Ironically, just as the scenery has hit its most monotonous, the distances have got longer.

好玩的是，尽管这一段路景色最单调，但是跑的距离却更长了。

He becomes an appendage of the machine, and it is only the most simple, most monotonous, and most easily acquired knack, that is required of him.

工人变成了机器的单纯的 附属 品，要求他做的只是极其简单、极其单调和极容易学会的操作。