Chapter 461 Meeting Xu Xiake Again

Inside the Lunbo boat, the disc-shaped upper main body has the largest space, but this part is extremely severely damaged and it is difficult to restore its complete shape by relying on the gap.

The only thing that is certain is that, based on ordinary human standards, the top passenger compartment will not carry more than four people.

The lower half of the long cone tail is relatively well preserved.

The cross-section of the crack reveals numerous pores of varying sizes, like some kind of bone.

Lu Yao looked at the bottom of the spiral.

Inside, there are small compartments arranged side by side, and each compartment is crescent-shaped. The spaces between the crescents are close to each other and are rolled up to the bottom along the spiral structure.

He observed carefully from a close distance and found that there were clear grooves in these crescent grids. These grooves were like some kind of thin and precise pipes, connecting each crescent grid into one.

The Lunbo boat is completely empty, and it is difficult to infer what was inside it in the past, and what it relied on to propel it to sail and break through the boundary.

But Lu Yao had a vague feeling.

This thing, no matter its material or internal infrastructure, has a form similar to that of a biological skeleton.

Could it be that the Lunbo Boat is really a giant conch that has never been seen before, and is a modified large-scale biological vehicle?

Just as he was thinking, the tyrant made a discovery.

"Sir, there is another one in the air."

The apostle wearing a bone helmet pointed diagonally to the sky ahead.

Lu Yao looked up.

This time, the boat was not stuck in the crack, but was floating in the air with the wind. It swayed in the air like a large kite, stumbling, yet maintaining a delicate balance.

There's something strange.

Lu Yao summoned [Hurricane] and grabbed it from the air to the ground.

The snail boat fell into the dust, and a small bird condensed with red light flew out of its opening. It flew around Lu Yao, then flapped its wings to the front of the Lunbo boat and motioned for it to go in.

Then the bird disappeared into the air.

Lu Yao could clearly feel that this was a miracle left by the fire of faith.

The floating boat on the ground was completely quiet.

Unlike the one pulled out of the gap, this one is very complete. It has no signs of damage, but its health, mana and speed are still 0, and it is still unusable.

"This one is much bigger."

The tyrant also looked at the new harvest, with a hint of curiosity in his wide eyes.

Even though she knew that this thing was just a prop without anyone controlling it, she still kept a safe distance from it.

"Sir, please allow me to go in first and confirm whether the environment inside is safe."

Lu Yao wanted to say no, but he still respected the tyrant's profession.

"Go ahead, and be safe."

"yes."

After getting permission, the tyrant approached the target cautiously.

She had a serious look on her face, her right hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, and her left hand pressed the outer shell of the boat. She looked inside through the wide screw hole, and then deftly got in. This look reminded Lu Yao of the cat exploring the bushes in the community.

The apostle was checking the interior of the vehicle, while Lu Yao focused his attention on the outer shell.

The top of the Lunbo boat is a wide disc, like an oversized nut.

The disc cap is composed of a series of fan-shaped pieces, which are connected to each other like a special scale attached to the outside. The color of these fan-shaped pieces is also gray-brown, between stone and bone shell.

Lu Yao touched it with his hand.

It felt smoother and more textured, reminding him of the back of a crab.

The only difference is that the shell of the Lunbo boat is thicker, and the fan-shaped carapaces are stacked on top of each other.

Lu Yao tried pressing it with his hand and found that the top shell could be further retracted downwards.

It is very flexible and its overall structure is very clever, like an umbrella that can be opened and closed, but it requires a lot of strength to do so.

If it is folded in some way, the UFO-shaped Lunbo boat will become a thin cone snail that can sail or pierce the sea like a needle or a cone.

Should I break off a piece and take a look? Just as Lu Yao was thinking about it, the voice of the tyrant came from the shell.

"Sir, everything is safe on the boat."

"But there are some unknown words on the top."

Handwriting?

Lu Yao immediately lowered his head and went inside.

The disc-shaped area is divided into four parts by the inner bone, just like the crescent grid at the bottom. It is not difficult to infer that the partitions here are private spaces for passengers.

There are several rollable shells in the partition, which seem to be used for fixing or protection, and are similar to the deformable fan-shaped shell on the top.

The unknown writing that the tyrant mentioned was on the wall in one of the partition areas.

It says at the top.

"Travels to Wanqu Country"

Traditional Chinese, elegant and calm calligraphy style, Xu Xiake's handwriting is highly recognizable.

Lu Yao looked all the way down.

The signature at the end of the long article was indeed "Written by Xu Hongzu Xiake of Jiangyin".

He immediately confirmed that the little red bird was the guide left by Xu Xiake, and that it was relying on a miracle to keep the boat flying and relatively intact.

Lu Yao immediately started reading from the beginning.

"On the seventh day, we traveled 90,000 miles to reach Wanqu State..."

The travel notes wrote that Xu Xiake managed to find and arrive at the much-rumored Wanqu State, but it was not what he had imagined. No one knew what had happened and it had become a deserted place.

The whole world was collapsing, but there was a force pulling at it, preventing Wanqu from falling apart. Xu Xiake investigated and found the reason for this miraculous phenomenon.

The Wanqu State was located at a strange entrance passage.

The other side of the channel continued to exert suction, causing the Wanqu Kingdom to break up and shrink, while the force on the outside was pulling and tugging at the surrounding world, causing a large amount of debris to merge into the Wanqu Kingdom.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The two internal and external forces interacted with each other, resulting in a strange situation in which the Wanqu Kingdom collapsed and reunited.

The unique and dangerous natural environment of Wanqu State made the traveler Xu Xiake never forget it. He visited the place again after his first visit, and stayed here for several days on his second visit to further observe this world.

Then Xu Xiake made a new discovery.

"…I have never explored this place before, and I feel ashamed of myself for not doing so."

Lu Yao used a search engine to translate word by word and barely understood it.

Xu Xiake believed that this was not the Kingdom of Wanqu. When he visited again, he could not see the true face of the Kingdom of Wanqu. He felt both happy and regretful at having learned the truth.

In the long later text, he gave detailed arguments and investigations.

According to legend, Wanqu State is the country where the people of Wanqu live. They use snail boats to fly thousands of miles, go up to the sky and into the water, and go everywhere. However, there is no water in this world, and there are still a few snail boats left, and they are all out of control.

Xu Xiake believed that these snail boats were "tamed by spirits and monsters", that is, he judged that the Lunbo boat was a kind of creature domesticated by the people of Wanqu.

It’s consistent with Lu Yao’s guess.

The difference is that Xu Xiake said in his article that the snail boat is not only a means of transport, but also a kind of "shell of a house".

The people of Wanqu cannot leave their snail boats for long and appear in the human world. This vehicle is as important to them as the shell on the back of an insect.

If one cannot return there, he will transform into "a black dragon and a black phoenix, flying and making sad sounds".

The people of Wanqu turned into black dragons and black phoenixes, flying around in the air screaming - this was a form of mutation and bestiality.

Lu Yao continued to read.

Xu Xiake recorded that the snail boats flew all over the passages of Wanqu because the people of Wanqu who controlled them had left or died. The remaining snail boats returned to their nature as monsters, fighting and hunting each other.

The winner eats the loser, but the snail shell is still able to float and even cast an illusory shadow to the outside world, becoming a local wonder.

But this is not simply a natural phenomenon, but a bait deliberately released by the hunting snail boats to lure outsiders in, and then they swarm over and kill them.

When Xu Xiake came here for the first time, he killed several snails and even cooked the snail meat. He thought it tasted bad, with a strong smell of mud and sand, and the meat was as tough and soft as a rag.

However, apart from Xu Xiake, almost no gods came here. The destructive gravity of the outer vortex world alone was a natural dissuade.

The gods do not have the ability to develop the vortex world, and the titled gods will not waste time and the fire of faith on a destroyed fragment world.

Seeing this, Lu Yao’s assumption was confirmed.

Indeed, if you are not strong enough, who would dare to travel for a long time in the virtual universe full of dangers?

Xu Xiake was no weak scholar, but a monster-level god who could tear a snail boat apart with his bare hands, and had extensive experience in wild survival and combat.

At the end of the travelogue, the grandfather of hiking changed his tone again.

"This is the land of Wanqu, not the country of Wanqu"

What it means is that this place does belong to Wanqu, but it is not the mainland of Wanqu State.

Lu Yao could understand.

The world where the feathered people live is on the other side of the virtual universe. This is a passage to the past. Looking at the current situation, it should have been abandoned for a long time and can no longer be used.

For the sake of convenience, let’s call this place Waiwanqu for now.

However, it was the point mentioned by Xu Xiake at the end of the article that made Lu Yao feel refreshed.

"…The treasure at the center of the earth cannot be seen, and I am about to lie down."

He said there was some kind of treasure here, but he couldn't really see it, which made him so upset that he couldn't sleep.

The treasure is deep in the earth, guarded by unknown monsters.

But once they were about to drill into the center of the earth, it would most likely cause the balance between the two forces to be broken, resulting in the destruction of the entire area and triggering the attacks of monsters. Even Xu Xiake himself would have a hard time surviving.

So he finally chose to leave, leaving this line of words for those who came after him.

Even the well-informed Xu Xiake was troubled by this...

Lu Yao looked down.

Of course I had to dig and give it a try.

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(End of this chapter)