Chapter 1477: Chosen One (This - is Nuclear) _4

“Why does the fish have legs?” Hong Ying was also curious, “Not only legs, it seems to have hair too.”

Miss Jiu hummed: “Long Spear has legs too, and sits there combing hair every day.”

Hong Ying grabbed a handful of greenish silk and laughed softly: “Jealous? Jealous to death, you rascal!”

Li Banfeng embraced the phonograph intimately for a while, and the phonograph became interested, entering the puppet’s body.

Li Banfeng kissed Zhao Xiaowan and went out.

Zhao Xiaowan sat by the bed and wept.

Hong Ying comforted her: “Don’t cry, Xiaowan, this crazy Han is too oblivious.”

Tan Jinxiao stood at the bow of the boat, pointed to a distant island, and whispered: “Seventh Master, this is Yangtu Island.”

The island was large, devoid of grass and trees, and no rocks were visible, the entire island covered in soil.

There was a mountain on the island, very high, with its peak touching the cave ceiling.

Boat Master ordered the boat to dock; though chartered by Li Banfeng, the rules of Sea City dictated that even chartered boats couldn’t delay the soil exchange.

This boat was large, but seventy percent of its space was used to store soil, half of the remaining thirty percent was used to store coal, the fuel for the boat, and the rest could be used by Li Banfeng to store some goods.

Li Banfeng didn’t have any goods to load, he merely claimed to be here for leisure at sea, a common occurrence. Rich people from Earth Market and Human Market often hired boats for leisure at sea as well. The boatmen, seeing how handsome Xiao Yeci and Liang Wucui were, thought Li Banfeng was here to meet a lover at sea.

Especially Liang Wucui, too unique. Three-headed people are not uncommon, but two-headed ones are rare. No wonder the rich liked such adventures.

The large boat arrived at the dock, and the Boat Master timed the unloading, with Li Banfeng disembarking for a walk as well.

Boat Master repeatedly instructed: “Folks, you can disembark, but must return within three hours; dawn is approaching.”

It was indeed something fresh.

Having been in the Underground City for so long, it was Li Banfeng’s first time hearing about the concept of dawn.

Tan Jinxiao explained beside him: “That Yangtu Mountain on Yangtu Island connects from the cave ceiling upwards, reaching outside the cave, the territory above Yangtu Island isn’t Black Yellow Beach, instead it’s called Xiahuo River.”

Li Banfeng didn’t understand the name, so Tan Jinxiao wrote it for him, “Xiahuo means pitch dark, no firelight visible.”

Li Banfeng interpreted it literally: “So this place is always dark?”

But that wasn’t right, hadn’t the Boat Master just said dawn was coming?

Tan Jinxiao shook his head: “Xiahuo River has day-night changes, not too different from other places. What’s unique here is Heavenly Light, which is the opposite of Black Yellow Beach. Black Yellow Beach is peaceful during the day and filled with Heavenly Light at night, but Xiahuo River is full of Heavenly Light during the day, much stronger than at night in Black Yellow Beach. Come night, Xiahuo River has less Heavenly Light, but not completely devoid, with about ten to eight rays in a hundred-mile radius overnight, therefore when passing through Xiahuo River, going through darkness means safety, proving the person passed peacefully, hence the name.”

This Yangtu Island actually didn’t have much to see, just soil everywhere. Standing on Earth Mountain above, looking up, you could see Earth Mountain extending upwards through the cave from below.

Through these observations, accompanied by Tan Jinxiao’s explanation, Li Banfeng somewhat understood the soil exchange principle.

Yangtu Island is connected with Xiahuo River, and during the day of Xiahuo River, Heavenly Light constantly falls onto the soil of Yangtu Island, causing its soil to accumulate a large amount of unstable Dark Matter.

This unstable Dark Matter contains a certain amount of Dark Energy, which serves as an energy source for plants that don’t require light.

The soil is sent to Earth Market, where farmers use it to cultivate lightless plants. After a year, the Dark Matter in the soil stabilizes, and its Dark Energy is depleted, requiring farmers to send the soil back to Yangtu Island for irradiation by the Dark Matter stream, thus completing the process of revitalizing the land.

This process is truly arduous, as everyone walked around the island, Xiao Yeci recorded while asking: “Why not simply set Earth Market on Yangtu Island to avoid the annual soil exchange?”

Tan Jinxiao shook his head: “Miss, you haven’t understood. People can’t live on this island, when dawn comes, Heavenly Light descends, even houses can’t withstand it! Didn’t you see how those unloading are rushing to finish? They have to work in darkness, when dawn nears, all the boats sound their whistles, and work stops, people and ships must flee outside.”

Xiao Yeci looked around: “Even if filling soil nearby to create an island, it’s better than changing soil every year.”

But Tan Jinxiao disagreed: “Even if an island is created, the harvested food must be transported to the city, transporting food annually is still troublesome, isn’t it?”

“That’s two different things!” Xiao Yeci calculated earnestly, “An acre of soil is much heavier, while an acre’s worth of food is much lighter!”

Xiao Yeci and Tan Jinxiao continued to argue, while Li Banfeng stood halfway up the mountain slope, looking towards the other side of the island.

Due to a complete lack of light, visibility on the sea was very low, yet Li Banfeng still managed to vaguely spot several ships on the sea.

“Are those ships here to exchange soil?”

Tan Jinxiao glanced: “Those ships aren’t for soil exchange, they’re passenger ships headed for the far sea.”

In the Underground City, the boundary between near sea and far sea is Yangtu Island.

Ships responsible for soil exchange travel back and forth between the Underground City and Yangtu Island, with very few vessels venturing into the far sea.

Li Banfeng saw a visually appealing ship; the three-story high cabins, the deck neat and clean unlike the mess of cargo ships. Even though it was far, only the silhouette visible, yet this impression was much better than soil exchange ships.

“This ship looks good, let’s rent it and head to the far sea for a look.”

Tan Jinxiao asked: “Seventh Master, may I ask, what do you plan to do in the far sea? If you intend to fish, I’ll prepare some gear locally, far sea fish are hard to deal with, If you plan to play in the water, I won’t prepare anything else, we’ll just enjoy together, If you plan to court someone special, I won’t accompany you, the three ladies here will attend to you, this matter I can’t assist with.”

By three ladies, he meant Xiao Yeci and Liang Wucui.

Liang Cai was a bit anxious: “The three of us, snuggling in one person’s embrace, we’ve conquered love but lost morality!”

Liang Wu thought for a moment, found it reasonable, then turned to Juanzi: “Sister, come with us.”

Liang Cai didn’t grasp Liang Wu’s reasoning: “Would four people together restore morality?”

“Certainly not!” Liang Wu shook her head, “I mean, since we’ve already lost morality, why not drag one more person down.”

Upon hearing, Juanzi’s cheeks turned red.

With Mengzi and Xiao Shan, faces went pale.

Li Banfeng looked at Tan Jinxiao: “Who said I’m going to play? Is there nothing serious to do in the far sea?”

“Yes, there’s plenty of serious matters!” Tan Jinxiao replied, “Seventh Master, if you intend to visit all islands, it would take you a year and a half, many small islands are in the far sea, If you intend to find treasure, there are rumored sites, what you find isn’t certain, in case nothing’s found, Seventh Master, please don’t blame me, If you intend to find Guan Huodong’s lair, this trip is quite far, the place he resides is almost in Inner State.”

Li Banfeng said: “Hold on! This sea can take us to Inner State?”

“Indeed!” Tan Jinxiao nodded, “You just need a Guide Token, you can go anytime!”

“So you need a Guide Token?”

“Definitely need one! This sea has boundaries, without a Guide Token, we can’t cross them!”

PS: Can this boundary stop the Dark Bridge Cannon?