Pirate: I will kill the Celestial Dragon at the beginning

An Yi asked the officer, "What is this place?"

The officer replied, "This is called Black Rock Iron Island, and it used to be the largest iron ore and coal production place in the New World."

Hearing this, An Yi finally understood why they saw so many smelters and coal before.

Then An Yi asked again: "Then what happened here, how did it become like this?"

According to the officer, this place is rich in iron and coal, both of which are good things, and they can be sold to other countries in exchange for a lot of wealth.

Logically speaking, this place should be a bustling island, but An Yi saw a large number of people who were starving and poorly clothed.

Hearing An Yi's question, the officer sighed and said, "The reason why our island has become what it is now is all about 50 years ago."

"Oh, 50 years ago?"

"Yes, 50 years ago, we were the wealthiest among the dozens of nearby islands. We excavated the iron ore on the island, smelted it into steel, and then sold it to other countries or the world government."

"Because most of the iron mines on our island are open-pit mines. Not to mention the convenience of mining, the quality is very good. As long as simple smelting is carried out, it can become very good-looking steel."

"So back then, there was always a steady stream of ships in our ports to move steel."

"Those ships transported loads of food and supplies to us, filled the hold with steel, and shipped them back to their own countries."

"At that time, although we were all mining, everyone could eat enough and wear good clothes. People from other places can't do anything if they want to come to our island to mine?"

"Because of iron ore and coal, our island is called the Island of Steel and Coal by others, but we are still used to calling it Black Rock Island."

"As the island becomes more and more prosperous, more and more people come to settle on the island. Our island has gradually grown from tens of thousands of people to several million."

When talking about the past glory here, the officer's face is full of longing.

Then his expression changed and he said, "But one day 50 years ago, everything changed."

"The older generation said it was a perfectly normal day, and the night before, there was a sudden earthquake."

"However, because the intensity of the earthquake was not high, although it happened at night, it did not cause much damage, so no one on the island took it seriously."

"Then the first anomaly occurred in the morning, that is, the number of ships that should have been in the morning was greatly reduced."

"Usually early in the morning, before the port is open, there are already a large number of ships full of cargo ready to enter the port."

"Because our island cannot cultivate a large amount of food, weave clothes, and have no conditions for raising livestock, the food materials of the island residents are mainly transported from other places."

"However, the reduction in the number of ships has not attracted the attention of the people on the island. This has happened before. It will be fine in a day or two."

"And what happened next gave people on the island a real sense of desperation."

"After a few days, no new ships have appeared. There have been problems with the supply of some supplies on the island, and some ships that had already left turned back."

"The people on board told us the bad news that all ships cannot leave the nearby waters."

An Yi thought, it should be the eruption of the submarine volcano caused by the earthquake, which formed a swirling ocean current, making it impossible for the people on this island to leave.

The officer went on to say: "I just heard the news at the time, and not many people believed it. Later, more and more ships returned and brought back the same news. Only then did we confirm that we really couldn't leave."

"When the disaster just started, the people on the island would still help each other. What everyone thought was that when the disaster was over, they could return to normal."

"But as time went by, nothing changed. People inside couldn't get out, people outside couldn't get in, and the supplies on the island began to become less and less. The first shortage was food."

"I don't know why, after we couldn't leave, even the number of fish in the sea near the island decreased. Our island used to rely on buying and selling steel and coal in exchange for food and other materials. In addition, there were not many places on the island suitable for farming food. So soon, the food began to become insufficient."

An Yi thought that the decrease in fish in the sea should also be related to the eruption of the submarine volcano, because the eruption of the volcano caused the water temperature in this sea area to be abnormal, making it difficult for the fish living nearby to adapt.

Without a suitable environment for survival, the fish will naturally not stay here, and all the fish will disappear.

"In order to compete for the remaining food, the people on the island started killing each other."

"After a long period of war and killings, the population of the island has dropped sharply, less than one-tenth of its original size. The large reduction in population has allowed the arable land on the island to afford the food needs of the remaining population."

"But because I can't leave here, even if the food crisis on the island is alleviated, the small island that has lost its source of income can no longer be as prosperous as before, and the island is gradually becoming more and more deserted."

An Yi has been perceiving what the officer said with domineering eyes, knowing that he is not lying.

So An Yi pointed to the people who were still licking the ice wall, and asked, "What's the matter with these people?"

The officer replied: "After the population decreased and the food crisis was resolved, the remaining people began to give up on themselves, and many people became villains who did all kinds of evil. At this time, a strong man stood up, and he was a man of ability."

"He defeated the villains on the island with his powerful strength, and then the rest of the island gathered together, established our current residence, and elected that strong man to be our city lord,"

"But soon, this former hero began his brutal rule, and these people were all expelled from their place of residence."

An Yi asked, "Why were they expelled from their place of residence?"

"Because they can't provide the city lord with blood."

"Blood?"

"Yes, in our city, he is an ability user of the animal department, phantom beast species, bat fruit, and vampire form."

"He needs to drink blood every day, and the blood of these people does not meet the taste of the city lord, so they can't live in the city, they can only be driven out of the city."

An Yi thought: "Phantom beast, vampire form, isn't that the fruit ability of Red Earl Redfield?"

Oh, by the way, the Red Earl seems to have eaten the fruit after leaving the city, so now, this fruit-capable user should be a vampire-capable user from the previous generation.

"In order to better control the residents of the city, our city lord not only controls all the cultivated land on the island, but also pollutes the largest water source on the island with a black oily substance, and then he directly controls the only remaining drinking water source."

"If you want to eat and drink, you must accept the rule of the city lord."

"By controlling the food and water sources to control the life and death of everyone on the island, he will not directly kill the rebels, he will drive the rebels out of the city, stop providing them with food and water, and let them fend for themselves outside the city."

That's the case, no wonder these people crazily licked the ice wall made by Esdes, it turned out that it was because of the lack of drinking water.

However, judging from the officer's words, this city lord doesn't seem like a good person, and he may be mentally twisted and perverted.

Or not to send people into exile and watch them slowly die of hunger and thirst.

Changed to An Yi, if someone opposed him, he would really kill the other party directly, instead of letting them be tortured to death slowly.

An Yi looked at the officer and said, "Take me to meet your city lord!"