Chapter 95 Secret Conversations on the Long Voyage
"Uncle Joe, now that you've achieved your dream, do you have any further thoughts?"
What broke the silence of this area was a naive question from a silly little kid.
Without a second thought, Joe's face showed a momentary wavering, but quickly, his bearded face regained its resolve: "If I could, I would like to keep flying like this forever. Or perhaps I could switch to a new airship and travel on a route similar to but not exactly the same as this one, to pursue another dream I had not yet achieved in my youth."
He reached up and scratched the back of his head, grinning, "Don't laugh at me, but when I was young, I especially loved those legendary adventure stories. If I could have an adventure like the workshop master's, that would be even better!"
"Oh!" Hikari exclaimed, her eyes shining with admiration once again.
"Among the people who have lived on this land to this day, perhaps only a few, who are now busy making a living, did not have any dreams of traveling and adventure when they were young?"
I shook my head. Although I couldn't see what the future held for the time being, I could still send him my blessings through the voice echoing in my heart: "Although this is just my personal opinion, my father is a sentimental person. I believe that as long as you don't make any major mistakes at work, one day, this wish will come true."
Joe laughed heartily again: "Then I'll accept your kind words, young master."
I then asked him another question: "If you don't mind, could you tell me how you usually work? For example, this kind of environmental measurement, and cargo transportation?"
"Haha, that's easy."
With a wave of his hand, Joe pointed to the ground: "Just like I mentioned before, the ship we're on now is the No. 3 vessel, which mainly undertakes meteorological observation missions. Normally, our daily activities are to take off every seven to ten days in clear weather to confirm the climate and environment around Mermaid Port."
"Aside from the Zero prototype, which has been decommissioned, there are two still in active service. The first ship is responsible for trading with the Frozen Snow City. A round trip usually takes about one to one and a half months. Summers are short and winters are long. The trip is carried out quarterly depending on the order demand. After the trip, it needs to be repaired for half a month. To be honest, even with this disadvantage, it is still much more convenient than water transport, which can only be carried out in the summer."
He paused for a moment, then turned to the direction in which the other airship had left.
Because some time had passed, the airship, which also had a sky-blue paint job but only a bright red accent at the stern, had now become a tiny dot, no bigger than a mung bean, as if it had melted into the pale white sky. Only after squinting and scrutinizing it for a long time could one catch a glimpse of its faint shadow.
Pointing to the departing figure, Joe continued his introduction: "As for the one that just left, that was an airship mainly responsible for trading with Yong'an Island."
"Although you two are still young, you should have seen it once or twice, or at least heard of it, right? That eternal island that is said to be lifted into the air by mages and forever cruises in the sky."
He paused, then muttered to himself with a sigh, "This is indeed an amazing and magnificent feat. It's just a pity that such a great achievement is not without its price."
"Has something happened?"
I thanked the crew member for the thermos containing warm tea, and I noticed his implied meaning.
Similarly, Qiao rubbed his hands against the cup, shook his head, and, stroking his long beard, gazed at the horizon with a sigh in his eyes: "In everyone's perception, that city that forever floats in the sky should be a place far from all disasters, full of eternal happiness and beauty, hope and longing, right? However, when we first tried to establish trade relations with Yong'an Island, we clearly noticed that they were extremely lacking in resources and were highly aggressive towards the outside world."
"I've also heard from the guys I know on the second airship that when we first made contact, the inhabitants of that sky island not only attacked before the airships even got close, but also used powerful magical artifacts to bombard us after we tried to communicate. Fortunately, to guard against potential dangers during the voyage, each airship was equipped with a group of five mages to assist us, which saved us from being instantly destroyed in the sky and allowed us to successfully suppress the few inhabitants on the island."
"But in the end, they still chose to make a deal with them, right?" I pointed out.
“That’s because there’s a mage tower on Yong’an Island that hardly pays any attention to changes in its surroundings,” Joe shrugged. “But even so, after we finally got on that island, the mage tower still sent someone to communicate with us.”
"They claim to be the Tower of Prophecy, eternally floating outside the world, designed to predict and adjust the future course of this world. Therefore, they exist independently outside the world, consisting of only a small group of mages. When we questioned why they chose to abduct so many ordinary residents without giving them reasonable living space, that guy said that the residents voluntarily came to the island and did not want to leave."
Voluntarily set foot on the island...
I pondered this key word and quickly turned the pages of my memories to a conversation I had with my mentor: "I have heard that whenever Yong'an Island cruises over this continent, there are always a few mages who dream of seeking certain answers and choose to look up at the sky."
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