novellk Chapter 1396 A Phantom Situation
Chapter 1396 A Phantom Situation
Chapter 1396 A Phantom Situation
At the end of the originally boundless sea level, a large dark shadow appeared faintly, which looked extremely abrupt.
"Is that land?"
Bruno's eyes widened and he blurted out, "There's actually a piece of land there?"
"But how is this possible? It was just a vast ocean."
The Minotaur Captain rubbed his eyes and said in astonishment, "I can guarantee that we have been circling this sea area just now, and we have never seen any land!"
"Captain, don't be surprised."
Jiang Xi nodded to the Minotaur Captain and explained, "The Lord has just said that a space distortion spell has been cast here. Our surroundings seem vast and boundless, but it is just a projection of the outside world. In fact, the space in this enchantment area is relatively limited."
After Jiang Xi's explanation, the other confused warriors around him all looked enlightened, and Lei Xiao noticed a small detail in Jiang Xi's words.
"Jiang Xi, are you saying that it was originally more limited?"
Lei Xiao frowned slightly and asked.
"That's right, Lord, I know what happened to the space pull just now."
Jiang Xi nodded heavily and responded, "That is indeed a kind of reconstruction, and the specific content of the reconstruction is to forcibly connect another barrier area with this place!"
"Forced together?!"
Broy almost jumped up, his face full of disbelief, and everyone else present had the same expression.
You should know that the barrier area is an extremely precise and complex collection of multiple magic arrays, which requires the cooperation of multiple magicians or great magicians for several years or even decades to build. The mysteries and knowledge contained therein are even far higher than ordinary miracle buildings, and it can be called the crystallization of wisdom.
The most important core of every barrier area is the stability of its space. Only by ensuring the absolute stability of the space can the barrier area maintain a delicate balance with the void space and avoid being swallowed up by the void space.
In order to achieve this, the creators of the barrier area will lay down a large number of stabilizing magic arrays. These stabilizing magic arrays are like the gears and bearings on a precision magic machine. Every detail is crucial and must not be changed or adjusted at will. Otherwise, it will affect the entire body, breaking the absolute balance and causing the collapse of the entire barrier area.
In other words, the barrier area is like a large-scale precision magic machine that operates independently. Forcing two completely unrelated precision machines together and still being able to maintain absolute balance with the void space is simply a fantasy!
"This is indeed an incredible thing. Even the wisest space mage would not have such a crazy idea. This is far beyond our imagination."
Jiang Xi's fair face was full of solemnity and seriousness as he spoke affirmatively.
After hearing Jiang Xi's affirmation, except for the main subordinates who had come with Lei Xiao all the way, the other strong men present couldn't help but swallow their saliva, making the atmosphere become panic-stricken again.
This is no wonder. After all, all this is too unbelievable. Even if they were dreaming, it might not be so bizarre.
"The sudden pulling and reshaping of space just now was just to connect to another barrier area that we don't want to do at all?"
Amid the panicked crowd, Lei Xiao had already calmed down and said thoughtfully, "So, the land that suddenly appeared is the scene in another barrier area?"
"That's right, Lord, the space in that enchantment area is obviously much larger than here."
Jiang Xi nodded and agreed: "To be more precise, that place is like the entire castle, and this place is like an inconspicuous little room in the castle."
"That's interesting. No wonder there's almost nothing here. It turns out that's the real stage, and this is just a flight of stairs leading to the stage."
Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes, staring at the dark shadow looming on the sea level, and nodded slightly, saying: "It seems that the invisible big hand has indeed arranged all this a long time ago.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
Bruno took a deep breath and managed to calm down a little. He then asked Lei Xiao.
Although the Tauren are known for their tenacity and toughness, they also need the guidance of the Bull King, and Lei Xiao has obviously become this role.
"It's obvious. Since the other party has already set up the stage, it would be tactless if we don't take the stage and make an appearance."
Lei Xiao's eyes were sparkling as he responded, "The most important thing is that since we can't find a way back here, the way must be in that new space. Even if we want to leave here, we have no choice but to move forward."
"Your Majesty is right. The purpose of that invisible hand is to guide us there. Although we don't know why, moving forward is our only choice."
Shuerte stroked Muxu lightly and immediately agreed.
"I agree with your Majesty's opinion. I am also very curious about what is hidden in that unknown land."
Broy also took a step forward, patted his chest and said: "As long as we follow the human Majesty, the dwarf elves will have nothing to fear!"
"So do we!"
Chris, Fanny, and Bruno all stood up and spoke in unison. Even Jace and Lianna nodded.
All of a sudden, the panic-stricken atmosphere stabilized and everyone's morale was high again.
"Then let's start the action right away."
Lei Xiao snapped his fingers lightly and began to make deployments.
Soon, a large sailing fleet consisting of six clippers and ten giant ships sailed towards the unknown land.
However, on the vast sea, there was no trace of any ship. Only white streaks suddenly appeared on the sea and then quickly disappeared.
Lei Xiao stood on the bow of the giant flagship, looking at the unknown area getting closer and closer, and took a deep breath of the salty sea breeze.
The reason why the entire fleet disappeared was not because of the illusion cast by Erza and Xiaohuan, but because of the invisibility function of Xiaojie's absolute defense barrier.
Although it was difficult for Xiaojie to maintain this while moving, it was only the ship that was moving now, not Xiaojie herself.
At the same time, he also reconfigured the lineup of strong men, greatly strengthening the giant ship that was originally weak in combat power.
"Your Majesty, please look ahead!"
Just when the fleet had been sailing at full speed for a while, the minotaur captain on the deck lookout was seen with a look of surprise on his face, pointing to the sea not far away.
Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly. Before he could see clearly what appeared in the sea ahead, an extremely strong and pungent smell of blood rushed towards him.
Caught off guard, many Minotaur sailors who were performing their duties on the deck began to retch.
After a while, Lei Xiao quickly noticed that the sea in front of him was full of blood red, mixed with some sticky liquid mixed with yellow, green and white, which was the source of the bloody smell.
"This is the smell of sea monsters!"
Bruno reacted quickly and blurted out, "How is this possible? They turned their indestructible bodies into dust? Even a peak sixth-level warrior can't do this!"
"This is the area where the space was reshaped just now."
Jiang Xi frowned slightly and said, "It's not surprising that this happened after being repeatedly pulled by such an almost heaven-defying force just now."
"No wonder they tried every means to guide us to stay on that isolated island at the beginning. If we had appeared here at that time, the result would be predictable."
Lei Xiao stroked his chin gently and said thoughtfully.
"Your Majesty is right. It seems that the invisible hand does not want us to leave the stage before the stage is set up."
A look of approval emerged on Schulte's wooden-carved old face, and he echoed.
"So that's how it is. No wonder the sea monsters that were so violent at the beginning are still very quiet and didn't take the initiative to attack us."
Chris was still holding onto the rope of the mast, and said with a look of sudden enlightenment, "It's incredible that such a powerful force can frighten so many level 6 beasts."
"At least it saves us a lot of trouble, otherwise it would have been a bit of a waste of time."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at the unknown area again.
As Lei Xiao's voice fell, the unknown land shrouded in darkness began to gradually become clear.
Compared with the isolated island just now, it was indeed extremely vast. Lei Xiao could even see shadows of varying sizes anchored on the coastline, densely packed in the shape of ships. This should be the port there.
However, because it was pitch black there and there was some distance, it was difficult for people to see any clues even with the help of various night vision effects.
"Your Majesty, something is wrong."
Bruno watched for a while, a puzzled look on his face. He frowned and said, "The ships are parked in a mess. It seems there is no order. There are no other port facilities. It doesn't seem to be a port."
"If this isn't a port, why are there so many strange ships?"
Xiao Jing tilted her head, looking confused.
"Don't worry, we'll know once we get closer."
Lei Xiao waved his hand slightly and continued to stare at the unknown area.
After sailing for a while, the confusion on everyone's faces increased instead of decreased, because more and more ships of various types appeared in front of everyone.
At a glance, there were warships like ours, as well as relatively smaller merchant ships and fishing boats. Among the scattered ships, there were even giant ships that were as huge as castles. Their tall and thick masts almost reached the sky, leaving us all stunned.
What's more crucial is that we didn't see any land at all. No matter how many meters we stretched out, there was still a dense sea of ships. There were tens of thousands of these ships, with masts of different lengths standing in rows, almost close to each other, and slowly rising and falling with the sea water.
"My Lord, the land we thought of just now is not made up of these ships, right?"
Xiao Jing's eyes widened, her fair face full of surprise as she said, "A land made up of ships is simply unheard of!"
After hearing Xiaojing's words, everyone present showed surprise on their faces. Although what Xiaojing said was a bit far-fetched, judging from the current scene, it was indeed the fact.
For a moment, the entire deck was silent, and countless questions popped up in everyone's mind.
If this is true, then who created such a vast and stunning sight, and why?
Even during the heyday of all races in the Silver Moon Era, there had never been any document recording such a puzzling thing.
And in the center of the crowd, Lei Xiao also had a frown on his face, looking thoughtful.
However, what Lei Xiao was most concerned about was not who built this stage, but the purpose of the invisible hand that allowed us to go on the stage.
The other party went to great lengths to get us to join the game, it is impossible that it was just to show off this shocking scene.
"Your Majesty, there really is no land at all. The black shadows we saw just now were all made up of these countless ships!"
As Bruno finished his unbelievable words, we were already very close to the ships that were pieced together.
I have to say, the closer you look, the more breathtaking the scene becomes.
Many of the smaller ships were simply used as part of the road, while the large ships were mostly spliced together to form a vast enclosed space with no visible interior or even end.
“Things are really getting more and more interesting.”
Seeing that they were about to approach that magical area, Lei Xiao waved his hand and ordered all the ships to prepare to drop anchor.
Now that we know that this is the key to everything, the natural thing is to climb up and explore.
While he was feeling nervous, a hint of heat welled up in Lei Xiao's eyes.
After all, exploring a lost giant ship is not uncommon, but exploring an unknown area composed of countless giant ships is undoubtedly something that few people have done.
After connecting with the other party, Lei Xiao first ordered some giant ships to stay alert around, and then he flew out from the deck with hundreds of elite warriors, and soon landed on another ancient and wide wooden deck.
This should be a large ship similar to a cargo ship. Although it still has a sail structure, the deck is extremely spacious and is hundreds of meters long.
After gaining his foothold, Lei Xiao ordered the strong men to explore the surroundings while looking around.
Compared to the distant view just now, standing in this unknown area is obviously more shocking. This ancient ship is located at a high position, and the surrounding scenery can be easily seen.
As far as the eye can see, the ground is made up of countless ships' decks of varying depths, cabin roofs, etc. It is as complicated as a huge patch, and there is no end in sight at a glance.
"Your Majesty, we have discovered something here!"
Just as Lei Xiao was amazed, Fanny's clear voice rang out.