977 Country That Sits on the Mine Car (1/2)

Chapter 977 – Country That Sits on the Mine Cart

When The Black Shark appeared like a giant ocean beast on the surface, the Emperor Squadron was instantly alerted, and they aimed their cannons at it.

If The Black Shark showed any sign of hostility, they would immediately fire at it.

The Lemurians in the command center were really calm. The Black Shark was covered with layers of steel. With just these backward cannons, they could not cause effective damage to the submarine.

The Black Shark used magic. It was similar to the nuclear powered submarines of real life, as it could stay underwater for long periods of time. It was unlike fuel powered submarines that needed to float to the surface to recharge.

Seeing General Xu Chu appear from the back of the beast, Gan Ning immediately removed the alarm.

The following matters were simple. Once the Divine Martial Guards returned to the surface and met with the squadron, the Emperor Squadron set sail once more.

The only difference was that they had one new member - The Black Shark.

Ouyang Shuo had already instructed Gan Ning to add The Black Shark into the Emperor Squadron. At the same time, they would arrange elite members into The Black Shark to learn from the Lemurians about how to pilot the submarine.

Once the Emperor Squadron left, a white light shone across, and the mountain disappeared from the ocean surface once more. Who knew that there was actually such a strong and powerful civilization hidden in the ocean?

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11th month, 28th day, Melbourne.

After making a huge circle, the Emperor Squadron finally arrived in Australia's Melbourne Port.

Australia was named as the continent in the south. When Europeans found this continent in the 17th century, they thought that this was a continent that was going straight toward the Artic. As a result, they named it Australia.

The imperial city of Canberra was located at the southeast.

Australia was surrounded by water on all four sides and was the only country that covered an entire continent. At the same time, it was termed as the country that sat on mine carts and rode on sheep back.

70% of Australia belonged to the desert or partial desert variety, and the middle region was not suitable for humans to live. As a result, there were only 260 thousand square kilometers that were suitable for farming and animal husbandry. People mainly settled along the southeast.

In reality, just Melbourne and Sydney alone accounted for more than half of the population of Australia.

As a result, the Australia in game was only left with only one in Lord Avera, and its main city was in Melbourne. It was the biggest city apart from the imperial city of Canberra.

Australia was filled with many mining resources, and they had a total of 70. Bauxite, gold, iron ore, coal, lithium, manganese, silver, and the like were all the top few storages in the world.

At the same time, Australia was the biggest exporter in the world of coal, bauxite, lead, diamond, and zinc. It was second biggest aluminum, iron ore, and uranium ore exporter, and the third largest gold exporter.

The rich resources of Australia were the part that attracted Ouyang Shuo.

The Emperor Squadron being able to dock at Melbourne so smoothly was due to the efforts of the envoy sent by Honglu Temple beforehand.

Apart from ore resources, Australia did not hold any strategic location on Earth, and it was just a secluded land. Since that was the case, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not intend to attack them and send them to the land of trials.

If he really did that, he would just make Great Xia the enemy of the entire world.

If that really happened, it would not be a good thing for Ouyang Shuo or for Great Xia when they arrived on Planet Hope.

'To obtain the greatest benefits with the smallest sacrifice and use cooperation to create a win-win situation. Raise the influence of Great Xia in the world, expanding their friend circle.' This had become the core of Great Xia.

Hence, two months ago, Honglu Temple had brought with them the peace promise from Ouyang Shuo. Not having a war and being able to trade was the best scenario for Avera.

The game was not like real life, the global trade network was not advanced yet.

Even if they had shocking resources they could not sell them to far regions in exchange for profits. They could only make them into useless copper and iron, a waste of a treasure.

To open up a trade route with Great Xia was naturally a win-win situation.

That night, in the Melbourne City Lord's Manor, Avera held a welcome feast for them.

It was not just the core Melbourne players attending the feast, but even the adventure gamemode elites from Canberra were present. Most of the elites of the Australia player base had gathered.

The arrival of the Emperor Squadron was a historic matter to them.

”Welcome my friend, Great Xia!” Avera raised his wine glass, ”Cheers!”

In the dark, Avera was not as excited as he appeared. Long before Great Xia arrived here, Silver Hand had warned him to not walk too close to Great Xia.

When the Emperor Squadron stopped in Xingzhou Prefecture, Avera was still uncertain.

However, when the Badong Squadron was crushed by the Emperor Squadron despite having an advantage, Avera finally put away all his worries.

”Silver Hand cannot save Melbourne. Only Great Xia can.”