"Is this enough..."
Fishman Leader Shackda looked tense. He had already opened his treasury and placed in front of Lu a number of "useless junk" he deemed unnecessary.
Around the city were clearly valuable specialty goods, various deep-sea salvages, and the collection in this leader's "treasury" far exceeded expectations.
Gazing at the small mountain before him, even the ever stoic Lu felt a twinge of astonishment.
"There are so many pollutants, too..."
Amongst the pile of sealed "pollutants," he casually found two Taboo items identified as "Gold-tier" by his panel.
He had underestimated the accumulation of this city over hundreds of years.
The vast ocean, ancient ruins, and the continuous warfare ultimately shaped this world.
"Why, when the indigenous people here are so weak, has this world not fallen?"
Before humans arrived, this world was already mired in despair, yet there were always survivors, and it had never completely succumbed.