After a day's sailing, the city ship successfully entered the port of Baifan City, a coastal city in the Kingdom of Xiuenzhelai.
The attitude of the residents of White Sail City towards the appearance of such a steel-made "giant mountain" at the port is exactly the same as that of their king.
Lu Cheng was standing by the side of the ship wearing a military cap and could see a large group of people gathered on the shore of the harbor.
"what are they doing?"
Captain Zhao also followed Lu Cheng to the side of the ship and looked at the residents gathered below.
The appearance of the city ship did not cause Baifan City to panic. Instead, the entire Baifan City entered a carnival-like atmosphere.
"Pray? Maybe their king has already informed them in advance that a certain god will come here."
Lu Cheng leaned against the side of the ship and looked at the residents of Baifan City who were wearing various clothes below. At this moment, Lu Cheng realized how complicated the beliefs of Xiu Enzhe were when he came to this country.
Among the group of people standing near the port alone, there were at least twenty different clothing styles, more than twenty religions mixed together, and the forms of prayer were also strange.
Lu Cheng could only recognize the religion of the God of Souls at a glance because their praying posture looked like they were imitating a rabbit.
"God? What kind of gods are we regarded as?" Captain Zhao realized who the god Lu Cheng was referring to.
"The civilization of this world is still in the Middle Ages. It is normal for them to have complicated beliefs. In addition, their king is a fanatic believer in fraternity. When he spreads our existence to the people, he will definitely exaggerate it as a god-like existence."
Lu Cheng looked at the expressions on the faces of the believers below, some were in awe and some were excited... If it weren't for Maurice III who sent special soldiers to maintain order at the edge of the port.
Some fanatics might even jump into the sea.
More and more people from the entire Baifan City gathered at the port. Lu Cheng felt that even if the city ship left Baifan City, today's scene would probably be passed down from generation to generation in Baifan City.
Who knows, this place might become some kind of holy place, attracting believers from all over the world to come and worship and make pilgrimage.
"What kind of gods do their kings think we are?"
Captain Zhao doesn't seem to like this... feeling of being worshipped like a god.
"Of course not. Their king is a wise man. This is just a way for him to consolidate the people's hearts. A country blessed by God... this has many benefits for him."
During the time that Lu Cheng had been in contact with Morris III, he realized that although this guy seemed to be a fanatic on the surface, he was actually a rational believer... and he knew how to use religion to gain benefits for himself.
This religious frenzy also allowed Lu Cheng to absorb a large amount of energy, about twelve kilograms...
"It's time, Captain Zhao," Lu Cheng said.
The Upper City Ship would stop at the port of White Sail City because Morris III wanted to clear the route for this behemoth to pass... Lu Cheng glanced at his watch and found that half an hour had passed since the time agreed with Morris III.
"To be honest, I've always been worried about the fact that the higher-ups asked you, Lao Lu, to handle our relations with other countries in this world. But this is not something I can control." Captain Zhao looked at the crowd below who were in a carnival atmosphere and said nothing more. He walked straight towards the direction of the bridge of the Shangcheng ship.
Lu Cheng leaned on the side of the boat and looked at the enthusiastic crowd on the shore. For a moment, he did not respond to Captain Zhao's words. When Lu Cheng's thoughts drifted away... the seal appeared in front of Lu Cheng again.
"Contractor!" As soon as the seal finished speaking, he fell straight down in front of Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng was leaning against the side of the ship. The seal appeared directly in front of him. It seemed that it had misjudged its spatial positioning. Lu Cheng only heard a splash, and the seal that had just jumped onto the boat fell back into the sea.
"Contractor...listen to me!"
The waves in the sea had not yet subsided when the seal appeared behind Lu Cheng again.
"Is it your compatriot who was devoured by the blood crystal beast again?" Lu Cheng asked, looking at the seal.
"No! The fellow who was devoured by the blood crystal beast before seems to have survived! I can sense its faint breath within my domain!"
The seal was jumping on the deck on its belly, and Lu Cheng followed the seal to the other side of the deck.
"It's in that direction! A little far away!" The seal pointed in the direction of the horizon with his flipper.
"Are you sure your information is true?"
Lu Cheng placed his hand on the seal's furry forehead, as if he would catch the seal and steam it if it lied.
"Please trust me within my territory, I guarantee it with my belly!" It said, patting its belly with its paw fins.
"What about the distance? Can you estimate it?" Lu Cheng asked.
The area mentioned by this seal is actually the range of the visible national border. Xiu Enzhelai said that two-thirds of the territory of this country is on the Crystal Sea.
"According to your units, they are three hundred kilometers away in this straight line." said the seal.
"Three hundred kilometers? I get it."
Lu Cheng ignored the seal and walked straight towards the bridge.
The place the seal pointed to was exactly the direction of the Gray Feather Kingdom. If there really was a wild earth vein crystal in the sea three hundred kilometers away, Lucheng would have plenty of time and means to "capture" it.
The Shangcheng ship sailed at full speed in the direction indicated by the seal. About four hours later... the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft dispatched from the Shangcheng ship captured a fleet appearing on the sea.
"Are your surviving compatriots on this fleet?"
Lu Cheng picked up the seal so that it could see the images fed back by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which showed a fleet of four ships on the sea level.
The shape of these ships is the large sailing ships commonly seen in the Kingdom of Xiuenzhelai.
"Yes, and that's not a fleet! Two of them are pirate ships...my compatriots were hijacked by pirates." The seal told Lu Cheng the bad news at this time.
"They can also be hijacked by pirates? I feel like I've seen this plot somewhere before. Oh yeah... Operation Red Sea."
Lu Cheng carefully observed the images fed back by the drone. Indeed, the decorations of two ships were different from those of the other two ships, and the movements of the crew on the deck also looked a bit strange.
"The next plot is to send a helicopter over? No... these guys will kill us."
Lu Cheng stared at the images fed back by the drone. The pirates had already boarded the two merchant ships and had initially taken control of the people on board.
The Upper City Ship had always been out of the sight of these pirates. If they noticed the appearance of the Upper City Ship, Lu Cheng could hardly guarantee whether they would do something extreme... such as killing the precious earth vein core.
Although the close defense system on the upper city ship can tear all four sailing ships into pieces in an instant, the earth vein core will probably be turned into pieces as well.
"Your clone can appear anywhere on the ship, right?" Lu Cheng asked
"Those four ships are within my territory. I can appear at any of these four ships if you want." said the seal.
"That's all. Show up on the ship where the wild earth vein core is. I'll use you as the coordinates to open the portal." Lu Cheng discussed this with the seal and discussed the next plan with Captain Zhao. "Captain Zhao, arrange for people to board the ship and rescue the hostages."