Chapter 562 City on the Hill(1/2)
Facts have proved that when it comes to city building efficiency, "Elf Kingdom" is really the Mengmeng Committee saying it is second, and no guild dares to say it first.
After Xiaoxiao Xianmiao explained his thoughts clearly, the players of the guild immediately became moved...
Those doubts disappeared a week later after players opened the passage to the third city building site.
As Xiao Xianmiao said, although the rock layer in this basin is very thick and cannot directly lead to the underground world, there is a cave that Rose once opened by Spider-Hou can directly reach the third city building point closest to the underground world.
And the cave that can accommodate the golden stairs of the Spider-Super Rose is definitely not small.
At least, it can easily accommodate the most popular trucks driving side by side, and can also free up a lot of distance, enough for four or five players to jump back and forth.
Good transportation conditions are the prerequisites for large-scale trade.
The cave is slightly tortuous, but the impact is not great. Players can reach the third city building point closest to the underground world by walking for an hour. After that, just dig out a channel that officially connects to the underground world.
The opening of the passage is not difficult. The thickness of the rock layer of the third city building point and the underground world is weaker than players imagine, and it is likely to be less than one thousand meters.
The passage where Rose dugs the Spider-Hou is already less than 500 meters underground.
Therefore, the player finally dug about 200 meters with the assistance of magic and crypt spider, and directly opened the entrance to the underground world.
What surprised them was that after entering the underground world from this place, they arrived not in the deep cave where Black Rock City was located (see Chapter 172 for details), but a marginal city of the Secluded City Confederacy Alliance (see Chapter 347 for details)!
This is very important.
You know, the most traded between the Underground World and players is the Youji City Confederacy Alliance.
The Deep Cave is still too small, and there are too few dwarves in Black Rock City. They can no longer meet the growing players' demand for trade.
Therefore, since the number of players exceeded 100,000, they mainly used the Deep Cave as a springboard to trade with the already-aligned Youli City Confederacy Alliance.
In this case, a smooth trade route is particularly important.
Although Rivendell also has an entrance to the underground world, it is still too remote.
Currently, the players' trade with the Alliance of the Seiji City Confederacy either needs to pass through the complex winding underground lake system of the deep cave, or simply go through the long-distance teleportation array of Black Rock City...
However, the carrying capacity of the teleportation array is limited.
It’s okay to transport people at critical moments. If you really want to transport goods, the magic stones consumed will be too large.
It is not possible to put the goods into the storage space either.
Transporting a storage space magic tool full of goods consumes even more magic stones than directly transporting goods...
This involves the influence of the laws of space.
Therefore... it is very important to open a trade route directly to the Youji City Confederacy Alliance.
At this moment, no one in the Mengmeng Committee questioned Xiao Xianmiao's decision anymore.
Not to mention anything else, they just control this channel to collect tolls, and they may be able to collect money in the future and get merciless!
Don’t look at the nature Heart Guild has received the assistance of the dwarves and is full of glory.
The entire player guild is the most they do in trade.
And if they want to trade more conveniently in the future, they will probably have to choose this trade route.
In a sense, the bright future of Mengmeng Committee is already doomed.
Although they have a good relationship with the Natural Heart Guild, they also have the mood of competing competitions.
Before, Mengmeng Committee relied on the land of the Selected City to eat the heart of nature, but now it seems that in the future, it can rely on trade routes to press the other party under one another.
The one who grasps the business path is the old man.
After thinking about this clearly, the players of Mengmeng Committee became even more enthusiastic.
Even though the environment here is not as good as that of the Elf Forest, even if there is nothing here now, their hearts are full of hope.
Then, the work of building a city in full swing officially began.
The main materials for building the city were taken from the stone obtained by Xiao Xianmiao's bombing of the mountain.
It's also considered a waste utilization.
Don't say it, the effect is pretty good!
The reason why the dark mountains are called dark mountains is because the obsidian storage in the mountains is extremely rich.
In the world of Seges, this stone with the same name as Blue Star Obsidian is itself a good building material and magic material.
Of course, the obsidian in the world of Seges is different from the obsidian in the Blue Star.
Although they all look like black glass, the obsidian in the world of Seges is much tougher.
Under the influence of magic, obsidian can not only be used as building materials, but also directly build a city wall.
The city wall built with this material will be more effective when using magical defensive barriers.
The Sandstorm City in the Death Desert is an example.
In fact, if the Dark Mountains were not far away from the human world, and with the fact that this place was originally affiliated with the orcs, there would have been a force among humans who would have tried to find ways to go into the mountains to mine quarries.
In this regard... I can only say that no matter how harsh the environment is, it has its own advantages.
It depends on whether you can discover it.
At this time, players couldn't help but sigh that the orc race... was really lying on the treasure mountain without knowing it.
And as if responding to the players' sighs, after opening up the passage to the underground world, another happy event also came...
Someone discovered magic stones and mitral mineral veins at the third city building point!
Not only that, there are also large-scale derivative ore veins of iron ore under the main ore veins. Some lifestyle players who specialize in forging have even discovered precious essence gold!
This is really a double happiness.
After playing for so long, players are well aware of the common magic materials in "The Kingdom of Elf".
Needless to say, the magic stone is the main source of magic power for many magic arrays. The operation of the teleportation array relies on the magic power provided by the magic stone.
Mithril not only looks beautiful like shiny silver, but also has the characteristics of being as light as goose feathers and as hard as steel. It also has extremely high magical properties. It is a top-notch treasure for creating high-quality magic weapons and various magic props!
Many of the players' equipment contain Misin.
As for iron ore and pure gold, the former is naturally the main material for various equipment, while the latter has a higher magic affinity than mitril silver and is often used for the casting of magical artifacts!
It's also interesting to say that players find these mineral veins through the passage of the crypt spider.
When they found the ore veins, they also found many traces of being gnawed.
But that kind of trace looks a bit old.
It is obvious that Rose, the Spider Queen, once lived here.
However, she did not eat all the veins, but stayed for a while and went to Rivendell.
This is also because Rivendell's minerals are richer and of higher quality.
However, Rivendell's high-quality surface mineral deposits have been almost mined, and only some quality is left.
Although there are a large number of high-quality minerals deeper underground, it is difficult for players to get there, only crypt spiders who are good at digging holes can do it.
Even if players can go deep into the underground to mine minerals, whether Rose, a spider who feeds on the minerals, is willing or not is another matter.
A deposit that cannot be mined is equivalent to not having it.
In this case, the high-quality mineral vein discovered by players in the Dark Mountains can be said to be quite a surprise.
What makes the players even more happy is that they accidentally discovered that these ancient crypt spider caves are still useful.
Some players made a try and were surprised to find that they were able to walk all the way to Rivendell and come out of one of the hidden caves through the passage of the crypt spider!
The whole journey takes less than seven days...
This efficiency is much faster than walking on the mountain roads on the surface in a month, and much faster than walking on the deep caves underground!
To return to Rivendell through the underground world, you have to travel through the underground lake system, and it will take ten days and half a month.
Who said that the dark mountains are barren and have no future?
This is simply a treasure land!
The good news has not ended...
Half a month after the discovery of the ore vein, the third good news also came.
That is the road to the eastern Fengrao Plain, which was also exploded by players using magic stone bombs.
As Xiao Xianmiao said, the Plum Balance Plain adjacent to the southern part of the Dark Mountains is part of the Kingdom of Iris. Through the explosion of passage, players can completely leave the area of the Dark Mountains within an hour, and then one day can reach the human village closest to the Dark Mountains.
Of course, the map of the Kingdom of Iris has not been completely opened yet, and players can only touch the edges of villages and towns at most, but this is enough.
The road has been opened and the trade route has been completed.
In the past, there was only one road from the Plum Balance Plain to the upper western part of the Underworld where the Dark City Confederacy and the Serenity Confederacy were located.
That is the Sandstorm City on the Death Desert.
However, if you walk from there, you must travel through the harsh desert for seven days and seven nights, and there is also the possibility of being attacked by orcs or desert lizards.
But now it's different.
To be continued...