Chapter 341 The difference between spiritual marrow and Makoco
Ask if you don’t understand.
This is the first sentence Gaode's parents told him before he went to school in his previous life.
He did the same thing.
Since the task [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion] has been pending for seven days and has not been picked up by other sea sentry mages, Gothe is not worried about being snatched away after a short delay.
He chose to leave the White Tower of Haiyuan first, and then consider whether to accept the mission after figuring out the specifics of the mission.
Hand now, Gothe does not talk about personal connections in the Sea Sentinels, but only knows people, which are actually Melia and Master Naxi.
He was naturally embarrassed to disturb Master Naxi about this matter.
Hence, there is only one choice left.
"Come in first." Melia opened the door and was slightly surprised when Gothe suddenly came to visit her. However, she welcomed him in very politely and made a cup of good black tea thoughtfully.
"I'm disturbing you again." Gaode was also a little embarrassed.
A few days ago, he had troubled the other party about purchasing a shop.
"It's all trivial matters," Melia smiled slightly and pushed the tea cup in front of Gothe, very friendly, "Is there something wrong this time?"
"After passing the assessment, I am ready to take on the mission to earn military merit." Gothe did not go around the bush and directly asked his question.
“Oh, you are talking about the [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion] mission.” Melia’s tail tone was slightly lengthened.
"Your judgment is correct. This task is indeed not as simple as it appears." "
Melia spread her hands and said: "If it is a trap mission and no one has accepted it after hanging up for so long, the trap has failed."
"Then what is the reason why no one is willing to accept such a routine mission after hanging up for so long?" Hearing what Melia said, Gothe became even more curious.
"It's because the cost-effectiveness of this mission itself is too low." Melia explained. She picked up the tea cup, took a sip to moisten her throat, and then continued: "This mission is actually not the first time it has been released." They are so tenacious that you just expelled a group of them before, and after a while they reappeared. "So, the task of expelling water beasts in Lagos City is basically every three or four months."
Melia spread her hands and said helplessly: "But as long as the task is released, it must be completed. If no one is willing to take it, the person designated above will complete the task."
"The recent [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion] missions have all been completed by mages designated by the above."
"Too complicated? How to say?" Gothe asked. As an outsider, this geographical and regional knowledge is where his blind spot lies.
melia sighed slightly, and then told Gao De the specific situation.
The city of Lagos discovered rich and precious spiritual resources in the early years.
The so-called spiritual marrow is a viscous silver-blue gel. When it comes into contact with the air, star-like spots will appear on the surface. It is naturally stored in underground crystal cluster structures called psychic crystals.
Every drop of spiritual essence contains the magic power equivalent to three days of meditation by a fourth-ring mage. After purification and refinement, it can be used as a high-level power source to drive golems and alchemy machines.
Or it can be used as a raw material to prepare "Spiritual Burning Liquid" that can quickly increase a mage's mana. It is a practice aid that many mages dream of.
In short, it has an extremely wide range of uses and is an extremely precious resource.
Because of the discovery of spiritual marrow resources, the city of Lagos has ushered in unprecedented development opportunities.
It has risen rapidly and prospered in a short period of time, attracting a large number of businessmen to come here, wanting a share of the pie, and many jobs have emerged.
As a result, countless poor people flocked to Lagos from all over Barrow County to make a living.
For a time, the population of Lagos City increased dramatically.
It even once became the second largest city in Barrow County, second only to Dorne City in terms of population and economic prosperity
It was just that Lagos City was originally a traditional agricultural and fishing city with a large population. After the influx of so many foreign people, it suddenly became overcrowded and the original supporting facilities became overwhelmed.
Problems such as housing shortage, deteriorating sanitary conditions, and shortage of public resources have emerged one after another.
At the beginning, the city of Lagos needed these cheap laborers to mine spiritual marrow for them.
Looking at the continuous output of spiritual essence and huge amounts of wealth, the greed in his heart was satisfied, so he pinched his nose and accepted the chaos of the city.
But spiritual marrow resources are always limited. With continuous mining, spiritual marrow resources are gradually depleted, and spiritual energy crystals that shine with blue light become increasingly rare.
The city of Lagos no longer needs so much labor force, and many poor people are gradually losing their jobs. However, they have not left the city of Lagos.
Because they have lived here for many years, they have long been accustomed to it and have nowhere to go.
But without the spiritual marrow, the crowding, chaos and filth caused by these foreign populations gradually became unbearable for the nobles in the city.
So these nobles united with the city council and ordered these outsiders who did not have a household registration in Lagos to move out of Lagos as soon as possible.
These homeless poor people are unable to resist such an order.
In desperation, they came to the deserted northern bay of Lagos.
There, they put up bamboo rafts, built shacks, and settled down.
Subsequently, more and more people flocked here and built their homes on the water.
Over time, the originally sparse shacks and bamboo rafts became denser, eventually forming a large floating slum community here, the Makoko District.
Since there is no official management and supervision, Makoko District has been in a state of disorder and chaos since its establishment.
The shacks and bamboo rafts here are built haphazardly without any planning.
In some places, the shacks are closely connected, and the narrow passages can only accommodate one person to pass sideways; in some places, the bamboo rafts are spliced together randomly, unevenly and irregularly
These shacks are connected with the bamboo rafts to form a huge water community that is as intricate as a maze and extends in all directions. Once outsiders step into it, it is easy to lose their way.
Because Makoko District is a community formed voluntarily by the poor rather than officially built, there are no living facilities there.
There is no clean drinking water supply, no hygienic toilets, and no garbage disposal site.
Garbage, sewage and even excrement generated by residents in Makoko District in their daily lives are all dumped directly into the water.
Shattered clothes, rotten food, and foul-smelling excrement are just scattered everywhere with the water.
Hence, the sight and smell of Makoko District are unsightly.
From a distance, you can see all kinds of garbage floating on the water, which is shocking. When you get closer, the pungent stench makes you almost suffocated.
To make matters worse, the city of Lagos directly discharges the city’s sewage through underground pipes into the northern bay waters where Makoko District is located, both for convenience and to drive away the poor people living in Makoko District.
A large amount of urban sewage has caused the already fragile ecological environment here to completely collapse.
After so many buffs are superimposed, the water in the Makoko District is already in a dark state, and the water is often covered with a thick layer of oil.
Such a water body, even those water beasts with extremely strong physical qualities cannot endure it. The creatures that originally lived in this water area have fled one after another.
Only the devil octopus and the rancid water salamander, two water beasts that like a rancid environment, will appear here and thrive in the filthy water.
And if you want to drive away sea beasts, the inevitable thing is to go into the water.
With the water environment like that in Makoko District, even commoner mages, let alone aristocratic mages, would frown upon seeing it, let alone go into the water to drive away sea beasts.
"This task is not difficult at all, it's very routine, but if it's easy, there are really not many people who can endure the environment in the Makoko District."
Melia had a frown on her face the whole time when she introduced the Makoko District, and she was obviously deeply impressed by that place.
"Moreover," Melia lowered her voice slightly, "To be honest, we sea sentries go to various places below to perform tasks. Not to mention beating gongs and drums to welcome us, they will arrange a reception for us anyway, and those nobles are also very polite to us."
"But when we go to carry out the mission in Makoko, no one will bother us. Even the nobles and people in power in Lagos City would prefer that we not come and let the water beasts drive away the poor people in Makoko area." There was helplessness and a hint of sympathy in her tone.
“You understand what I mean.” Melia blinked at Gothe, saying nothing.
Hello guys, this is a thankless job.
Gaode secretly said.
"But," Melia thought for a moment, then revealed to Gothe: "These points were also taken into consideration, so the military merit reward for the [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion] mission has been doubled compared to other similar missions, in order to encourage us to take the initiative to accept this mission."
"Of course, it turns out that the doubled reward is not very attractive," Melia curled her lips, "I would barely consider doubling it three or four times."
As a female mage, even a heroic female mage like Melia has a much lower tolerance for the environment than a male mage.
“I understand, thank you.” Gao De said with fists in his hands.
Now that he figured out the details of the mission [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion], he chose to give up very rationally.
For such a mission that was disliked by all the Sea Sentinel mages, there was no need for him to be the unconventional person.
Besides, even if he doesn’t dislike the environment in Makoko Waters, Tuanzi does too!
Capybaras can adapt to various waters, but forget about sewage.
· Tuanzi has been in Biboting since he was born. On his first mission, he went to a place like Makoko District. The child is still young, so don't leave a shadow on others.
The next day, there was a knock on Gaode's door early in the morning.
He opened the door and found a mage wearing a sea sentry uniform. Looking at the badge on his shoulder, his military rank was sergeant.
by Gaode et de courtesy.
The other party nodded slightly, "I came to you today because I have a task to assign to you."
Gao De was slightly startled, "What task?"
The other party directly handed over a piece of parchment.
"The task [Lagos City Water Beast Expulsion] has been posted for more than a week and no one has volunteered to take it. According to the regulations, a suitable mage who has no tasks at hand must be designated by the above to perform the task. The person they selected is you."
"Okay, I received it." Gothe took the parchment.
This kind of designated task cannot be refused.
"Let's go as soon as possible. Don't delay too long." The sergeant said again and left.
After watching the other party leave, Gaode returned to the room and unfolded the parchment. On it was a specific task introduction and deadline requirements. At the same time, this was also the voucher that needed to be submitted for later reimbursement.
He had just passed the training test the day before yesterday and had not completed a single task. He was an absolute novice.
Such a designated task, logically speaking, should not be assigned to him.
But this kind of thing happened.
The reason behind it is also obvious.
"Is this also your way of suppressing me?" Gothe murmured softly.
This is the method of nobles. Within the scope allowed by the rules, they will have countless ways to "disgust" you.
"Then do it, you'll still get double rewards anyway." Gaode quickly adjusted his mentality.
Finish the task first and then talk about it.
He put away the parchment and dug out the Sea Sentinel Mage uniform from the closet.
Although it is the lowest uniform for a trainee mage, it is also very beautifully made.
The main coat on the upper body is a double-breasted short woolen coat, which is entirely blue and made of windproof material.
The inner lining is waterproof whale gastric membrane, and the bottoms are charcoal gray breeches and non-slip octopus leather boots, ensuring that the mage can walk on the ground even on wet decks.
The overall clothing is slim-fitting, and has been tightened in many places, and is also equipped with a belt.
Because the Sea Sentinel Mage performs most of his tasks on the water and needs to take a boat to face the wind. If the clothes are too loose, it will make a whirring sound when the wind blows.
That one is only suitable for reciting poems and making dialogue, not for fighting.
Put on your uniform, because your slim fit will show off your figure.
However, it has been more than two years since Gaode came to this world. After keeping up with his nutrition, he has grown rapidly and is no longer as thin and sallow as he was at the beginning. He still looks very upright.
Afterwards, Gothe took out the capybara bag that he had put away for a long time, put it on his back, and went out to Biboting to pick up the capybara dumplings.
The breeze is coming slowly, but the water is calm.
The next moment, ripples appeared on the calm water surface.
Tuanzi stared at a group of water plants popping up, his eyes looking at Gaode on the shore, spinning around.
I didn’t just come to see myself two days ago, so why are you here again today?
Tuanzi is confused.
"I have a mission, prepare to go out with me." Gaode answered.
"oi!" Tuanzi made an excited sound, as if he had seen the fresh environment, food and interesting scenery.
This is the first time it has traveled far.
It is natural that I am full of longing.
Be happy now, but you will cry later.
Gaode briefly mourned in his heart for the excited Tuanzi.
“Come in.” He opened the capybara bag, which contained half a bag of clear liquid, with many tiny bubbles rising slowly.
Get closer and smell it carefully, and you can smell a light fresh breath.
This is a nutrient solution specially formulated by Biboting, which is rich in oxygen and magic power.
Tuanzi called out excitedly again, the sound was clear and loud, full of energy.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of rich magic power surged out of its body.
its originally round body began to shrink rapidly, and its limbs also gradually shortened.
The extraordinary ability that capybaras are born with - [Animal Shrinking Technique].
In the blink of an eye, the dumpling shrunk into a "cute" less than half a meter tall.
Gothe leaned over and pointed the mouth of the capybara bag at the shore.
Tuanzi jumped into the capybara bag with a splash of water, and barked a few more times to indicate that everything was fine.
Gaode then pulled up the capybara bag, then tied the laces, and carried the capybara bag firmly behind his back.
Lagos City, let’s go!
(End of this chapter)