The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 745 Five Floating Islands

Thanks to the high altitude of Yuzhou, although the floodwaters came in a fierce manner, they could not accumulate and cause disaster, and most of the floodwaters flowed to the low-lying areas.

Even so, the water level in Yuzhou rose to the height of the tenth floor.

Despite the severity of the floods, many people still survived.

However, order had collapsed, and many people began to rob and kill for food.

Just like Linjiang City back then.

However, because there were many high mountains in Yuzhou, the clever people moved to higher ground as soon as possible and built shelters.

One after another, people began to salvage useful equipment. The subsequent discovery of the superpower stone and the appearance of the rune bone continuously promoted the advancement of human superpower technology.

There were many survivors in Yuzhou, and many talented people survived. They quickly developed a large number of products that combined supernatural abilities with technology.

This allowed Yuzhou's power to develop rapidly, with various rune technology items constantly appearing, and its overall development speed far exceeding that of the severely affected areas like Jiangnan Province.

As Liang Yuan listened to Zhou Haoran describe the approximate scale of the three forces, his expression gradually became serious.

"These three forces have not only seized all the resources on the waters of Yuzhou, but have now begun to advance towards the floating islands in the sky."

"Everyone is frantically developing spaceships and rapidly exploring outwards, wanting to dominate more floating islands."

Zhou Haoran said, "Some people say that if we occupy all the floating islands in the sky, we can even build a floating continent."

"At that time, even if the land is completely submerged by floods, we humans can still survive and reproduce on these floating continents."

"More importantly, like floating islands, floating islands have clear sovereignty."

"Whoever refines the heart core and brain core of the floating island will be the master of this island."

"Unless the island lord is killed, the floating island will become ownerless."

"Right now, all three major powers are scrambling to seize the initiative. It's not necessarily about building a powerful base on every floating island, but about refining the core and brain core within the floating islands first."

"After bringing it back, hand it over to the company's senior management, and you will receive a huge reward."

Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow: "You mean, after you refined the brain core of this island, you don't plan to keep it for yourself, but instead take it back to the headquarters of Sprout Company and hand it over to your senior management?"

Zhou Haoran smiled bitterly: "Stay? How could I possibly keep him here? My strength is only so-so. I'm fine as the captain of the company's advance team, but it's impossible for me to protect a floating island."

"Only our company's chairman can defend the floating island we have already occupied."

"According to the company's philosophy, the board of directors will take control of all the floating islands it occupies and will promote the formation of a floating continent in the future."

"If I can submit a core sample of the floating island, I will have the opportunity to be promoted to senior management in the company."

Liang Yuan was surprised; these three forces in Yuzhou were quite ambitious.

They even want to unite all the floating islands to build a floating continent.

Liang Yuan asked curiously, "According to you, the flood in your Yuzhou area hasn't completely submerged the buildings, and many people are still alive. What about the government? What about the army? Isn't anyone in charge of controlling the situation?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Haoran said, "Initially, there were indeed officials who came forward to organize the rescue."

"But as the rain intensified and the floods worsened, some street officials and managers took the lead in seizing supplies."

"They claimed to be hoarding supplies and distributing them uniformly, but behind the scenes, some people were embezzling the supplies and using them for themselves."

"At first, although everyone was dissatisfied, as long as there was food to eat, no one dared to resist."

"However, with the emergence of people with superpowers, and with those people going further and further astray, this kind of thing became the fuse."

“Ambitious and audacious superhumans led the charge into the government compound, killing and plundering supplies.”

"Later, various superhumans appeared, along with mutated monsters, and this kind of thing became common."

"The authorities were powerless to stop it, and the entire Yuzhou region fell into a state of anarchy."

"Only powerful superhumans, relying on their superior strength, can gather a group of people and establish a shelter."

"There were many such shelters at the beginning, but as time went on, the shelters fought and merged with each other, and what remained were the increasingly powerful shelters."

"In Yuzhou today, the three most powerful families are those mentioned above."

Zhou Haoran explained the situation in Yuzhou in detail.

Liang Yuan nodded slightly; this development model was roughly what he had expected.

Because the situation in Linjiang City is basically the same.

I also started from scratch in the building, gradually growing stronger, and eventually Yangshan reached its current scale.

However, compared to the three powers in Yuzhou, our development is still too slow.

They've already taken over the entire Yuzhou region, while we're still stuck in Linjiang City.

That's not right either, we've already taken over Baoshan City, which is nearby.

"The level of superpower technology is still too backward."

Liang Yuan sighed inwardly, realizing that what limited his conquests wasn't his own strength, but rather his means of transportation. If he possessed advanced, supernaturally powered ships capable of traversing floods, conquering places like Linjiang and Ji'an would become far easier.

In fact, with Yangshan's current technological level, it is also possible to develop this type of high-tech ship.

But by the time the research was completed, it was too late; the water had frozen over, and the ships couldn't get out at all.

If this had happened during a major flood, a high-tech vessel like this could have quickly gathered refugees from surrounding cities and expanded the shelter.

Of course, there is another important condition that also limits the development of Yangshan.

That's territory!
Unlike Yuzhou, there aren't many mountains on the Linjiang side, and the flood submerged almost all the buildings.

So even though they had high-tech ships and went to surrounding cities to gather a large number of refugees, they still had nowhere to settle them.

In conclusion, the situation varies from place to place, so horizontal comparisons are not possible.

"But things are different now. If we can capture more floating islands, Yangshan's territory will only grow larger and larger."

"Now, Yangshan's scientific research level is also constantly improving, and land and transportation are no longer problems."

"With the number of experts in Yangshan constantly increasing, it's time to consider rapid expansion and occupying more floating islands."

"Otherwise, judging from the development of the three forces in Yuzhou, they would probably have taken all the floating islands in the airspace of Jiangnan Province."

Liang Yuan's thoughts flashed through his mind, then he looked at Zhou Haoran and said, "Tell me about all the floating islands nearby that you know. Also, which floating islands haven't been occupied yet? Which floating islands have already been occupied? And which forces have occupied them?"

Zhou Haoran dared not hide anything; under the influence of the Soul Restraint Talisman, he obeyed Liang Yuan's every word.

He then proceeded to describe in detail the floating islands above Linjiang City.

"There are five floating islands in the airspace above Linjiang City. The smallest of them is Snake Island, which is covered with giant pythons. Its shape is like a coiled giant python, or a conch shell."

"Currently, this island is the only floating island that no one wants to occupy."

Liang Yuan immediately recalled the island they had first seen after entering the air.

It turns out that the floating island was called Snake Island, which is quite fitting.

Why is this island unoccupied?

Zhou Haoran said, "This island has a bad shape and a steep surface, making it unsuitable for survival. In addition, there are too many venomous snakes and python-like mutated beasts, so its development value is very low."

"In addition, the core of the heart and brain on this island has been refined by the mutated giant python on the island, so no one has bothered to occupy this island."

Liang Yuan nodded slightly; this was roughly what he had predicted.

"You just said there were five. Besides our Flying Manta Island and Snake Island, where are the other three?"

"The other three are Divine Tree Island, Hell Island, and Beast Island."

"Hell Island is located in the northwest, about 100 kilometers away from here."

"The Island of Ten Thousand Beasts is in the south, less than two hundred kilometers from here."

“The Divine Tree Island is nearby, less than 30 kilometers away.”

"Hell Island is currently occupied by Kerry Technology Company, while Divine Tree Island and Beast Island are currently unclaimed."

"No owner? What does that mean? Is no one going to claim it?"

Zhou Haoran said, "The cores of the two islands have been refined. We sent people to infiltrate them, but we couldn't find the cores. They must have been refined by the creatures on the islands."

"There are too many mutated beasts on that island, making it difficult to pinpoint exactly which one devoured the heart core and brain core."

"And even if we find them, it will be very difficult to force the brain and heart cores out of the mutated beasts. At most, we can only kill them."

"Currently, Kerry Technology has established a base on the Divine Tree Island and plans to gradually develop the island. However, since they have not obtained the core and brain of the Divine Tree Island, the island cannot yet be considered theirs."

"If you have the idea, you can simply take it."

"The Island of Ten Thousand Beasts is the largest of the five floating islands, and it is full of powerful mutated beasts, including many genetically recombined mutated beasts."

"Some of the mutated beasts have even reached 50% genetic recombination, so our spaceships dare not approach them, and therefore no one dares to develop that island."

Liang Yuan nodded slightly, then asked, "What about Hell Island?"

"The core and brain of Hell Island are in the hands of Kerry Technology Company. That place is a fire-attribute island, covered with terrifying volcanoes and lava, and is not suitable for living."

"However, the island contains a large number of supernatural stones and blood crystals, so the resources are good. Kerry Technology has already built a base and sent 'Great Sage of Insect Source' Wang Tianan to personally oversee it."

"The Great Sage of Insect Origin?" Liang Yuan looked puzzled.

Zhou Haoran explained, "Wang Tianan is a master of gene recombination. His gene recombination progress has reached 40%. Within Kerry Technology Company, he is a high-level executive at the department manager level."

"He is in charge of all of Kerry Technology's floating island development business in Jiangnan Province."

“Even the base on Divine Tree Island was planned and built by him.”

"This person is also our company's biggest competitor here."

(End of this chapter)