Chapter 443: Dilapidated Mining Area and Migrant Community
As the afternoon waned, the sun hung above the horizon and slowly descended, its blinding, brilliant golden light blanketing the entire Southeast Mining District from afar and near, casting a dim, yellowish hue over the numerous mountain mines under the setting sun.
The vast residential area was shrouded in the setting sun, and the air was filled with a scent that was not strong yet deeply peculiar. The entire Southeast Mining District presented a desolate, bleak, and poignantly mournful atmosphere.
The community before their eyes was completely different from ordinary rural areas, lacking even the slightest cozy and relaxed pastoral ambiance.
The streets were generally narrow, and the single-story-style buildings were mostly cramped and crammed closely together against one another.
Huo Yuhao and Huo Qiu'er walked side by side along one of the few wide roads, and Tian Meng also drilled out of the Sea of Consciousness, looking around with curiosity.
Huo Qiu'er frowned, sniffing the air with short, repeated sniffs, and said in a low voice, "What a strange smell."
"This is a metallic scent mixed with the aura of mortal hearths and homes. It's completely different from the intense metallic odor in the laboratory." Huo Yuhao explained to her.
Soul Engineers were naturally all very familiar with the scent of metal, but Huo Yuhao was somewhat more accustomed to the metallic smell in the air here.
Huo Qiu'er asked, "Have you ever been here before?"
"No. The Southeast Mining District is considered quite famous in the history of Mingdu, but this is my first time here too."
Huo Yuhao shook his head and spoke of the information he understood.
"Mingdu wasn't built in a day. As it continuously expanded and developed outward, it required vast amounts of resources, especially metal."