In the northern area, the Phoenix Kingdom's army could no longer suppress the demons.
Of course, they couldn't control too much originally. After all, the order of magnitude gap between the two sides was there. No matter how armed they were, they couldn't eliminate the endless stream of demons. All they could really do was prevent the demons from spreading towards the royal city.
It's just that with the entry of the intermediate demons, these guys have higher intelligence and are more proactive in choosing their movements than the little devils and Goma. Some of them will avoid the front of the soldiers, and the proportion of them flowing in other directions is greater than before.
In order to ensure the safety of people, goods, and money, merchants pay more attention to relevant news. Information collected at the border shows that a small group of demons have been seen wandering in the east.
With the expansion of population and territory, the export of goods of a certain scale attracted merchants far enough away, and the distance from which the kingdom could obtain information also increased. Sitting in the palace, Wang Qi could gradually understand the entire penal colony with the help of the news circulated by merchants. state.
The center point is still calculated as a dark place.
The Dark Land itself is about three hundred kilometers from east to west. Not counting the invasion of the ice forest and the ordinary vegetation growth environment brought by the ice forest, the width of the area south of the volcanic belt fluctuates between forty and sixty kilometers.
The north of the volcanic zone has been covered by vegetation due to climate reasons, and no dark rock formations are exposed, so it is not included.
Heading south from the dark land, after more than two hundred kilometers, you reach the Luna River, which is a large river flowing from east to west, connecting an inland sea to the orc area in the west.
This inland sea is a bit like the big bathtub sea in Wang Qi's previous life. It is slightly smaller. Counting from the mouth of the Luna River, it is about 500 to 800 kilometers into the ocean area. Because the confidence of the news is questionable, the error value is large. It is rumored that there are invincible ancient behemoths in the ocean, and only a madman would try to go to the ocean.
The entire Orc area to the east is a mixed-race area, and east of the Luna River are all large and small lord cities like Blackwater and Pangxun. Once there is a certain distance from the border of the Orc Empire, there is no need to worry about the Orc Empire directly causing trouble for the lords to pass through each other. The territory was expanded in the form of conquests, and there were many small kingdoms similar in size to the Phoenix Kingdom.
This area is very large, and the current information does not yet know where the boundary is, but we already know their relationship with the northern area.
In fact, like the Dark Land, the eastern area is also separated from the northern area by mountains. After dispatching social investigators to collect relevant information, they realized that the mountains and volcanic belts in this area are integrated.
It is easier to understand using the theory of plate drift. Assuming that the underground lava source does not move and the plates move from west to east, the volcanic belt will blow up mountains and be carried eastward, gradually developing into mountains. It is somewhat similar to an island chain, except that there is no buoyancy support from sea water on land, the lava cools more slowly and exhibits better fluidity, and the height of the mountain is not as spectacular as the thousands of meters drop in the sea.
The mountains extending past the volcanic belt are not pure straight lines. I don’t know whether it is caused by rotation or other factors. They are slightly shifted to the north, but they do not form a circle.
Not counting the villages and stockades that may exist in the mountainous areas, among the places that merchants can access, there is a certain size and the closest one is a small town called Pettus that the kingdom has never touched.
The businessmen's information was very rough. After sorting it out, they roughly judged that this small town should be about 500 to 700 kilometers east of the lava lake, located on the north side of the eastern mountainous area of the entire volcanic mountain range.
Phoenix City also has a gradually extinguished volcanic belt blocking the north. Pettus is the one who truly faces the power of the Lava Lake Demon Clan.
However, this message said that the last time the businessman who provided the information was there half a year ago, and it is not known whether it still exists now.
Pettus City continues to push northward, and the mixed-race settlements do not surround the lava lake area, but become farther and farther away. I heard that it is because the Warcraft is too powerful and the density is high, making it difficult to settle.
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Ignoring the north side of the lava lake for now, the west side of the northern area is the savanna area where Li Xiang led the team to recycle industrial products. Starting from the underground city station, the ecological transition zone stretching more than 100 kilometers is also connected to this area. This place is obviously not suitable for settlement. There may be small tribes, but nothing has been found yet. Maybe they have been eaten up by the demons.
The existence of savanna means that there are no settlements within 800 kilometers of the lava lake in the entire west. However, this conclusion is not necessarily correct, because the scale of the exploration expedition is very limited, and it has not yet surveyed to the north.
The main exploration now is the southern half of the savanna.
Starting from the edge of the grassland, a point equal to the distance between the underground city and the Golden Red Fortress is used as the calculation point. Pushing westward is now as far as 500 kilometers. An ecological transition has occurred. It is found that the terrain of meadows and swamps is still in the form of savanna as a whole.
The existence of a swamp means that even if there is no clear surface water, there will be shallow underground water. There is already a basis for collective settlement. If you continue to explore, you should be able to find human traces.
I couldn't push it south, and it was blocked by the western section of the Ice Forest on the south line of the dungeon.
Walking three hundred kilometers to the southwest, you can reach the orc settlement.
This place does not belong to the Fartel Empire, but is located on the north bank of the Luna River. It belongs to another orc kingdom, and the Luna River is the boundary between the two countries.
This kingdom is a little more friendly than the Fartel Empire, probably because it is blocked by dense forest areas including the Ice Forest, and does not have much contact with mixed-bloods.
Through the exploration expedition team, we hired small traders who were relatively friendly with each other. We did not go through the Luna River, but took a trip around the north road to make contacts. Only then did we learn that the kingdom is called Wengji. The alphabetical description is roughly "wungi", which means dog. Meaning, their main ethnic group is also mainly composed of various kinds of kobolds and bears.
The territory of Ongi Kingdom is relatively narrow. The settlements are basically piled up in a narrow strip of more than 100 kilometers on the north bank of the Luna River. There is probably a habitable area in the form of a peninsula in the western area. Of course, because the kingdom in the exile place does not use boundary markers, They could also claim the entire savanna as theirs.
In terms of national strength, the Ongi Kingdom is much weaker than Fatel. It mainly focuses on animal husbandry and also has large river and offshore fisheries. However, its governance capabilities are worse and the overall situation is relatively loose. Its ship manufacturing capabilities, especially inland sea ships, are poor, and various aquatic products are not available. The resources cannot defeat the Fatel people on the south coast.
In short, the only ones currently known to be threatened by demons, apart from their own family, are the Kingdoms of Pettus and Ongi.
Others, including the new city and Elte City outside the border, will also be harassed by demons. However, the passage in the northern area is controlled by the garrison. Most of the people pouring into these directions are those who broke away from the migration group halfway and dispersed in other directions. Fish cannot cause harm on a large scale.
When Wang Qi had a meeting with the Ministry of Interior, he directly put a cross in the estimated position of Pettus: "Peters is probably hopeless. Just let the exploration team take a look to confirm the position. Next, try to contact Weng Ji. They A large population consumes a lot of products and brings raw materials that we lack.”
This has nothing to do with the military, because the two countries are not bordering each other at all. Even if Wengji suddenly goes crazy and wants to fight, the water supply in the savanna and ecological transition zone will kill them.
Affected by the climate change caused by the great collision, the savanna is now in a period of ecological change. The tall grass must turn into short grass to reduce the overall evaporation before it can become green again. However, regardless of the change, there is nothing easy to obtain in it. of surface water available.
Only small-scale military operations can be carried out through water-scarce areas. When the scale of the problem is small, it is not clear who will fight whom.
However, drying can also be done well. The overall terrain of the savanna is flat and the ground surface has a certain degree of strength. It is very suitable for truck transportation with certain tire defects. It does not even require special road construction. As long as there are signboards for drivers to recognize along the way, they can run. Of course, the tall grass still needs to be cleared, otherwise it will be difficult to handle if it catches fire.
As for Pettus, the location is too bad. To move here, you have to either detour through the entire eastern mountainous area and increase the length of the straight line of less than 800 kilometers by more than half, or you will be exposed to the demon threat area throughout the entire journey. Neither option is suitable. What the small kingdom could afford.
But if Pettus really collapses, the remaining population will still be needed.
