Chapter 504: Power City
“Woo woo!”
A sound like a whistle was heard, and a steel ship passed by.
Although the distance between them may be 1 kilometer, the sound of the whistle is so shrill.
Alka and his crew's Dawn sound passed by, and everyone on the ship was on the deck, looking outside and talking to each other.
"So our destination is under the control of the Holy Machine Church?" Jason asked.
Alka shook his head: "According to the intelligence, the name of this landmark island is Felemis, and the locals and others call this island the City of Power.
The main faith in this area is the wise men of the Holy Machine Church. You must have seen the round cannon and its operators in the Anti-Magic Fortress before, right?"
Hearing Alka's words, everyone nodded.
The so-called round cannon is a type of cannon they had seen a long time ago. This type of cannon would project a kind of scattershot shell.
It will explode above the heads of the demon group, and then form a dense rain of small bombs, causing large-scale casualties to the weak demons.
The only trouble is that it takes a certain amount of time to cool down and is difficult to reload.
In fact, the City of Power also provides a large number of elemental energy crystals.
When Alka constructed the elemental cards before, he had used some materials from the City of Power.
"This weapon was provided by the Power City, but after all, it is not a big force, so it is mainly under the command of the Holy Machine Church."
After hearing this, everyone probably understood.
The churches of the four gods all have their own spheres of influence.
But in addition to the sphere of influence directly under their jurisdiction, there are many areas that have classified themselves as forces under the church because of their different beliefs in various churches and because they themselves are not considered powerful in the entire Infinite Ocean.
However, the church will not interfere with them, and they still have sufficient autonomy. The church will exercise its rule over this force only in major issues and crises.
This is basically the unspoken rule of the Church of the Four Gods.
There are just some slight differences in each church, but this is the overall situation.
Moreover, not every force can be incorporated into the church. Basically, it is because the founders of these forces were once members of a church.
The Church of the Holy Machine is also known as the City of Power, and the ironclad ships around them are basically enough to confirm the main theme of this area.
This is why the Church of the Four Gods has a very high reputation in the world.
Such a huge power, if there is no real god to suppress it, it would have been corrupted and abused long ago. But when this world has a real god, the church will always implement the rules of the god.
Become the most stable force in the world, unless the gods they believe in fall.
Even if these believers in gods fall, they will find a way to pull their gods back up.
For example, the Flower Children .
Simon was looking at the ironclad ships in the distance.
After a while, they came to the conclusion: "What a pity! These ships can only carry out transportation operations around the Landmark Island and its island chain. They dare not leave this sea area at all."
This is also a very normal thing.
Although it is an ironclad ship, it has a faster speed than a normal sailing warship.
But the same thing goes, if you want to sail freely in the vast ocean, it will be difficult to resist unless you are a ghost ship.
Whether it's an ironclad ship, a sailing warship, or even a raft, you have to follow this principle.
Otherwise, the strange shipwrecks along the way would be enough to shatter ordinary warships or even spell warships into pieces.
However, the rapid transportation between island chains is enough to bring out the advantages of these ironclad ships.
Greater cargo capacity, better protection against common maritime disasters, and greater speed.
"This ship... is heading to the Scar of the World," Xia Daiti suddenly said, pointing to an ironclad ship in the distance on the other side.
The ironclad ship could sense the breath of the abyss from above . Although it was very faint, it was too conspicuous for Alka and his men.
And it can be felt that it is just a ghost ship with an ironclad appearance. But the breath of the abyss can be felt, but it is only contaminated by the outer shell.
This is a normal condition for long periods of time in World Scar and outside transportation.
And from the flag on it and the style of the entire ship, we can tell that this is not just a ship transporting supplies to the Scar of the World, but there should be a lot of troops on it.
In this way, the Sound of Dawn once again sailed quickly on the sea for most of the day.
Finally I saw the island from a distance.
As we get closer.
The appearance of the island appeared before them.
This is an island with almost no green vegetation.
The island is almost completely occupied by steel buildings, and even dark clouds, lightning and thunder can be seen above the island.
The most eye-catching thing on the entire island is the dark cloud floating above their heads, which almost covers the entire island.
"The elemental activity on this island is a bit too high." Alka could feel the elemental problem here as soon as he arrived.
This results in dark clouds lingering above and constant lightning and thunder, which are all problems caused by the overactive elements.
The most active elements among these are obviously the thunder elements.
This is still a steel city. I can’t imagine how active the lightning element is in the city.
The steel buildings are intertwined and occupy the entire small island.
Even the decks extending out from the port are made of various steel.
The arrival of Alka and his friends basically attracted the attention of everyone in the port.
After all, Alka and his friends took a quick look at the ships here and found that 80% of them were various types of ironclad ships.
Including some ghost ships, all of which have the appearance of ironclad ships.
Anyone who is not on an ironclad ship can basically be confirmed to be coming from other places.
Among them, Alka's ship is the most attractive.
Akai and his ship expanded again and again due to the changes in the Sound of Dawn.
Before that, the mast was removed and replaced by a huge tree and its canopy, covering the entire ship under the canopy.
It looks like a boat holding an umbrella.
In addition, the hull of the ship, because it is a living thing, will grow some vines, flowers and other things from time to time, all depending on Dawn's own preference.
So it's like a plant garden walking on the sea. To be honest, if the people of Seed of Life saw this ship, they would definitely try to get on board and take a look around.
The one who cares most about the appearance of these flowers and plants is Julia, and she is often seen taking care of them together with Mathilda.
Even some nice gardening is done.
How could such an outrageous appearance not attract other people's attention?
In addition, it is extremely huge, so it is basically the most eye-catching thing wherever it goes.
Some boats even moved slightly to the side, leaving a wide enough space for Alka and his crew to stay in the port.
Slowly stopped at the port.
Before Alka and his companions got off the boat, a group of people appeared at the place where they were staying.
This is a group of people wearing brown coats.
He was wearing a fur cap on his head.
This is a guard team of twelve people. Inside their coats one can see simple and easy-to-move metal armor.
The officer in front had a saber on his waist.
The soldiers behind were holding stone-shaking guns.
Look at how these people are dressed.
Juanlu couldn't help but mutter to himself: "So it's winter here already?"
Due to their great strength, it is basically difficult for them to feel weather changes that are not extreme enough.
"Excuse me, are you from the Compass Eye treasure hunting team?" asked the leading general.
As he spoke, he glanced at the symbol on the side of his body and the flagpole growing out of the tree canopy.
Obviously people here know about them.
I don’t know if it’s because of the church or if their reputation has spread here.
Or both.
"That's right."
"We are the Power City Harbor Guards, and we welcome you here.
If your ship has an automatic defense mechanism, please hold back a little and don't let it be activated too sensitively."
Although Alka was puzzled by this, he nodded.
"Thank you for your understanding and have a pleasant journey."
After saying this, the team said goodbye and left.
Alka stood there, bewildered.
However, the existence of such a rule obviously means that similar things must have happened before.
And there is no docking fee?
"Is the Trial Tower here?" Jason asked.
Alka shook his head. "It's not here, but on a small island connected to the Power City. So we need to get a map first. We should go directly to the church to get it. We should have communicated with them before."
We'll leave after we get the map, or do you want to take a look around here?"
Hearing Alka's question, the Xiadeti girls nodded, and Simon and the others also showed great interest.
Although there was no greenery on this island, it was a steel city after all. The island was full of various metal buildings. To be honest, they had never been to such a place, so they were a little curious.
Seeing this situation, Alka nodded and said, "Then let's gather again tomorrow."
Having said that, everyone separated into their own groups.
Only Lucelia didn't seem to feel much about such an environment.
In doll form, he sat on Alka's shoulders and swung his calves.
Alka naturally reached out his hand, pushed Lucilia's body a little closer to his ear, steadied her body, and then jumped off the boat.
Then walked towards the city.
As soon as you leave the direction where the ship is parked, you can clearly feel the difference of this city.
You can see something similar to a small crane, which is transporting some supplies quickly, and there is a slide rail on the ground.
Although the port is not large, the volume of material conversion and transportation is not small because the various mechanical devices are extremely efficient.
However, it is still obvious that the port is a little chaotic.
This is also inevitable.
"The level of elemental activity here is still a bit chaotic," Alka said as they walked.
“It makes people feel a little uncomfortable.”
Alka nodded after hearing Lucelia's words.
That's true.
The disturbance of elements will stimulate the body. Although it will not necessarily cause harm to the body, it will still be somewhat uncomfortable for Alka and others who are in this environment.
Moreover, the more sensitive a person is to his surroundings and the stronger he is, the more sensitive he will be to such disturbances.
After all, under normal circumstances, elemental disturbances mean that something is happening around, either the enemy is attacking or there is something hidden around.
It will involuntarily make people enter a more alert state.
Alka looked around at the residents.
It can be seen that these residents rarely expose their skin. Most of them wear masks that cover the part below the eyes, and wear some knitted hats on their heads.
Long pants, long sleeves and even gloves.
Coupled with the relatively cold environment, people here basically wrap themselves up tightly.
This is indeed helpful in blocking the disturbance of some elements, especially for ordinary people.
After all, the stimulation of elemental disturbances caused by directly exposing the skin to the air is more obvious.
Alka didn't like the stimulation of walking and reacted with vigilance instinctively.
He twisted his fingers slightly.
Then the elemental disturbances around them immediately returned to calm.
"It's much better now." Lucillia stretched out her hand, waved it in the air, felt it and said.
Alka continued to move forward and soon entered the town.
Even the air in the town was a little uncomfortable, and Alka couldn't help but look up at the sky.
There were dark clouds overhead, and lightning flashed from time to time.
The thunder element in the air is much more active than other elements, which causes a certain tingling sensation when breathing.
It makes the nose and throat very uncomfortable.
"This place...it's really hard to describe." Alka couldn't help but complain.
"What's wrong?" Lucelia asked in confusion.
Alka looked at her and suddenly thought of something, and patted his forehead: "By the way, breathe."
Because of Alka and the others' previous structures, Lucilia is already a divine creature. Although she has flesh and blood, her body structure does not necessarily require normal breathing.
Hearing Alka's words, Lucelia nodded and took a deep breath.
Then he immediately understood Alka's feeling.
I couldn't help but reach out and scratch my throat.
As he walked further in, Alka saw that some people were wearing breathing masks.
It is a bit like a heavy mask, worn in the direction of the nose and mouth.
The structure was very simple and Alka could see through it at a glance.
An extremely simple metal structure coupled with a certain elemental conductive structure.
It is to guide the overly active lightning element in breathing out through the metal accessories next to it.
This will eliminate the tingling sensation when breathing.
The presence of this breathing mask and the clothes on his body indicate that he has certain assets.
As soon as Alka came in, he saw the church from a distance.
A slender spire about ten meters high is extremely conspicuous among the surrounding steel buildings, not to mention the gear logo on top of the spire.
That should be his destination.
"There are a lot of elemental materials here." Lucilia sat on Alka's shoulders and observed the surrounding shops.
Because it is located at the intersection of the city, it is basically the only way for the port to enter the city.
The products sold on both sides of this kind of place are basically the city’s specialties.
A large amount of elemental materials.
Arka came to a stall and took the crystal in his hand to look at it.
These crystals were randomly piled up in a box, and each crystal was about the size of a thumbnail.
Through the different colors, one can tell that they are all concentrated elemental energies of a certain single attribute.
Useful, but not very useful in most cases.
It can be used as a medium for energy.
Seeing Alka turning the crystal over and over to observe it, the boss opened his mouth to scold but closed it silently.
A simple observation would tell you that Alka is not someone you can easily mess with, not to mention the little guy sitting on his shoulder.
It was a very special combination, which meant that a small boss like him couldn't afford to offend them, so he silently suppressed his hot temper.
The boss put on a business smile and asked, "Would this customer like to buy this element battery?"
"Elemental battery? That's quite appropriate."
"Where did this kind of battery come from? Are there any with greater energy and more balanced ones?"
"This should be the first time for you to come here. These element batteries can be regarded as our specialty. They are constructed by collecting some extra overflow energy from the central element pool.
Of course there are bigger and more powerful ones, but you can only buy them in bigger stores and more professional places.”
The boss replied with a smile.
Hearing this question, Alka nodded and took a few at random. He asked the price, took out a few silver snakes and left.
It's equivalent to intelligence fees.
Walking through the street, you can tell that the church is located relatively far inside the city.
Through observations on the streets, Alka basically identified some problems.
The area where the church and some tall and magnificent buildings are located can be considered a relatively valuable area.
The area near the port is the commercial area and where ordinary residents live, but it certainly does not meet the standards of a slum.
Going further back is the wealthy area.
“Do you feel it? There is something on the streets of these areas that can suppress the activity of elements.
Each of these shops has them, which results in the overall elemental activity of this area being suppressed to a certain degree so that people won’t feel too uncomfortable living here.”
Alka observed and chatted with Lucelia about what he had observed.
Soon the two arrived at the area where the church was located.
The church here is actually composed of two towers, one tall and one short.
The towers are placed side by side together, and there is a room building protruding forward underneath.
It looks weird and somewhat shabby, and doesn't fit in with the magnificent buildings around it.
