Illustration appreciation of Verne's anthology "Machine Island"

It's a fantasy story that takes place in the United States.

American Monopoly used steel to build an island that could move at sea as a resting place. The island is seven kilometres long and five kilometres wide, flanked by powerful thrusters that allow it to roam the ocean.

There is an electrified city in the middle of the island, and the people who live here, except for the service personnel, are all rich people who eat pensions, and they open their mouths to be "millions", so this city is also called "billion trillion city".

These rich people spend their days drinking, idle, enjoying extreme luxury, even newspapers are printed with chocolate, and after reading them, they should eat early, this is really a paradise for the rich.

However, the good times did not last long, and contradictions between these monopolies arose and intensified day by day.

One day, two of the richest people on the island fought for power and finally broke up. They each took possession of a machine, each driving in the opposite direction, and the artificial island was finally torn into pieces under the strong pull and sank to the depths of the seabed.