On 15 July, the ocean-going fleet crossed the Suez Canal, stopped at Alexandria, Egypt, and set sail again for supplies. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Mediterranean Sea is the oldest sea in the world, older than the Atlantic Ocean, the birthplace of ancient Egypt and ancient Babylon, and the birthplace of European civilization.

When crossing the Mediterranean, the fleet stopped for a day or two at each important port.

One is to trade and sell all the tea and porcelain brought from China, as well as spices and pepper purchased from Southeast Asia.

Both in ancient times and in games, these goods were hugely popular in the West. The main force of procurement is not the player, but the aboriginal nobles of the royal city.

Scarcity is expensive, and even though the price of tea and porcelain has increased tenfold, it is still very popular.

By the way, the fleet will purchase some Western specialty goods, such as table clocks, pocket watches, glassware, and special gemstones such as diamonds, agate stones, and opals.

These goods are shipped back to China and can be sold at a good price.

The second is to arrange eyeliner along the road.

The accompanying Black Snake Guard intelligence officers will set up intelligence stations in various places. Black Snake's strategy is to cooperate with the Earth Head Snake and spill a lot of gold coins to purchase news from them.

Otherwise, the yellow people of the Black Snake Guard are too conspicuous in various countries.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to completely subdue the head snake and serve Shanhai City loyally. The information collected will be sent to the City of Friendship, which will then report to the headquarters.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about specific transactions. A trip to the Mediterranean is both a trade trip and a tour of Ouyang Shuo. Everywhere he went, Ouyang Shuo always took a team of guards to visit the classical Mediterranean style.

In Athens, Ouyang Shuo visited the Parthenon, which had been restored by Gaia, and met the goddess Athena. In Rome, Ouyang Shuo visited the Pantheon, and even watched a fight in the Colosseum and saw the Spartan warriors.

As for the ocean-going fleet of Shanhai City, the Mediterranean countries as a whole are relatively friendly.

Truth be told, when the ocean fleet captured the Star Country, the image of the fleet was indeed an invader and warmonger in the eyes of the global lords.

But in Somalia, the ocean-going fleet fought a beautiful turnaround. Assist Somali players in defeating pirates, and also receive the honorary knight knight of the Somali Kingdom, which instantly improves the image of the fleet.

While passing through Spain, the ocean-going fleet came across the Spanish fleet.

At this time, the Spanish fleet had begun to show the majesty of a maritime power in history. The entire Mediterranean Sea is considered the inner lake of Spain, and it is left to roam.

Historically, it was with the support of the Spanish crown that Columbus discovered the American continent. Since then, the famous Spanish Armada has ruled for an era.

The two fleets of the East and the West meet, and the atmosphere is a little strange.

Like the ocean-going fleet, the Spanish fleet at this time was already equipped with artillery. And this artillery must be more advanced than the cumbersome artillery of the ocean-going fleet.

If you really want to fight, I'm afraid you will lose both.

Fortunately, the worst did not come. After greeting each other, the two fleets staggered by. Come to think of it, the Spanish fleet did not yet fully control the Mediterranean, and did not want to make trouble.

Don't forget that Spain's neighbor, Portugal, was also historically a maritime power. The confrontation between the two fleets in the Mediterranean Sea will be a little more interesting.

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Passing through the Spanish sea, you will reach the Strait of Gibraltar.

The Strait of Gibraltar, located between the southernmost part of Spain and northwestern Africa, is an important gateway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, with a total length of about 90 kilometers.

The narrowest part of the gorge is only 13 kilometers, and the western part of the gorge is the widest, up to 43 kilometers; The shallowest point is 301 meters deep, the deepest depth is 1,181 meters, and the average depth is about 375 meters.

From the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, the current speed to the Mediterranean Sea is 4 kilometers per hour, and in the early years it was used by Atlantic navigators to quickly cross the strait into the Mediterranean.

When the fleet came to the Strait of Gibraltar, Ouyang Shuo's expression moved, remembering the large-scale plot mission that caused a sensation all over the world in his previous life-the Disappearing Atlantis.

Atlantis is said to be a powerful, wealthy empire and the world's first developed civilization. The earliest description of Atlantis appears in the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's Dialogues.

Plato depicts Atlantis for the first time in the form of a dialogue: "About 9,000 years ago Solon, opposite the pillar of Hercules, there was a land surrounded by the sea, and this was the kingdom of Atlantis. At that time, Atlantis was about to start a big battle with Athens, but Atlantis suddenly encountered an earthquake and flood, and completely submerged to the bottom of the sea in less than a day and a night, which became an obstacle to the Greeks' long sea journey. ”

The Pillars of Hercules, located in the area of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Legend has it that Atlantis, a self-proclaimed son of the god of the sea, had a strong worship of the sea, and it coexisted on Earth at the time with the Lemurian civilization, which was located on an ancient continent northeast of present-day Australia. 10,000 years ago, the two civilizations sank in the flood of extinction.

In the works of the Indian civilization, there is a similar statement: "There have been four generations of human beings on the earth. The first generation of humanity was a generation of giants, not inhabitants of this place, but from the heavens, who were destroyed by starvation. The second generation of humanity was destroyed by a great fire. The third generation of humans was the ape-man, who were destroyed by cannibalism. Later, a fourth generation of human beings appeared, that is, in the stage of the sun and water, and the human civilization in this stage was destroyed by the great flood of huge waves. ”

The legendary Atlantean and Lemurian civilizations are the fourth generation of humans.

Modern science has found that before the Great Flood, there may have been a continent on Earth, a continent with a highly developed civilization, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean during a global catastrophe.

The catastrophe was triggered by a massive earthquake and the resulting tsunami, which left the entire Mediterranean region in darkness for weeks and affected plants as far away as the United Kingdom.

The earthquake was 4,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb of Hiroshima.

For nearly a century, archaeologists have found remains of prehistoric civilizations at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that seem to confirm this hypothesis, and the scientific community has continued to use Plato's name - Atlantis.

In the game, Gaia brings this legend to life.

Ouyang Shuo clearly remembered that at the end of the fourth year of Gaia in his previous life, a Spanish adventure player went to sea alone in a boat, but unfortunately encountered a storm and the ship was overturned by a large wave and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Luckily, the player, Gerard Peake, is carrying a special item, the Underwater Scuba Apparatus, which acts like a water repelling bead in Chinese mythology, allowing the player to move in the water for a long time.

By chance, Pique discovers the city of Atlantis sunk at the bottom of the sea, and thus embarks on a large-scale story mission that causes a sensation throughout Europe.

Gerard Peake was just the trigger, and hundreds of thousands of players participated in the mission, and most of the countries along the Mediterranean coast were involved in this story mission.

The end result is that Atlantis has risen from the bottom of the ocean and taken root in the Mediterranean. The vanished Atlantean civilization has also reappeared.

Pique became the first Spanish player to take advantage of this, overshadowing the lord.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed with a hint of hope.

Ouyang Shuo didn't avoid water beads, but he had a mysterious companion - Nian Beast Xiaoqing. When he was in Friendship City, Xiaoqing, who had devoured the White Lion Neidan, had already awakened and evolved into a sub-divine beast.

After this evolution, Xiaoqing was completely reborn.

[Name]: Xiaoqing (sub-divine beast)

[Belonging]: Guardian Beast of Yashan City's territory

[Race]: Moyu Kirin (Kirin subspecies)

[Combat power]: Gold is of the highest grade

[Talent]: Water Resistance (Increases combat power in water by 80%, unimpeded in the sea)

[Skill]: Blood Slaughter (Increases Kill Value by 85%), Dash (Increases Attack by 85%)

[Characteristics]: Deterrence (increases the security of the territory by 35%, has a natural deterrent against the giant beasts in the sea, increases the security of the sea area of the territory by 40%), Guardian (increases the defense of the territory by 25%)

[Exercise]: "Black Qilin Seven Turns of Purgatory Crossing the True Sutra"

[Exercise Skill]: Sky Strike (shoots a ray of lightning, with its own paralyzing effect)

[Evaluation]: The evil beast in ancient myths and legends is said to be the offspring of the evil dragon and the ink unicorn, and it is ferocious by nature. Devouring the divine beast White Lion Neidan, completing an evolution, the bloodline was promoted to the Qilin subspecies. As a territorial guardian beast, it can continue to stimulate the Qilin bloodline and can evolve again.

To be honest, Xiaoqing was not promoted to a divine beast in one fell swoop, which surprised Ouyang Shuo. It can only be said that compared with the unicorn divine beast, a national protector divine beast like the white lion can only be regarded as a subspecies divine beast.

After all, on that nameless island, the old unicorn who died in battle was just a spirit, and they all possessed great magical powers. In contrast, the performance of the White Lions is indeed somewhat unworthy of the name.

There can be a world of difference between divine beasts and divine beasts.

It is precisely because of this, although Xiaoqing devoured the white lion's inner dan, he only evolved into the Qilin subspecies. Fortunately, it is only one step away from the real divine beast Qilin.

In addition to the identity of the territorial guardian beast, the "Black Qilin Seven Turns Purgatory Crossing True Scripture" that Xiaoqing learned in the Spirit Beast Pavilion was the key to Xiaoqing's evolution.

The White Lion Neidan is just a catalyst.

In this evolution, Xiaoqing's attributes have undergone earth-shaking changes, not only awakening the powerful talent [Water Resistance], but also greatly strengthening the original skills and characteristics.

After the evolution, Xiaoqing's title of "Ocean Overlord" is more and more worthy of the name.

Therefore, for Xiaoqing now, it is simply easy to dive to the bottom of the sea. The only difficulty was that Ouyang Shuo could not confirm the exact location of the ruins of Atlantis.

It's not easy to find a submerged city at the bottom of the ocean.