Chapter 307: The broad prospects of the demonized biological industry
In fact, Sheng Qi was overly worried. Those island residents did not have such a deep foundation.
After all, the rapid launch of rat-man warships relies on an industrial system that is gradually taking shape.
After most of the warships in their hands were destroyed by the residents of these islands, only two or three big cats and kittens were left in a short period of time. Even though the shipyards were already working hard, the new batch of sails But it will still take some time before the battleship can be launched.
During this period of time, the residents of these islands may not be able to cause trouble to the rat men.
In terms of industrial capabilities, even the human empire as a whole is much inferior to the rat people.
Although in terms of magical equipment, the rat people have to be hung up and beaten.
But if we put it in terms of metal production capacity and industrial scale, then the target of being hung up will obviously have to be changed. It will be the Nether-Eyed Human Race being hung up and beaten by the Rat Man.
The military-industrial system in the Skaven Empire is highly independent, large and complex.
They have never stopped expanding those high-speed tunnels during this period, but these additional high-speed channels are not used for traffic, but mostly bear transportation responsibilities.
Countless giant rats travel back and forth in these tunnels day and night, and their destinations are huge industries and countless large and small mines.
Iron ore, copper mine, gold mine, coal mine, bits and pieces, these are all being carried from the ground by these greedy rats with no restraint, and then they are transported again. Filled into hot blast furnaces.
This is not an efficient cycle, but its scale is unquestionable.
Almost in a very short time, the scalding flames, the continuous blast furnaces, the incalculable number of mineral veins and the endless slave rats, these things were combined to build a large enough and An industrial system that spans the ages.
This extremely large-scale industrial force is dragged down by the overly deformed technology tree of the rat people.
For a long time, the needs of the rat people were so meager, such as spears, armor, and catapults.
Such a demand has made the rat people's industrial capabilities not very good. After all, no matter how many spears you can cast in a day, what can you change? The wooden spears in the hands of the human warriors turned into iron spears. Of course, this was also a change, but the progress brought by the rat men holding iron spears and the rat men holding wooden spears was not obvious.
Even those bulky war machines are like this. No matter how big you make these trebuchets, how much iron can they consume?
Every day, new blast furnaces are built in the Skaven Empire.
The huge production capacity has already caused substantial waste. Just like the Furnace City, no matter in terms of production capacity, technology, or sales channels, this earliest industrial city in the Rat Man Empire has fallen into complete decline. of failure.
It is completely difficult to compete with the industrial area in the desolate mountains and the ruined city run by the rat priests.
Those blast furnaces that do not stop day and night have begun to idle, as if they are being pushed by inertia to produce. Now the Rat Empire no longer lacks coal, and even not far from the Furnace City, there is a Coal mines with considerable reserves were discovered.
Found on a dry riverbed.
In fact, since the establishment of Furnace City, the environment in this area has begun to change drastically.
After all, the rat people have no concept of protecting the environment at all. The diversion of the river comes from the violent mining of a mineral vein by the rat people. The earth that has been hollowed out of its bones is unsustainable. A ferocious giant The pit appeared in this originally lush forest, causing the river to change its course, and also exposed the coal mine to the rat people.
A large number of metal ingots are poured and formed every day, but there are not many buyers.
As a result, these metal ingots were piled high into a hill and placed there without anyone paying attention.
If nothing unexpected happens, the fate of Furnace City has basically been decided.
After the mineral veins in this area that are of no cost to the rat people are exhausted, the industrial power in the Furnace City will enter irreversible decline and disintegration. This rat people veteran level The industrial city will be reduced to an ordinary Skaven settlement, serving as a stopover for the increasingly prosperous pilgrimage.
This is very likely to happen. Rise and decline are a normal thing in the rapidly iterative Skaven Empire.
How many years did it take for the once bustling outpost to become the silent fortress it is now?
Even those pilgrims no longer stop at the outpost. Once upon a time, the name of the small temple was not sacred.
However, Furnace City is still very lucky. The stagnation of the war has brought about some changes. Nearby, the Temple Knights are forcibly pouring the continental bridge. Far away, the Rat People have begun to build steel battleships on a large scale. .
The Skaven's steel battleships continue the consistent style of the Big Claw Priests, bigger, bigger.
This time it is finally no longer a small fight. On this endless sea, these large ships can really be piled up to an unimaginable size.
The most important thing is that the huge production capacity brought by such a huge industrial scale will finally be put to use, and it can also bring an opportunity, an opportunity for integration.
The rat industry that has transcended the ages is actually still just a small workshop.
The linkage between the three major industrial centers, Desolate Mountains, Waste City, and Furnace City cannot be said to be non-existent, it can only be said to be none at all. Even Furnace City was recently run out is about to close down.
Perhaps some sustained super projects can change this situation.
Although it is not easy to say whether it can be done, after all, some contradictions in the Rat Empire are so simple and obvious.
Perhaps this generally independent industrial model of small workshops will eventually give birth to several super cities of unimaginable scale, instead of becoming united and complementary to each other. This is also a possible situation.
But these are things for the future.
At least now, various measures have been completed. Compared with those island residents, the shipbuilding industry is still a little conservative, or rather conservative, and is flying at extremely fast speeds on the rolling hills and beaches. The Skaven Empire, filled with docks and shipyards, is about to really start to show its strength.
The days of beating primitive people at sea are obviously not far away.
Of course, this is not the worst situation for those island residents.
A strange plague began to spread on Hurricane Island.
First I feel hungrier than usual, then my stomach gradually bulges, and finally it reaches a nightmare-like situation, with countless parasitic monsters squirming in the body. This situation depends on the constitution of each infected person. Calculate.
If you are in good health, you may be infected for a long time without any obvious symptoms, but if you are in poor health, it may only take a week to reach the end of your life.
Such a huge gap is not good news. As a plague, an excessive mortality rate is not an advantage. Fortunately, for the spread of this plague, those The physical guys made up for it.
The transmission route of these parasitic monsters relies heavily on water sources. When the host shows slight symptoms, preparations for the spread have already begun.
A large number of eggs are laid in the intestines and stomach of the host. These eggs will eventually be excreted through the feces. If they flow into the water, then anyone who drinks in the water may be parasitized soon.
And not only that, after becoming Warcraft, these parasitic worms have acquired a certain ability to survive outside the body, and can move independently in the outside world even if they are separated from their host.
This is a very bad situation, because these parasitic worms also have another characteristic, delicious. It is not a good situation to eat these things. Often at this time, there will be a large number of eggs that have not been discharged in the bodies of these parasitic monsters.
This is truly a vicious infection strategy.
Although most intelligent creatures will probably avoid some delicious parasitic worms, those beings without intelligence will not be so particular. Birds, beasts and fish will all become part of the infection process. ring.
As expected, the plague broke out on Hurricane Island.
The culprit is a sneaky guy.
Sheng Qi saw the wrong person, well, he didn’t seem to give that annoying big-clawed priest a second glance.
But there is no doubt that this guy is a genius. He was able to successfully sneak onto Hurricane Island despite the highly alert patrol fleet and also diffuse the plague. This is simply a genius. A person who has become The genius of the Stalking Skaven.
The plague began to spread, and these islanders were only the second victim of the plague.
In fact, what these parasitic monsters can bring is not only this horrific plague, but as a real group of monsters, these parasitic monsters are also precious to a certain extent.
Perhaps these guys come in handy in many other ways.
The first item must be eating. In fact, as a creature that is born to contain magic power, eating the flesh and blood of these guys should have a good tempering effect on one's body.
And this kind of tempering does not conflict with the improvement brought by blood mushrooms. Blood mushrooms with high enough purity will bring optimization to the eater starting from the essence of life, while using Warcraft flesh and blood relies on The magic power remaining in the flesh and blood gently tempers his body.
The logic of the two effects does not conflict, and can even be superimposed, and the most commendable thing is that these parasitic monsters are quite delicious.
This is just a function.
In fact, these dangerous tangles of worms can be used in so many ways.
Magic materials, engraving inscriptions, making potions.
A natural monster does not require much processing. Even if it is directly made into a pool of turbid juice and then drank, it can bring about a good recovery effect.
Those gentle elemental powers can effectively replenish the magic power in the body.
Especially in an area of elemental disorder that has been bombarded by too much magic in a short period of time, these gentle elemental powers are obviously so valuable.
These parasitic monsters have broad prospects, but before using them, there is a prerequisite that is difficult to ignore.
You must have a way to eliminate the parasitic ability of these products created by parasitic monsters.
This is a very critical point, otherwise the plague will come again at any time.
You don’t want your army to be fine one day, and then lie down together holding their stomachs and mourning the next day.
Fortunately, the rat people have the ability to deal with this trouble.
Unfortunately, the rat people's method of dealing with these parasites has great hidden dangers.
Black blood mushrooms are essentially a kind of pollution. Using black blood mushrooms to treat these parasitic monsters is indeed effective, but it is still a temporary solution, not the root cause. It only treats the plague on oneself. It turned into a more terrifying pollution accumulated deep in the spirit and flesh.
It's hard to say whether such an exchange is worth it.
After all, the overall crazy character of the Rat Man has always been inseparable from the Blood Mushroom.
On the island, Sheng Qi finally got rid of his weak state.
When we boarded the top of the battleship, we could see that this guy had lost a lot of weight. Although it was not as miserable as the time when he was drifting in the storm, but from his appearance on this ocean Judging from the storms he has experienced, it is obvious that he has experienced many vicissitudes of life.
The surviving Western Fleet Skaven on the islands and reefs are swarming to board the bathtub warships that are docking one after another.
Because the second-generation Skaven warships were too bulky, they were unable to get close to the islands and reefs, so these first-generation warships were needed as a transit.
The faces of these surviving guys were more or less in a daze. Obviously, what they experienced during this period was not wonderful.
The sacred pillar carved from a wooden mast was carefully brought onto the battleship by Sheng Qi and placed carefully.
In the past, he had some complaints about the noisy clocks, but after experiencing that blessing, it was visible to the naked eye that he was more pious.
Pray devoutly to the sacred pillar.
Singing the greatness of the great gods.
Of course, what happened during this time was more than just becoming more religious for him.
To some extent, Sheng Qi has become more vicious.
Looking at the huge island not far away, his expression became ferocious and dangerous.
Indeed, it is time to end everything.
He conveyed his current thoughts to the group of Big Claw Priests.
"Slaughter those heretics for the sake of the great god!"
Sheng Qi issued this order with a cold expression.
At this time, he really felt a bit like a leader, but his ferocity was not similar to that manic guy in Rat Zhan, but more like that aloof guy.
A little bit more similar.
The Skaven fleet is about to arrive again. I hope that this time the island residents are prepared. If they are not prepared, it will be fine. They will just be slaughtered.
This is the anger from Sheng Qi, the commander of the Skaven Western Expeditionary Force.
(End of this chapter)