How Am I Still Alive?

Aceloa, the city of salt among the locals, is a well-known salt production place in the world. At the same time, it is also a famous place for potions and alchemy among professionals.

"Uh, uh, uh, it's better to see it than to hear it. I want to run away."

But when we really entered the city, just after entering the city from the dock area, Lu Pingping wanted to turn around and run away.

Originally, from the "chat column", Lu Ping'an knew the route of his club's ship, and all that was left was to find a suitable place to squat them.

But when they finally arrived at the "potion city" and "industrial city" on this map, Lu Ping'an and his party were a little unbearable.

"This is too industrial."

The sea water here is light green. Lu Ping'an originally thought it was some kind of green seaweed, but when he looked at the large water pipes and chimneys in the urban industrial area, he understood it instantly.

Environmental purification is expensive and slow to produce results. It may take more than ten years to achieve initial results, but it may only take a few months to discharge a large amount of industrial waste to destroy a green mountain and blue ocean.

From the smell that Lu Pingan smelled, the color of the sea water, and the "poisonous fog" permeating the city, Lu Pingan suspected that this place had been polluted wantonly for more than ten years.

"Ahem, cough, cough, this is hopeless."

Even Lu Pingping, who had just entered the city, kept coughing.

He was not afraid of the toxins in it, but he always felt as if something was stuck to his throat, eyes, and skin, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

The large particles of waste in the air are visible to the naked eye, and "industrial pollution" is visible to the naked eye. It is really not empty talk here.

"Want to buy it? It will feel better if you wear it."

Near the gate of the city, there were people selling "gas masks" and "face masks", saying that there was nothing to say about the safety of the road.

Even after two earth eras and the most polluted era in Eastern Kingdom's history, Lu still couldn't bear such an environment.

"Ahem, no one cares about it?"

Lu Pingan looked at the pedestrians on the street. Some were carrying oxygen tanks directly on their backs, and some were holding fog lights. It seemed that they were lucky today, and it was not the worst super fog.

In the sky, there is a faint "black snow" falling. It is the product of the collective emissions of countless large chimneys. It has a sticky and burning sensation on the skin. It is obviously not a harmless thing.

"Who cares? Those who prevent everyone from getting rich will become public enemies. In fact, most local forces have their own factories and warehouses."

Well, everyone is getting rich together, but no one is willing to manage the environment a little bit.

"It can't be controlled. Some big bosses tried it before, but later found that there was no change at all after suppressing it for three months. Then their factory set an example and cut production and suffered serious losses. Some people also secretly retaliated and sniped, so they stopped."

This fully illustrates what kind of effect will be produced when no one in a region needs to take responsibility and everyone "lets go and do it".

However, the local situation is still somewhat special.

Along the way, what Lu Pingan saw the most were various chemical plants.

A chemical plant is an industrial plant. It is actually the end of "research and development". Local alchemists, potions, physicists, and chemists have cleaned and developed the elements, compounds, and minerals of this world. Their results are in the factory. Which have become various best-selling products.

Lu Ping'an saw that the best-selling product was "rubber".

It is unlikely that there are natural rubber trees in this world. This is probably a chemical product. It feels slightly different from real rubber. It has obvious stickiness and a light fruity aroma.

"Don't smell it, it's poisonous."

The paid guide quickly stopped Lu Ping'an's movements.

This level of poison had little effect on Lu, but he let it go.

"Rubber" itself is actually nothing, but it is one of the important materials for many industrial products. The ability to artificially synthesize this "rubber-like" shows that local alchemists and chemists have developed unique local "elements". The standard is already not low.

In this foggy city, Lu Ping'an had already seen the "car" figure. Although it looked like a large ox cart, all the metal parts were functioning normally, which was obviously the result of localization.

"It seems that I underestimated them."

Ten years not only gave new seedlings a growth period, but also gave developers and exploiters a relatively stable development period of ten years.

During this time, a "new science" that conformed to local laws of physics, chemistry, and elements had taken shape.

"Although the cost is quite serious, from a global perspective, it seems to be a good deal."

Looking towards the sea, Lu Ping'an saw rows of steam armored ships. It seemed that the shipbuilding technology of humans and the Changshou tribe had also reached a higher level.

Artillery, cars, iron boats, just these few things mean that too many things have been changed.

But the strange thing is that other cities in this world are still quite primitive.

"It's normal. This is the product of the intervention of 'foreign civilization'. Those researchers have gathered together to develop on their own. What reasons and motivations do they have to interfere with other cities. And even if other cities take the initiative to learn from it, regardless of the long distance, the locals will not Just give your money-making machine away."

The local area is similar to a "modern city" in primitive society. It looks very advanced in every aspect, but there is always a strange "false feeling". When the slave dragging the chain and the master in the convertible appear together, this kind of The awkwardness became more and more obvious.

"Textiles, chemicals, potions, machinery... Well, isn't this our 'boat'? There are actually imitations here."

Lu Ping'an sighed. I'm afraid that due to the development of local technology, his hometown's "ship" business will have some problems.

Lu Pingping walked and watched, but some members of the group appeared silently and dispersed silently, walking into various streets and alleys.

Collecting local intelligence and information has become a habit for them.

"Meow, there's a mark, meow! It's from the Chamber of Commerce."

This seems to be a good thing. It seems that the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce has at least one branch or base in this city.

The road that was originally going to go to the local hotel took a safe turn and went directly to the direction specified by the sign.

But when I finally got there, I discovered a problem.

"Excuse me, the shop here."

Under the familiar signboard, there are ruins. Several shops on this street have obvious signs of being smashed and burned.

Lu Ping'an asked about the store next door, but received a wary and uneasy look from the clerk.

He smiled before continuing.

"I just landed ashore. It's my first time in this city. I don't know anyone here. I heard that the goods here are good, so I wanted to see what's available here and what the price is."

First "pretend" that I have nothing to do with this store to facilitate communication.

The waiter's immediately relaxed demeanor undoubtedly proved that this trick was quite effective.

"What else can I do to offend someone?"

Well, a city without order is as "pleasant" as ever.

"It's interesting. Tell me more. I'm listening."