Chapter 280: The Sea and the Sky Facing Each Other ......
The bamboo raft enters the water and the sails are agitated, and the scenery of the jungle sky island is lush.
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Do you want to try to cross a strait that divides the continent with a simple bamboo raft, a few bags of fruit and vine-woven clothing? It may seem exciting and fun to many people, but trust me, if you actually experience what it's like, you won't find it fun again.
When Xinglan used the power of her mechanical body to slowly push the heavy bamboo raft from the reef into the sea, Mu Xue had already sorted out the fruits and some necessary tools she had carried on the road, and she even went to a small river not far away to wrap some quartz sand in animal skins. This is due to the fact that these natural minerals may not be found on the northern continent, so some daggers must be prepared. Although she has always longed to go to the north from the heart...... Part of it is to reunite with her long-lost mother, and the other part is that she is indeed tired of the same life, she is full of curiosity about another land, but when she really wants to face this moment, Mu Xue still looks back at the dense forest with some nostalgia. She knew that once she embarked on the journey, it was likely that this would be the last time she looked at this forest, where she had lived for more than ten years since she was a child, and the road ahead was confused.
Xinglan is no stranger to Mu Xue's eyes, in fact, she has seen too many such eyes in the long years, not everyone can treat the entire galaxy as their own home like her, in the eyes of many lives, a small area is home.
"Hurry up, we don't have much time to grind." Looking up at the sun, which had begun to set down in the middle of the sky, Xinglan felt that things were getting a little tricky, and after checking that there were no problems with the sail made of a rudimentary branch and a wide broad leaf, she urged, "Start as early as possible, it will be more dangerous to drift on the ocean at night, try to find a place to stay." ”
"Where did you come from in the Gorge of Life and Death?" Mu Xue was slightly stunned, but she quickly reacted, and looked at Xinglan with wide eyes in shock, "Are you saying to go to Purgatory Island?" But it's not ......."
Even if the seafarers did not bring the terrible rumors of the burning creatures of Purgatory Island this time, the series of terrible consequences of provoking the Xinyu people on the island made the Moon Prayer people believe that the island here is a cursed land. Since both sides of the strait are places of life, there is no doubt that the so-called place of death must be in the middle of the strait, that is, the location of the island.
"Maybe it's not what you think." After speaking, Xing Lan slammed her strength, and the heavy bamboo raft fell directly into the sea, she beckoned Mu Xue, "You come up first, it's not very stable here......
It was indeed not very stable, even though Xinglan relied on the strength of her mechanical body to forcibly push the bamboo raft into the sea, but the waves that came in from afar and the waves that bounced off the shore were still fiercely fighting each other, and this bamboo raft was already vibrating in the area where the two forces were competing. This is still when the weather is clear, if it is a day with strong wind and waves, even Xinglan would not dare to rashly let the bamboo raft enter the water...... A huge wave crashing it into a hard reef can be fatal, and even if the goldenrod is very strong, the arc bamboo itself may not be able to hold up its structural strength.
Mu Xue naturally knew that the time was very tight now, she stood on the reef and roughly determined the position before jumping directly onto the bamboo raft, this impact made the bamboo raft sink down, but there was nothing bad, and Xinglan also stood on the bamboo raft, adjusted the sail made of broadleaf to try to let the wind drive the bamboo raft to the north, and also held a slender arc bamboo in her hand, one end stuck in the gap of the reef on the shore, and pushed the bamboo raft away.
This process is still a bit dangerous, the shape of the arc bamboo itself is curved, so too much force may cause the pole to break directly, and once the raft is hit by the waves on the reef and destroyed, then they will hardly have a chance to build a second time.
But perhaps it was really good luck that soon after they got on the raft, the wind changed slightly, blowing the broad-leaved sails and driving the raft north. As the raft moves away from land, the resistance from the waves becomes less and less.
"Goodbye, Nanyuan Continent ......" Seeing that the bamboo raft stabilized, Xing Lan breathed a sigh of relief, watching the reef gradually move away, and then looked at Mu Xue who was standing on the bamboo raft in a daze, "Sit down and rest for a while." ”
"Huh?" Mu Xue was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, her pupils contracted into a thin silver crescent moon in the sun, she looked at the boundless ocean in the distance a little blankly, nodded and sat on the bamboo raft, letting the rising sea water flow over her body in waves.
"The feeling of the sea is really getting colder......"
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At the same time, if the distant Shioyu could know the situation here, no matter how cold the sea water was, no matter how rocky the bamboo raft was, she would definitely want to come here and ride the bamboo raft together......
Buzz Buzz......
The irritating and maddening noise of the eclipse bees' wings surrounded her all the time, and the dense black shadows dangling in front of her made Shiokyu realize for the first time that she could cultivate a dense phobia, and the only protection that could stop the eclipse bees from pounceing and tearing her to shreds was a micro-electromagnetic film in the air that was unrecognizable to the naked eye, which did not reassure her.
The reason why these eclipse bees didn't pounce was simply out of instinctive disgust for this electromagnetic fluctuation, and she had no doubt that if she dared to take the initiative to provoke the other party, those cloud-like monsters would definitely be able to force their way through this barrier and attack. However, on the other hand, she also knew that it wasn't the Eclipse Bees' fault that she was always dangling in front of her, because she was ...... The one that hovered above the sky, or rather, on the beehive.
That's right, this giant object is not a machine, nor is it a giant creature, but a hive built by an eclipse bee. In other words, this giant beehive that can block the sky is also one of the sources of their name.
Because she couldn't speak the language of the Xin Yu people, Xi Jie simply chose to play stupid when facing the strange Xin Yu boy, even if the other party changed many ways, including using the language of the Moon Prayer people to communicate, she always insisted on looking at the other party with blank eyes, without saying a word, and finally the other party gave up the attempt and looked at her with a pity in his eyes...... Apparently he thought the kid was being overstimulated and stupid.
Hawkers, if only this were the case, but the young man who came to find the original owner of this body obviously didn't just come to meet and solve it, but planned to bring Xijie back together, but everyone can see from the previous things that the Xin Yu people are not a race from the Nanyuan Continent at all, but from other places.
Although the Xin Yu people can perform geomagnetic levitation flight in a short time, this method is quite energy-intensive, even if it is supplemented by the electric energy in the purple branch...... No, it is impossible to persevere until the sea crossing is successful, so it is obviously pure delusion to rely on one's own strength to fly across the ocean like a seabird.
Then, the other party came up with a solution, and this method almost made Xijie want to escape, that is, to take a ride on the Eclipse Bee and use this electromagnetic film to land directly on their hive.
The hive of the Eclipse Bee is an extremely complex giant structure, which uses a huge internal air sac to drive the whole body to suspend in the sky, and its flight trajectory is obviously controllable, and it has a perfect control system under the herd intelligence evolved by the swarm, and can migrate freely like a real floating machine. It is no coincidence that this time it will stay above the Grand Canyon, which is incredibly rich in minerals, many of which are of great help in the construction of the hive, and the colony of bees that hovers downward like dark clouds is the worker bees responsible for collecting these crystals.
So once the route of the Eclipse Bee is figured out, it is indeed feasible to use this possibly the largest solid flying object on Arashi to cross the ocean...... That's just the case in theory.
But do you know how much courage it takes to do something like this?
Most creatures reacted when they saw these terrifying swarms by turning around and running as far as they could, but Xijie was ...... by the Xinyu boy Or at least from the outside, it looks like a boy, pulling and forcibly jumping out of the cave, please forgive her for not realizing what happened at the time and her feet were in the air. Maybe it's in the moment of life and death that it can often burst out with unimaginable potential, after the other party used some means to guide for a while, Xijie finally roughly mastered the technique of geomagnetic levitation, at least it will not fall freely.
Although, all this is just the beginning of the nightmare.
It can be said that from beginning to end, Shioyu was forcibly pulled by the boy to fly, because she was already a little panicked when she found that they were flying in the direction of the Eclipse Bee's flight towards the giant floating object, and even the sight above this giant object that could be called a floating island only slightly alleviated the situation.
Eclipse bees are not the only ones that feed on the eclipse bees, as their catastrophic numbers are enough to wreak havoc on any given ecosystem, so a large portion of their food comes from the nests themselves...... The top of the hive is like the top of a real island, with a dense jungle of plants growing above a layer of soil, but there is no sign of any animals, and all pollination is done by eclipse bees.
Intense sunlight at high altitudes allows the plants to photosynthesize better, occasional rainfall allows them to get enough water, and the minerals that the bees get from the ground keep the small ecosystem running...... It's a small world.
However, when she was really in the middle of it, surrounded by countless swarms of bees, Xijie no longer had the heart to feel the wonder of nature, and there was only one thing she wanted to know now......
How long will you have to stay in this hive on this journey?