With the second snow avalanche, the Water Element carried the water ball smoothly downward, then continued upstream along the river, running as far as possible!

Chun looked at the sky: "Mei, any sign of airships?"

Mei laughed: "Haven't seen any. It's not that easy for them to show up just because we talked about it."

Exactly, if the timing were that precise, it would mean we were being too reckless and unfit in our actions.

Then Chun suddenly remembered something: "The river behind us is blocked by the avalanche, could it form a large ice dam and cause flooding downstream?"

Mei sighed: "There's too much snow, and I don't have the power to clear it. But isn't the downstream most affected those nobles' estates? From what I've heard, these nobles aren't good people anyway, let it flood."

Hmm, thinking like that... it does feel justified, doesn't it?

But, if the airship arrives and notices the danger, it should alert others, right?

As for now, as long as Mei's divine power keeps suppressing, Aileen has plenty of time to slowly absorb this Mirror Demon. Speaking of which, this Mirror Demon is very similar to a meteorite, could it be a Void Creature?

Originally, I intended to find some clues to ask the Earth Mother, and now the only clue is its strange characteristic.

Chun switched to his alternate account and contacted the Earth Mother using the Eye of Dibilon: "Lady Celia!"

The Earth Mother quickly replied: "I'm here, what's up?"

"I discovered a Mirror Demon resembling meteorite glass, could it be a Void Creature?"

Earth Mother was stunned: "Where did you find it?"

She knows I'm imprisoned, right? Would telling the truth frighten her?

Chun decided to tell the truth: "It's on the inland snow mountains of the Gem Continent; I also discovered traces of an airship there."

The Earth Mother was shocked: "You actually went so far? I don't know much about Void Creatures, but the Mirror Demon you mentioned, I've seen a few decades ago during travels in the north, indeed placed on high mountains as beacons for Imperial airships. But those airships aren't in our current space, you being able to see them is truly impressive!"

Did I offend the empire?

Chun quickly asked: "What is the Imperial airship doing there?"

Earth Mother gravely said: "I don't know! Because I can't approach the Arctic Circle either, it's a Divine Forbidden Area. Furthermore, when you discovered the Mirror Demon, the Mirror Demon should have discovered you too, please exercise restraint and don't go deeper."

Holy shit, a never-heard-of Divine Forbidden Area, this is truly a geographical discovery! As for discovering me, at most it discovered a large Water Element, let the Dragon Sleep Divine Hall take the blame.

Chun asked the crucial question: "This Divine Forbidden Area, could it contain the Power of Chaos?"

Earth Mother said solemnly: "That possibility can't be excluded."

Chun always felt something was amiss: "Lady, you traveled decades ago, at that time the Five Great Cities weren't fully built, right? The empire had the capability to develop back then, why didn't they support the Five Great Cities to develop faster?"

Earth Mother sighed: "This question, I wonder too. The empire was born from the divine and demon war a thousand years ago that heavily impacted the old world. Born isn't quite right, since after that battle, the supreme leader, the Emperor, became a god, only changing the country's name, which is now the Golden Empire. So strictly speaking, there are the old empire and new empire, the new empire's technological capabilities compared to the old empire have greatly declined, the Emperor seems to intentionally maintain this state. Of course, the internal factions within the empire are too complex, as an outsider I can't see through it. But you can enter the game, you might help me understand..."

Obviously, the old empire is what Zhou Qing played as Genesis back then, isn't it? And Moss is loyal to the empire, he should have some information.

"I'll try my best to understand."

"Then, turn back, don't go deeper."

Alright... Of course, I listen to advice, but with Mei's personality, the Divine Throne wouldn't be pleased.

Chun switched back to his main account, feeling a bit troubled: "Mei, further ahead we'll enter the Arctic Circle, which is said to be a Divine Forbidden Area, how about we change direction?"

Mei paused: "Divine Forbidden Area? Wow, I really want to see it!"

Chun panicked: "Mei, it's very dangerous!"

Mei snorted coldly: "It's not a mortal forbidden zone! I just won't use divine power, relying on the Water Element's ability is enough to play!"

Chun wanted to cry: "Mei, let's just hang around the entrance, take a look, not go in, okay?"

Mei sighed: "Okay, just look, not go in."

Only then did Chun breathe a sigh of relief.

Soon after, Mei suddenly became alert: "I see the airship's shadow!"

Chun looked up and indeed saw a wave in the night sky!

Chun panicked: "Mei, quickly hide!"

"I'll just dive!"

Thus, the Water Element immediately dived, lying straight and swimming at the riverbed.

Chun was very worried, although we saw the airship, we couldn't guarantee it was our side who first spotted it.

Also, that previous time with the Pirate King's high-tech ship, the radar in the command cabin detected Tidal Power, so the Imperial airship must be advanced, it should detect Tidal Power, right? Maybe earlier when Mei was joyfully encountering the airship's shadow, the airship had already discovered the Water Element but was lazy to inquire?

Next moment, lights flashed in the night sky, and the airship appeared.

Then a light beam unimaginably bright shone onto the snowy mountain peaks.

Chun's heart tightened as he watched, then the light beam swiftly turned, instantly causing Chun's screen to shimmer white!

So far away and discovered us? Or discovered the mirror?

Chun suddenly felt a screen ripple—system prompt: Warning! Your Grandmaster-level Spatial Technique detected space disturbance above!

Holy shit, it's here!

Chun was shocked: "Mei, are they chasing to kill us?"

Mei snorted coldly: "I don't believe it can attack us underwater! Even without divine power, Water Element comes with its own shield..."

Before the words were finished, a ball of energy exploded on the river surface, waves surged, the riverbed shook!

—System Prompt: Warning! You are under unknown powerful force's magic bombardment, make sure to respond!

Holy shit!

But in that instant, the Water Element's speed suddenly soared!

Chun was shocked: "Mei, did you use divine power?"

Mei laughed: "No need for divine power. Cannon blasting water relies on the pressure of waves to stun and hurt underwater, but this pressure for me is momentum, just using their water pressure to boost speed!"

—System Prompt: You have grasped the technique knowledge of propulsion swimming, your Swimming Technique proficiency has greatly increased!

Ah, this!?

Next moment, the airship's cannons roared wildly, but Mei laughed happily while her speed escalated dramatically: "In the sky, they call the shots; underwater, I call the shots!"

Chun watched a series of skyrocketing swimming proficiency, feeling indescribably shocked! Too strong, is this the empire's airship? Mei plays too well, if it were me, I'd probably be finished!