Chapter 231: Crescent Bays Futuristic Technology

Chapter 231: Crescent Bay's Futuristic Technology

Heracles' Treasure Trove was named after a legendary supernatural being—Heracles. Heracles was an immensely powerful member of the Sea Race and was also recognized by the Sea Race of present-day Crescent Bay as their ancestor.

According to legend, to break through to Void rank, Heracles created a hidden space to store treasures. He placed all his precious materials and treasures inside it. Eventually, he left Crescent Bay one final time in search of a way to break through to Void rank, only to perish in the Abyss, becoming an eternal source of sorrow for countless members of the Sea Race.

No one knew when the legend of Heracles' treasure trove first began to spread, but over time, the story grew increasingly exaggerated. At first, the legend merely claimed that anyone who found Heracles' treasure trove could easily advance to Star rank. Later, the story escalated further, claiming that the treasure could allow someone to cultivate all the way to peak Star rank.

By now, the legend had become like this. Heracles had hidden the method for breaking through to Void rank inside his treasure trove, and whoever found it could advance to Void rank and become the sole ruler of Crescent Bay. At first, the Sea Race protested against these rumors, but when their protests proved useless, they simply went ahead and opened a shopping mall in Heracles' name themselves, the very Heracles' Treasure Trove standing here today!

Shui Yuetian, whom Yu Xian had met previously, was a member of the Sea Race. In the Sea Race, all males used "Hai" as their surname, while all females used "Shui." Therefore, even if someone encountered a member of the Sea Race whose appearance was extremely androgynous, they could easily determine the latter's gender from the name.

Amid joking and banter, Yu Xian's group took nearly fifteen minutes to reach the entrance of the Heracles' Treasure Trove. Looking in from outside, they saw members of different races adopt different methods of movement upon entering the Heracles' Treasure Trove. Some floated along, some swam through the air, while others moved forward by flickering from place to place.

Zhang Shou whispered, "Salted Fish, what kind of futuristic tech is that?"

Bluebird looked at the bizarre ways everyone was moving inside the mall and chimed in, "The Myriad-Race Life-Support System was already outrageous enough. This is even more ridiculous."

Before reaching Void rank, the vast majority of lifeforms found it difficult to survive independently outside the environment of their homeworld for extended periods. Humans, for example, needed air; fishfolk needed fresh water or seawater; and elemental lifeforms required various elemental particles.

To resolve this, every Star Tower in Crescent Bay came equipped with a special technology known as the Myriad-Race Life-Support System. The Myriad-Race Life-Support System essentially coordinated all the different molecules throughout a Star Tower and automatically distributed the appropriate elements according to each individual's race.

When Yu Xian and the others entered a Star Tower, they could naturally breathe, while members of other races could likewise obtain whatever their bodies required. Everyone occupied the same environment, yet each race received a completely different source of sustenance.

Yu Xian looked it up with his Star Ring before explaining it to everyone. "That's a Weak Spatial Adaptation Barrier."

A Spatial Adaptation Barrier was quite similar to the Myriad-Race Life-Support System and came in two varieties: Strong Spatial Adaptation Barriers and Weak Spatial Adaptation Barriers.

Every Star Tower was equipped with a Strong Spatial Adaptation Barrier, which automatically provided members of every race with gravity adapted to them. Yu Xian's group was accustomed to the Blue Planet's gravity, so that was the gravity they experienced inside the Star Tower. Members of other races likewise experienced gravity identical to that of their own homeworlds.

However, to preserve order within the Star Towers, the space inside was kept extremely stable, virtually comparable to Qilin's headquarters. As a result, most spatial ability users were unable to use their spatial abilities inside a Star Tower.

A Weak Spatial Adaptation Barrier, on the other hand, worked in precisely the opposite way. Even the very properties of space would become increasingly similar to those of the entrant's homeworld. As a result, once they entered a Weak Spatial Adaptation Barrier, members of every race could move in whatever way felt most natural to them.

Fish could swim through it as though they were in water, birds could fly, while humans—well, humans still moved the old-fashioned way, by running along the ground.

Moreover, thanks to the Weak Spatial Adaptation Barrier, even though huge numbers of customers constantly entered and left Heracles' Treasure Trove, the automatic allocation of space ensured that everyone maintained a comfortable distance from one another. Customers remained roughly ten meters apart, which prevented them from interfering with each other while also providing excellent privacy.

Everyone once again marveled at the technology. If they could get their hands on technologies like these, they could find a planet somewhere in the vast universe, terraform it however they liked, and become an interstellar tycoon farmer.

Seeing that it was about time, Yu Xian said, "All right, let's head inside."

But just as they were about to enter, Yu Xian heard Shui Yuetian's voice. "Fish God!"

Yu Xian saw Shui Yuetian rapidly running over from the right with two bodyguards in tow. A question mark immediately popped into his head. He was wearing a mask and had changed into a style of clothing he had never worn before, so how had Shui Yuetian still recognized him?

Then he looked over at Little Nora and Little Huang Quan. The two little ones met his gaze without understanding why he was looking at them. Little Nora immediately gave him a goofy grin, while Little Huang Quan obediently stepped forward and took his hand, thinking he was worried that they would get separated and wanted to hold hands.

Mystery solved. Little Nora and Little Huang Quan had never appeared in the film, so there was no need to worry about the peeping tom seeing them. That was why Yu Xian had not disguised either of them.

Shui Yuetian had used the two little ones to confirm his identity. Moreover, Yu Xian's hair color hadn't changed either.

Zhang Shou had been about to tease Yu Xian, but when he caught sight of Nora out of the corner of his eye, he immediately changed his tune, giving his best friend a chance to explain himself. "Whoa, she's gorgeous. Salted Fish... you know her?"

Yu Xian nodded. "She's a new friend I met the last time I came to Crescent Bay. She's the one who told me about the film."

A moment later, Shui Yuetian arrived. She first greeted Yu Xian happily, then turned to the others. Before Zhang Shou could introduce himself, she pointed at him. "Let me guess. You must be Zhang Shou!"

Zhang Shou was surprised. "Huh? Is it that obvious?"

Shui Yuetian laughed. "You have a mole on your chin. It's pretty distinctive."

She turned to Nora with a bright smile, her gaze lowering slightly before she said, "And you must be Nora?"

Nora replied with a faint smile, "Hello. I'm Nora Rex."

Shui Yuetian was obviously dying to gossip about the relationship between Yu Xian and Nora, but with so many people around, she managed to suppress the urge. After that, she greeted everyone one by one. In the end, Xiong Da's chubby appearance completely won her over, and it looked as though she wanted nothing more than to carry him home.

After the lively round of introductions, Shui Yuetian learned that everyone planned to explore Heracles' Treasure Trove and immediately volunteered to be their guide. Heracles' Treasure Trove was a massive shopping complex operated by the Sea Race, and she had practically grown up there, so she knew the place inside and out.

Unable to refuse her enthusiastic offer, Yu Xian's group could only follow her into Heracles' Treasure Trove.