Asailuoa, known by the locals as the City of Salt, was a fairly famous salt-producing region in this world. At the same time, it was also renowned among Professionals as a center for potions and alchemy.
"Uh, uh, uh... Seeing it in person really is worse than hearing about it. I want to run away."
But once they truly entered the city, having just passed from the dock district into the urban area, Lu PingAn was already tempted to turn around and flee.
From the "chat window," Lu PingAn had learned the route his guild's Big Ship would take. All that remained was to find a suitable place to wait for them.
Yet after truly arriving in this "Potion City" and "Industrial City" marked on the map, Lu PingAn and his group found it a little unbearable.
"This is... way too industrial."
The seawater here was pale green. Lu PingAn had initially assumed it was some kind of green algae, but one look at the massive Water Pipes and towering smokestacks in the city's industrial district told him everything.
Environmental protection and purification cost a great deal of money while producing slow results. Once pollution had gone on unchecked, it could take more than a decade before even initial improvements became apparent. Yet destroying green mountains and blue seas might require only a few months of massive industrial waste discharge.
Judging by the smell Lu PingAn caught, the color of the seawater, and the "poisonous fog" permeating the city, he suspected this place had been polluting without restraint for over a decade.
"Cough, cough, cough... This place is beyond saving, isn't it?"
Even Lu PingAn could not stop coughing the moment he entered the city.
It was not that he feared the toxins. He simply felt as if something were