Suman Islands, inner circle, Suman City.
This is a huge city built on six islands. Between the islands, magic bridges built by rock and earth magic serve as connections.
The entire city is divided into islands.
Six islands correspond to six areas.
Four of the areas are living areas with mixed commercial and residential functions.
The other two areas are the port area and the trading area.
The port area is based on Suman Port and is full of large and small shipyards and warehouses. It connects the core circle, inner circle and outer circle of the Suman Islands on the inside, and connects the south coast of Cahir Continent in the north and the north coast of Feixuan Continent in the south.
The trading area is Li Nuo's destination on this trip.
It is adjacent to the port area, separated from Suman Port by a line, and in the middle is a sea with a width of more than 7,000 meters, with countless ships coming and going.
Here in Suman City, wizards can only cast specific spells - shield spells and camouflage spells to prevent theft and robbery. They still cannot use flying spells and offensive spells.
But after leaving the scope of Suman City and entering other areas in the inner circle, the wizard can use flying spells.
It is early morning on the third day after arriving at the Suman Islands.
Li Nuo and Dinas took the flying disc of the core circle to the edge of the inner circle and landed on the dedicated berth of the public magic vehicle. Not far away was a magic taxi waiting to provide travel services.
Thanks to the extremely strong magical atmosphere in the Suman Islands, all magic taxis have achieved driverless and automatic navigation. If you want to enjoy the service of a dedicated driver, you have to go to the Magic Car Rental Company to customize it.
Since you don’t have to face the driver, why not? Li Nuo took Dinas into the magic taxi and announced the place name in Unas ring language.
The magic taxi started steadily, suspended half a meter above the ground, and moved forward smoothly along the designated driving lane on the ground.
The architectural style of the inner ring of the Suman Islands is inherited from the Unas Ring. There are many stone houses with pointed roofs, arched doors and windows, dark red wooden beams, and gray tile stone walls.
The magic taxi shuttled Li Nuo through the bustling streets and arrived at the trade center of the Suman Islands within twenty minutes of departure.
In the world before Li Nuo traveled through time, this place was equivalent to the central business district of a provincial capital city. There are high-rise buildings everywhere, and the streets between the buildings are crowded with people.
Most passers-by on the street are wearing magic robes, but this does not mean that all of them are wizards. Because the magic robe has the magical property of "constant body temperature", ordinary people will also buy one for themselves in the hot Suman Islands.
Li Nuo took Dinas away from the crowd, walked up the steps, and entered the Island Exchange, which specializes in trading islands.
The Suman Islands generally trend east-west and consist of 120,000 islands. The island area exceeds 15 million square kilometers, extending about 8,000 kilometers along the equator, and the maximum width from south to north exceeds 4,000 kilometers.
The core circle of the Suman Islands is located on the westernmost side of the archipelago, occupying more than 300 islands in the westernmost part of the entire archipelago. The Inner Circle is completely controlled by Hotams. No islands in the Inner Circle are for sale.
The inner circle of the Suman Islands is on the periphery of the core circle and occupies about 1,000 islands east of the core circle.
Further east from the inner circle is the endless outer circle of the islands. There are more than 118,000 islands in total, all of which are within the outer circle.
The number of islands in the outer circle is staggering, but that doesn’t mean they are unclaimed lands.
The Unas Ring discovered the Suman Islands more than 500 years ago. Today, all the islands have their own ownership. Most of them are controlled by the wizarding forces and ancient families who built the core circle and inner circle.
These ancient forces have opened magic ecological farms, magic workshops, colleges, trading posts, ports and other magic facilities in the inner and outer circles.
The entire Suman Islands starts from the westernmost core circle, and the farther east, the lower the population density.
When Li Nuo bought the island, he was making a deal with this group of forces with a long history.
In the hall of the Island Exchange, the smooth and bright marble floor reflected the skylight. Under the guidance of the magic servant, Li Nuo entered the reception room where they were discussing the purchase of the island.
After sitting in the soft-carpeted reception room for a while, the wizard who played the role of salesman opened the door and walked in.
"Good day, sir, madam."
The salesperson is a witch, a fourth-ring deep sea wizard, and a non-combat wizard.
Judging from the breastplate on her aqua blue magic robe, her name is Nellie.
After Nelly entered the room, she briefly introduced herself, and then used deep sea magic to summon a liquid sand table to simulate the distribution map of the islands in the outer circle of the Suman Islands.
On this three-dimensional simulated distribution map, islands that have been sold or cannot be sold will be marked in light gray.
Islands that are for sale are marked in green.
The difference in color made Li Nuo intuitively feel how popular the Suman Islands are.
The islands being sold account for only one-twentieth of the total number of islands, and most of the islands have ceased circulation.
Nellie said that there are currently about 5,000 islands listed for trading.
The islands being sold are basically distributed on the easternmost side of the Suman Islands, which is the farthest place from the core circle.
The Suman Islands span an astonishing 8,000 kilometers from east to west. Going from the core circle to the easternmost side, even if you work hard and use flying spells, will take dozens of hours.
If you don’t want to take root so far away, there is only one way: find an island near the west side of the archipelago and lease it for a long time.
Since wizards have a relatively long lifespan, the island lease period in this world can be extended to 50 years or even 100 years.
If Li Nuo and Dinas don't plan to live here for the rest of their lives, then renting an island is the best choice.
Salesperson Nellie introduced the island's rental status.
Starting from the inner circle, island rent starts at 300,000 gold coins per year. The further east you go, the cheaper the island rentals become. About 3,000 kilometers east of the inner circle, the rental fee is reduced to 2,000 gold coins per year.
A simple calculation shows that the 150,000 gold coins Li Nuo and Dinas are planning to use to purchase the island are enough to rent a cheap island for 75 years.
Buy or rent?
The key is not the amount of expense.
money is not a problem.
What Li Nuo really cares about is the "commute" time.
The inner circle is filled with opportunities to make a fortune. At a time when gold coins are equal to basic attributes, Li Nuo is likely to need to travel frequently between the inner circle and the island. The time he spends on the road can be reduced with a level 100 flying spell.
But no matter how much he reduces his "commute" time, it will still take him at least 20 hours to fly through most of the Suman Islands.
Moreover, the energy consumption of flying spells is calculated based on mileage, which is fixed at 1 point of death energy + 1 point of energy value per kilometer.
If you fly a few more times, tens of thousands of death energy and energy points will be gone.
If you think about it, maybe it would be better to rent an island.
"Nelly, is there any way to quickly get from the east side to the west side of the archipelago?" Li Nuo asked.
"Yes." Nellie reached out and brushed the archipelago model on the table, outlining a glowing strip around the periphery of the archipelago.
This ring of light branches off into many tributaries, extending towards the depths of the archipelago, eventually forming a network hidden under the sea of the archipelago.
Basically, next to every twenty or thirty islands, there will be a tributary of the light belt passing by.
"The Deep Sea Branch has built a magical ocean current near the bottom of the Suman Islands that connects the entire archipelago. The glowing lines on the three-dimensional model are where the magical ocean current is located."
Nelly took out two crystal-looking magic props from her magic pocket and stuffed one into each of Li Nuo and Dinas:
"After you reach the sea surface above the magic ocean current, hold the "Ocean Current Crystal" and you can quickly travel on the underwater ocean current. Using this method, it only takes 3 seconds to get from the easternmost side of the archipelago to the inner circle. "
"3 seconds?" Li Nuo raised his eyebrows, "So fast?"
"Well, yes. The Magical Ocean Current is actually a dimensional passage built by the Deep Sea Branch. Riding on the Magical Ocean Current is almost the same as teleporting through a secondary plane. However, riding on the Magical Ocean Current is not free."
Nellie introduced:
"The price of ocean current crystals is 50 gold coins each. Each ride consumes 1 ocean current crystal. It takes two crystals to travel to and from the east and west sides of the archipelago. If you purchase more than 100 crystals at one time, you can get a 50% discount. .”
Li Nuo looked at the crystal in his hand and asked:
"Does it take a current crystal to ride on any section of the magical ocean current?"
"That's right. It's most cost-effective to ride the ocean current from the westernmost and easternmost sides of the archipelago." Nellie responded.
Li Nuo nodded and said:
"So, for people living on the east side of the archipelago, access is a minor problem. The most troublesome thing is the natural environment on the east side of the archipelago."
Nellie said:
"That's right, sir. When Unas Ring discovered the Suman Islands, they conducted a detailed environmental investigation. The west side of the archipelago is calm, the terrain of the islands is mostly flat, and the seawater pollution is relatively mild. But on the east side of the archipelago, there is The frequency of strong winds and waves is relatively high, and the terrain of most islands is too steep. The three equatorial snow mountains in the Suman Islands are all located on the easternmost side of the archipelago. The islands where these three equatorial snow mountains are located are basically cliffs. Islands are snow mountains, and snow mountains are islands. Because of this, the islands where the equatorial snow mountains are located are difficult to sell, and their prices are also the cheapest."
"Hmm..." Li Nuo hummed in thought, "Nelly, how much does the snow mountain island cost?"
Nelly made gestures on the magic model, enlarging the three snow-capped islands for sale, and using magic words to mark the basic information and selling price of each island.
Li Nuo glanced at it, a little surprised:
"Snow Mountain Island No. 2 and Snow Mountain Island No. 3 cost 3.5 million gold coins, but Snow Mountain Island No. 1 only costs 130,000 gold coins. How can it be so cheap?"
Dinasi was also shocked by the selling price. The information she knew had never mentioned such a low price.
Nellie quickly explained:
"Sir, the selling price of the island you learned about may have expired. The high-value mineral resources on Snow Mountain Island No. 1 have been collected by the Pangula family. Except for the woods at the foot of the mountain, only the rocks of the snow mountain remain on the island. With ice and snow. These three islands have no natural ports, and the terrain is not suitable for the development of magic agriculture and magic making industries. Their actual economic value is very, very low.
"Before the Pangula family collected mineral resources on Snow Mountain Island No. 1, these three islands had been on the market for more than 50 years and had never been sold. The Pangula family may have wanted to recoup their previous investment, so they passed We can recover some of the losses by mining out the mineral resources on the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island.”
"The mineral resources of Snow Mountain Island No. 1 have been exhausted. No wonder..." Li Nuo now understood why the price was so low.
There is a group of people here in the Suman Islands who specialize in buying islands and gambling on mineral resources. This routine is just like the famous leak-picking method before traveling through time. It requires precise eyesight and superb magic exploration skills.
If the island you buy happens to have valuable mineral resources that have not been discovered by the original island owner, you will make a lot of money. The protagonists of many gossips made their fortunes through this method.
"If you plan to buy Snow Mountain Island No. 1, please be careful. After all, there is nothing there except rocks, ice and snow, and a piece of woodland at the foot of the mountain." Seeing Li Nuo's silence, Nelly couldn't help but say.
Dinasi blinked and looked at Li Nuo.
She has always relied on Li Nuo as the standard and has no brains to support any decision of the other party, and this is also the case at this time.
Even if Li Nuo bought all Snow Mountain Island No. 1 without saying a word, Dinas would readily take out her coin bag and pay.
Li Nuo broke away from his thoughts, clenched his fists and lightly beat his palms and asked:
"Nelly, could you please take us to the east side of the archipelago for a field trip? In addition to these three snow-capped islands, I have several other islands to investigate."
"No problem." Nellie stood up, "Please follow me."
Li Nuo and Li Nuo followed Nelly out of the reception room, and accompanied by each other, boarded the magic car heading to the beach.
9 a.m. on the same day.
East side of Suman Islands, northern waters.
Three figures flew out of the sea, wrapped in aqua-blue light, and floated into the air.
These are the three Li Nuo people who have just arrived here from the west side of the archipelago through the magic ocean current.
With the protection of ocean current crystals, this quick and short underwater journey did not make the clothes of Li Nuo and the others get wet.
Li Nuo and Dinas entered the flying state, and under the leadership of Nelly, they flew towards the three equatorial snow-capped mountains that reached into the sky.
These three islands with snow-capped mountains are located on the sea on the easternmost side of the archipelago, separated by several kilometers from each other.
Just like what Nellie showed on the magic model, the maximum width of the snow-capped mountain island is about 28 kilometers, but in such a small place, there are snow-capped mountains with a height of more than 5,000 meters rising from the ground.
Towering and steep snow-capped mountains stand like sharp cones on the sea. Only at the foot of the mountain, there is very little flat land and forest, and everything else is bare dark gray rock.
The Pangola family, the owners of the island, used some magic to accurately locate the mineral resources in the mountain. They dug circular passages all over the mountain and dug out mineral resources deep in the mountain. They did not seal the circular passages before leaving.
When Li Nuo arrived at Snow Mountain Island No. 1, he immediately noticed the hole in the mountain.
With the mining efficiency of the Pangula family, the mineral resources on this snow-capped mountain island must have been completely emptied...
Um…
Are there hidden resources that the Pangola family has not discovered?
Li Nuo thought this in his mind, aiming at the island and throwing the deconstruction spell.
【system information:】
[You are about to use deconstruction on "Snow Mountain Island No. 1". 】
[It is expected to consume 13.3 billion energy points, which can increase the completion of deconstruction to 100%]
13.3 billion…
It would take 13.3 billion to completely deconstruct an island that has been hollowed out of resources...
Li Nuo turned his gaze and looked at an island next to him.
The island maintains its original ecological environment and there are no traces of resources being exploited.
Nelly followed Li Nuo's gaze and took the initiative to introduce:
"Sir, that is the island numbered 113456. The Pangula family's exploration found that there are two underground mineral deposits on the island. The reserve of bluestone is about 2,400 tons. However, mining is very difficult and the ore grade is low, so this island The price is only 250,000 gold coins. The Pangula family promises to provide its own exploration report with the island. If you plan to mine the minerals on the island, you may wish to cooperate with the Pangula family. This family is rooted in the metal and geotechnical systems. In the field of magic, it is one of the most well-known metal and stone magic families in the Unas Ring."
"I have heard of the Pangola family. They are indeed among the best experts in prospecting and mining minerals."
Li Nuo said a few words and threw the deconstruction technique at the island.
【system information:】
[You are about to use deconstruction on "Island No. 113456". 】
[It is expected to consume 1.2 billion energy points to achieve 100% deconstruction completion]
1.2 billion?
Li Nuo blinked.
Why is it so low? ?
Could it be that the island's deconstruction consumption has little to do with the island's mineral resources, but rather the island's water volume has a greater impact?
Li Nuo nodded secretly, thinking this should be the case.
He clicked on his personal panel and looked at it. The energy value inventory was about 46,000 points.
Using deconstruction to analyze the island's value is undoubtedly more convenient than the Pangola family's magical exploration.
But…
This is the first time Li Nuo has deconstructed something as huge as an island. He always feels powerless, like a toothpick stirring up a big vat...
If you spend 10,000 to 20,000 deconstruction points, you might not even see a splash...
Li Nuo thought about it for a while and came to a conclusion.
No matter how much it is, let’s try to deconstruct it first before talking about it.
Li Nuo looked at Snow Mountain Island No. 1, consumed 10,000 energy points, and activated the deconstruction technique.
[Deconstruction successful! 】
[Your deconstruction completion of "Snow Mountain Island No. 1" has been increased to 0.0075 out of 10,000. 】
[You get very little panel information:]
[Name] Snow Mountain Island No. 1 (tentative name)
【characteristic】
The water outlet of Longya Reservoir:
The snow-capped mountains in your eyes are actually one of the outlets of Longya Reservoir that has long been forgotten by the world.
After certain conditions are met, the water outlet will automatically open and output seawater to the entire world.
The builder of the reservoir is a giant dragon, so it is a mystery whether the "seawater" output from the reservoir is the "seawater" in human cognition.
(The deconstruction is not completed enough and no more information can be obtained.)
…
Li Nuo was stunned for a long time when faced with the decomposition results in his mind.
Nellie and Dinas thought he was thinking about something, so they chose to remain silent and did not disturb him.
Only Li Nuo himself knew that he was distracted by the "Longya Reservoir outlet" mentioned in the deconstruction results.
Is the snow mountain the outlet of the reservoir?
How big should the entire reservoir be...
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