776 The Four Great Maritime Battlefields (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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The train gradually moved inland from the shoreline. Green mountains rose on both sides of the railway. The mountains in Japan were quite clean, and the air quality was better than expected. Mo Fan had gotten used to breathing the haze in Shanghai and had a hard time adapting to the fresh air.
Mo Fan preferred big cities, with modern buildings and magnificent skyscrapers. Mountains like these usually had lots of demon creatures, despite their elegant appearance. If anyone in the team suggested staying at a Japanese temple again, he would simply beat the crap out of the person. It was not like they were too poor to afford the luxurious hotels. Didn't they know how scary Japanese temples were?!
Taking a train was a lot better than traveling on a ship; at least he could fall asleep easily when he was tired.
Mo Fan was tired, and he decided to take a nap. When he woke up, he heard Jiang Yu chuckling.
”I think he imagined it, we already confirmed it, there's no island there,” said Mu Tingying.
Mo Fan woke up reluctantly. He was not in the mood to argue with them. If he really wanted to find out if the island really existed, he could easily hop off the train and go look for it. He did not care if the island was real or not.
”We are going to Osaka,” said Ai Jiangtu.
”Aren't we going straight to Tokyo?” asked Zhao Manyan.
”The advisors specifically told us to have some friendly duels with the famous institutes here in Japan. There's a national embassy in Osaka. We have to overcome the challenge before making our way to Tokyo,” said Ai Jiangtu.
”We're going to challenge them? That sounds fun!” Mo Fan was excited.
”Humph, you're only a substitute. I don't think you have a spot in the duels,” rebuked Zu Jiming.
”How far are we from Osaka?”
”We're almost there.”
”Japan has lots of sea monsters. I heard the shoreline at Osaka is an infamous maritime battlefield. We should go take a look if we have the time. I heard the battles are quite spectacular,” said Jiang Yu.
Osaka was not peaceful; its situation was similar to China's Ancient Capital. Large-scale battles were quite common here.
The sea monsters were one of the greatest races among the demon creatures. Japan was even more disaster-prone than China. Every structure was built with great strength. Even if some sea monsters invaded the city, they could not necessarily destroy the buildings.
Osaka was relatively fine. The battles in Tokyo were the most intense.
Although Tokyo was a modern city and Japan's capital, it was also the biggest maritime battlefield. Different tribes of sea monsters would try to invade the city during the day and night, yet they never made it past Tokyo or Osaka's defensive perimeter. As a result, the huge number of corpses of the demon creatures had given Tokyo and Osaka lots of resources.
It was safe to say that these sea monsters had handily increased the GDP of the two cities!
{TL Note: GDP = Gross domestic product.}