Chapter 153 Arrival
Chapter 153 · Arrival
In the 1930s, there were indeed few traces of human beings in central Africa.
The British and French colonists were only concerned with harvesting those prosperous and wealthy areas. For remote places, they basically adopted a free-range tax-collecting approach. Although the vast African savannah is rich in water and grass, it is not suitable for ethnic groups to settle down and reside permanently.
It is too vast and too flat. There is a lack of shelter, and the water source will change with the change of rainy season and dry season.
Of course, the most important thing. There are places that are better, more comfortable, and more abundant than the savannah.
Modern people always talk about African refugees, as if Africa is a barren and miserable place - this is wrong, Africans may be poor, but Africa itself is not. The land in Africa is the most fertile land in the world, and Africa has never lacked rain and sunshine. Africa has so many products that those who really came out of the bitter cold land can hardly imagine. Before the establishment of the modern economic system, the word poverty has never been associated with Africa.
They are poor because, except for the Nile River Basin, people here have no tradition of farming or even grazing. Because there is no need, because this land has been too rich in the past few thousand years. It is so rich that hungry people can see small animals when they go out, and thirsty people can see fruit trees when they look up. There is no shortage of food and water, so there is no need to fight for a better tomorrow. And this has led to most of the residents on this land being...lazy.
Of course, this is a one-sided conclusion. There are many reasons for the poverty of modern Africa - but the reincarnationists don't need to care about those. All the reincarnationists need to know is that 'most areas of Africa are too rich to break away from the tribal system, and thus have a complete civilization system'. This is enough.
Without civilization, there is no inheritance.
Without inheritance, there are no stories.
Without stories, there is naturally no myth, and the spread of supernatural power systems.
And this means safety.
Jiang Yu opened his eyes - the slight heat of Africa came towards him with the smell of green grass. What came into view was an endless vast grassland - unlike the wasteland of Lv426, which was nothing but stones and sand, this novel resort was full of life.
This is Sub-Sahara, or more accurately, Central Africa, Congo. Of course, there is still no independent French colony in this place. The land here has not been developed much even after a hundred years, and it has the unique vitality of no-man's land.
A group of wildebeests shouted loudly, looking at the Central Continent reincarnationists who suddenly appeared on this grassland with doubts. In the distance, groups of wild buffaloes were heading towards the nearest river. Several lazy lions were basking in the sun leisurely a few hundred meters away, ignoring the uninvited guests of the reincarnationists who were still far away.
They should be more vigilant.
"I have had a dream since I was a child, I... want to wrestle with lions!" Cheng Xiao screamed strangely. He changed into a casual outfit and jumped hundreds of meters away. As a result, he crashed into a piece of soft mud, which scared the nearby herbivores. He didn't care about the dirt on his body. He just crawled out with a muddy face, bared his teeth and claws, and pounced on the lions who were also stunned.
A guy who is fickle... He just said he wanted to ride an elephant not long ago.
Jiang Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him, just turned his head and glanced at Zheng Zha.
The latter shrugged - it was obvious that he didn't want to control this guy.
"Okay, everyone." So Jiang Yu went with the flow. "It seems that our landing point is safe, so let's set up a temporary base here. After that, everyone can move freely."
A signal, a cheer. The reincarnations acted separately, and Jiang Yu nodded to Zhan Lan.
—— "Explore the surroundings."
He said in his heart.
—— "Leave it to me."
She answered in her heart.
There was no smell of danger in the air, and this land had no trace of industrial or even human pollution. Zhan Lan closed his eyes, and his mental power extended to the outside of the surface. Jiang Yu raised his foot and stepped lightly on the ground.
The biological force field unfolded. The strong shock wave, under the blessing of the power of Thor, spread to the land within a radius of hundreds of meters. There were no mineral deposits, and no large underground undercurrents. The mud pit that Cheng Xiao stepped on was the only "trap" connected to the underground water system within a radius of 200 meters. The rock layer was tens of meters below the surface.
It was a good place to camp. Chu Xuan waved his hand, and several golden multi-legged intelligent robots that looked quite scary robot-like, but more delicate and dexterous than them, jumped out of the storage equipment. Collect resources, measure, and transform the nearby ground.
They are windproof and dustproof.
So Zheng Zha flipped the Black Scripture of the Undead and recited a spell. A storm accompanied by the spell flattened the slightly uneven ground under the reincarnationist's feet in an instant, and scared away the large group of animals swimming around. Except for the group of unlucky lions that Cheng Xiao had entangled with, the other bison and wildebeests all ran away quickly in fear.
The ground became tidy. Mou Gang transformed into an aerospace fighter and flew high into the sky with the orbiting satellite. And Jiang Yu also walked to the mud pit that Cheng Xiao fell into. Driven by the force field, it then floated and slid silently to the center of the pit. Then, make a fist.
‘Crack-! ’
Thunder flashes and gathers. Jiang Yu's raised right arm turned into a blue nail. Resonance, spiral. Then... it fell with one blow!
'boom--! ’
The tremors of the earth can be transmitted hundreds of meters. A river in the distance turned into a rising waterfall due to the connection of underground water veins.
And a vertical well nearly thirty meters deep was drilled through.
The sound of rushing water sounded, and Jiang Yu turned around to avoid the spring that erupted in the same spot a few seconds later. The turbid muddy water sprayed several meters high, and it would probably take some time for it to become clear again... maybe even longer.
A water source was made.
And it will soon be cleared into a pond.
Jiang Yu's feet landed on the dry ground a little further away, and as expected, he heard unnecessary noise.
"Too rough." Zheng Zha complained. Although the punch did not bring dust to his body - he just glanced at Jiang Yu with a slightly showy look, and the next moment, a large area of dark red flames Then it separated from his body - without spreading out, or spreading to the surrounding areas. Instead, it solidified and gathered, and there were vague signs of materialization!
The dark fire that separated from the body turned into two floating giant objects with vague outlines of palms. The outline of the palm gradually became clear, and Zheng Zha's eyes widened slightly. They pounced on the puddle created by Jiang Yu and dug around!
Evaporate the water vapor and ablate the mud. The palms that turned into entities actually produced some physical collision force effects. Although the work was not very precise, it didn't take long for the mud pit to be burned into a pond, and the soil in the pond was baked into porcelain and pottery. .
The difference between destruction and construction is clearly reflected here.
And how long has it been?
In just two hours, he mastered this gift of power so finely?
"How about it?"
Zheng Zha snorted and raised his chin.
Jiang Yu pretended not to see the bloodshot eyes and the heat from the sweat on his back. He only briefly reflected on whether he had lived a little too indulgently in the first two hours of preparation - but he quickly rejected this idea and discovered another small sign of the incident in his memory.
——After I redeemed the intelligence upgrade, this guy still hadn’t left... and asked me what enhancements I was buying.
--so……
"How much intelligence did you buy?" Jiang Yu hit the nail on the head.
"It's just a few purchases." Zheng Zha said with firm eyes.
However, a number quietly appeared in Jiang Yu's thoughts.
"So you bought a thousand points?" Jiang Yu said in a certain tone. "It seems that you have finally spent your resources in the most correct place."
"...Jiang Yu, has anyone ever told you that you really can't speak?"
"My education is low, blame me."
The air became stagnant for a moment. Tiny blades of grass peeled off by sandstorms, automatically in the absence of wind.
Until Mou Gang, who physically flew through the atmosphere, returned to the surface.
"The liftoff was not hindered, and the placement of the satellite was also very smooth..." Mou Gang returned the human form, and he felt a subtle change in the atmosphere after only half a sentence. "...Hmm, maybe I should check again?"
"No need." It was Chu Xuan who stopped him. This man without glasses ignored the delicate situation dozens of seconds ago. "The system is connected and the timing is working just fine. Based on geomagnetic and star orbit calculations, I can confirm that we have been away for eight years - it is now 1933, the year of the Scorpion, which happens to be the year of the Scorpion."
"Then it looks like we'll have something to do soon." Zheng Zha turned his gaze away and nodded. "But it doesn't look like autumn or winter now, so we still have time to prepare."
——"I will deal with you when I have mastered my magic skills."
"The air is very humid and the temperature is good. It should be summer...the turn of summer and autumn. But we also have to arrange some necessary precautions to prevent unexpected situations." Jiang Yu agreed, and many of the previous worries became unnecessary at this moment. . The three major forces that appeared before the end of World III still seem to have useless backgrounds.
And when Zheng Zha looked over, he returned a challenging look.
——"Let's see who has achieved great success then."
The two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at different places.
At the same time, Cheng Xiao, who had bullied the poor lions to their fullest, also returned to the temporary camp - strong wind filled the air around him, and all the mud and grass blades that had stained his casual clothes were expelled from his body. Even the dyed cotton structure is clean again, with no trace of stain remaining.
"The animals here are very wild, and they haven't seen many people. At least not in the short term." Serious words came from the mouth of this not-so-serious guy.
"There are no large-scale settlements within a hundred kilometers." And Zhan Lan also opened his eyes. "The nearest large settlement is two hundred and seven kilometers away from us. The nearest city is more than three hundred kilometers away. At the same time, seventy-five kilometers away, there is a volcano with signs of activity. If I am good at geography, then It should be the most dangerous volcano in Africa, Nyiragongo. In this era, no matter what we do here, it will be regarded as a by-product of volcanic activity.”
The safety factor has been greatly improved.
Then...
"It seems we can prepare our dinner with peace of mind..." Zheng Zha nodded, and then suddenly thought of something. "Jiang Yu, are you interested in going fishing? It is said that the river and seafood in Africa are very abundant and delicious."
"Forget it, I don't have the patience." Jiang Yu waved his hand, and then, his bad intentions gradually rose.
"But you can bring Chu Xuan with you. He must be good at fishing."
"I have never fished." Chu Xuan stated the facts.
"…………" Zheng Zha subconsciously looked at Zero Point, who was his fishing partner last time, and found that the other party was also looking at him.
"Oh, then you must give it a try. Fishing is a good activity. It's much better than staying in the laboratory every day." A hearty smile came out of his throat. Zheng Zha appeared next to Chu Xuan in a blink of an eye, and then, with his arm around his shoulder, his eyebrows could hardly hide the excitement of wanting to bully him.
"This is not in my schedule." Chu Xuan frowned slightly, facing Zheng Zha's hand on his shoulder. He was a little...uncomfortable.
And Lingdian also completed the double-teaming silently. And like a magic trick, he took out three sets of fishing gear.
"We have a lot of time today." Lingdian talked a lot today.
"Let's go." Zheng Zha directly pulled Chu Xuan and ran, shouting to others while running. "We will be back in three hours at most. Everyone is waiting for the full fish feast. I am the little prince of fishing, haha!"
Poor kid.
Jiang Yu believed that the full fish feast existed because he knew how strong Chu Xuan's fishing ability was. But whether the self-esteem of a self-proclaimed little prince of fishing could match this fishing ability...it was hard to say.
"Help me bring back a crab! It must be from the river!" And he still remembered the plan he made before the trip.