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Chapter 90 Reef-Eating Sea Otter
Harrison Port is located under the Great Rift Valley, along the Ewok River, on the side of the Bison Mountains, and on the coast of the South China Sea. It is a rare highland in the coastal area. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, the surrounding land is also extremely fertile and suitable for farming. , with all the basic elements of a big city.

The only reason why Harrison Port has not yet developed into a southern metropolis is because of its remoteness—between the port and other big cities in the empire, there are winding and difficult mountain roads, steep and wide rift valleys, and rushing traffic. Great rivers, and jungles full of cannibal natives.

Indeed, the more remote the place, the more lucrative the trade.

All kinds of rare fish catches produced in Harrison Port, various jungle herbs, rock salt and precious minerals from the Byson Mountains are all special products that can be sold at high prices outside.

In addition, fleets from Canaan Moor occasionally come here to sell their own goods... If you want to buy general elf specialties, merchants have to go over the towering Faft Mountains to buy them. It was only smuggled from the checkpoints in the Karan Mountains. This is not only a problem of beheading, but also a problem of being frozen to death by the snowstorm of the Karan Snow Mountain.

In contrast, there is at least one official road that can be walked in the hot and humid mountain jungle of Nanling.

But even with so many advantages, except for those powerful caravans, ordinary small and medium-sized chambers of commerce would not dare to come to Port Harrison.

There are not too many reasons, mainly because of Warcraft.

The farther away from human habitation, deep in the mountains with lush forests, there are more and stronger monsters, and the less afraid of people.

If you don't have enough force to guard against monsters along the way, and run a business casually for profit, you will definitely become the prey of Nanling monsters in the end.

It is remote, there are many monsters, and it is extremely difficult to develop, so there are few people.This is why Port Harrison has until now been a remote port on the frontier.

But, on the other hand, if you have enough strength to hunt monsters, then the southern border is also a good place to go.

Located in the northeast of Harrison Port, there is an inland reef area. When the tide ebbs, a large number of coral reefs will emerge from the water, forming a labyrinth of reefs. If someone strays into it at that time, or intends to catch rare fish in the reefs If it is captured, then it is absolutely impossible for him to leave from it.

Because, in this area called 'Fantasy Labyrinth Reefs', there are more than fifteen different kinds of amphibious and marine monsters. In the colorful coral fortress, there are steep underwater cliffs, cracks and undercurrents, and A dangerous phantom plant called 'Labyrinth Algae'.

Labyrinth algae is a strange symbiotic algae. It does not take root on the seabed, but coexists with a low-level monster called "fortification coral". This kind of coral can build a strong fortress in the sea and build a hostel for it. , provide nutrients.

Labyrinth algae secrete neurotoxins and gather them into sea fog, creating illusions, luring dangerous sea animals that may destroy coral reefs away from the reefs, or letting them fall into traps and become their own nutrients.

In addition, labyrinth algae is also the natural enemy of starfish. Labyrinth algae can insert its leaves into the stomach pouch of starfish to secrete venom, melting and absorbing it from the inside out.

The Nanling people have always kept a respectful distance from the labyrinth reefs, and even protected them. Even though the products here are extremely rich, the core skeleton of the fortification coral is one of the best materials for construction and even weapons, but it is also a large number of fish in the offshore. In the long run, destroying the ecological balance of reefs is not worth the candle.

However, if you only hunt a few monsters occasionally, it can be regarded as part of the natural balance.

Terra 766, December 12th, afternoon.

Three months after the Great Storm in the South.

A flat yellow sand beach interlaced with coastal jungle, behind a thorny bush, a small figure is waiting.

The sea breeze from the sea blows past, and the damp and cold air makes the leaves rustle.

Ian lurks behind the bushes, completely ignoring the dense barbs on the surrounding vegetation leaves and tree trunks. The white-haired boy's seemingly slender white skin has a light layer of blood on it, but the barbs that are enough to pierce the thick skin of a beast are touching. When it reached the boy's skin, it was repelled as if it had touched a rock, and the sharp thorns were slightly bent.

I have to say that the seascape of Nanling is really beautiful. Looking at the seascape in the distance, the wicker-like flowing clouds are floating along the direction of the wind, cutting the blue sky, and at the junction of the sea and the sky, the majestic cloud mountains are suspended above the sea. Reflecting the golden sun.

But the boy does not enjoy the sea view leisurely now, his breathing slows down, his heartbeat also slows down, and his eyes are firmly locked on the dark 'reef-eating sea otters' in the sea near the reefs in the distance.

This group of sea otters who have just returned from foraging are quite lazy, floating lazily on the surface of the water to eat.

Strictly speaking, reef-eating sea otters are not real monsters. Just like there is only one monster fish king in a tidal fish school, only the most powerful sea otters in the group are the real reef-eating sea otters. ', stepped into the realm of Warcraft.

Ian can clearly see that among a group of sea otters about 1.5 meters in length, there are several giant sea otters over two meters in height. They have slippery, tough, fireproof and waterproof dense fur, and their bones are as strong as reefs. , and front teeth strong enough to crush steel.

These monsters, which looked more like bears than sea otters, were floating on the sea at the moment, comfortably crushing the hard shells and eating the shellfish.

As the name suggests, reef-eating sea otters feed on coral reefs in addition to common seafood such as shellfish and sea urchins, because their monsterized bones and core muscles require the reef-core skeleton of fortifying corals, a special metal-based cell and The corresponding material can be shaped.

In order to defeat the coral's guardian labyrinth algae, the reef-eating sea otter also has a strong detoxification ability.

Among them, the most powerful sea otter can even change his skin to a hardness close to that of the fortification coral skeleton in a short period of time. Even chopping with a sword can't break the defense.

And this kind of sublimation ability called "body of pure rock" is Ian's goal this time.

One of his 'potion ingredients'!

"The most powerful reef-eating sea otter is also the leader of the group... Well, it's a bit difficult to deal with. It doesn't have any weaknesses in its body."

Observing the group of sea otters floating on the coast with the prophetic vision, Ian glanced at them and saw large areas of gray-white common sea otters. Only three of them were surrounded by blue light mist, which could be called monsters.

Among these three heads, only one of them is the 'dark blue' that meets his requirements.

Generally speaking, wild monsters will have many hidden injuries on their bodies due to years of fighting.

Even if not, because of unhealthy diet, or the imperfection of natural blood, most of them will have some so-called 'weaknesses'.

And the upgraded 'foreseeing horizon' can help Ian perceive the exact location of those 'weaknesses'.

Since two months ago, after experiencing a long period of weakness, Ian finally stabilized his spiritual energy again.

The essence of the psychic power of the prophetic vision is the gathering of all Ian's desires.

He was eager to understand the brand new world of Terra, so when he heard the place names outside Harrison Port and the great changes that the whole world was about to encounter, because of the expansion of the world view, his spiritual power was stimulated and he arrived at The domain of first-level psykers.

(End of this chapter)