Otherworld Girl Development Guide

"Tio, bell... I'll tell you a story. I'll tell you the story, and you can listen to it."

Stare! A hint of curiosity flickered in his amber eyes as he stared at Zhou Mingrui's retreating figure.

"The story goes something like this: XXXX years ago, it was recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas..."

Chapter 5 Red-Eyed Rabbit

The Rebonian Empire.

Geographically located in the southwest of the continent, bordering the Gnavardo Ocean to the west, the terrain is high in the northeast and low in the southwest.

The northwest has a temperate maritime climate, the southwest has a temperate monsoon climate, and the east has a temperate continental climate. The country is very rich in mineral resources.

Its industry is highly developed, with both military and civilian industrial technologies holding world-leading positions.

China's communication technology is among the world's leading technologies, and its economy, culture, education, agriculture, and other fields are also among the world's leading.

As the most powerful nation on the continent, the Empire's reach has extended to every corner of the continent, and it is also paying close attention to the development situation within the Kingdom of Bel.

The Kingdom of Bel is located right next to the Rebonia Empire and is the country with the most advanced orbal technology on the continent, while the Krobel Autonomous State is the main production area of ​​Radiant Crystal Ore.

The empire has always wanted to swallow these two places whole.

"Prime Minister, this is the latest intelligence from the Kingdom of Bel..."

Osborne, who had served as the Iron Chancellor, took the intelligence handed to him by his subordinate, and narrowed his eyes slightly after reading it.

After leasing land from the Kingdom of Bel, the influence of the Abyss Sea has extended its reach in two directions: one towards the industrial hub of the Kingdom of Bel, and the other towards the direction of Crobel... Now the road is even being built to the doorstep of the Crobel Autonomous State!

The Iron Chancellor understood the significance of the "path" all too well. It could be said that the Abyss Sea forces were present in both directions the Empire wanted to advance in the future.

What was originally just a game of three kingdoms and one state has now been transformed into a fourth force. It is foreseeable that the entire situation will be beyond the control of all parties in the future. Queen Estée has made a brilliant move. That cunning old woman.

“These people from Shangqiu have very long reach.”

The potential conflict between the Empire and the Abyss Sea is currently hidden beneath the sea surface. If the Empire takes any action against the Kingdom of Bel and Krobel, the forces of the Abyss Sea will definitely take countermeasures.

The Republic of Calva, standing nearby, wouldn't stand idly by either, and the mayor of Kloper had always wanted to achieve true "independence" for Kloper... It's a delicate matter that affects everything.

"Prime Minister, should we take action?"

Faced with his subordinate's suggestion, the Iron Chancellor remained noncommittal, instead asking, "What about the Republic of Calva?"

"They are still observing the situation."

Observing the situation? More like observing the Empire's actions before making a move! Iron Chancellor Osborne scoffed, somewhat disdainful of the Karva Republic's actions.

"I would suggest that Your Majesty send a 'trade commissioner' to make contact with the people of Shangqiu, and then make a decision based on the outcome of the negotiations."

To immediately escalate potential conflicts and then send troops to attack... that's something only a fool would do. It's better to make contact and exchange opinions first.

"Your will!"

The iron-fisted prime minister looked out the window, lost in thought.

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The Abyss Sea.

Time: 1200.

XXX°XXX′ North latitude, XXX°XXX′ East longitude

Four Type 056L corvettes are escorting several special vessels.

The Type 056L towed sonar monitors any unusual sounds underwater.

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Upon detecting the anomaly, the two Type 056L corvettes quickly left the formation, and their anti-submarine rockets were launched towards the area where the fish-men were spotted.

The target area immediately erupted into chaos, the turquoise seawater turned green, and countless fish-men's corpses and severed limbs floated to the surface.

To ensure its complete annihilation, another round of firepower was unleashed using the effective and inexpensive hedgehog bombs.

After the explosion subsided, the sonar officer listened for a moment and the seabed returned to calm. There might still be some fish that had escaped, but they no longer posed any threat.

After confirming that the fish had been blown up, the Type 056L rejoined the escort formation.

These special vessels are part of an underwater oil drilling team consisting of a semi-submersible vessel.

A semi-submersible vessel, also known as a semi-submersible mother ship, submerges its cargo deck by adjusting its ballast water. This allows specific cargo to be transported from a designated location onto the cargo deck and then delivered to the designated location, such as an offshore drilling platform.

This semi-submersible vessel was launched from the Xirang base and carries the maritime armed (Zhongzhu) drilling platform manufactured in Shangqiu.

Armed drilling platforms are platforms tailor-made for the deep sea, equipped with Hedgehog munition launchers, anti-submarine rocket launchers, and anti-submarine helicopter platforms.

The platform is fitted with anti-climbing barbs and anti-fishman directional remote-controlled mines with "this side facing the enemy" markings.

In addition, there is a special safe house inside the drilling platform to ensure that the personnel inside have enough supplies for half a month after the drilling platform is breached by the "fishmen" while they wait for the navy to rescue them.

After the semi-submersible vessel carrying the armed drilling platform arrived at the designated sea area, it began unloading its cargo.

The reason for choosing a bottom-mounted drilling platform is that it has a relatively simple structure, requires less investment, has a shorter construction period, and the drilling location is near the sea, with a relatively flat seabed topography and a bed of rock, which provides good load-bearing capacity, making it very suitable for this type of platform.

After unloading the armed, bottom-mounted drilling platform, the semi-submersible vessel sailed away to the side.

The unloaded drilling platform is now being secured... blah blah blah.

After the operation was completed, the first thing to do was not to drill, but to deploy an underwater sonar array in the nearby sea area to ensure the safety of the surrounding waters.

After deployment was completed, a large group of rabbits dressed in CNOOC work clothes began preparing for seabed drilling.

The drill bit, along with the underwater wellhead equipment, sank to the seabed, and the drill bit continued drilling towards the seabed... (Ten thousand words omitted here!)

As the black oil gushed out, the eyes of the surrounding rabbits slowly turned red!

They found oil, and they even drilled into it; the reserves are huge!

Fishmen? They're nothing compared to oil. If they're rude, then let's give them some respect!

"Quick! Quick! Send this good news back!"

Inside the Xirang Command Center, soldiers on duty are on alert for any disturbance in the abyss.

The Y-8 modified anti-submarine aircraft patrolled along a specific route. Upon spotting a school of fish, it did not hesitate to drop "soon-to-expire" munitions. A few days ago, it also cleared out a large number of "hedgehog grenades" made from wooden-handled grenades that were about to expire.

beep!

The moment the command center's notification tone sounded, the operator immediately picked up the phone: "This is the Xirang Command Center..."

"Commander-in-chief, we've struck oil!"

The message was sent to Shangqiu in less than ten minutes.

All the rabbit leaders had smiles on their faces and looked refreshed, but their smiles were almost stretched to the back of their heads.

Oil is so sweet!

Chapter 6 Old Friends

Shangqiu State Guesthouse.

The top officials of Shangqiu are meeting with Queen Estée in the reception room.

According to the principle of diplomatic reciprocity, Queen Estée should have met directly with the high-ranking official. Unfortunately, the official's position was too sensitive, so the meeting was instead conducted with another official in a Zhongshan suit. We sincerely apologize for this.

"Thank you very much, Her Majesty Queen Estée, for accepting the invitation to visit Shangqiu."

"This trip has broadened my horizons. Although the Kingdom of Bell is renowned throughout the continent for its science of orbalism, riding the high-speed rail in Shangqiu has made me deeply aware of our shortcomings."

Queen Estée and the bigwigs had a cordial and friendly meeting, speaking freely and openly.

Queen Estée affirmed Shangqiu's rapid development and looked forward to enhancing bilateral relations, expressing her hope that both sides could work together to increase mutual understanding.

The leader affirmed Queen Estelle's idea, stating that industrialization of the Bel Kingdom was in Shangqiu's interest, and proposed signing a cooperation agreement and a bilateral currency agreement between Shangqiu and Rice, fully opening up cooperation projects, and forming an economic corridor between Shangqiu and the Bel Kingdom based on the "Rice-Shangqiu Line".

They also exchanged in-depth views and conducted strategic communication on further promoting relations between Shangqiu and the Kingdom of Bel, as well as on the continental and Krobel issues of common concern.

In short, Queen Estée hopes to learn from Shangqiu's development model and its approach to modernization and industrialization.

He twitched his ears: Okay, no problem, but don't just stick to this little bit of cooperation, it's not enough!

Princess Corliss was still somewhat unaccustomed to the two becoming the Riddler, after all, this Riddler was a headache even for the experienced Batman, let alone him.

Corliss looked up at the diplomatic team from Shangqiu and found that they were all middle-aged and elderly people. She didn't see Zhou Mingrui among them, so it seemed that her friend wasn't here.

Thinking of this, Corliss became a little troubled. The AR glasses he gave her seemed to be broken. It was all Dr. Albert Lasse's fault for saying he wanted to study them, but they broke as soon as he took them apart. She wondered if they could be repaired in Shangqiu.

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"Huh? Why are you in such a hurry? Are you rushing to be reincarnated?"

Inside the Star Ring Research Institute, Zhou Mingrui grabbed a Dou Zong powerhouse, sensing that the other party's mind was not on him, the boss.

"It's the boss! When did you arrive? We can talk about it later. I heard that we're going to conduct an extreme test of the variable cycle duck engine today. If it passes, it will be finalized. This is a big deal!"

After saying that, the Dou Zong expert rushed forward. Zhou Mingrui struggled to grab him, then clicked his tongue and said, "Tsk... So, my boss is just a wallet? Any good news lately?"

Zhou Mingrui had a feeling that something was off about the atmosphere at the Star Ring Research Institute. He could tell just by looking at the project they had taken on yesterday... a directional acoustic weapon—a high-power underwater acoustic generator.

The kind of thing that can boil seawater... That very night, the Dou Zong powerhouse created an academic garbage: "Can Fishmen Understand Electronic Music?"

"Boss, you didn't know? Are you too busy taking care of the kids..." Seeing that Zhou Mingrui wouldn't let go of him, the Dou Zong expert had no choice but to explain helplessly, "...Oil has been produced on the other side of the Abyss Sea! The stone of oil, the oil of oil!"

"Oil has been found?! I told you..."

If the rabbit previously considered the fish-men of the Abyss Sea to be "cute" native creatures, ignoring them unless they jumped right in front of it to show off...

We are now preparing to carry out a planned expulsion from their territorial waters and drive them to the underworld.

Oil-bearing shallow seas have become a "carrot" for rabbits; whoever dares to touch this treasure trove will be stabbed to death with the carrot.

"Boss, is there anything else?"

"That's it." The Dou Zong powerhouse, who had wanted to go and watch the variable-cycle duck-chasing engine that had undergone numerous improvements and was about to be finalized, let go of his thoughts.

"I'll get back to work now. Don't forget to ask your sister-in-law to introduce me to someone!"

After watching the Dou Zong expert leave, Zhou Mingrui turned and walked towards the 630 Project Research Institute. He was going to pick up his two kittens from home.

Recently, they have been coming to Versailles every now and then to learn from the bigwigs. Of course, the bigwigs can't teach them step by step. They mainly let them learn on their own and then explain some knowledge that is "heavenly book" to ordinary people.