Star Island should actually be called Star Island Islands, which consists of a series of islands scattered in the North Sea. Tower Island is just one of this island chain.
Some islands are large, and some are small. The only common feature is that they are sparsely populated - after all, the population density on the mainland is far from reaching its limit, and there seems to be no need to live on these isolated overseas islands.
The main island of Star Island is actually not the largest or the best island. The mages chose it simply because it is closest to the black hole hanging in the sky.
The mages used their power generation after generation, and finally succeeded in pulling the seabed out of the sea, until they expanded the land directly below the black hole and connected it to the already existing platform.
In the process of uplifting the seabed, the mages made the land directly form the shape of a huge six-pointed star. This is where the name Star Island comes from.
Tower Island is a little better, at least there are people, and it has a decent name. Some other islands have no people, and they don't even have names.
In the end, Star Island, the base camp of the mages, became the unified name for this archipelago.
Polu stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance. He didn't see the legendary black hole. He stamped his feet - there was already thick snow on the ground here.
Looking down at the land below, the snow-covered coniferous forest covers most of the island. If you weren't looking out from the top of the mountain, you wouldn't feel like this is just an island.
Even now, as far as he could see, he could only see the boundary between sea and sky in a few limited places.
"This place is really not small, and there are so many minerals, so why are there so few people living here?"
The wind was so loud that Zhu Yiwei could only answer his questions loudly.
"Some people have been to the island before, but it is very expensive to transport food. You can only grow it for one season. Mining requires food. Once the mine is mined, it has to be transported back to the mainland before it can be sold at a price. It's also
An expense.
After working for a while, the immigrants found that after selling the iron they worked so hard to produce, after paying the freight back to the mainland from the island, it was not enough to buy food. They wanted to make products to sell, but this place could not afford to raise people.
Craftsman blacksmith.
It’s an endless cycle, it’s not making any money, and it’s very hard. It’s all about mining anyway, so why not just do it on the mainland? So later on, the residents gradually returned to the mainland.
Now the only place where people live on the island is the port. After all, it is where the cargo ships that deliver supplies to Hingdao Island dock, so it must exist. You can’t just rely on teleportation for everything, right?”
"So which direction is Hoshidao Main Island?"
Zhu Yiwei turned back and pointed to the north:
"A bit north and west. It takes about two days by boat. If you drive faster on your little gunboat, you can probably get there in half a day."
"How many days will it take to get back to the mainland? How do you usually get in and out?"
"We generally don't go to sea! It's too far away. No one wants to ride on such a slow cargo ship for such a long time and bump on the sea. It's unbearable when the wind and waves are strong. So at the stage when I can't fly or teleport, I can't stand it.
No low-level mage will come out on his own until absolutely necessary."
"Is it possible that the reason why there are no low-level mages on the mainland is because they are unwilling to take a boat? So why don't you build a good boat yourself? With so many mages, why doesn't anyone do some research on it?"
"It's not that they haven't thought about it, but they studied it for a long time and achieved some results, but finally gave up. Is the purpose of building a magic ship that burns crystals just to haul food? Believe it or not, the island's budget office jumped out and killed it immediately.
you?"
Little Aileen burst out laughing next to her, showing a subtle smile that was filled with concern.
Zhu Yiwei hesitated for a moment and then said it.
"To be honest, I guess the first job when you rebuild is to build a ship. Master Hendrick has been coveting your little gunboat for a long time. He values this new ship very much. After all, the current cargo ships are delayed from time to time due to weather.
The problem has been bothering everyone for a long time.
The cost of our own solution is too high, otherwise why would he agree to transmit such a large item? In order to completely transmit your little gunship, the crystals spent are piled up like a mountain, I'm afraid it accounts for the entire consumption.
A quarter!”
"You don't need to rush me, my production must be restored quickly!"
Polu looked at the southern end of the mountain range, where there was a new town under construction. Tens of thousands of people were working hard to build winter residences.
Vorkuta Island is called Tower Island by the locals. It is surrounded by three small satellite islands and two excellent deep-water ports. The ports are not frozen in winter. Unfortunately, the temperature on the island is significantly lower, and food is currently not available.
The method is ready. However, thanks to the large area and the snow on the mountains, the fresh water on the island is quite abundant.
Like all big islands that emerge from the sea, the center of Vorkuta Island is a continuous mountain range. There is an abandoned iron mine near the southern end, which was left by the people who came here to mine. The iron ore has absolutely no
It has been completely mined, and just the topsoil of the deposit has been stripped away, and the exposed part is already quite large.
Landau personally felt it. Although the iron ore here was not as huge as that of Hongshan, it was enough for current use. This known iron ore was one of the reasons that attracted Polu to choose this island - it was
It's an island that doesn't even have mines, so he won't come.
At the northern end of Tower Island, according to the mages, there are many other mineral deposits, but they are still hidden under the topsoil.
However, there are no crystal mines on the island. Just like the main island of Star Island, the crystals consumed need to be transported from the mainland of Esodu.
The immigrant team has been on Ta Island for several days. The new town planned by Polu is between the port and the iron mine. It is currently a purely residential area. As soon as they landed, the first thing they did was to build a residence for themselves.
After all, winter is coming soon. Although the mages think that it is not that cold on Tower Island, the words of those who can give themselves resistance do not count!
According to Bolu's prediction, the first winter on Ta Island will be a real version of the Ice Age, and he has to find a way to get through it first. There is no need to worry about food, Bolu took away more than half of it from the warehouse in Hongshan.
The rations are enough to feed the people here until next summer.
Father Peter was already very old, so he finally chose to retire in Red Mountain. But Geola, Smith, and Keith all came, and they had enough construction experience to prepare according to Polu's plan before departure.
We had enough materials to build the first emergency furnace, and even a backup furnace - after all, small furnaces really don't use too much material.
Now they are building the first small blast furnace on Ta Island. Once the small blast furnace is built and the newly produced materials are used, they will start building the big furnace directly!
The start this time was much easier than the last time. Especially Bolu himself has made great progress. What is even more valuable is the accumulated manufacturing experience. Many of the things he had learned from previous livers, he
Now you can do it easily with one hand!
Moreover, many key components have been disassembled and a lot of materials have been prepared. Although it has increased a lot of energy consumption and was forced to agree to a condition, the improvement of efficiency is more important! We strive to resume production next spring!
In exchange for increased energy consumption, the damaged golem must be repaired in the wizards' warehouse, and the repair materials were readily reimbursed. However, they had to wait until the tower island resumed production before going.
What was more troublesome was that the temperature was about to drop to the point where construction would be difficult. Bolu thought about it and remembered the whole process of the elves raising a high platform from the ground last time.
The impression was so profound that even though he could not remember the specific process clearly, the shock at that time still remained in his heart.
So he planned to discuss with Landau how to invite a few mages to help dig the foundation, so that the stove could be erected before the temperature dropped completely to the point where digging could not be carried out.
As a result, Landau was very surprised when he heard that he was going to invite some mages to help: "If you don't go to your teacher to make things, why would you go to other mages?"
"But teacher, can you do something like digging a foundation?"
These words almost made Landau's nose become angry.
"You underestimate your teacher too much."
"I think it's too wasteful to just dig a hole in the ground and let the teacher take action. It's not precise at all. How about the teacher go to the small blast furnace to help? I'm worried!"
"Don't you have all the materials for your little blast furnace? Let's go! Go now! Let your well frog know why we are called alchemists! What is the difference between them and a mage who can make things!"
When he arrived at the half-built small blast furnace, Landau looked at the materials piled in the open space on the other side and nodded: "Okay, then this is it."
"Wait a minute, teacher, that's a backup furnace, don't build this one yet."
"Hmph, the one that's already half built is boring. You have to watch it carefully! Give me the blueprints!"
While Landau looked at the drawings handed over by Polu, he took out a pair of silver-white metal wire woven gloves from his arms and put them on. The gloves looked extremely soft, glowing with the luster of mithril, and pierced Polu.
My eyes stung. It looked like metal, but why did it feel as soft and snug as a pair of rubber gloves when I put it on?
Lang Daoping stretched out his left hand, his fingers trembling slightly, fine magic power floating in his palm, and light blue thin lines outlined the structure of a small blast furnace in his palm.
It seemed that he needed to check it again after sketching it. After he closed his eyes and considered it for a short while, he held the projection in his left hand and suddenly stretched out his right hand. A gentle, watery, and absolutely controlled magic power came from behind him.
were gathered together and slowly flowed towards these parts.
With the sudden reversal of Landau's right hand, the structures and components placed on the ground floated quietly and soundlessly as if the gravity of gravity suddenly failed. They did not tremble, were extremely stable, and never glowed.
So obscure and low-key that it hangs in the air.
His right hand began to tremble slightly, and he manipulated these parts to start flipping, adjusting, and moving in the air, moving these suspended parts to their proper positions.
Landau closed his eyes and seemed to be muttering something. When he opened his eyes again, the parts suspended quietly in the air suddenly moved. As they flew, they flashed through the sparks splashed during processing, and then followed the steps
The assembly sequence was like a fit that had been practiced countless times, and it clicked together.
The base was in place, the refractory bricks were flying, and the shell guard finally floated up gently. Except for the sound of processing, everything was so silent. Even the workers who were watching were so shocked that they could not make a sound and seemed to even breathe.
All stopped!
Perfect fit!
The process, which was as precise as the explosion animation of object parts, was over. Landau clapped his hands and nodded. He seemed to be very satisfied with the result of the work. He clicked his right hand in the air. It was still supported among the parts floating in the air.
During this time, mental power controlled the huge magic power sweeping across the connection.
They began to fall on the arched foundation, the threads were tightened, and the joints clicked together, and the places that needed to be welded automatically lit up with a bright red light.
In such a short time, the small blast furnace, which Bolu expected would take a month to complete, was successfully erected on the ground.
Bolu finally came to his senses: "What kind of skill is this! Why don't you teach me such a powerful magic teacher!"