Chapter 42 The City of Blue Waves
This is a natural phenomenon in the midst of extremely poor wolf colonies. They cannot afford the elderly, and resources will be directed to the main fighters who can fight with newborn children and teenagers in order to maintain the existence of the population.
However, such a population structure, with enough food and adequate training, will produce a large number of qualified fighters faster than normal.
Finally through the huge shanty town, we came to the castle gates. The city's peninsula-facing gate is even more impressive up close, with a nearly 50-meter-high gatehouse that shades the sky, three taller towers on each side, three layers of shooting holes on top and bottom, and a platform at the top to accommodate more shooters.
The walls were made of huge stones, some weighing several tons. Such stones were not uncommon and abound on the city walls. Only werewolf coolies could carry and place such heavy stones with their bare hands.
The dampness caused the walls to climb on the surface of the walls with large vines and moss at the bottom. In the cracks in the stone walls of the city wall, there were many blades of grass, and even a few small trees were growing tenaciously.
These mottled greens have added a lot of historical vicissitudes and time precipitation to the city, and this huge city looks more like a work of art. But on the other hand, it is obviously in disrepair, otherwise the vines on the wall and the growth of plants and trees are taboo in urban defense.
It can be seen that the city of blue waves has not experienced a war for a long time, and such a magnificent giant city has no use at all, more like the product of the Duke of Bones in order to leave a permanent mark in history. Only the Duke of White Bone, who has ruled the entire Emerald Sea for more than three hundred years, can mobilize countless manpower and material resources to build such a city in decades or even hundreds of years.
Before entering the city gate, Qianye suddenly raised his head and looked at the city tower, his eyes stopped on the two arrow towers for a moment, and then continued to walk towards the city as if nothing had happened.
This small action suddenly made several werewolf nobles nervous. The high priest who followed Qianye saw all this, stared at the nobles fiercely, waved his hand to summon a young and strong werewolf warrior, and whispered a few words in his ear. The werewolf warrior immediately ran away, and disappeared into the gatehouse like lightning, all the way to the top of the city.
Ignoring all this, Chiya walked towards the city at the same pace.
The main road in the city of blue waves is very wide, which is much higher than the standard of the Terran city. On both sides of the road are rows of stone buildings, three to four stories high. These buildings were built to werewolf standards, and a four-story building is equivalent to a six-story Terran building.
Most of the shops on both sides are deserted, there are few people, and the goods sold are very poor, nothing more than some ham and leather goods, swords and armor. There are very few industrial products, and even more complex products that require a large industrial system to process are underserved.
Seeing that Qianye was concerned about the shops, the Great Priest Bento led the way first, pointed to a large avenue on the side, and said: "That side is the most prosperous commercial street in the city, which has all kinds of materials, and it can be said that the prosperity of the Emerald Sea is all here." If you are interested, please check it out. ”
"It's fine. Chiya nodded.
This horizontal avenue is dozens of meters wide, only slightly narrower than the main road, and there are many shops on both sides, which is indeed more prosperous than the main road. Qianye casually walked into a nearby liquor store. The deacon immediately came up to him, and all the attendants gathered around. After the deacon saluted, he held a large bowl of wine and said, "This is the best wine in the shop, it used to be exclusively for the duke, please taste it!"
Qianye took the wine bowl and took a small sip, feeling that the taste was spicy and slightly sweet, which can only be said to be okay. This is the wine for the duke, so you can imagine what the other wines are like.
The outside of the liquor store looks atmospheric, a whole three floors, and it is very rough when you go inside, and there are several sets of tables and chairs in the hall for people to drink. Behind the counter are rows of wine barrels, which are completely used as a warehouse. The wine utensils are also lackluster, the sea bowl is made of stoneware, and the others are made of the same material.
Qianye went to the second and third floors to take a look, and they were all warehouses, full of wine barrels, and the smell of spicy wine came to his face. If you were in the Empire, a store of this size would never be arranged like this, and the second and third floors could be used as historical displays and rare wine displays. But thinking of the werewolf habits here, it's generally good to have wine, so how can you still appreciate it?
Although it may make people feel resentful to say this, in reality, most of the connoisseurship and so-called taste can only be cultivated when there is money and leisure.
Walking out of the liquor store, next to it is a butcher shop, which is nothing more than all kinds of air-dried bacon, and there is a smelly fishy smell in the shop, and I don't know where it comes from. The werewolves didn't seem to care.
There are several butcher shops on the whole street, and it seems that werewolves also live on food. In addition, there are quite a few armor shops and weapon shops. Qianye hastily looked at it, but there was nothing that made his eyes shine.
Halfway through the shopping street, Qianye actually saw a shop selling Force guns, and couldn't help but be in the same spirit. He walked into the shop called Thor's Wrath with gusto, and was greeted by a wall of Force guns. Most of these guns have the rugged and bold style of werewolves, and even the grips are larger than the usual specifications of the Terrans. Many of the guns have muzzles as thick as fists, and the extraordinarily thick barrels are not small when you look at them.
Many of the Force guns have metal barbs wrapped around their bodies, and some have a serrated chopper embedded in them, and it is unknown whether they are guns or long-handled knives. These Force guns look more like hand-to-hand combat weapons.
Chiya picked up a Force Gun and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be disappointed. This Force gun is heavy in workmanship and solid in materials, and it is extremely heavy to use, making it difficult for ordinary Terran warriors to use. However, the Force array on the body of the gun is very rudimentary, the carving is not good, and the craftsmanship used is a technology that the empire eliminated a hundred years ago. The effect of the Force array here is to barely condense the Force bomb and then shoot it out.
Not to mention a series of Force arrays that have reduced their size, increased their power, and extended their range in the Empire and the Upper Continent of Eternal Night, not to mention those arrays with special effects, only the simplest part of stabilizing the trajectory has not been seen by Qianye. If you take the analogy of a gunpowder weapon, then the gun is equivalent to stuffing gunpowder and projectiles inside an iron pipe, and then blasting out with one shot, and that's it.
As for making the gun so thick, one is that the barrel material is really poor, and it is easy to have problems if it is not thick. Another estimate is that the werewolf also used this gun as a melee weapon, at least the weight and hardness are still acceptable.
Chiya put the Force Gun down and asked, "Is this the best thing?"
The high priest hurriedly said: "Of course not! This is all equipment sold to ordinary soldiers, and the real powerhouse has equipment directly provided by the Duke's Palace." The best craftsmen worked in the ducal palace. For example, this gun is produced by the Duke's Palace. ”
A nearby chief took off his spear and offered it with both hands.
I took it for a thousand nights and played with it carefully. The workmanship of this gun was much better, and the surface was decorated with gold veins and precious stones. The Force Array is also much more complex and refined, with all the basic functions it should have, but that's it, there are no other special features. It seems that the level of the so-called craftsmen of the Duke's Palace is the level that any qualified craftsman in the Eternal Night of the Empire will have.
If you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that the werewolves of the Emerald Sea live in their primitive form, and it is basically impossible for them to master the high-end Force Array technology, even if they have the technology, they lack the corresponding processing technology. On the other hand, even the werewolves of the Upper Continent of Eternal Night seem to prefer hand-to-hand combat to the use of Force guns.
A genius like William, Chiya has only fought with him with a Force gun when he was under the Iron Curtain, and most of the time William's battles rely on his ability in his natural form, and the strongest is the incarnation of a giant wolf.
Among the four dark races, the Werewolf Central Plains Gun has the worst use and popularity. It seems to have something to do with the nature of werewolves, but it's not necessarily true. Spider demons have stronger bodies and strength, but they are not far behind in their use of the Force Gun. Many spider demons are particularly fond of hand cannons due to their strong characteristics, and their power is greatly increased in close-range combat.
Qianye returned the Force Gun to the chief, and at this point, there was nothing else to see in the other shops. The high priest led the way and walked towards the Duke's Palace with a thousand nights.
The Duke's Palace is located on the lakeside side of the city, and the main building is 100 meters high, with a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. The Duke's Palace covers an area of about one-fifth of the city, and has its own moat and drawbridges to distinguish it from the rest of the city.
Standing in front of the gate of the Duke's Palace, the high priest said: "Since we received the news that you are coming, we have sealed the treasury and craftsman area of the Duke's Palace, and the original Duke's living area in the main building has also been closed, and now it is still the same as when the Duke left, and it has not been touched. ”
Qianye nodded, this high priest can be regarded as having a heart, and he is very thoughtful in handling affairs.
The walls of the Duke's Palace are much better maintained, very different from the vines that are everywhere in the outer city. The two huge doors are covered with wrought copper, thick and ornate. The gates of the Duke's Palace were opened, apparently waiting for a thousand nights to come.
Walking into the gate, Qianye saw that there was a platform on both sides of the gate near the city wall, and on the platform was a huge winch, and dozens of strong werewolves were standing next to the winch. I didn't expect the door of the Duke's Palace to be opened in this primitive way.
Qianye suddenly remembered why he always felt that something was missing since he entered the city, and it turned out that he didn't see the power tower. As the energy supply hub of large mechanical devices, various styles of power towers are the standard configuration of almost every city, and even the cities on the Eternal Night Continent also have power towers, but the models are old, many of them are antiques hundreds of years ago.
However, a city as large as the Blue Wave City can accommodate 100,000 people just behind the high walls, and there is not a single power tower. Without power towers, not only did the gates need to be opened and closed manually, but it was also impossible to install all kinds of powerful turrets. It's no wonder that all the way in, all you see are watchtowers, and most of them are werewolf shooters.
At this point, Qianye has a new understanding of the closed and primitive nature of the Emerald Seawere.
The interior of the Ducal Palace is more like a small but complete city, with separate warehouses and workshops, as well as areas for the lower population. The main building is where the Duke of Bones lives every day, and the lobby and dining room are magnificent, and there is a sizable museum that displays objects representing his exploits.
On the second floor, there are meeting rooms and study rooms, as well as a storehouse for storing war materials, and above the third floor is the private residence of the Duke of White Bone.