The animals in the Lago Forest have been disturbed by some kind of foreign "monster" in recent months, and even large carnivores such as brown bears and pumas dare not move.

Winter winter winter winter winter!

The sound of heavy footsteps came like a barrage of elephants stamping on the ground. The birds and beasts immediately dispersed, and a tall young man with short hair ran quickly with a boulder half a man high on his shoulders. From time to time he jumped over high slopes or mountain streams,

He even jumped high and bounced randomly among the huge trees, and the terrible impact broke one or two thinner tree trunks.

A wolverine that retreated into the hole watched the monster go away, sniffing and crawling out slowly. The day had just begun, and it needed to catch more prey to feed the few cubs in the nest.

The industrial level and construction capabilities of this era allow the completion date of the underground palace and training equipment to be calculated in years. The first phase of the underground palace excavation project will take nearly a year, and Herbert Vernon has deployed the maximum manpower and capacity within his capabilities.

The engineering equipment strives to meet the depth and space volume required by Mr. Howlett.

Including the later reinforcement, layout and trimming, the preliminary calculation will take more than a year and a half to complete. The practice equipment requires a certain amount of time to design the test mold, mainly because the weird "iron shaft" does not have any mechanical templates to carry out

Casting, and they have to be assembled inside the underground palace after it is completed. Other items are relatively easy. A batch has been cast in the past three months and is ready to be shipped to Howlett Manor in the next few days.

So James' recent training has been to use boulders to carry weights in the forest. He now carries a running boulder weighing about two hundred kilograms every day, which is his current limit. Under such a load, he can still maintain a speed of over 100 meters and eight seconds.

And the vertical height of jumping two meters, the terrifying power contained in it far exceeds the relatively ordinary number of two hundred kilograms.

The high-intensity training with weights proved that James had a correct understanding of his own situation. He obviously felt that his body's strength, endurance, explosive power, etc. had significantly improved.

James was once worried that his mutated genes would not only self-repair the damaged physical state, but would also directly reject beneficial positive physical evolution, causing the body to be permanently solidified in a certain constant state.

From the initial load of 100 kilograms to the current 200 kilograms, James' body shape has changed significantly. Now he is more than 190 centimeters tall, his body is full of tangled muscles, and he weighs more than 130 kilograms.

, began to move closer to Victor's figure, which was far less lean and muscular than the cheetah before.

His food intake has also increased significantly, with three kilograms of steak per meal, four meals a day. He is even a little hopelessly worried about what he will look like after completing the subsequent training plans.

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Victoria is the largest port and town on Vancouver Island. The island was first discovered by a Spanish fleet in 1774. Its rich fur resources soon attracted explorers and traders from many other European countries.

After a series of battles, it eventually came under the control of the British Empire. The Salish, Nootka and Kwakiutl people among the indigenous peoples have lived on the island for thousands of years, and it is still the island's main

An important part of the population, strictly speaking, is the bottom labor and slaves.

In the ports of this era, you can see the strange sight of the sails of wooden ships and the chimneys of steam ships standing at the same time. Steam ships have not yet completely replaced the old wooden ships. In terms of maritime transportation, these giant wooden mast ships that traveled all over the world still play a role that cannot be ignored.

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Daniel Ferrante was wearing a round sun hat, a brown top and shorts, and his skin was red from the sun.

Holding a pipe and a cane, he looked at the yellow-skinned indigenous slaves carrying their luggage, shouting and cursing from time to time. With his unkempt yellow beard, it was hard to imagine this weathered middle-aged man.

, was once a personable and top student at Oxford College in the British Empire.

During this period of travel in Africa, he suffered enough, including unpalatable food, unbearable giant mosquitoes, and deadly malaria.

He almost died on that barbaric continent, but the glory of the civilized world and the white-skinned woman called him back here.

After seven or eight years of travel and adventure, I finally feel a little tired, and maybe settling down is a good choice.

As James' personal maid, Rose O'Hara was supposed to be responsible for his personal life and daily life. But James was not really an industrious rich young man, and he was more accustomed to solving daily affairs by himself.

This made O'Hara angry for a long time, but James was more willing to let her help him deal with matters in the family business. Sorting various letters in advance, screening documents and crop statistics reported from various places.

James told O'Hara that her position was his personal secretary. O'Hara did quite well due to their experience of learning from Mr. Daniel together. She didn't understand the meaning of the word secretary, but "private"

The title really made her happy for many days.

As usual, after James had an overly sumptuous breakfast, he would start handling matters in the study at nine o'clock. O'Hara would sort out the latest news and local situations and bring coffee to his table.

James was very efficient at doing things, and would basically make arrangements for various matters after lunch. In the afternoon, he would mostly go to supervise the work in the basement of the manor or go to the factory to discuss the casting issues of his pile of strange objects.

O'Hara was looking through the letters and telegrams she had just received in the morning. Suddenly, a telegram came from the town of Victoria on Vancouver Island, which made her quickly put it away and quickly picked up the coffee tray and walked to the study.

"Master! Hurry! Guess who sent the telegram!" O'Hara excitedly put down the tray and wandered around his young master. James looked down at the newspapers and letters recently delivered from the United States, and said in an old-fashioned way without looking up:

"Be careful O'Hara, you are already a grown-up girl, who could have sent the telegram? We don't have any distant relatives."

"Look!" O'Hara turned up his nose and put the telegram in front of James, and a brief sentence came into view.

"I will arrive in Edmond the day after tomorrow to visit you, Daniel."

"Mr. Daniel has been gone for many years. He hasn't even received a letter in the past year. I don't know how he is now. He said he was going to travel and explore. He must have many interesting stories!" O'Hara

He was chirping at James happily and excitedly, and kept talking about whether Daniel would bring him a gift.

"It is indeed a surprising and unexpected news." James smiled happily. He respected this teacher very much. Daniel Ferrent was a scholar with very open-minded thinking and relatively advanced, which also made him and James's relationship better.

To some extent, I can feel this child's extraordinary foresight during the communication.

Frustrated by James' extraordinary talent, Daniel only taught for four years and found that he really had no more knowledge to impart, so he said goodbye and left to pursue his dream of exploring the world. However, the two of them had already become teachers and friends.

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"When you come from Victoria, you will definitely pass through Red Deer. Send someone there to wait in advance and escort Mr. Daniel here. There are some restless people everywhere in the recent gold rush." ​​James arranged. O'Hara was very happy.

He agreed and immediately gave the order.

Thinking of Daniel's arrival, a question that he had been thinking about recently popped up in James' mind. Considering that this teacher who has been traveling around and exploring, he might be able to seek help and answers from him.

I lowered my head and read the newspaper carefully again, paying attention to the further deterioration of the situation in the northern and southern parts of the United States. Soon the peaceful days would be over. It was also time to have a good talk with Victor, a colleague who had been kept in the dark since childhood.
Chapter completed!