(This chapter is a bit boring...)
"I, Wang Duoyu, have invested in this land vehicle project!" Just when Darkus was still thinking, he was brought back to reality by the iron hand tapping on his shoulder, and he was ready to set off again The druchis have been waiting for him for a long time.
The team continued to set off and arrived at the central area of Chapeuto City. The reason why it was called the central area was because Dacus felt that Chapeuto was different from other temple cities. Normally, there is a place in the center of the temple city. The great pyramid used to worship the ancient saints, but Chapeiuto does not have it...
Chapeiuto has three long rectangular pyramids connected together, which are integrated into the structure of Nehekhara in the style of Lustria. , the first time Darkos saw it, he thought of the Southern Star Pyramid in Hesiota.
The Nantian Star Pyramid is not a single pyramid, but a group, consisting of one large and two small pyramids distributed in a "pin" shape. In the center of the "pin" shape is a huge square with a stone tablet.
These pyramids are rectangular at the base and conical in the middle. Each pyramid is dedicated to a different celestial body, and the horizontal planes of the pyramids are carved with intricate astronomical and astrological arrangements. Track the rotation of stars, satellites and the world together.
When Darkus went to Hesiota for the first time, Chupa Coco once introduced to him that when you stand on the observation point on the central axis of the main tower of the Central South Sky Star Pyramid and observe the sun, you will find that the sun rises on March 21 every year. The sun rises from the midpoint of the stone monument in the center of the square. This day is the vernal equinox. The sun will rise from behind the outer corner of the pyramid on the left on June 21, which is the summer solstice. On September 21st, the sun will still rise from the midpoint of the stone monument. This day is the autumnal equinox. On December 21, the sun rises from behind the outer corner of the pyramid on the right. This day is the time to eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls, which is also the winter solstice.
Although there is no distinction between spring, summer, autumn and winter in the Lustria continent, there are only rainy seasons and dry seasons in a year, but there are still relevant calendars.
Similarly, the Pyramid of Stars in the South Sky is very weird. If you stand in the square and listen carefully, you will find that not only are the lizard guards hissing, but there is also a low complaining sound filling the air, which sounds like something from afar. thunder.
Before the Great Invasion, the Southern Star Pyramid was also the center for Skinks to learn astronomy and astrology. Skinks from various temple cities in Lustria would go here on a long pilgrimage to learn from the Skink Astrologers and Skink Astrologers there. , learn how to draw on the power of the Winds of Aegir, and learn how to gain greater insight to seek future knowledge.
The Slann magic priests also like it there. They will sit on the observation deck at the top of the pyramid and meditate. There they will see a specific arrangement of celestial bodies and can glean something from it.
But all this, like the rest of Lustria, fell into silence with the decline of the lizardmen after the great invasion.
Darkos raised his head and squinted his eyes, looking at the huge pyramid. He thought a lot. Only the temple cities located at the northernmost and easternmost reaches of the Lustria continent had such unique pyramids. How could this be so? Doesn’t it mean that Hesiota is also responsible for the main communication interface of the spiritual vein network? So where is Hesiota's interface connected? Nagaros? It shouldn't be possible...
and Zetland, which is located in the jungle of the Southland of the old world, probably has a similar building that serves as a general interface. After further thinking, Darkus knew why the other Slann priests didn't make a fuss about the suggestion, because Huta did not have such pyramid buildings like Hesiota and Chapeiuto, and in addition Shang Hua Hua was not popular, and the other Slann Demon Priests were too lazy to explain to Hua Hua...
Just as Darkus was thinking about it, the team encountered two strange deep sea creatures. When he came back to his senses, he saw After a quick glance, if he judged correctly, this should be Deep Sea Ji.
The deep sea turtle is a solitary predator that hunts sharks and squid. The most common appearance is an eel-like creature with rows of sharp teeth, a pair of claws that can tear flesh, and a head like It has a unicorn-like spiral-shaped horn that can be used to stab prey and enemies to death, and a set of whip-like tails at the end of its hind limbs.
Darkus felt very strange when he looked at the two deep sea turtles not far away. They used their whip-like tails to support themselves on the ground. They bounced and danced with their teeth and claws in a funny manner. Looking at them, they seemed to be on guard to protect their backs. of what?
"It's not a male and a female protecting the cubs, right?"
Just as Darkus was thinking, Kalien interrupted him.
"Master, it seems that I can empathize with these eels?" Carlion said with some uncertainty.
"Okay, you stay and try." After finishing speaking, Darkus waved his hand and made some arrangements.
Darkus has no interest in the Deep Sea Ji. This thing is not in his plan. The quantity is too small and it is flashy. It also requires the blessing of a land-based device to fight. It is usually equipped with senior generals, but he is Drucci, not Spongebob. Those admirals of Black Ark have black dragons and manticores, so why should they ride this thing? Woolen cloth? However, they can also be equipped with high-level personnel from the Storm Weaver Order. After all, they will have to go fishing in the deep sea in the future.
Soon, under the guidance of his passive skills, Darkos found the ancient saint's creation used for communication in the Pyramid of the Western Stars.
The Pyramid of the Western Stars was named after Darkus. Hesiota, located at the northernmost isthmus of Lustria, has the Pyramid of the Southern Stars. So there is nothing wrong with the Pyramid of the Western Stars at Chapeiuto, the easternmost part of Lustria?
The good news is that the Old Ones' creations are still around, and there are accompanying instructions for making and using the tablets. The bad news is that the Old Ones creation worked after some debugging, but it didn't respond.
After Malekith followed the instructions and made further adjustments, Chupa Coco's blue-gleaming eyes still showed a hint of confusion. Maybe the lack of response was because the Ancient Saint's creation on the other side of Zetland was not connected online? Or are the Slann Demon Priests over there sleeping at this time? Or is there a problem with the submarine cable?
In short, the Slann Demon Priests were waiting in vain.
But it doesn’t matter, there are instructions anyway, and the second-generation Lord Slanshakspadi will lead a Lustrian expeditionary force there soon. As long as the ancient saint’s creation is still in Zetland, it will be fine. If it doesn’t work, then Another one was built in Spicazuma and shipped there.
Darkus has thought about it, and asked Coptiti to build a few more in the future. When the time comes, he will also build a star pyramid in Ulthuan to connect it to Lustria, and then connect it to the more advanced ones through Ulthuan's nodes. Obien to the north. Get one too from Tiatequa in the Southern Jungle of the Old World! Also link the Dragon Islands without dragons.
Planned, perfect!
Obion Island is also a problem, and a big one at that. The wind of chaos blowing from the Southland can be filtered through the spiritual vein network of Lustria and the Southland jungle of the old world. Although the spiritual vein network is now dilapidated, the Lizardmen are still maintaining it and it is barely usable.
Compared with Lustria, the situation on Obion Island in the north is completely different.
The Truth Sayers left behind by the Old Saints before the Great Invasion have probably degenerated into savages and chaos after thousands of years of being blown by the winds of chaos and without leadership.
Albion Island, a spiritual node that serves to filter the winds of chaos blowing from the north, has been overloaded and lacked maintenance for a long time, causing the facilities left by the Old Saint to become overwhelmed, which directly led to the Ulthuan Maelstrom. overload, the result is that the situation is getting worse.
There is a feeling that the dynasty is in turmoil at the end of its life.
In historical terms, the gradually collapsing maelstrom system is like a dynasty that gradually declines over time, while those flowing Eternal Chosen are like peasant uprisings, and Eternal Chosen Three-Eyed Acha is more like a postman who is given back to society. , the failed salt dealer, are just the more famous among these Eternal God Chosen. You must know that Archaon was already the 13th Eternal God Chosen.
The title of Eternal God's Chosen means that he is favored by the Chaos Evil God in the present, past and future. He is the eternal God's Chosen One and the only one. That being said, but more like bullshit and black humor, the Eternal Chosen is more like the leader of various factions.
Mo Kai, the first Eternal God Chosen, was favored by the Four Gods in the past, but now and in the future, he is rejected by the Chaos God and will suffer eternal torture. What's even worse is that several of the Eternal Chosen died in internal fighting without even leaving the Chaos Wasteland.
If the core problem is not solved, there will still be fanatics who sharpen their swords every night without the three-eyed Acha. There are endless eternal gods, and what Darkus has to do is to prevent this dynasty from collapsing while he is alive, to be a lackey of this dynasty, and to make these so-called eternal gods unknown and unrecorded. Peasant uprisings in history.
The team that had already rushed to the central area no longer needed to take action. Darkus and Malekith took Chupa Coco up the pyramid steps covered with moss and underwater creatures. Standing at the top of the pyramid, they could overlook the entire pyramid. A temple city. He did not pay attention to the fierce battle on the sea, nor to the arrests still going on in the city, but looked at the entire temple city.
The entire Cauchen Plain can be said to be Darkus's basic plan, an area that can be planned according to his ideals, and Chapeiuto as a port is the top priority.
Chapeiuto, which can no longer be called the Sunken City, is a great temple city. The layout of this temple city is also completely different from the layout of other temple cities. The entire temple city is in the shape of a long strip. The ten-kilometer-long temple city is distributed from south to north along the mangrove coast. The interior of the temple city consists of a main central area and four subsidiary peripheral areas. The main central area, or main complex, covers an area of about forty football fields (a football field is 7140 square meters).
The Western Star Pyramid alone occupies nearly eight football fields. When Darkus came up, he measured the steps and found that the approximate height was 180 meters, slightly higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The central area is a huge masonry complex composed of pyramids, stepped platforms and temples. It includes four courtyards and two squares. The four courtyards refer to the four courtyards centered on the Pyramid of the Western Stars and distributed in the upper left, lower left, upper right and lower right. Pyramid and accompanying event space.
The two pyramids on the right near the sea have the ancient sage Zongqi enshrined on top and the ancient sage Huangqi enshrined below.
At the bottom of the pyramid steps belonging to the ancient sage Huangqi were placed two gorgeous turquoise mosaic plates and a ruby-decorated base. As for the black panther statue, it disappeared. There are also a large number of black panther statues with exaggerated and violent figures on the steps. They are inlaid with polished obsidian to imitate the spots on the black panther. However, due to the erosion of the years, they have become pitted and will need to be retouched later.
The two pyramids on the left near the landing are dedicated to the ancient saints Razkoto and the brothers Tebok. The ancient Saint Razkoto Pyramid is unremarkable, highlighting a low profile, while the ancient Saint Tepok Pyramid is dotted with a large number of gold feathered serpent stone pillars.
One square is located in the center of the Western Star Pyramid, and the other is a grand market for the lizard people, about the size of three football fields, for trading and buying and selling. The grand market of Chapeiuto is different from other temple cities. The square is dotted with magnificent stone monuments and huge colonnades. Some colonnades are tens of meters high, some have become dilapidated, and some have simply been removed from the roots. Broken, Darkus judged from the uneven height that these colonnades should be just decorations, and there was no missing roof on them.
Darkus directly changed the "Grand Market" into "Thousand Column Square". This is his territory anyway, and he has the final say.
The further end is the Central Parade Avenue, with statues spaced dozens of steps apart on both sides. These statues have extremely abstract proportions, and gorgeously dressed servants stand there, as if examining the living creatures walking on the avenue, and Some arches resembling a triumphal arch.
The four auxiliary peripheral areas are distributed up and down in the north and south. The peripheral area on the north left and close to the interior is a community where skinks and monitor lizards use to move around. There is also a granary-like building where the lizardmen and Skaven are fighting. I have learned to maintain multiple independent granaries, but it is different here. The granaries here are independent.
Two buildings that resemble huge natural wells are also eye-catching, with two stone stairways winding down the steep sides of the wells. But Darkus didn't feel like a well, but rather like a sacrificial pit like the wishing fountain, because he saw the Druchi people surrounding it constantly coming in and out, carefully removing all kinds of gold, jade, gems, damaged Objects such as pottery were continuously moved out of the well and placed in the open space by category.
The outer area on the right side by the sea should be the place where the lizard people live and train, but it is a bit strange. It is strange that Darkus looked at it several times with a monocular telescope and was still sure. At its core, there are several open spaces similar to small stadiums surrounding a large stadium. It was called the stadium because he saw a single-sided auditorium...
Dakuus had already thought about it. When he retired, It was there that the Blood Wrist Rugby Tournament was held, with teams from all regions and races forming a league.
Lizard versus Halfling! Highlight a passion and excitement! The all-star lineup of other races is terrible, but the whole all-star lineup of lizardmen and elves, Darkus can still do it!
The outer area on the left side near the land in the south is also a community of skinks and monitor lizards, with corrals, perches and caves. The most unique building is an independent square tower, consisting of a first-floor base and a two-story rectangular terrace, with the middle of the terrace The square tower is made of masonry structure. The strange thing is that there is no staircase to go up directly, but a winding spiral staircase. There is an observation platform on the top of the tower that opens to the land.
Chupacoko only took one look at it and told Darkus that it was an observation platform and explained how to use it.
This observatory is used to observe the rising and setting of the sun and the moon. At the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, an observation line passing through the left side of the west wall will divide the setting sun into two. The moon will set from the observation line on the right side of the west wall when it reaches the northernmost latitude. In addition, there is an opening between the southwest and the moon will set when it reaches the southernmost latitude. Of course, this moon refers to the Silver Moon Manasri cloth.
The outer area to the south and right near the land is more like a comprehensive area, with two iconic buildings, whose uniqueness showcases the Lustrian architectural style and the exquisite skills of lizardfolk craftsmanship.
One of the tall, rectangular buildings has an exquisite facade, mosaics and fine relief decorations. There are many geometric patterns, images of lizard men and abstract sculptures of ancient saints on the facade. The edges are cut sharply and the surface is polished. Smooth, the individual elements are cut and assembled to a perfection never seen in other temple cities, and the interior of the building is accessible through the central arcade on the east side.
Although Darkus doesn’t know what the inside of this building looks like now, he believes that this nearly three-story building can be used as an archives storage facility. As a port-type city’s archives, it must have supporting facilities. There must also be more bureaucrats, otherwise the path will be too wild.
Archives and documents play a key role in the development and management of the city. For the subsequent development of Chapeiuto, information on urban infrastructure, port construction, land use planning, construction projects, etc. must be available.
Information about how trade operates, what is transported, shipping routes, port security and who is traded is particularly important. Census data, resident files, immigration records, social organizations, etc. must also be established in the future.
Another iconic structure sits on a low, rectangular platform whose surface is decorated with a row of mask panels. Above the platform, the lower half of the Palace of Masks is richly decorated with abstract decoration, consisting of six rows of mask panels that run across the entire front of the building.
The effect of such a richly carved facade was shocking, and Darkus saw a group of Druchi pirates surrounding it, looking curiously at it.
After looking around Chapeiuto's Dacus, I felt it was strange and fragmented. There are many buildings here that are not found in other temple cities. It looks like a model of lizard-man neoclassical architecture. Or is there a terrifying possibility that the Ancient Saint or the Slann Demon Priest knows about his arrival, and these buildings are all prepared for him? If this hypothesis is true, then the sinking of Chapeiuto is very...
"It seems that this can be used as an administrative center?" Darkus muttered in a low voice while watching.
Darkus first thanked Mazdamudi for his thoughtfulness. Under Mazdamudi's leadership, he not only raised Chapeiuto, but also raised a large blank area from the sea. He casually told Mazdamudi when he came to Lustria for the first time, but he didn't expect Mazdamudi to remember it in his heart.
Then, Darkus thought about the follow-up layout of Chapeiuto. He planned to build three more areas in the north on the original basis, namely Druch's military camp, labor dispatch area and military camp. In the south, the aristocratic district of Druchi dignitaries, bureaucrats, academies and religious orders was established, while at the seaside location, the original causeway was dismantled and a dock and ship repair yard with huge throughput capacity capable of docking the Black Ark were built. There are supporting markets, taverns, hotels, animal farms and warehouses. This area has a height limit and elf-style towers are prohibited.
As for the shipyard, forget it. The wood near Chapeuto is not suitable for large-scale shipbuilding and is only suitable for small-scale repairs.
"Ah~ My Hand of the Witch King, it seems that you have planned this city that belongs to you. But I want to remind you that the Kraken sea monster is about to die. This scene is not common." Standing next to Malekith, who was listening clearly, said jokingly.
After hearing what Malekith said, Darkus looked over with a telescope.
The Kraken, which is entrenched in the southwest of the vast ocean, is 500 meters long, has hundreds of tentacles and suckers, and can spit ink. At this time, its smooth body has become tattered and dead under the attack of magic and physics. It was rowing limply from the deck of the Black Ark Herald of Despair into the sea.
"There is no place for it here!" Darkus said coldly.
The Holy Soul Reef on Darkus's chest did not become abundant with the death of Kraken. Kraken, a sea monster living in the sea, is a representative and symbol of Marcelan in the eyes of Marcelan believers. , but it seems that it is not actually protected by Marcelan?
The relationship between the two seems strange. Although Marcelan is the Lord of the Abyss and can control the sea, his faith comes from believers rather than sea monsters and the sea? Maybe the Kraken as the target of sacrifice will enhance Marcelan's strength...
What puzzles Darkus most is that this Kraken seems to have a brain problem? It stands to reason that this kind of giant octopus is very smart, especially one that lives a long time. He didn't understand why Kraken came out at this time. Was he too hungry? Or is it too bloated? Think you can defeat a huge fleet? Or what does Chapeiuto have? It shouldn't be possible that that mask came for me? If that's really the case, that's too much... Then can he go to sea on a predator ship in the future? You can't go anywhere except the Sea of Resentment. To go to places like the Vast Ocean and the Sea of Fear, you have to take the Black Ark.
But these don’t seem to be important. The important thing is that the Kraken will only pose a threat to the route and Chapeiuto. The dead Kraken is the best Kraken. The sea dragon that can come and go when called is better than the Kraken. Definitely more useful.