At first light the next morning, Liu Changxu appeared atop the towering, broad East City Wall of Many-Treasure City. Looking out over the sea from the lofty battlements, he felt his heart open and his spirits lift!
But at the thought of the approaching beast tide, Liu Changxu's spirits immediately sank. He silently wondered what the scene would look like once sea monsters blanketed the waters before him, and how he ought to respond!
Looking again at Many-Treasure City's defenses, the wall beneath his feet was undoubtedly a vital part of them.
Although the towering walls could not stop sea monsters of the second tier and above that could fly at low altitudes, they remained the most effective defense against the first-tier sea monsters, which could not fly and were the most numerous.
However, building such tall, majestic walls also consumed an astonishing amount of resources.
Liu Changxu made a rough estimate. The walls averaged thirty zhang in height and ten zhang in width, while the East City Wall alone stretched for more than fifty li. What an enormous undertaking construction on such a scale must have been.
Furthermore, to maximize the walls' defensive strength, their main building material was diamond rock, a first-tier supreme-grade stone material. This drove the construction costs to an utterly staggering level.
At that thought, he could not help but marvel at Many-Treasure City's immense wealth.
Before Liu Changxu could dwell on it for long, the sword cultivator Lin Feiyang appeared before him.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Lin! I've come to take over your shift!"
Liu Changxu stepped forward warmly and said.
According to the wall's duty roster, shifts changed every six hours, and Liu Changxu was responsible for today's daytime watch. However, he had arrived a little early to familiarize himself with the wall's defenses