Chapter 176: The Undersea Empire
"You...... How do you know my name? Even if he was well-informed and had encountered countless anecdotes, everything that happened in front of him still made Mo Lin full of doubts, not knowing how the other party would know him.
"Please get on the boat, I have friends waiting for you for a long time." The man also made a "please" gesture.
"What are we supposed to do?" Ling Huzi whispered in Mo Lin's ear, "This thing is very strange." ”
"What are you afraid of, can he eat us?" Mo Lin didn't think so, his heart was full of curiosity, for the friend in that mouth, and also for the strange iron ship in front of him.
"yes, I'd like to check it out on that ship, too." Yueyao probably inherited Xiaobai's personality, or the demon beasts are not afraid of heaven and earth.
"Let's go." Mo Lin grabbed Linghu Zi with one hand, supported Yue Yao with the other, and with a slight touch of his toes, he left the boat that had been on it for more than forty days, and landed lightly on the iron boat.
"You really know martial arts." The man smiled, and the cheeks on his cheeks were revealed, and although he looked strange, he felt that it was nothing when he saw it.
"My name is Joseph? Zhou, you can call me Xiao Zhou. Do you go first, or do I go first? Probably seeing the doubts on Ling Huzi's face, the person who claimed to be Xiao Zhou asked.
"Let's go first, this valve, I'm afraid we won't close it." As soon as Mo Lin got on the iron ship, he aimed at the small door at first glance, and the mechanism that entered his eyes couldn't understand what was going on at all.
"Then please." Xiao Zhou pointed inside the door.
Mo Lin was the first to get in, and then helped Ling Huzi and Yue Yao come down together.
There is a lot of space inside the door, and there are several corridors that extend in all directions. The four walls are made of steel, and the decoration style is very unique, simple and neat, full of metal atmosphere.
Mo Lin looked around and felt that everything was very new. Xiao Zhou got down from above, closed the door above his head, and smiled at him: "Don't worry, take your time and look again." ”
"Come with me." Xiao Zhou led the three of them into a long corridor.
There were cabin doors on both sides of the corridor, and Mo Lin gradually became familiar with the style here, and began to study the more special places. For example, the delicate locks on those doors were something Mo Lin had never seen before.
In this fresh place, Mo Lin was like a child who knew nothing, greedily remembering everything he thought was novel, and remembering it in his mind, ready to ask Xiao Zhou when he had the opportunity.
Not long after he walked out, Mo Lin smelled a strong fragrance in his nose, and outside of the strong fragrance, he seemed to sense a familiar breath.
"Your friend is in the front room." Xiao Zhou walked as he pointed to an iron doorway at the end of the corridor.
After that, he seemed to be able to understand Mo Lin's mind, and added: "If there is anything you want to know, come and ask me after you have met your friend, I am in the cockpit." ”
As he spoke, he had come to the iron door, the iron door was hidden by a crack, and the strong fragrance came from inside, Xiao Zhou stood at the door and said: "You guys, I have to go to the cockpit to take a look, so as not to have any problems with the automatic driving." ”
Mo Lin nodded, watching Xiao Zhou leave, thinking about what he said about "autopilot", knowing that there were too many technologies on this iron ship that he didn't understand at all.
"What a fragrant smell...... Yue Yao was already salivating at the moment and pushed open the door and secretly looked inside.
Shicai also said that he wanted to eat all kinds of delicacies on the sea, and now surrounded by the fragrance, Yueyao couldn't help but want to see what kind of food came out. She peeked through the door, but was immediately stunned.
Mo Lin saw that the expression on Yueyao's face was extremely strange, and he couldn't help but look in, it didn't matter this time, he was also stunned.
"How...... How are you? Mo Lin was confused and got the answer at once.
Inside the door was a large square room, with strange machinery on all four walls, and a large table in the center with a pot in which meat was fried.
And it was none other than Xiaobai who fried the meat.
As soon as he saw Mo Lin, Xiaobai bared his teeth and smiled: "Boss, I have already smelled you." ”
"Why are you here!" Mo Lin was overjoyed, and after he and Xiaobai were separated in the undercurrent, he had been very worried. At this moment, I suddenly met in the iron ship, and I was so touched for a while that I almost burst into tears.
"Hehe, the boss misses me." Xiao Bai popped over and stopped on Mo Lin's shoulder, and his furry tail rubbed against Mo Lin's face, making Mo Lin seem to return to the leisurely time when he first met Xiao Bai.
"Tell me why you're here." Mo Lin grabbed him by the tail and said.
"Don't worry, don't worry, look at the girls' saliva, let's eat some fried meat first." Xiaobai smiled.
Mo Lin turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that Ling Huzi and Yue Yao were secretly swallowing saliva, it seemed that the aroma of fried meat was really attractive.
"Talk while eating." Mo Lin didn't dare to snub the two beauties.
"Okay!" Yue Yao cheered, took Ling Huzi's hand and rushed to the side of the pot.
"Don't get hot." Xiaobai muttered, and saw that the two girls couldn't wait to pick up the fried meat and chew it.
"Today's girls, they are not reserved at all, how will they marry in the future." Xiaobai sighed.
"Don't talk nonsense, what's going on, how did you get to this iron ship, and who is that Xiao Zhou?" Mo Lin had a lot of questions, if he didn't solve these problems, he would have no appetite.
Xiaobai saw Mo Lin's face full of doubts, and knew that he was anxious, so he stopped teasing him and began to talk to Mo Lin slowly.
It turned out that he was separated after the undercurrent that day, and Xiaobai relied on the protection of the demon power and was not injured. He drifted in the endless darkness for an unknown amount of time, and when he saw the light, he found himself in the middle of the vast sea.
Xiao Bai was at ease with what he encountered, he guessed that if Mo Lin and the others were fine, they would definitely go to the polar cold state, so he discerned the direction and went all the way. Relying on his strong demon power, he didn't suffer anything along the way.
After running on the sea for more than ten days, Xiaobai couldn't even see a ghost except for the fish in the sea. Just when he was irritable, one day he suddenly saw colorful monsters flying in the air.
The monster was not a bird, nor did it have wings, but it flew freely in the air with a large ball on its body. And in the belly of that monster there were several villains with fire-breathing weapons in their hands.
When Xiaobai saw this monster, there were several strange-shaped monsters fighting with the monster. Xiaobai didn't know what kind of force the two sides were, so it was difficult to interfere, so he kept peeking from the side.
Although the monster had a fire-breathing person in its belly, it seemed that it couldn't deal with the monster, and the big ball was exploded by the monster, falling from the sky, and drifting on the sea for help.
On a whim, Xiaobai ran away from a few demon beasts that were chasing and killed, and saved these people. After asking, I learned that they were the warriors of Atlantis, an undersea country in the polar cold state, and their people were called sea people, and they could live freely in the sea like fish.
"Atlantis, nice name." Mo Lin heard Xiaobai's introduction and muttered to himself.
After saving these sea people, Xiao Bai sent them to a nearby island according to their instructions.
This island is a base of Atlantis outside the polar continent of the cold state, and there are many strange machines on it. Here Xiaobai met a sea general, and after explaining his intentions, the general took him to the underwater city of Atlantis and met the consul.
The country of Atlantis and the white dragon who rules the polar cold continent are mortal enemies, and when they heard that Xiaobai wanted to take the dragon ball in the white dragon's body, the two sides hit it off. The Archon gave Xiaobai a submarine to use to find Mo Lin.
Xiaobai wandered around the nearby sea for several months, and finally waited for Mo Lin.
After talking about the experience, Xiao Bai snorted and said, "The breath of the Wood Dragon Ball is really cool, take it out and show me." ”
Mo Lin smiled: "I can't hide anything from your nose." As he spoke, he took out the wooden dragon ball and threw it to Xiaobai and let him play.
"How did you get it?" Xiaobai asked as he fiddled.
Mo Lin talked about the matter of the Black Earth Demon State, and Xiao Bai was surprised: "I only know that the world is so big that it is strange when I come out this time. The Black Earth Demon State actually has a dragon slayer powerhouse like Stirling, which is really fascinating. ”
"It's even more peculiar here." Mo Lin looked around, the machines around him were exquisite, and he was dazzled by it. Although he is a genius craftsman, it is a pity that Mo Lin can't figure out what these machines are used for.
"The people of the sea are weak, they don't know martial arts at all, they all rely on these things outside their bodies." Xiaobai said disdainfully, "At this point, it's quite similar to those engineering ink masters of your Mo family." ”
"By the way, what is the matter with the flying monster you talked about, and this iron ship, what makes them fly in the sky and dive in the sea?" Mo Lin asked curiously.
"The monster flying in the sky is called a hot air balloon. It is said that a ball of leather is filled with a lighter than air gas, and when it is heated, it can go to the sky. It is a reason to play with the flying lights of the children on the mainland of Chixian Shenzhou. "Xiaobaidao.
"I see." Mo Lin slapped his face, he also played with flying lights when he was a child, pasted a light paper lamp with tissue paper, lit a fire in it, and the paper lamp could fly.
The flying light is just a toy, but I didn't expect that Atlantis would have a craftsman who could magnify it hundreds of times and turn it into a flying tool, which was really unexpected by Mo Lin.
"As for this iron ship called a submarine, I don't think it's any different from the Purple Moon. It's that the shell is iron, and it can breathe fire to fight. Xiaobai said again.
"And what are these?" Mo Lin asked curiously about the machines around him.
"It's all useless things, it's called a refrigerator, it's a place to store food, and this one is an oven, which is heated by something called electricity, which is more powerful than fire. They also have some weapons, some use gunpowder like us, and some use electric light, and the power is not small......" Xiaobai told Mo Lin everything he knew in detail.
Mo Lin was fascinated by what he heard, although he was no longer an engineer ink maker, but the talent for mechanical manufacturing flowing in his blood could not be forgotten. The whimsical ideas of the world in front of him opened up a new kingdom for him, and Mo Lin's heart was full of excitement and freshness.
After Linghu Zi and Yueyao had eaten and drunk enough, Xiaobai took the three of them straight to the cockpit.
When he came to the cockpit, Mo Lin's eyes were not enough. In front of me was a huge transparent window, and there were two lights outside the window, which shone brightly.
This "submarine" has gone deep underwater, and when you look out of the window, you can see the scenery of the deep sea at a glance.
"It's much better than crystals." Mo Lin reached out to touch the window, and felt that the visual effect was really perfect.
"It's called glass, it's very easy to make, I can teach you when I have time." Xiao Zhou said with a smile. There are three joysticks and dense buttons in front of him, Mo Lin, who is proficient in mechanisms, looks a little dizzy, it seems that this submarine is a precision machine, not everyone can control it.
"Where are we going now?" Mo Lin asked.
"Go to Poseidon City, the capital of Atlantis, and I think Lord Cicero, the archon, will definitely want to meet you." Xiao Zhou smiled and said, "It will take a while to get to Seagod City, if you have any questions, you can ask me now." ”
Now Mo Lin's words box can be regarded as open, and the questions he has saved are not one thousand but eight hundred, with Xiao Zhou's words, he immediately began to ask questions, how serious and serious the expression was, as if a humble elementary school student was asking the teacher.
Xiao Bai was not interested in these questions at all, he called Ling Hu Zi and Yue Yao to enjoy the deep sea scenery outside by the window, which was not a bit of fun.
However, the two girls were a little absent-minded, enjoying the sea view while peeking at Mo Lin.
"The man looks really handsome when he's serious...... the two girls thought the same thing.
When the outline of a huge city finally appeared in the distant view outside the window, Mo Lin's question was also answered by Xiao Zhou.
Xiao Zhou was busy driving the submarine to dock to the city's port, while Mo Lin was still muttering to himself.
Yueyao leaned over to listen, and heard him muttering something like "magnetism can actually produce electricity". She pouted, thinking to herself what was wrong with Brother Mo Lin, who had been reluctant to give up since he saw this iron ship. Could it be that this ship can deceive people's minds like the Soul Bell?
"Everyone, it's here." Under the guidance of Xiao Zhou, the submarine slowly drove into the port.
Mo Lin looked out of the glass window and saw a huge underwater city appear in his field of vision, although he was already mentally prepared, he still felt extremely shocked at the moment.
It's a bizarre city, full of buildings built on coral reefs and undersea hills. Countless glass-made pipes with transparent outer walls shuttle through the city, and Mo Lin can clearly see that some pipes are transporting people and some are transporting goods.
The city is like the human body, and the pipeline is the vein that transports nutrients and qi. This is Mo Lin's first feeling of Poseidon City, and in addition to that, it is those shocking sound and light effects. In front of the colorful electrical appliances, the tools of the Mo family are as simple as children's toys.
"If the two ladies can't breathe underwater, there's an oxygen mask here, enough for twenty-four hours." Before leaving the cabin, Xiao Zhou very considerately took out two soft masks and handed them to Ling Huzi and Yueyao.
The two women put on their masks, and although they covered their stunning faces, they felt that they were breathing freely.
"It's so refreshing." Yue Yao said in surprise, there was an opening on the mask, which could bring her voice out, but it would not hinder the conversation.
"Only part of the air we breathe is the oxygen that the human body needs. This mask provides pure oxygen, inhaling more pure oxygen, the brain will be much more flexible, and it is also good for the body. Xiao Zhou said, "This thing was originally designed for the frail elderly, but now it can be used by you foreigners who don't have cheeks, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone." ”
"Bang", the small door on the top of the submarine opened, and Xiao Zhou was the first to climb out, followed by Xiao Bai, and then Mo Lin.
The city beneath the depths of the sea is encased in a large transparent shroud, and the harbor is on the outside of the dome. Xiao Zhou led everyone to the harbor's undersea flying cars, which hung from arm-thick iron cables, and every once in a while one drove into the transparent cover from the huge pipe.
"Let's go up." Xiao Zhou opened the door of a flying car and gestured.
Mo Lin was the first to walk in, and the flying car was very spacious, with about twenty seats. There were already a few people sitting inside, and when they saw Mo Lin's appearance, they all whispered. In Mo Lin's opinion, it is very strange to have cheeks on his face and fins on his body, but in the eyes of people here, Mo Lin's appearance is strange.
The flying car was soon filled with people, and Xiao Zhou greeted the other seafarers warmly. Some people from the sea whispered to ask Xiao Zhou about the origin of several people, and Xiao Zhou simply said that he was a guest invited by the consul, which immediately attracted countless envious expressions.
The speeding car continued to move forward under the tremendous resistance of the sea, and soon entered the pipe. Mo Lin looked out of the car window, and he didn't know what method the seaman used to prevent the seawater from pouring into the pipe.
Without the resistance of the seawater, the speed of the flying car was faster, and Xiao Zhou also signaled that Linghu Zi and Yueyao could take off their oxygen masks.
"There's no seawater in the city, it's full of oxygen, so you don't have to wear this." Xiao Zhou explained.
"People can breathe in the sea, so why go to such a great effort to build such a cover to keep the sea water out of the city?" Mo Lin asked.
"The resistance of seawater is too great, after all, there are many inconveniences, and seawater also has a corrosive effect, which is not good for many electrical appliances." Xiao Zhoudao.
"I see." Mo Lin was amazed, the people of the sea are really ingenious, every design and invention is reasonable, far beyond imagination.
After crossing the pipeline, the speeding car entered the city. Seeing the city up close is different from being in a submarine.
"What a magnificent city." Mo Lin said in his heart.
The towering buildings in the city are magnificent and imposing. However, Mo Lin is no longer as shocked as he was at the beginning, his ability to accept is very strong, and he has gradually integrated into this new world.
The speeding car stopped in front of a building, and Xiao Zhou got up and said, "It's here, let's get off." ”
Following Xiao Zhou to get out of the car and come to the front of the building, Xiao Zhou said: "This is the ruling building of Poseidon City, the archon is on the top floor, I will take you to meet him." ”
Climb to the top floor of the Governing Building, enter the huge domed conference room, with a transparent glass vault overhead, and look up to see the blue deep sea floating overhead, which makes people feel wonderful.
"It's so beautiful." Looking down on the entire city from the top of the tall building, Hu Zi and Yue Yao let out such admiration.
"You've been waiting for a long time." The door to the conference room opened, and a sea man dressed in a navy blue military uniform with many glittering medals on his chest walked in.
Xiao Zhou stood up and saluted: "Lord Archon." ”
The consul also saluted back, and then smiled and said to Mo Lin: "You must be the Mo Lin that Xiaobai said." I am Nicolai, Consul of the Republic of Atlantis. ”
"Hello." Mo Lin said, Nikolai in front of him was tall among the sea people, with a vigorous heroic spirit on his face, which gave Mo Lin a good first impression.
"Please be seated." Nikolai was personable and motioned for Mo Lin and the others to sit down.
After everyone sat down, Nikolai said, "I heard Xiaobai say that the purpose of your coming to the Polar Cold State is to find the Water Dragon Ball. I also saw Xiaobai's ...... Demonic powers. ”
When it came to demonic powers, Nikolai had a noticeable pause. Mo Lin probably understood what he meant, the sea people didn't know anything about martial arts, and they relied entirely on their strength in science and technology. Both sides have taken different paths, and it is natural that there will be some skepticism about unfamiliar aspects.
"We sea people and white dragons have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, and there have been more than 200 wars of all sizes during this period. In recent years, with the development of Hairen science and technology, we have achieved local victories, but we are still helpless against Bailong. Nikolai continued.
"I heard that on the continent of Chixian Shenzhou, someone relied on a martial art called dragon slaying to kill the red dragon, and Mr. Mo Lin, you are the inheritor of the dragon slaying technique, so I hope to be able to see this powerful martial art."
"Have you seen dragon slayering?" Mo Lin shook his head, "I won't use dragon slaying unless I face a dragon." ”
"Why?" Nikolai was puzzled.
"Dragon slaying is a trick to kill dragons, not a skill to perform." Mo Lin's answer was simple and crisp.
"But without testing, I'm not sure you'll be able to defeat the White Dragon." Nikolai Road.
"You can believe it or not, but no matter what, I'm going to kill the white dragon and get the Water Dragon Ball." Mo Lin didn't mind Nikolai's skepticism, because even he wasn't sure he would succeed.
Nikolai stared at Mo Lin's gaze, Mo Lin greeted him, and between the two people's eye contact, Nikolai saw the firm and unyielding spirit in it.
"Archon Nikolai, I'm here to get the Water Dragon Balls and then save my homeland. I'm not going to joke with my homeland, so rest assured. Mo Lin said seriously.
"Well, I believe you. The Republic of Atlantis will provide you with everything you need to complete your dragon slaying. It was not so much that Nikolai was moved by Mo Lin's words, but that he was attracted by the stubborn brilliance in Mo Lin's eyes.
Nikolai turned back and nodded to his subordinates, who walked over to the wall, pulled a string, and a huge screen descended from the roof of the shed.
On the screen is a very detailed map of the polar continent of Hanzhou. Nikolai walked over and pointed at a red dot in the center of the continent, and the red dot was automatically magnified dozens of times, revealing a more detailed topography.
"This is where the White Dragon's lair and Ten Thousand Beasts City are located." Nikolai pointed to a large city road that appeared on the screen.