Chapter 557 - 355: Undersea Passage, Speeding Through

Chapter 557: Chapter 355: Undersea Passage, Speeding Through

"Oh? A Star Map?!" Han Ning’s eyes lit up.

In broad terms, a Star Map was a navigational chart for the outer space of the Purple Crystal World, encompassing both the main space and the Subspace.

The outer space was fraught with all sorts of dangers. The importance of a Star Map that marked safe routes and helped avoid peril was self-evident.

It could be said that a detailed Star Map was nearly as valuable as certain priceless inherited treasures.

"Let’s go. I’ll show you the sights of our Bogu City along the way."

In Han Ning’s eyes, the Bobo Family’s architectural style had a somewhat alien quality.

The tops of the buildings resembled the round flying saucers from movies.

Different styles of seaweed were trimmed atop the round domes.

Rows of colorful, disc-shaped structures were built across the vast land. The air was thick with a translucent, fluid-like substance, and the Gravity felt lighter than in a true terrestrial environment.

Beyond these beautiful houses, the outer areas of the city were also dotted with numerous low-lying, single-story buildings.

Looking down with his exceptional eyesight, he could clearly see gaunt-faced beings in ragged clothes walking between the dilapidated houses, moving in an endless stream through the cramped alleyways.

’Looks like this place isn’t as wonderful as it seems on the surface,’ Han Ning muttered to himself.

Bobo Man seemed to have guessed Han Ning’s thoughts and explained, "Those rundown houses are mostly residences built by the slaves of our Bobo Family’s vassal races. They are high-quality, cheap labor. Give them some simple food each day, and they’ll work tirelessly for the entire day."

"The ones living in those dilapidated houses are mostly the slaves’ families. For these lowly races, my Bobo Family is already showing great mercy by allowing them to live and work in Bogu City. How many of those wretched races have to live in the dangerous zones of the Celestial Sea, suffering oppression from other Deep Sea Races all day long?"

Han Ning had no interest in discussing the topic of equal rights with an octopus from an Otherworld’s Deep Sea Race. He just nodded silently to show he understood, making no comment.

The two mounted a Soul Beast and, as a streak of Flowing Light, shot into the interior of Bogu City—a place filled with exotic charm and dotted with disc-shaped domes. Bobo Man led Han Ning to a magnificent, gourd-shaped building.

"This is my father’s personal palace. Some of his concubines and Descendants live inside. I won’t take you to meet them for now. Let’s head to the study first."

Bobo Man was not the only son of the former Deep Sea Race Clan Leader, Bobo Ta. On the contrary, in his several-thousand-year life, Bobo Ta had sired at least a hundred Descendants of his Direct Lineage.

Due to the peculiarities of childbirth in the Bobo Family, which was completely different from the Land Races, the age gap between these hundred or so "brothers" was enormous. There was basically no familial affection between them, only a superficial connection through their shared family bloodline.

Over the long years, these Descendants had multiplied. Most became high-ranking members and pillars of the Bobo Family, some were sacrificed in external battles, and others left the family to forge their own paths.

According to Bobo Man’s introduction, he was Bobo Ta’s youngest son from the Direct Lineage and also the one with the greatest potential among all the Descendants. The position of future Clan Leader of the Bobo Family had already been passed to him; he just hadn’t reached the required age for the formal succession ceremony.

The team that Bobo Man now commanded was, in essence, a group of his older brothers and their associates.

It was a very strange phenomenon. The fraternal bond between the brothers was clearly weak, and they had almost no private interaction with each other. Yet, due to the absolute authority of the old Clan Leader, who had issued a death command before he passed for everyone to pledge allegiance to Bobo Man, the brothers were forced to cooperate sincerely... For a moment, Han Ning couldn’t quite figure out what kind of relationship they had.

"Okay." Going with the flow, Han Ning simply nodded and left it at that.

The octopus people’s way of life was clearly different from that of humans.

Upon entering the magnificent palace, Han Ning saw round bubbles of all sizes.

These bubbles rose in a spiral, all the way to the very top of the palace dome, fitting perfectly into the disc-shaped ceiling.

Bobo Man directed Han Ning to stand in an area near the entrance that was emitting a ring of light.

WHOOSH!!

A blue light flashed.

They were now inside the bubble at the very top.

Inside the bubble, countless objects of all kinds floated in mid-air.

The most numerous were Crystal Stones of various shapes, glittering with different colored lights that filled the space.

Some were diamond-shaped, some were spherical, some were cubes...

"These are Telekinesis Crystals. A vast amount of knowledge is solidified inside them using Spiritual Models. In your human terms, this is a study for storing books."

Bobo Man had been studying human culture for years. It could be said he was now an expert on humans, and on Xia Country in particular.

He muttered, flying into a large pile of shining Crystal Stones. The swirling tentacles beneath him flitted in all directions, as fast as lightning.

Then, from among the many Crystal Stones, he found a triangular stone glowing with a faint blue light. He floated gently before Han Ning and said:

"This is the Star Map of the Bobo Family, passed down for twelve thousand years. It was created by the founding Clan Leader and supplemented by each successive Clan Leader. Take a look and see if the place you want to go is in there."

"Just pour your Spiritual Power into it and silently think of the place you want to go. The Spiritual Model inside the Crystal Stone will help you perform a fuzzy match to locate the target area, so you don’t have to search region by region."

"Thank you."

Han Ning took the Crystal Stone and poured his Spiritual Power into it.