mtl008 Chapter 2612 Mayfly World (2)
Chapter 2612 Mayfly World (2)
Chapter 2612 Mayfly World (XII)
Things have gone around in circles and returned to the starting point. Fortunately, such a large project cannot be built overnight. It takes a long time just to finalize and modify the design drawings.
Pamela, Strange and Stark all put forward their own demands. Xu Shangqi was responsible for modifying the drawings. After Schiller brought Peter over, Peter also participated in the revision of the drawings.
The mages were working hard to transport the raw materials. Although the building materials had not yet been fully determined, since they were going to build a greenhouse, good soil and fertilizer were indispensable, so they transported these first.
Because of the huge height difference, the original plan of building a high-rise building on flat ground was basically rejected. Then they proposed several other plans. Stark thought that they should simply wrap up the entire Shambhala and build whatever they wanted inside.
Strange felt that the villagers' traditions should be respected. Even if the internal materials changed, the appearance should be as consistent as possible with the style of the village. If that was not possible, it could be dismantled into dozens of small greenhouses and disguised as village houses.
Xu Shangqi still considered more the ideas of modern architecture and his innate genes for infrastructure transformation. He felt that it was not a good idea to have the village scattered like this. He simply moved all the villagers to one place and then found a way to hollow out the inside of the mountain to create a plain inside the mountain, making it easier to build any building.
However, these ideas are basically impossible to implement. If Shambhala is covered up, what will tourists see? How to promote and market it? The villagers are not happy to put a lid on their heads.
Splitting the greenhouses into so many small ones is totally inefficient and cannot realize industrialized planting. In the end, villagers will still have to do manual planting and there is no way they can get rid of poverty and become rich.
As for the huge project of hollowing out the mountain, not to mention that Kamar-Taj only owns the territorial rights within Kamar-Taj, and it is an incomplete territorial right, similar to the embassies of various countries. The territorial sovereignty of Shambhala belongs to China. China certainly would not allow this group of wizards to do such a big job, which would be considered changing the landform.
In the end, it was Pamela who proposed a possibility that all parties reluctantly agreed to - giving birth to the World Tree.
This is also one of the specialties of the Green of All Things. Many of the giant trees on the earth of DC that are thousands or hundreds of years old are the embodiment of the Green of All Things. They can almost be regarded as wonders used by the Green of All Things to preach. Of course, Pamela also knows this.
There are many advantages to doing this, because although the three villages are located about two thousand meters above sea level, as long as they can be connected vertically, the distance of about two kilometers is actually not particularly far.
The problem is that building a two-kilometer-long elevator is too ugly. Even if it is hidden in the mountain, the village will be a certain distance away horizontally, and it will still be very ugly with branches and vines.
But from this word we can see that there is a kind of creature in nature that will not be considered ugly even if it has many chaotic vertical and longitudinal connected structures, and that is the big tree.
People's worship of trees can be traced, because where there are trees means that the local water, soil and landscape can support the people. The reason why the Sherpas were able to find a place where air currents converge and reproduce is that they first saw the lush green that was different from the scenery of other places, right?
Although the three villages are all above the snow line, there are plants here under the protection of magic, and the touch of green in the vast snow scene is particularly endearing. If there is a towering tree rising from the ground, it will probably become a wonder that all human beings will praise, and there will be no need to worry about tourism resources.
But this is Marvel after all, and Pamela's ability cannot be used. The wizards have to figure out how to induce the birth, and this is bound to be a troublesome matter. It's not something that can be done by simply planting the saplings together and then using bone meal to click on them.
The wizards of Kamar-Taj know almost no plant magic, otherwise they wouldn't be so anxious to grow saffron. It is precisely because their magic is borrowed from those magical creatures that they are particularly bad at farming. After all, you can't expect Mephisto and their subordinates to create an agricultural civilization.
According to Xu Shangqi, there are many such talents in China. It can even be said that even if a Chinese magician is not good at farming, he will find ways to make his abilities good at farming.
You see, the weather witch holds a solar term calendar in her hand, and as long as she finds that it is not raining according to the solar terms, she will rush over to perform some physical weather adjustment. The fire magician is forced into a corner and has to find an advantage in burning straw. There is a saying in the Chinese magic world that to be a magician, you have to have a working eye.
But Strange was stubborn and refused to ask for help. He insisted on finding a solution on his own. After much discussion, Martin finally came up with a possibility.
Generally speaking, the work of dealing with plants and animals is done by some ancestor gods. To put it simply, it is shamanism. Gods in charge of these duties are only found in the primitive beliefs of mankind.
Schiller and his colleagues were familiar with Egyptian civilization, so he went back to his tower and planned to ask Khonsu. When the word "farming" was mentioned, Khonsu immediately became excited.
Ancient Egypt is one of the earliest developed agricultural civilizations in the world. The fertile soil on both sides of the Nile River gave birth to the extremely powerful and splendid Egyptian civilization. There were also many gods in charge of harvest in the Egyptian pantheon. When they heard that they were needed, they rushed over without stopping.
But unfortunately, the Egyptian pantheon has been doing well recently. After humans entered the stage of interstellar exploration, other African countries except Wakanda have completely fallen into disarray.
It is unlikely for them to catch up with the technological level. The emergence of Wakanda can be regarded as a contribution of Africa, the big brother of human civilization, to mankind. Others are already thinking that if the remaining humans all migrate to the stars, it would be fine to leave the Earth to themselves.
Or maybe they don't want the entire earth, and it's fine to just stay in Africa. If something happens one day, they can still be the last spark of mankind.
Africa is actually not that poor, or its people are not particularly poor, they are just relatively primitive. The vast majority of countries have small-scale farming economies, where people farm the land every day and are content with having something to eat. This kind of life would not be very decent according to modern statistical standards, but it is far from being a hell on earth.
After all, the African continent is extremely vast, the soil is very fertile, and the rain and heat conditions are also good. In order to gain fame, Wakanda has also built several air transport routes in Africa, which greatly reduced logistics costs. It also rents advanced agricultural machinery at very cheap rents. Now in Africa, basically as long as you are willing to farm, you will not starve to death. Although primitive, it is much better than those countries ravaged by war.
Therefore, the international community has no objection to their poor behavior. Having Wakanda is enough.
This led to a further revival of faith in Africa. Since everyone had enough food to eat and had little ambition, didn't they start praying to gods and Buddhas?
The Egyptian pantheon is also a well-known figure in the African pantheon. Although Egyptians basically do not worship it now, this primitive belief has never been broken. Recently, the animal gods and natural gods have been living a comfortable life.
Because they are not short of money, the price of accepting orders is higher. Once they hear that it is an order from Kamar-Taj, they will ask for an exorbitant amount of money, intending to make a big profit in one go.
They also know that primitive pantheons like their own are hard to find, and that it is a complete seller's market, so they plan to sit back and wait for the right price to get some good stuff from Kamar-Taj.
Although Strange was angry at their behavior of raising the price, the price they offered was not completely unacceptable. After all, Kamar-Taj was rich now and had surplus energy for students to spend lavishly, so it was not impossible for him to grit his teeth and pay the money.
Just when Strange was about to make up his mind, Martin suddenly came to him quietly and told him that the ancestor god from Asterc also had this ability, and the price he asked for was even lower, almost half of the other party's.
The situation in Mexico is not as good as in Africa. Almost all other countries in America are the backyard of the United States. After launching the arms race in interstellar exploration, the United States is not just sitting there doing nothing. The railway projects that were originally not taken seriously have become the mainstay due to the emergence of interstellar transportation technology.
No country is willing to have a direct route with such a large carrying capacity with such a powerful country, because this thing can not only transport goods but also troops. Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other countries have strongly protested, but to no avail.
The rogue advantage of the United States is fully demonstrated at this moment. It doesn't care whether other American countries are willing or not. It just builds the sky railway rapidly. It can provide jobs, revitalize the logistics industry, and open up international trade routes. That's it.
This has led to sparsely populated countries like Canada and Mexico being forced to begin geopolitical unification with the United States. After all, since the railways are connected to the same area, the significance of the country is naturally weakened.
It's not that there are no protests against this in the international community, but to be honest, no one has a clean bottom. China also has an air rail link to Southeast Asia in the south, a high-speed rail to the top of India in the west, and an air rail link to Russia in the north through Mohe and Siberia.
In Europe, there is a large and complex aerial railway network that is all connected together. Under pressure from the arms race in space exploration, everyone builds as many railways as they can. If there are conflicting routes, they are connected. In the end, it is difficult to tell whose route is whose.
This thing is so easy to make. It does not require cutting through mountains or seas, it does not cost much, and the technology is open source. Except for Africa, which is in a mess, there is a dense network overhead in the world.
Mexico has a good location. It is located in Central America and is a bridgehead connecting North and South America. The United States has been overwhelmed by large-scale construction projects, so it is determined to build Mexico into the largest logistics and warehousing distribution center connecting North and South America.
Mexico's population is not large to begin with, and due to long-standing historical problems, it has excellent farming conditions but has not been able to find any pillar industries. Since the big guy next to it said so, they can only accept it with pleasure.
The Mexicans were very accepting of this. After all, who would want to farm when they can work in a cool station? Most young people abandoned the land and went to the city to work in logistics.
This also led to the further decline of primitive beliefs and even the decline of ancient culture. Many scattered Aztec ruins were destroyed because they blocked the necessary routes for warehousing operations. The locals also argued that people have to eat.
Martin felt pity for the few wandering gods left, so he decided to promote this business. He lowered the price and charged very little money. He just hoped that Kamar-Taj could help Mexicans preserve the culture of their ancestral gods and not completely forget the glorious civilization that once existed on this ancient land due to rapid urbanization.
Strange had nothing to disagree with, so he immediately asked Martin to start giving birth to the World Tree. However, it was indeed necessary to revive the ancestral god civilization. One more pantheon means one more way, and no one can raise the price.
However, to revive the pantheon, he had to find someone with experience. Strange looked left and right and saw the Egyptian pantheon again.
Thinking of the grievances and hatreds between Schiller and the Egyptian pantheon, he waved his hand and decided that you are the Pope of the Aztec ancestor god. Go and lead your civilization to regain its glory.
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