Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 875 - 752: Time Prisoner and the Floating Fleet
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"Creak... creak..."
Looking at the returning defeated group before him, "Gulf Stream" Petrich nearly shattered his teeth, which could easily bite through steel.
When they first set out, the team included four enchanted swift adventure ships, carrying over six hundred official transcendents, nearly a hundred of whom were Tier 3 Extraordinary.
But after experiencing that man-made "Super Storm," one adventure ship capsized; two were pushed by giant waves onto nearby reefs, stranded on the island marked red by the Ancient Scroll; and one was driven like a wild horse deep into the "Broken Star Sea" by the fierce wind.
Then.
For those normal shipwrecked sailors in a storm, facing almost certain death in the water became, ironically, a blessing in disguise.
Relying on the transcendent's strong endurance to harsh conditions, Petrich saved them after escaping the entanglement of the "Storm Giant Spirit," with a survival rate of 90% for this group of transcendents, and not a single Tier 3 member was harmed.
The remaining three ships weren't as lucky; two that stranded in front of them were sorted out after this Tier 4 Sea God's Son battled hard for half a day, saving 60% of the crew from awakened, communal demons.
As for the last vessel, despite two days of searching, it seemed to have vanished into thin air on the sea.
How could Petrich, on his first mission under the command of the "God of Black Wings," not be filled with hatred? He wished to inscribe seven large characters of despair on the ground...
Aiven played a masterstroke of "stirring trouble with words, extinguishing fires with legs."
Then, to add fuel to the fire.
After the Spirit Realm in the depths of the "Broken Star Sea" was sealed, communication between personnel via "Spirit Realm Communication" became problematic, forcing them to rely on the precious "windflower leaves" to transmit messages.
However, after sending out the signal, there was no response from the forward team responsible for receiving the main force, casting another shadow over an already troubled mission.
For the Evil God's Followers, the only silver lining was the old witch Baba Yaga, who reappeared after being swept away by a spatial turbulence.
She brought out a few standby adventure boats from her Witchcraft Garden, settling the 351 survivors and reluctantly getting them back on mission track.
Within the group, a pallid Tier 3 bishop among the Blasphemous Cultists approached Petrich for guidance:
"Sir, could something have happened to the forward team? Should we use Divine Art to speed up and make it to the scheduled rendezvous?"
However.
Recalling the goddess's caution before departure, or more likely, their new boss, the True God "God of Black Wings," had warned them:
"Absolutely do not remain in the territories of the Remnant Race at midnight on August 1st, unless you wish to become like them... Time Prisoners."
Thus he decisively rejected the bishop's suggestion:
"No, don't bother with those guys. Just continue at normal speed. Our task is to collect a sufficient number of Remnant Race nails; don't do anything extra."
...
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Above, white clouds; below, azure sea.
With an electrifying buzz, an airborne fleet, composed mainly of three golden Floating Battleships and escorted by twelve Single-Person Flying Devices, majestically traversed the sky.
Each spindle-shaped, wood-and-iron hybrid Floating Battleship was fitted with seven or eight pairs of metal bat wings, whose rhythmic flapping propelled them considerably forward each time.
They seemed to draw from bird-inspired biomimicry, but the key device was the ten sets of butterfly-shaped electric light towers, flashing with light both fore and aft. This is a fascinating electromagnetic levitation device, and also a product of technology.
Though appearing advanced, without completing an Extraordinary Transformation, they aren't "Legendary Battleships," and thus lack Ship Spirits or miraculous Legendary Battleship Skills.
However.
Thanks to the "Magnetic Ore" and its far-distance, wireless energy transmission, as long as they flew over Zongderilic territory, neither the Floating Battleships nor the Single-Person Flying Devices needed to worry about energy issues.
If there aren't significant mechanical issues, staying airborne perpetually isn't a problem.
Nonetheless, although the technology of this civilization is advanced and technological creations are clearly mass-producible, it benefits only a select few. There's no intent to fully leverage it for the whole civilization, nor to broadly release productive potentials.
Naturally, they forewent the major advantage of mass-replicating technological prowess, causing the highly advanced extraordinary technology civilization to remain in a backward slave society era.
"The more I look at this civilization, the stranger it seems."
At this moment, Aiven, dressed in leather, piloted one of these flying devices, flying along the side of a Floating Battleship, serving as a guard for the "Divine Son" Ariane.
Logically speaking, without having the Tier 3 Extraordinary level, one doesn't even qualify to fly in the "Broken Star Sea." However, within the territory of Zongderilic, it is noticeably calmer than outside. Perhaps it's due to the blessing of the Sea Goddess Amphitrite.
Even taking a Single-Person Flying Device for inter-island flights isn't much of an issue, let alone a powerful Aerial Fleet.
Whether it's the "Magnetic Ore," "Single-Person Flying Device," or "Floating Battleship," they all make Aiven envious, but at this moment, he is most concerned about another issue.
The Zongderilic, which exudes an odd aura from head to toe, what kind of existence does it really represent?
From the beginning, he suspected something. Clearly, the "Broken Star Sea" shown in the [Ancient Scroll] is a place enveloped like War Fog, and no part of the islands has any names marked.
But this is clearly an advanced civilization that far surpasses the human nations from the outside, with a higher degree of "evolution" than humans.
Why does the [Ancient Scroll] not acknowledge the names of these people, yet the "Ugor Island" named by Olivia and the "Moon Bay Islands" he named himself are displayed early on?
Discrimination against ancient humans? That seems unlikely.
There must be a deeper reason!
Combining the internal structure of the flying devices he just saw at the "airport" and the [Integrated Circuit] obtained from the [Clock Tower], Aiven couldn't help but ponder.
He had already speculated whether this item might be a product from before the Era, an ancient creation preserved like the Ancient God?
After all, he held in his hand the "Life Tree School," which was almost as old as the Extraordinary civilization of this Era. Even though the Inheritance Secret Scroll "Flesh Sacrifice" does not focus on recording history, it is not difficult to judge to what extent the development of Extraordinary civilization has reached in various eras.
Missing such a powerful ancient civilization is truly inexplicable.
Furthermore.
Darktili's statement that "the outside world has already been flooded, and no one can survive upon leaving" is universally acknowledged, much like the common understanding that "the sun is round."
This logic clearly contradicts Aiven's understanding.
It somewhat resembles the scene where the "Maze God" Aihote remained secluded in the "Mist Sea" until the emergence of that "offspring born under the sun," enabling him to escape his confinement.
But...
"We've arrived."
Suddenly, Darktili, flying beside Aiven, uttered softly, interrupting his contemplation.
Looking down from the sky, Aiven saw the Royal Capital of the Oyufemos Country up ahead.
The styles of capitals across nations are all quite similar, generally built by the sea, with double-layered circular land and triple-layered circular canals, and buildings that offer an artistic feeling akin to music's rhythm within the city.
The innermost circle houses the most important temples and preserved Royal Family areas, decorated with gold, silver, and ivory. The gilded round roofs emit delightful sounds due to different wind forces and temperatures.
Moreover, for the Zongderilic civilization, the number three is a key characteristic: lines repeated three times, buildings comprising three similar architectural groups, and three pyramids form a cluster.
On each level of the city, streets are diagonally distributed from one corner of the seafront to the other, including many intertwined underground corridors, making the actual living space much larger than it appears on the surface.
The only puzzling aspect is.
The city as a whole doesn't seem to have been naturally built by residents as it expanded but rather appears to have been constructed overnight according to some designer's plan.
Amidst the magical, there's an eerie hint.
Currently, the gardens scattered across the city have already been filled with blooming flowers nurtured by the priests.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
A handsome and athletic male, draped in a brocade robe like an ancient hero, steps onto the flagship deck, thereafter the Aerial Fleet performs a circle around the city periphery for the citizens to admire the presence of another Divine Son.
Thus, amidst this procession circling the city. The Evil God's Followers on one side were hopping mad, while on the other side, Aiven breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Because, seizing this candid opportunity, he has sensed the familiar presence he was pursuing.
Although [Divination Art] is completely ineffective for the "Golden Compass" related to that Ocean Goddess, the mysterious linkage between the thirteen adventurer families is real.
Coupled with Aiven, the Great Wizard originally possessing an exceedingly sensitive bloodline, he could easily locate the "Adventurer's Blood" when close enough, utilizing the mysterious connection among the adventurer families.
"With the [World's Favor] protection, it's indeed not too unlucky, thank you, World Will dad!"
