Chapter 1017: The Pros and Cons of Volcanoes
Instantly, a flash of lightning burst out from Zhou Xu's fingertips, and with lightning speed, it hit Tanaka Yotaro who was kneeling in front of him.
It all happened so fast.
Zhou Xu was talking quietly the moment before, but suddenly attacked the next moment.
At this moment, the distance between them was less than three meters. Let alone Tanaka Yotaro, anyone else would probably not be able to react.
The powerful electric current instantly spread throughout Tanaka Yotaro's body, taking his life!
"I gave you a chance but you didn't cherish it."
At this moment, even Silk, who was standing nearby, felt a little confused and didn't know what was going on.
It was not until their Majesty slowly stood up and walked to Tanaka Yotaro's body, then raised his hand and sucked out the ball of light that symbolized the truth, that Silk suddenly realized.
[Good fellow, you are keeping the truth to yourself! ]
To put this matter in a serious way, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a case of harboring evil intentions.
Bai Tu only has the 'Eye of Insight' but not the 'Eye of Secrets', so he cannot see whether the other party has the truth or not.
Before, this guy handed over two mantras that were not compatible with him, but he kept the mantra that could be absorbed by himself and had a certain degree of compatibility.
【System prompt: Congratulations to 'Zhou Xu' for obtaining the mantra 'Life'. 】
[System prompt: Congratulations to 'Zhou Xu' for obtaining the mantra 'summon'. ]
Zhang Xuemei had actually done something similar before.
However, Zhang Xuemei is a three-star talent with professional ability. She has made great contributions to the geological exploration and mineral exploration for Da Zhou over the years. How can Tanaka Yotaro, a dead otaku with no skills, compare with her? It can only be said that he doesn't know how to live or die, and he doesn't put himself in the right position.
Zhou Xu was still very interested in the two mantra characters he had just obtained, and now he had several ideas in his mind.
However, considering that he still had to question the islanders, Zhou Xu temporarily suppressed this idea.
Let Silk simply dispose of Tanaka Yotaro's body, and the islander that Bai Tu found will arrive soon.
He was a little old man with skin as rough as old tree bark and a tanned body.
Zhou Xu habitually took a look with his "Eyes of Secrets".
An ordinary two-star character, judging by his talents, he should be an old fisherman.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"
Tanaka Yotaro's situation is rather special. All in all, he has only stayed on this island for a few years.
But the old fisherman in front of him is different.
He came here with the first group of immigrants after discovering this island during the reign of the first emperor. He was only sixteen years old at that time. He has now lived on this island for decades and knows it much better than Tanaka Yotaro.
Zhou Xu did not ask the other party whether he had ever been to the mountain. Judging from the situation in the villages and towns here, it was highly likely that he had not been there, so there was no need to ask this question again.
So he has now changed the way he asks the question.
“Do you know anything about volcanoes?”
"volcano."
When repeating this word, the old fisherman was confused at first, and then nodded quickly.
"Yes! When I came to this island with my parents, the emperor at that time told us that the mountain deep in the island might be a volcano. It might erupt something called magma. It's very dangerous, so they were told not to get too close to the mountain."
The emperor the old fisherman was referring to was undoubtedly the first generation emperor, who was a time traveler like them.
Obviously, the other party was looking at the mountain and thought of the same question.
It is not difficult to hear from the old fisherman's words that this mountain should not have erupted in the past few decades.
Under this premise, Zhou Xu asked another question.
"When you first arrived, were the trees on this island already lush and lush?"
"Yes."
The old fisherman nodded quickly.
Once a volcano erupts, the surrounding environment will inevitably turn into scorched earth. After that, if there is no human intervention, it will take a considerable amount of time to restore the natural ecology.
With this information, Zhou Xu could boldly guess that there had not been a volcanic eruption on this island in nearly a hundred years.
"Has there been any earthquakes on this island in recent years? It's like the ground suddenly starts to shake violently."
"No."
The old fisherman shook his head quickly.
Following this line of thought, he then asked a few more questions.
After some questioning, Zhou Xu had a rough idea in his mind. After signaling his subordinates to send the person back, he turned around and called Zhang Xuemei over. He told her the intelligence he had obtained and the related speculations he had made.
After listening to this, Zhang Xuemei pondered for two seconds, then slowly spoke...
"Your Majesty, your speculation is correct, but we assume that the mountain is a volcano. It has not erupted for nearly a hundred years, which does not mean that it is a dead volcano."
"Take Mount Fuji in Japan in our original world for example. The last time it erupted was three hundred years ago."
"This one on the island now may also be a dormant volcano, or it is likely to be one."
When Zhang Xuemei said the three words "high probability", it meant that she must have discovered something.
Zhou Xu quickly asked her to explain in detail.
In response to this, Zhang Xuemei did not keep anyone in suspense and spoke directly.
"Ever since you mentioned this matter on the ship, I have been observing the mountain, and just now I found that the mountain was smoking."
When Zhang Xuemei said this, it was almost certain that it was a volcano.
This also made Zhou Xu's mood a little complicated.
"A dormant volcano? In other words, we don't know when it will erupt?"
Zhang Xuemei nodded and then added another sentence.
"But it's possible that there won't be an eruption for hundreds or even thousands of years."
This matter gave Zhou Xu a headache.
It is the instinct of living things to seek benefits and avoid harm. Zhou Xu obviously does not like this volcano that may erupt at any time.
After all, once the volcano erupts, it is likely to cause him considerable damage.
You worked so hard to develop the business, but when the volcano erupted, everything was gone. Wouldn’t your mentality explode? Zhang Xuemei saw Zhou Xu’s dilemma, so she spoke quickly...
"Your Majesty, you shouldn't just look at the bad side. You can also look at the benefits that volcanoes can bring to us."
As she spoke, Zhang Xuemei began to list the advantages of volcanoes.
"For example, volcanic ash is a very good fertilizer, which makes the soil in the area fertile and very suitable for farming. At the same time, volcanic areas are often accompanied by strong geothermal energy. With future development, the energy problem in the area can be easily solved."
"In addition, there are often some related resources produced in volcanic areas."
"For example, sulfur!"
(End of this chapter)
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