113 Alema (3000)

Three days later, Jiang Yan and his entourage came to the last city in front of the Earth Lake, Alema. North Continent is similar to West Continent in that its harsh environment has left it with no land and no population. The West Continent is because of the ubiquitous [sand and dust], and the North Continent is the boundless frozen soil. Before the rise of San Diego, it was a well-known death site on the entire continent, and even notorious outlaws would not set foot in this dead territory. Seventy years ago, when the emaciated Santiago was dragged out of the Dihu Basin by his equally emaciated Phoenix, no one would have imagined that this guy, who seemed to have only one breath left, would completely change the entire North Continent.

The rare and precious resources on this continent are like gold on the earth, enough to cause a mess, let alone a gold mine. The outlaws from the other three continents packed up one after another, and plunged into this frozen land of death one by one. Therefore, human beings are the most intelligent creatures who have ever lived, and they are changing their surroundings little by little through the limited resources at hand. Seventy years later, the permafrost that once covered the entire northern continent has gradually shrunk, and Alema was built just a decade ago. The Emperor of Santiago stopped the further advance of humanity, and he completely mastered the North Continent, not allowing others to move on his pearl.

Jiang Yan walked along the way, and all he saw were some buildings with a very industrial atmosphere. The steampunk style adds a singular twist to the cities of Northcontinent. Truckloads of coal from the north were brought into the city, igniting their hearts in the middle of the city. Contrary to Jiang Yan's guess, the people of Beizhou erected their chimneys in the center of the city, which was a sign of advancement in their eyes, as if the more chimneys, the higher they were. Walking on the black and soot-covered streets, Jiang Yan couldn't help but wrinkle No, the path chosen by Santiago to dominate is not magical at all, he is cold and bloody, and for his own strength, he can even exploit the lonely plant girl who has no support. Jiang Yan knew that in this industrial land flowing with black blood, the plant girls and gardeners who were full of romantic fantasies in the eyes of ordinary people had long been gone, and the man-eating factory had devoured all the labor in its eyes one bite at a time. Jiang Yan thought of the primitive accumulation in the history books, and only a few words were brushed aside. But you have to admit that Santiago was a success, starting as a down-and-out gardener with no background, and it took him decades to become one of the four forces that dominated the continent.

In order to survive, in order not to be eaten and wiped by the other three emperors, gnawing meat and sucking bones, he went further and further along this dangerous road. On Earth, this may succeed, but here, the road ahead is bound to be bumpy. Every city Jiang Yan passed by, there was a sense of restlessness. Workers, whether human or plant-girl, everyone was in a hurry, and in the shabby bars of the dirty side street, Jiang Yan drank gin mixed with the smell of engine oil, and listened to his ears.

The bar was filthy, stained with alcohol, greasy and black, and a disgusting smell of vomit. Those who drink and relax here will naturally not be dignitaries. Even if it's a frosty person outside, it's in full swing here, and shirtless rough men and bewitching girls with heavy makeup can be seen everywhere. The sound of drinking, scolding, and coaxing is endless, and most of the mouths of these drunks are unsatisfactory things at the end of the day, or which mother-in-law steals the man, and which princess loves Hanlang's half-true gossip stories.

However, after carefully sifting through it, Jiang Yan was not without gains. Just a few days before he went to look for colchicum, an order seemed to be issued from Santiago in Santiago City. Jiang Yan didn't hear the specific content of the order, and from the mouth of the drunken machine factory worker, it seemed that it was an order that was enough to destroy the entire Beizhou industry.

Could this be the cause of this incident?

Jiang Yan quietly took a sip of gin. The noisy drunks are full of babbling that they don't know what to call or just a riot. Jiang Yan felt that there was no useful information to go any further, and after leaving the wine money, he left the shabby bar alone.

The cold wind on the street blew, and the stuffiness brought out of the bar dissipated instantly, Jiang Yan felt a chill, and quickly put the coat on his arm. Turning the dim street, Jiang Yan passed by a sign. Under the dim and yellowed street lamp, Jiang Yan looked at the notice above with his gradually increasing eyesight. More than half of them were job postings from factories, and some were completely unintelligible nonsense. In the lower left corner of the billboard, Jiang Yan saw a notice that had been torn off in half.

In the lower right corner of the sign, there is a very small mark of a cat's head. This is the symbol of the Santiago family, he has seen it in the second family, according to him, his father originally wanted to draw a lion, but the painting is not good, but this old guy still wants to save face, and he is stunned to engrave this cute cat head on their family coat of arms. Industrial punk with a cute cat head, Jiang Yan always felt that something was wrong there.

"There is a ...... by the water's edge Be careful......"

There wasn't much information left on the notice, but with its terrifying background like a man-eating monster, Jiang Yan knew that there must be something at the water's edge, and it was very dangerous.

The cold wind unique to the North Continent blew, bringing with it the few withered yellow leaves. The rusty street lamp on the bracket, the lampshade clanged, and the shaking of the light made Jiang Yan look very uncomfortable. After scanning it again to make sure that there was no other missing information, Jiang Yan turned around and walked towards the hotel. The sky was gray, there was not a single moonlight, not a star, and everything was silent in darkness.

A few rats quickly crawled out of the manhole cover and chirped through the uninhabited streets, not knowing which corner they had turned. Jiang Yan strolled through the silent streets, and occasionally a few plant girls wearing overalls passed by, they saw Jiang Yan's identity as a gardener, and seemed surprised, but none of them were talking to Jiang Yan. When approaching the hotel, Jiang Yan saw several staggering drunks, all of whom looked like they had just crawled out of a nearby bar, and one of them was even leaning on a lamppost nearby, looking at the action should be vomiting.

Jiang Yan remembered the notice of unknown meaning again. In his mind, there were several options for such a dangerous thing. As a former barren land, there are countless creatures that have been eroded by disasters and gone crazy, some of them are animals here, and most of them are intelligent races that once lived in this land, they gradually lost their minds under the erosion of the [Cold Wave] and became lackeys of disasters, and at the same time, they also gained strong vitality. However, this kind of monster, Jiang Yan only saw it in the literature that he hurriedly browsed when he came, in the journey to develop the North Continent, the brave human beings expelled these monsters and their master [Cold Wave] to the north of the Eura Mountains, the world that only belonged to the ice and snow, just from the power it remained in the North Continent, you can see how powerful this disaster overlord that once entrenched in the North Continent is. That's why Jiang Yan thought that the reason why Xizhou was still struggling with the [Sand and Dust] invasion was entirely because there was nothing that humans valued in this desert.

"Jiang Yan Jiang Yan!" As soon as Jiang Yan opened the door of the room, a soft and warm thing slipped into his arms.

"Hmmm! What a terrible smell! Pepchino raised his little head with a wrinkled nose, and Jiang Yan jokingly scratched the little Lori's nose and hugged her down.

"Jiang Yan Jiang Yan! It's really uncomfortable here! I don't like it here! Ever since entering Northcontinent, Pepchino has been repeating her feelings. Not to mention the plant mother who is very sensitive to the environment, even the sluggish Jiang Yan can already feel the poison in the air.

"Bear with me for a few more days, and it will be good to go to Beihu." Jiang Yan turned his head and asked Hu Yang.

Populus Hu mentions Alema's exploration party.

"They went further north, and it was said that the farthest team had already seen the snowy tops of the Euler Mountains." In the last few days, there has been a lot of unrest on the side of the lake, and it is said that there are earthquakes from time to time, and in order to protect their property, the factory owners of the whole city have formed a search team of their main plant mothers to find the source of the earthquake, and it would be better if they could catch the disaster that caused trouble.

Jiang Yan knew that the plant lady Wang Fugui said should be about to wake up. From his words, Jiang Yan knew a mysterious world buried deep under the earthly lake. After Jiang Yan inquired carefully, he suddenly felt that this world was somewhat similar to a place he was in contact with...... Watermelon's Dream World!

He wanted to ask about the big eyeballs, but the big eyeballs didn't mean to bubble at all these days, even if he shook the rabbit hard, he didn't get the eyeballs out.

To the north of Alema, it is theoretically part of Santiago's territory. At the center of the territory, the city of San Diego is located at the heart of Lake Earth and the Eura Mountains. In the midst of a dispute a few decades ago, Santiago relied on a large group of plant mothers to push down all the forces in the vicinity of the Golden Ore Vein, and steel and charcoal showed its fangs to the world for the first time. To the south of Alema City, these cities are very complex, and most of them were founded by fugitives from those forces. Jiang Yan was still very strange when he first read this brief history, why did Santiago, who looked very fierce, leave a bane? This kind of ruthless person has always been cut down to the roots. It wasn't until he saw the three cities of Lampang in the North Continent, Los Serillos near the West Continent, Hermania which was separated from the South Continent by only one Holy Seed College, and San Miguel near the East Continent. They were the first cities to be established on the wasteland and the last to complete industrial construction. As long as you use your brain, you can think that they are inextricably linked to the power of the Three Emperors.

"Did you get anything out there?" After Hu Yang finished speaking, he asked Jiang Yan.

"Is there a team going tonight?" Jiang Yan did not answer.

"Are you going to follow me today? Don't trim it up? ”

"No, the city is dangerous right now."