Fishmouth Canyon.

The commander of the Thousand People of Dragon King City looked at the attack of the Coral Palace-kun army again, his face was extremely excited, and the whole person couldn't help but flutter.

When the Dragon King City was about to be breached, he originally planned to die for his life to repay the Water Dragon King's previous grace of not killing.

But in the face of thousands of enemies, he was timid, and chose to leave the battlefield with the remnants of his army, gathering the rout along the way, and retreating to this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place with thousands of inhabitants in tow, and then seek the future.

But not long after coming here, the army of the Sango Palace found their traces, and three teams of 1,000 people heard the sound, and the leader turned out to be the Lord of Coral.

At first, he felt the same despair as the other soldiers, thinking that he would not escape death, but then he surprised them.

Not only did the Sango Palace army not capture them quickly, but they were severely damaged by their hard counterattack, and the three thousand people couldn't beat them and a thousand people, and the attacks were repulsed again and again, and they were even killed by hundreds of them, and they suffered very little damage.

Even the Coral Lord couldn't defeat them, which made them a little proud.

"As long as we defend the Yuzui Canyon, and wait until those residents are trained, maybe we can counterattack and recapture the Dragon King City and rescue the Water Dragon King!"

"That's right, how can those fools who are content with the status quo in the Sango Palace be as effective as those of us who have been in battle? We will definitely be able to recover the Dragon King City! ”

"What about the Lord of Coral, it's just that he colluded with humans to sneak attack the Water Dragon King, if we fight head-on, we will definitely win!"

"Long live Dragon King City!"

Listening to the cheers of the soldiers, the commander of the Thousand Men couldn't help but raise a smile, as if the Coral Palace army that drove them away was nothing, and the recapture of Dragon King City was imminent.

But at this moment, a soldier suddenly exclaimed.

"Look outside, there's a dozen big guys coming there."

When the commander of the thousand-man team heard the prestige, he saw at a glance more than a dozen Canglong slowly landing in the army of the Coral Palace, and there was a slender figure standing on the head of the leader, because the distance was too far, he couldn't see this figure clearly.

I saw that the troops of the Sango Palace were kneeling towards this figure.

Those dragons, he seemed to remember that they seemed to have appeared in the battle of Dragon King City, as if they were... That army of alien humans.

So that figure... Isn't that the human!?

Thinking of this, the leader of the Thousand Men turned pale.

The memories that he didn't want to think of in his mind were instantly hooked up, and he would never forget the memory of the day when the imposing Dragon King City army came to the city of Coral Palace, but was indifferent by that human being, and killed most of their soldiers with just a slight wave of his hand.

Endless fear flowed out like a flood that broke a dam, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

There is only one thought in the mind.

They can't beat this human!

In the eyes of the Coral Palace army, Ji Chen is a savior-like existence, but in the Dragon King City army, Ji Chen is a lingering dream demon existence.

At this time, the other soldiers looked at the appearance of the commander, and seemed to have guessed something, and they all showed frightened looks, and they couldn't even hold their weapons, their morale was completely lost, and their expressions were panicked and dazed.

"Commander, what are we going to do..."

"Why don't we surrender, or the human will kill us all."

"I heard that the Sango Palace will not kill the sea clan who surrendered, and if we surrender, we may be able to live..."

The commander of the Thousand Men remembered the Water Dragon King, who was rumored to be locked up in the dark prison of the Dragon King City, and should be tortured by the Coral Palace at this time, forcing him to ask for secrets and fighting against the persecution of the enemy.

Even adults are like this, so how can these subordinates surrender without a fight?

The adults made him guilty and meritorious service in the first place, how could he live up to the expectations of the adults?

The commander of the thousand-man team gritted his teeth and shouted loudly: "We must not surrender, Lord Water Dragon King is still waiting for us to rescue, and Dragon King City is still waiting for us to recover!" ”

"Be loyal to the Water Dragon King!

”

As if inspired, the other soldiers looked at each other, raised some courage in their hearts, and also raised their weapons, "Loyal to Lord Water Dragon!" ”

At this time, the Sangonomiya army that was standing in the distance suddenly moved again, attacking with a rainbow of momentum.

They just wanted to go forward to resist, but they saw that the slender figure also came with them, and slowly raised their right hand.

I saw a whirlpool suddenly formed, and it became bigger and bigger, as if connecting heaven and earth, even if it was far away, you could feel the terrifying power contained in it.

Seeing this scene, the little courage they had finally mustered dissipated like a cloud of smoke, and they knelt on the ground with a look of fear.

Seeing this, the commander of the Thousand People secretly cursed that he was a coward, and then rushed forward with a face of death.

Even if he dies, he will die on the way to the charge!

Soon, his figure was overwhelmed by the army of the Sangonomiya.

This battle, which was supposed to last longer and had more casualties, ended in a hurry because of Ji Chen's arrival.

The 1,000-strong team of Dragon King City in Yuzui Canyon chose to surrender, and after being disarmed, they were escorted to Dragon King City and imprisoned, which can be regarded as returning to Dragon King City in another way.

In the palace that originally belonged to Diego in the city, Ji Chen sat on the golden throne on the steps.

At the bottom of the steps, Sonia stood and listened to the instructions.

"I'm here to tell you something."

"Your Excellency, please speak, I will certainly act according to your will."

"Don't be so nervous, just sit down." Ji Chen looked at Sonia, who had a serious expression, and smiled.

Sonia hesitated, but sat down on the stone chair on one side, but her ass was only halfway seated, and her smooth back was still straight.

Seeing this, Ji Chen didn't say anything more, and said, "Now that the Western Middle Ocean is being harassed by the Sea Beast Tide, the connection between us and the Northern Continent and other settlements has been forced to be interrupted, which has a great impact on the development of the Ocean Crown. ”

Sonia nodded, the adults had more or less told her about the outside world before, and they also knew about places like the West and the Middle Ocean, the Northern Continent, so there was no problem in understanding it now.

"Although the tide of sea beasts has passed through the stormy sea, there are still a few scattered sea beasts roaming."

"In the near future, I will lead the legion to the Starlight Islands, which are a few days away from the territory, to obtain the resources needed for the development of the territory, so you must pacify the Great Fluorescent Sea as soon as possible, and if necessary, lead the Sango Palace army to take on part of the defense responsibility."

Sonia's face was happy, didn't this mean that they would soon be able to reach the colorful Overworld?

When Ji Chen spoke, he had been secretly observing Sonia's performance, and after finding that she only had the joy of being able to go to the main world, he nodded secretly.

All the worries in my heart were dispelled.

After a moment of joy, Sonia stood up again and saluted, "I am willing to issue a military order, and the Coral Palace will deal with the remaining remnants of Dragon King City as soon as possible." ”

"And deal with other matters in the Great Fluorescent Sea, and take the Coral Palace army to take on the defense task as soon as possible."

Seeing that Sonia had given a military order, Ji Chen also nodded reassuringly.

"In addition to this matter, you also appropriately send a reconnaissance team to the pitch-black water layer to reconnoiter the terrain, enemies, etc."

Sonia's expression moved, "My lord, you want to explore the pitch-black water layer?" ”

Ji Chen nodded nondeniably.

Dragon King City once obtained a large amount of rare resources from the pitch-black water layer of the Great Fluorescent Sea, wouldn't it be a waste to have such a treasure trove in front of him and not dig it?

But they now don't know anything about what's going on inside, and it's clearly not suitable for large-scale exploration.

Sonia suggested, "We can go to the human kingdom above the sea, they are the descendants of those humans, and perhaps they have inherited and preserved some important information about the dark waters. ”

"Yes, I'll leave this matter to you." Ji Chen thought about it and felt that this method was feasible, so he agreed with a wave of his hand, "If you have any ideas, you can do it boldly, as long as it is in the interests of the crown of the ocean." ”

He doesn't want a robot who can only listen to orders and do whatever he wants, but someone who can lead the overall situation.

All along, he has consciously or unconsciously cultivated the autonomy of his subordinates, such as Willus, who is the best representative.

Set up a legion so that each hero can become a general who can fight and command, rather than a reckless man who can only rush.

Alice, Gerardo, Rush and other heroic units are moving in this direction.

As for Anina... She doesn't seem to have the talent for this aspect, and can only use her as a super individual force.

After Ji Chen told Sonia about these things, he took Alice and left the Great Fluorescent Sea.

Now there are only more than 200,000 rare resources left in the inventory of the Crown of the Sea, which is not enough for a round of recruitment, so he decided to use the limited resources this time to improve the backbone - some of the backbone heroes who play an important role in the legion.

It takes about 5~70,000 units of rare resources for a blue excellent-level hero unit to upgrade to the purple rare level, and rare resources of less than 230,000 and less than 240,000 can roughly be upgraded to four.

The list of upgrades was already in his mind, the half-orc hero Daro, the knight legion lobster guard knight hero Willen, a Naga Praetorian Guard hero and a water elf shooter.

The Naga Praetorian Guard hero needs to take on the role of temporary commander when Gerardo fights alone, while the latter takes command of the Guard.

When four new purple rare heroes appeared on the territory panel, it not only signaled that the crown of the ocean was a little more powerful, but also that the inventory of rare resources had been completely emptied.

After that, if there are no more resources in the account, then they will have to drink the northwest wind.

When Ji Chen was feverishly preparing to go to sea again, there was good news from Tomodo, the object on the second alchemy drawing had been manufactured.

In the previous attack of the Sea Beast Tide, Tomodo did not appear, and he stayed in the blacksmith shop built in the underground lizardman world, in order to make the first machine of the second alchemy blueprint as soon as possible.

Ji Chen, who got the news, quickly passed through the long tunnel and came underground again after a long time.

The underground lizardfolk world is still the same, with molten and rocks forming a timeless style.

However, in the vast expanse outside the capital of the kingdom of Takok, there are towering workshops, and lava flows from the magma river pass through the predetermined channels, providing sufficient heat and energy for the production of the workshops, and the clearing next to it is piled up with ore as high as a mountain.

Under the auspices of the legendary dwarven blacksmith Tomodo, several large production workshops have been established here, using the abundant ore resources and lava to continuously produce various iron tools, weapons and equipment, alchemy cannonballs, arrow cluster ammunition, etc.

It can be said that this is the industrial park of the crown of the ocean, accounting for more than 80% of the industrial capacity.

This is also Ji Chen's original plan, which is to use the concealment and security of the underground lizardman world to ensure the output of various materials.

The Underground Lizardfolk World, in addition to being an excellent place of refuge, is also a backup production base.

Ji Chen walked into one of the tall workshops and saw Tomodo standing in front of a pitch-black fort.

"Your Excellency Tomodo, I heard that you made the second drawing, oh the first machine? This is it? ”

Hearing this, Tomodo looked back and said angrily: "Of course, this kind of little thing has no technical content, and it will take a little time at most to get it out." ”

Ji Chen smiled, didn't pierce his words, and turned to look at the fort.

The hexagonal metal turret base, with an extremely thick barrel obliquely protruding from the middle, longer than the gun barrel of a battleship, revealed a terrifying and murderous color in the dark color.

At first glance, I feel safe.

"This artillery is called the saboteur, it is a kind of shore-based defense alchemy artillery, the attack range is quite long, it can accurately hit targets several kilometers or even dozens of miles away, and the power is also quite optimistic, and those small steel battleships will lose their combat effectiveness if they don't sink immediately after one shot."

"And the disadvantages are also obvious, the slow reloading of shells, the high production process requirements, and the long manufacturing cycle, but these cannot hide the power of the saboteur artillery."

Tomodo, who has always been picky and arrogant, couldn't help but show a touch of appreciation at this time, "It seems that thousands of years have passed, and human beings have still made some progress in alchemy technology. ”

"What is the relationship between your boy and the daughter of the Grand Duke who came to the Duchy of Inhardt? Is she your concubine? I'm willing to give you a drawing of this kind of thing. ”

Ji Chen almost didn't squirt out his saliva, and said with a smile: "Monica is just my friend, not a concubine." ”

Tomodo has a look of believing you as a ghost, would an ordinary friend give such a valuable thing?

However, he didn't dwell too much on it, and continued: "Now this saboteur is only the first machine, and there are still some places and processes that need to be adjusted, and they can't be put into use immediately. ”

"If you're going to use it right away against those sea beasts, you're going to fail."

Ji Chen waved his hand, his face was a little high-spirited, "It's okay, according to your rhythm, I can afford to wait, and the crown of the ocean can also afford to wait." ”

"It's just nice to talk to you kid, and you must get along well with the other dwarves."

Ji Chen smiled, "Thank you, Your Excellency, I have one more thing... The stock of alchemy shells has been exhausted, can another batch be produced urgently? ”

"Of course, there is no problem with this, I just let those apprentices work overtime to produce."

Tomodor nodded.