Steel Steam and Flame

　　 After that, the two of them each revealed their identities, and gradually became acquainted as they spoke. ???

　　The middle-aged uncle's name is Puno. He is the only staff member stationed at this station. He has been there for a long time, about ten years or so, and he has been familiar with the surrounding situation very early.

"Unexpectedly, there will be people coming from this station." Puno said sensibly, taking out a new metal cup from the cabinet next to a large table, and giving Cassia a full cup of cold coffee, which is different. "There is nothing good. The climate here is very drastic. It is difficult to store fresh things for a long time. I don’t drink alcohol myself. I used to drink it. Every time a train stops here, they always let them bring it. A box of wine came. But I almost died after drinking too much at a time, and I gave up since then. I was the only one here, and it's not good to be drunk."

　　Punuo expressed his comfort and took out a few bags of biscuits to eat. There was really nothing decent here. Cassia shook and said don't mind.

"It's been a long time since no one got off the station. Recently, there is no need to replenish any supplies. Those high-speed trains also stop here symbolically. As long as they are recorded in the differential machine, they will leave immediately and leave no time." Puno continued, with fairly smooth sentences, "No one from the army has come recently, and I haven't seen them for more than half a year. They will come in advance only when the rearrangement is about to come. Normally here. Except for me, there is no shadow. There was someone who was here with me before. A child who was picked up seemed to be abandoned by his family and was at the last station."

"I was crying a lot, and I didn't know how to walk. No one wanted him at the last station. I only knew that his family was leaving by train. So he walked along the railway line. But the direction was reversed. Come to me." Puno smiled, as if he was talking about something happy. "When I walked here, my throat was crying dumb, and I was still crying. But fortunately, otherwise the brown bears and others around The ferocious animals were drawn out, and in the end they couldn't get to me."

　　 Cassia laughed together.

Speaking of Puno finished the half cup of coffee in the metal cup just now, he threw a few biscuits into his mouth, and then poured a full cup of cold coffee into the cup again: "The communication machine is broken. It's still not good, and I didn't eat a bite of the meal." He explained, and then it suddenly occurred to him and asked Cassia why he was here. Coming here will never be sightseeing, there must be something.

"Isn't it here to replace me?" Puno asked with a cautious expression, but it was obviously pretended. "It is surprising that the group of people who manage the railway line can think that there are still living people here. It’s a matter. I’ve lost my salary for a few years, so I should have forgotten about it. I left after thinking about it before, but I think it’s not too big or too old, so I can stay here in the end. You can stay here. After living, it is also every time a lot of living supplies are moved from the army to the rear. The pocket money is also earned by selling animal fur. It is the group of guys on the high train, and the very good commanders."

　　 "No, just stop here for a while and go to the front."

　　 "Soldier?" Puno looked carefully at Cassia up and down. He didn't wear a military uniform, nor did he have the obvious smell of a soldier. He was probably a student, he thought.

　　 "The body is indeed very similar." He commented, "Isn't it a reporter for newspapers and periodicals? Those car captains often bring me old newspapers and periodicals."

　　 "That's right." Cassia nodded, not wanting to explain too much in this regard, "So I want to ask how to get to the front from here, there is nothing else around besides these buildings."

"This is a bit difficult to handle." Puno said regretfully. "Your luck seems to be bad. The communication equipment just broke today. It doesn't matter if you can fix it, but I did it all afternoon. I've read the instructions several times, but I still can't find a way."

"The only communication tool between here and the front side is it." Puno pointed to the communication machine on the side, "If anything happens here, it will be passed to the emperor team on the front through it. Nothing. What kind of transportation? It’s all mountains in the back, a very wide area of ​​wasteland, which is used to separate the frontiers. The army also comes here on their own small train, which has only a few carriages. If there is any The rearrangement came here, and the cargo was transported by that kind of thing. The size and target of the rearrangement were too large, and it was very easy to attack, so I did not allow the rearrangement to run directly along the railway line into the front."

"This is what people in the army have said for more than ten years." Puno added, "It is the child who was abandoned by his family. Later, when he got older, because the number of relistings in previous years was very high. Frequently, he got acquainted with the group of people in the army, so soon he ran into the army with the soldiers who came here. It’s still peaceful, and it’s not clear how long it will take to fight, and there is no choice. It is not very authentic for him to follow me guarding this station~www.ltnovel.com~Kasia nodded and agreed.

Puno said sentence by sentence, "Later, he was sent to the front. Anyway, he is now a lieutenant. I don't know the specific rank. I still come to see me occasionally, and I am considered his half father. Right." The smile on Puno's face pulled out a little wrinkle, "Those shotguns he brought from the army, and the film machine, otherwise anyone will stay here soon."

　　 Cassia asked if there was any other way. It was okay to go to the front on his own side. Whether to notify the army was not an important matter.

"It seems unlikely." As he spoke, Puno had already eaten a bag of biscuits. "I'm trying to repair the communication machine. I have used it for a few years. Although there are frequent problems, I can do it all by myself. I don’t know what’s going on this time. There are a few houses here, and there are quilts and other things. It’s not a hassle to live here at night. There is no charge, it’s all free."

Puno smiled, "Would you like to see how this communication machine works? It came out very early when I was young, and I didn't read a lot of books. If it weren't for the detailed instructions, I couldn't help it. ."

　　 Cassia nodded, and took the already worn-out manual to look at the easy-to-understand words. It also listed some solutions to the problems, and finally the model of the communication machine.

Sure enough, it was a military equipment, but according to the model numbers, Cassia recalled the general rules when compiling serial models for all kinds of machines in the empire, and judged that this was obviously a refurbished communication machine, which was already obsolete more than ten years ago. Product. 8