Chapter 710: Chapter 476: Recruitment_2
Just as the speedboat was about to approach Dong Tianyu’s location, the other party took the initiative and greeted Dong Tianyu, "Hello, I am Charles, captain of the Magic City 3, First Search and Rescue Team. We saw you drifting alone at sea, may I ask if you need to come with us to the Magic City 3 water platform?"
If the lookout hadn’t noticed the extraordinary material of the vessel beneath Dong Tianyu, the Magic City 3 water platform wouldn’t have activated its propulsion to head towards Dong Tianyu.
Normally, the Magic City 3 water platform remained adrift without power.
Before the flood disaster struck, Magic City, as one of the most economically developed coastal cities, joined hands with several inland cities to plan out the construction of thirteen water platforms in one go.
But for various reasons, only nine were completed before the flood disaster struck. In addition to the three water platforms named after Magic City, the remaining ones were named after other inland cities.
It’s quite ironic, really, when the water platforms were first built, although four were constructed at once, the conditions for obtaining a boarding spot were very stringent.
Just like the platforms built by Tianjin, depending on different social statuses, there were different boarding requirements, and every person who qualified was meticulously selected for their talents.
When the flood first hit, even though there were vacancies on some water platforms, they did not relax the selection criteria.
However, once the land was completely submerged by the flood, the managers of the water platforms hypocritically established search and rescue teams that would unconditionally rescue any survivors they found.
Of course, under normal circumstances, the water platforms wouldn’t activate their propulsion to approach distant survivors; at most, they would arrange for search and rescue teams to conduct the rescues.
If the observers in the watchtower hadn’t noticed the special material of the vessel beneath Dong Tianyu, the water platform wouldn’t have moved closer on its own, let alone arrange for the rescue team’s captain to personally take charge of the rescue.
To call it a rescue is actually more akin to recruiting the strong.
The administrators of the water platforms aren’t fools; they have encountered Mysterious Ships before, plus, the water platforms built by the Imperial Court all have large communication devices.
Don’t be fooled; although the land is completely flooded, apart from the water platforms built by the Imperial Court, aircraft carriers and some large fleets affiliated with the Imperial Court still maintain normal communications.
It is precisely for this reason that all fleets and powers recognized by the Imperial Court share intelligence. Although they haven’t experienced everything firsthand, they are more informed than Dong Tianyu, who is fighting alone.
So when the lookout reported the matter of Dong Tianyu’s Jade Ship, the Magic City 3 water platform then activated its propulsion to change course and head towards Dong Tianyu’s direction.
Otherwise, even if the lookout had seen just Dong Tianyu, a sole survivor, the Magic City 3 water platform wouldn’t have easily activated its propulsion.
You must understand that to have a larger carrying capacity, the water platforms built by the Imperial Court are exceptionally large, and the energy required to move such enormous structures is substantial.
Normally speaking, with so many water platforms built in Magic City, forming a fleet and staying together is actually the safest way.
But if they really formed a fleet, then these water platforms would have to activate their propulsion devices to control the direction of the water platforms; otherwise, it would be very easy for two platforms to collide.
As for the ancient method of chaining the platforms together like ironclad ships, it’s possible but comes at a great cost.
To connect the water platforms, very sturdy chains are needed, and once connected, they cannot use elastic chains but must use fixed steel materials; otherwise, if they encounter wind and waves, it is very easy for two ships to collide.
Thus, in order to conserve energy on water platforms, all platforms disperse into myriad points like stars, floating through China’s territory in an inert state. They only activate their propulsion systems when they are about to leave China’s borders to forcibly alter their course.
However, there are instances when water platforms abruptly engage their propulsion systems to change the waterway during their drifting process, and this has happened more than once or twice.
Even situations like this current one, aimed at approaching and recruiting strong individuals, have occurred several times as well.
Unlike the past where it was easy to judge a person’s strength or weakness, now, on the water’s surface, lookouts can judge the strength of survivors simply by observing the condition of the boats beneath them.
For those survivors on rafts, all water platforms adopt an indifferent attitude unless it is convenient to pick them up or the individuals actively approach; otherwise, the platforms do not go out of their way for such recruitments.
However, once a small raft evolves into a big wooden vessel, it becomes an object of interest for all platforms. Depending on the size of the wooden vessel, the larger it is, the more attention it garners from water platforms, and the recruitment conditions and offerings proposed by platform managers improve correspondingly.
Although the appearance of the Bloody Mysterious Realm is rare, it is not unique. Most of the Awakeners who achieve final victory opt for a change in the material of their ships, generally from wood to metal, with Dong Tianyu being the only one to choose jade material.
After all, every victorious survivor knows that while jade material is somewhat harder than wood, it is still considerably inferior to metal.
Even though a Companion Spiritual Treasure can slowly recover from damage within the Sea of Consciousness, without teammates, taking the ship into the Sea of Consciousness equates to losing a safe zone on the water, leaving nowhere to stand.
Anyone with a bit of insight can foresee that ships made of energy-containing jade will definitely be stronger than the other two types later on—after all, anyone who has played video games knows that mages become stronger as the game progresses.
But real life is not a game. While it is acknowledged that mages are powerful in the later stages, who would dare to bet that they will definitely survive to that stage given the absence of resurrection?
Whether one opts for a metal ship with strong defense in the early stages or decides on a one-time evolution of a wooden ship, both choices offer high cost-effectiveness in the early game.
Regarding those prescient forces that train early for the later stages, it’s not impossible, but they should not forget the victory conditions of the Bloody Mysterious Realm.
To clear the realm requires the sacrifice of ninety-nine people; no one can guarantee in the Bloody Mysterious Realm the other ninety-nine individuals will willingly and unresistingly become offerings.
Survivors who achieve final victory in the Bloody Mysterious Realm all understand the importance of combat strength in the early stages and do not consider the cost-effectiveness of later stages.
Although clearing most mysterious realms nowadays mainly relies on the survivors’ own strengths, and is not greatly associated with their ships,
Mysterious realms like the Bloody Mysterious Realm, which involve a hundred-person competition, make it inevitable that there will be realms based solely on the competition between Companion Spiritual Treasures.
After all, following the catastrophe, it was discovered that using Mysterious Cores could obtain and strengthen Companion Spiritual Treasures, and those with any wisdom knew how the currents of the era would flow.
It’s like in "Bleach" where the strength of combatants primarily depends on the awakening level of their Soul-Cutting Swords, yet Kenpachi Zaraki relied solely on his swordsmanship in the early stages, and though he seemed strong,
ultimately, in the later stages, he still had to awaken his Soul-Cutting Sword to elevate his combat abilities.
So even though Companion Spiritual Treasures, like ordinary ships, only serve a transportation role for now, nobody underestimates them. Moreover, many people actively hunt Mysterious Ships after obtaining a Companion Spiritual Treasure, aiming to obtain Mysterious Cores to level up their own ships.
The Imperial Court, with its professional analysis team, has, of course, predicted the future situation; hence, even at this time, it is vigorously recruiting survivors who have already upgraded their Companion Spiritual Treasures to a certain level.
