Chapter 30: The Sea of Boundaries
A small boat floats in a sea of thick fog.
The boat was in a dilapidated state, and its body was covered with all kinds of scars inside and out, densely packed.
Some are deep, some are shallow, and some even chisel through the planks directly.
The boat was only half cut off, but miraculously did not sink into the sea.
There were no sails on the mast, and they drifted with the waves in the ocean, not knowing where they were going.
And this ocean is clear, but bottomless, dark as an abyss.
Although the waves rolled, there was silence.
The sea was covered with a white fog, and it was almost impossible to see five fingers.
When I looked up, there was nothingness, and I couldn't find any light source.
It seems that there is no light source at all. Or, every wisp of fog, every drop of seawater is the source of light itself.
"Am I in a dream?"
Yu Ke looked left and right, and then looked at himself.
He was dressed in a dirty New Army officer's uniform, and the mud on his boots was still stained. The internal injury has not yet recovered, and it is a dull pain.
Yu Ke carefully surveyed the small boat he was in, which was more than two meters wide and less than five meters long.
The boat was empty except himself.
"This small boat is the Mustard Heavenly Boat?"
"According to the fantasy novel, this is my sea of knowledge?"
Stroking a deep knife mark on the boat, Yu Ke muttered to himself.
At this moment, an old voice came:
"Wrong."
Yu Ke turned his head to look around, but he didn't see any figure, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart:
"Who's talking?"
The voice said to itself:
"It's not your sea of knowledge, and you're not dreaming."
Yu Ke asked, "Where is this?" β
The voice replied, "This is the red dust, the sea of suffering, the cause and effect, the karma. β
"This ocean,
Some call it the Sand Number Ganges.
Some call it the Endless Heavens.
Others say that it is a chance and a delusional thought. β
Yu Ke finally found the source of the sound, which was the carved head of a duck's head at the very front of the boat.
The open mouth of the beast's head sculpture suddenly poked out a small head.
Then the little thing jumped out of the sculpture's mouth, revealing its whole body.
It's a duckling in a black suit?!
The duckling was the size of a palm, with a monocle on its right eye.
Dressed in a black suit and wearing white gloves with its hands behind its back, it walked towards Yu Ke step by step, and after three steps it became as tall as an adult.
"Donald Duck?" Yu Ke looked stunned.
The duck shook his head and looked kind: "I'm not that duck." β
"My surname is Fu, you can call me Fuye."
"Fu Ye?"
Yu Ke raised his eyebrows, didn't care about the title, and asked:
"Fu Ye, why am I here? Who are you? β
Fu Ye pointed to this rippling ocean:
"Buddhism has a saying, a flower is a world, a leaf is a Bodhi. Every drop of water, every wave, every bubble in this ocean is a world. β
"You could call this the Sea of Bounds."
Yu Ke was noncommittal: "Then why am I here?" β
Fu Ye said:
"You are already here, all the creatures of the heavens and all the worlds, except for those who are beyond the other shore, are trapped in this ocean."
Yu Ke shook his head and said:
"I still don't understand. Shouldn't I have slept in my tent at this time? β
Fu Ye replied: "You sleep in the tent, and it is not in conflict with you here. β
Yu Ke frowned and pondered: "Do you mean that my body is in the camp tent and my soul is here?" β
"Wrong. Your body is in the tent and is here. β
Fu Ye said: "What do you think is the boundary sea?" Is it a larger place that envelops all the worlds? β
Yu Ke asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?" β
Fu Ye shook his head and didn't explain anymore.
Yu Ke asked again, "Who are you?" β
"I'm this Mustard Heavenly Boat."
"You mean you're its machine spirit?" Yu Ke pointed to the tattered boat under his feet.
"I am it, but it is not me. You can also think of me as a machine spirit. β
Yu Ke quickly grasped the core of the problem: "Then why did I appear on this ship." β
A smile appeared on Fu Ye's face, and he said, "Fate will meet." β
Yu Ke touched his chin, thought for a while, and then asked, "So who am I on this ship now?" β
Fu Ye thought about it and gave an unexpected answer to Yu Ke:
"Shipmen."
Tinker?
Yu Ke said: "I thought I was the owner of this ship. β
Fu Ye shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "Now you are not qualified to be the master of this ship." β
"If it hadn't caught the storm, you wouldn't have had a chance to get on it."
"Where is it going?" Yu Ke asked, pointing to the boat.
Fu Ye looked at Yu Ke's eyes and did not answer.
Yu Ke thought for a while, thoughtfully, and asked:
"So, Fu Ye, my duty is to collect 'Heavenly Fortune' and fix it, right?"
Fu Ye nodded.
"So what do I get?" Yu Ke said very simply.
Fu Ye smiled: "Elixir, beauty of the country, immortality, ...... in charge of Qiankun"
"That's all."
"None of them."
Yu Ke asked, "Then what can I get?" β
Fu Ye said: "You can be permanently qualified to ride it, isn't that enough?" β
Yu Ke laughed when he heard this: "Enough! Totally enough. β
Fu Ye said: "What else do you have to ask?" After asking, you won't see me again for at least a long time. β
Yu Ke thought for a long time and asked, "Who destroyed it like this?" β
"The wind blows, the thunder strikes, the sun shines, the rain shows, all those who want to get it and sink in the sea of suffering."
"All it takes is luck to fix it completely?"
"Of course not enough."
"When will I go to the next world?"
"After collecting a hundred 'Heavenly Fortunes' in this world."
Fu Ye said and suddenly said a little in Yu Ke's eyebrows: "I almost forgot, this is for you, it can show how much heavenly fortune you have collected, and some other small functions, it can be regarded as a small gift from me to you." β
As soon as Fu Ye's words fell, a small pale golden character suddenly appeared in Yu Ke's eyes.
[Current World: Late Qing Dynasty Comprehensive Film]
γCollected Fortune: 1.67γ
Yu Ke looked at the duck in front of him:
[Target person: Fu Ye]
[Target carries Heavenly Fortune: ??? γ
As soon as the thought moved, the light curtain in front of him automatically dissipated.
Yu Ke said: "There are still a few questions. β
Yu Ke took a deep breath: "Did I come to this world because I died in my previous life?" β
Fu Ye shook his head: "You didn't die in your previous life. You are just conscious of being brought into the world. β
"It's a test of whether you're qualified to be a shipmaker."
Yu Ke asked again: "Then do I still have a chance to go back?" β
Fu Ye pondered for a while: "Yes, but there is little hope." β
"Last question, will I ever have a chance to come back here after I leave this world?"
Fu Ye said: "Of course, it is here." β
"Then when I come back, will this world have passed thousands or tens of thousands of years?"
Fu Ye smiled: "In the eyes of mortals, time is a road that cannot be turned back. But for beings like us, time is nothing more than a rope in our hands. β
Yu Ke's face was full of astonishment, and he nodded after pondering for a while.