Chapter 41: The Limits of the Sky
"A ring?"
Even the ambitious Brent was a little dismayed to hear that this was the case in the next sea, and he now understood more and more why Beckford had changed so much.
"Isn't there even a central island like this?"
"Yes. Brad finally gave a good news: "As long as you rush out of the stormy waters of this route, it won't take long to reach the only unsinkable island in the Sea of Miracles." ”
According to Brad, if they rushed through the storm from the current route, they could reach the island by adjusting the direction to the right front.
Ethan sketched in his mind, and it was no coincidence that he found that the island of State, which was in the calm sea, and the central island of the current sea, plus the miracle island described by Brad, happened to be on the same line.
There is no point in thinking about these things now, they don't need to think about the next sea thing at the moment, the problem they have to solve is the land under their feet.
The three of them were silent for a while, turning their thoughts to the trouble at hand, and Brent no longer thought about hopelessness, he wanted to know what Beckford wanted to do.
"Ethan, you said Beckford has been transforming people into the undead?"
"Yes. ”
Ethan briefly talked about his encounter with Wilson in the Sea of Calm, and then about Christina's situation, both of Beckford's men have been transformed into undead creatures, but they have retained their original memories and wisdom, and at the same time have good combat effectiveness.
Ethan doesn't know Beckford's situation, but seeing that he can easily use the undead as a clone, then this person's degree of control over death energy must not be low, but I don't know if he is like some necromancers he knows, but he is just affected by some death energy and looks more 'ugly' than ordinary people, or has he completely become an undead creature?
"What did he want to do by turning people into undead creatures?"
Ethan was also thinking about this with his shoulders crossed, he had thought that the undead were easy to control, but now it seems that things are not so simple.
"The undead don't need to eat, drink, or air. ”
He thought about it, and it seemed that these two points were the key. Brad and Brent, after all, were excellent adventurers and immediately understood what that meant.
In other words, if Beckford is successful, he will be much less dependent on resources, and he will even abandon the need for ordinary food altogether...... That's why he said he was saving the people here?"
Brent still thought the idea was too crazy, turning people into undead monsters, although avoiding the consumption of food and water, but was it still a person? What was the difference between this and killing everyone?
That's why he said that only the strong are qualified to survive, because under this transformation, those who are not strong enough will completely lose themselves, and only the strong can retain their self-awareness. ”
Brad also understood Beckford's idea, although he thought it seemed to make some sense, but he still felt that this idea was a bit crazy, and he couldn't accept it at all: few normal people could accept that they were becoming undead monsters, unless the person was about to die and had to continue his life in this way.
The two of them were limited by their own knowledge, and they didn't think of anything deeper.
Ethan is different, even if he ignores his travel through countless planes to absorb all kinds of knowledge for his own use, even if he only relies on the memories of his past life, he knows that what Beckford is trying to do will not be so simple.
Undead creatures don't have to eat, drink, or breathe, and they can go to the bottom of the ocean to explore the vast underwater world and extract the resources of the ocean floor for Beckford's use.
What's more, without worrying about food and air, it doesn't seem impossible to go into space.
"Have you already set your sights on the boundless universe?"
It was just a guess, and he would have made that choice, and he had already revised his previous plan after hearing about the situation in the Sea of Miracles described by Brad.
The Prinz Eugen will be his last surface ship, he will not let Tony Stark help him build the Bismarck-class, he will aim directly at space, and his new ship should be a space battleship.
Thinking of this, Ethan suddenly set his eyes on the sky, if this was the case in the Sea of Miracles, he could have directly hit the space.
"What's wrong?"
"I was wondering, what would be like in the sky?"
"Heavenly?" Brad was very strange to Ethan's question, and didn't understand what he was thinking, so he replied casually: "Of course the sky is a wall of the sky, what else can there be?"
"The Wall of the Sky?"
Ethan was still thinking before, it is impossible for a magic stone, a thing with various abilities and a huge amount of energy, that no one has studied the ability to fly, right?
As long as someone does this, then there will definitely be more adventurers who will set their sights on the sky, and the idea of going into space does not seem to be out of the question.
But looking at Brad's appearance, no one seemed to think about this until he heard the word wall of the sky from Brad.
"What's that?"
Brad looked at Ethan and realized that the powerful young captain really didn't know, so he gave Ethan a brief explanation.
Ethan then knew that there was an invisible wall in the sky at about the same height as the clouds, which blocked the idea of some adventurers from bypassing the storm sea from above, and in the eyes of the people of this world, the sky is like this, and in their cognition, it seems that the limit of the sky is such an invisible but touchable wall, so they don't know what the universe is at all, and the world in their cognition is the world between the ocean and the wall of the sky.
Of course, these are all judgments that Ethan has sorted out by himself through Brad's description, and judging by Brent's reaction, his judgment should be correct.
"I see. ”
The sky has its limits, and maintaining it in the sky requires a constant energy drain, and it is impossible to avoid bad weather such as storms and rains, and even more dangerous when encountering these bad weather than at sea, so it is no wonder that no one wants to develop into the 'sky'.
"But there's a lid in the sky, which is a nuisance. ”
But there was no way Brad could answer him on this point, because no one would test what was going on beyond the edge of the ocean, and putting a few flying animals to test it was almost the limit, and no one would personally explore that area, or even go farther away, just to find out if there was a barrier.
The topic seems to have gone off the rails again, Ethan and the others once again focused on Beckford, they now roughly understood why Beckford did this, so following this line of reasoning, why did he suddenly make such a strange island?
"I don't know how he did it, but it should be to get stuck in the passage to the Sea of Miracles. ”
By isolating the Sea of Miracles from the previous two seas, Beckford can slowly clean up the adventurers in this sea area with his strong strength, and accumulate his own strength, and when he is strong enough to a certain extent, he can turn his head to deal with the more powerful adventurers in the Sea of Miracles.
It's a reasonable guess, and Ethan thinks it's probably a big deal.
Brad touched his chin and thought for a moment, then looked into the distance again, and finally whispered to Ethan and Brent, "I probably know what Beckford used to get this island, and if you want to destroy this island, you need the help of Captain Ethan's pet." ”
"Xiao Ou?" Ethan suddenly said, "You mean, this island was created with that special magic stone?"
"Special magic stones?" Brad was stunned for a moment before he realized what Ethan was talking about: "You're talking about the Demon Heart, right? It's a special magic stone that can recover energy on its own." ”
Ethan finally knew what that magic stone was called, and its full name was the heart of the magic stone, or the magic heart for short. This kind of magic heart is a higher level of energy source than magic stones, and in Brad's description, if you want to live well in the Sea of Miracles, a high-level demon heart is essential.
In the Sea of Miracles, although it is not like these two routes, extreme weather changes can occur in a day, but it is not a quiet and safe sea like the Sea of Calm. Life is very difficult with sail power alone, so propulsion is essential.
But this will consume a large number of magic stones, and only by getting a high-level demon heart can this problem be completely solved.
"The important thing is that with the Demon Heart, you can build your own ironclad battleship, which is much safer and more reliable than a wooden sailing ship. ”
Brad also explained why he came here from the Sea of Miracles, and his original purpose was to find a creature like Xiao Ou.
The Demon Heart is so important that many adventurers try their best to get it, but it is not so easy to find.
And there happens to be a way to find the magic heart very easily, that is, some special creatures that specialize in magic stones as food, this kind of creature has a special talent, and can easily find the location of the magic stone or even the magic heart.
Brad came here from the Sea of Miracles this time, in fact, to find such a creature.
"Why don't you look for it in the Sea of Miracles?"
Isn't there such a creature in the Sea of Miracles?
"It's not hard to find, but it's not easy to catch. ”
This kind of creature in the Sea of Miracles tends to evolve very powerful, let alone catch it as a pet, and if you accidentally encounter it, you will be lucky to be able to save your life.
"Of course, it doesn't have to be a pet, this creature has a hedro-like organ that can be used to create a device that specializes in detecting the location of the demonic heart. ”
I don't know if it's an illusion, Brad suddenly felt a chill enveloping him.