After all, the contract we are currently bound by has never been definitively resolved, namely, how exactly can its contents be untied?

And there are even newer ones, with expiration dates of what?

We'll probably only find out these things if we find Blue Armor.

If all else fails, then we can use the sea marrow from our bodies to replenish this energy; that wouldn't be a bad idea!

I pondered this, after all, the energy within this sea marrow was something we obtained from Boss He specifically to restore the Dewdrop Branch.

If we can't find the blue armor now, we can't even recover, let alone apply it.

However, I am a little worried that if we use the sea marrow here, it might not be enough to replenish the Dew Branches later.

Thinking about this, I should have known better than to leave that sea marrow to Fatty Zhou.

As I was pondering this, the Thunder Strike Sword, eager to unleash its power, swelled up its own electric arcs once more.

He first swayed slightly there, then pushed all the electricity around him outwards, but without damaging the hovercar's glass at all.

The overall feeling is one of putting in a lot of effort, but with little effect.

And it was precisely the moment its electric light enveloped the car body that I felt the hovercar was moving a little faster.

However, this speed is fleeting.

Suddenly, the light, which had been languishing, dimmed and faded.

And that weak thrust disappeared immediately.

Lei Jijian immediately looked dejected, silently complaining in my mind.

"Master, although the pressure in this area is not that high, it is still different from the shallower areas before!"

I can't take it anymore!

Lei Jijian immediately fell silent.

He silently withdrew his electric energy and reunited it within the entire blade.

This line of communication has been completely broken. I know that Lei Jijian must have meant well, otherwise he wouldn't have used all his energy in such a place.

However, the problem is that the current water surface is completely beyond what Lei Jijian can handle.

Or rather, the power of the lightning sword was greatly limited.

"Instead of covering your energy on the outside, you might as well actually become a paddle and row!"

I made a slight complaint, and at that moment Lei Jijian told me that he didn't want to either.

This place is in the middle of nowhere, we're really sleepy, we're definitely doomed here.

"Master, can't we increase the speed of this hovercar a bit more?"

Yiyi was talking from the side.

I simply patted the back of the driver's seat again.

But this time, the driver spoke slowly again.

But his voice was even hoarser than before, and he turned his head slightly.

"You didn't add water, and you didn't add water to this car either."

The girl and I froze on the spot at almost the same time.

This thing can actually talk?

If you had said so earlier, we wouldn't have been stuck in this situation for so long.

Now that the speed is getting slower and slower, I'm becoming increasingly frustrated.

But what do you mean by suddenly speaking up now?

They also talked about something related to waterskiing...

Hearing those two words, I was even more confused.

I even thought I misheard.

He'd been mechanically repeating the same thing the whole time, only mentioning the blue armor and Lao Liu's tasks, and occasionally throwing in a few words about other things.

Suddenly someone says something like that, who can resist?

"Hydration?"

I quickly picked up where he left off, asking in a questioning tone.

"This car needs water. Isn't it supposed to be electrically powered? Is there something else in this car?"

To be honest, I never expected that this guy would start by talking about hydration.

My brain was racing, all I could think about was the hydration I'd mentioned earlier in the superficial layer.

We used the water we received before Blue Armor, and we exchanged energy with the Dragon Palace from there.

The taste is quite similar to that of water from land.

Oh, right!

"That security checkpoint!"

Lei Jijian shouted loudly at almost the same time.

Yes, there's a sign about hydration posted at this security checkpoint.

They even said that if you don't replenish the water regularly, it will be eliminated...

I initially dismissed this matter with disdain. To be honest, it was just an ordinary notice, and no one had ever actually implemented it; it was more like an official warning.

In other words, it falls under the category of clauses that are theoretically prohibited, but in practice, there wouldn't be any problems if he did it.

Based on the yellowed paper alone, I could basically make a judgment.

I absolutely do not believe that the car's stagnation is caused by adding water.

Isn't this clearly a tram? I saw it clearly on the indicator light ahead.

You're telling me this thing is powered by water or some other energy source? I simply don't believe it.

Yiyi also raised a question from the side, looking rather surprised.

Not only me, but even the girl herself couldn't believe it. At least in all her years, I felt she had never seen anything like it.

The car was worried about getting wet, and this guy actually said he needed to add water...

I'm starting to wonder if this is actually a legitimate driver that Lao Liu found.

He doesn't talk on the road, but the first thing he says is to pour water into the car?

At this moment, the bearded man slightly raised his eyes, his gaze still as empty as before, but the only change was that he had a bit more spirit in them.

Or rather, he seemed more like a living person than before, and his beard twitched slightly.

"It's not just the shallow layers, but especially in the border areas, where energy needs to be maintained by water. Vehicles need water, and people need water too. You can see the checkpoint clearly, right?"

After hearing him finish that complete sentence, I was even more shocked, and suddenly remembered the yellow paper above the security checkpoint.

Indeed, according to him, that piece of paper wasn't just sitting there empty; it was a real warning.

I'm not sure what to say, but we came all the way from Blue Armor to the shallow layer and to this security checkpoint using outdoor energy, so how come we weren't affected at all?

We didn't hydrate at all along the way, yet not only were we unaffected, we also arrived at the Thousand-Layer Pavilion safely and efficiently, passing through the security checkpoint.

I simply don't believe that this hovercar, which has only been traveling for a short time, is already out of energy and needs to be rehydrated.

"Actually, hydrating is just replenishing the green slime!"