The following days were as boring as ever. Tie Zha does about two things a day-fishing and bullying Lilith.

On the surface of the sea, schools of flying fish could be seen from time to time. They pounced on the long, wing-like fins, drew silver-gray arcs, flew out of the water, and plunged into the water again and again, repeatedly. Sometimes, dolphins can be seen. Hundreds and thousands of them jumped out of the water one after another and let out light cries.

“I really want to be like them, free and free.” Lilith looked at the dolphins and sighed bitterly.

‘”Yes” Tie Zha agreed, and then said regretfully, “It’s a pity you can’t live in the sea.”

“My freedom is just to kick a person into the sea.” Lilith said with a pun. There were both the intention of jumping into the sea and seeking freedom, and the metaphor of kicking Tie Zha into the sea and regaining his freedom.

Naturally, Tie Zha could tell, so he asked, “So what if your wish comes true? Are there any beautiful clothes, boots and weapons in the sea?” He pointed at the dolphins on the surface of the sea. “Look at them, they’re all naked. I think …” He smiled. “You definitely don’t want to.”

“I don’t think there is any fundamental difference between the current situation and them, if that’s all.” Lilith said in an inverted sentence. This was the most common syntax used by the Silver City nobles.

“I think there is.” “At least for now, you’re dressed better than them,” said Tie Zha. He looked her up and down, “Of course, I don’t promise half an hour, or more.”

“Decent?” Lilith said disdainfully, “What do you think is decent about a single-digit gold coin? Can you buy anything, an apron for a cook?”

“A little makes a lot.” Tie Zha said casually.

“Even Xiaoyue’s Flowing Orioles have five gold coins. You only gave me three at a time. How dare you!” Lilith finally couldn’t help but erupt, her chest heaving, shouting loudly.

“We are acquaintances. Give us some discounts.” Tie Zha said with a smile, then stretched out his head and whispered, “Also … you shouted so loudly, do you want the entire ship to hear you?” He raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, “I don’t care, I’m just afraid of you …”

Lilith was shocked. She turned her head and looked around. Seeing that there was no one on the deck, she heaved a sigh of relief. Then, she stretched out her five fingers and placed them in front of Tie Zha. “Five gold coins. Don’t even think of touching me again without one.”

“How about this, when we return, I’ll give Zhang Xingshi a black card to you. Whatever you want to swipe.” Tie Zha said seductively.

“Tomorrow’s ten carts of bread will never be exchanged for a small piece of today’s bread.” Lilith spoke of the old saying that had been passed down from mouth to mouth in the southern cemetery. The future Golden Mountain and Silver Mountain was not as good as the small piece of bread in front of him. Only those who understood this principle could survive in the cemetery.

“Friend, if this is the Southern Cemetery now, I promise …” Tie Zha said seriously, “I won’t give you a bronze plate.” The laws of the wilderness, the strong as the supreme, any moral system, common sense of human relations, are meaningless.

‘”Hmph ~” Lilith could not win the argument. She waved her hair and left with her little butt twisted.

Time passed day by day. About half a month later, the fleet finally arrived at the first oil extraction point.

Four boats of the bow and stern were connected to form a square. They dropped the deep-sea iron anchor, then erected a slab bridge in the middle, and began to build an oil drilling platform.

The Mirror Sea was bottomless and had no seabed. The deeper one went, the denser the water became. Four to five hundred meters below, there was gel-like “dense water”, just like the sleeping sea in the Qiman Dream Realm. Deep down, there was dense ice water, commonly known as “dense ice.”

Crude oil is usually stored between dense water and dense ice. After drilling into it, insert a steel pipe and it will automatically spray out. Generally speaking, because the water is too deep, the oil drilling platform is floating and fixed by the iron rope made by the Tibetan class.

The first step in mining was to build a platform. Then sank into the deep-sea drilling rig and drilled directly into the dense water. After finding the oilfield, insert the steel pipe, then connect the steel pipe with movable joints, extend to the water surface, and wait for the oil to be sprayed up and loaded into the oil tanker. As for the refining steps that followed, they would be transported back to the land for processing.

The method of oil extraction may seem simple, but in reality, it is troublesome and dangerous. Not to mention the harassment of various sea creatures and the intermittent sea storms, the situation was changeable. Even if the entire drilling platform was overturned, not a few of them would be able to do so.

A few days later, on the platform, the sailors threw hundreds of barbed steel balls with iron chains attached to them. When they enter the seabed, they will gradually sink into the dense water, forming a fixed effect. Thanks to the high-strength corrosion resistance of the Tibetan class, the chains immersed in seawater can maintain a working state of more than 200 years.

Next up is deep-sea drilling, a fully mechanized process in which humans operate the rig on the surface of the water to complete the preliminary work. Then, small underwater mechs would be used to plug in and connect pipes.

The pipeline is divided into three layers, the inner pipe is an oil pipeline, the middle layer is a stressed pipe, bearing the tension and torsion of seawater, and the outer layer is a protective pipe, resistant to corrosion and impact. On the whole, it was as thick as two people hugging each other. The warehouses on the fishing boats were mainly used to store the materials for these pipelines and platforms.

After extracting the crude oil, since the Black Wolf Mercenary Corps did not have a fleet of 10,000 tons, they needed to charter ships to transport it back and find a factory to refine it.

Tie Zha stayed for a while longer and felt that the situation he needed to know was also understood. So he asked Tie Ling to arrange a boat to send him back. Tie Ling rejected the request, saying it was too dangerous, leaving four fishing boats immediately after the fleet arrived at the second oil production site to fly the flagship back personally.

It was not until Dr3717-09-16 Silver City time that Tie Zha returned to the Central Sea. Afterwards, he boarded the airship and returned to the Iron Blood White Wolf.

Surprisingly, Tie Zha had just returned to the bridge when she learned from Alice that Lena had woken up half a month ago and was not sleeping again. Instead, she was walking on the ship and doing nothing.

Tie Zha searched everywhere, but he couldn’t find any trace of Lena. After that, he asked Alice to help him, but he still couldn’t find him. Finally, he used the amplifiers to inform the crew of the ship. However, after several hours, there was still no news.

It seemed that Lena was deliberately avoiding him, and he couldn’t find him even if he wanted to. Just as he was losing his composure and was blowing on the deck, Lena quietly appeared behind him. Although she didn’t say anything, Tie Zha could still see hope in her eyes.

“Wait for me to make another trip to Desert Five. At most half a month, I’ll bring you to the end of the world when I return.” Tie Zha said guiltily.

Lena grabbed his shoulder, bent down, twisted his chin, stared into his eyes, and said unhappily, “Don’t lie to me again.”

“I promise.” Tie Zha said seriously.

‘”I didn’t lie to you, what I said is true.” “You’ve never made any verbal promises before.” “Is that so?” Tie Zha pretended to be stupid.

“The bigger it is, the worse it will get.” Lena gritted her teeth and pressed down on his forehead. Her face was filled with hatred, but her eyes couldn’t hide her care and love.

“Let’s go. I’ll treat you to a drink.” Tie Zha tried to change the subject.

“What? Can you drink now?” Lena pretended to be surprised.

“I’m an adult.” Tie Zha rolled his eyes and reminded.

“Is that so?” Lena raised her head and looked at the sky, as if she was trying her best to remember.

Seeing Lena’s pretentious expression, Tie Zha’s eyelids twitched.

After a while, she looked at Tie Zha and said seriously, “You lied to sister.” She then concluded, “You’re not an adult yet, you can only drink …” She raised a finger, and at this time, Tie Zha had already taken a few steps back.

“Eh, eh, eh, elder sister hasn’t finished yet.” Lena caught up, but Tie Zha walked faster and faster.

Three days later, the flagship flew to Quicksand Town. Tie Zha drove the jeep down from the airship and immediately passed through the gate to Pure Land Town overnight.

He wore power armor to enter the territory of the swarm and did not bring anyone else except the two drivers who were in charge of driving. In case the situation changes and the number of people becomes inflexible.

After traveling for tens of hours, they traveled more than 5,000 kilometers in the red wilderness and arrived at the Pure Land Town marked on the map.

This place was already far away from the human-controlled area. There were no satellite signals, and it was impossible to accurately locate it. But on the way here, you could see a lot of road signs and car tracks. Although this was the swarm’s control area, there were no insects. Even the most common songflies had disappeared.

However, the slogan along the way was very clear: “If you leave the Grand Dao, you will have to bear the consequences.”

From afar, Pure Land Town was located in the middle of the forest. In the middle was a very large tree, at least thirty to fifty meters in diameter. It was like a skyscraper, towering into the clouds.

It was the Sky Earth King Tree, the water supplier on which the vegetation in Desert Five depended. The only source of water here is groundwater, but it is buried very deep. The roots of the Sky Earth King Tree can grow up to a kilometer below the ground, transporting groundwater to the surface and forming symbiotic relationships with weeds, shrubs, and other trees.

Pure Land Town was built around such a huge King Tree. Outside the town, one could occasionally see swarms of sting insects and weeping flies, and even a few lazy Abyss Hegemons moving slowly. They were like human patrols, walking along established routes.

It had to be said that the scene in front of him was extremely strange for the first time visiting people.

Under normal circumstances, when the swarm saw humans, they would immediately let out ear-piercing cries and fly over. When humans saw the swarm of insects, they immediately drew their guns and fired. Facing the people of Elda, he might even try to shout twice and communicate with them to see if he could avoid fighting.

The jeep drove into the town gate, and the guards standing on both sides were actually humans and Elda people. They wore the same uniform and occasionally whispered to each other. The scene was indescribably strange, as if they had entered a fantasy country.

The three races that were hostile to each other, fighting, and scrambling for survival materials were actually able to hook their shoulders here and get along with each other in a friendly manner. He even saw a human guard stuffing a cigarette into the mouthpiece of a crimson Hegemon and lighting it …