Locke was somewhat dumbfounded. He had long felt it was strange that various wizard lands in the wizard world were separated by desolate domains.

But he hadn't expected the wizard world's sky to be even stranger. There was actually a Second Sky. Above the cloud layer, there was another cloud layer, and crashing into that cloud layer meant crashing into another world!

At the same time, in the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle's central control room, a liquefaction stage wizard wearing the distinctive earth-yellow and fire-red interlaced wizard robes of an alchemist commanded many First-rank wizard apprentices and formal wizards within the school to quickly activate the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle's [Coronal Blade] array.

Immediately, a coronal layer formed at the front end of the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle. That coronal layer transformed into a massive flying blade. Then the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle crashed headfirst into that cloud above the clouds with its coronal blade end.

Powerful energy immediately erupted from the bow of the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle. In an instant, tremendous impact force swept across the entire wizard airship.

The entire wizard airship was like crashing into an invisible membrane in the sky, bouncing back and then helplessly falling downward.

But the next moment, the alchemists operated the Sun Transmutation Array and threw large amounts of material into it, causing the Sun Transmutation Array to undergo violent matter eruption. The wizard airship regained power and charged upward a second time.

Inside the airship library, Locke sat in a seat at the library's long table, stabilizing himself. Through the transparent glass window at the top of the library, he saw this scene.

That transparent glass window wasn't actually glass, but was crafted from an alchemical material called Time Golden Crystal. It had the special properties of being indestructible, absorbing energy to become even harder, yet remaining transparent. It was a crafting material favored by many void warships.

The Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle crashed into that thick cloud wall a second time and finally tore open a gap in that cloud layer. Then the entire airship, enduring the tremendous pressure of the cloud wall's compression, penetrated deep into the cloud layer like a drilling machine.

The entire Time Golden Crystal observation window became pitch black.

Locke saw this scene and asked in confusion, "What's happening? Wait, the feeling the world gives me has indeed changed."

Locke sensed an illusion of his magical power being suppressed.

The entire world seemed to be targeting him. From all directions came undisguised, arrogant malice directed at all the wizards on the airship.

'Bang~'

When the void warship passed through the cloud wall, immediately a massive world force gathered into a lightning bolt that struck the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle's coronal layer. The entire warship shook once, like an earthquake.

Locke said, "This warship shouldn't have been built by that Alchemy School, right? I see that Alchemy School's magic level isn't very high. The most powerful wizard seems to only be a liquefaction stage wizard."

Wizard Salvador was carefully arranging the lotus leaf on his head, "Of course. That school only has usage and operation rights for this void warship. This void warship's routes and schedules are all determined by the White Wizard Association headquarters."

"The White Wizard Association places the greatest importance on protecting private property, so this void warship can't possibly be the private property of one wizard organization. Although the principle behind building this void warship isn't complex, just First Circle stage principles, its scale is enormously massive. Without an extremely exaggerated number of First Circle alchemists, without Second Circle or even Third Circle guidance and planning, it would be impossible to construct."

Wizard Salvador was somewhat worried about the lotus leaf on his head being damaged, so he simply protected that leaf with both hands.

"The wizard organization on this void warship is essentially just the flight crew of this airship. It's just that the Wizard Association wanted to make full use of resources, so they simply established a wizard academy here specifically to train alchemists for repairing and piloting void warships."

"Alchemists graduating from here never have to worry about finding work."

Locke understood. This was like establishing a vocational academy right on a means of transportation.

This way, teaching, research, industry, and most importantly, personnel related to the industry could all be cultivated on this void warship.

It really killed multiple birds with one stone.

Locke asked Wizard Salvador, "So, Wizard Salvador, what's the situation with that Second Sky?"

Wizard Salvador shook his head, "Truly worthy of being Breeder Augustine. Your curiosity about the world's mysteries is admirable. But I'm not a wizard who researches this area, so I don't know either. You can ask others, or search the books in this free library."

"Perhaps you can find related information here. But I estimate the hope isn't great. This part of knowledge has a very high level."

"Knowledge is power, so some knowledge is sealed by the White Wizard Association."

Wizard Salvador hugged the lotus leaf on his head and said, "I only know some hearsay information. For example, our world originally didn't have a second cloud layer. The second cloud layer is essentially the sky of another world, but that world no longer exists. It's already been devoured by our world."

"The remaining world fragments have become the Second Sky between some wizard lands. Inside the Second Sky is very dangerous, but this is the most efficient method for crossing between major wizard lands."

"Because the natural barriers between different wizard lands are either our wizard world's dangerous regions that absolutely cannot be entered, or even more complex spacetime fields than the Second Sky."

Wizard Salvador often rode void warships, so he had much experience with this, "For example, although the Land of Six Towers is near the southeastern quadrant, the Atlas Dragon Mountain Range lies between them. The Atlas Dragon Mountain Range is extremely vast, and there are even many true dragons within it."

"Among those true dragons, there might even be Second Circle and Third Circle dragon species."

"Moreover, dragon territory might be even more complex than the current environment. If taking the land route, you'd have to pass through dragon territory and cross the Atlas Dragon Mountain Range. That would be more dangerous than now, and would cost even more resources and time."

"So, we generally take the sky route. And the sky route encounters the Second Sky like we're experiencing now."

Another lightning bolt evolved from world force struck down on the void warship's coronal layer.

The artificial sun became unstable as a result, spraying out many hot materials that illuminated the sky, making it dazzling like molten gold blocks.

Through the Time Golden Crystal observation window, Locke saw many humanoid armors composed of solidified lightning floating around the void warship. These humanoid armors each had a magnetic storm thunder eye on their backs, and these humanoid armors wore cloaks composed of solidified lightning.

The sound transmission arrays throughout the void warship emitted a notification tone, 'Everyone, the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle has encountered an attack from Thunder God Palace Remnant Images. Please rest assured.'

'The current situation is still within the control range of the Day-Chasing Silver Shuttle crew.'