Chapter 248: 160 Days and Nights Later
When the black starry curtain covering the entire sky was pulled open again.
The blue sky, white clouds and the sunshine that nourishes all things appeared again, shining over the sea.
In the observation room built on the tall main mast, Jason was surrounded by a dense mass of magical power. Large masses of magical power poured down and were absorbed into his body.
The magic gathering stone above his head was surrounded by a ball of magic power, and soon the surrounding liquid magic power dissipated.
The magic gathering stone also closed and stopped dimly above.
Seeing Jason still sitting there, he showed no intention of moving.
Yi, who was observing the situation outside, jumped down, walked over, raised the long needle in his hand, and stabbed it into Jason's butt.
“Ouch!”
Jason opened his eyes immediately, stood up, and touched his butt in pain.
By the way, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Why do you always call me in such a violent way? I told you it's not good to learn these things from Erxue. It's a bad habit."
Yi, wearing a black mask, stared at Jason with calm dead fish eyes, unmoved.
Jason was a little nervous.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault that I can't beat you." Jason said helplessly. He sorted out the items around him, put the magic gathering stone back and closed it.
He stabilized his magic power and felt the current strength in his body.
His strength at this point has reached the sixth spiral. In a few days, he will be able to advance to the seventh spiral.
But even Yi's strength has reached the seven spirals.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Yi who was staring at the vast ocean outside the window and said, "I really envy you guys. You can increase your magic power without doing anything."
Yi turned his head to look at him with disdain, then turned his head back.
At this time, the door of the observation room opened, but no one came in.
Seeing this situation, Jason immediately became alert.
However, the slender short blade was already placed on his neck, and he felt the slight coolness on his skin.
Jason raised his hands. "Well, I'm dead."
"Your vigilance is getting worse." Lucelia walked out from the shadows.
She was wearing a black and white gothic outfit and carrying a huge sword on her shoulder that was bigger than her body.
In addition to the one she carried on her shoulder, she also had a similar blade lying across her waist.
"It's not that my vigilance is getting worse, but that you are getting stronger. You are now three spirals taller than me." Jason complained.
Lucilia, who had already reached the ninth spiral, patted her head and said, "That's true, but you just said you were envious, so do you want to join in?"
"Forget it, it's just a joke."
Jason waved his hand awkwardly, picked up the coat and scarf hanging at the door, wrapped himself in them, pushed the door open and walked out.
As soon as he came out, a cold wind blew, making Jason shiver. He tightened his scarf, took out the egg from the hat behind him and stuffed it into his arms, then put the hood on himself.
Now, except for his eyes, he has wrapped himself tightly in clothes.
"It's snowing again. It's so cold." Feeling the cold winter wind, Jason silently slid down the mast.
On the deck, several puppet girls were controlling some structures to clear the snow on the deck as if they were controlling machines.
They cannot feel the cold, and unless it is cold enough to freeze their joints, it has little effect on them.
Jason was already used to this. He greeted the puppet girls around him and walked towards the restaurant.
These puppet girls are not team leaders, but ordinary team members.
Because most of the 12 team leaders have already been created by Alkar and Simon, even the ordinary team members will be gathered in a short time.
As for the vacancies for the extra team leaders, Alka had other ideas.
This also made the ship more lively, which was a good feeling.
As soon as I approached the restaurant.
Several puppet girls with wings behind them flew over, took off his coat and the scarf around his neck, and hung them beside him.
The two puppet girls took the egg from his arms and carried it to the stove next to them to warm it.
There is a special nest for laying eggs there, which was built by Jason himself.
These winged doll girls are still wearing black and white maid outfits.
Normally, these puppet girls do these simple things on the boat.
Except for Lucilia who was going to keep watch at the upper level, everyone else at the table had taken their seats.
What’s interesting is that, besides the one sitting on Xia Daiti’s shoulder.
There was also a young girl sitting on the shoulders of Julia and Mathilda.
They were San and Si, with the same hair color as them. San's hair was aqua blue like Julia's, and Si's hair was wheat yellow like Matresa's.
Speaking of which, the men with hair on their ship all have black hair, except for the women on the ship, who have colorful hair.
The possibility of the second was also verified by the doll girl made from the hair of both people.
However, it also increasingly appears that the personalities of the doll girls made with their hair really represent what they looked like as children.
"Now that you're here, are you going to the town later?" Simon asked as he sat next to him.
Jason nodded. "According to calculations, Baraz should be here today. It's only a few days away anyway."
"Really? You're finally here." Hearing this, Alka, who was sitting opposite, said happily.
Due to the lack of some materials, many ideas are difficult to realize.
And the only thing missing for those doll girls is the arrival of this final material.
Jason also nodded, expressing his anticipation.
"The list of people exploring with me today is Juanlu, Porro, and Julia."
The people whose names were called nodded. They had already known about it yesterday and had made preparations.
"Are we going to dig today? It's snowing so hard, why don't we wait a day?" Jason, who had just come in, couldn't help but say as he looked at the snow outside.
With such heavy snow and wind, even if we go digging, the efficiency will be reduced and there will be certain risks, which is not worth the cost.
"This snowstorm won't last long. It lasted for most of last night. It had become much lighter by dawn. It would be great if it can last for an hour or two." Julia said, looking at the weather outside.
As her strength grew, Julia became more and more sensitive to her surroundings. By the time she reached the ninth spiral, she was already able to predict the weather.
Especially in more extreme weather.
Hearing this, Jason nodded, picked up the fish cake from his plate and started to take a bite.
"Oh! Not bad. What is today's breakfast made of?" Jason asked with some surprise.
"It was caught by Porro last night. It's a very powerful sea beast that I have never seen before." Juanlu looked up and said after hearing Jason's praise.
"It looks like its meat is pretty good."
Hearing this, Jason looked at Pororo.
At this time, Porro's upper arm was still bandaged, and some tear scars could be seen on his body, but the bleeding had already stopped.
It hasn't healed yet, which means the injury was serious.
"What kind of sea monster is this? It looks like you were seriously injured last night."
"It's just a sea beast that has just reached the third stage, ten spirals." Pororo said with a relaxed expression.
Hearing this, Jason curled his lips in disdain.
He could already hear the smugness in Porro's voice.
"You advanced to the Nine Helix yesterday?"
"uh-huh!"
“Damn it.”
Among the people on the ship, those who control the treasures have already reached the ninth spiral.
With the help of the magic gathering stone and treasures, the strength in the Boundless Sea increased rapidly.
Especially Alka who possessed two treasures, he reached the ninth spiral early on and had even begun to move towards the third stage.
In addition to him, there is also Simon, whose strength has reached the seventh spiral and who also possesses treasures.
In the future, he may reach the third stage faster than Alka.
Among the four people who did not possess the treasure, Julia, Jason, Juanlu and Mathilda, Mathilda has reached the ninth spiral.
Julia won't be here for a few days either.
It might take Jason a few more days to reach the seventh spiral, while Juanlu has only recently stabilized at the sixth spiral.
According to the current situation, it may not be long before they leave the island, because most of the ruins on the island have been dug up by them.
Except for those that reach the third stage of difficulty.
However, for Alka, he never had the idea of exploring these third-level ruins.
After all, none of them has reached the third stage, and the spiral gap in strength between the three stages is huge.
10 to 27 spirals all belong to the third stage.
Who knows where the specific dangers mentioned in these three stages lie?
With an extra three stages of one or two spirals, Alka and the others could compete.
It might be easy to defeat Alka and the others in the third stage of the mid-to-high level.
There is no point in taking unnecessary risks like this.
Alka ate the fish cake in his hand and looked at the map on the table.
There aren't many spots of light left above.
There are only 8 blue dots and about 30 white dots left.
There are only 3 blue dots left for them to explore, and less than 10 white dots.
Mainly due to the arrival of winter, their excavation progress was seriously affected.
Because even the soil was frozen like iron, this greatly slowed down their digging speed.
Even though the strength increased, the excavation speed did not increase much.
“I didn’t expect that there would be seasonal changes in the vast ocean.” Julia complained while eating the food in her hand.
I thought that in such a ghost place, such a chaotic place, there would be no change of seasons.
"If jumping directly from spring to winter can be considered a change of seasons, then it is true." Xia Daiti also complained after hearing Julia's words.
That’s right, 80 days and nights ago , they were still in spring, and their strength was generally at 6 or 7 spirals.
However, the arrival of one night brought heavy snow, and from then on, spring turned into winter at night.
This made them extremely uncomfortable as they came from normal waters.
Fortunately, they knew some information from the small town.
They said this was normal and they were entering a long winter.
This winter may last for a long time, even hundreds of days and nights.
And it's only on this island and the surrounding waters.
No matter what happens, everyone has become numb to it.
Even if your vast ocean or the sky suddenly has a hole in it, they won't be too surprised.
At this time, Si, who was originally sitting on Matlisa's shoulders, suddenly jumped off her shoulders.
"What's wrong with you?" Mathilda turned and asked.
Everyone also cast curious glances.
I saw Si swimming to the side of the egg with his little snake tail and knocking on the crystal-like eggshell.
"I feel...the eggs are about to hatch."
"Bang!"
Hearing this, Jason stood up so suddenly that the chair he was sitting on fell to the ground.
He ran over quickly and touched the egg next to the fire, then turned to look at Si and asked, "Really? You didn't lie to me, did you?"
Si waved his hands hurriedly and said softly, "No, no, it's true."
At this time, Matlisa swam over and held Si on her shoulders.
He stretched out his four arms and placed them on the egg. He also put his face on the eggshell and closed his eyes to feel it carefully.
"It's almost time. The life inside has taken shape. She is gathering strength and will soon come out of the egg."
Mathilda closed her eyes and spoke softly.
Hearing this, Jason's expression became a little excited.
"Is it finally going to hatch?"
This egg has been with him for three years. Is it finally going to hatch?
Thinking of this, Jason became a little excited.
"Is it now? What should I prepare?" He was already a little incoherent.
Looking at Jason who was a little excited, Matlisa covered her mouth and smiled: "How can it be so fast? Even if it accumulates strength, it will take some time. Relax."
Hearing this, Jason calmed down and nodded.
"Your baby is coming out, Jason." Porollo smiled teasingly.
"Haha." Jason smiled and didn't refute.
He would have refuted it before, but after hearing such teasing for several years, he has become accustomed to it.
I couldn't help but touch the eggshell.
It's finally hatching.
"Is there a baby in there?"
"The baby is finally coming out?"
"What will it be like?"
The group of doll girls in maid costumes fluttered their wings and surrounded the egg, chirping.
"I don't know what's inside either." Listening to their questions, Jason smiled awkwardly.
Alka shook his head in amusement and stood up, saying to the people at the table, "It's almost time, let's go too, the snowstorm outside is about to stop."
At this time, the wind and snow outside had become very light, with only gusts of wind mixed with falling snowflakes.
After they finished eating, they picked up the coats and scarves hanging nearby, put them on, and left one by one and got off the boat.
As they stepped off the boat, five puppet girls dressed in black form-fitting clothes disappeared into the shadows and appeared on their shoulders.
The few people were not surprised by the sudden appearance of a few puppet girls on their shoulders. They had already gotten used to it.
Walking on the snow-covered plain in thick-soled boots, every step will leave a deep footprint in the snow.
No one was carrying anything except clothes. The huge excavation tools and attached structures that they once carried on their backs no longer needed to be carried.
A mirror floated in front of Alka, and he looked at several figures in the mirror walking on the snow.
"Is it the same team from a few days ago?" Juanlu asked as he walked over.
Alka nodded.
"You really don't know what's good for you." Porro said, looking at the picture in the mirror.
Alka didn't say anything, but shook his shoulders, and the doll girl on his shoulders turned to look at him.
"Yi Yi, take your team and follow them."
"Yes, Captain."
As she spoke, the doll girl on Alka's shoulder jumped and disappeared into the shadow of the bushes beside her like a sharp arrow.
The doll girls on everyone's shoulders also disappeared.
These puppet girls belong to Yi's subordinates, and are specially used for tracking, reconnaissance, and sentry.
They have special assassin training, and even the materials used to construct their bodies are related to these characteristics.
These puppet girls are ordinary members, so their strength is only higher than the five-spiral but weaker than the six-spiral.
Lucilia's strength is Nine Spirals, and her vice-captain Zero is also a Nine Spiral.
The captain in the second echelon has strength in the seventh spiral.
These ordinary team members are weaker than the six spirals.
However, Lucilia's strength had only just been raised to the Nine Spirals not long ago, and she had not yet completely established herself in the Nine Spirals.
After she has completely established herself in the Nine Helix, the strength of these team members should be fixed at the Six Helix.
All members are closely related to the strength of the leader.
"What are you going to do if they don't know what's good for them?" Julia asked as she walked behind.
"If they don't know what's good for them, then they will naturally pay the price."
Alka said quietly.
