Chapter 608: The Dragon King's Ambition, Large-scale Development of the Undersea Ocean
Chapter 608: The Dragon King's Ambition, Large-scale Development of the Undersea Ocean
Coral City is one of the first cities to carry out underwater lighting projects. The colorful neon lights shining underwater are reflected on the bright and colorful corals, making it look like a dream.
Now the city has been further upgraded, and the entire city is divided into two parts, namely Shuicheng District and Lucheng District.
Half of the city has been transformed into a waterless area by using water-repellent bead technology to displace a huge amount of seawater.
Many humans and demons from the land migrated to this part of the city, and many factories and commercial department stores were also set up in this area.
After all, since factories need electricity and fire, many of their equipment cannot be submerged in water and many products cannot be soaked in seawater, so it is more appropriate for them to display and sell them in Lucheng District.
After the Four Seas Dragon Palace joined the Demon Alliance, the Demon Alliance invested in building land areas separated from the sea water in each underwater city.
Although the city is divided into two areas with very different environments, the aquatic and land races are not isolated.
The aquatic people originally only enjoyed the convenience brought by the underwater light sources and electricity provided by the Chamber of Commerce, but now they can go to Lucheng District to experience the modern life of land races.
The humans and demons living in Coral City, those with cultivation level can go through the gate to Water City District by reciting the water-avoiding spell, while those without cultivation level can also go through unimpeded by wearing diving helmets.
The same is true for aquatic creatures, who can also use spells to move around in dry environments. Those with less advanced skills can wear special equipment, such as a breathing helmet filled with sea water, to achieve the same effect.
Many Shuizu people live in Shuicheng District but work in Lucheng District. After all, factories and business districts are all in Lucheng District, and there are more employment opportunities.
The population of the migrating land races must be smaller than that of the aquatic races. Life under the sea is without sunlight, and the land races are not very adaptable to it. Moreover, the land city area needs to maintain a water-proof magic circle, so the range is limited and cannot accommodate too many people.
Therefore, when Wen Rui and Kong Xuan were walking in Lucheng District, they saw that the number of aquatic creatures wearing or not wearing helmets was far greater than the number of humans and monsters.
Especially the human race, roughly judging from the flow of people on the streets, they account for less than one-tenth.
There are however many cave-dwelling monsters, freshwater monsters, amphibious monsters, and nocturnal monsters, such as toad monsters, water snake monsters, beaver monsters, marmot monsters, lizard monsters, bat monsters, capybara monsters, hippopotamus monsters, and buffalo monsters.
I didn't see any bird creatures for half a day. Occasionally, I could see one or two seagull elves and albatross elves. They were dressed like businessmen, and seemed to be here to purchase fish rather than citizens who lived here for a long time.
Land-based freshwater wading birds and other monsters will not come to the sea city because they are not used to eating seafood. It seems that they are born with claustrophobia towards the underwater environment.
Although it only accounts for 10% of the city's population, it also reflects the strong adaptability of the human race. You must know that although the city is at a reasonable depth, the sunlight is blocked by the sea water. When you arrive at the underwater city, it is already quite dim, and lighting mainly depends on artificial lighting.
The air underwater is also mainly maintained by circulation equipment and is definitely not as fresh as on land.
Even so, there are still quite a lot of humans settled in Coral City, and after so many years, they have gradually adapted to the underwater environment and integrated into this city.
The two of them still have the image of a chicken and a monkey, but this time Wen Rui turned into a water monkey, while Kong Xuan turned into a bald eagle.
This is also to better blend into the background of the underwater city, not to appear too abrupt, so as not to be discovered by those who are interested. "When Emperor Jun established the demon clan heaven, he only gave the sea to the dragon clan, and never imagined that the two land and water clans would merge and live together."
Kong Xuan finally broke the angry silence and sighed, "But is this necessary? Why do these land races have to live in the sea? The skin of those humans walking on the street is pale, and they don't look very healthy."
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't interfere much and never forced immigration."
Wen Rui quickly explained: "The purpose of establishing a large-scale underwater waterless area was to build a larger ore smelting plant. In this way, underwater ore can be processed on the seabed. After tens of thousands of tons of ore are refined, hundreds of tons of metal can be produced, which can reduce a lot of transportation costs."
"But the Dragon King is also knowledgeable about the market. This old guy must have listened to the advice of his daughter who studied abroad in the Jinling Immortal Sect and poached a large number of technical talents on land with high salaries to develop the submarine industry. He is not satisfied with the positioning of raw material production and wants to continue industrial upgrading to avoid being harvested by the industrial powerhouses on land."
"After these years of headhunting and recruitment, more and more land races have settled on the seabed."
"In the future, the Dragon King has plans to build a financial center under the sea based on the rich fishery resources. He has been promoting the issuance of fish coins in the Council. The talents recruited on land are no longer limited to technical talents. He has begun to contact many leaders in the fields of culture, sports, and entertainment of the Monster Alliance. It seems that he wants to develop the tertiary industry."
"The Dragon Palace Consortium has also invested in a number of ocean-themed films and TV shows, such as The Eight Immortals Sinking into the Sea, Legend of the Dragon God, Black Myth Nezha, and Black Myth Jingwei. However, they were controversial because they distorted the facts and glorified the dragon race, and the box office was not ideal."
At this point, Wen Rui frowned, as if he was not very happy about it, and said in a bad tone: "Huh, fish coins? You dare to touch this piece of cake? There is no chance that the proposal will be passed. When the spirit stone production capacity of the new energy center reaches a certain threshold, the currency reform of the demon alliance is imperative. Meat coins and fish coins will be replaced by spirit coins sooner or later."
Kong Xuan seemed to understand Wen Rui's words, but he also roughly understood everything he saw. It was the result that the dragon clan changed their previous xenophobic and closed-off attitude and became more active in exchanging what they had with the land.
It seems that the Dragon King is quite ambitious and wants to revitalize the world and spread his influence to the land.
A monkey and an eagle were walking, and suddenly they heard a quarrel coming from the road ahead. They looked at each other and walked forward with a curious mentality.
"Citizen, please get off the bus and cooperate with our work!"
The voice came from a beautiful woman with fair skin, pretty face and long hair. She was wearing the standard police uniform of the Demon Alliance, a slim-fitting shirt on the upper body and a short skirt on the lower body.
But it is obvious that this beautiful woman who looks 90% similar to humans is not human.
If you look closely, you can see that her skin has a pearly glow, and her hair is a rare emerald green color among humans. She has very long ears, fins on her elbows and ankles, and webbed fingers.
When she opened her mouth while speaking, you could vaguely see her fangs exposed.
These characteristics prove that this is a mermaid policewoman.
Mermaids are amphibious aquatic creatures who can switch between two forms at will. When living in water, their legs turn into a fish tail, and when on land they can separate and turn into two legs.
(End of this chapter)