Chapter 3420: Setting a Trap

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At a rough glance, for humans, Beilunuo looks more like a somewhat chaotic primitive settlement, but upon closer inspection, one can glimpse order and a unique aesthetic design suited to the aquatic environment.

This is a three-dimensional city composed of coral and shells; although it is completely different from the surface in terms of specific architecture, one can still see similarities to the surface.

That is the legacy of the civilization from the prosperous period of the ancient Elves; among the Elven Nations on the surface, the two Gold Elf nations of Yierlan and Siluwende have preserved it the most completely.

Originally, Wuweilun in the Listar Forest also had it preserved, and although it differed somewhat from the Gold Elf kingdoms, it still represented the prosperous civilization of the past.

It is just a pity that Wuweilun was suddenly destroyed, and the later Keman did not inherit much; it has developed into a brand-new civilization scene distinct from the past, though of course, this does not prevent them from claiming to inherit the glory of ancient civilization.

Sea Elves went into the sea in ancient times, and even if they have developed into such a down-and-out state now, it is certain that they have been passed down from ancient times.

This is just like in Xia Duo's hometown, where the existence of every person is enough to prove that they have been passed down from ancient times.

And the initial Sea Elves should be considered products of the peak period of the Elves; their architectural style after entering the sea should also have shadows of that period, only the aquatic environment must be different from the land.

In terms of building materials and specific construction methods, it has long become unrecognizable compared to the land; only those familiar with the history of Elven civilization can see the legacy of the past civilization within it.

And in the entire city, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly a "lighting rod" in the center of the city; of course, this is Xia Duo's naming.

In Beilunuo, that "lighting rod" is called the 【Guangyao Tower】, and its brightness gradually decreases from top to bottom; one can imagine that the city structure of Beilunuo is actually centered around and distributed around the Guangyao Tower.

However, because the Guangyao Tower is brighter at the top and darker at the bottom, the city buildings below are denser and closer to the Guangyao Tower, while the city buildings above are more scattered and further away from the Guangyao Tower.

Looking at it from afar, it is like a huge pillar of light standing straight in a bowl.

It must be said that a unique environment creates a unique city structure; such a structure is hard to imagine on land, unless it were in space without gravity, perhaps then a similar structure could appear.

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Under Xia Duo's deliberate request, Jiliu delayed for several minutes before sailing into an airport located on the upper edge of this "giant bowl" of Beilunuo.

It is called an airport, but it is just a city designation; in Xia Duo's view, the infrastructure here is not even as good as an ordinary fishing boat dock on land.

After all, Sea Elves do not need Magic Ships; this place is mainly a docking point specially set up for the coming and going of land relatives. Sea Elves travel in the sea, using a kind of tamed whale for short distances.

For long distances, they use a trident-like Magic Artifact for water travel, manipulating the power of the tides to move forward without the need for additional transportation.

This further proves that the so-called airport of Beilunuo is just an empty shell; if there were no coming and going of land relatives, such a facility might not exist at all.

From the moment one leaves the airport, or more strictly speaking, from the moment one sees the appearance of the Guangyao Tower from afar, one is already within the Water Elemental Domain of Beilunuo; this kind of Water Elemental Domain Barrier is actually a special Mythallar.

It is larger and more complex than the Water Elemental Domain previously used by the Illuminati at the Time Signal Source, and it is centered on a power that Xia Duo had never come into contact with before; perhaps it is what the Sea Elves call the "power of the tides."

But after coming into contact with it, he felt it was easier to crack than the Mythallar on land.

The so-called "gains and losses," specializing in one path, will likely have shortcomings in other aspects, and judging by the development status of Beilunuo, it is not enough to make up for the shortcomings in all aspects.

They might not even be able to reproduce this Water Elemental Domain before them now.

However, Xia Duo did not look down on the Sea Elves because of this; to be honest, a new race transformed halfway that has been able to live from ancient times to the present and gradually adapt to a new environment is still very worthy of affirmation and respect.

Now it is just that they have developed slightly worse, but they are also moving in the right direction; compared to their land relatives who do not seek progress, at least before the establishment of the Northland Alliance, Xia Duo believes that the land Elves are far inferior to the Sea Elves.

As long as the Sea Elves are provided with the complete general Arcane Magic with a Water Elemental tendency, this group of Sea Elves who have survived from ancient times may not be unable to achieve a corner-overtaking of their land relatives.

At least in terms of popularizing Magic among the whole population, no Elven nation on land is as good as Beilunuo, and even Daxia Territory is far inferior; after all, the current Daxia Territory has not been able to achieve a near 100% ratio of Mages among its subjects.

And Beilunuo, a small city-state located in the deep sea with a total population of only a few hundred thousand, has already achieved the goal that Xia Duo hoped for but has not yet been able to achieve.

Actually, looking at the number of low-to-mid-level Spellcasters, Beilunuo is even comparable to the entire Northland Alliance; the only thing lacking is high-level Mages, with only six on the surface, and it is unlikely that many are hidden.

Perhaps it is because the old Magic system is unsuitable or the new Magic system is not perfect; as long as this shortcoming is made up, it can almost immediately become a powerful nation in the Northland.

This is actually the best learning template for a small country like Aifuruisi to overtake in a corner, but it is a pity that even Aifuruisi, which is desperately eager for progress, cannot fully make up its mind to completely popularize Magic in the country.

Like Aifuruisi, with a population of millions, although it is far inferior to large countries with tens of millions of people like Yierlan and Yierfalan, it is still much stronger than Beilunuo's hundreds of thousands.

Through the actual usage data of the Computing Power Pool and rough statistics from the past, it is known that the fifteen countries of the Northland Alliance have a total population of over 100 million, but the actual number of Official Mages is only a few hundred thousand.

Specifically, it should be around 500,000; the total number of current users of the Computing Power Pool has just approached 300,000, but the growth rate has become extremely slow.

Even without the matter of the Illuminati, it is estimated that it will take several months or even years to truly reach the limit.

And now, Beilunuo alone has hundreds of thousands of Spellcasters; although this includes Apprentices below the level of Official Mage, at least on the surface, there are indeed so many.

As long as Beilunuo can be made to join the Northland Alliance, it can almost immediately bring a big wave of growth to the Computing Power Pool, whose number of users is approaching a bottleneck.

Besides this, what Xia Duo cares more about is the catfish effect brought to the countries of the Northland by a country like Beilunuo that popularizes Magic among the whole population.

In this way, when popularizing Magic in Daxia Territory and even the entire Netheril in the future, it will not have to bear too much external pressure; Beilunuo can also help share a part!

And popularizing Magic can truly improve comprehensive national strength in a short period of time; as long as there are more countries following suit, then popularizing Magic within the entire Northland will no longer be an obstacle.