Chapter 184 Fungal Blanket x Pirate 1 Street

Deep in the dark and desolate underground, there is no life and the surroundings are all thick and solid rock layers.

It is silent deep underground, and there will be no changes for a long time, as if time has stood still.

Changes here can only occur when the earth's crust is active, and then there will be a long period of silence.

But today, the fungal mat broke this tranquility and stability.

It grows wildly deep underground, piercing through solid rock formations and expanding in all directions.

Once the fungal mat breaks through the rock layer and reaches the deep seabed, it will continue to grow upwards.

Once the right location is reached, the fungal blanket begins to hatch micro-nests and release large numbers of scout spores, parasites, and single-celled algae.

In this way, in less than half a month, this area will be included in the Zerg monitoring range and become part of the Zerg ocean ranch.

However, the reconnaissance spores and parasites that survive in the ocean are specially optimized.

First of all, their body structure and composition are an adaptation to the deep-sea environment, and most of them have soft and elastic bodies. At the same time, their cell membranes and bones are relatively soft and can adapt to the external water pressure.

Secondly, their physiological and metabolic processes are also adaptations to high-pressure environments. For example, their enzymes and pH are optimized for high-pressure environments. This allows Zerg units living in the deep sea to survive better and adapt to high-pressure environments more quickly.

They also have higher blood concentrations and higher protein content, which protects them from damage by gas bubbles released at high pressure.

In short, the optimized Zerg units can survive both in deep sea and in shallow sea.

The Zerg's energy reserves were rapidly decreasing, while the fungal blanket was expanding at a speed of 1.6 kilometers per hour.

......

After an afternoon of exercise, Xia Jieren was exhausted.

He fell asleep and did not wake up until the next morning.

"Great!" After stretching his body a little, Xia Jieren couldn't help but shout out loud.

Then, he fell into the daily struggle of "What should I do today?"

After thinking for a moment, he called Gate in the heart network.

When he finished washing up, Gate was already waiting at the door, "Master, good morning."

Xia Jieren nodded slightly: "Gate, what do you think of my outfit?"

At this time, he was wearing a black cape, a blonde wig, and black-framed glasses.

"My Lord, no one will be able to recognize you dressed like this." Gate replied with a smile.

Xia Jieren nodded with satisfaction, and said with some sorrow: "Alas! It's true that people are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Nowadays, people have to dress up to keep a low profile when going out."

Gate smiled but said nothing.

"Let's go! To East City." After sighing for a while, Xia Jieren directly stated the destination.

Under Xia Jieren's focused development, the city of East is the most prosperous city in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, without a doubt.

Whether it is a bar that common people, pirates, and small businessmen like to go to, or a variety of clubs that are popular among the dignitaries, big businessmen and other upper-class people, there is everything.

In addition, Xia Jieren also vigorously developed a rich and colorful nightlife.

Therefore, there are many cities that never sleep in East, which have snack streets, pedestrian streets, cultural streets, hotels, teahouses, bars, etc., ensuring that everyone who comes here can have fun all night long without repeating themselves.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands attracts a large number of tourists every day because of this.

In the chaotic era of pirates, those who could travel were all wealthy.

They were extremely generous in spending, which contributed a lot to the development of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

In addition, after visiting the city of Ister, these tourists can also take the round-the-island train to tour the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Thanks to the efforts of worker bees, insect people and workers, the three main routes of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have been completed.

It only takes two to three hours to reach the city of East from the East Port of the Netherlands, so don't go too fast.

All the passengers who have taken it are amazed by it.

They had never seen such fast transportation.

......

One minute later.

In an inconspicuous alley in East City, a light gate appeared out of nowhere.

The next second, Xia Jieren took a step forward.

"Uh~, it smells so bad here. It seems that we need to tidy up the appearance of East City." Xia Jieren covered his mouth and nose and frowned.

Secretly keeping this in mind, Xia Jieren quickly walked out of the alley and came to the busy street.

"Huh~" Xia Jieren let out a long sigh and breathed freely.

At this time, the streets were bustling with people coming and going.

However, most of these pedestrians had unfriendly expressions, walked extremely arrogantly, rushed around, and had quarrels from time to time.

"Uh~, this is the pirate street." Xia Jieren suddenly realized, "Forget it, it's not bad to take a look here first."

Pirate Street, as the name suggests, is specially designated to entertain pirates entering the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

As long as they don't cause trouble within the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Xia Jieren still welcomes these pirates very much.

Of course, it was just a superficial welcome. Deep down, he didn't want to have too much to do with pirates.

This is not a contradiction. Xia Jieren only likes the pirates' money, not their people.

Unless the pirates are in such a bad situation, they all have some money, and they are very generous.

There is wine today, drunk today, and tomorrow will be sad.

This is the true portrayal of pirates.

They loved to have parties and always got drunk.

This is the free life they are pursuing.

An important reason why they have such an attitude towards life is that they don’t know when they will die.

Most pirates who take the initiative to go out to sea are already prepared to die.

They don't expect to enjoy a comfortable old age, they just want to live a life to the fullest.

Wine is indispensable to pirates.

Therefore, there are the most bars on Pirate Street, followed by weapon shops, armor shops, repair shops and supermarkets.

In short, this street has everything you need for a pirate voyage.

In order to avoid suspicion and gossip, weapon shops sell cold weapons and relatively backward firearms, and do not sell equipment used by soldiers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Xia Jieren looked around curiously on the street.

From time to time, he was attracted by the conflicts between pirates.

"Boy, you bumped into me just now, right?"

A big man with a face full of flesh and bare chest in the cold weather shouted angrily.

He pulled over a skinny man who ignored him and continued walking.

"So what if it's me." Being suddenly grabbed by someone, the thin man shook off his hand and said coldly.

"Ha~. Boy, you're so arrogant." The big man sneered disdainfully when he saw this thin man who was a head younger than him being so arrogant.

Then, he introduced himself, "I'm Bim from the Hammer Pirates. Our boss is a wanted criminal with a bounty of 12 million."

"Boy, if you don't want to die, kneel down and apologize."

"In that case, I might just let you go if I'm happy."

Bim from the Hammer Pirates said arrogantly.