Driving a coastal passenger ship seems to be more complicated than driving a whaler. At least Captain Doug can no longer leave his post casually, and he no longer has the leisure time to smoke a cigar and enjoy the sea view.
Hugo and Bilan observed for a long time, but couldn't find a chance to enter the captain's cabin to visit. After some discussion, the two decided not to disturb the busy Mr. Doug at all, and disembarked by themselves when the ship was anchored in Lichong City. .
Meetings in life happen from time to time.
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The so-called "Liyong" in Liyong City actually refers to "steam rising straight into the sky." From this name alone, you can see the strong industrial attributes behind this city and its not-too-long history.
This is indeed the case. Liyong City is an emerging city in western Hezhong that has only prospered in recent years. Its most important pillar industry is heavy industry represented by steel and coal mining.
The local population structure is also dominated by worker families, and almost every household has at least one family member working in a factory.
The Pokémon raised by the residents are also closely related to elements such as fire, electricity, steel, and steam. Electabuzz, Ducklings, Magnemite... these Pokémon that are rarely found in the Unova Center are all over the streets of Lichong City.
Looking around, there are countless chimneys erected in the skyline of Liyong City, releasing exhaust gases left by industrial operations into the sky all the time, like a double-bomb gas that has been amplified countless times.
But these steam and black smoke also mark that the steel and electricity produced in this city are flowing continuously to every corner of the Hezhong area along cables and railways, turning into the bones and blood of distant cities and becoming their development motivation.
And Liyong City is like an engine running at full strength. Even though it is noisy, full of fog, and in a mess, it is the existence of an industrial city like it that supports the behemoth of the United Alliance to keep moving forward, with its uniqueness that is rare in the world. The economic growth rate shakes the world.
"Even so, the air here is pretty bad."
Bi Lan grimaced and wrinkled her nose. From the moment the ship entered the port, the smoky air environment in Liyong City made her uncomfortable.
"Liyong City is a coastal city, and it just rained some time ago. Generally, there will not be such serious air problems. The air here seems to have only started to deteriorate recently."
Hugo gave one of the masks he had just bought to his assistant and said keenly——
"Look, wasn't there a power plant explosion recently? It is precisely because of this that the city's energy structure has been adjusted. In order to replace the vacancies of Lichong Power Plant, Lichong City had to re-activate many old thermal power stations. Burning coal to restore power. Coupled with the recent onset of winter, the demand for electricity caused by indoor heating has surged. The combination of these two factors has naturally resulted in the current situation."
The detective pointed at the title of the newspaper sold on the roadside. In the city news column, the words "Old Power Station Opened" were particularly obvious.
"It really affects the whole body. Is that power plant so important?"
Bi Lan's surprised voice came out through the mask. She thought the explosion at the Liyong Power Plant was a small factory, otherwise why would the security work be so inadequate?
"The one that exploded was a factory that could use the city's name as its title. It was one of the top pillar companies in the city in terms of scale and production capacity."
The detective stood in front of the city map display board next to the pier, looking at the map carefully, but he kept talking, distractedly introducing the status of the Tik Chung Power Plant——
"Liyong Power Plant is one of the most outstanding factories in this city in recent years. In the first half of this year, this factory completed the second round of expansion and became the leader in the city's energy industry. As I As mentioned earlier, unlike traditional thermal power plants, Liyong Power Plant adopts a relatively clean power generation solution. It comprehensively utilizes the power of ocean tides, wind generators, solar panels and Pokémon to build a set of It is a low-pollution power generation system that is completely different from other factories, and has been achieving great results before."
"It exploded after this." Bilan curled her lips and complained in a very consequentialist manner, "Then where should we go to investigate first? Liyong City Police Station?"
"No, Miss Junsha has already given us a lot of internal information. Even if we come to ask for the rest in person, we won't get any results."
Hugo pointed to somewhere on the map.
"This is where we're going."
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"Where is this!"
In the crowded crowd, Bilan felt like a drop of water in the ocean, surrounded by tens of thousands of her kind.
It's obviously just a not-so-wide street, but it's packed with people when you look at it!
The evening rush hour in Feiyun City is not that outrageous!
Moreover, the people in front of me were behaving strangely. They were all dressed formally, but they all lowered their heads nervously, holding a form in their hands, and queued up like a long queue to move slowly to different windows along the street.
The flow of people in front of me is endless, but there are more people crowding in behind me. The value of the individual seems so cheap here and now.
"Hugo! Mr. Detective! Where are you!"
The girl shouted loudly for her employer, but unfortunately the figure in the white coat never appeared due to the huge crowds and the vastness of the world...
In her ears, there were only the sounds of people rubbing against each other's clothes, the sound of an overwhelming amount of footsteps, and a mixture of whispers. Bilan realized desperately that there was no way to get out of here unless she brought a flying Pokémon with her.
"That's right!" Bilan patted her forehead and took out the elf ball containing the ancestor bird.
Unexpectedly, I just captured a flying Pokémon in Hezhong, and it would come in handy within a few days!
She tried her best to squeeze out some gaps among the crowd and released the elf in the ball: "Ancestor Bird, hurry! Use "Flying Technique" to take me away from here! "
The little guy still stared at those dead fish eyes and did not react immediately. Then, I saw it jumping on the spot, nodding, flapping its wings again, and shaking its head again.
"You mean you can jump very high but you can't fly?"
The ancestor bird nodded, and the girl was about to cry without tears.
The crowd behind them pushed forward again, and the ancestral bird spontaneously flew, oh no, jumped on the chestnut-haired girl's head. Faced with reality, Yirenyi Chong completely gave up struggling and just drifted in the direction of the crowd.
Unknowingly, Bilan had already entered a certain queue along with the slowly moving crowd.
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A vulture covered with black feathers and bone decorations flew from a distance and slowly landed at the entrance of the street. Under its talons hung a black-haired girl wearing a peaked cap.
"Long time no see, Hugo! Huh? Isn't Miss Xiaolan with you?"
Miss Douzi was as energetic as ever and greeted the detective energetically.
"I got separated at the entrance. A porter who passed me at that time staggered for some reason, and the square pole wooden bar he was holding fell off his toe, causing quite a commotion nearby. When I turned around, The blue color is gone."
"Oh, you..." Douzi was already used to this, and looked at the surging crowd inside the park, "Miss Xiaolan won't go there, right?"
Hugo sighed: "I guess I've already gone in. I waited here for a long time and no one answered the phone. Maybe it was because there was too much noise around me and I couldn't hear the phone ring."
Dou Zi and her Vulture Na could only look at each other, looking at the long queue of people on the street, and mourning the tragic experience that Xiao Lan was going through.
Above the two people's heads is a huge banner that reads——
"Liyong City Industrial Alliance Joint Job Fair".
