Monster Dismantling Company

"Are boiled eggs really that delicious?" Li Lin asked.

"It's nutritionally complete and filling. If you're having trouble deciding what to eat each day, just eat more boiled eggs."

"Yes! That makes sense!" Li Lin agreed wholeheartedly; it was indeed a good idea. "However... I have a question I'd like to ask you."

This is what he cares about:

"Have you ever regretted giving up your future in Shenhe Plain for your own comfort?"

"I regret it, how could I not regret it?" He peeled the egg. "But when I think about not having to suffer like that again, I feel it was all worth it."

After saying that, he glanced at Lin Zhiqing: "I'm not trying to discourage you from taking the exam, that's not what I meant—I just think you can prepare yourself mentally beforehand, so it'll be easier for you to manage your time later. After all, you two probably won't be able to have a proper chat for a long time afterward. Oh, by the way, Li Lin, are my family's eggs good?"

"Hmm...not bad. Very delicious eggs."

This is just a simple, ordinary egg; in Li Lin's eyes, it would only be described as an "egg." If there's anything special about it, it's that the tea used to boil the egg tasted quite good.

"But these eggs are so uniform," Li Lin noticed keenly. "How come every single one of them is about the same size?"

"Ah, my family sells eggs. These are commercial eggs, so they're all the same size. Customers these days have so many demands, it's quite difficult to manage."

Li Lin nodded without saying anything. He just felt that the aftertaste of this egg seemed particularly lingering...

While I was sharing the eggs with Li Lin, the car had already started moving.

The train weakly sounded its whistle. The Silver Dragon departed in terror.

The sense of panic on the train can be felt from the condition of the train itself.

By this time, the entire train was full. The soldiers and other technicians gathered in Runzhou had all boarded the Silver Dragon. Including Chen Feiran next to Li Lin, the entire carriage was packed. Standing up, you could see a sea of ​​black people.

At this time, the Silver Dragon had already turned on its ventilation system to force air exchange in the carriages, ensuring the quality of the journey even when carrying a large number of passengers—the United Government has relatively high quality requirements, and these are evident everywhere.

As the train accelerated, the entire vehicle seemed to show signs of fatigue—as if it couldn't catch its breath.

The display screen in the distance showed the speed: the vehicle did not reach the standard speed for a long time after leaving the station, and only slowly stopped after running for 20 minutes, stopping in the waiting area outside the Yangtze River Bridge.

Ahead lies the Yangtze River Bridge.

Li Lin was positioned so that he could see the Yangtze River—a river that stretched almost endlessly across the land. At this point, the Yangtze's estuary was not far from Runzhou. Looking ahead from here, the opposite bank of the Yangtze was barely visible through the misty fog.

This is the current state of the Yangtze River—it constantly purifies the land, clearing away miasma pollution along its course and channeling it into the sea. Because the Yangtze is a flowing river, miasma has not had much of a visible impact on its waters; only the fog on the river surface has increased.

And across the Yangtze River is the "Runzhou Yangtze River Bridge".

The bridge is built on a series of concrete pillars and stretches into the distance. It has two levels, one for road and one for rail, with the railway level located in the passageway below the road.

Occasionally, large fish can be seen surfacing under the bridge, some even showing their high backs.

That is the river beast known as the "river pig," which is the Yangtze finless porpoise.

As aquatic creatures, finless porpoises seem to be better adapted to miasma-filled environments, and they all grow to be extremely large, some as big as killer whales.

Even as they grow larger, they are among the few mammals that remain friendly towards humans. To date, there has never been a case of a Yangtze finless porpoise attacking a human. If someone falls into the Yangtze, the porpoise will even help them reach the shore.

Just then, a train was seen passing by, and many river hogs poked their heads out from under the bridge piers to peer in. Anyone familiar with the waters would notice that while river hogs are usually seen looking around here, they seemed unusually numerous today...

"Wow, there are so many river pigs today," Chen Feiran, who was familiar with the water conditions, said, looking out the window.

"Were there always this many?" Li Lin asked.

"Yes, river pigs are very clever. When we were little, we would play by the water, and river pigs would come over and spray water at us—I guess river pigs don't go hungry in the water, and they're always bored, so they come over to play with us for fun. They also really enjoy watching human creations, like trains. Occasionally you can see quite a few river pigs waiting under bridge piers, looking up at the trains passing by."

But today, there were unexpectedly many Jiang pigs.

"Maybe no trains have passed through for several days, and they're all eager to see the trains. Or maybe the explosions a couple of days ago attracted even more Jiangzhu (a group of pigs), and they want to see what's going on. But there seem to be too many of them."

You can see countless river hogs poking their round heads out, peering at the surface of the water. Each hog has a smile on its face, a natural upturned mouth. However, this species' personality is as relaxed as its expression.

"Do you know anyone?"

"How could I possibly recognize them? I'm not a druid; I'd need to get close to see them. But, I do think I can see a few..."

He seemed to vaguely hear Jiang Zhu's voice, a familiar audio recording, perhaps from a friend he knew.

"Speaking of which, what are we waiting for here?" Li Lin asked. "Shouldn't our vehicle be the first to pass?"

"Ah, that's how it is. The express train should indeed be the first to pass, but Runzhou provided the money and land when this bridge was built, so this bridge is not only a main north-south line, but also part of Runzhou's urban rail. It seems that the urban rail freight trains have to go first to check the tracks before we can pass."

He said this because he saw a train pass by—the same trains Li Lin had seen before, all filled with refrigerated containers, which seemed to be used to transport pig dragons.

The pig farm is also a pillar industry of Runzhou. In addition to supplying meat, it also supplies live pigs.

"Hmm..." He watched the trains as they passed by Li Lin.

He neither heard the dragon's roar nor smelled its scent.

It seems the giant hog calamari, sealed inside the train carriage, is in a dormant state—this is indeed a unique technology. And it seems that this is precisely why Runzhou has been able to industrialize the farming of giant hog calamari.

However, judging from the carriage, these giant pig dragons seemed to be larger than he had imagined: each one took up the size of an entire standard carriage. If they were released, they would be almost the size of a bus.

Shortly after the train passed, the Silver Dragon also began its journey. As it entered the bridge, Li Lin could see that all the river pigs below were staring intently at the top.

Li Lin's eyes met theirs.

That look seemed to hold more than just curiosity. There was something else...

hunger?