I'll forge a new destiny

Chapter 48 The Origin of Xiacheng District
  "You live in this port, and you all chose to go to sea, so you should be quite knowledgeable..." Zhang Xing opened the envelope, held the letter in his hand and let Tucci and Brick take a look.

It is impossible to determine whether the encounter between the white dove and the captain is related to the current encounter in the port of Eris, but secret messages are something like this, especially handwritten ones. It is always useful to figure out the above content earlier.

"If you can translate it for me, then my luck may be too good, so I don't expect it. But if you have some impression of this text, I don't think it is hopeless."

The two strangers frowned, looking at the neat and beautiful words on the letter, trying to find the same or similar traces in their memories.

Not only the two of them, but Charles also tried to join in - he was soon kicked out by Zhang Xing because he was illiterate to do other things, such as sorting out the books and account books in the gang.

This kind of thing does not require literacy, as long as the hands and feet are gentle.

Char's hands and feet may be a little heavy now, but he can make other people's hands and feet not heavy.

"Charles can give orders to others much better than you. Those people obey his majesty, unlike you who can only use your name to make people obey orders."

Brick teased Tucci. The relationship between the two was already very harmonious, which made Tucci not restrain his sharp teeth and mouth.

"That's better than having to be ordered around by others. Don't think I don't know. How those pirate boys asked you to work for them when we were on the ship. And..."

"It's not a replacement, it's an exchange of jobs. I..."

Zhang Xing likes this atmosphere very much, but he is indeed a little impatient.

"cough--"

The two strangers immediately restrained themselves, and Brick shook his head.

"Sorry sir, I have never seen these words in the lower city in all these years, nor anything similar. After all, it is too delicate and does not look like something people like us would use. Maybe there will be news in the upper city." The tauren thought hard and said, "Maybe I can go to the upper city for you."

"No need for now, I don't want to irritate Uptown right now."

Unlike Brick, who was helpless, Tucci rubbed his chin and gave an answer that satisfied Zhang Xing.

"I can't be sure, but I can assure you that I have seen similar words..." He thought for a moment: "Or patterns."

"pattern?"

"Yes, it's not on any book or sign, but on a door."

Tucci stretched out his finger, and Zhang Xing sent the secret message closer.

"No sir, it's not this..." He smiled at Zhang Xing, pointed at the envelope that Zhang Xing put away and said, "It's this."

Where he pointed, the mark of paint on the envelope was clearly visible.

I'm glad that out of some habit, I didn't destroy the paint, but chose to open it completely.

Zhang Xing picked up the envelope and handed it to Tucci.

The rat man took it carefully, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and returned the envelope to Zhang Xing.

"Now I can be sure, I have indeed seen such a pattern, in the Lower City."

"Impossible. If we were in the lower city, there's no reason why I would ignore what you've seen."

"It's not the lower city, you stupid cow!" The rat man looked at the tauren, pointed to the ground, and said loudly: "This is the real lower city!"

As a city named after a port, Eris is not only large, but also has an unusual drainage system.

This unusualness not only refers to the excellence of the drainage system, but also reflects that the drainage system used by Eris today was not built by the original Mellann at the beginning. Or not just the one who built it - this not only does not mean the ship of Theseus.

It is hard to imagine that the first Mellann, as the person who founded Eris, was so powerful that he did not leave a sufficient drainage system for a port city.

No one would believe this, so something must have happened.

There was indeed an accident in the Port of Eris in the past, an accident that no one knew the cause of and how to handle it in the end, except for the Mellann family and a few upper-level officials of the port.

That accident caused the offshore part of Eris Port to be submerged, and part of the port at that time was well integrated into the drainage system established by the first generation Mellan.

Yes, the drainage system currently used in Eris Port is part of the original city, and there is nothing inconvenient about it.

On the contrary, it becomes better.

And this is what is unusual.

After that incident, the rulers of Eris rebuilt the offshore part and built a port and drainage system on top of the submerged ruins.

At the same time, the gentlemen in Shangcheng District are worried that such a situation will happen again, so they need to risk their lives and take responsibility. So he chose to decentralize power and gave up the lower city - it didn't have this name at that time. The port of Eris was one, and they were all ruled by the nobles who followed Mellann.

Those nobles gave up their restrictions and obligations on the offshore part in exchange for the peace of mind that they did not have to go near dangerous areas.

The Lower City officially existed from that moment on.

After some chaos, an order was achieved that satisfied the gentlemen in the upper city.

After so many years, the people in Lower City no longer worry about the illusory unexpected disaster, and have adapted to a life that is now distinct from that in Upper City.

Even in the minds of some people, this kind of life is the freest life.

Because of its origin, among these people, they always habitually call the submerged coastal area that once existed as the real downtown area.

"Have you ever been to the real downtown?!"

Brick's eyes widened, while Tucci waved his hand disdainfully, as if it was a small scene.

"Look what you said, which sewer man has never been to that place?"

As a sewer built on the original offshore part and drainage system, it is not surprising at all that it is connected to those original places.

Otherwise, the water cannot be excreted.

That was when Tucci was still young and still making a living in the sewers.

As a ratman who is not strong enough and has lost his parents. Due to his natural keenness for survival, Tucci lived in the sewers for a long time before truly learning to protect himself.

It has to be said that it is not that difficult to survive in Eris Port's thousands of twists, spacious, dense, and resource-rich sewers.

As long as you can overcome a small psychological barrier, the place is not that disgusting. The biggest drawback is that there are too many rats. For a rat man, it can only be said that it is like returning home.

"That was indeed my home. It used to be..." Glancing at Zhang Xing and Brick, Tucci grinned: "But now I have a better, more lively home."

"And family." Regardless of Tucci's reaction after hearing this, Zhang Xing asked: "So where did you see the pattern on the envelope?"

"Yes sir, I swear with these eyes, I have seen this pattern in the real downtown area!"

(End of this chapter)