Night of Despair-Chapter 492 - 490 exchange two

Finally, more than ten days later.

The Wind Disaster colors around the Black Black Spirit had already begun to turn somewhat dim and deep.

The surrounding whirlpools also quickly decreased.

At first, these whirlpools were plentiful and easy to spot, each one being the entrance to a world.

But now, it often takes more than ten minutes of navigation to see a whirlpool.

"It seems that since the Paper Shell World incident, we have officially entered a deeper area. The density and intensity are completely different from before."

Ku Chan stood by Yu Hong’s side, looking out together.

"That’s true. How are the others doing? I see you all folding things every day, even little Jiafei has become much happier," Yu Hong smiled and said.

"They’re alright. That live paper is indeed fun. The more complex the folds, the closer to reality it becomes, the more lifelike it is... it feels like creating life!" Ku Chan sighed.

Even he couldn’t resist secretly folding figures of his parents and wife and daughter, but unfortunately, they ended up being completely new people, without past memories or personalities, even with very low intelligence.

So, he eventually had to unravel them again.

"As long as you’re happy." Yu Hong nodded, "I’ve observed that we’re about to reach the next place. Be prepared."

"Okay, I’ll go notify the others." Ku Chan nodded and turned to leave the Main Control Room.

Yu Hong turned his head to continue looking outside.

In the distance, a dim gray-black whirlpool was rapidly approaching.

Unlike before, this time the Black Black Spirit flew straight toward the whirlpool without any hesitation.

Woo~~~

Suddenly Yu Hong seemed to sense something.

He turned his gaze in a direction of the Wind Disaster.

Crash!

With a dull thud, before reaching the whirlpool, the Black Black Spirit seemed to break through some barrier and suddenly entered a vast colorful space.

Within the space, what came into view were giant yellow human faces like sunflowers.

These faces were different in form from the meteors before, resembling ordinary planets floating amidst the Wind Disaster,

Each with a radiant smile, each enormous and incomparable.

The relatively large Black Black Spirit, next to these human face planets, was as unremarkable as a soccer ball next to sesame seeds.

The gray eyeballs of the faces also seemed to notice Yu Hong’s arrival, their gazes converging on him.

Woo woo woo~~~

Woo woo~~~

The human face planets puckered their lips occasionally, emitting deep and strange sounds.

The successive strange sounds numbed everyone within the Black Black Spirit.

Among the gigantic human face planets, the Black Black Spirit maneuvered agilely, accelerating through them.

At last.

A minute later.

The ship charged fiercely into the black whirlpool.

Darkness engulfed them.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the gigantic human face planets did not actively attack.

Looking at the black whirlpool passage outside.

He reached out to pinch a paper butterfly, gently stroking it. Waiting for it to end.

Whoosh!!

The ship surged out of the darkness, then rapidly stabilized.

Outside the window was a huge snow-white planet.

The Black Black Spirit was floating in space, passing by this planet.

Yu Hong felt his body beginning to lose weight, and immediately activated the gravity simulation Array in his mind.

Soon, everything in the Safe House floated up but quickly fell and stabilized.

Yu Hong looked at the white planet outside the window, then glanced at the massive silver-blue space station orbiting it.

The space station resembled a large combination of sharp mountains, with starlight flickering on its surface. From afar, large bizarre creatures covered in Golden Light could be seen flying back and forth between the peaks.

"Looks like we arrived at an incredible place..." Yu Hong squinted. Clearly, civilization at this level of development and force far exceeded any he had encountered before.

It seemed the appearance of the Black Black Spirit had caught the attention of the gigantic space station.

A small spaceship silently launched from below the space station, quickly approaching.

"This is Absolute Balance Floating City, unknown visitor, please cease advancing immediately. This is a private security zone. All external entities are prohibited from releasing Instantaneous Movement, teleportation, or any similar spells."

An icy, emotionless male voice connected with Yu Hong’s perception, rapidly conveying the message.

"Floating City!?" Yu Hong instantly thought of Fisina’s specialty there.

To avoid conflict, he halted the Safe House’s progress, staying still in place to wait.

Then he left the Main Control Room and went to the first level.

Everyone had already arrived by then.

"Did you all hear that Spiritual Power announcement?" Yu Hong asked.

"Yes, we all heard it," Ku Chan nodded, "Fisina mentioned there’s a strong Divine presence here, and the elemental energy is extremely terrifying, so we should be cautious."

Yu Hong looked at Fisina, the little Goddess puffed up her chest and continued.

"I can confirm, this is definitely a much more advanced Arcane world than mine. From that Floating City outside, I sensed a great number of Divine presences. Each presence outstrips the ones I’ve encountered before. But..."

"But what?" Yu Hong frowned, sensing a bad foreboding from the other party’s expression.

"But, all these deities are in a state of unconsciousness. And more than half are in a broken state, with their Divine status or Divine Fire even split and placed in several different locations," Fisina said with a grim expression, "So, I suspect that this is a world dominated by Arcanists, where deities are likely used as experimental research materials...."

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions changed.

Yu Hong and Ku Chan didn’t think they could surpass Fisina in her prime. And now, hearing that even much stronger deities can only serve as experimental materials for these Arcanists.

One could imagine, the strength and power in this place must be terrifyingly high.

"But don’t worry, if we manage to build good relationships with the natives here and make some trades, we might gain far greater benefits than before," Yu Hong said in a serious tone.

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His newly gained strength gave him confidence. And the formidable protection of the Safe House, the Black Black Spirit, was their greatest safety assurance.

So this apparent danger might actually be an opportunity.

"That Floating City, it’s very large...." Fisina said, looking at the silver-blue sharp peaks beyond the window. "I can feel a very frightening element gathering within."

"Something is coming, it’s getting close!" Chi Xiao warned.

Yu Hong also sensed it, but since the other party was approaching openly, they didn’t plan to entirely hide to avoid misunderstanding, so they stayed put quietly.

Soon after.

A fish-shaped black vessel launched from beneath the silver-blue Floating City.

The vessel sparkled with spots of blue light, its top propped up with a large silver sail, speeding toward the Safe House.

Instead of flying steadily, the vessel would vanish at intervals, appearing at closer nodes after each jaunt.

After three such jumps, the vessel finally approached the Black Black Spirit and decelerated.

"External visitors are not welcome here, leave immediately." A powerful Spiritual Fluctuation emerged from within the vessel.

"Apologies, we entered here by mistake and will leave shortly. But before that, let me introduce myself." Yu Hong quickly transmitted through spiritual power, "I am Captain Yu, a traveling merchant. I sell special goods from many places and buy local specialties, mainly through barter. So... since I’m here, I hope to purchase some of your unique materials. Is there anything you need? Perhaps I can provide something."

In just a few seconds, he concocted a coherent identity of a mysterious merchant in his mind.

He had used this identity when negotiating with Gabriela before, and now it flowed more smoothly.

"A traveling merchant? Bartering?" The other seemed a bit surprised.

"Did you enter here through spatial jumping? Being able to get here, your technique isn’t bad. My name is Harvey, I am a patrol Arcane Master here. My son needs some materials for advancement, do you have any? Honestly, I’ve met other merchants like you in this dimension, and the materials provided were decent, though the prices were often high."

"I am different from those fellows," Yu Hong quickly replied. "I only deal in fair trade, commerce is just a hobby, my essence is still traveling."

"Hmm, you say travel then travel, I’ll talk about materials. I need a Cold Ice Heart from a Frost Titan. The crystallized tissue from the right eye of a Deep Giant Beast, any amount will do. Two large teeth from a Six-winged Level Lie Demon, and about ten tons of Dimension Secret Silver." The patrol Arcane Master Harvey quickly listed the materials he needed.

"Uh..." Yu Hong was speechless. He hadn’t heard of any of these materials...

"Sorry," suddenly an idea sparked in his mind, "Most of my main merchandise is knowledge-based, because I travel to many places, I can’t carry too many physical goods. But knowledge is different, so, you understand."

"Knowledge? You’re selling knowledge in Absolute Balance??" Harvey chuckled.

"Seems like you know nothing at all. Well, have everyone disembark, and come back with me to the city for inspection."

Yu Hong quickly thought, and from his previous collections, selected one, using Inner Strength to send it over,

Red-purple Tai Ling Skill Inner Strength transformed into a stream of light in space, rapidly hovering to the edge of the other vessel.

"This is a special casting material I collected from somewhere, have a look."

From within the other vessel, a pale blue large hand condensed out of thin air, grabbing the collection and flashing with a glint, retracting it inside.

"Hmm... an energy-rich material from a Spirit Disaster creature... Not bad. Alright, consider you passed the inspection process. Do you have more of such materials? Trading in this is feasible." Harvey clearly had a discerning eye, recognizing the material’s origin.

The Three-eyed Dragon Head General’s eyes still had some worth.

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief at heart.

"We do have more, but I would also need local specialties as trade. Could you tell me what your strongest materials are here, and whether they’re for sale?" he quickly asked.

"The strongest? There’s Kaisa Alloy, Nightmare Essence Gold, Divine Blood Black Rock, the strength of these three is about the same. How much do you need?" Harvey replied, "But let me be clear, I purchase them from other mages, requiring a slight handling fee."

"Of course, naturally. I need the material with the highest resistance to Source Disasters," Yu Hong stated directly.

"Wait, Source Disaster? And you require materials? Are you the Savior Ship?" Harvey immediately caught on.

"Based on the Source Disaster depth calculations, this place is roughly a Wind Disaster mutation point fortress world. If you are the Savior Ship, your next stop should be the Phoenix Eye. To reach Phoenix Eye, these three materials are inadequate."

He paused for a moment.

"Only the Deep Divine Liquid can withstand Phoenix Eye’s pressure. This material is controlled by the Nine-ring Great Arcanists."

"Could you possibly introduce us?" Yu Hong quickly inquired.

"It’s difficult. The attitude of the Nine-ring Masters towards the Savior Ship is not favorable. They believe that relying on the primitive and rough method of searching with the Savior Ship, it would be impossible to find the legendary land of vitality no matter how long they search. Only our Supreme Floating City is the true hope for all life. So.... Personally, I think it’s unlikely you could obtain Deep Divine Liquid. Any Great Arcanist never lacks rare materials." Harvey explained.

"Is that so?" Yu Hong frowned, checking the time, "Very well then, we’ll rest for a few minutes and leave."

"Alright, good luck. Even though we don’t think much of the Savior Ship, without doubt, you are pioneers of life," Harvey said earnestly.