In fact, Xingzhou Islands, as a marine force in the metaverse, is not low in popularity. Lu Hongsheng found a lot of relevant information after a little search on the Skeleton Network.
In fact, humans discovered this magical place more than a hundred years ago. There have been as many as six large-scale invasions recorded by humans in South Asia and the Central Plains of the Metaverse. But these six attacks were without exception
There were disastrous defeats, including four complete annihilations.
Since we can't fight, can we negotiate peace?
But this path also failed.
It's not because Xingzhou is unwilling to negotiate peace with humans. It's because humans think they are smarter than the natives of Xingzhou. The motives for each peace negotiation are very impure, either for secret harm or for sneak attacks. The key is that every time they are shamefully
failed.
The most interesting thing is that those in power in large human companies can't let go of their self-esteem. It's obvious that the route is blocked by Xingzhou, and when negotiating, they still insist on saying "If you don't give me some benefits, I won't follow you."
Peace talks!”
Isn't it funny? Xingzhou later simply made a rule: never negotiate with humans again.
After fighting and fighting, we refused to talk. Now the big companies engaged in ocean exploration were very sad. Soon after, these "brave pioneering" ocean-going companies went bankrupt, and the once-prosperous "Metaverse Navigation Plan" finally ended
Died young.
It is precisely because of these failures that humans have almost never tried to add this area to their own rule since then. After all, humans are terrestrial beings, and there are still large tracts of unoccupied land in the continent of the Metaverse, and their powerful monopoly makes
Big capitalists and the children of big families can easily obtain a large amount of wealth and profits that ordinary people cannot imagine - there is no reason to fight with the indigenous creatures in this place.
In fact, Lu Hongsheng was a little worried at first, because he had decades of fighting history with humans, and whether human faces would be treated with hostility or discrimination here, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.
Although humans call them "two-legged land beasts" in the ocean, "natural disasters falling from the sky", "devils from hell"... etc. In short, they have a very bad reputation on the high seas and surrounding continents, but Xingzhou is
A traditional chaotic neutral force, the local powers-that-be will not prevent humans from entering.
In fact, many human pirates use this place as their base camp. Many wanted criminals who are on the run stay here or use this place as a transit to escape to other places. In addition, the appearance of humans is very similar to that of the previous generation of southern hegemons, the Yuren.
Therefore, intelligent marine creatures do not find human faces so strange.
Of course, it is unlikely that there is no hostility at all.
In order to prevent accidents, Lu Hongsheng made the decision to disembark the ship in three batches.
Lu Hongsheng asked Yu Bing, Chen Cheng, Chadwick and Xiaopang to stay in the Pipi Shrimp. The rest of the people left in two groups. They would have three days off and come back three days later to pick up another group. They should eat oxygen-enriched food before leaving.
Taking oxygen-enriched pills is a team benefit. With Lu Hongsheng's current net worth, he can afford this amount of money.
The first batch: Lu Hongsheng, Ye Wan, Feng Yin, Qiandai, Long Ling;
Second batch: Liu Sisi, Li Xianjing, Minghe, Ashmita, A Cong.
As soon as Lu Hongsheng announced the list of batches of personnel, Ye Wan's face turned dark.
Everyone knows that Lu Hongsheng covets Ye Wan's body, but this batch is too obvious.
Ye Wan said: "I'll stay and guard the Pipi Shrimp. I'm a fire type, so I'm not suitable for going to the sea."
Lu Hongsheng still wanted to persuade him to stay, but Ye Wan ignored him at all.
Lu Hongsheng had no choice but to leave Ye Wan on the Pipi Shrimp, while he took Feng Yin, Qianyo and Long Ling off the ship.
After a period of running-in, Feng Yin, Chiyo and Long Ling have basically accepted each other's existence. Although Chiyo thinks of herself as the "big woman", she is the only one who has no friends and cannot speak underwater.
Human beings are somewhat mentally unbalanced. Fortunately, Chiyo has a cheerful personality, and Lu Hongsheng coaxes her well, and she becomes happy again.
Yutai Reef is just the largest island reef on the entire dark sand surface. In fact, the underwater part of the Xingzhou Islands is much larger than the above-water part, and it is connected to each other, covering a total of 2 square kilometers of sea area.
The frogman here is the fourth intelligent life in the metaverse that Lu Hongsheng has seen, besides the Yumen, Murlocs and Jiaoren. The frogman looks a bit like the frogs in cartoons, with a big head, big eyes, a big mouth and small hands.
He has thick thighs, and the skin on his body is gray-brown with some black markings. There is mucus on his skin, which feels smooth and cool to the touch. It is completely different from humans.
The frogmen here speak frog language, but because it is located on a maritime transportation thoroughfare, many frogmen also speak common languages of other races such as murlocs, feathered people, and even human languages such as primitive languages and South Asian languages. So everyone speaks languages when shopping.
The problems are not big.
It has to be said that the architectural style of the frogmen is very unique. All the houses are made of coral reefs, with various beautiful shells glued on them. There are also some large sea anemones or seaweed plants planted at the entrance of the underwater shops.
Decoration. Coupled with sparkling creatures, night pearls, and magic materials as embellishments, the entire sea area is made extraordinarily beautiful, like a dragon palace under the sea.
After getting off the boat, the girls couldn't hold back their excitement and started to have fun. However, Lu Hongsheng still had business to do. In order not to delay the girls' shopping time and save them trouble, he gave Long Ling a large sum of magic crystals to let her go shopping.
She took Feng Yin and Chiyo to roam freely nearby.
Anyway, when something goes wrong or they run out of money, they can contact him at any time through their watch, totem space or Jiao Zhu.
After bidding farewell to the girls, Lu Hongsheng first asked the local residents about the famous local suppliers of magic materials. After asking, he learned that there are three famous local suppliers: one store is above the sea, and the other store is at low tide.
It is above the surface of the sea, but the fishman family is underwater all year round.
So Lu Hongsheng first visited the supply store that is permanently located above the sea. After entering, he found that this store was a bit like a "scenic area souvenir store". The frogman store manager here was warm and considerate, but most of the things in the store were flashy.
Not to mention, the price is too expensive and you can’t bargain for it. You can buy it if you like it. The main thing is: Xingzhou specialties, which you can’t buy anywhere else.
However, it is said that if you buy a certain amount of souvenirs, you will get a 20% off voucher for the Underwater Gold Cave. According to the frogman store manager, there are not only frogman geishas, but also fishmen, sea crocodiles, black dwarves, and even human tourists.
The most popular Conch Girl provides services - basically for the money, you can get any kind of weird experience.
Seeing the frogman's short and chubby figure, gray-brown skin and mucus on his skin, Lu Hongsheng almost vomited in disgust.
After asking around for a while, it seemed that it was not interesting. So Lu Hongsheng only spent several thousand pearl coins worth of magic crystals, bought some small souvenirs, and went to the second store.
