Gou is a dark elf in Warhammer

Central Lustria, on the Scorpion Coast north of Zahuitak, one week after the Battle of Zahuitak.

Dacus stood on the Scorpion Coast, the sea breeze with a slightly salty smell blew across his face, making him feel a little warm. His cloak fluttered in the wind, like a shadow in the night, silently wrapping his tall body. He stared at the distant Terencan Island. The mysterious land appeared vaguely in the distance, as if shrouded in a layer of light mist, revealing a bit of mystery and ominousness.

He came out of the crack to investigate, and as a king of ideas, he had a new idea.

Zahuitak is close to the Vast Ocean, but it is not a port city, but a proper inland city. When the ancient saints designed these temple cities, they did not consider the issue of shipping at all, and there was indeed no need for it. In the entire Lustria continent, only Chapeyuto was a proper port city.

This is also the reason why Chapeyuto is located on the spirit vein node. All the temple cities on the continent of Lustria are built on the spirit vein nodes. Stabilizing the spirit vein nodes is the main purpose of building temple cities.

Southeast of Zahuitak is a place called the Vampire Swamp, which is heavily guarded by Lizardmen. If Malekith wants to get his magic shield back, these annoying reptiles must be dealt with, and thus a battle that never happened begins...

In fact, there wasn't. Zhong Ma Ge broke his own Supreme Magic Shield. He had never been to Lustria before coming to Lustria with Daxus, and he had never fought with the Lizardmen. However, the Vampire Mosquito Swamp does exist.

The reason why it is called the Vampire Swamp is because there is a swamp there, of course this is nonsense, in addition to the swamp, there are real vampire mosquitoes there, vampire mosquitoes as big as birds. During the battle of the Brass Desert, the troglodyte that died in the battle was found by Akadan in the Vampire Swamp. He heard from Akadan that the troglodyte living in the Vampire Swamp was like a toad, with a long forked tongue that kept rolling back and forth, and it would kill a vampire mosquito in one bite.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that the swamp is the source of an unknown river, which leads to the Scorpion Coast and flows into the Vast Ocean.

Although Zahuitak is not a port city, it can become a canal city. As we all know, Sky City, Talanxla, Moon City, Talanxlan, Echo City, and Zahuitak are on a parallel line. Perhaps a canal can be built to connect the Amazon River and the Vampire Swamp, connecting these three cities together by water.

Perhaps the Amazon River should be extended further, all the way to the Spine of Sotek, and the water-producing ancient device should be placed there. Talanxla is very close to the Spine of Sotek, so that the stones for rebuilding Talanxla and Zahuitak can be transported continuously through this canal, speeding up the repair of the two cities.

If you want to play on a bigger scale, you can also dig a canal from the Vampire Swamp to the former Vampire Coast. However, the Vampire Coast has become a thing of the past since the soul of the white-haired Harkon returned to the sea, and it is now the Huta Coast.

This canal will connect Ghost City, Tarax, Rebirth City, and Huta. It will play an important role in the transportation of materials, daily traffic, and troop dispatch. When everything stabilizes, it can also become a port connecting to Ulthuan. By then, not only these five temple cities, but also the City of Disguise, Horroto, Fish Scale City, and Juitex located in the upper reaches of the Amazon River will benefit.

In this way, the seven temple cities will be closely connected through the canal and become the core of the central part of Lustria. Although Zahuitak, located in the center of these seven cities, cannot become a populous city like the neighboring Talaxlan, it will become the hub of these seven temples, and will be radiant and extremely important.

Huta will also become important, and this inland city not far from the sea will also become a port city. Fleets from Chapeiuto will reach Huta after passing through the Serpent Islands, and a steady stream of supplies will be injected into Huta and Tarax cities through here.

Since it has been decided to build a canal, it is entirely possible to connect Zahuitak with Horroto. In this way, the elven fleet can depart from Ulthuan, arrive at Zahuitak, sail into the canal, and reach Horroto through the canal. When the fleet arrives at Horroto, it has actually reached the Far Sea.

The Zhiyuan Sea is the Pacific Ocean of this world, and on the other side of the Pacific Ocean is Zhendan...

Geography often determines everything. After the King's Reign, Naggaroth was destined to be abandoned, and it would become a barren land and a paradise for greenskins. There was no need to build a canal similar to the Panama Canal across the Isthmus of Lustria. This canal connecting the seven temple cities would replace the Panama Canal.

And Huoluotu will also become a port city, a port city located in the Zhiyuan Sea, providing supplies for ships entering and leaving the Zhiyuan Sea, etc.

If you want to play bigger, you can reopen the estuary of the Quiveza River. The Starlight City and Asroto on the river can be used as a port city, connecting the First City and Itaza with the Destiny City and Asroto. Extend the Amazon River all the way to Ashiriel. Build a canal connecting the Golden City and Chakua with the Mist City and Slanwupek.

In this way, the six temple cities in the south of Lustria will be connected together. Although not as tightly connected as the seven temples in the middle, it is better to have it than not. With this canal, no... it cannot be called a canal, it is more like a water network. With this water network, ships departing from Asheril can go directly to Itaza, or even to the middle.

Just like the water network that Rick led from Shadleheim, across Wobergland, and finally to Nuln.

In addition, the reason why they are called six cities is because Sabatuna, located between Ashoto and Okoos, has not yet been discovered. If Sabatuna is discovered and proves its value, then...

Perhaps a canal could be built from Huta to Slanwupek, or perhaps an unknown river in the Vampire Swamp could be extended all the way to Slanwupek.

The value and function of canals and water networks are there, there is nothing much to discuss. As for other things, such as building railways... emmm.

It is known that these Temple-Cities located throughout Lustria are usually connected, with some groups of Skinks constantly traveling through jungles, across rivers, across mountains and plains. As they walk they feel a force that drives them across the land, connecting each Temple-City they encounter.

The key point here is to encounter, that is, to light up. First of all, the Skin Lizard must have been there and know where the city is, so that it can automatically navigate and not deviate from the road. This requires the old to lead the new, and usually they act as a group. It is a bit too difficult for a Skin Lizard born in Hesiota to cross the continent of Lustria and reach the southern Oxo alone.

Skinks travel for various reasons, such as to seek out supplies or to attend unique festivals and celebrations at a particular Temple-City, and are interdependent for resources, military assistance, and information. Even with the telepathic powers of the Slann Mage-Priests, Skink Messengers are needed to carry messages between settlements.

Who told the Slann Demon Priests not to take care of things normally, and let the Skin Lizard Priests take care of things? Skin Lizard Priests don't have telepathy, which means they need to transmit information.

Most Skink Messengers deliver messages on foot, but if the situation requires it they will ride on pterosaurs and soar over the rainforest, greatly shortening the journey.

There are roads on the continent of Lustria. Before the great invasion, the Lizardmen built long, straight roads along the spirit vein network, with symmetrical statues at intervals on both sides and paved with bricks and stones commonly found in temple cities.

Now, only a small part of them are still in use, but they are also intermittent and not systematic at all. Roads without a system are worthless. Daxus occasionally saw these roads when he first crossed the continent of Lustria. He saw them but did not walk on them because these short roads were not worth walking on. In addition to the occasional roads, there are more lonely bridge piers standing on the river, lonely, towering bridge piers. More roads disappeared in the rain forest over time, were submerged by rivers, disappeared due to collapse, or disappeared in newly appeared canyons.

In addition to these visible things, underground caves and tunnel networks are spread all over the continent of Lustria, but the Lizardmen usually do not use these underground means of communication. For the Lizardmen, this is more dangerous than crossing the rainforest. There are things underground, things suppressed by the ancient saints, and when you are lucky before, you will encounter a sudden pop-up Duruchi.

It is not realistic to build a road. The area of ​​Lustria is there. Building a road requires manpower, time and cost. This can only be done during the heyday of the Lizardmen, that is, before the great invasion. After all, the road needs to be maintained and maintained after it is built.

Building railways...

Build a highway... Actually, there are highways in Lustria, but they are not called highways. A section of the Sky Road stands high in the jungle in southern Lustria. The huge brick and stone road is suspended on towering pillars, like a highway appearing above the tree canopy.

At one point before the Great Invasion, the Lizardmen connected Okos with Chapeyuto and extended it to the Korchen Plain. This was one of the greatest architectural achievements of the Lizardmen. The Lizardmen armies traveled along this road, a passage connecting ley lines. Magic flickered and illuminated the way forward. In the past, the energy flowing through the road allowed it to cross distances far greater than its physical size would allow.

Occasionally, Slann Mage Priests will perform awakening rituals to direct energy into roads that can reach any key node in the leyline network of the continent of Lustria.

But that was all in the past. Now, most of the Sky Road has collapsed, and only a small part can be used. Moreover, when the Sky Road is used in the awakening ritual, it will be further weakened and collapsed.

Daxus had previously planned to reopen the Sky Road and connect Okos with Aishriel and Chapeyuto to use as a strategic passage for rapid movement during war. When necessary, the Duruchi soldiers could use the Sky Road to quickly enter the Lustria Jungle to support the Lizardmen, or the Lizardmen could use the Sky Road to go south to support the Kaochen Plains.

But... he thought too much. When to do it, Duruchi and the Lizardmen don't have the manpower and material resources to restart the Sky Road. If you use the awakening ceremony to march... it's not like taking off your pants to fart, it's still useful. When the spirit vein node is unstable, it's too dangerous to teleport through the Ancient Saint's Path. At this time, you have to use the Sky Road. The problem is...

Building a canal is the best solution at present. It does not require manpower or material resources. There is no construction period and no opening ceremony. All that is needed is great power. This great power refers to Master Ma's eyes shining and he raised his chubby little hands.

Bang! Soon, the canal appeared, and then they just poured water into it. There was no need to even explore it. There was no need to even think about natural barriers like Yanhuidui. They had no room or value to exist.

Of course, there are still some other problems. Between the three temple cities of Huta, Slanwupek and Astroro is a plateau tropical rainforest, which is extremely difficult to cross. This is also the reason why White-haired Haken did not attack Slanwupek after occupying the Vampire Coast.

Perhaps we should build another canal connecting these three temple cities, so that the south-central temple city of Slanwupek can be connected to the south-central part of the Lustria continent, making Slanwupek more important and more central. In fact, the terrain problem is easy to solve. If the road is blocked, there is still an underground route. The plateau section can be taken underground.

In addition to the plateau terrain between the three temple cities, there are also some technical problems that need to be solved on the Amazon River in the west. The Amazon River, which almost runs across the central part of Rusky, is composed of several rivers converging together, and there is a problem of terrain height differences.

There is a cliff with a height difference of nearly 70 meters, which is the largest waterfall in the world. However, this is a technical problem that can be solved by great force, just take more detours. Dacus believes that these problems are not a big deal for the great mathematician Master Ma.

There was no shortage of wood, the last thing the rain forest lacked was wood. Boats were no problem either, the Skinks were creative, but the Lizardmen had no boats, so the Skinks used their creativity to create rafts... the kind that could pull heavy objects and stone.

Moreover, Skinks row boats not by oars, nor by waves, but by pushing...

There were no oars, no paddles, and no sails. When needed on the canal, the Skinks would lead the Monitors off the raft and push it through the water.

When on rivers, the Skinks use Pliers, large aquatic reptiles trained to act as ferries or tugboats. Each Plier is steered by a Skink Pilot, who is protected by the Old Ones Ich and Zonki.

In response to this, Daquus prepared some small optimizations and added some elven elements. He planned to send some shipbuilders from Clarkarond to guide the skinks to build that kind of large flat-bottomed canal boats, and send some sailors to teach the skinks to use the elves' unique oblique sails.

For a canal boat to sail on the canal, it relies on both favorable winds and favorable currents.

There is no need to worry when the wind and the water are going smoothly. The skin lizard operates the sail and the monitor lizard operates the paddle. Paddle is more convenient than oars at this time and has a high cost-effectiveness. One or more monitor lizards can operate the paddle according to the needs of the boat. As for the paddle... it is a bit difficult for the skin lizard.

It would be a bit troublesome when there is no wind and the current is against the current. Daxus needs to count the pliosaurs currently on the continent of Lustria and use them in key positions to let the pliosaurs act as tugboats. If that doesn't work, he will have to rely on oars, tow ropes and piles, or let skin lizards and giant lizards go into the water to push.

This will do for now. Except for some problems with the transport of stones, the canal boats can temporarily meet all current needs. We will later upgrade to larger all-steel flat-bottomed boats and steam engines.

For Dacus, what he needs to determine now is the role of Zahuitak in the future, determine the functions of the city, and provide guidance for the reconstruction work that is about to begin. The rest has nothing to do with him. How big the port should be built, how to build the canal, and how much capacity the canal boats should have will be decided after the meeting. His role is to act as the chief designer and draw a circle.

"Zongqi Road, what do you think of Zongqi Road?" He lowered his head and looked around the beach. Not seeing the gravel he needed, he was a little disappointed. Then he looked at Ryan, who was standing aside in a trance, and asked.

"Sir, what?"

"Nothing. When you travel on the canal, Zongqi will guide you on His way." Dacus shook his head and played a joke that was not really a joke. It should have been called a river, but he named it a road. Then he said, "Now, if you want, tell me." (End of this chapter)