymore, and my physical strength is gradually recovering.

After alleviating his hunger, Ren took off the last pair of shorts and entered the bathroom, took a comfortable cold shower, dried himself with a towel, and came out refreshed.

Walking to the closet, he was about to change into a set of clean clothes, but found a half-person-high mirror on the closet door, clearly reflecting his current appearance.

He stopped and looked at himself in the mirror carefully.

The height of this pair of bodies is close to 1.8 meters. The figure is slightly thin, but it is quite well-proportioned, and the muscular outline is relatively obvious. This is the past three years of training in the academy.

The most important thing is that the capital is also very strong. Ren looked down and showed a satisfied smile on his face.

The fly in the ointment is that the skin is blue and purple, and there are bruises everywhere, which is shocking, as if someone had beaten him up, which is why I felt pain all over my body when I first timed over. As for the injury on the back of his head, he found a palm-sized mirror in the desk, stood in front of the full-length mirror and reflected on each other, and finally saw the appearance of the wound.

The wound has healed a lot, and when you lift your hair, you can only see a bloody dent, which is relatively regular and circular in shape. The skin contrast on the edge of the dent is very strong, obviously caused by a heavy blow with a blunt instrument.

Ren put down the mirror, his eyes were clouded, because he knew what was going on.