Chapter 245: Threat From the Abyss
The barbecue that the sharks eat is basically all kinds of seafood.
But occasionally there is meat from land animals. Those were hunted or bought by the sharks secretly on land - of course, they did so while disguising themselves as humans.
These imported foods are expensive. Some people are very addicted to it, while others think it is only eaten by humans and scorn it.
Barbecue must be grilled indoors or in a barrier that blocks sea water.
If you stay directly in the sea water, although you can use your spiritual power to make a fire, the grilled meat will not taste good, and it is indeed easy to float around. It is more suitable for them to eat raw food in sea water.
As for the fuel used by the sharks, there are many types.
There is a psychic stove - this type of device uses magic to create flames. And these flames can also burn in water. To put it out, you need to completely cover the flames, or use special fire extinguishing spells and spiritual props with this function.
Since every shark has spiritual power, their society is like the Kingdom of Darkness, Takamagahara and other places, where spiritual power products are extremely popular. Therefore, this kind of spiritual stove is manufactured in batches in factories that can produce such items.
There are also natural gas stoves - obtained by mining natural gas from under the sea.
There are relatively few sharks using this kind of stove.
Not only because the flames of natural gas stoves are useless once soaked in water, but also because the Sharks were using spiritual stoves long before they had the ability to develop and utilize natural gas.
It's just that early spiritual power stoves were relatively inefficient and expensive, and often required a supply of spiritual power-rich raw materials to maintain combustion.
It's a bit like mankind's primitive stoves needing wood and the like.
Cooking a hot meal is not easy. It requires a lot of fuel, and you have to be careful to stoke the fire so it doesn't go out.
Of course, ancient humans made fire not necessarily to cook and make tea, but also to provide lighting and protect against cold, wild beasts and demons.
Although the ancient sharks could regulate their body temperature and were not afraid of the cold, they still had the need to defend themselves against demons and dangerous aquatic creatures.
Moreover, even if the sharks have strong eyesight underwater, having flames to illuminate them can always enhance their vision.
Of course, the modern Quanxian Kingdom no longer needed to light a fire outdoors to do all this.
If you need lighting, there are street lights.
To drive away demons and dangerous aquatic creatures, there are also barriers, guards, spell summons, psychic machines, etc.
The defense difficulty of underwater cities is higher than that of land cities.
First, the Eternal World is generally very peaceful.
Secondly, even during times of war and periods when demons are extremely active, land cities still face fewer aerial threats. It won't happen all the time, but occasionally there will be enemy planes, flying monsters, etc.
As for the threat below, it is almost non-existent. After all, your feet are stepping on the earth, and the most you worry about is that something will come out.
Underwater city, all creatures can move on the Z-axis. Therefore, threats from above and below are often present. And your field of vision cannot take into account both sides at the same time. By paying attention to the trouble above you, you won't be able to pay attention to the sudden appearance of something scary in the water below you.
And both Atlantis and Quanxian will encounter dangers from abyssal creatures.
All kinds of terrifying creatures always emerge from the deep sea to attack the city.
Many of them are so terrifying that even just looking at them will make you feel mentally paralyzed and start to collapse.
The god these abyss creatures believe in is the Lord of the Abyss.
But there are many Lords of the Abyss. Occasionally, the sharks would try to kill one, but nothing would change.
Of course, those Lords of the Abyss may also be countless clones of the same god. No one can know the truth. Even the deep-sea creatures themselves don’t know.
After some sharks are attacked, they will be dragged into the deep sea, and then they will be transformed into deep sea creatures, and their minds will be invaded and transformed.
They will come back to attack their former companions and try to take them to the deep sea to be together forever.
When Yoshiyuki heard this, his first reaction was... Could the creatures of the deep sea also include the bunny-eared girl?
Could it be that Nao Nishida came from the deep sea?
The thought really frightened him. But this is obviously impossible.
He quickly returned his attention to Kitajima Sashi's explanation.
The increase in defense difficulty caused by having more Z axes than in land cities is not as simple as doubling or doubling. Even if it is hundreds of times, it is not an exaggeration. Living under the pressure of war every day is not easy.
Even if the sharks don't want to admit it, they and the Atlanteans have actually inadvertently helped humans withstand the pressure of war from the deep sea.
Because if we treat them as a whole with human civilization, then the underwater civilization has become the outpost of the land civilization.
Once they are unable to resist the pressure of the Lord of the Abyss and surrender, accept transformation, or be destroyed, then humans will face endless attacks from the deep sea.
Deep sea creatures can come ashore. By then, all coastal areas around the world will be dragged into war, and they will no longer be able to live a peaceful life.
But for now, both undersea civilizations will not be able to withstand it.
In fact, they have been fighting against the abyss civilization since ancient times. There is no sign of losing so far.
If viewed negatively, the abyss civilization is actually helping land civilization stay away from wars initiated by underwater civilization.
It is true that neither the Quanxian Kingdom nor Atlantis intends to go to war with humans, but they do hate humans. Once the threat from the deep sea disappears, it is really uncertain whether they will attack the land.
Kitajima Sashi hoped that this would not happen, but no one could predict it accurately.
In its current form, the three civilizations have reached a very solid balance. And it won't be broken for the foreseeable time.
All in all, undersea civilizations like theirs will not be like land civilizations. You can see isolated families and undefended small villages everywhere.
Cities will not be built as randomly as human cities. But safety should be the first priority.
Various barriers are arranged, and guards, patrol boats, etc. will be everywhere.
Through these conversations, we can understand that sharks and humans are both human beings, and the difference is not as big as imagined.
The more Yoshiyuki listened, the more he felt that the two races could indeed understand each other. It's just that the relationship has been cut off for too long, and humans who have information about their interests from time to time capture the sharks, which has resulted in the sharks' hatred of humans never dissipating.
As long as there is any opportunity for both parties to cooperate, maybe relations can be normalized - of course, the process will never be smooth, and it will take a long time to eliminate prejudice and misunderstanding step by step, but this path does exist. It might work.