Free Web NovelChapter 1252: Chapter 958: Binding Conch Island!
According to common sense, one shouldn’t see the moon at the end of the month.
However, the Sea Moon clearly defies logic; as soon as night falls, it emerges from the eastern "horizon," big and bright, guiding the way.
Flood Dragons play in the water, gliding across the seabed, their shadows faintly illuminated by the glow of the Sea Moon following behind.
But as the night deepens, the Sea Moon rises higher and its light becomes almost as faint as to blend with the azure "sky," barely distinguishable.
Jiang Yuan’s system map is now unusable, with only nearby seabed mountains and basins showing up, but not even directions like north, south, east, and west.
He thinks it’s because he hasn’t obtained the Sea Chart.
Fortunately, Bai Yunqi, having become a Flood Dragon, is excellent with directions. Even without the Sea Moon’s sight, he can swim towards the east. The ocean seems boundless; the snow-white Flood Dragon carries Jiang Yuan, swimming until 5:15 in the morning. Though it’s supposed to be dawn with the Sea Sun emerging, the sea water gradually dims.
"Sir, why is it starting to turn dark?" Bai Yunqi, feeling something’s amiss, asks puzzled, "Could it be that day and night in the sea are opposite to those above?"
Jiang Yuan carefully recalls the words of the Mermaid Race High Priest, and instantly perks up, "No, it’s not turning dark. The sea water is starting to turn black. Just keep going! When the sea water turns as black as ink, we can surface to find the island."
With victory in sight, Bai Yunqi, hearing that the place they seek is ahead, swims more vigorously.
After about five or six minutes, the sea indeed turns pitch black, utterly dark. Now, turning direction upwards and swimming at Bai Yunqi’s full speed, the white Flood Dragon carrying Jiang Yuan bursts out of the water in moments!
"Splash~"
The sea water falls like rain, its colors vibrant with deep blues in the dawn ocean.
Before the sun rises, Bai Yunqi, hovering in the air, asks, "Sir, in which direction should we search now?"
"East!" Jiang Yuan opens the map, discovering they’re now over the Chaotic Stone Sea.
He then switches to the new home map card option, and in the list, the thumbnail of the conch-shaped island waiting to be opened in the blue ocean is now available for tracking navigation mode.
Previously, when he tried to click track navigation, a prompt appeared in his view: please first reach the Chaotic Stone Sea.
He’s unsure whether the system’s Conch Island is the same island bound by the previous host, Mr. Li, upon first entering the Wilderness World, so he’s thinking of finding an island not far from the Sea Moon Tomb.
Now, it appears to indeed be the same—exactly 150 miles due east is the destination.
"Sir, it seems like all of these are deserted islands, not a single demon beast in sight." Bai Yunqi perceives while flying; on the dozen or so islands, many remnants of structures are covered by overgrown plants, looking abandoned for quite a while.
Jiang Yuan recalls Mr. Li’s brief account of the actions concerning the island’s natives, and his mood becomes heavy.
Gradually descending, getting closer to the island, he sees the detailed analysis—this section of the sea is often calm, its waters rich with resources.
Years ago, after a seasonal change, poor migrants with no shelter discovered a fertile island without threats, where they could sustain themselves with hard work. Thus, these humans stayed on the islands of the Wilderness World, living and, over time, built villages on the largest island.
They lived in the Wilderness, trading with migrants from the human world at night, having a mundane yet peaceful life for years.
Until Mr. Li arrived, taking over the system-protected Conch Island, where no one could step foot. He had no intentions for farming, resorting to luring island residents with gold coins to upgrade skills, not only killing them one by one but also slaughtering massively once his strength improved.
Thus, even the secluded islands, avoided by demon beasts, saw the demise of humans who had flourished for years, leaving only empty structures to be claimed by nature.
[Detected undeveloped Conch Island, bind as the second courtyard?]
[Note: Binding the system’s default second courtyard will automatically demote current second courtyard Lotus Peak to third courtyard.]
[Binding system’s default second courtyard will form a parallel relationship with the main home of the first courtyard, allowing quick, cost-free teleportation between homes.]
Huh! When Lotus Peak was opened as the second courtyard, you weren’t saying this, system!
Jiang Yuan remembers clearly; Lotus Peak as a subsidiary of the main courtyard even allowed the use of the protective shield directly along with the current level. How come Conch Island has to start from scratch?
Is this the difference between system recognition and non-recognition? Actually, it seems like buying land and managing property is more cost-effective; after all, just the shared protective shield is quite a relief.
He looks at Fuyun Space and Crystal Palace in the list, both showing in unopened regions, unaware of their exact locations.
Clicking bind, the gray progress bar completes, with the island’s thumbnail replacing Lotus Peak to occupy the second position.
[Achievement: Own a second courtyard. Reward: Expansion Gift Package +1]
"Indeed, it’s all deserted islands, this one is ours!" Jiang Yuan receives the reward, takes a pickaxe from the Storage Bag, and tosses it over, "First clean up the tangled trees and stones, so I can see what can be built on this island."
Without a new mission issued, he can only clear the land according to the rules of farming games.
