Chapter 309: Icesaw Valley
Discussion of Sanger's hoax was soon interrupted by a few meaningful laughs.
After completing the blackmail of the Phantom Lady under everyone's noses, Sanger's status in the hearts of everyone has undoubtedly risen a lot.
At this time, they seemed to suddenly realize that this partner who had no arrogance and some bad taste was actually a well-known bigwig.
It is a strong man who can be equal to the gods.
In fact, the strength of this legendary team is certainly very strong, but the only one who can really talk to Sanger on an equal footing is Xu Nan, who is a fox and a fake tiger.
After all, the entropy authority he wields is something that Sanger desperately needs at the moment.
And after experiencing the Lady of Illusion incident, everyone, including Xu Nan, was full of vigilance.
They thought that Pyrothy would not give up easily.
At least theoretically, she has no room to give up, after all, she has betrayed the primeval three gods, and she can only go one way to the dark.
It's just that what is shocking is that from the time the group left the Hidden Boat until they successfully arrived outside the Icesaw Valley City, they did not encounter any danger again!
Of course, monsters from the underworld are inevitable, but these little monsters don't even need a legendary shot.
Lilac and Luo Song are enough to finalize everything.
As they stood on the cliffs outside the Icesaw Valley, looking out at the dungeon built in the crystal cavern, they even wondered if the Icesaw Valley was a fake......
Only Sanger grinned and invited everyone into the city.
He seemed to have expected that there would be no more twists and turns after leaving the Hidden Boat.
In fact, in the second half of the journey, Xu Nan also faintly had such an instinctive intuition - but he felt that this intuition was unreasonable, how could Biroth give up like this?
Losing a voter, exposing the whereabouts of the illusion lady's true figure, wasting all the previous plans......
Is this guardian of the center of the earth who has endured for many years really willing to be obstructed by Sanger, Xu Nan and others?
The result was obviously beyond Xu Nan's expectations.
It really doesn't seem like there's a better hole card for Birothy.
Or, inviting the Lady of Illusion to play is her last hole card.
That's why the second half of the legendary team's journey will be uneventful.
"The gods are very calculating creatures."
As if sensing the surprise in Xu Nan's heart, Sanger rarely opened his mouth to explain:
"Birothy's actions are just to gain more weight for herself."
"The primeval god's recovery has only just begun, and she won't act rashly after the illusion lady misses."
Speaking of this, there was an unexpected hint of depression in his tone.
Xu Nan keenly noticed this.
Unfortunately, Sanger didn't give him a chance to ask questions, urging everyone to hurry into the city.
And the scene in front of him really attracted the attention of Xu Nan and others.
Icesaw Valley is actually a very beautiful and spectacular underground fortress.
It is located in a crystal cavern in the middle of the dark region, in the southwest of the maelstrom, where sapphire crystals with faint radiation properties are everywhere.
This kind of sapphire is different from other sapphires, the color is more of a blue-white color, and sometimes you will even encounter large areas of pure white crystals, but these crystals are still authentic sapphire, and if you look closely, you can basically see the light blue luster in the crystal.
It is this rich sapphire mine that has made the reputation of [Ice Saw Valley] -
Legend has it that the oldest adventurer of the Dark Lands, when looking at this place from afar, seemed to see a mysterious place made of tough ice, except for the central place, which seemed to be sawn open with a huge saw, and could be walked by.
This place was named Icesaw Valley.
Over time, the tribes of the Shadows became accustomed to this expression, and Sangal took the name of Icesaw Valley after establishing an unprecedented power here, and built an impregnable fortress in this beautiful crystal cavern.
Many people who have never been to Icesaw Valley tend to mistake it for a very cold iceberg fortress.
But in fact, the climate here is very warm and humid, which is one of the few places to live in the underworld.
For thousands of years, the original easy-to-mine sapphire mine has long been excavated, and most of the sapphire crystals that Xu Nan and others can still see now are the magic effects of the lich Sengle.
Icesaw Valley has the largest population in the dark region, and correspondingly, there is a lot of food pressure.
While the main city of Icesaw Valley has barely starved to death for nearly a thousand years, the inhabitants still need to think about food on a regular basis – the result of Sengal's deliberate and subtle manipulation, of course.
"It is very necessary to regulate food."
"If you make it easy for them to eat and drink, they will lack the motivation to work hard - they will not fight for a few gold coins and the monsters in the nest, but they may hide at home every day to get women and make a lot of troubles...... In the history of Icesaw Valley, there have been several population explosions, all because of my missteps in the food side......"
Sanger explained that the historical population booms in Icesaw Valley have never benefited him.
A large population means a chaotic urban order, a relatively relaxed living environment, and a lower average quality of the population.
In his research, the lich found that if more than enough food was put in in the short term, and the population of Icesaw Valley exceeded the capacity of the dark area, it would cause a lot of problems for the development of Icesaw Valley in the long run.
This is an important reason why he is still actively controlling the amount of grain flowing into the Icesaw Valley market, even though he is sitting on thirteen half-planes as his granary.
He didn't want the inhabitants of Icesaw Valley to change their habits.
The inhabitants of the Underworld often have far more combat power and survivability than the inhabitants of the surface, but this is inseparable from the dangerous environment.
However, Xu Nan has always had reservations about Sanger's statement.
Perhaps from Sanger's point of view, too many low-quality people are indeed useless, after all, Icesaw Valley has never been a particularly powerful city with a magical industry, and this land cannot feed so many mouths.
But in Xu Nan's view, as long as the excess population is properly guided, it can also be converted into excess dividends.
The current situation of Anonymous City is an example of this.
It is indeed a headache to have more than 30,000 mouths to eat, but without them, Xu Nan would not be able to spread out the relevant matters of the mine so smoothly.
Even in the era of the Arcane Empire, the transcendent status of wizards, the super-advanced magical civilization and the magical industrial system were built on the basis of trillions of mortal laborers.
In the same way, the power of faith required by the gods also comes more from the large number of low-level beings.
This is an important reason for the existence of secondary and half-planes.
Therefore, although Sanger's views on population are correct, Xu Nan will not completely copy them and use them in the anonymous city.
However, Xu Nan still agrees with the underlying logic of Sanger's paragraph that Diao people will not work easily if they are full.
It's just that approval is approval, but his solution is not to make the people under him hungry like Sanger.
Sometimes, it may be better to raise the level of desire.
However, Xu Nan will not say these words easily.
He kept smiling all the way, and watched Sanger introduce the Ice Saw Valley in good spirits, and his heart was slightly surprised.
"Is this guy necessary?"
"While Icesaw Valley is great, it has its limitations...... Want to show off this fortress in front of us so much? But you don't have to go into such detail about each building......
The rest of the people probably have the same mentality.
Isn't the more important thing at the moment a sign of misdirection?
Why didn't Sanger deal with the mark of the wrong path as soon as he entered the city, but instead became a tour guide as if nothing happened?
This question was not answered until Sanger pulled everyone around the Icesaw Valley.
Due to the obscenity of the gods and lichs, everyone was forced to spend most of the day walking around the Icesaw Valley Fortress and enjoying the scenery here.
It wasn't until Xu Nan's feet were sore that Sanger was satisfied with his troops.
"Let's go, go to Gray Source City."
"Let's go and make a copy of the mark of the wrong way!"
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