Chapter 1 Visitors to the Open Sea
"Wow, wow, wow. "The clear waves gently lap on the fine sand, and the layers of waves bravely rush up to the land, and then slowly fade, leaving only the colorful shells as proof that the waves have come.
This is the coastline at the western end of the Yarra continent, the longest gentle coast in the world.
The sea is blue, the blue sea is deep and boundless, and the undulating sea surface is illuminated by the sun, reflecting the golden brilliance. In the midst of the sparkling waves, cruising dolphins leap into the air from the surface of the sea and make a distinctive call. The blue sea reflects the blue sky, dense white seabirds hovering and flying on the sea, sometimes wings swooping down, lightning like a small fish from the sea and flying back into the sky, the crisp birdsong is connected, what should be noisy birdsong, but instead makes the beach seem extraordinarily quiet.
In the shallow water on the beach, you can see the underwater scene through the clear water surface, hermit crabs drag heavy shells, staggering and migrating on the shallows, sea rats waving their short limbs chasing small creatures floating in the water, translucent jellyfish floating gracefully in the water, slow movements with indescribable calmness and elegance, sea nudibranchs quietly lurking behind a certain reef, occasionally jumping out of the water to catch flying insects floating on the sea.
Above the coast, the sun is shining. The green palms cast a cool shadow, and the weary seabirds flew to rest on the leaves, occasionally looking down to peck at the twigs growing on the plants. A few of the little beasts lay lazily in the shade of the trees, the sun shining through the gaps in the leaves on their bellies, making them purr comfortably from deep in their throats.
Looking along the coastline into the distance, there are many houses with different styles erected on and off the shore, and in general, there are two types of houses, one on the shore and one under the shore. About half of the houses on the shore are made of wood, not very strong, as you can understand from the appearance, all the walls are made of thin boards, it seems that they are only built to have a shelter from the wind and rain, this kind of house is often used for some temporary business places and temporary residences, and will not be used for a long time, often every one or two years to rebuild, of course, the corresponding construction time is also very short, basically a few days can be built. The other half of the houses on the shore are made of stone, one half above and half underground, and the strongest reefs are cut into blocks, which are made of mucus secreted by the unique slime snails in the sea. Houses built in this way can often remain unchanged for hundreds of years, and no major typhoons or tsunamis can shake them in the slightest.
As for the more unique one under the shore, they are built entirely in the shallow sea. When building a house, the builder will use a secret method to recruit a large number of polyps, and artificially catalyze and control the growth, reproduction and death of the polyps, forming a coral reef from the bottom of the sea in a short time, and directly forming a coral reef texture house on the coral rock. The house and the reef beneath it are inseparable, and can not be damaged by strong winds and torrential rains. The houses under the shore are often much higher than the sea, and even at high tide the ground will not be submerged by the sea, and the door to the room is open below, and to enter and exit, you need to take a boat into the space below the room, and then go up and down by a ladder.
The existence of these houses makes the coast a little more popular, and along the coastline, you can see such houses every twenty or thirty kilometers, which is equivalent to the existence of villages compared to inland cities, and the location of the houses is equivalent to a city or town.
This coastline of nearly 10,000 kilometers, and the area of about 10 kilometers deep within the coastline, make up one of the most unique countries in the Yara continent, the mysterious land of the sea, Kasa.
The composition of the inhabitants of Casa is so complex that even people inside the Sea Country sometimes can't tell. Generally speaking, the inhabitants here can be divided into three types, the sea people, the sea people, and the land people. The Sea Race part is a group of shallow sea races that yearn for land life, they rely on the water mist barrier of their racial talent, and use their second form, that is, their humanoid form, to live on land, fishing, farming, and producing like a land race, and spend every day like a land race. They can live in the sea or by the sea, which can be regarded as a bond between the sea and the land. However, the number of such sea tribes is actually not very large, after all, compared to the narrow land, the vast and deep ocean is the world of the sea tribes.
The land people are land creatures who have joined the Sea Country for various reasons, and there are intelligent beings not only in humans, but also in all races. Although they joined the land of the sea, they could only survive on land and could not live in water for long. Such people tend to be more like ordinary terrestrial life, except that their habits are more unique.
The most peculiar one is the sea people, the sea people do not belong to the land people, nor do they belong to the sea people, they from the middle of the Tertiary period, some of the creatures of various races who are tired of the war of races and gods began to slowly migrate to the most neglected coasts, relying on fishing for a living, and living in harmony with the sea people who are not interested in land territory, and have received a lot of help from the sea people. In the past 10,000 years, due to their long-term coexistence with the ocean, they have gradually developed some characteristics of marine life, and this special group of people often has webbed fingers and gills on their necks, and can survive normally for days or even months even in the sea, often making it impossible to distinguish whether they are sea tribes or land people.
These three types of creatures combined to establish the Sea Country of Casa at the beginning of the Quaternary Period, and have maintained their own territory to this day. During this period, it was not without the idea of the country to fight this territory, but when the army drove into the territory of the Sea Country, they were shocked to find that all the inhabitants had retreated to the sea by boat, and what the army really faced was a group of real sea tribes who came to find trouble because they thought their compatriots were being bullied. In the face of the powerful Sea Clan, the invaders wisely chose to retreat, and no one was willing to pay a heavy price to fight for this barren land. As a result, the country of the sea, Kassa, has developed so smoothly but comfortably, like a fairytale country outside the world, with no foreign enemies, no internal strife, no war, only peace and tranquility.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa", the sound of the waves, the eternal sound of the waves crashing on the shore, the sound of the waves is endless.
"Goo-goo. "In the depths of the ocean, a series of bubbles appeared on the calm surface of the sea, and the sea began to boil and roll. The surrounding fishermen seemed to be accustomed to this phenomenon, and only consciously put away their nets and steered the boat out of the way of the rolling sea, without any panicked expressions.
Soon, the tumbling sea suddenly subsided without warning, as if everything before was just an illusion. But two waterlines appeared out of thin air on the surface of the sea, breaking through the waves and swimming towards the shore.
"It's a guest in the open sea. The fishermen on the boat recast their nets, looked back at the moving waterline, and chatted loudly to each other from a distance: "This is the first time I've seen each other." ”
"I haven't seen it a few times in the first half of the year. On another boat, a similarly dressed fisherman responded in a normal sounding voice that almost roared: "I heard that in the past six months, there has been some trouble in a nearby open sea, so there are so few guests." ”
"That's terrible. The fisherman shouted with a heartfelt worry on his face: "Judging by the direction they are going, it should be Dengyu City, which is the largest city in the north, I guess there is something that needs the help of the sea people." Blessed by the God of the Storm, if they really run into any trouble, I hope they can solve it smoothly this time. ”
Unbeknownst to the visitors below the sea, the Casa dwellers above were praying for them, and they were still swimming along the intended route, the waterline representing their position dragging a long ripple at a speed that would make all the boats ashamed, and the destination was the city of Lampfish that the fishermen had guessed.
It has a history of 1,200 years since the completion of Dengyu City, and the city is half on the shore and half under the shore, which is a peculiar city. The location of Lampfish City is a peninsula at the promontory, the area of the peninsula is more than 30 square kilometers, influenced by inland cities, and it is full of human-style houses, but the material is still stone. Beyond the peninsula, there are large and small coral reef platforms, connected by stone bridges and connected by sea routes below, which look like a group of interconnected islands, but this group of islands is artificially created.
As the largest city in the northern part of Casa, the functional architecture here is the most comprehensive, and all kinds of shops can be found everywhere in the city, occupying the most prosperous areas of the city. But in this city, the largest building is not a commercial building, the largest building on the shore is the Temple of the Storm, and the largest building on the sea is the Shore-Sea Interaction Center.
Whenever a visitor from the sea who is not familiar with the inland situation wants to land, he will go to the shore and sea interaction center to transform into a humanoid form and go ashore, and then the city service staff will be responsible for receiving and providing necessary information and guidance.
In the room of the third port of the interaction center, the staff on the shore are gathering in groups to chat. As the fishermen said, in the past six months, the number of visiting sea tribes has dropped sharply, which makes these people in charge of reception panic every day. But today was different, just as they were chatting, the door of the room was pushed open, and several people dressed as professionals, a mid-level official in the interaction center, walked into the room.
"Are there any guests visiting?" the official asked, ignoring the fault of a group of people making small talk.
"No, I don't. The staff was frightened into a cold sweat by the sudden inspection of the officials, and said with a little panic.
Before the words fell, the entrance port, which was located in the center of the room and had an area of nearly 100 square meters, suddenly began to make a splash. The visiting official glared at the embarrassed staff and guided several professionals closer to the port.
"Whoa. The water splashed, and two figures jumped out of the sea and landed steadily in front of several people. (To be continued.) )