Above The Sky (Yin Tianshen Yin) Chapter 90: The reef-eating sea otter
Port Harrison is located under the Great Rift Valley, along the Ewok River, on the side of the Bison Mountains, and on the coast of the South China Sea. It is a rare highland in the coastal area. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the surrounding land is also extremely fertile. , suitable for farming, and has all the basic elements of a big city.
The only reason why Harrison Port has not yet developed into a metropolis in the south is because of its remoteness—between the port and other big cities in the empire, there are winding and difficult mountain roads, steep and wide rifts, Rushing rivers and jungles full of cannibals.
Indeed, the more remote the place, the more lucrative the trade.
All kinds of rare fish catches produced in Harrison Port, various jungle herbs, rock salt and rare minerals from the Byson Mountains are all special products that can be sold at high prices outside.
In addition, fleets from Canaan Moor occasionally come here to sell their own goods. If you want to buy general elf specialties, merchants have to go over the towering Faft Mountains, The only way is to smuggle from the checkpoints in the Karan Mountains. This is not only a problem of beheading, but also a problem of being frozen to death by the snowstorm of the Karan Snow Mountain.
In contrast, there is at least one official road that can be walked in the hot and humid mountain jungle of Nanling.
But even with so many advantages, except for those powerful caravans, ordinary small and medium-sized chambers of commerce would not dare to come to Port Harrison.
There are not too many reasons, mainly because of Warcraft.
The farther away from human habitation, deep in the mountains with lush forests, the more monsters, stronger, and less afraid of people.
If you don't have enough force to guard against the monsters along the way, and run a business casually for profit, you will definitely become the prey of the monsters in Nanling in the end.
It is remote, there are many monsters, and it is extremely difficult to develop, so there are few people. This is why Port Harrison has until now been a remote port on the frontier.
However, on the other hand, if one has enough strength to hunt monsters, then the southern border can be regarded as a good place to go.
Located northeast of Harrison Port, there is an inland reef area. When the tide ebbs, a large number of coral reefs will emerge from the water, forming a labyrinth of reefs. If someone strays into it at that time, or intends to capture the reefs If there is a rare catch, then he will never be able to get away from it.
Because, there are more than fifteen different species of amphibious and marine monsters inhabiting the area called 'Maze of Fantasy Reefs'. In the colorful coral fortress, hidden are steep cliffs and cracks in the water Undercurrents, and a dangerous phantom plant called 'Labyrinth Algae'.
Labyrinth algae is a strange symbiotic algae. It does not take root on the seabed, but it lives in symbiosis with a low-level monster called "Fortification Coral". Build a hostel and provide nutrients.
The labyrinthine algae will secrete neurotoxins and gather them into sea fog, creating illusions, luring dangerous sea animals that may destroy coral reefs away from the reefs, or letting them fall into traps and become their own nutrients.
In addition, Labyrinthia is also the natural enemy of starfish. Labyrinthium can insert its leaves into the stomach of starfish to secrete venom, melting and absorbing it from the inside out.
Nanling people have always kept a respectful distance from the Mirage Labyrinth Reefs, and even protected them. Even though the products here are extremely rich, the core skeleton of the fortification coral is one of the best building and even weapon materials, but it is also offshore Habitat and breeding grounds for a large number of fish, in the long run, destroying the ecological balance of reefs is completely worth the candle.
However, if you only hunt a few monsters occasionally, it can be regarded as part of the natural balance.
Terra 766, December 17th, PM.
Three months after the Great Storm in the South.
A flat yellow sand beach interlaced with coastal jungle, behind a thorny bush, a small figure is waiting.
The sea breeze from the sea blows past, and the damp and cold air makes the leaves rustle.
Ian lurks behind the bushes, completely ignoring the dense barbs on the surrounding vegetation leaves and tree trunks. The white-haired boy's seemingly slender white skin has a light blood color, but the barbs are enough to pierce the thick skin of a beast. When it touched the boy's skin, it was repelled as if it had touched a rock, and the sharp thorns were slightly bent.
I have to say that the seascape of Nanling is really beautiful. Looking at the seascape in the distance, wicker-like clouds drift along the direction of the wind, cutting the blue sky, and at the junction of sea and sky, majestic clouds and mountains are suspended on the sea. Above, reflecting the golden sunlight.
But the boy doesn't enjoy the sea view leisurely now, his breathing slows down, his heartbeat also slows down, and his eyes are firmly locked on the dark 'reef-eating sea otters' in the sea near the reefs in the distance.
This group of sea otters who have just returned from foraging are quite lazy, floating lazily on the water to eat.
Strictly speaking, reef-eating sea otters are not real monsters. Just like there is only one monster fish king in the tidal fish school, only the most powerful sea otters in the group are the real ones. Reef-eating sea otter', stepped into the realm of Warcraft.
Ian can clearly see that among a group of sea otters about 1.5 meters in length, there are several giant sea otters over two meters in height. They have wet, tough, fireproof and waterproof dense fur, which is so strong Skeletons stronger than reefs, and front teeth strong enough to crush steel.
These monsters, which look more like bears than sea otters, are floating on the sea at the moment, comfortably crushing the hard shells and eating the shellfish.
As the name suggests, reef-eating sea otters feed on coral reefs in addition to common seafood such as shellfish and sea urchins. Basal cells and corresponding materials can be formed.
In order to defeat the coral's guardian labyrinth algae, the reef-eating sea otter also has a strong detoxification ability.
The most powerful sea otter among them can even change its skin into a hardness close to that of the fortification coral skeleton in a short period of time. An ordinary strong man can't break through the defense even if he chops with a sword.
And this kind of sublimation ability called "body of pure rock" is Ian's goal this time.
One of his 'potion ingredients'!
"The most powerful reef-eating sea otter is also the leader of the group. Well, it's a bit difficult to deal with. It doesn't have any weaknesses in its body."
Observing the sea otters floating on the coast with the vision of vision, Ian glanced at them and saw large areas of gray-white common sea otters. Only three of them were surrounded by blue light mist, which could be called monsters.
Among the three heads, only one of them is the 'dark blue' that meets his needs.
Generally speaking, wild monsters will have many hidden injuries on their bodies due to years of fighting.
Even if they don't, most of them will have some so-called 'weaknesses' because of unhealthy diet or imperfect blood.
The enhanced 'foreseeing vision' can help Ian perceive the exact location of those 'weaknesses'.
Since two months ago, after experiencing a long period of weakness, Ian finally stabilized his spiritual energy again.
The essence of the psychic power of the prophetic vision is the gathering of all Ian's desires.
He is eager to understand the brand new world of Terra, so when he hears the place names outside Harrison Port and the great changes that the whole world is about to encounter, because of the expansion of the world view, his spiritual power is stimulated to improve , arrived at the realm of the first-level psyker.