With the ferry, the lava river became an escape route for the four people. Going down the river, the ferries sail as fast as they go downstream. As for where it would eventually lead, Yun didn't ask, and Shi didn't say. The two stood at the bow of the boat, looking very intently ahead.

Catherine thought Shi and Yun looked a little strange, but she resisted her curiosity. Because it seems that the two of them are doing something very important, it is inconvenient to disturb.

Suddenly, the cloud pointed ahead and said, "I see it." ”

What did she see?

Catherine looked in the direction the clouds were pointing. The river in front of it became wider, and a small black whirlpool appeared on the surface of the river, no bigger than a fist from a distance. The lava around the whirlpool was rushing towards the whirlpool.

"Mind you, we're about to enter the maelstrom, and the ship is likely to rock hard. If you fall into the river, no one will be able to save you. Shi turned back to Catherine and the Ice Bear Abyss.

Catherine pulled the soul chain from her chest and handed it to the Ice Bear Abyss sitting opposite. The old barbarian skillfully tied the chains to his waist.

Small whirlpools appeared more and more in front of them. Although these whirlpools don't seem to be able to swallow the ferry, the dense whirlpools still make people's scalps tingle.

"How can there be so many?" Catherine couldn't help but ask.

"Because we have to enter the center of the deep pool of molten steel farther on, the large whirlpool there makes the flow of the entire underground river of Gear City faster, so the closer you get to the deep pool of steel, the more small whirlpools there are on the river. Shi explained.

"We're heading to the Maelstrom?" Catherine heard the subtext.

"Yes. Shi Gang replied, and the ferry began to shake violently, and the hull of the ship shifted between different small whirlpools.

Catherine had been prepared, and the Ice Bear Abyss was carrying the soul chain, and despite the strong shaking of the ship, she still sat firmly.

Shi relied on his mechanical tentacles to hold his body in place, and Yun kept adjusting his body's center of gravity as the ship swayed, and he could easily stand on the bow of the ship.

The ferryboat struggled through the lava river, and the river slowly opened up. Catherine watched the dense whirlpools fade away, and a relatively gentle stretch of river lay ahead. But at the same time, there was a loud noise, which sounded like the sound of a large waterfall.

"We're about to enter the maelstrom. The cloud standing at the bow of the boat alerted the other three.

Sure enough, a waterline appeared on the river in the distance. The lava falls down at the waterline, creating a waterfall. Below the waterfall is a huge lake of lava that has no limit. All the lava flows clockwise, and its destination is to merge into a bottomless depression in the middle of the lake that is tens of kilometers wide and deep, known as the legendary maelstrom.

"Can you escape from the maelstrom?" asked Catherine as the ferry sailed on the gentle river.

"You can think of it that the people who came to the Maelstrom never went back. Shi's answer was full of dark humor.

"That friend of yours has fled here too?" asked Catherine again.

"Now it seems like this. "I don't know where he fled to, but when I saw the lava river, I guessed that the destination would be the maelstrom." Since he left us such a secret way to escape, then he must have come here as well. ”

"Is the maelstrom the exit of the box?" asked the Ice Bear Abyss, who hadn't spoken much.

"Nobody knows. Without waiting for Shi to answer, Yun suddenly interjected, "Screw Alley has been looking for an exit in the sky. The exploration of the maelstrom is mainly done by the Iron Tooth Bar. Iron Tooth was mostly clear, but he never revealed it. ”

"There are deals between the Iron Tooth and Device Clubs, and their target could be the Maelstrom as well. Catherine remembers the conversation between Iron Tooth and Control at the end of the big ring fight.

"The installation club has been supported by Iron Horn all these years, and it is a pity that it can't find out something. Shi nodded, "Compared to them, Iron Fang's purpose is much purer, and he has been waiting for the time to leave here since he first fell asleep. ”

"Now his time has come?"

"It's not the best time, it's the time to act. He couldn't sleep anymore, his soul was too badly wounded to allow it. ”

"Iron Tooth says the way he got out was to get back to his real body. What the hell is a real body?" Catherine had long been curious about this, and Iron Tooth was reluctant to answer, but now she could finally take the opportunity to ask the stone.

"Our current bodies are all soul bodies, and even if we put on an alchemy body, it is not a real body. Shi explained, "Because the alchemical body is made according to the rules of this world. ”

"That real body is our original body in the real world?"

"You can understand it that way, but not exactly. Of course, the real body is a real body here, but it doesn't mean that other real bodies can't be made. The key to the real body is the rules, the body made using the rules of the real world. ”

This was a little difficult to understand, and Catherine thought for a while and said, "If I use real-world alchemy to refine a puppet body and use it on my body, is it considered a real body?"

"Yes. ”

"How can Iron Tooth get his real body, and can the Device Club use the rules of the real world to refine his body?"

"Iron Horn has that kind of technique, but it's not as difficult as you think, you've all seen it. Shi Yi flipped his hand and pulled out a small active heart.

Catherine had a sudden realization. No wonder the Active Heart has such a magical function, it turns out that it is not an alchemy product refined with the rules of this world.

But how could Shi have such a powerful alchemy technique, could this be the reason why he defected to Screw Alley?

Shi seemed to see through Catherine's heart and said, "You don't have to think too complicated, it's not very difficult to use the rules of the real world. Wouldn't you two be okay too?"

The stone is clearly referring to Catherine's magic and the barbarian secret technique of the Ice Bear Abyss.

However, Catherine knew very well that the two of them were able to obtain this ability because of the power given by the projection of Hisura. Where did you get the stone?

The ferry is getting closer to the waterline of the lava river, and when you get there, you will inevitably fall through the waterfall.

"It's almost time to get to the waterfall. "The clouds watching from the bow of the ship warn everyone.

Shi unhurriedly lowered the active heart in his hand into a groove in the stern of the boat. I saw that the whole ferry boat was shining, and the hull of the boat squirmed like a living thing. The sides of the ship stretched upwards and soon grew to the height of more than a man, but the bottom of the boat beneath them became thinner and wider.

If you look down from above, you will see that the ferry boat has changed into the shape of a flower, and the petals around it slowly close together, eventually turning into a large bud.

The Demon King is on his way

The Demon King is on his way