What did you do with the dice?

Although she felt that this arrangement was foolproof, Weil always felt a little uneasy. After she went back, she kept thinking, if she were Rusalka, apart from finding a way to pass through the barrier or Qiao Zhuang finding a way to sneak through the entrance, what other ways would she have to get in?

No, either they would try to create chaos and take advantage of the opportunity to get in, but if they did that they would definitely be discovered.

It happened to be Visha's 160th birthday party recently, and Nohat took the opportunity to issue a martial law order. The City Defense Department would not let any suspicious person enter without reporting it.

"Never mind. Perhaps I'm overthinking it. Even if it's the Messenger of the End, even if he has the ability to cast a spell to teleport in, His Majesty has absolute control over the movements of the barrier. He has also specially sent a large number of patrols to monitor the area to see if there are any suspicious people casting spells. Even if he teleports in, he'll definitely be discovered. Is it possible that he can break the rules of the spell?"

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The two mermaids, dressed in the clothes of nouveau riche, swaggered on the street amid the curious and fearful gazes of a group of sea creatures on the roadside who were dressed simply and wearing clothes made of seaweed and shells.

No one dared to step forward to question them. Just meeting their gazes required a lot of courage - mainly because the giant sword behind Rusalka, which was of similar specifications to the giant shark warrior's, was so majestic.

Before setting off, Sanita told him that the infiltration was not urgent, the guided bomber could wait, and concealment was the most important thing.

Going through the main door openly, that's quite discreet.

He also gave Rusalka a small bag filled with shells and told him that it contained the trading currency of the sea people. You can go to the living area to take a look. If the other party imposes martial law at the right time and you are at risk of being exposed, you can find a place to stay for a day or two to avoid the limelight.

Rusalka: (We're going to find a place for Vishas and I to stay for two days alone? No, brother, this won't work! You're tempting me to commit a crime!)

Sanita: (Have you never booked two rooms in your life?)

This shell money is not a currency made of shells, but a round currency cast by the sea people after grinding special shells into powder. The pink one is 100 yuan, the yellow one is 10 yuan, and the white one is 1 yuan.

There are also crystal coins with a face value of 2000, but crystal coins are made of magic crystals and are worth 2000 in themselves, so they are not widely circulated in the market.

This special shellfish can only be cultivated by high-ranking mermaids. The feeding material is the magic crystal powder left over from making crystal coins. Therefore, the quantity is not particularly large, and it can be regarded as a "hard currency" equivalent to gold in the sea.

However, according to Sani Tieta, since the craftsmanship of shell money does not require high standards and only requires raw materials, it can be imitated as long as similar substitutes and molds are found.

Coincidentally, there are few intelligent races in the sea, but the creatures are varied and diverse. The shellfish used to cast shell coins is called "fortune shell", and another kind of "golden stone shell" is ground into powder, added with certain blending materials and stirred evenly, then stored in a sealed tank for a month. After taking it out, it becomes the same as the fortune shell powder.

The sea people themselves would not do these things, because there are basically very few blacksmiths in the sea people, and the cost of training a blacksmith is high. If you have become a blacksmith, why would you risk losing your head to make counterfeit coins? Isn't it the same as working for the nobles?

Only alchemists on the human side could come up with such unorthodox methods. What's more interesting is that the forging process that is difficult for the sea creatures can be done by humans on land with just hands, right?

It’s just that due to the limitations of territorial waters, humans don’t have a suitable place to cultivate this kind of shellfish in large quantities.

Therefore, some sea creatures secretly cultivated substitute shells and then sold them to humans on the shore. Humans took the shells, processed them into counterfeit coins, and resold them back into the sea. This back and forth led to the prevalence of "counterfeit coins" among the sea creatures, artificially promoting inflation. The "Golden Stone Shell" was included in the list of prohibited breeding, and the sentence for being discovered was more serious than smuggling.

However, unable to withstand the huge profits from printing money, some sea creatures in remote small settlements far away from the jurisdiction of the kingdom's cities still secretly raise golden shells and trade with human black market traders.

Rusalka: (So is the cowrie shell in my hand real or fake?)

Sani Iron Tower: (I don't know. Only professional alchemical material appraisers can identify this kind of thing here. If you don't buy from such people, then it's guaranteed to be authentic. And most of the time, the reason it's detected isn't because the counterfeit is fake, but because it's too well-made. It's obvious at a glance that it's the work of a high-level human craftsman or a dwarf's quenching process. It's the craftsman's over-eager pursuit of perfection that gives it away.)

The fake currency is more real than the real one. The human craftsmanship is really amazing.

Rusalka took out one of the pink coins to see its purchasing power and found that it could buy a whole table of seafood for Vishas who was sitting in a restaurant for dinner.

It’s a pity that when eating in the sea, at most the animals are killed and eaten raw, and there is no such thing as cooked food. Rusalka is not used to it and can only eat it with a pinch of her nose.

After tasting it carefully, I feel that it tastes really good. Although it is not as good as human delicacies, it is very fresh and even has flavor.

Weishas introduced it to Rusalka: "This is Rosa fish belly with secret redstone powder and wrapped in fresh seaweed. I love it."

Rusalka ate it as a sea rice ball anyway. Combined with the naturally salty taste of the seawater in this world, which wasn't astringent, it was quite alright. "Indeed."

"And this white ginseng dipped in sea salt."

Rusalka looked at the thing that was still twisting back and forth in his hand. His skill did not make him feel nauseous or uncomfortable, so he closed his eyes and took a bite calmly. It was subtle.

Although there was absolutely no problem with the taste, it was a little hard to accept psychologically. Even with the skills, he was not used to eating live animals.

Alas, I didn’t expect that being a mermaid is not that easy. It would be great if I could eat grilled fish in the sea.

Sanita: (You either need to live near an underwater volcano, where you can draw some fire elements, or you can only store up fire elements in your body when you are on land, and then use them to make fire and cook in the sea.)

Rusalka: (Can you start a fire in water?)

Sani Tieta: (Yes, it's not Earth. The water in this world is just a collection of water elements, not a chemical substance. Water and fire are naturally compatible, but they are mutually exclusive elements. Under normal conditions, it's difficult to accommodate the same concentration of fire element particles that can generate flames and water element particles that can generate water in the same space. That's why you see the phenomenon of "water extinguishing fire." In fact, you can also extinguish water with fire in reverse.)

Rusalka: (It’s amazing.)

He ate the remaining half of the soft white cylinder, glanced at the [Long Rest Conditions Met] prompt in the lower right corner, and told Weishas that he didn't want to eat anymore.

Sanitieta: (This is discussed in Chapter 3 of "Basic Elements Theory," so I've always recommended that you read more. Even if you're not a mage, since you're here, you really should learn some common sense.)

Rusalka: (Next time, definitely. Next time, definitely.)

Chapter 399: Prosperous Sea Country

Alas, I originally thought that when I came to the bottom of the sea and picked a restaurant run by the crab family, I would be able to eat the secret hamburgers, but I didn’t get to eat them. Rushaka felt very disappointed.

Humans are still better. Sneedi was given the Pearl Tear Territory when she was born, Esterlen deducted 1 to build the Twin Towers, cats are very catty, the elves conspire in the palace every day, and the dwarves have no idea about such people. Maybe it's because their vision is too high that they didn't see it. Anyway, everyone cooperated very well. Why is it that when they came to the sea, except for the name of the Kingdom of Elegy, no one cooperated?

Rusalka didn't want to eat anymore, so Vishas didn't hesitate to order a lot of things that she had wanted to eat for a long time and started to feast on them.

Rusalka now found a new reason why the Pearl Tears Lament were so good at fighting: because they ate enough.

Regardless of the shape of the food she ate, Weishas looked very happy. As she ate, she said to Rusalka, "I used to eat the same food the sharks gave me every day. It was always fixed. I really wanted to eat at a small restaurant like this one, but my uncle never allowed it."

The boss nearby was immediately relieved after hearing this. No wonder these two mermaids came to his small restaurant to eat, causing everyone to be afraid to come in. They thought they had offended some big shot, but it turned out that they were just a little princess who ran away from home secretly.

The merman was probably her fiancé or something, no wonder he looked like a very capable fighter. He even broke the corner of his own table when he passed by it with a greatsword on his back. The crab boss just pretended not to see it - one pink coin was the result of him secretly raising the price for these two people, so the compensation could be included in it.

It was just that Vishas didn't seem to have the habit of paying, or maybe she had never paid for a meal at sea in her life and didn't know about this step. So before leaving, Rusalka paid out a pink shell coin and said no need for change. Looking at the boss's eyes, which were already as small as beans and almost squinted to the point of being blind, she felt that it was so cool to use this fake currency.

Sani Iron Tower: (I think the prices in the sea shouldn't be that high, otherwise it wouldn't be possible for Pink Shells to be the most expensive currency in circulation. Just refer to the purchasing power of gold coins in Sinidi. Do you think two Pink Shells are a reasonable price for this meal?)

Rusalka shrugged: (It's okay, I probably printed this myself anyway, just to teach the boss a lesson about people judgment, dark psychology, social skills, and the secrets of human nature~)

After the two finished their meal, Vishas said that she wanted to take a walk around the city. Rusalka, who had long wanted to travel in the sea, hit it off and started having fun!

They went to the grocery store and bought a map drawn on papyrus and ink. Weishas planned to walk through the residential area first, and then go to the small fish market in the outer city that she had always wanted to go to. After visiting the market, they would have a meal, go to the Temple of Poseidon to worship Liviasan in the evening, go to the Siren Theater to listen to music, find a place to stay for the night, and the next day they would just make it in time for the birthday party held by their uncle for themselves. They could go straight to the imperial city, get their things from their room, and then make a shining appearance at the party.

Rusalka nodded for a long time, and finally said: Okay, you have the final say, just call me when you pay.

Sunita: (A grand appearance?! No, man, it's possible that Vishas forgot her mission, but you must never forget. Do you really think Pearl Tears and Lament are a friendly family?)

Rusalka: (She is the tour guide, she has the final say.)

byd really came to play.

The outer city residential area of ​​the Kingdom of Elegy is very lively. There is no poverty or darkness at all. It is decorated everywhere with fluorescent stones. The small houses on the road are built with colorful coral stones. Although each small house is not big, it is said that there is a basement inside, and the exterior is also decorated and colored by the residents themselves.

You can design your own cozy home by yourself, and you can find all the materials yourself. There is no risk of the house being exposed to the elements and being destroyed by nature. You just build this house because you "want to live in it".

If you don't want to spend money to buy land in the city (mainly to collect protection fees), you can build a house outside the city and live in it for free. The sea will not collect residence tax just because you build a house on state land. Assuming you live alone, congratulations, you can be completely self-sufficient. As long as you don't get into trouble, the sea is so big that no one will have the time to care about your life or death.

Only by gathering together can they be subject to other taxes such as military service tax and breeding tax, which can be offset by manpower and materials.

This slow-paced lifestyle must be something that most of the Sinidi people, who can only make do with building a shack in their territory and have to pay land taxes, would envy.

Since the sea people have not experienced a serious war for thousands of years, their population is very large. Coupled with the whale sucking effect and the recent celebration of Vishas, ​​the streets here are full of various sea people who come to visit. At some tourist attractions, you even need to queue up to pass through the road, and a large number of crab and Naga guards have to be dispatched to maintain traffic order nearby.

For Weishas, ​​who had never been to the outer city area, there were new and interesting places everywhere. She would stop in front of almost every small stall to take a look. Rusalka was rich and generous, so she would buy whatever she liked. Just by walking down one street, her body was covered with all kinds of small gadgets.

The price was not very expensive, and all in all it only cost a few dozen white shell coins.

Vishas came to a phantom fountain, which was a decoration in the sea. It was decorated with pearls and gems to look like a fountain. Colorful liquid spurted out from the fountain, and under the illumination of the waves, it looked like an eternal rainbow on the seabed.

She turned her back to the Fountain of Light and asked Rusalka, "My home is great, isn't it?"

Rusalka nodded: "Yeah."

It’s not wrong to say that this place is her home. At this moment, Rusalka misses places like amusement parks on Earth. If there is a chance, you can take her there to see the charm of technological products.

However, looking at the laughing sea creatures around him, he still couldn't understand. It's okay if there are some dissatisfactions within Esterlon, but why would Weir want to open the Demon's Gate in such a peaceful scene when the sea creatures are a go-with-the-flow kind of race that doesn't want to cause any disputes?

Isn't the sea goddess Leviathan a very anti-war god? She has already chosen to hide in the sea and enjoy herself at peace with the world from the beginning. Now some believers are openly going against her personality and want to start a war, destroying this peace. Isn't this going against Tiangang?

Sanitta had some guesses about this issue. He believed that this long-term peace would lead to two paths. One was that the country would eventually split up and start a civil war, and the other was that the country would continue to expand and develop to saturation, and would start foreign wars to consume the country.

Judging from the current development of the Kingdom of Elegy, it should have reached the latter critical point. Behind the seemingly extremely prosperous city, there may be a large number of sea creatures being exiled outside the city, or the nobles may suddenly find that they have more and more money in their hands, and they have everything they need. The overproduction has made purchasing power meaningless.

The same is true for other countries. They live too well, and the people in power begin to feel dissatisfied with the current situation and want to achieve something that their predecessors have never achieved.

This is why when one country attacked Estelon, other countries responded with support. This is actually not a realistic situation for Snidi or any other country. Even the Paladins of Estel will have factional and religious barriers and struggles, and will never unite in such an invasion war.

This just shows that they have reached saturation, and almost all rulers feel that the benefits of waging war outweigh the disadvantages.

Now the battlefield on Esterlun's side ended abruptly because the sea people could not move due to the lack of salt. Knowing that going to war on land was a dead end, they began to covet the power from the sea god in Vishas's hands. They were jealous of the prosperity of the Kingdom of Elegy and wanted to replace it and become the dominant country in the sea.

At this point, if there is no way to capture the continent and Vishas is unwilling to lend her power for expansion, the situation will become unstable for the rulers of the Kingdom of Elegy.

Mencius also said that if a country has no enemies outside its borders and faces external threats, it will surely perish.

The only way is to create a common enemy, preferably one that can be fought at sea.

The devil is a very good enemy - it can bring great threats and weaken the power of the land, but its combat effectiveness in the sea is not strong enough to destroy the foundation of the sea people. If the devils completely occupy the land of the world and begin to continuously invest in the sea, as long as they are of the fire element, they will be at a disadvantage in the sea, and they can maintain a very delicate balance of development and consumption in the eternal low-intensity war.

Rusalka: (The rulers make decisions like this. When the population increases, they consume some of it. When there is too much money, they spend some of it. Isn't this just playing with the lives and labor of so many subjects?)

Sani Tieta: (This is the most practical shortcut to balance. If you put aside the micro-individual and look at the macro-history, compressing decades into a book or a single comment, perhaps the result of doing so will be considered correct by future generations who enjoy peace and happiness. Even if they condemn it out of conscience, no one can propose a better solution, unless it is vertical expansion.)

(But if the sea tribe can't even go ashore, how can you expect them to develop in outer space?)

Rusalka found it hard to agree with this view. He felt that they would always find a new way forward. If the Pearl Tear Territory continued to grow and expand to the size of the Kingdom of Elegy, he believed that his good brothers would be able to solve the problem.

Sunita was speechless. In his eyes, he had really become a wishing machine, right? No, I can't.

Rusalka: (Where's your Nine-Ring Wishing Spell? Make it work!)

Sanita: (Do you think the wishing technique is just about making a wish?)

Rusalka: (Alright, after the Pearl Tears Tax Bureau refused to collect taxes, my good brothers have invented a combination of words that prevents wishes from being granted by the Nine Rings Wishing Technique. You clearly have 20 points of intelligence, but this is all you get for a small favor. You're still playing word games with me, bah, lawyer!)

Sunita complied: (You're in good spirits. Have you ever considered forming a girl band?)

Although Rusalka herself certainly couldn't think of a solution, she could ask those guys who had bad ideas and wanted to summon demons to have a taste of the wisdom of victory one by one, and tell them that this is the real way to win by wisdom. Don't always think about doing the work of the messenger of the end. You have done Theresa's work, so who will seduce me? Are you going to put on her clothes for me to see?

Bah, a labor scab is also despicable!

The Small Fish Market is located in a huge hollowed-out coral. In fact, this glowing circular building can be seen from outside the bubble wall. Unexpectedly, there is a supermarket inside.

This is the only place where the stalls are divided into several levels, all fixed to the edge of the coral wall, allowing customers to move around and choose freely in this space.

Although there are no hawking sounds inside and it lacks some of the bustling atmosphere of a human market, the advantage is that the stalls are diverse and sell everything.

Tomorrow is Princess Weisha's birthday party. There are no big festivals in the sea, so days like this are treated as National Day. Therefore, everyone is rushing to prepare the decorations and ingredients today to create a festive atmosphere.

Rusalka saw a lot of luxury goods from Sinidi on the stall. When she saw the prices, she felt incredible. She didn't expect that the pearl harp that the bad Aquarius sister gave her before, which looked very valuable, was only sold for 1 yellow coin at a stall in this small fish market.

So it's the gift price, but other people don't know. If we pack them up and wholesale them and give them all to Rewi Alley, wouldn't she be so happy?

Sunita: (I don't know if Ai Li is happy or not, but Phoenix will definitely go crazy. You should think carefully about who to send it to.)

Rusalka was dazzled by the selection, completely lost: (Give them all away, give them all away! I want to take over the market! These things are so valuable in Sinidi! What you can buy with one yellow shell here can be sold for one gold coin or even more in Sinidi! Isn't this a huge profit?)

Sanita: (No, buddy, we've come all the way here, practically across the world, just to show you how to trade. Why don't you take the weapons and equipment from the Pearl Tear Territory and sell them out at sea? Oh, and you could help me keep an eye out for diamonds here. Perhaps with the high pressure and temperature of the submarine volcano, there's a chance there might be diamond mines.)

Rusalka: (Okay, but I'm going to keep the first one I find for Phoenix. I promised her that if there are any extra, I'll give them to you as gifts for the other two elves. You see, the disadvantages of having two are obvious. You have to prepare a pair for every gift.)

Sanita: (Is it possible that the diamonds I want are actually meant for you?)

Rusalka's heart was pounding: (Don't scare me, brother! Although I call myself a fish, I haven't changed yet! Even if I did, I would still stick close to Phoenix and climb the blue bucket!)

Sanitita sneered disdainfully: (Oh, your mind is full of such meaningless things. Diamonds are spell materials and are needed for resurrection.)

He was prepared for Rusalka to say something like "I can't die" or something like that.

Unexpectedly, Rusalka chose to speak directly: (If one day~I leave quietly? Please bury me~in this spring?)

Or maybe we should just take his ashes back and revive him, this is a bit too much to bear.

Chapter 400 Princess Wei's Snowy Sea Temple (Part 1)

Weishas was initially very excited, running up and down in the small fish market, jostling the fish for a while.

But after the novelty wore off, he got bored and calmed down. He left the gate early with Rusalka, who had already bought a lot of pearls and fluorescent stones in bags and was immersed in the joy of spending money and making money.

"I'm done playing. Let's go to the Temple of the Sea God. I want Lord Livia to tell my mother that I have found you. She will definitely be very happy."

How could Rusalka refuse these words? Money is no match for family affection, and the treasures in the sea are just external possessions with a price tag. The true wishes of fish are the most precious and priceless treasures.

"No problem, if you say go, let's go~"

Rusalka put all the things into the small space bag given to him by Sanita. In the hands of a man without magic, this thing was literally "in but not out". If he wanted to take things out of it, he could only destroy the bag like a piggy bank, and the things would be scattered all over the floor. There was also a chance that the bag would be destroyed due to the tearing effect caused by the shattered space.

But it doesn’t matter. I can just wait until I get back to the Explosion Guide and ask my good brother to get it for me.

Sanitieta specifically instructed that when we get to Visha's house, or when we leave, if it's convenient, you can take anything you see on the way, no matter if it's useful or not, since you won't be able to understand it anyway, just take it all with you and wait for him to come back and examine them one by one.