On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Seven days later, deep in the Yin Mountains, outside the Valley of Broken Souls.

The wind and snow are getting stronger!

Like billions of ice knives, they were madly cutting the exposed rocks and frozen soil.

The sky was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot, and the lead-gray clouds hung low, as if within reach.

On both sides of the valley are steep cliffs thousands of feet high, as if cut by a knife or an axe, covered with thick snow and ice, reflecting the bleak light and emitting a heart-pounding coldness and deathly silence.

The valley entrance was narrow, only wide enough for three horses to ride side by side. It was like the gaping fangs of a giant beast, emitting a sinister and terrifying aura.

In the valley, the cold wind was howling, blowing up snow foam all over the sky. Visibility was extremely low, as if it was filled with thick white fog.

Lin Zhen personally led the main force of the "Bandit Suppression Camp" and, like a silent steel dragon, lurked in a snow-covered pine forest outside the valley entrance.

He was wearing heavy black armor and a white snow camouflage cloak. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring at the unfathomable valley entrance through the wind and snow.

Mao Mengji, Cheng Xuan, Xiao Hanzhou and several powerful generals of the Jinwu Guard stood solemnly behind him.

Chu Xiling was wearing an indigo work suit, a white cloak, and a cold-proof mask on her face, revealing only a pair of cold and focused eyes. She held a delicate compass and thermometer in her hands, carefully observing the wind direction and temperature changes in the valley.

"Your Highness," a scout captain (codenamed "Snow Wolf") covered in white camouflage and looking like a snowman came crawling over, his voice very low and hoarse with the wind and snow.

"There are sentries at the entrance to the valley, and hidden embrasures on the cliffs on both sides. The valley is heavily guarded, at least a thousand strong, and well-equipped. And... there are strange men in black robes, moving cryptically. Deep in the valley, there are lights, huge lights, and strange noises, like... like a dragon turning over. There's also a strange smell of sulfur and burning."

"The strange man in black robe, the guardian of Zoroastrianism!" A fierce light flashed in Mao Mengji's eyes, and he licked his cracked lips like a bloodthirsty hungry wolf.

"Firelight...strange noises...smell of sulfur..." Chu Xiling frowned slightly, a solemn look flashing across her cold eyes. "Husband, this matches my speculation about the characteristics of the Heaven Burning Furnace. The strange noise is likely the sound of a large blower or some kind of machinery running. The smell of sulfur may be a byproduct of the refining process. The temperature inside the valley is significantly higher than outside. There is a heat source, and it's very large."

"Heavily guarded... secret sentries and arrow emplacements..." Lin Zhen's eyes were fixed, his fingers gently rubbing the cold hilt of the knife. "If we force our way in, the casualties will be too great, Mao Mengji."

"The general is here!"

"Take the 'Falcon Battalion' (elite scouts) to eliminate the sentries, find out the location of the arrow emplacements, and clear the way for the main force."

"Understood!" A hint of excitement flashed in Mao Mengji's eyes, and he disappeared in the wind and snow like a ghost.

Soon, dozens of ghost-like scouts from the "Falcon Camp" who were also camouflaged in white, dispersed silently and sneaked towards the cliffs and snow pits on both sides of the valley entrance like melted snow.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The snowstorm continued to rage. The valley was completely silent, with only the shrill howling of the wind.

suddenly!

"Swoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" A few extremely slight sounds of bowstring vibrations were heard.

Immediately afterwards, a few muffled groans and the sound of heavy objects falling were heard from the snow pits and crevices in the cliffs on both sides of the valley entrance, and everything returned to silence!

A moment later, Mao Mengji appeared again and made a "cleared" gesture towards Lin Zhen.

"Shenji Camp, musketeers, target the arrow emplacements on the cliff, three rounds of volleys, suppress." Lin Zhen shouted.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—"

The musketeers of the Shenji Camp, who had been on full alert for a long time, quickly formed a battle array, and dense lead bullets poured down like a rainstorm onto the hidden arrow nests marked on the cliffs on both sides.

"Puff puff puff--" Gravel flew, wood chips flew, screams were faintly heard, and the counterattack on the cliff was suppressed in an instant.

"Jinwu Guard heavy armored infantry, advance in shield formation." Lin Zhen pointed his long sword forward.

"Roar--" Hundreds of Jinwu Guards' heavily armored infantry let out a low roar.

They were clad in thick black fish-scale armor, holding huge tower shields and sharp battle axes, forming a tight shield wall, like a moving steel fortress. Braving the wind and snow, they slowly advanced towards the valley entrance, their heavy footsteps echoing at the valley entrance.

"Border troops, archers, shoot and provide cover." The border army general roared.

"Swish, swish, swish--" Dense arrows flew over the shield formation like locusts and shot into the depths of the valley.

"Enemy attack--" A shrill alarm finally sounded in the valley, followed by deafening shouts and cries of killing. Countless remnants of the Goshawk tribe wearing leather coats and holding scimitars and bows and arrows, and Zoroastrians wearing black robes and holding strange weapons (such as hooks and chain hammers), poured out of the valley like a tide.

Trying to stop the Jinwu Guards' advance.

"Kill!" The heavily armored infantry of the Jinwu Guards roared, and the shield wall accelerated suddenly, crashing into the enemy formation like a torrent of steel.

"Boom--" The dull sound of impact was like thunder, people and horses fell to the ground, flesh and blood flew everywhere, the heavy tower shield smashed the enemy's bones, the sharp battle axe split the enemy's head, and the Jinwu Guards were like tigers among a flock of sheep, hacking and killing indiscriminately.

Wherever he passed, corpses lay everywhere and blood flowed into rivers.

"Shenjiying, free shooting, kill the man in black robe." Chengxuan's crisp voice sounded.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang--" The musketeers of the Shenjiying fired accurately, and those Zoroastrians who were wearing black robes, had strange movements, and tried to release evil spells or poisonous smoke were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and screams were heard incessantly.

Surrounded by his personal guards, Lin Zhen rode his horse and rushed into the valley.

The scene before him made his pupils shrink suddenly.

The space inside the valley is much larger than imagined. The cliffs on both sides are towering into the clouds, but the valley bottom is extremely wide and flat.

The wind and snow seemed much weaker here, and the air was filled with strong sulfur, burnt and an indescribable pungent smell like burning metal.

The temperature rose significantly, the snow melted, and the black permafrost and rocks were exposed.

Deep in the valley, a huge building like a hill stands there.

That is exactly - the Burning Heaven Furnace!

The furnace body is made of huge, ink-black volcanic rocks and is dozens of feet high.

Its shape is like an inverted giant bowl, and also like a huge honeycomb.

The furnace wall is covered with dense holes and thick metal pipes, like the blood vessels and breathing holes of a giant beast.

On top of the furnace, a huge chimney made of fine iron reached into the sky, spewing out thick smoke.

The thick smoke was not the usual gray-black color, but a strange dark red, like solidified blood, with a pungent smell of sulfur and scorching heat. The smoke column rushed into the lead-gray clouds, dyeing the sky an ominous dark red.

Below the furnace body, the huge furnace door was tightly closed. It was made of heavy fine iron and covered with thick refractory clay. At this moment, it was emitting scorching heat.

Around the furnace door, there are countless thick metal pipes and complex gears and connecting rod mechanisms. Dozens of strong men with bare upper bodies, muscular bodies and strange oil paint on their faces are shouting slogans and pushing the huge winch.

The winch drove the thick iron chain, making a loud "creaking" sound that made your teeth ache. It was obviously controlling the furnace door or some device inside.

Around the furnace are huge piles of ore, mountains of charcoal, and pottery jars filled with powders of various strange colors.

Further away are simple work sheds, smelting furnaces, and foundries.

Countless ragged slaves, like zombies, were driven by whips as they numbly carried ore, added fuel, and operated tools.

The whole scene was like a furnace in hell.

Full of brutality, blood, and a heart-pounding industrial force.