Doomsday Totem

Chapter 630 Changes
The days that followed were as boring as ever.Iron Slag probably only does two things every day: fishing and bullying Lilith.

On the sea surface, groups of flying fish can be seen from time to time, flapping their long, wing-like fins, drawing silver-gray arcs, flying out of the water, diving into the water again and again.Sometimes, dolphins can also be seen.They jumped out of the water in groups of hundreds and thousands, making brisk calls.

"I really want to be like them, free." Lilith looked at the dolphins and sighed resentfully.

"That's right..." Tie Slag deeply agreed, and then said with a little regret, "It's a pity that you can't live in the sea."

"My freedom is nothing more than kicking a person into the sea." Lilith said with a pun.It not only means jumping into the sea by oneself to seek freedom, but also has a metaphor of kicking iron slag into the sea to regain freedom.

Tie Slag could hear it naturally, so he asked back, "Even if your wish comes true, so what? Are there beautiful clothes, boots and weapons in the sea?" He pointed to the dolphins on the sea, "Look at them, They're all naked, I think..." He smiled, "You definitely don't want to."

"I don't think there is any essential difference between the current situation and them, if only this point." Lilith said in an inverted sentence, which is the most commonly used syntax among the nobles of Silver City.

"I think there are still some." Iron Slag said, "At least for now, you are dressed more decently than them." He looked her up and down, "Of course, I don't guarantee half an hour, or even longer."

"Decent?" Lilith said disdainfully, "What do you think is decent about a single-digit gold coin? Can you buy something, a cook's apron?"

"A small amount makes a lot." Tie Slag said lightly.

"Even the Liuying at Xiaoyue has five gold coins, you only give me three at a time, are you sorry!" Lilith finally couldn't help but erupted, her chest heaved continuously, and she yelled loudly.

"We are acquaintances, why don't we give you a discount." Tie Slag said with a smile, then stretched out his head, and reminded in a low voice, "And... are you screaming so loudly, do you want the whole boat to hear you?" He chose Raising his eyebrows, he said meaningfully, "I don't care, I'm just afraid of you..."

Lilith was startled, turned her head, looked left and right, saw no one on the deck, she was relieved, then stretched out five fingers, put them in front of Tie Slag and said, "Five gold coins, one less is all worth it!" Don't try to touch me again."

"How about this, when I go back, I will give Zhang Xingshi a black card for you, and you can use whatever you want." Tie Slag tempted.

"Ten carts of bread tomorrow can never be exchanged for a small piece of today." Lilith talked about the saying in the southern cemetery.The gold and silver mountains of the future are not as good as a small piece of bread in front of you.Only those who understand this truth can survive in the cemetery.

"Friend, if this is the southern cemetery, I promise..." Tie Slag said seriously, "I won't give you a copper plate." The law of the wilderness, the strong respects, any moral system, human ethics, are meaningless .

"Hmph~" Lilith couldn't win the argument, flicked her hair, and left with her little butt twisting.

Time passed day by day like this, and about half a month later, the fleet finally arrived at the first oil production point.

Four escort-class fishing boats were connected end to end to form a square, and deep-sea anchors were dropped, and a bridge was erected in the middle to start construction of the oil drilling platform.

The Mirror Sea is bottomless and has no seabed.The deeper you go, the denser the water becomes.At 500 meters, there is jelly-like "dense water", just like the Mianhai in Qiman's dream.Going deeper, there is dense water frozen, commonly known as "dense ice".

Crude oil is generally stored between dense water and dense ice. After drilling in, inserting a steel pipe, it will automatically spray out.Generally speaking, because the water is too deep, oil drilling platforms are floating, and are fixed by iron cables made by Mizanggang.

The first step in mining is to build a platform.The deep sea drilling rig is then sunk to drill holes directly in the dense water.After finding the oil field, insert the steel pipe, connect the steel pipe with movable joints, extend to the water surface, wait for the oil to spray up, and load it into the oil tanker.As for the subsequent refining steps, they are all transported back to land for further processing.

The method of oil extraction seems simple, but in fact, it is a lot of trouble and dangerous.Not to mention the harassment of all kinds of marine life, there are also intermittent sea storms, and the situation is changeable. Even the entire oil drilling platform is overturned, and there are not a few of them.

A few days later, on the built platform, the sailors dropped hundreds of barbed steel balls attached to iron chains.After they enter the bottom of the sea, they will gradually sink into the dense water, forming a fixed effect.Thanks to the high-strength corrosion resistance of the occult class, iron chains soaked in seawater can maintain a working condition for more than 200 years.

Next comes deep-sea drilling, a fully mechanized process in which humans operate drilling rigs on the surface to do the preliminary work.Then, a small underwater mecha had to be used to insert and connect the pipes.

The pipeline is divided into three layers, the inner pipe is the oil pipeline, the middle layer is the stress pipe, which can withstand the stretching and torsion of seawater, and the outer layer is the protective pipe, which is corrosion-resistant and impact-resistant.On the whole, it is as thick as two people hugging each other.The warehouse on the fishing boat is mainly the materials for placing these pipes and platforms.

After the crude oil was mined, since the fleet of the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps did not have [-]-ton rounds, it needed to charter a ship to transport it back, and find a factory for refining.

Tie Slag stayed for a while longer, feeling that he understood what he needed to know, so he asked Tie Ling to arrange a boat to take him back.Tie Ling rejected this request, thinking it was too dangerous, and immediately left four fishing boats behind after the fleet arrived at the second oil production point, and personally drove the flagship back to the voyage.

It was not until Dr3717-09-16, Yincheng time, that the iron slag returned to the Central Sea.Then take the airship and return to the Jagged White Wolf.

Surprisingly, as soon as Iron Slag returned to the bridge, he learned from Alice that Lena woke up half a month ago and did not sleep again, but was walking around on the ship, doing nothing.

Iron Slag looked around, but couldn't find Lena.Then asked Alice to assist, but still couldn't find it, and finally notified the whole ship with a loudspeaker.But several hours passed, and there was still no news.

It seemed that Lina was hiding from him on purpose, and he couldn't find it even if he wanted to.Just as he was feeling a little lost and blowing the wind on the deck, Lina quietly appeared behind him.Although she didn't say anything, Iron Slag could still see hope in her eyes.

"When I go to the No. [-] desert again, it will take half a month at most, and I will take you to the end of the world when I come back." Tie Slag said guiltily.

Lina put his shoulders on his shoulders, leaned down, turned his chin around, stared into his eyes, and said unhappily, "Don't lie to my sister anymore."

"I promise." Iron Slag said seriously.

"Yo~ When did you learn to lie~" "I didn't lie to you, what I said was true." "You never made verbal promises before." "Really?" Tie Slag pretended to be stupid.

"It's really getting bigger and worse." Lina gritted her teeth and pressed his forehead. There was hatred on her face, but she couldn't hide her care and love in her eyes.

"Let's go, I'll buy you a drink." Tie Slag tried to change the subject.

"What, can you drink now?" Lena pretended to be surprised.

"I'm an adult." Tie Slag rolled his eyes and reminded.

"Really?" Lena raised her head and looked at the sky, as if she was trying to remember.

Seeing Lina's pretentious expression, Tie Zha only felt his eyelids twitch.

After a while, she faced Tie Slag and said seriously, "You lied to sister." Then she concluded, "You are not yet of age, so you can only drink..." She raised a finger, and at this time, Tie Slag Already exit a few steps away.

"Hey, my sister hasn't finished yet." Lina chased after him, but Tie Slag walked faster and faster.

Three days later, the flagship flew to Liusha Town.Iron Slag got off the airship in a jeep, immediately passed through the Gate of Set, and rushed to Pure Land Town overnight.

Since he was going into the swarm's territory, he wore power armor and took no one with him except for the two drivers who were driving.In case the situation changes, it will be inflexible if there are too many people.

After dozens of hours of travel, they traveled more than 5000 kilometers in the red wasteland and came to the pure land town marked on the map.

This place is far away from the human-controlled area, and there is no satellite signal, and it is impossible to make precise positioning.But on the way here, you can see a lot of road signs and car marks.Although this is the control area of ​​the insect swarm, I can't see any insects, even the most common crickets have disappeared.

However, the signs along the way are very clear: "Leave the road at your own risk."

From a distance, Jingtu Town is located in the open space in the middle of the forest. In the middle is a very large tree with a diameter of at least 50 meters, towering into the sky like a skyscraper.

That is the tree of the king of the sky and the earth, the water provider for the survival of the vegetation in the fifth desert.The only source of water here is groundwater, but it is buried very deep. The roots of the sky and earth king tree can grow to a thousand meters below, transport the groundwater to the surface, and form a symbiotic relationship with weeds, shrubs and other trees.

Pure Land Town was built around such a huge king tree.Outside the town, swarms of stinging insects and crickets can be seen from time to time, and even a few lazy abyss masters are moving slowly.They are like human patrols, walking along the established route.

I have to say, the scene in front of me is so weird for those who visit for the first time.

Under normal circumstances, when the swarm saw humans, they would immediately make shrill chirps and then swoop over.When humans see the swarm, they immediately draw their guns and shoot.Facing the Alta people, they may also try to call twice to communicate and see if they can avoid fighting.

The jeep drove into the gate of the town, and the guards standing guard on both sides turned out to be humans and Altas.They wore the same uniform, and occasionally communicated in a low voice. The scene was indescribably weird, as if they had entered a fantasy kingdom.

The three major races that are hostile to each other, fight each other, and compete for living supplies in various planes can actually link up and get along with each other here.He even saw a human guard stuff a cigarette into the mouthparts of a crimson master and light it up...

(End of this chapter)