Chapter 332: Chapter 237: Mysterious World
Both were taken aback simultaneously.
"You go first." They said at the same time.
"No, please, Uncle Morton, you first." Long Yi quickly replied.
"Alright, after a whole day of discussion, we’ve decided to initiate the magma diversion operation. We plan to start with the nearby mountains and lead the magma into a massive fissure to gradually make it descend. This task will exert a massive toll on our time and energy. I fear for the time being, we will be unable to continue studying mechanical knowledge." Morton said.
"Now listen to some good news," said Long Yi, "The good news is that we’ve found a way to enter the magma, and we have a preliminary understanding of the structure of the molten core. We plan to dive into the magma and find the birthplace of the Molten Beast, addressing the issue at its roots."
"What! How can that be done! It’s too risky! No, absolutely not! Even if the Dwarves must remove the Furnace Fortress from here, we can’t let you take such risks." Morton was alarmed.
"While it does sound dangerous, we have conducted a safety argument throughout the night and plan to conduct an experiment today. If successful, we plan to set off tomorrow," Long Yi said.
"An experiment?"
"Yes! An experiment!"
"Well... let’s see how it goes first."
As for the so-called experiment, naturally they chose to conduct it in a magma-filled tunnel. Once Long Yi threw the molten core into the magma, the pre-arranged magic combination activated immediately. The molten core controlled the magma, creating a massive barrel-like structure.
And, as expected, it was still fiery hot inside.
"Bajie! Dragon Breath Armor."
Bajie immediately flew up and sprayed molten iron on Long Yi. The molten iron formed a heated metal armor on the surface of Long Yi’s body and isolated all the surrounding heat.
"Now the biggest problem is how long the air supply would last."
Inside the Dragon Breath Armor, Long Yi said.
The magma barrel was sealed and submerged into the magma, thus the experiment began.
Morton stood by the whole time. Golden Hammer came upon hearing the news and also stood by after giving Morton a non-stop scolding.
Ai Lin sat on the side, holding her hands anxiously against her chest, eyes fixed on the calmly flowing magma.
Fortunately, Little Zi could freely traverse within it, reporting Long Yi’s latest status to everyone. So like that, for six whole hours until the oxygen supply was insufficient, finally the magma barrel resurfaced.
Long Yi wearing a fiery red armour slowly walked out.
The Dragon Breath Armor disengaged, and an extremely sweaty Long Yi took a long breath.
"It’s fucking hot!"
This trip was estimated to last up to tens of hours, and the mere six hours of air supply was obviously insufficient. However, there was luckily a solution.
A very simple solution.
Enlarge it!
The magma-formed barrel was thickened twofold and extended five times its original length! Like a fat snake, it lay on the magma’s surface.
This time, the experiment lasted a full thirty hours, and it was only because Long Yi was so hungry that he couldn’t stand it that it resurfaced.
"Success!"
Ready to depart!
The dwarves prepared a feast for Long Yi. Although Golden Hammer wanted to go, he would only end up being roasted if he entered without the Dragon Breath Armor.
Naturally, Ai Lin wanted to go with Long Yi the most. But even as a Fairy Dragon, she didn’t have a good method to resist the high temperature. Surely, she couldn’t keep using the Freezing Technique all the way. After all, Ai Lin’s mana had limits, while the surrounding magma was endless.
In the end, Long Yi finished the food, belched satisfyingly, and set foot on the journey.
Although it seemed interesting, Long Yi practically slept all the way. The consecutive tests from earlier left him drowsy, and there were no interesting events to keep him awake, so he simply spent the entire journey sleeping.
Finally, the magma train stopped at its final destination. When Long Yi stepped out of the magma train, he was not greeted by surging flames, but wafts of revitalising, fragrant air.
Long Yi who had released his Dragon Breath Armor was left somewhat bewildered, because as far as the eye could see, it was like a haven of peace and happiness here!
Mountains, rivers, grasslands, and forests - accompanied by the occasional chirping of birds. If not for the endless ocean of magma behind him, Long Yi might have thought he was on some overseas island!
The light source here was extremely high above his head, with a gigantic glowing body embedded in the rock. However, the glowing body was not stable. Long Yi could distinctly feel the changes in the light here, like breathing, though the changes weren’t great.
"So beautiful-" Little Zi crawled out of Long Yi’s body and looked at everything around her.
"Indeed, it’s beautiful. It almost feels like a lie. The molten core was actually created here?" Long Yi was somewhat incredulous.
The magma behind him had already dissolved. The molten core floated over. Little Zi reached out and held the molten core, then said: "Yes, according to the records from within the molten core, they were born here."
Long Yi nodded, took a step forward. Initially, it was just warm, hard rock. Soon, they encountered soft soil. Vibrant green grass grew on the soil, swaying in the wind. The sharp edges effortlessly tore through Long Yi’s shoes.
"Damn it!"
Long Yi jumped in surprise onto a rock. The grassland seemed soft, but the moment he stepped on it, all the blades of grass turned into metal.
Does this grass actively harm people?
Long Yi lifted his foot and swung it above the grass, and then he saw a very horrific sight. Wherever his foot passed over, the green grass immediately pointed their tips straight at the bottom of his foot. Just now, the soles of Long Yi’s shoes were made of metal, otherwise, if he had stepped down, his foot would definitely have been pricked.
Little Zi came over and floated from above. However, the grass maintained its alert state even though Little Zi was not physically present. The blades of grass all pointed at the flying Little Zi. When Little Zi landed, the green grass behaved like they possessed a life of their own, repeatedly making piercing movements.
"This place seems very hostile," Long Yi said.
"Maybe it’s just instinct," Little Zi replied.
Long Yi wanted to figure out what was happening with these grass blades, so he squatted down, took out his Elf dagger, and lightly cut a blade of grass. The blade immediately split and softened, turning into a small puddle of green water seeping into the ground.
"Damn, this is so annoying!"
Little Zi snickered, then also squatted down and put his hand on the ground.
"This grass..."
"What about it?"
"Brother Long, you should try it yourself."
Long Yi carefully approached one edge of a grass blade from the side, evading the sharp edge, and quickly grabbed the grass stalk. Almost immediately, Long Yi felt the familiar Giant’s power hidden within the blade.
"You can’t be serious; this is too extravagant! Even the grass contains the Giant’s power?" Long Yi exclaimed in surprise.
"Not just the grass, Brother Long, you should try the ground under your feet."
Long Yi immediately let go of the struggling grass blade and put his hand on the ground. Sure enough, a faint wave of the Giant’s power also came from underneath the ground. Although it was so weak that it was hardly perceptible, it was unquestionably the Giant’s power!
"This is simply uncanny," Long Yi said.
Evidently, there’s only one explanation, this place was created and maintained by the Giant’s power.
Was this place made by the Giants?
What other explanation could there be?
But if the Giants have been gone for so long, can the Giant’s power still be sustained?
Regardless, at least Long Yi had found a way to protect the soles of his feet.
He drew his Crystal Greatsword, thrust it into the grass, and infused his Greatsword with the Giant’s power. Almost immediately, the grass that had been baring their teeth and claws at Long Yi all calmed down. Most astonishingly, wherever Long Yi stepped, those small grass blades would actually retract back into the ground, and once Long Yi lifted his foot, they sprung back out.
It’s super cool!
After making it through the grassland, Long Yi finally entered the forest up ahead.
At first, Long Yi thought these trees were also going to cause him some trouble. However, it seemed that the Giant’s power that he had just infused was quite widespread. As Long Yi passed by, the tree branches blocking the path automatically moved out of the way, and if there was a tree trunk in his way, it would actually twist its body and move aside. This scared Long Yi out of his wits.
"Bajie, go up and see if there are any targets. Be careful, this place is unusual and might be dangerous," Long Yi said.
Bajie nodded, then flew up, while Long Yi and Little Zi continued on.
There were sounds of water coming from the front, it should be the small waterfall they had seen earlier. Long Yi was feeling a bit thirsty from the journey, and the sound of water made him even thirstier.
So, Long Yi decisively took out his ready-made drinking water from his personal space.
Yes, in wilderness survival, if you have safe drinking water, you should never drink any uncertain sources.
Time proved how correct this decision was.
Indeed, there was a waterfall, with rushing water, and the water flow even formed a not so small pool at the bottom. Long Yi saw a rabbit-like creature run to the edge of the pool to drink water.
But as soon as it took a sip, the rabbit immediately lost consciousness and fell into the pool. Immediately, the water surface churned, and the rabbit disappeared quickly, but Long Yi couldn’t see anything in the clear water.
Sensing Long Yi’s approach, several tiny heads popped out of the water in the pool. These heads looked like snakes but were made entirely of water. Obviously, they were the ones who just ate the rabbit.
Are these some kind of Water Spirits? Long Yi wasn’t sure, but Little Zi’s curiosity was aflame.
"Brother Long, these things are like the Molten Beasts, I guess we can call them Water Beasts, they also have a Water Core inside them," Little Zi said.
A group of Water Beasts tried desperately to bite Little Zi’s hand, but since Little Zi was not a physical entity, they couldn’t. Watching a group of transparent little heads rolling in the water was quite amusing though.
Just as Long Yi thought that there wouldn’t be anything interesting about the water, the waterfall, without warning, stopped flowing, and then, all the water started to flow backward. In the blink of an eye, the water in the pool was completely drained, and the waterfall entirely retracted back into the hole on the mountain top.
The entire waterfall was a Water Beast!
Only now did Long Yi notice that even though there had always been the sound of water, there was no outlet at the bottom of the pool.
"Damn! That’s scary!"
Long Yi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, although there were many creatures with strange abilities in this world, ones this strange were indeed rare. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com and vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com)
