Chapter 1545 Swamp Fog Area
“How much do you know about the Dark Swamp?”
Xiu immediately started the topic as he was told, and asked in a brisk tone.
Mo Tan took out a bottle of soda from his bag and took two sips. He wiped his mouth and held his chin lazily and said, "I don't know much, I just remember that it's your Violet." There is a large swamp in the east, and after passing it, it becomes the sea.”
“That’s it?”
Xiu raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked curiously: "If it were you, you should know more, right?"
"Only if I am interested."
Mo Tan yawned, shook his head and said: "Don't forget that I am only an alien after all, and even among aliens, I am the one with relatively little time. There are too many things in this world that attract me, and that A swamp... Maybe I will investigate it casually after you mention it today, but it didn't attract much attention from me before."
Xiu nodded slightly and suggested with a chuckle: "Then, in order to save money. Mr. Mo, do you need my help to educate you a little bit?”
“Stop it, my dear Highness”
Mo Tan looked at the regent on the magic crystal screen expressionlessly and urged him unceremoniously.
In the next few minutes, the regent, who suddenly became precious about time after talking about business, quickly gave Mo Tan some popular science and briefly told the latter some more in-depth content. ——
As Mo Tan said before, the Gloomy Swamp is a large swamp located in the southeastern corner of the continent and east of the Violet Empire. Although the location is extremely remote, it is only separated from the Free Capital by the Baroka Territory. It is actually not too far away from the civilized world.
Of course, the so-called 'not too far away' refers to the physical distance. In fact, the unaffiliated swamp itself has no traces of civilization at all. The nearest population gathering place is It's hundreds of miles away, and it's a sentry stationed at the eastern border of the Violet Empire. It's the 'frontier' where no one wants to be assigned despite the heavy responsibility.
One of the superficial reasons why that swamp was not classified as its own territory by the Violet Empire is that the swamp is very dangerous. Not only does it inhabit a lot of lethal 'native products', but there are also Surrounded by miasma, it poses a considerable threat to ordinary people and even middle- and low-level professionals. Coupled with the 'people-swallowing' characteristic of every swamp, it is extremely difficult to open up wasteland, and even if it is filled in, those who have been trapped for many years will The land eroded by miasma is also unsuitable for living and working.
As for another superficial reason, this area is quite attractive to most forces in terms of land area, but for an empire with a special system like the Violet Empire, it is a bit tasteless.
To be precise, it is a bit useless in the eyes of the grand dukes who have been running their own territories for hundreds of years.
Throughout the ages, territorial size has always been a sensitive topic within the Violet Empire. Every Grand Duke is worried that the balance will be broken, and even more worried that the foundation of his family will be shaken. To this day, among each other, When the intrigues and exchanges of interests between people have already reached a balance point, 'starting a business' is no longer the core purpose in everyone's eyes, but 'keeping a business' is.
As for the land of Dark Swamp, based on the various reasons mentioned before, no matter who in the empire openly wants to take over that area, others will probably support it, and then they can legitimately take over that area in the future. Who knows how many years of benefit distribution that company's share will be reduced.
Don’t ask, just ask - ‘You have taken such a big piece of territory, you can’t even have to be like the big guys, right? ’
This result is by no means difficult to predict. Anyone who has the ability to sit on the position of the head of the family can predict it. Everyone is not a fool. Naturally, they will not do the kind of stupid thing that is so low-cost that it can make their ancestral graves smoke. , so for hundreds of years, the Gloomy Swamp has always been the Gloomy Swamp and has never belonged to the Violet Empire.
The above are the superficial reasons that can be grasped with a little investigation.
"In addition, there is another reason that is not a secret, but not many people know about it."
Xiu took another sip of the gold in the goblet. The yellow liquid whispered: "There is a fog area on the edge of the swamp."
Mo Tan nodded lazily and asked without interest: "What is the misunderstanding?"
"It's not a misunderstanding. It's an area composed of thick fog, just bordering the southeastern part of Baroka Territory."
Xiu, who knew Mo Tan had misunderstood, corrected him calmly and calmly Explained: "The theoretical area of that area is not very large, but its nature is not simple. I have sent people in several times to investigate, but no matter how elite the team is, they always go in and come out confused. Although there are some gains, it is also very limited."
Mo Tan smiled with interest and asked in a dignified manner: "What about?"
"For example, The area inside the fog area should be many times larger than when viewed from the outside."
Xiu drank the cup of potion in his hand and said leisurely: "For example, the speed of time inside seems to be flowing. It is different from the outside world. For example, when you are in there, you cannot contact the outside world by any means. For example, even with the assistance of various professional props, normal people will still lose their way inside. "
When he heard the last sentence, Mo Tan's eyelids twitched and he laughed dryly: "So, you, the emperor who is committed to reorganizing the Violet Empire into a whole and is destined to be famous in history, finally couldn't help but stretch out his claws and want to Take that swamp without a hair as your own?"
Xiu didn't say anything, just spread his hands with a smile, saying nothing.
Obviously, as Mo Tan speculated, the situation in the Violet Empire has changed dramatically, the Marshall family has been destroyed, and Dantès and Crystal Wolf have successively submitted to the royal family. The regent who reformed the empire, His Highness Hugh Bresne, had enough reason to set his sights on that swamp, because in his blueprint, there was no such situation as 'everyone fighting for a piece of territory'.
Xiu, who has always paid attention to that area during this period, did not burn out too many brain cells. He just simplified things that should be very complicated in theory and summed up two basic things. Just click.
First of all, when everything is on track, an empire with only one voice is not too much territory.
Secondly, although it looks like just a barren swamp, it still contains secrets that are of concern, and I don't want to have such a 'neighbor' who hides secrets.
In the past, the neighbor of that swamp was called Baroka, but in the near future, that name will be corrected to 'Violet'.
“Are you afraid that you won’t be able to sleep well?”
Mo Tan smacked his lips and reluctantly sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking at the regent with a warm smile on the screen with empty eyes. His Royal Highness: "Your recent actions are Isn’t it a bit too much, and you want to rush in before you are settled?”
Xiu shook his head and said in a very indifferent tone: “I will do this just because I can. Just do it.”
Mo Tan rolled his eyes and complained angrily: "If you can do it, just do it. Why tell me this specifically?"
"Give you a chance to return the favor so that we can do it in the future. We can still maintain a good cooperative relationship."
Xiu looked at Mo Tan very seriously and seemed a little formal: "Think about it carefully, Tan Mo, at least in a short period of time. It is very cost-effective for you to continue to maintain this relationship, because there is so little you can do to help me, and there is so little I can do to help you... Oh, at least at this stage, it is not too much. Ah."
"Okay, how about we talk about the price now?"
"I'll talk to you about favors, and you'll talk to me about business?"
"Favor? What favor?"
"You owe me a favor."
"When did I owe you a favor?"
"You asked me to help you before What do you mean by those busy things?”
“Aren’t you willing?”
"I..."
"Did I say, 'Do me a favor, I owe you a favor'?"
"You..."
"So stop talking nonsense and make an offer."
Mo Tan waved his hand randomly and choked Xiu back. The latter suddenly laughed after a brief silence, raised his eyebrows and said: "If this matter is solved, all the profits in the process will be yours."
Mo Tan suddenly widened his eyes and said angrily: "A blank check?"
"No pain, no gain."
Xiu Qi said calmly. After saying this, the corner of his mouth slightly raised: "If you don't want to, I will find someone else."
Mo Tan cursed an unpleasant curse word.
Xiuya smiled and cursed back, which was even worse.
Finally, after about two minutes, Mo Tan, who was sure that there was an epic mission in his taskbar, nodded reluctantly: "Let's talk about it in detail."
< br>"Very good."
Xiu folded his legs and leaned comfortably on the cushions on the back of the chair: "About two months ago, I received a message that the Black Tower City The Thieves Guild took the lead in organizing a team. According to intelligence, they seemed to have found something that could ensure a sense of direction in the fog of the dark swamp, so they convened a temporary group of people to go over and find out. There must be a reason, but I don’t know what it is.”
Mo Tan nodded slightly, raised the corner of his mouth in a playful arc, and murmured meaningfully: “Oh… Black Tower City..."
"Oh? Are you impressed?"
Xiu immediately cast an interested look.
“None of your business.”
Mo Tan glared at him fiercely and urged: “Go on.”
“Okay, okay.”< br>
Xiu didn't care, and just continued: "Then I recruited some people from [Female Bee] and Archduke Simon, intending to sneak in, and the result was pretty good. Although the selection criteria for that team were very strict, after all, there were still some A very good operator sneaked in. "
"Wait a minute, did you just say Duke Simon? When did you take care of their family?"
Mo Tan immediately asked Xiu. Give him an interested look.
“It’s none of your business.”
The Regent replied calmly.
"Okay, let's change the question."
Mo Tan didn't care, just coughed slightly and said seriously: "Is the operator who sneaked in a male or a female?"
< br>"Female."
"Does it look good?"
"It should be in line with the aesthetics of you people from other worlds."
"Okay, that's okay."
"What will happen if I say it's a man?"
"More money."
"You..."
Xiu glanced at Mo Tan helplessly and shook his head happily. Yes, he shook his head happily. In fact, since the Marshall family was settled and he became the regent, I have never been as relaxed as I am today.
The days when he was the second prince and he was not doing his job all day long seemed to Xiu at this moment to have almost become a thing of his past life, and someone like 'Tan Mo' who could communicate with him on an equal footing and even messed around and was shameless was already very common. This is rare. The most important thing is that the two of them have not had any conflicts of interest so far, and it is estimated that there will not be any conflicts of interest for a long time in the future.
To sum up, the regent decided to use this high-cost method to have a 'video conversation' with Mo Tan from a long distance. The main purpose was to relax a little and take a breath.
It is true that Xiu can relax in front of Emmeline, his fiancée who has opened her heart to him, but it is only a spiritual relaxation. From another perspective... it is also quite tiring.
Shaking his head and removing his thoughts from the memories of the night before his last separation from Emmeline, Xiu coughed lightly and shrugged: "In short, my people got in like this. , and then never came out.”
“To be precise.”
Mo Tan frowned and asked: "Is it because your people didn't come out, or..."
"Not at all."
Xiu said this simply and neatly, with a somewhat expression on his face. He said gloomily: "It was as if they were swallowed by the fog. Everyone disappeared without a trace. And the people who were sent by the Thieves Guild to search later went in and came out as confused as before."
Mo Tan tapped his forehead lightly and asked: "Is there such a possibility that those people have..."
"I don't know about others."
Xiu continued to answer, and said in a brisk tone: "But the person I arranged to go in must not be dead, otherwise, I will have a way to know."
Mo Tan stood up weakly, while using the white crane to spread his wings. Stretching his body in a posture, he said lazily: "So what you are looking for is actually that we aliens can ignore space and distance, and can conduct indiscriminate Real-time messaging with friends, right?”
“That’s one aspect.”
Xiu smiled and said leisurely: “More importantly, I think even among people from other worlds. , this is also a task that few people can complete, and you have never been among the majority.”
“You think too highly of me”
"Okay, there is another reason."
"Say."
"I think you should be immune to the disorienting effect of the fog area."
< br>"Shut up..."
"Because you have no sense of direction at all~"
Chapter 1536: End
(End of this chapter)