Chapter 309: The Lighthouse
Off the coast of the City of Thieves, on a nameless island.
This is a real island, how small is it, when the tide is high, it can barely settle down, to put it bluntly, it is a larger reef.
The island is located not far from the coastline, but the climate off the coast of Cape Doom is strange, with wind and rain all year round, extremely low visibility on the sea, and heavy radiation clouds in the sky, blocking most of the sunlight, resulting in a dark state all year round.
Chen Mu temporarily took refuge on this small island, and when the tide was not rising, he could still barely live here, of course, it was also for innate martial artists.
If the acquired warriors come here, they won't live long, and as for ordinary people, they can only become corpses or zombies when they come here.
As for the funny son of the Gou family, before Chen Mu went to sea, he had already thrown it to a patrol boat in the Fire Thief City, as for whether this guy can survive, it depends on his luck, Chen Mu doesn't care about this.
He originally thought that "Haibaofang" and the Gou family would have some tricks, but he didn't expect that the journey would be quite smooth, and no one would care about going to sea.
The coastline of the city is very long, although there are many patrol boats, but they are all for show, and the main role is not to defend the coastline, but to be responsible for liaison and maintenance of the three giant lighthouses by the sea.
There were eighty-one such giant lighthouses at Doom Point, all of which were built during the Dark Ages, when it was not where it is today.
At that time, although it was also called "Doom Corner", it refers to the harsh climate and environment, coupled with the dangerous geographical location, it was a strategic point between the "Permafrost Wasteland" and the "Uncharted Sea", and it was a battleground for soldiers.
As a result, humans have built dense fortifications and military fortresses here, as well as huge docks in the old era, which once produced ancient war ships, and it is said that even the Battlestar can be made, which was a military center during the "Sky Dynasty" period.
But all this was destroyed in the Battle of Twilight, until after the re-emergence of human beings, they were unable to restore the glory of science and technology of the year, so they could only find another way and embark on the road of European Qi and ancient martial arts.
Although the glory of science and technology cannot be restored, the geographical location of "Doom Corner" has not changed, and it is still a battleground for soldiers.
Even with the threat of demons and monsters approaching, the importance of this place is far greater than before, so in the hands of the first European Emperor, a huge renovation project has been carried out here.
A large number of abandoned ancient ruins have been developed and demolished, so that the sea area has been reopened, and these materials cleared from the ancient ruins, most of which are military fortresses and giant shipyards built at the end of the "Sky Dynasty", have been built into eighty-one super-large lighthouses to illuminate this dark sea.
It was the brightest time since the Dark Ages, and even in such a harsh climate and environment, the people who lived here enjoyed rare light and hope.
But good days are always short-lived, no matter how majestic and majestic the first Emperor Ou is, there will be a day when he will not be there, and the later Emperor Ou has never been able to reach the height of the ancestors.
As the royal family declined and its authority ceased to exist, the situation in various places gradually collapsed, and places like the "Doom Corner" were naturally the first to collapse.
The 81 giant lighthouses that once stood were looted and destroyed because of lack of maintenance, and some of them were not maintained at all.
Now, according to the data that Chen Mu heard in the Fire Thief City in the past few days, there are now less than twenty giant lighthouses left in the entire "Doom Corner" open sea, and the others have either been completely destroyed or abandoned.
And off the coast of the City of Thieves, there are three giant lighthouses in operation, barely able to light up the gloomy fog of the nearby seas and keep the course from being interrupted.
This is also the reason why the remaining giant lighthouses that are still in operation exist, if it were not for the maintenance of trade routes from interruption, I am afraid that no force would have spent energy to maintain them.
In fact, Chen Mu heard Wang Pipi talk a few words, saying that nearly half of the lighthouses that are still in operation today are maintained by the "Black Flag", or they provide most of the resources.
It may sound hilarious, but as the largest pirate group in this area, the "Black Flag" is tasked with maintaining the lighthouse and the waterway, which is simply ridiculous.
But this is the case, and the one who is most dedicated to maintaining the basic order and operation of this sea area is precisely the "Black Flag", a pirate group.
Chen Mu understands this truth, and the reason is very simple, the reason why other forces are not as concerned as the "Black Flag" is because most of their lifeblood is not at sea, at least not in this sea area.
The "Black Flag" is different, although they have a lot of say in a city like Fire Thief City, but as a group of pirates, their lifeline is still in this sea area in the final analysis.
If the order of this sea area is completely broken, all the lighthouses are closed, and the sea is dark, not to mention the merchant ships, even the pirates themselves, I am afraid that they will not be able to sail happily on the sea.
That's the fundamental reason why they maintain these giant lighthouses, not because they're merciful, it's because they have to.
Of course, these things have little to do with Chen Mu, and the reason why he stayed here temporarily was just to avoid the limelight.
It's really a haven for the limelight, just after he left the City of Fire Thieves and went to sea, he encountered a terrifying storm, that guy really looks like the end of the world in a disaster movie, not to mention that he is a small true innate martial artist, I'm afraid that Da Luo Jinxian is coming, and I am afraid that I can't avoid it.
Chen Mu had no choice, and when he went ashore again, he didn't know if there was a "Haibaofang" and the Gou family's backhand, so he simply found a small island and reef near the sea and a cat, and avoided the limelight first.
The location here is good, just located in the belly of a fjord, which is a natural haven, but this island and reef are very small and inconspicuous at all, which is very suitable for Chen Mu to take refuge temporarily.
At the tip of the fjord, on top of a scimitar-like cliff, stands a giant lighthouse.
This thing is not an ordinary lighthouse shape, but almost a work of art, the lower half of the body is a stupid black thick cylinder, and the upper body is a huge strange ape.
The strange ape was only shaped by less than a third, that is, the head and chest, and it was a bit unfinished.
It had a hideous face, as if struggling to break free from the cylinder, and its head was facing the gloomy sky, as if it were roaring with rage.
In the eyes of the strange ape, a bright white pillar of light shoots out, scanning back and forth on the surrounding sea, which is actually the light source of the lighthouse.