29. Black (just) tide (desire) burning (different) world (smell)
"I heard you have oil here?"
"Yeah, five yuan a pound, boss, do you want to buy it?"
"..." *Hideous smile
"You want to buy it, right?"*horrified face
——Four-frame interesting picture "Vulture is looking for oil"
...
Long story short, concise summary.
Everyone finally returned safely to the Linzhong Lake area on the surface.
I looked up and saw that the sun was setting. I might not even have time to go back for dinner.
Of course, when he finally brought the Condemnation Knight to the surface from the underground river, the devil struck the Condemnation Knight on the back of the neck with a knife in mid-air, knocking him unconscious.
I'm not stupid, so why should I wait for the other party to return to the surface and confirm that it's safe, then let her slap her in the face and then kill him with five knives in one second?
After asking the soldiers to disarm the four noble youths, the devil asked the guard Hamo to lead a group of soldiers to escort the four adventurers back to the castle.
(To show respect, the aristocratic young man and the unconscious Judgment Knight sat/lyed on a cart and went back. The Judgment Knight added two pairs of shackles)
At the Linzhong Lake camp, Li Jia Shu stayed on site and directed the remaining soldiers, laborers, and free laborers to dismantle civil equipment and camp debris.
By the way, I found two unprocessed logs and moved them into the pit, temporarily blocking the several holes that had been opened by manpower above the corridor.
How did you say that sentence?
‘Let’s explore the area ahead later.’.jpg
Well, Li Jia Shu's current mood is actually very subtle.
First of all, from an overall perspective, I really want to ‘run away with a bucket’.
Ad Grand Duke, you call this a low-demon world?!
The inscription on the triangular stone pillar in front of the main entrance of the central temple in the ruins dungeon clearly throws the "crisis of world destruction" in his face, fuck it!
Calm down, calm down.
As a civil worker with good professional ethics (?), you cannot shrink from the battle.
It is better to speed up the completion of the project in hand within the next 35 months. After the castle is handed over to the owner, he can immediately clean up the Nine Hells.
It's better to leave it to the local residents to save the world!
I hope so... huh?
Well, there are indeed two things in the ruins dungeon, and Li Jiasu feels it is necessary to explore them in depth again in the future.
Not sure if the 'weather controller' actually exists.
(Because the description of the 'Weather Controller' only exists in the diary of the Saracen mercenary who died a hundred years ago. Apparently, the previous group of adventurers was destroyed before they could find this magical device.)
And, there are mysterious and strange black oil ooze monsters running around in the ruins.
Things are sorted out one by one. [Logic] and [Rationality] are the foundation of the devil.
Regarding the ‘weather controller’, Li Jiasu is subjectively willing to believe in its real existence.
The bad weather on this island is indeed very unusual.
Previously, after listening to the information provided by the locals, I thought it was because the island was close to the Stormy Ocean, so the weather was bad all year round.
But now, after seeing the heretical temple of the alien Zerg named [Shaan] in the ruins of the dungeon, the existence of a device like the 'Weather Controller' is not outrageous.
Now that everyone is wandering the interstellar space, it makes sense to come up with some weird props.
It is estimated that the 'weather controller' is placed in a secret corner, or simply located inside the heretic temple?
If Li Jia Shu can really get this control device, it will be absolutely a major benefit to the advancement of the castle project and the construction and development of the Chuyang territory, the kind of benefit that can be "full position and leverage".
I won’t go into the detailed process, but in short, or at least, if the perennial cloudy and rainy weather can be removed, the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.
Next is about the ‘Black Oil Ooze Monster’.
The moment the black oil ooze monster was burned in the first encounter in the ruins, a devil like Li Jiasu immediately realized its value.
In my previous life on Terra Blue Star, there was a saying on the Internet that said:
Glass, soap, steam engine, the three artifacts of history and literature that make a traveler make a fortune.
For glass and soap, in the short term, due to problems with raw materials and utility directions, Li Jia Shu believes that there is no need to climb the technology tree, and it is better to focus on the civil engineering field that he is good at.
And steam engines, even the original hand-forged models, can be useful in many aspects of the civil engineering field!
Rough cutting of wood, conveying lightweight items with belt rollers, replacing manual continuous mixing of concrete, eliminating manpower for piling and lifting, etc. There is a lot to do!
More than half a month ago, he confirmed to Chu Yang that there were currently no coal mines on the island (or as far as he knew).
There may be metal ore deposits or coal deposits in some undeveloped corners of the island, but for now, Gus City's metal ore (required by blacksmith shops and some craftsmen) completely relies on maritime merchants from other areas.
import.
There is no way around it. Mineral deposits cannot be found out of thin air.
As for the black oil ooze monsters Li Jiasu discovered in the ruins dungeon...
Hey hey, hey hey hey hey.
(Don’t forget, among the relics of the Saracen mercenary who died a century ago, there is an opaque quartz bottle containing a small amount of the remains of the black oil ooze monster)
Let my dear young alchemist Chu Yang study for a while and see if he can analyze any clues and information.
Those black oil ooze monsters cannot appear out of thin air in the ruins dungeon.
They must have their own ecological chain, or 'origin'.
Maybe it's a genetically modified product of the [Xians], or maybe it's a natural monster deep underground.
In short, regarding the research and utilization of black oil ooze monsters, we must first read Chuyang's analysis and conclusions. Only after exploring the ruins dungeon again (more deeply) can Li Jiasu make further decisions.
There is no need to rush about the primitive steam engine, you can take it slow first.
Productivity definitely needs to be improved, but under the current situation, the Devil believes that ‘improving production relations’ should be the basic step.
Otherwise, even if you kill the current lord, it will be in vain.
Alas, we still had to deal with the problems of those adventurers. Li Jiasu was as busy as a spinning top, unable to lie still for a moment.
Eliminate ashes, guide young lords, hold night reading classes and teach literacy, train managers, train Sleif laborers, promote local slave liberation ideas, supervise the development of the island without making detours, and deal with the problems brought by adventurers
troubles.
Ah! It feels like sudden death.
I really want to lie down immediately after I go back and be a salted fish.
But, how do you say that sentence?
'Xiao Li, you still have many things to deal with, so you can't rest now.'
——ad Grand Duke
This is probably the fate of beaten workers.
Finally, extending from the black oil ooze monster, about the inscription on the triangular stone pillar in front of the main entrance of the Heretic Temple...
Li Jiasu roughly figured it out, 60% of the content was valid information, and 40% of the content was speculation and suspicion.
First of all, the stone pillar that has a contractual meaning and religious metaphor, and the person who carved the inscription on it, is most likely a crazy, chaotic, and extremely dangerous guy.
The inscription is the ancient Italian word for the Terra Blue Star where I lived in my previous life. This shows that the madman named [Francesca Plerati] is most likely from the Terra Blue Star, but she traveled through it in ancient times.
?
There are such secrets hidden underground on this island. It seems that the ancestor of Chuyang’s family, [François Pullela Federèche] deliberately chose this island (and parts of the southwest coast of the kingdom) as a
The enfeoffment reward given to him by the first founding hero of Spain must have a deeper hidden meaning.
Hmm, strange, I always have a vague feeling that something is wrong...
Lacking further clues, Li Jiasu is unable to make any deeper inferences for the time being.
At present, Li Jiasu believes that 60% of the effective information he can determine is basically:
Thousands of years ago, the madman named Francesca summoned some kind of [projection or incarnation] of an evil god in this world, and then she found the [Xians] underground on the island here (however, now those
Where have the alien bugs gone?), she signed a cooperation contract with the high priest of Xia En, and for some extremely [crazy and twisted] goal, she tried to spend thousands of years to do something on this continent.
Shocking conspiracy.
Eventually, the world will be destroyed.
Well, it sounds very low-key and routine.
But considering that the other party is a madman, it is understandable.
However, 40% of the speculations and suspicions that Li Jiasu could not confirm yet were related to the information about how the other party planned to destroy the world.
There is no way, the few inscriptions left by the other party are too riddle-like.
/When the stars return,
When the "bottom of the earth, the sea of lust" is full,
The black tide overflows, sweeps, submerges, and burns this world!/
Well, Li Jia Shu’s suspicion is:
‘The stars align’ probably refers to a specific point in time.
And [Bottom of the Earth, Sea of Rigid Desire] refers to some kind of secret place? Maybe more than one? And they are all located deep underground?
And the last sentence, 'The black tide overflows, sweeps, drowns, and burns the world!', may refer to...
Probably, it’s unlikely, right?
* Lowers his head and looks at the opaque quartz bottle in his hand