The jungle, the beach, and the sea!

I'm back again!

In the cabin of the airship, Fang Chang glanced at the pleasant scenery of French Fries Harbor through the glass window, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up with a smile of stealing fun.

"Not bad."

This time, I can finally get over the addiction of the city lord.

But having said that, he is not alone in this french fry port.

Most of the small development projects are subcontracted to individual units or agencies, while the approval of major development plans and projects is jointly decided by the board of directors of Baiyue Strait Development Co., Ltd.

This joint-stock limited company opened in Dawning City is currently jointly held by a number of player institutions interested in the development of the Baiyue Strait, and the equity is divided according to the proportion of capital contribution, and the development of the coast of the Baiyue Strait is carried out under the framework of the alliance law.

As for Niuma Group, it is mainly responsible for infrastructure construction and logistics and transportation.

And that's what they do best.

The two airships hovered above the port of fries, one after the other, and then slowly lowered the pods.

Looking at the chief who walked down from the pod, the person who was the construction project manager stepped forward and glanced at the airship behind him.

"Good fellow, you bought another one?!"

"Something bought another one, it's from the scientific expedition team! In the future, the work of recovering the salvage will be left to the professionals, me

We're mainly transporting goods."

Fang Chang smiled and patted the brother on the shoulder, then led him to the side of the pod, pointing to the boxes of goods unloaded from the pod.

「..... I bought these good things, ten sets of turtle-type engineering armor and twenty-five cross-spider robots, I'll give them to you!"

Hearing this, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on the face of the person who stayed under the knife.

The performance of the turtle engineering armor in Camp 101 and the renovation project in the southern urban area of Xizhou City is obvious to all.

That thing is the culmination of personal construction aids, the culmination of 200 years of construction experience in Vault 100!

It's like a machine that can navigate difficult terrain with ease

The "SCV" can not only switch the tools needed by the workers according to the construction task, but also provide them with visual digital guidance services.

If the K-10 "Iron Wall" exoskeleton is the pinnacle of heavy exoskeletons for battlefield use, then the Turtle Engineering Armor is the K-10 "Iron Wall" exoskeleton designed for construction site guys.

With the cross spider robot that can transport materials up and down the vertical wall, if other construction units can keep up, the engineering team of 10 people can even give full play to the work efficiency of the construction team of 100 people, and even a professional like him, who has worked in the civil engineering industry for many years, was greatly shocked after going to the field.

It is precisely because of the excellent construction performance of this set of equipment that its price has remained high, not only players are rushing to buy it, NPCs are also placing orders, and even the construction company of Ideal City is full of interest.

I didn't expect this guy to get a whole set of equipment!

couldn't wait to step forward, and the knife left someone to hurriedly let go of the side

The staff on the side helped open one of the two-person cargo boxes.

He couldn't close his mouth when he looked at the engineering armor that looked like a crab, but after a moment of excitement, he quickly realized a new problem.

"Wait, I think this thing needs to be trained to use, right?"

As if he had guessed that he would ask this question, Fang Chang said with a smile as if he had already been prepared.

"Don't worry, I've hired trained workers too, and they'll be down in a moment. Remember to keep them safe, as they are contracted to only work within the safe zone."

"That's a must! Can I get them out to work?" The person left under the knife said with a smile, "Don't worry, leave it to me!"

"With you, then I'm sure I'm relieved!" Fang Chang said with a smile.

Brother Dao, like him, was the first to enter the game

An old player, he has been a group friend of the cattle and horses group for a long time.

It's just that this brother has too hardcore, or niche, and his combat effectiveness is mainly reflected on the construction site, so he is rarely noticed by other players.

If it were someone else, he might not be so relieved, but it would definitely be reliable to hand it over to this guy.

The two of them walked in the direction of the center of the camp.

On the way, Fang Chang suddenly noticed that on the pile of goods not far from the beach, there were bundles of fur stacks tied with hemp rope in the shape of tofu blocks.

Among them, there are hairy and hairless, and the shapes and sizes are different, and the types are also varied, and there are all kinds of colors.

It adds up to a thousand, to say the least!

「..... Good fellows, have you been fighting so much prey these days?"

Looking at the surprised expression on Fang Chang's face, the person left under the knife made a helpless expression.

"We didn't take the initiative to fight, it was the prey that sent it themselves."

It's okay to send it yourself..... When did Brother Guang become so generous?

Fang Chang was surprised in his heart, but soon he thought of the rumors he had heard from the scientific expedition group before, and said after thinking for a while.

「..... This rainforest is a bit weird, and I've heard that the xenomorphs and mutant slime molds here are relatives, and there is a brood not far from us. Remember to be careful and be safe when you are working."

"You can put 10,000 hearts, and I'll be careful if there is a brood or not!" Patted his arm, and said with a smile under the knife

"But then again, if you can dig up that brood, you'll make a lot of money. There's a million silver coins just for discovering the location, and that's a lot of rewards!"

"Indeed, even I was moved.

Fang Chang smiled, looking at the pile of furs, he suddenly noticed the blood and mucus on it, and asked in his heart.

"Anyway...... These are untreated hides and skins?"

The knife left someone to nod.

"I guess it takes a lot of time to process the hides, and I've heard from those who are in the fur business that the salt in the camp is running out, and it's still by the sea."

Fang Chang was stunned. "Is that an exaggeration?"

"No," said the man who stayed under the knife helplessly, "I look at them

Two more salt pans have recently been opened, but manpower is still a problem

Title. I've heard that the fur players are wondering if they should send their hides back to Dawn City and find someone to work on them."

There are only more than 300 players in the port of fries.

Although the Niuma brought more than 200 good brothers who came to admire it this time, many of them were resurrected after dying before, which was not even enough for the construction team and the scientific research team.

What's more, hiring players to do such a delicate job as handling leather is somewhat overkill, and it is not suitable from an economic point of view.

"If this is sent back for processing, I'm afraid that the road will stink

......" Fang Chang thought for a moment, and suddenly his heart moved, he looked at the person under the knife and said, "By the way, isn't there someone on their side of the tail?"

"You mean...... Those Luna refugees?" Fang Chang smiled slightly and said.

"It's not a lot of work, so it shouldn't be a problem to hand it over to those people. And not only the tanning of leather, but also some of the work of handling prey, if it can be handed over to NPCs, not only can it save costs, but also free up more high-quality labor from those simple and repetitive tasks...... You know what I'm talking about."

The man under the knife looked at the guy in front of him with a strange expression.

When he heard this, he always had the illusion that the way this guy thought about problems was more and more like an NPC he knew.

"Is there anything on my face?" Seeing that the people under the knife kept staring at him and didn't speak, Fang Chang reached out and touched his face, but he didn't touch anything.

After coming back to his senses, the knife man coughed lightly, cleared his throat and said.

"It's nothing, I just think...... That's a good idea."

It's a good idea, and the facilities at the fries port are still a bit rudimentary, but at least the walls have been built.

As long as you don't leave the camp, you can still be safe.

"I'll go to the forum and ask them for their opinions in a moment...... By the way, there's one more thing." In the middle of speaking, he suddenly remembered another thing.

Fang Chang cast an inquiring glance at him. "What's the matter?"

"Regarding the work of clearing the rainforest," after a pause, he scratched his head and said in an uncertain tone, "According to the reports of some construction teams, when they cleared the rainforest, they found that this forest has a strange self-healing nature." Fang Chang frowned slightly.

"Self-healing?"

The man who stayed under the knife nodded and continued.

"I don't know if that's accurate, but the situation is that the area they had cleared the next day was the next day when they found that some shrubs, blades of grass and vines had grown, as if they were spreading out of the nearby forest. At first, I thought it was the laziness of the construction team that took on the task, but a similar situation occurred in various work areas...... It's weird.

With plenty of rain and light, most forests naturally expand towards areas with fertile soil, which in itself is not surprising.

However, this kind of thing is often done in years, and only by observing it on a time scale can we find some clues.

But this rainforest is different.

It was as if it were alive, recovering its "wounds" at a speed visible to the naked eye.....

Looking at Fang Chang, who was deep in thought, he proposed.

"I suggest you bring this up to the Alliance Biological Research Institute the next time you go back and see what they think."

Fang Chang nodded cautiously and set his gaze on another airship in the sky.

"There's no need to wait to go back, they're here with the expedition."

"You can just report the situation to them later."

At the same time as the two airships arrived at the port of fries, a dry bulk carrier laden with cargo was slowly moving away from the rough Borneo Sea and heading from the west into the tranquil Baiyue Strait.

「..... Watch it for me for a while."

Coming out of the cab with a yawn, the old man in a brown jacket gave up the door behind him to a young man in a white shirt, and he walked to sit on a chaise longue under the gangway, picked up the unfinished beer bottle in the plastic basket next to him and took two sips, squinting his eyes and blowing the sea breeze.

Normally he would never allow anyone to move his ship, except when it came to the Baiyue Strait.

Compared to the open Borneo Sea and the southern seas, this strait that runs through the province of Baiyue can hardly be called a sea, but more like a tranquil river.

In addition, there are references on both sides of the strait that can determine the course, and it is still a little difficult to deviate to the point of driving the ship back.

It is precisely because of this that he will hand over the work of driving the boat to the young people under him, and he will come down to relax and rest for a while.

The old man's name was Song Haining, and he was a resident of the crater, but he lived in Silver Moon Bay much longer than he did on the crater

Much longer.

Of course, the time he spent in both places combined was certainly not as good as when he was floating on the sea.

The perennial wind and sun have made his face look like a freshly dried rag, and it is the kind that has wiped the black and swarthy bottom of the pot.

For as long as he can remember, he worked on ships with his father, and it was not until he was thirty years old that he had his own cargo ship.

And now the Mistral has been with him for 20 years.

Whenever he saw the mottled rust on the deck, he couldn't help but think that maybe it was time for him to start thinking about retirement.

In the wasteland, the age of fifty-something is definitely considered an advanced age.....

"It's still so quiet here."

Walking next to Song Haining, the young man in a gray jacket put his arm on the railing on the side of the boat, and said something with a smile.

His name was Mogawi, and he was a merchant in Silvermoon Bay in the Hump Kingdom, the owner of the 5,000-ton iron ore and coal mines on the cargo ship, and the employer of 30 mercenaries.

Recently, the Federation of the Southern Islands and Vault 70 have been at loggerheads, and the offshore mining stations have been closed due to the war, but the production of factories on the islands has not stopped, and the prices of various resources have almost risen.

Although there are many risks involved in trading in this sea, there are still many people who are not afraid of death who have decided to wade into this troubled water.

This one, for example, is one of them.

Song Haining didn't know his details, but the possibility of problems with the business introduced by the port was not high, and it was still a route he was familiar with.

Even if the guy occasionally seemed a little off the line, he didn't care, as long as the dinar was enough.

Hearing the sound from the side, the old captain, who was squinting at the scenery, smiled faintly and put the empty beer bottle aside.

"I wish it had been so quiet here." "It will be!"

With a confident smile on his face, the man continued, "Before I went to sea, I specially asked someone to do divination! The soothsayer told me to keep going in the direction the sun was rising, and then forward..... The gold-covered earth awaits us there."

The earth is covered with gold.....

Hearing this interesting statement, Song Haining couldn't help but smile, raised his eyebrows to glance at the thin sunlight, and then put his gaze back on the emerald green shore in the distance.

He had been busy going back and forth in the seas for most of his life, and he had never heard of an island covered with gold.

As for the land on both sides of the strait? That's not to mention.

Hidden in that dense rainforest can never be treasure, only death.

Ships passing through this area of water, even if they run out of supplies, will never consider trying their luck on shore. The forest there is like the open mouth of a monster that swallows up anyone who tries to get deeper.

「..... You should bring the soothsayer aboard the ship, so we can ask him how far away the gold-covered earth is."

Song Haining replied lazily.

However, just as his words fell, two incredible exclamations suddenly came from the top of the gangway.

"Ahead! Look at the heavens!" "What's that?!" Heavenly?

Hearing the sound from above the gangway, Song Haining and Mo Jiawei, who were staying on the deck, were stunned.

The latter was the first to come to his senses, and in surprise he called out "The Goddess of the Silver Moon is up", and trotted hurriedly towards the gangway.

Has the prophecy come true?

Looking at the overjoyed guy, Song Haining had a strange expression on his face.

Instinctively not believing in the mysticism, he got up from his recliner and followed the merchant of Silvermoon Bay up the ladder.

"What do you see? What is in front of the heavens—"

Walking to the guardrail of the lookout, Song Haining was about to ask the shouting seafarer what he had found, but stopped in the middle of speaking.

Looking in the direction the seafarer was pointing, his gaze passed over the rows of ore crates, and two white spheres floating beneath the clouds soon caught his eye.

Because of the distance, it looked as small as a balloon, but he didn't think it was just two balloons. That thing is an airship!

Why is the airship here?

Just when Song Haining was stunned, Mo Jiawei on the side cried out happily.

"Airship! It's an airship!"

"I knew it was an airship..... I wonder why there are airships in this place!"

After coming back from surprise, Song Haining's face did not have the slightest excitement, but gradually wrote a trace of worry or jealousy.

The southern seas are not peaceful now, the Federation of the Southern Islands and Vault 70 have been fighting for more than two months, and both sides have already abandoned the bottom line.

Before he went to sea, he had heard about it in a tavern near the pier of Silvermoon Bay.

In order to cut off supplies to the islands of the Federation of the Southern Islands, the submarines of Vault 70 are indiscriminately attacking ships in the southern waters, and many ships have been killed in the last month.

If that airship was an observation airship released from Vault 70, they were afraid that it would have been marked on the other side's charts by now.

Pushing open the wheelhouse door and stepping out, the young man who had been at the helm for him hurried up behind him and asked.

"Captain, do you want to keep going?"

Without waiting for Song Haining to speak, Mo Jiawei, who was standing on the side, said excitedly.

"I think we should lean over and take a look! Maybe there's a surprise waiting for us.

Glancing at the guy who hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter, Song Haining pondered for a moment and looked at the young man behind him.

「..... Keep going."

At this point, it's too late to turn around.

What's more, if they changed course at this time, they would have to make a detour from the southernmost tip of Baiyue Province, not to mention doubling the voyage, and there would not be so many supplies on board at all.

The young man nodded nervously, turned and ran into the cab.

Song Haining took out the binoculars and stared at the two silver-white airships, trying to see some clues from them.

Unfortunately, however, there is no obvious identification on the airship.

The only thing that relieved him a little was that the two airships had large cargo holds, and it was clear that they were cargo airships, not observation airships as he had thought they were.

And--

The rough design doesn't look like it came out of Vault 70, maybe it was made by the Federation of the Southern Islands.

It's just that the problem comes again.

What does the Federation of the Southern Islands do in the Baiyue Strait? Song Haining was puzzled.

While he was staring at the two airships, the Mistral continued to move forward, pulling the distance between the two airships.

When the horizontal distance between the two sides was less than three nautical miles, a sight he had never seen before suddenly appeared on the yellow and green coastline.

He wasn't alone in noticing the situation on the coastline.

The seafarers and mercenaries who stood on the side of the ship and watched the bustle almost unanimously let out a surprise that was even more surprised than before.

"Someone's there!?" "And quite a few!"

"The spirit of the sand sea is above...... Are they dying?!" There are no ships on the shore.

Those people were supposed to have come down from the airship.

Looking at the camp located on the shore in a daze, Song Haining involuntarily opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a while.

Mogarve, who was standing next to him, cried out excitedly.

"Harbor! It's a port!"

It's a brag to say that thing is called a port, this place doesn't even have a pier that extends into the deep water, and the golden sand beach is completely untouched.

But the rows of tents and tin houses, as well as the earthen walls and watchtowers that surround them, don't look like they have just been built.

A long time ago, there was a rumor circulating in the tavern of Silvermoon Bay that Baiyue Province was inhabited by demons who had been banished by the spirit of the Sand Sea, and no one could stay in this land for a single day of the rotation of the sun and the moon.

Song Haining didn't believe in the spirit of the sand sea, but he was convinced of the second half of this rumor.

The Humpback Kingdom has tried to colonize the land a long time ago, but all attempts have ended in failure.

Not to mention the survivor settlements in the southern seas, many of whom had fled to the island from the Baiyue Province themselves.

There were people who tried to camp on the shores of the Baiyue Strait..... Are these guys dying?!

On the boat, everyone was surprised

At that moment, two speedboats flying the flag of the Federation of the Southern Islands approached from the eastern sea.

Seeing the man at the bow of the speedboat from a distance, Song Haining waved his hand in the direction of the wheelhouse behind him, made a gesture to stop the boat, and then shouted to the seafarer under the gangway.

"Drop the anchor!"

The anchor was thrown from the stern of the ship and slammed into the bottom of the sea, and with the reversed propeller, it didn't take long for the cargo ship to stop.

The two speedboats split into two lines, one on guard in the distance and the other approaching.

Boarding the deck with two sailors, Muda looked at the oncoming captain and said succinctly.

"Routine checks, cooperate."

Song Haining skillfully took out the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and smiled politely.

"Understood, please."

Muda took his cigarette, but did not take out a match and lit it, but put it in his pocket under the collar, and led the two sailors towards the cargo boxes on the deck.

Seeing the slow movements of the group of guys, Mogarvi couldn't help but walk down the gangway.

"We're here to deliver iron ore and coal, so we can't do business with Vault 70, and they don't have a port to unload their cargo.

Mu Da snorted with his nose and replied without being salty.

"Not necessarily, if you're going to sell them something, this is the right place to deliver. Even if you throw a box down, no one will find out, will it? And the seabed here is not too deep, and there are references nearby, so it's easy to salvage." Mogarwi's eyes widened.

"Are you kidding? We are such a big ship, do that little business?"

it? Can you still play like this?

I knew he was bringing some ruthless stuff that Vault 70 might be interested in!

Muda stopped and stared at him twice.

Furious by that look, Mo Jiawei smiled and took the words back, obediently stepped aside, and made a gesture of please.

"You ..... Be my guest.

Mu Da didn't bother with this guy anymore, and continued to take his men to check the cargo boxes piled up on the deck one by one.

What he didn't say was that his recent mission was not only to stop passing ships from trading with Vault 70, but also to intercept refugees who were going to the southern seas.

Recently, a cargo ship called the Meat Meat was not repaired well in their port, and more than 1,000 people ate and drank from them, and they couldn't get rid of it.

Although those guys are paying, after all, this is a special time, and the supplies on the crater are not rich.

On the one hand, out of concern for offending the Alliance, and on the other hand, perhaps with unrealistic illusions about those guys, the Governor's Office of the Crater did not take strong measures to drive away the cargo ship that was lying in the harbor, or cut off the ship's supplies.

However, they could not allow the nosy good people to throw the refugees into their homes.

In order to prevent more refugees from being stranded at the ports of the crater, the local governor's office had the idea to apply to the Maritime Patrol of the Federation of the Southern Islands.

If a large number of survivors from Borneo province are found among the passing ships, they are forced to disembark near the Union port of fries.

Don't those guys like to meddle? Then just go for it!

However, this ship seemed to be filled with ore, and Mu Da looked around and didn't find anyone hiding, so he looked at the captain who was following him and said.

"I'd like to go down the cabin." "No problem."

Song Haining smiled, suddenly thought of something, looked at the shore to the north and asked.

"Speaking of which, do you know those people?" "Those?"

Mu Da raised his eyebrows, subconsciously followed his line of sight to the north shore of the strait, and after seeing the scribbled camp, he hastily closed his gaze.

"They're members of the Alliance." "Alliance?!"

Song Haining's face showed a surprised expression. "You mean...... The one in the province of the River Valley?"

Muda

"Hmm."

Song Haining was stunned for a while before he held back half a sentence from his mouth.

「..... What are those guys doing here?"

It's more than 2,000 kilometers away from the river valley province! No wonder it came by airship ....

Muda said impatiently. "Then you'll have to ask them."

Following the patrol captain back to the gangway, Song Haining suddenly saw the idle businessman, who was beckoning his gang of mercenaries to drag an inflatable boat onto the deck.

"What are you doing?"

Clapping his hands and straightening up, Mogarwi looked at the captain walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"I'm going to get closer to the shore and see what those guys are up to. Remember the divination I was talking about earlier? That land of gold! Don't you think that beach is very similar? I have a hunch! Here's the chance to make a fortune!"

Song Haining looked at him stunned and listened to his nonsense.

「..... Are you crazy?"

Mogarwi said disapprerovingly.

"It's a waste of time to stay here anyway, so you might as well do something. Besides, I just went up to take a look, and I didn't plan to spend the night on the shore.

Song Haining stared at him and said.

"The inspection is over soon, there's nothing to see under the cabin, it won't take long for you, we'll be back on our way soon.

Mo Jiawei said with a hearty smile.

"That's right, I'll go down for half an hour at most, and you wait for me a little bit.

As he spoke, he had already ordered someone to throw down the inflatable boat with black iron and wood on it, and hurriedly put a life jacket on himself.

Looking at this guy who was not afraid of death, Song Haining's brows twitched fiercely, but he finally held back his words.

「..... Come back early." He swears.

For the sake of money, this is the last business he has done with this guy.

Mogawi, who grabbed the ladder with both hands, smiled. "Okay!"