Chapter 99: The Fishman Reveals His Head
Lu Yao observes this forgotten city of the dead.
The urban structure of Saniló has remained largely unchanged, except for the addition of a wide river.
The ghost man commanded the sandworms to dig an artificial canal on the ground. The canal extended all the way to the port in the south, bringing seawater into the city, and the water returned to the sea from the river in the east.
The river surrounds Saniló, allowing the ghosts in the city to go to the sea by water whenever they leave.
The micro-canal project is not easy for Saniro either and is still ongoing.
They used all the sandworms, a total of ten, on the artificial river.
Some sandworms dug ditches in the soil, while others brought stones, spit out stones and sand from their mouths, and compacted the two sides to form a simple river embankment.
Another part of the sandworms were too tired, so they curled up to rest, with ZZZs appearing on their heads.
The person in charge of the entire canal project was Mayor Chapman, who brought a few ghost figures to constantly observe the river embankments and ditches and exchange opinions with each other.
Lu Yao took a look. Wow, the two people around Chapman were familiar to him.
The first generation of shamans was Lie Cang, and the second generation of leaders was Yu Zou. They were both experienced businessmen.
After measuring the river, Lie Cang said, "This height and width should be enough. If the fish people come, this water depth and the caves at the bottom of the river will be enough for them to live."
Yuzou expressed his opinion: "Once the fishmen migrate to Saniluo, they will need a lot of meat as food. There are not so many fish near the shallow sea. They will definitely trade with Yaocheng in the north and Yancheng in the west."
"In the early stages, there may be friction and contradictions with them, and even direct conflict may break out."
"Don't worry."
Mayor Chapman said: "When the fish people move to Sanilo, they must accept the city management of Sanilo and follow the city laws."
"If they don't follow the rules, then Commander Mr. Alex will make them behave."
"However, this will not happen. Although there are many fishmen, they are no longer the seabed walkers of their ancestors. They are just an ordinary intelligent race under the sea."
"Everything is done to offer faith to the great God Yao!"
Lu Yao was a little confused, so he simply called Isabel and asked her to go to Saniro to check the situation on his behalf.
Facing Apostle Isabel, Mayor Chapman immediately became respectful and flattering.
He talked endlessly about Saniro's progress over the years.
"Lady Isabel, Sanilo is different from ordinary cities. There are some special circumstances here."
"Saniro does not need food rations. The citizens are all ghosts of the dead and do not need to eat or drink water. If there is no natural disaster, every citizen will have a long lifespan."
"But on the other hand, ghosts have inherent flaws."
"We have no fertility, and our population increase can only rely on external introductions."
"Another aspect is labor. Ghosts have a much harder time touching these physical stones, wood, copper and iron than ordinary people. It is very difficult to revive Saniluo entirely by ourselves."
"So I held a meeting at the city hall and invited citizen representatives to discuss and decide on the next direction of Saniro's development..."
The meeting first determined Saniro’s first major policy: increasing efforts to attract foreign population to settle in.
Normal people would not come to this city of the dead. If they went there, they would go to Yaocheng and Yancheng.
So Chapman set his sights on the abnormal group of people.
After unremitting efforts and investigation, they finally found the target.
While searching for the dead souls at sea, Dinar discovered a special race: the deep-sea murlocs.
As soon as they saw the deep-sea walkers, the fish people came over excitedly and circled around them.
There was no obstacle in communication between the two sides.
Dinar soon understood the reason.
It turns out that the deep-sea fishmen are descendants of a small number of surviving seafloor walkers.
The fishmen hid in the trenches deep under the sea. They waited until the gods changed and the outside world became peaceful again, and then they dared to come out and show themselves on the sea.
Things become easier after that.
Dinar persuaded the fishmen to settle in the city of Saniro and promised to build a suitable underwater living environment for them.
This led to a series of small canal projects around the city.
Sanilo is also becoming a floating city.
…
Lu Yao turned his gaze to the fishman on the beach.
The Deep Sea Murloc looks similar to the Sea Walker, with webbed hands and feet, big dead fish eyes, a pointed nose, and no hair.
They are only half the height of ordinary human ghosts, and appear somewhat Q-version and silly on the pixelated screen.
The level of the murlocs is very low, most of them are LV1, not even as good as the ghosts in Saniro.
Lu Yao searched everywhere but couldn't find the leader of the fishmen.
It was only after he asked Isabel that he realized that there was no concept of leader among the merfolk.
The merfolk are more like individuals gathered together, and their community is very primitive.
Lu Yao clicked on the panel of a fishman.
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【Deep Sea Murloc Lv1】
HP: 20/20Mana : 5/ 5Damage: 1Defense : 1Speed : 4 [Water Element]
HP can be continuously restored in water, and attacks will cause water elemental damage.
[Dive]
While submerged in water, movement speed is doubled.
…
Classic fish template data.
Compared to the Sea Walker, it can be said to be a serious degradation.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Lu Yao continued to ask and observe, and found that the deep-sea fishmen could neither read nor have any intelligence.
They can only communicate with sea walkers, and when they encounter other ghosts, question marks will appear on their heads. The fish people like livestock meat and fruits very much. It is not only ancestor worship that attracts them to Saniro, but also food.
Just when Lu Yao was feeling a little disappointed, the sea walkers led by Dinar knelt on the ground one by one.
They worshipped towards the direction of Yaocheng.
The dinar shouted: "The old darkness has dissipated, and the new dawn has arrived."
“God protects us, grants us abundance and security, hope and strength!”
"The god who awakens the [Fire of Aegir] and the [Lord of the Deep Sea] is destined to be our master and protector."
"Praise our Heavenly Father and Savior, God Yao!"
Gradually, the fish people also imitated Dinar and worshiped awkwardly.
A lot of garbled code appeared above the head of every deep-sea fishman.
The garbled code gradually became clear.
"Praise...Father, God Yao!"
"Praise me... Father God, Yao God!"
"Praise our Heavenly Father and Savior, God Yao!"
This kind of group kneeling seemed to make the fish people particularly excited, and joyful smiles appeared on their heads.
A reminder appears on the simulator.
【Ancestor worship inspired the deep-sea fishmen.】
【The wonder inspired the deep-sea fishmen.】
[The deep-sea fishmen have rekindled the flame of faith. 】
Lu Yao saw it.
In the upper right corner of the interface, the numbers in the population column and the faith column began to grow synchronously.
+25 +114 +126 ……
All in all, both items rose by 2,900 points before they completely stabilized.
Lu Yao was completely surprised that Saniro had introduced so many fishmen.
After the deep-sea fishmen settled in the city's canals, their first action was to spontaneously build a temple.
Groups of fishmen moved stones and dug underwater mud, working hard day and night. Under the guidance of the ghosts, they built the Yao Temple belonging to the city of Saniluo.
Although the new temple was not very beautiful, Lu Yao could use it.
At this point, the three cities and three temples were completely connected.
The only drawback is that although the fish people are very quick to accept the faith, the barriers of writing and language still exist. It will take a lot of time for them to truly learn the local writing and language.
Dinar suddenly hurried to find Isabel.
"Master Apostle, there is an important piece of information that I need to report to you immediately."
"The fishmen said that there is an evil god in the north of the eastern land. The evil god once killed many fishmen and used their corpses to perform rituals and feed a green thing on the ground..."
"Maybe that's the evil god that Lord Yaoshen is hunting for."
Lu Yao immediately perked up.
What a coincidence, isn’t it?
This is what is called "the righteous will have many supporters, while the unrighteous will have few."
The city, ghosts, and fishmen are all mine. What can you use to fight me?
Thanks to Zihui for supporting 100 Qidian coins.
(End of this chapter)