The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 0552: The Sea Monster That Glows All Over (Second Update)

Chapter 0552: The Sea Monster That Glows All Over (Second Update)

The troubles and worries of Red Crab Island did not affect Liszt's expedition to find Dodo Island.

He meticulously organized the four Space Gems, storing all necessary survival supplies, from the large items like magical beasts, milk, magic potions, and weapons, to the smaller essentials such as brewed tea. He then inspected Black Horse Island, Fresh Flower Town, and the surrounding seas, and held two meetings to arrange the construction tasks for his territory.

After the preparations, he notified Ake, mounted the Rainbow Whale Rose, and set off to search the northern seas.

To the north and west of the Sea of Azure Waves lies the Devil's Sea, a place of legend where devils roam and even Dragon Knights cannot cross. The Duchy of Sapphire has been established in this archipelago for 153 years, but aside from opening up sea routes in the Sea of Azure Waves, almost no one has charted courses toward the Devil's Sea.

Therefore,

Coral Island and Hot Spring Island are basically the furthest north that humanity has explored.

Dodo Island is the kind of place that even if someone knew of it, they wouldn't have any designs on it, so no nautical charts would point to this island.

Ake could only rely on her seafaring knowledge and her affinity with the sea to lead Liszt through the vast ocean.

A distance of eight hundred kilometers, with time spent eating and resting en route, took approximately twelve hours to reach the predetermined area.

"Big brother, based on the map we drew earlier, we need to start from here and continue to search this area of the sea," Ake said.

"I've noticed a problem before."

"What problem?"

Liszt said, "This area of the sea is very deep. Generally, islands form either within continental shelves, from volcanic eruptions, or from the continuous deposition of coral reefs." The islands of the Duchy of Sapphire are primarily continental shelf islands.

They cover large areas and boast numerous islands.

The waters of the Sea of Azure Waves are shallow, with an average depth of only a few hundred meters, without any areas surpassing a kilometer deep. Several hundred kilometers west of Coral Island, there are deepwater areas exceeding one thousand five hundred meters. Liszt felt that Coral Island and Black Horse Island might already be at the edge of the continental shelf.

Further out lies the continental slope.

The continental slope descends toward the bottom of the ocean, leading to the true underwater world.

Of course, Liszt was not a geographer or oceanographer and had only a superficial understanding of continental shelves and slopes. He also couldn't explore the deepwater areas firsthand since he could only dive a few hundred meters deep, and even the Sea Sprite Ake could only dive to one thousand five hundred meters.

One thousand five hundred meters is not enough to reach the true seabed.

Fundamentally, the Sea of Azure Waves is a continental shelf region, while the Devil's Sea represents the true deep sea, with unknown creatures living there.

With his thoughts racing, he continued, "Dodo Island should be a typical volcanic island. To find it, we could actually look at the underwater terrain... a volcano erupting from the seabed would form a gentle slope on the mountain. If we find that kind of terrain, we can follow it to find Dodo Island!"

As he spoke, he took out a thick piece of paper, ink, and a quill pen to draw a demonstration chart on the back of Rose.

After Ake studied it, she quickly grasped Liszt's intention. "Mmm, big brother, Ake understands. Next, Ake will examine the seabed carefully. Just wait for Ake on the surface," she said, knowing that Liszt couldn't dive to the seabed and that Ake would be the main force in the search.

However, even with a method,

Finding Dodo Island did not become much easier.

Ake indeed dived to the seabed, over eight hundred meters deep, but she couldn't discern the underwater terrain, which rose and fell unevenly.

"Take your time searching; I'm already prepared to spend a week in these waters," Liszt, lying on the sampan, soothed the somewhat anxious Ake.

The sampan was naturally stored in the Gemstone Space.

As long as his Dou Qi could envelop the sampan, he could stuff it into the Gemstone Space. He wasn't a fish; he couldn't sleep in the sea, so he had to bring a boat and sleep on it. With the Calming Wind Pearl and the Water Calming Pearl, the sea's winds and waves couldn't affect him.

Ake's large shell floated beside the sampan, and she looked enviously at Rose, who was wandering in the distance, "It would be nice if Ake could sleep like Rose."

Rose, a member of the dolphin family, would sleep with one eye open and the other closed, her body constantly moving. This was because her left and right brains took turns sleeping, ensuring she would never drown from falling asleep.

"I don't envy Rose at all; one should sleep soundly and think of nothing for the best pleasure," Liszt said, gazing at the stars in the sky, and casually asked, "Ake, do you know what the stars in the sky are?"

"Stars?" Ake shook her head, "I don't know, are they glowing stones?"

"Every single star is a sun."

"A sun?"

"Yes, most of the glowing stars are stars like the sun, with only a few probably being planets orbiting around a sun. The world we live in is one of those planets... of course, these are just my guesses," Liszt didn't dare make definite assertions.

He couldn't guarantee that this world was truly a planetary world; what if it was flat with corners.

What if it was all carried on the back of a giant turtle.

Of course, that didn't stop him from showing off his knowledge of common astronomical science from Earth to the little sea sprite, especially the big bang theory, which completely befuddled the little sea monster. But after the initial shock, she seemed to begin pondering deeply, and even her conversation seemed less engaged.

Seeing this, Liszt had no more interest in boasting about his half-true, half-false, pretentious understanding of the big bang theory.

He just wondered to himself, "With Ake in this state, could it be that my talk about the big bang theory inspired her to gain new insights into her magic practice?"

"If that's the case, then her talent really is incredible!"

Thinking this, he decided to quiet down and enjoy the stars by himself. A bright Milky Way hung in the resplendent night sky; he wondered if this was the Milky Way Galaxy or some other galaxy.

His thoughts drifted; his spirit wandered beyond the material.

Just then.

A sudden clap of a giant wave sounded in the distance, jolting him back to reality. He quickly turned his head, peering into the darkness. The night was too dark to see clearly, but it seemed like some kind of fish was causing a commotion at a distance. Whatever was making such a loud noise had to be a big fish.

He immediately deployed his Eye of Magic, wanting to see if it was a sea monster.

The next moment.

His vision was filled with dazzling blue and white light, a giant whale made up of intense magic power, its concentration far surpassing all the magical beasts and sea monsters he had ever seen.

It was rolling on the sea surface, leisurely slapping the seawater, swimming towards his direction.

He abruptly stood up, his skin crawling with goosebumps, "With such intense magic power... could it be an advanced sea monster?"