C2287 Styx, the ferryman!
C2287 Styx, the ferryman!
This was actually not an impulsive thought on Xia Lei's part. When he first met the past-man, he already had this thought, which was why he took the risk to investigate the Abyss of Darkness. He wanted to unravel the secret of past-man coming to the Dark Death World, and grasp that kind of "technology". Then, he would be able to extract the characters that he owed from the space-time nodes and transfer them to the Dark Death World.
Unfortunately, although he had cracked the secret that the past-man came to the Dark Death World, he was unable to grasp that kind of 'skill'. It's not a technology, it's the result of a particular environment, a particular energy. And that specific energy was an advanced level dark energy, he would never be able to reach that condition. That was why he had made the deal with the dragon. If it could help, he would help it break the stone lock.
The dragon was an ancient being of this Dark Death World. The energy in its body was ancient and pure dark energy. It could steal his brain's memory information and create a beautiful dream without him realizing it. Just this point was enough to prove that it was stronger than the Princess Young-mei! This meant that it was possible for it to be like the Azrael Diarro, and grasp the techniques and abilities to draw out past-man!
If there was no such deal, Xia Lei would not even think about unlocking the stone lock on the dragon. Letting go of that old swindler, wouldn't that be the same as giving it a chance to eat him again? However, for his father Xia Changhe, for Ma Xiaoan, for the members of the Zodiac Clan who had died in battle, and for the people he owed, he was willing to take this risk.
The River Styx snaked about, and the sound of water spluttered out.
At first, Xia Lei only walked along the River Styx, but then he lost his patience. He condensed Natural energy wings and flew downstream. He deliberately slowed down his speed and scouted out everything that went in his line of sight. At the same time, he released energyetic root s to assist in reconnaissance, searching for traces of the Suspension City and the robots that the Brain Amido might send down. However, after several hundred kilometers, he did not find any traces of the Suspension City, nor did he find any robots of the Suspension City.
Other than the Suspension City's mark, he was also searching for the place where the red dot was marked according to the map that Hitojiu had drawn by hand. He had also found the other six Runic Blood-crystal that Six Creators had left behind.
Hitojiu's hand-drawn map did not have a specific distance between them, it was only a rough region, which was in the middle section of the Desire Canyon. However, Desire Canyon was 40,000 km long, and if one were to split this 40 thousand km into the upper, lower, and middle sections, the middle section would also have a length of over 10,000 km. If calculated by an average width of 300 kilometers, it would be over 3 million square kilometers! If such an area was placed on Earth, it would already be the size of India. In other words, he was looking for a place on the Indian soil that was about a few dozen square meters.
"Seriously, can't you give me an accurate map? I have to do this. " Xia Lei was a little complaining in his heart, but the one he was complaining about was not Hitojiu, but the base.
Perhaps there was another situation, which was that the base could not enter this place, so he could only give some information to a vague location. Regardless of the reason, Xia Lei's current feelings were extremely terrible. His patience was currently being tested.
As they flew along the river, they still did not find any traces of the Suspension City, nor the robots that were shot out by the Brain Amido.
After a period of time, the surface of the Styx gradually widened, and the swift flow of the river also became gentle and silent. Looking into the distance from mid-air, Xia Lei saw a huge lake, which was around a few dozen square kilometers of water. There was a small island in the middle of the lake.
Unknowingly, they had reached Medelsa's territory.
Snakeskin man said that Medelsa was a girl who symbolized desire and love. Dragon said that Medelsa was a female turtle, and even had the word "ugly" written on it.
Xia Lei stopped at the edge of the lake. He was faced with two choices, to bypass the lake and continue searching for the destination marked on the hand-drawn map. Or perhaps, when he entered the island, he could meet Medelsa and obtain information from him. But with Long's "lesson from the past", he was somewhat hesitant in the face of the second choice.
Leave? On the island?
On the island? Leave...
A minute later, Xia Lei made his decision, and he flew towards the island. The reason for his decision was that this island was also within his search range, which meant that his destination could be on the island as well. If he went around it, he would still have to go to the island. This trip would waste a lot of time.
However, just as he was about to cross the shoreline, the dark energy factors suddenly flocked in the air, engulfing and corroding the energy wing on his body. It was like a swarm of locusts had discovered two leaves, and in the blink of an eye, they had gnawed on his energy wing.
Xia Lei's body suddenly dropped to the ground as he stepped on the air. With the shock of the energy, his body flew backwards and landed on the lakeside.
This place was truly strange!
A ball of Natural energy condensed in Xia Lei's hand, then he swung it towards the island at the center of the lake. The moment the Natural energy left his hands, it started to spin rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a tornado, howling as it flew into the lakeside domain.
Suddenly, countless amounts of dark energy factors swarmed out from the surface of the lake and into the air. In the blink of an eye, that tornado was swallowed up.
Xia Lei frowned his eyebrows for a while. He squatted by the lakeside, stretched out a finger and carefully dived into the lake. As his fingers plunged into the lake, a shoal of boneless fish suddenly swarmed from the water, their jaws full of jagged teeth biting at his fingers. In the distance, more fish and skeletons could be seen. There was a huge pressure, an uncountable amount!
The heavens could not fly, and the water could not swim. How was he going to get there?
"Forget it, let's go around it. The six Runic Blood-crystal are just a hypothesis on this island, so the possibility of it happening isn't high. If we're really on this island, I'll come up with a plan when I have to go up. " Xia Lei gave up. The small fishes with skeletons underwater gave him goosebumps. He felt that there were a hundred million of them in the lake, perhaps more.
However, just as he changed his mind and was about to leave, a black fog suddenly rose up from the surface of the lake and moved towards the lake.
Xia Lei's line of sight landed on that ball of black mist, but he was unable to see through it as he was unable to see what was within the black mist.
Suddenly, a voice came from the black fog, "Explorers from afar. This sky doesn't fly nor does it fly. This water doesn't feed fish. If you want to come to the island, I'll help you. "
It was a woman's voice, and it sounded very coquettish.
Xia Lei's heart skipped a beat, and became more vigilant, "Could it be Medelsa? Didn't the dragon say that it was imprisoned on that island? How could it leave that island? "
In the blink of an eye, the black mist reached the lakeside and stopped. The black mist roiled. Although the distance was very close, Xia Lei was still unable to see the person in the black mist.
The coquettish female voice came from the black fog again, "An explorer from the distance, are you going to cross the lake?"
Xia Lei probed: "You are Medelsa?"
"An explorer from far away, do you want to cross the lake?"
"Tell me, are you Medelsa?"
"An explorer from far away, do you want to cross the lake?"
Xia Lei, "..."
The voice in the black fog kept repeating this sentence, making him feel as if someone had placed a repeater in the black fog. No matter what he said to it, it would always say the same thing ? from an explorer far away, was he going to cross the lake?
The coy voice had been okay the first time she heard it, but the more she heard, the more eerie it felt.
"I want to cross the lake." Xia Lei said.
The black mist suddenly opened, and a small boat came out from the black mist, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Xia Lei.
Xia Lei was dumbstruck.
The ferryman on top was not a seductive woman, but a rotting dead man. Moreover, it was a dead man. His body was highly rotten. Some parts of his body were covered with bones and some parts were covered with rotten flesh. The most terrifying thing was his head. His face was half rotten meat, half white bones. It had a pair of eyes, a white, rotten eye, and a Runic Blood-crystal with a blood-red inlay.
"Take the boat, pay." Runic Blood-crystal s flashed, and a woman's voice came out.
The Runic Blood-crystal was the source of the sound, not the sound of the unbearably rotten person.
The dead ferryman suddenly raised his rotting right hand and pointed to a corner of the boat.
In the corner of the boat, there was a box full of things. There were colorful gems, rusted weapons, and blood crystals.
The dead man was obviously asking Xia Lei to pay for the money.
Only then did Xia Lei stop his messy thoughts. He took out a money bag from his pocket, casually grabbed a handful of black gold coins, and threw them into the chest.
Clink, clink. The coin bounced about in the large box of treasures, but in the blink of an eye, it sank.
Xia Lei was shocked.
The dead man shook his head and pointed to the treasure chest.
Xia Lei threw the money bag inside as well.
The thousand bags quickly sank into the treasure chest and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The dead man didn't even bother to raise his hands, he just stared at Xia Lei. He did not reveal any look in his eyes, but Xia Lei felt that it was a look of contempt.
"Your ship's capital is truly a bit expensive." Xia Lei said as he took out a top-grade blood crystal from his pocket and threw it into the treasure chest.
This time, the top-grade blood crystals did not sink.
The dead man gestured for the ferryman to get on the ship, and the coquettish woman's voice sounded again, "Explorers from afar, please get on the ship. The Dream is about to sail."
Xia Lei's current feeling could no longer be described with words. He lifted his foot and boarded the boat.
The boat headed for the island at a speed that seemed to be flying.