Chapter 654: The Disappeared Atlantis

On July 15th, the ocean-going fleet passed through the Suez Canal, stopped in Alexandria, Egypt, set sail again after resupply, and began to cross the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean Sea is the oldest sea in the world, with a history even older than the Atlantic Ocean. It is the birthplace of ancient Egypt and Babylon, and the birthplace of European civilization.

When crossing the Mediterranean, the fleet stopped for a day or two at each important port.

One is to conduct trade, selling all the tea and porcelain brought from China, spices and pepper purchased from Southeast Asia.

Whether in ancient times or in games, these commodities are very popular in the West. The main force of purchasing is not the players, but the aboriginal nobles of Wangcheng.

Rare things are more expensive, even if the price of tea and porcelain has increased tenfold, they are still very popular.

By the way, the fleet will purchase some Western specialty products, such as clocks, pocket watches, glass products, and specialty gemstones such as diamonds, agates, and opals.

These commodities can be sold at a good price when they are shipped back to China.

The second is to arrange eyeliner along the road.

The accompanying Black Snake Guard intelligence officers will set up intelligence stations in various places. The black snake's strategy is to cooperate with local snakes, throw out a lot of gold coins, and buy news from them.

Otherwise, the yellow race of the Black Snake Guard would be too conspicuous in all countries.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to completely subdue the local snake and serve Shanhai City faithfully. The collected information will be sent to Friendship City, which will then report to the headquarters.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about specific transactions. The trip to the Mediterranean is not only a trade trip, but also a sightseeing trip for Ouyang Shuo. Everywhere he went, Ouyang Shuo always brought a team of personal guards to visit the classical Mediterranean style.

In Athens, Ouyang Shuo visited the Parthenon Temple restored by Gaia and met the goddess Athena. In Rome, Ouyang Shuo visited the Pantheon, even watched a beast fight in the Colosseum, and met Spartan warriors.

For Shanhai City's ocean-going fleet, the Mediterranean countries as a whole are relatively friendly.

To be honest, when the ocean-going fleet captured the star country, the image of the fleet in the eyes of the global lord was indeed an invader and a warmonger.

But in Somalia, the ocean-going fleet fought a beautiful turnaround. Assisting Somali players to defeat pirates, and was awarded an honorary knight by the Kingdom of Somalia, which instantly improved the image of the fleet.

While passing through Spain, the ocean-going fleet encountered the Spanish fleet by chance.

At this time, the Spanish fleet has begun to show the glory of a maritime power in history. The entire Mediterranean Sea is regarded as the inner lake of Spain and is allowed to gallop.

Historically, it was with the support of the Spanish royal family that Columbus discovered the American continent. Since then, the famous Spanish Armada once ruled an era.

The two fleets of the East and the West met, and the atmosphere was a bit weird.

Like the ocean-going fleet, the Spanish fleet at this time had already installed artillery. Moreover, this artillery must be more advanced than the bulky artillery of the ocean-going fleet.

If you really want to fight, I am afraid that both sides will suffer.

Fortunately, the worst outcome did not appear. After the two fleets greeted each other, they passed by. Come to think of it, the Spanish fleet has not yet fully controlled the Mediterranean Sea, so I don't want to cause trouble.

Don't forget that Portugal, Spain's neighbor, was also a maritime power in history. The confrontation between the two fleets in the Mediterranean Sea would be more interesting.

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Crossing the waters of Spain, to the Strait of Gibraltar.

The Strait of Gibraltar is located between the southernmost part of Spain and northwest Africa. It is an important gateway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, with a total length of about 90 kilometers.

The narrowest part of the gorge is only 13 kilometers, and its west entrance is the widest, reaching 43 kilometers; the shallowest part is 301 meters deep, the deepest is 1181 meters deep, and the average depth is about 375 meters.

From the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, the speed of the sea flowing to the Mediterranean Sea is 4 kilometers per hour. In the early years, it was used by Atlantic navigators to quickly enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait.

When the fleet came to the Strait of Gibraltar, Ouyang Shuo's expression changed, and he remembered the large-scale plot mission that caused a sensation in the world in his previous life - the disappearance of Atlantis.

Atlantis is said to have been a powerful, wealthy empire and the world's first developed civilization. The earliest description of Atlantis appeared in the "Dialogues" written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato described Atlantis for the first time in the form of a dialogue: "Around nine thousand years ago Solon, opposite the Stone Pillar of Hercules, there was a piece of land surrounded by the ocean, and this was Atlantis. Kingdom. At that time, Atlantis was about to start a war with Athens. Unexpectedly, Atlantis was suddenly hit by an earthquake and flood, and it was completely submerged in the bottom of the sea within a day and a night, which became an obstacle for the Greeks to travel by sea. "

The Pillar of Hercules, in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Legend has it that Atlantis regarded itself as the people of the god of the sea and had a strong worship of the sea. It coexisted with the Lemurian civilization on the earth at that time. The Lemurian civilization was located in an ancient continent in the northeast of Australia today. superior. Ten thousand years ago, the two civilizations were successively sunk in the flood of extermination.

In the works of Indian civilization, there is a similar narrative: "There have been four generations of humans on the earth. The first generation of humans was a generation of giants. They were not residents here, but came from the sky. They were destroyed by hunger. The second generation Human beings were destroyed by huge fires. The third generation of human beings were the apes, and they were destroyed by killing each other. Then came the fourth generation of human beings, that is, humans in the stage of the sun and water, and the human civilization at this stage was destroyed by huge waves A monstrous flood."

The legendary Atlantis civilization and Lemuria civilization are the fourth generation of humans.

Modern science has discovered that before the great flood, there may have been a continent on the earth, which had a highly developed civilization, and the continent sank in the Atlantic Ocean in a global disaster.

The catastrophe was triggered by a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami, volcanic ash that kept the entire Mediterranean region in darkness for weeks, and plants as far away as England were affected.

The power of the earthquake was four thousand times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

For nearly a century, the remains of prehistoric civilizations found by archaeologists at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean seem to confirm this hypothesis, and the scientific community continues to use the name proposed by Plato—Atlantis.

In the game, Gaia perfectly reproduces this legend.

Ouyang Shuo clearly remembered that at the end of the fourth year of Gaia's previous life, a Spanish adventure player went out to sea alone on a boat, but unfortunately encountered a storm, the boat was overturned by the big waves and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Fortunately, the player named Gerard Pique was carrying a special item [Scuba Breathing Apparatus], which was similar to the water-repelling beads in Chinese myths and legends, allowing the player to stay in the water for a long time.

By coincidence, Peake discovered the city of Atlantis sunk on the seabed, and thus started a large-scale plot mission that caused a sensation throughout Europe.

Gerard Pique is just a trigger. Hundreds of thousands of players have participated in this mission, and the countries along the Mediterranean Sea are basically involved in this plot mission.

The final result is that the island of Atlantis rises from the bottom of the sea again and takes root in the Mediterranean Sea. The lost civilization of Atlantis has also reappeared.

Lucky Pique took this opportunity to become the first player among Spanish players, surpassing the lord.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed with hope.

Ouyang Shuo did not avoid water beads, but he had a mysterious partner - Nian Beast Xiaoqing. In Friendship City, Xiaoqing, who devoured the inner alchemy of the white lion, had already awakened and evolved into a sub-sacred beast.

After this evolution, Xiaoqing was completely reborn.

【Name】: Xiaoqing (Asian God Beast)

【Affiliation】: Guardian Beast of Yashan City Territory

[Race]: Moyu Qilin Beast (Kirin Subspecies)

[Battle Power]: Gold Top Grade

[Talent]: Yushui (combat power increased by 80% in water, unimpeded in the sea)

[Skills]: Blood Massacre (increase killing value by 85%), sprint (increase attack power by 85%)

[Characteristics]: Deterrence (increases the security of the territory by 35%, has a natural deterrent against giant sea monsters, increases the security of the territorial waters by 40%), guards (increases the defense of the territory by 25%)

[Cultivation method]: "Black Kirin's Seven-turn Purgatory Crossing the Calamity Sutra"

[Gongfa skill]: Sky Strike (shoots an electric awn, with paralysis effect)

[Comment]: The evil beast in ancient myths and legends is said to be the offspring of the evil dragon and the ink unicorn, with a ferocious nature. Swallow the white lion inner alchemy of the mythical beast, complete an evolution, and the bloodline is promoted to the unicorn subspecies. As a territory guardian beast, it can continue to stimulate the Qilin blood and evolve again.

To be honest, Ouyang Shuo was a little surprised that Xiaoqing didn't get promoted to Divine Beast in one fell swoop. It can only be said that compared with the unicorn beast, the guardian beast like the white lion can only be regarded as a subspecies of beast.

After all, on that unnamed island, the old unicorn who died in battle was just a spirit, and they all possessed great supernatural powers. In contrast, the performance of the white lion is indeed a bit misleading.

There can also be a huge difference between divine beasts and divine beasts.

Just like this, although Xiaoqing devoured the inner alchemy of the white lion, he only evolved into a subspecies of unicorn. Fortunately, there is only one step away from the real mythical unicorn.

In addition to the identity of the guardian beast of the territory, the "Black Kirin's Seven-Turn Purgatory Overcoming Calamity Sutra" that Xiaoqing learned in the Spirit Beast Pavilion is the key to Xiaoqing's evolution.

The white lion inner alchemy is just a catalyst.

During this evolution, Xiaoqing's attributes have undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only has she awakened her powerful talent [Royal Water], but her original skills and characteristics have also been greatly enhanced.

After the evolution, Xiaoqing's title of "Ocean Overlord" is more and more worthy of the name.

Therefore, for the current Xiaoqing, diving into the bottom of the sea is a piece of cake. The only difficulty was that Ouyang Shuo could not confirm the exact location of the Atlantis ruins.

It is not easy to find a submerged city in the vast seabed.