"Island 48," after landing on the island, the search and rescue team told the short-haired guest the progress of their work as usual, and then the short-haired passenger gave an order to a few of his followers as before, "You guys go in and take a turn...... Remember, be slow and don't be lazy. ”

"There is not much aura," replied one of them, "and I am afraid that a circle of such a large island is not enough." ”

"If it's not enough, you'll go more...... "If you don't want to, you'll go back." ”

No one spoke anymore, and each of the four people who received the order consciously took a radio, and after trying to make the conversation work, they entered the huge island in front of them through the dark hole.

At the main entrance of the island, you can still see the notch of the flying sword, and it is obvious that there have been many sects before, and they have tried to write their sect's name on the entrance. Among these names, the newest and most obvious one is called the Immortal Gate—in the Ascension Realm, this kind of name is considered the most unproductive.

Immortality may be regarded as a great pursuit or a beautiful fantasy for earthlings, but in the Ascension Realm, the meaning of these two words is just to live.

As you can hardly imagine that an earthling would name himself X to eat, X to breathe...... This is because immortality, like eating and breathing, is the most basic physiological function of a cultivator.

Judging from the name, this sect does not have much future. - And the results prove it.

After a short report by several people, it also verified the speculation of the short-haired customer.

The sect is very large, but there are almost no people. It's dark inside—but fortunately, the trapeze's eyes are particularly well adapted to the dark, so it doesn't stand in the way of their exploration. After more than an hour, one of the four people reported: "There is a person, he is asleep." ”

The phrase "he fell asleep" is, of course, translated from the language habits of earthlings.

If translated in the context of the original words, this sentence should be: "Another half-dead man." ”

During the search of the previous 47 islands, the short-haired man had encountered this situation many times, and after hearing the news, he did not put down the radio, but held it in his hand and waited for a few more seconds. Sure enough, soon the voice of the search and rescue team came from the other side: "Bring him out and give him some aura." ”

Since they had come to investigate, and since there were people living in the "locality," it was only natural that they should have asked about the situation.

Coming out with someone who can't move freely is undoubtedly much more strenuous than going in alone.

It was a full two hours before the short-haired man saw the searcher coming out of the hole. It could be seen that his aura was exhausted, and he almost pushed this person out with his hands. And his movements were obviously not particularly attentive - the clothes on the body of the person who was pushed were torn quite a bit by the obstacles along the way.

The short-haired man took out the spirit stone that had been prepared a long time ago and put it in the hand of the "sleeping man". This person's palm was originally clenched into a fist, but after feeling the presence of the spirit stone, it subconsciously opened - using the spirit stone all year round, these flying people have almost turned this action into a subconscious instinct, just like a newborn baby will subconsciously suck anything that is stuffed into their mouth.

This is the original authentic spirit stone of the Ascension Realm, and compared with the "earth-made batteries" sold in the space station and the Spirit Island, it is not the same in terms of charging rate or storage capacity. After charging him for more than ten minutes, the other party opened his eyes.

"How old are you?" This sentence sounds like the most common words of a time-traveler. However, to a certain extent, this passive "hibernation" is essentially time travel.

"What sect are you from?" This is the second sentence.

Then he suddenly changed his face: "What is this?!" Why can't I feel the slightest aura! ”

Short-haired travelers have been to 48 islands, and these three questions have been heard at least more than 30 times. Almost everyone they rescued said that, and each time, it took them half an hour to explain the basics and calm them down a little bit—and then they could answer the questions they asked.

This time it was the same.

The words were spoken by the search and rescue team, and the content was concise and to the point.

After learning that this person had been "sleeping" in it 200 years ago, the search and rescue team had to let the short-haired guest come forward and start talking about it two hundred years ago - when it comes to the rise of the Nine Great Sects, the scarcity of Spirit Stone Flying Swords, the severance of the Soul Devouring Array and the Spirit Vein, and the fact that the Nine Great Sects are now surrounded......

The other party was almost fascinated when he heard these words, especially after hearing that the nine major factions were about to be destroyed, he was even more excited to dance with his hands - there should be this report, there should be this report! God live up to me! God live up to me!

For short-haired customers, such people and such reactions are not unfamiliar.

A large part of the reason why people who came to this kind of place 200 years ago to actively "hibernate" is because they are hiding from their enemies.

And the sects that have the ability to hunt down to the edge of the Ascension Realm are usually inextricably linked to the nine major sects.

They had met several "sleeping people" before, and after hearing that the rebels were besieging the Nine Great Factions, they were excited to go to war one by one...... The person in front of me is probably worried that the road is too far, so he didn't have such an idea rashly. But after they leave, maybe they can't help but go in the direction of the nine major factions.

Short-haired customers can understand, after all, for a flyer, life itself is too boring. Most people used to be able to use cultivation to spend their time, but now that their spiritual veins are cut off, they can't even do cultivation - the only thing they can do is to follow everyone to watch the excitement.

Go and see the biggest bustle in the 1,400-year history of the Ascension Realm.

The short-haired man couldn't help but look back and glance into the distance, if it wasn't for the mission, he actually wanted to see it. But now......

“…… Brother Dao, how long did he live on this island? ”

"Not long," the other party recalled, "more than thirty years...... Before I came here, there was a sect here that was more than 100 years old. It's just that they don't need apprentices—but they don't drive outsiders away. Two months before I went to bed, the sect dissipated......"

"Then please ask Brother Dao, I have been to all the places on this island."

"That's natural, when it's extremely boring, some people will race swords together, and after thirty years of racing, the whole island will naturally go all over."

The meaning of sword racing is very simple, it is to race the speed of flying sword.

In a famous and decent family, sword racing is a very important behavior to examine the level of disciples. But in small sects, especially on this extremely desolate desert island, the so-called sword race is not more about the speed of the race, but deliberately looking for some very complicated routes, chasing each other for fun.

Buildings like the one in the middle of this island are excellent places for sword races, because the terrain is complex, there are countless gates and turns, and you can also according to your own requirements, such as everyone must enter every room...... to spice things up.

On the islands they had previously inspected, there had been more or less similar behavior. Of course, many people who can't afford to use a sword – and some jump – just use their feet on the wall to get across...... It's a gravity-free version of parkour.

Sword or jump...... In the outline of the questions formulated by the search and rescue team, these are the contents that need to be focused on asking, and the so-called focus is that these questions need to be thoroughly refined, including whether there have been any accidents in the process of sword racing, whether there have been strange experiences, and whether there is a large area between the building and the island......

These specific details are asked by the search and rescue team, and they don't need to be short-haired. But it also requires him to be patient......

Just like the previous 47 times, the other party gave no suspicious answers to all the questions. Saijian is all right, there is no experience of sudden obstacles in the air, and the buildings on the island are large, which fits the shape of the island very well......

"You mentioned just now that a complete island-wide sword race takes at least four hours to complete, and most of your results have never been less than this one, right?"

This question from the search and rescue team made the short-haired man a little strange, because he had asked this question before, and this was the second time he had asked it.

The other party nodded: "That's right." ”

"Even if you use spirit stones to keep your life? Are you sure that the aura in your body is enough to support the flying sword to be used at high speed for four hours? ”

The other party smiled: "Our level is naturally not comparable to those masters of the Nine Great Sects. But let me say that even if the people of the Nine Great Sects come, on this island, the time for sword racing will not be shorter than four hours. This island is a labyrinth at all, if you are not used to it, let alone four hours in it, even if it is eight hours, you may not come out. ”

"Labyrinth?"

"Yes, there are a lot of roads that you can walk but you can't actually get to the end. The ones that can really be walked through are some irrelevant paths in other directions...... Do you know why I came here to hide from the hunt? It's because the maze here is complicated, and outsiders don't dare to chase it easily. Four hours is already our best result after going through thousands of times. This has nothing to do with the abundance of aura, it all depends on the familiarity with the road conditions. ”

The search and rescue team did not speak.

Then he said, "If you don't believe me, just ask the man who pushed me out...... It would take at least two or three hours for him to get me out of the room, as far as I was sleeping. ”

The short-haired man shook his head: "It only took less than half an hour." ”

"Half an hour?" The other party was surprised, "Didn't you come to this island before?" ”

The short-haired guy didn't speak this time - they couldn't answer the question.

In fact, this is what they have always questioned. The search and rescue team kept in touch with them through a radio, talking to them — but remembering exactly what path everyone had taken.

In all the surveys, no one has ever lost time because they got lost on the island. So even though they had been on the labyrinth for more than an hour, no one knew anything about the maze - everyone seemed to be going well.

"There's something wrong with this island," the search and rescue team's voice came abruptly over the radio, "let's go in and have a look." ”

It wasn't until half an hour later that the short-haired guest was in the explanation of the search and rescue team, and he probably understood what the problem of this island was.

In fact, everything is calculation.

According to the search and rescue team's calculation of the diameter of the island, and the actual path of several searchers in it, it is not difficult for him to calculate how long it will take to completely pass through the entire island according to the normal route.

The island is huge, and the road conditions inside are complicated – but not so much that you need to fly for a full four hours.

Note that these four hours are the least amount of time - the best route to be familiar with the internal structure of the building.

According to the calculations of the search and rescue team, if the entire building structure of the island is normal, there must be a shortcut road closest to the diameter - this island is said to be a labyrinth, which is essentially just a building complex. Probably due to the need for refuge, the latecomers deliberately cut off certain routes, causing the path to twist and turn - such changes have been seen many times in the previous islands.

But one thing is certain, that is, no matter how the route is changed, there must be a shortcut used by people familiar to you to make a quick retreat.

In the previous 47 islands, inside 47 buildings, search and rescue teams were able to find such shortcuts.

But here, the search and rescue team didn't find anything – and this was the biggest discovery.