Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Instantly, a flash of lightning burst out from Zhou Xu's fingertips, and hit Tanaka Yotaro who was kneeling in front of him with lightning speed.

All this happened too fast.

Zhou Xu was still talking in a good mood the moment before, but he suddenly attacked the next moment.

At this moment, the distance between them was less than three meters. Let alone Tanaka Yotaro, anyone else would probably not be able to react.

The powerful electric current instantly spread throughout Tanaka Yotaro's body, taking his life!

"I gave you a chance, but you don't cherish it."

At this moment, even Silk, who was standing by, was a little confused, and didn't know what was going on.

It wasn't until their majesty slowly got up and walked to Tanaka Yotaro's body, and then raised his hand to suck out the light ball that symbolized the truth from it, that Silk suddenly realized it.

[Good guy, hiding the truth! ]

To put it seriously, it's not an exaggeration to say that this matter is harboring evil intentions.

Bai Tu only has the "Eye of Insight" but not the "Puppet of Secrets", so he can't see whether the other person has the mantra or not.

Before, this guy handed over two mantras that didn't match him, but he kept the mantra that he could absorb and had a certain degree of fit.

[System prompt: Congratulations to 'Zhou Xu' for obtaining the mantra 'Life'. ]

[System prompt: Congratulations to 'Zhou Xu' for obtaining the mantra 'Summon'. ]

Zhang Xuemei actually did something similar before.

However, Zhang Xuemei is a three-star talent with professional ability. She has made great contributions to the geological exploration and mineral search for Da Zhou over the years. How can Tanaka Yangtaro, a dead otaku with no ability, compare with her?

It can only be said that he doesn't know how to live or die and doesn't put himself in the right position.

Zhou Xu is still very interested in the two mantra characters he just obtained. At this moment, he already has a few ideas in his mind.

However, considering that he will have to question the islanders next, Zhou Xu still suppressed this idea temporarily.

Let Silk simply dispose of Tanaka Yotaro's body, and the islander that Bai Tu found will arrive soon.

It was a little old man with rough skin like old tree bark, and his whole body was tanned.

Zhou Xu habitually used the "Peeping Eyes" to take a look.

An ordinary two-star character, judging from his talent, he should be an old fisherman.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!"

Tanaka Yotaro's situation is quite special. He has not stayed on this island for a few years at most.

But the old fisherman in front of him is different.

He came here with the first batch of immigrants after discovering this island during the reign of the first emperor. He was only sixteen years old at the time, and now he has lived on this island for decades, and knows this island much better than Tanaka Yotaro.

Zhou Xu did not ask the other party whether he had been to the mountain. Judging from the situation of the villages and towns here, it is likely that he has not been there, so there is no need to ask this question again.

So he has now changed the way of asking.

"Do you know about volcanoes?"

"Volcano."

The old fisherman was confused at first when he said this word, and then nodded quickly.

"I know! When I came to this island with my parents, the emperor at that time told us that the mountain deep in the island might be a volcano, and it might erupt something called magma, which is very dangerous, so they should not get too close to the mountain."

The emperor mentioned by the old fisherman undoubtedly refers to the first generation of emperors, who are time travelers like them.

Obviously, the other party also thought of the same question when looking at the mountain.

And it is not difficult to hear from the old fisherman's words that this mountain should not have erupted in the past few decades.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu asked another question.

"When you first came, were the trees on this island already very lush?"

"Yes."

The old fisherman nodded quickly.

Once a volcano erupts, the surrounding environment will inevitably turn into scorched earth. After that, if there is no human intervention, it will take a long time to restore the natural ecology.

With this information, Zhou Xu could boldly guess that there had not been a volcanic eruption on this island for nearly a hundred years.

"Has there been an earthquake on this island in recent years? That is, the ground suddenly began to shake violently."

"No."

The old fisherman shook his head.

Following his train of thought, he asked a few more questions.

After a series of inquiries, Zhou Xu had a rough idea in his mind. After signaling his subordinates to send the people back, he turned around and called Zhang Xuemei over, and told her the intelligence he had obtained and the relevant speculations he had made.

After listening, Zhang Xuemei pondered for two seconds, and then slowly spoke...

"Your Majesty, your speculation is correct, but we assume that the mountain is a volcano. It has not erupted for nearly a hundred years, which does not mean that it is a dead volcano."

"Take Mount Futu in Japan in our original world. The last eruption was three hundred years ago."

"This one on the island now may also be a dormant volcano, or it is likely to be."

When Zhang Xuemei said the three words "high probability", it meant that she must have discovered something.

Zhou Xu quickly asked her to tell him in detail.

In response, Zhang Xuemei did not keep the secret and spoke directly.

"Since your Majesty mentioned this matter on the ship, I have been observing the mountain, and just now I found that the mountain was smoking."

When Zhang Xuemei said this, it was almost certain that it was a volcano.

This also made Zhou Xu's mood become a little complicated.

"A dormant volcano? In other words, it is unknown when it will erupt?"

Zhang Xuemei nodded, and then added.

"But it is also possible that it will not erupt for hundreds of years, or even thousands of years."

This matter gave Zhou Xu a headache.

Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is the instinct of living things. Zhou Xu obviously did not like this volcano that could erupt at any time.

After all, once a volcano erupts, it may cause him losses that cannot be ignored.

You work hard to develop, but once the volcano erupts, everything is gone. Wouldn't your mentality explode?

Zhang Xuemei undoubtedly saw the point of Zhou Xu's entanglement, so she spoke quickly...

"Your Majesty, in fact, you should not only look at the disadvantages, but also look at the benefits that volcanoes can bring to us."

As she spoke, Zhang Xuemei began to list the advantages of volcanoes.

"For example, volcanic ash is a very good fertilizer, which makes the soil in the area fertile and very suitable for farming. At the same time, volcanic areas are often accompanied by powerful geothermal energy. After development, the energy problems in the area can be easily solved."

"In addition, there are often some related resources produced in volcanic areas."

"For example, sulfur!"