The riverbank was crowded with people at dawn.
The city of Moon Pivot relies entirely on this surging river for its drinking water. Just a few years ago, Su Yuan had slain a demonic beast here.
The blood left behind back then has long since disappeared. Lengxi, whose homeland was destroyed, moved with the remaining members of his tribe from the waterfall to Moon Pivot City.
They also opened a shop, and thanks to being among the first to join Moon Pivot City, they occupied a prime location, and their lives in the city were quite happy.
At this moment, Su Yuan placed the assembled steam engines by the river. There were three in total: one was obtained through the system exchange, and the other was crafted by Xingyan using magic.
The last one was built by Lei Yan over several days, without sleep or rest, piece by piece, using his own strength.
"Can these iron blocks really pump water out of the river?"
Cat Night also came to join in the fun, and even when Fox Nine returned and heard about it, he followed Su Yuan and curiously examined the black iron blocks.
Compared to the sophisticated instruments on Earth, this thing is far too rudimentary, and its appearance is hardly aesthetically pleasing.
"Fetching water is such a simple thing, I could have just done it."
Cat Night still liked to lie next to Su Yuan, looking at the assembled steam engine with some confusion.
"Then, Lord Nekoya, from now on, you'll need to fetch 100 buckets of water every day for the Dream Source Ancient Tree in the city. Oh, and the hospital needs 100 buckets of water too, as well as the academy, the cafeteria..."
"Hey, hey, I was just kidding. Besides, that thing I used to know about... groundwater or something, it could bring water into the city."
Su Yuan patted the little head sticking out from his shoulder and slowly explained, "Pumping water is just an experiment; this thing is not only useful here."
It wasn't just for upgrading and unlocking the system store, but also for development. He wasn't sure how the world should face the future, so he could only push things forward in ways he knew.
As the flames beneath the boiler were ignited, the water gradually boiled, and the three steam engines operated simultaneously until the piston was slowly pushed.
"It moved! It moved!"
Fox Nine watched with delight as the piston was slowly pushed forward, causing the pump rod above it to start moving as well. Although it wasn't very smooth or continuous, it still started operating on its own.
Of the three steam engines, only the one that Su Yuan redeemed from the system operated most smoothly, and as it operated, water was also drawn out of the river.
"My goodness, it can actually move on its own! Is it also using those energy stones?"
"Idiot, there's no magic here. The leader didn't take out any energy stones to use either."
"......"
The beast girls living in Moon Pivot City all knew about these things to some extent, and knew that city defense, teleportation, and various other aspects all required purple energy stones dug out from the town of Beginning.
This time, however, the rotation did not rely on the purple-veined gemstone, but only on some iron ore, which contained the crystallization of civilization from another world.
The system's crisp notification sound reached his ears, which didn't surprise Su Yuan, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
The advent of the steam engine was a much bigger leap than the invention of bronze or iron.
Freed from the limitations of traditional power sources, improving transportation efficiency, and even changing social structures due to this boiling water.
[Congratulations, host, on entering the steam age and unlocking the replacement function!]
[Note: There are two conditions for unlocking the Tier 3 shop, currently 1/2]
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