The indigenous people of Pohnpei are Micronesians. Like other indigenous peoples on many Pacific islands, they have dark brown skin, curly hair, and tall stature. Their ancestors migrated to these islands from Southeast Asia and other places four thousand years ago, forming a unique cultural atmosphere.

In a restaurant on the island, Lu Ban was enjoying a local specialty tuna dish.

Tuna itself has plump meat and can be eaten raw, grilled, or boiled to make soup. The way of eating it on the island is relatively primitive, that is, it is grilled over fire and then eaten with bay leaves. When in doubt, just grill the meat. That's all.

However, even after being grilled, the fatty tuna meat still has a fat content far exceeding that of ordinary fish. After eating two large pieces, Lu Ban stopped eating because it was too greasy.

"Woof!"

At his feet, the corgi was circling around Lu Ban. Originally, pets were not allowed into the restaurant, but Lu Ban gave too much and there were no other customers in the store, so the boss acquiesced to allowing the dog to enter the store.

Lu Ban picked up a piece of tuna belly from the plate and put it on a dinner plate and placed it on the ground.

The corgi came to the plate, wagging its short tail, looked at the food on the plate, and then looked at Lu Ban.

"Eat it."

Lu Ban spoke.

Only then did the Corgi finally lower his head and begin to eat voraciously.

"Very well behaved."

This is Feng Yu’s comment.

She ate the tuna very gracefully. Although Lu Ban knew that it was a bit too far-fetched to use this adjective on Feng Yu, Feng Yu's movements and posture when eating could only be described as elegant.

Perhaps when Lu Ban saw how Feng Yu dealt with the pieces of meat on the plane, he would also associate it with elegance.

"The Hound can take us through time. Does that mean it can take us back to the time before the accident on the Stars?"

Lu Ban looked at the Corgi eating heartily and suddenly had an idea.

"Hounds are naturally sensitive to people who travel through time. They are monsters that hunt these people. You still want it to take you through time? That's wishful thinking."

Feng Yu put down his knife and fork.

"If you want to travel through time, besides relying on the power of silence, there is another way, but believe me, you don't want to try it."

"What is the solution?"

Lu Ban was curious.

"In a foreign land, a foreign land unknown to you, there exists a race that makes a living by stealing other people's time. Once you are caught by those creatures, your time will be stolen for a short period of time, ranging from a few seconds to one to three years. At the same time, you will be teleported to a random time in the past. This is how you travel through time."

Feng Yu explained seriously.

"This knowledge does not seem to cause pollution?"

Lu Ban listened to Feng Yu's story, but didn't feel any changes in himself.

"The level of pollution of this knowledge is slightly lower than the pollution you have experienced. You were able to face the one in the Pleiades and survive. This level of knowledge cannot corrupt you anymore."

Feng Yu answered.

"Is there any other similar knowledge? I have plenty of time, I can listen slowly."

Lu Ban said immediately.

Anyway, it won’t harm me, so it’s a waste not to listen to it.

“…”

Feng Yu was speechless.

It is rare for Lu Ban to take advantage of others wherever he goes.

"Let's not talk about these things for now. If we can have a hound, our next move will be much easier."

Feng Yu decided to ignore Lu Ban's attempt to take advantage of him.

"Right, what are we going to do next?"

Lu Ban only knew that he had to come to Pohnpei Island, but the Stars had already sunk and the tourists and crew had all left. Did he still have to dive underwater to explore the wreckage of the Stars?

He himself has the ability to breathe underwater and can stay submerged for as long as he wants, but is it necessary to come here specifically to confirm such a thing?

And at the beginning Feng Yu said that he wanted to show Lu Ban the deeper secrets of the foreign land. What is this?

"There should be some changes on this island in the evening of two days."

Feng Yu answered.

The flight runs once every three days, so if you want to arrive at Pohnpei on time in the evening of two days later, this is indeed the closest time.

After lunch, Lu Ban and Feng Yu booked a double room in the only hotel on the island.

"So, why a room with a double bed?"

Lu Ban walked into the room and looked at Feng Yu with some confusion. He felt that there was something wrong with the way the hotel owner looked at him just now.

"In order to deal with possible problems, it's best for the two of us to act together, one in each room. If we encounter danger at night, we won't be able to take care of it."

Feng Yu replied, putting down his luggage.

"If you feel shy, you can tell me in advance and I will avoid it."

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Lu Ban felt that he should be the one to say this.

The two rested in the hotel for a while and went out to find food in the evening. After dinner, it was completely dark. The stars that could not be seen in the big city were dotted on the inky black sky. Lu Ban looked for it, but did not find the familiar stars, so he looked towards the center of the island.

There, thousands of artificial islands formed the huge ruins of Nan Madol. Those huge and heavy bricks and stones now appeared dark green under the starlight. According to science, it was because these stones contained fluorite. The kings of the past wanted to build a netherworld kingdom for themselves, so they used such stones.

However, such ruins appear particularly strange at night.

Those collapsed or damaged buildings emit a faint light in the forest, like a city of the dead. In fact, most of the remaining buildings are also mausoleums, where the remains of those once-mighty kings are stored after their death. However, during the war, this was the front line of the Pacific battlefield. The flames of war swept the entire island after the looters, and even the mausoleums of the once supreme powers could not avoid destruction.

Lu Ban and Feng Yu spent the next two days inspecting the ruins on Pohnpei Island. These ruins did not have the cursed power as stated in the legend. Although it was still unclear how these buildings were built, compared to those wonders carved by mighty forces in foreign lands, these buildings, which were completed solely by human accumulation of time, could only be considered ordinary.

Of course, although the two slept in the same room, nothing happened, which is one of the popular welfare scenes in movies.

Rather, Lu Ban was very skeptical. If he was really so unlucky as to see Feng Yu's welfare scene, it would probably be a scene full of eyeballs, tentacles, and indescribable horror.

He doesn't know whether it is a benefit or not, but he is really blessed.

As for the hound, Lu Ban named it "Laika" to commemorate the little dog that made important contributions to mankind. It is very well behaved. It does not need to be walked every day and it does not seem to need to go to the toilet.

But every night, it would turn into black mist and disappear for a while, and then come back more than half an hour later, looking like it had eaten and drunk a lot.

I don’t know what it ate, and Lu Ban hopes it doesn’t get an upset stomach.

Two days later, to Lu Ban's surprise, the sky on Pohnpei Island, which had been calm and sunny, suddenly became gloomy.

When I arrived at the front desk, the news was playing on the TV with interfered signal.

The typhoon is coming.