Still inside the ecological park, Dr. Ji Chuan was still discussing magical knowledge with the spellcasters of the Secret Society.
Lucheng has begun discussing the issue of bridge construction with the two earth spirits.
"This is Mr. Liang You, the engineering designer of our Special Zone City."
Lucheng invited the engineering designer from Special Zone City in advance. Engineer Liang You was over fifty years old, but his height was still maintained at 1.92 meters. At the age of fifty, he still had the habit of fitness, so even though his hair was gray, he still maintained a strong physique.
"Tatano."
"Lyrick."
Even if the two earth spirits raised their hands, Engineer Liang You had to bend down to barely shake hands with them.
Compared with the earth spirit, his height makes him look like a giant.
"I heard from Captain Lu that you want us to undertake the bridge project?" Engineer Liang You asked.
“We need a really big bridge.”
"A bridge that can cross the sea."
"Sea surface? I can't design a cross-sea bridge, but I can give some suggestions. Where is the specific location?"
Engineer Liang You’s main job is urban design. Lu Cheng also knows many bridge engineers, but they are all on Earth and cannot come to this world for the time being.
Lu Cheng moved two chairs to a round table and placed a map of the Far South Continent compiled by Shangcheng Ship on the table. The two earth spirits climbed directly onto the chairs and pointed to the edge of the map at the same time.
"Here, on the other side of the Oblivion Mountains is the kingdom we live in."
"Located on the east side of the Principality of Leslota, we are going to build a bridge across the Strait of Death."
The place that Tatano and Lirik pointed out was right next to the Principality of Leslota, and strictly speaking it could be included in the Far South frontier.
"Death Strait?"
Nancy, who was watching from the side, became alert when she heard the place name.
"Do you know where it is? It doesn't sound like a good place." Lu Cheng knew that any place with the prefix "death" looked like a dungeon map where monsters frequently appeared.
"There are pirates, lots and lots of pirates," said Nancy.
"There are also many pirates in the Crystal Sea in the far south. Those pirates who are still alive should start to consider changing their careers and becoming farmers."
What Lu Cheng said was true. After the Shangcheng ship appeared in the waters of the Crystal Sea, the pirates in the Crystal Sea almost disappeared, leaving only the legend of a giant steel fortress.
Based on the intelligence collected by the Far South survey team, they interviewed a pirate gang, and now these guys have returned to the Far South countryside to farm.
"It's different. The Death Strait is the territory of the Sea Clan. The Sea Clan is... Wait for me a moment." Nancy took out her phone to explain to Lu Cheng and started looking for a suitable picture on the Internet. "This!"
As she spoke, Nancy showed Lu Cheng a yellow cube-shaped creature.
"You mean... SpongeBob?" Lu Cheng could be sure that the picture Nancy showed was SpongeBob, not some mermaid or something like that.
"No! It's this one!" Nancy swiped the screen of her mobile phone and showed it to Lu Cheng again.
"Patrick?" Lu Cheng asked again.
"No, no! Why do these pictures appear when I search for anthropomorphic marine life?" Nancy regretted and continued to battle wits with Baidu.
"Is this the creature you are looking for?"
Lu Cheng helplessly took out his mobile phone and searched for a few pictures. He showed Nancy the creatures that should correspond to the name of sea creatures one by one.
The first photo is of a merman, which is the best form of marine creature Lu Cheng could think of that has intelligence under the influence of magic. Its appearance retains the appearance of a fish, but its body begins to evolve towards that of a human.
It looks like a deep diver.
But a truly reasonable biological evolution theory should be that the sea creatures retain the original posture of marine life, but their intelligence has been improved.
This horrifying appearance made Nancy shake her head continuously, so Lu Cheng had to take out the image of the "sea tribe" that was most unlikely to appear in this world.
Mermaid, it is easier to distinguish if the word "美" is added in front of it. It is a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a mermaid.
If Dr. Ji Chuan were to evaluate this kind of thing, he would definitely say, "Even if an ape turns into a human, it is impossible for a creature to evolve so strangely. It is completely a stitched beast."
Mermaids, this fantastical creature, undoubtedly challenges the authority of modern biology.
But... in the world of magic, everything is possible.
"That's them! Although some details are different, the Strait of Death was occupied by the sea people a long time ago, and any ship entering it will be sunk by them." Nancy said.
"Nancy, do you know where this strange creature came from?"
Lu Cheng actually also hopes that there will be some "cute" intelligent creatures in this world, such as women with cat ears on their heads, but the problem is that such creatures are biologically unlikely, unless they are stitched beasts.
"The scriptures of the Ocean God Cult record a group of humans who were cursed by a school of fish. They angered the God of the Ocean and were imprisoned in the sea forever, unable to set foot on land," said Nancy.
"A magical curse like Transfiguration?"
When Lu Cheng heard this, he glanced at Master Winnie who was demonstrating how to turn a white mouse into a frog not far away.
Transfiguration is also a kind of magic that science cannot explain for the time being.
"So, back to the situation in the Strait of Death. You guys want to build a bridge to this island. My question is, is there anything on this island?"
Lu Cheng pointed his finger at a large island on the map. This island was isolated outside the territories of the two countries of Far South and Leslota, and no one had incorporated it into their territory at this stage.
"Enchanted Stone."
"Magic steel infused, magic copper ore stored."
The two earth spirits named several minerals that sounded useful to the spellcaster.
"Those salted fish of the sea tribe? You want to go to the Strait of Death?"
Charlotte suddenly appeared out of nowhere at this moment, and her attitude was completely like "I'm here to fight!"
"The Secret Society has also accepted the commission of the Earth Spirit Clan to explore the Demon Eye Island in the past, but the three exploration plans all ended in failure." The Shadow Sage came to Charlotte's side quietly and explained, "On the ocean, the ships built by the Secret Society cannot compete with those cursed tribes. Charlotte participated in the third exploration in the past."
"We just want to know whether the minerals on this Magic Eye Island are high-quality materials for making magical instruments?"
Some of the raw materials containing magic power in this world are indispensable elements in Lucheng's future magic industry plan.
"You can say that." This answer from the Shadow Sage was enough.
"We will send someone to conduct an on-site inspection soon, and I will give you a satisfactory answer then."
Lu Cheng roughly estimated the distance from the Death Strait to the Far South Continent. It would be most cost-effective to transport such a short distance by ship.
But if the Earth Spirit Clan can really provide enough energy coins, the Celestial Empire doesn't mind helping them build a cross-sea bridge.