Chapter 686 357 Lizard Rows a Boat Without Oars

In the middle of Lustria, the Scorpion Coast north of Zahuitak, one week after the Battle of Zahuitak.

Daquus stood on the Scorpion Coast, the sea breeze with a slightly salty smell brushed across his face, making him feel a little warm. His cloak fluttered in the wind, like a shadow in the night, silently wrapping his tall body. He stared at the distant Terencan Island, the mysterious land vaguely appeared in the distance, as if shrouded in a layer of light mist, revealing a bit of mystery and ominousness.

He came out of the rift to investigate, and as the king of ideas, he had a new idea.

Zahuitak is close to the vast ocean, but it is not a port city, but a proper inland city. When the ancient saints designed these temple cities, they did not consider the issue of shipping at all, and there was indeed no such demand. Only Chapeyuto in the entire Lustria continent was a proper port city.

This is also the reason why Chapeyuto is located on the spiritual vein node. All the temple cities on the Lustria continent are built on the spiritual vein nodes. Stabilizing the spiritual vein nodes is the main purpose of building temple cities.

Southeast of Zahuitak is a place called the Blood-sucking Mosquito Swamp, which is heavily guarded by lizardmen. If Malekith wants to get his magic shield back, these annoying big reptiles must be dealt with, so a battle that did not happen began...

Actually, it didn't happen. Zhongma Ge knocked the Supreme Magic Shield by himself. He had never been to Lustria before he came to Lustria with Daxus, and he had never fought with the lizardmen, but the Blood-sucking Mosquito Swamp is real.

The reason why it is called the Blood-sucking Mosquito Swamp is because there is a swamp there. Of course, this is nonsense. In addition to the swamp, there are real blood-sucking mosquitoes there, blood-sucking mosquitoes as big as birds. During the Battle of the Brass Desert, the dead troglodyte was found by Akadan in the Vampire Swamp. He had heard from Akadan that the troglodyte living in the Vampire Swamp was like a toad, with a long forked tongue that kept rolling back and forth, catching a vampire in one bite.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the swamp is the source of an unknown river, leading to the Scorpion Coast and flowing into the Vast Ocean.

Although Zahuitak is not a port city, it can be a canal city. As we all know, the Sky City, Talanxla, the Moon City, Talanxlan and the Echo City, Zahuitak are on a parallel line. Perhaps a canal can be opened to connect the Amazon River and the Vampire Swamp, and connect the three cities together by water.

Perhaps the Amazon River should be extended further, all the way to the Spine of Sotek, and the water-producing ancient saint device should be placed there. Talanxla is very close to the Spine of Sotek, so the stones for rebuilding Talanxla and Zahuitak can be transported continuously through this canal, speeding up the repair work of these two cities.

If you play a bigger game, you can also open a canal from the Vampire Swamp to the previous Vampire Coast, but the Vampire Coast has become a thing of the past since the soul of the white-haired Harkon returned to the sea, and now it has become the Huta Coast.

This canal will connect the Ghost City, Talanx and the City of Rebirth and Huta. It will play an important role in materials, daily traffic and troop dispatch. When everything stabilizes, it can also become a port connecting Ulthuan. By then, not only these five temple cities, but also the City of Disguise, Horroto, the City of Fish Scales, and Juitex located in the upper reaches of the Amazon River will also benefit.

In this way, the seven temple cities will be closely connected through the canal and become the core of the central part of the continent of Lustria. Although Zahuitak, located in the center of these seven cities, cannot become a populous city like the neighboring Taraxland, it will become the hub of these seven temples, will be radiant and become extremely important.

Huta will also become important, and this inland city, which is also not far from the sea, will also become a port city. The fleet from Chapeyuto will reach Huta after passing the Serpent Islands, and a steady stream of materials will be injected into Huta and Tarax cities through here.

Since it has been decided to build a canal, Zahuitak can be connected to Horroto. In this way, the elves' fleet can depart from Ulthuan, arrive at Zahuitak, sail into the canal, and reach Horroto through the canal. When the fleet arrives at Horroto, it has actually reached the Far Sea.

The Far Sea is the Pacific Ocean in this world, and there is Cathay on the other side of the Pacific Ocean...

Many times, geography determines everything. After the King of Ulthuan, Naggaroth is destined to be abandoned, and it will become a barren land again and a paradise for greenskins. There is no need to build a canal similar to the Panama Canal in the Isthmus of Lustria. This canal connecting the seven temple cities will replace the role of the Panama Canal.

And Horroto will also become a port city, a port city located in the Far Sea, providing supplies for ships entering and leaving the Far Sea, etc.

If you play it bigger, the outlet of the Quiweza River can be reopened, and the Starlight City and Asroto on the river can be used as port cities, connecting the First City, Itaza and the City of Destiny, Asroto. Extend the Amazon River all the way to Asheril. Build a canal connecting the Golden City, Chakua and the Mist City, Slanwupek.

In this way, the six temple cities in the south of Lustria will be connected together. Although they are not as tightly connected as the seven temples in the middle, it is better to have them than not. With this canal, it cannot be called a canal, but more like a water network. With this water network, ships departing from Asheril can reach Itaza directly through this water network, and even reach the middle.

Just like the water network in Rickland that enters from Shadelheim, crosses Wobergland, and finally reaches Nuln.

In addition, it is called six cities because Sabatuna, located between Ashoto and Okos, has not been discovered. If Sabatuna is discovered and proves its value, then...

Perhaps, a canal can be built from Huta to Slanwupek, and of course, the unknown river in the Vampire Swamp can be extended to Slanwupek.

The value and role of the canal and the water network are there, there is nothing to discuss, as for other things, such as building railways... emmm

As is known to all, these temple cities located throughout Lustria are usually connected, and some groups of Skinks constantly travel through jungles, across rivers, across mountains and plains. As they walk, they feel a force that drives them to move on land, connecting each temple city they encounter.

The key here is to encounter, that is, to light up. First, the Skinks must have been there and know where the city is, so that they can automatically navigate and not stray from the road. This requires the old to lead the new, and usually they act as a group. It is a bit too difficult for a Skink born in Hesiota to cross Lustria alone to reach Oxo in the south.

Skinks will travel for various needs, such as looking for certain supplies or going to a temple city to participate in unique festivals and celebrations. In addition, the temple cities are interdependent in terms of resources, military mutual assistance and information. Even with the telepathy of the Slann Magic Priests, there must be Skink Messengers to transmit information between settlements.

Who let the Slann Magic Priests not take care of things normally, and the Skink Priests manage them. Skink priests are not telepathic, which means they need to pass messages.

Most skink messengers pass messages on foot, but if the situation is urgent, they will ride pterosaurs and fly over the rainforest, which can greatly shorten the journey time.

There are roads on the continent of Lustria. Before the great invasion, the lizardmen built long and straight roads along the spiritual vein network, with symmetrical statues on both sides and bricks and stones commonly seen in temple cities.

Now, only a small part of them is still in use, but they are also intermittent and not systematic at all. Roads without a system are worthless.

Daxus occasionally saw these roads when he first crossed the continent of Lustria. He saw them instead of walking because these short roads were not worth walking at all. In addition to the occasional roads, there are more lonely bridge piers standing on the river, lonely and tall bridge piers. More roads disappear in the rainforest over time, are submerged by rivers, or disappear due to collapse, or disappear in newly emerging canyons.

In addition to these visible things, underground caves and tunnel networks are spread all over the continent of Lustria, but the Lizardmen usually do not use these underground means of communication. For the Lizardmen, this is more dangerous than crossing the rainforest. There are things under the ground, things suppressed by the ancient saints. When I was lucky before, I would encounter a sudden appearance of Duruchi.

It is unrealistic to build roads. The area of ​​Lustria is there, and construction requires manpower, time and cost. This matter can only be done during the heyday of the Lizardmen, that is, before the great invasion. After all, maintenance and upkeep are required after the construction.

Build railways...

Build highways... In fact, there are highways in Lustria, but they are not called highways. A section of the Sky Road stands high in the jungle in southern Lustria. The huge brick and stone path is suspended on the towering pillars, like a highway appearing above the treetops.

Before the great invasion, the Lizardmen once connected Okoos and Chapeyuto, and extended to the Kaochen Plain. This is one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Lizardmen. The Lizardmen army marched along this road, which is a passage connecting the spiritual vein nodes. Magic flickered and illuminated the way forward. In the past, the energy flowing through the road enabled it to cross distances far greater than the physical size allowed.

Occasionally, the Slann magic priests would perform awakening rituals to direct energy into the road, so that any key node in the spiritual vein network of the continent of Lustria could be reached.

But that was all in the past. Now, most of the Sky Road has collapsed, and only a small part can be used. When the Sky Road is used in this way, it will be further weakened and collapsed.

Daquus had planned to restart the Sky Road before, connecting Okos with Ashiriel and Chapeyuto, and use it as a strategic channel for rapid movement in wartime. When needed, the Duruchi soldiers could quickly enter the Lustria jungle to support the Lizardmen through the Sky Road, or the Lizardmen could use the Sky Road to go south to support the Kaochen Plain.

But... he thought too much, what to do when, Duruchi and the Lizardmen did not have the manpower and material resources to restart the Sky Road now. If you use the awakening ritual to march... it's not like taking off your pants to fart, it's still useful. When the spirit vein nodes are unstable, it's too dangerous to teleport through the Ancient Saints' Path. At this time, you have to use the Sky Road. The problem is...

Building a canal is the best solution at present. Human and material resources are not needed at all. There is no construction period and no opening ceremony. All that is needed is great power. This great power refers to Master Ma's eyes shining and his chubby little hands raised high.

Snap, the canal appeared very quickly, and then water was poured into it. There was no need to even explore it. There was no need to think about natural dangers such as Yanhuidui. There was no space and value for them to exist.

Of course, there are still some other problems. The three temple cities of Huta, Slanwupek and Astroro are located between the plateau tropical rainforest, which is extremely difficult to cross. This is also the reason why White Hair Haken did not attack Slanwupek after occupying the Vampire Coast.

Perhaps another canal connecting these three temple cities should be built to connect Slanwupek, a temple city in the central and southern part of the Lustria continent, to the central and southern part of the continent, making Slanwupek more important and more core. In fact, the terrain problem is easy to solve. If the road is blocked, there is still an underground. The plateau section can be taken underground.

In addition to the plateau terrain between the three temple cities, the Amazon River in the west also has some technical problems to be solved. The Amazon River, which almost runs across the central part of Ruschi, is a confluence of multiple rivers, and there is a problem of terrain height difference.

There is a cliff with a height difference of nearly 70 meters, which is the largest waterfall in the world. However, this is a technical problem, which can be solved by great power, just take more detours. Dacus believes that these problems are not a big deal for the great mathematician Master Ma.

There is no shortage of wood. The rain forest is the most lacking of wood. Boats are not a problem either. The skin lizards are creative, but the lizardmen have no boats. The skin lizards put their creativity in this regard on rafts... or the kind of rafts that can pull heavy objects and stones.

Moreover, the skin lizards do not row boats by oars, and of course they do not rely on waves, but by pushing...

There are no oars, no need for pulling, and no sails. When there is a need on the canal, the skin lizards will lead the monitor lizards off the raft and push the raft forward in the water.

When on the river, the Skinks use Pliers, a large, trained aquatic reptile, as a ferry or tugboat. Each Pliers is controlled by a Skink pilot, who is protected by the ancient saints Ich and Zonki.

In response, Dakwus prepared some small optimizations and added some elven elements. He planned to send some shipbuilders from Clarkalond to guide the Skinks to build large flat-bottomed canals, and send some sailors to teach the Skinks to use the elves' unique oblique sails.

Canal boats sail in the canal, relying on the wind and the water.

There is no need to worry when the wind and water are favorable. The Skinks operate the sails and the Monitors operate the paddles. Paddles are more useful than oars at this time, and the cost-effectiveness is also high. One or more Monitors can operate the paddles according to the needs of the ship. As for the paddles... it is a bit difficult for the Skinks.

It's a bit troublesome when there's no wind and the current is against the current. Dacus needs to count the dragons that are currently in Lustria and use them in key positions to let the dragons act as tugboats. If that doesn't work, he has to rely on oars, tow ropes and piles, or let the lizards and giant lizards go into the water to push.

For now, the canal boats are a bit noisy when transporting stones, but they can temporarily meet all current needs. Later, they will use larger all-steel flat-bottomed boats and steam engines.

For Dacus, what he needs to determine now is the role of Zahuitak in the future, determine the function of the city, and provide guidance for the reconstruction work that is about to begin. The rest has nothing to do with him. How big the port is built, how to build the canal, and how much capacity the canal boats are built will be responsible for after the meeting. His role is to act as the chief designer and draw a circle.

"Zongqi Road, how about Zongqi Road?" He looked down at the beach and was a little disappointed after not seeing the gravel he needed. Then he looked at Ryan who was standing aside and asked.

"My Lord, what?"

"Nothing, when you travel on the canal, Zongqi will guide you on His way." Dacus shook his head, playing a joke that was not really a joke. It should have been called a river, but he named it a road. Then he said, "Now, if you want, tell me." (End of this chapter)