When he first came to this small area, he didn't care.

But when he had already entered one of the people's dreams and walked around, he realized the difference between this place and the surroundings.

In such an environment, the surroundings are actually very ...... Be quiet.

There is too much difference between here and around.

Outside the dream bubbles of the islanders, almost every bubble is filled with a variety of dream creatures trying to burst the bubbles and absorb the energy inside.

While there are very few creatures that can actually break a bubble or even open a gap, there are a lot of creatures that work hard for it.

There is only one bubble, which can already be regarded as a few.

However, this lap is clearly not the case.

The dream bubble formed by these members of the merchant ship who had just arrived on the island was out of place with their surroundings.

None of the dream creatures tried to get closer.

After a brief round around Alka, he found that the problem came from the largest dream bubble in the center.

It should be the leader of this team, or the captain.

The size of the bubble is about the same size as the current dream bubble in Alka, which translates to at least a second-stage vertex or even a third-stage person.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his head to look into the distance, where there were also dream bubbles similar to the appearance of this bubble, or even larger.

Those dream bubbles are some of the strongest people on the island.

The specific one, Arka only knows that he is the mayor of the town.

But even they do, there are still dream creatures trying to destroy their dream bubbles.

Obviously, this is not the reason for strength.

It's something else.

After a brief thought, Arka grabbed a dream creature not far away and slowly floated it towards the central orb.

From the moment it began to move in this direction, the dream creature in its hand had already begun to show struggle.

The performance is somewhat ...... Unwilling.

When Arka held it, almost completely close to the dream bubble in the center, the dream creature stopped struggling.

Directly shrunk into a ball, not wanting to face it at all.

Looking at the light and shadow in his hand, Arka thought for a moment and let go of his hand.

The moment he let go of his hand, the light and shadow immediately turned into an object like a sharp arrow, and he quickly fled into the distance.

"Sure enough, there's something about this dream bubble that is intimidating the creatures around it."

Thinking of this, Arka turned his head.

Truth be told, he'd kind of want to get inside the bubble now.

But apparently this is not possible now.

The owner of this dream bubble must have some kind of ability, or rather an object, that can protect his dreams.

Not to mention his strength.

After thinking about it, a mirror appeared on Alka's face.

Then in the mirror of his face, the figure of the dream god of death appeared.

The ball around his waist appeared, and light and shadow spread out, and the cloak of light and shadow covered Alka's body.

The black scythe condensed in his hand and slashed at the dream bubble in front of him without hesitation.

"Dang!"

It's like hitting metal.

There was a gritty sound on the bubbles.

Sure enough, even his own dreams are so well protected.

Arka could feel that the bubble was surrounded by a strange layer of energy, which was used to protect the strength of the dream bubble.

A pink mist floated out towards the film of bubbles in front of him.

However, all the fog was kept out.

This dream bubble is repulsing.

Rejects everything that doesn't belong in the bubble, which means that even if Arka wants to enter the dream bubble, he will still be blocked.

I thought about it and reached out.

However, it was as if the hand had touched a solid stone wall, and it could not reach into it at all.

Looking at the bubble in front of him, Arka marked it and left directly.

There is nothing left to test to be sure that there are indeed people or forces in the Infinite Sea who have mastered the ability to protect their dream bubbles.

But this is only the case with this one person's bubble.

There is no such change in the surrounding bubbles.

But the deterrent power exuded by a person's bubble is enough to dispel a large circle of dreams around it.

And the place where his crew rested, in the dream realm, was so precisely within the range of deterrence.

Then the captain in the middle must have known that he had this ability, and he deliberately arranged his crew to rest within a certain range.

Since you can't get any information, you can get it from these bubbles around you.

Arka picked one and drilled into it.

In this way, Arka spends the night swimming in these bubbles, but due to the limitations of his physical strength, he still has some choices to make.

Entering too many dream bubbles in one night is too physically and magically draining.

But even so, he still gained a lot.

……

When the sky lit up again.

Alka: They had already divided into two teams and started the last day of action.

Jason's team continues to gather intelligence.

Arka: They had already arrived at the gate and explored the last area with Shiraishi.

"The area explored today is dangerous, so be sure to follow me closely and be prepared for battle." Shiraishi said after walking for a while.

Everyone nodded.

Then I only heard Shiraishi's babbling explanation.

"The last area we explored today is actually bigger than the two days we explored yesterday combined.

It's just that there are a lot of areas that are dangerous and we have to go around, so we don't have to explore too many areas. ”

Through Shiraishi's explanation, coupled with the graffiti-like map in his hand, they already had a rough idea of the general shape of the island.

In a long strip, thin at the top and thick at the bottom, there is a crescent crescent gap above the long gap, which is the bay where they landed.

If you divide it in half from the middle, the town and the bay port are above the island.

They began to explore this last area, detouring more and more distances.

Often there is a huge bend in one winding.

Since the map needs to be checked, Arka told Shiraishi to walk around this dangerous area, even if they are going around.

By the way, Shiraishi also told them why these dangerous areas are dangerous and why.

It really plays the function of a tour guide.

As a result, Arka's knowledge of the island has improved dramatically.

And just like that, they came to one of the most important places.

In front of us is a valley.

It is flanked by two peaks of different sizes.

At the entrance to the valley, there was actually a stone tablet intimately erected, which was written in Arka that they couldn't read.

But it's clearly the script used by the islanders of this island.

"This stele says Broken Town."

"About 600 years ago, we don't remember exactly how long it was, when we were still living in this valley.

However, due to the eruption of a ruin, the entire valley became an extremely dangerous area, so we had to move the town to its current location. ”

Saying this, Shiraishi showed some indifference, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It is also because of the outbreak of that ruin, which causes the night of the entire island to be extremely dangerous. ”

Hearing this, Arka asked with some confusion beside him: "I've always heard you say that the night is dangerous, so what kind of situation will occur on the island at night compared to the day, so that it will be so dangerous?" ”

"Don't you know?" Shiraishi turned his head in some surprise and asked.

He thought that Arka had been in this town for days, and he didn't know why it was dangerous at night.

Arka was slightly embarrassed, obviously the information that should have been obtained earlier, but until now they had not intentionally asked.

Even Arka herself spends her nights mostly in dreams.

Except for the first time when he didn't come to the island, he asked in other people's dream bubbles, and when he came to the island, he never asked about the night in detail.

Knowing that the night was dangerous, they didn't think about running out at night.

However, Shiraishi didn't care, explaining: "I don't know what the reason is, anyway, after the ruins are opened, there will be a broken spatial rift on the island." If you accidentally get pulled in, you may never see it again. ”

"Some of those dangerous areas had fixed spatial rifts. But once it's night, these cracks pop up all over the island, and you don't know when they're going to pop up at your feet or behind your ass, you know. ”

Hearing this, everyone listening next to them nodded, and if you look at it this way, it is indeed dangerous.

If you accidentally suck into the spatial rift, no matter how you think about it, you will die.

But speaking of this, Shiraishi's tone suddenly became a little interesting, and he said with a smile: "You don't believe it, let me tell you, my grandfather survived the rift." ”

As he spoke, Shiraishi continued to march forward, and everyone followed behind.

As he walked, Shiraishi said, "My grandfather is also a legend on this island, he was sucked into the chasm due to some accident when he was young, and he was regarded as a dead man on the island.

But he survived in the end. ”

There was obvious pride in Shiraishi's tone as he said this, and he seemed to admire his grandfather.

He said he had been sucked in and had appeared on an island far, far away. I came back when I was 55 years old, and when I came back, my grandmother was dead, and I was born at that time, and it really became a legend at that time. ”

Hear this.

Bororo asked beside him, "So those spatial rifts are actually portals to other places?" ”

"I don't know." Shiraishi shook his head.

"Because my grandfather is the only one who has been sucked in."

Well, let's quench the curiosity in my heart.

They don't think they're going to be that lucky.

Everyone thought silently.

"Have you been outside, then?" Arka looked at him and asked suddenly.

Bai Shi, who was walking in front, looked at the situation in front of him slightly, and then said: "I have been out, after all, my grandfather has talked to me about this since I was a child, so I was very interested in the outside very early and went to sea early."

However, it wasn't until I went out on my own that I realized that what I had experienced was not quite what my grandfather had said, so I came back after a few years of being out and about. ”

"It's better to have your own home."

Shiraishi sighed.

Hearing this, Arka began to recall the information he had received from the outside world in his dream last night.

After thinking about it, he organized the wording and asked, "What do you think, what islands have you been to?" ”

"I've been to a signpost island called the Southern Cross, I don't know if you know, I've ever been, it's not big, but it's the best island I've ever seen.

I also went to two drifting islands, and then I happened to get close to them on the way to sailing, and I came back. ”

Shiraishi replied simply, without too much in-depth communication.

According to the information obtained last night.

The so-called signpost island is an island that will never move on the sea due to the environment, it will always be there.

It is like a road sign that guides the direction from a fixed location, so it is called a road sign island.

Drifting Island is naturally the same as its name, it is random and moving, but it is not the island that moves.

"Southern Cross? I haven't been there, but I think I've heard of it somewhere. Arka replied.

Hearing this, Xia Daiti and the others were expressionless, but Bororo couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.

After finding that everyone seemed to have no expression, he silently turned his head away.

He pursed his big mouth and swallowed what he wanted to ask.

Why do these people tell lies, their faces are not red and their hearts are not beating?

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it, after all, that island seems to be quite out of the ordinary."

No one can say exactly how large the Infinite Sea is.

In such a sea area, there are naturally many road sign islands.

The exchange of information about the outside world came to an abrupt end here.

After a while, Shiraishi stopped and climbed onto a giant tree.

After he fell, he said to the people, "You wait here for a while, and I'll go to the front to see if I want to go around." ”

As he spoke, he disappeared into the small forest.

Arka and the others also stopped in place and waited.

When Bororo saw Shiraishi leave, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What did he just say?" ”

Several people around also looked at Arka curiously.

They don't know when Arka sailed the endless seas.

Last night's intelligence, I only talked to Jason who happened to be by the campfire in the morning.

I haven't told everyone about it yet.

"Last night in a dream, I went to the bubbles of those merchant sailors, and gathered some information from the outside world by the way."

Arka then briefly explained to them the information he had obtained last night.

Everyone nodded clearly, and they had a certain understanding of the boundless sea.

It wasn't until Shiraishi returned that they began to move on.

……

When the sun is covered with a curtain again.

Night has come.

I could see several figures running quickly in the distance.

The hunter on the watchtower saw this and put his arrow on his bow.

At this time, Arka and the others finally saw the first watchtower.

"Whew, whew, whew!" Shiraishi panted, his hands on his knees.

The hunter on the watchtower spotted them and watched as Shiraishi said something in words that everyone couldn't understand, as if he was teaching Shiraishi a lesson.

Shiraishi snorted, said something, and walked slowly in the direction of the town with Alka.

"I finally came back before the night, and I was almost scared to death." Shiraishi said with palpitations.

Alka: They knew there was danger, but they didn't actually experience why the night was dangerous.

So I didn't show too much fear.

However, looking at Shiraishi's appearance, the danger at night seemed to be even more exaggerated than they thought.

Simon asked curiously in the back, "Have you ever been outside at night?" ”

Shiraishi nodded, and after a while he replied, with a hint of dullness in his voice.

"Yes, the situation at that time was also slowed down by the Monster as it is today, there were 4 people in our action team at that time, and in the end, only two people went back, and one of them broke a hand."

Obviously, the only person who didn't have much damage was Shiraishi, who was still standing in front of them.

And there was no need to talk about this topic too much, and everyone silently closed their mouths.

Jason, Juanlu, and Lucilia were seen at the doorway, and they seemed to be arguing with the guards at the door.

"We're going out, don't you understand what we mean? How? You're going to lock us up? ”

"Friend, it's forbidden to leave at night, even if you're a guest, it's dangerous outside, it's for your safety."

"You ......"

Just as Jason was about to continue to say something, he saw Arka walking towards them, and the others had a surprised smile on their faces.

Hurriedly ran over with Lucilia and said, "What's the matter?" Why did you come back so late, if you were any slower, we might all rush out. ”

When the night came, Arka and the others did not return, which made Jason and them very worried.

Taking advantage of this time, it also let Jason and them know the reason why it is dangerous outside at night.

They can't help it, and they want to go outside and look for Arka.

Alka just came over and received the blue lines of the birds.

"There was a bit of an accident, but luckily, by the time night came, we had reached the guard tower on the border."

Arka said and put his hand on Jason's shoulder, telling him not to worry too much.

Then the guard next to the river apologized, and everyone said goodbye to Shiraishi, pulling Jason and the others back to the rented hut.

Looking at the food still simmering on the small stove, it was obvious that they were in a hurry to go out.

Spread out and sit around the campfire.

"So what if the goal of Phase 1 is completed? Is the record complete? Arka sat by the campfire, looked at Xia Dai in front of him and asked.

Xia Daiti nodded: "Although there are many dangerous areas that have not been perfectly detected today, it is harmless for the overall mapping. ”

There are many danger zones today that are too wide for them to detect even if they go around them.

But it's not to put them in danger for the sake of such a small area.

Hearing Shadetti's answer, Arka nodded.

"That's good, once the map is complete, let's start planning the next course of action."

Everyone nodded and did not object, after all, this is a mature course of action that they have agreed on.

Simon and Matrice, who had just joined, naturally did not express their opinions on such behavior, but studied silently.

I don't know why, though.

Then Arka said to Jason, "You sort out what you know." ”

"Okay, no problem."

(End of chapter)