Chapter 346 Return to the Island
Alka finished his meditation in the observation room.
"Sure enough, the efficiency of meditation is not as high as before. Has it returned to normal?"
Although the meditation efficiency at this stage is higher than that of the normal three stages, it has returned to normal overall in the four stages.
During the last few spirals, Alka made crazy progress because of the huge gap in strength in the dream.
This is why his meditation efficiency is so exaggerated and his strength is constantly improving.
With the fifth stage of dreams, the fourth stage of reality has finally reached a certain balance, at least it is not as divided as before.
The efficiency of naturally improving strength in dreams has also been greatly slowed down.
Although Alka's current strength improvement is still higher than that of ordinary people, at least it is not as exaggerated as before and has become slightly more normal.
"27 x 3... to reach stage 5, you need 81 spirals."
When Alka thought about the 54 more spirals to come, his face fell.
"Oh my god, how long will it take to make 54 spirals!"
Thinking of this, Alka fell on his back on the floor of the observation room.
Stare upward at the ceiling.
Only when you reach this stage will you realize how exaggerated the current total number × 3 is, and the exponential increase is really outrageous.
Stages 4 and 5 consist of 81 spirals.
Stages 5 to 6 are 243 spirals.
Stages 6 to 7 are 729 spirals.
Stage 7-8 is...
The more I think about Alka, the more hopeless his future seems. This really can only be solved by time.
Alka suddenly felt that there were only a few people who became gods in the past ten thousand years, and not many of them were famous, which was closely related to the improvement of their own strength.
Relying on spirals and stages, one can gradually improve one's strength to reach the limit that exceeds the life of the race itself.
This power setup is truly genius, and the time it takes is a necessary price to pay.
Alka felt the change in his own strength.
With the current meditation efficiency, if you max out your meditation every day, it will take more than 5 years to reach the 5th stage.
"It's difficult. I can only work my way through it slowly."
Alka said, standing up and looking outside, looking at the endless dark sea.
I don’t know how fast higher-level treasures can improve my strength.
It should be at least twice as fast as a Holy Grail-level treasure, right?
He just kept his thoughts focused and alert to the surroundings until his successor, Polo, came to take over his position.
A hanging basket made of vines appeared next to the observation room.
Alka stood on it and was slowly moved towards the stern deck by the vines.
I returned to my room and began to rest.
Quickly sank into the dream.
Arriving at his own dream bubble, Alka felt his figure shatter and disappear directly on the spot.
Xuan, sitting on Huan's back, was patrolling the Dreamland Royal Court as usual.
Suddenly, broken lenses appeared nearby, gathered together, and condensed into Alka's figure.
"dad?"
Xuan jumped directly onto Alka's shoulder. Alka looked at her and asked , "How is it? Is everything okay outside?"
"No, just a little boring."
"Well, bear with it."
Alka stood there, looking down.
There is still fog below, but the outlines of most buildings have appeared.
Looking at the exaggerated complex of buildings below.
Alka frowned, somewhat unable to understand.
“Who would live in such an outrageous complex?”
Although Alka couldn't quite understand the architectural styles of the buildings below, he had basically never seen a similar style in the outside world.
Most of them are various diamond-shaped rings.
The buildings of various shapes and sizes are intertwined and inlaid together. They are called buildings, but they look more like some kind of art.
It's like a strange large-scale sculpture work of art.
And most of them have cloud-like characteristics, or crystal-like effects.
But as more and more of these things appear, it actually becomes an architectural area with a certain special style.
It almost covers the entire bottom of the mirror world.
The most common structure is a building that resembles a spiral with a circular aperture surrounding it.
But there were too many and too wide, and they had completely touched Alka's blind spot in knowledge.
As Alka finished speaking, Shadow Robe appeared beside Alka.
The answer was: "This is the basic architectural standard of the royal court. It cannot be reduced. Among the royal courts of other kings, this standard is already considered small."
Hearing this, Alka looked at the area below.
Is this still small?
If he calculated correctly, the area of his royal court was probably about 2/3 of the Twin Islands, and the densely packed buildings almost covered this 2/3 area.
Even if it were a twin island with two churches each occupying half, there wouldn't be such densely packed buildings and streets left.
Moreover, most buildings are hollow in the middle because they are for people to live in.
But for dream creatures, these things are not needed at all, and it is a three-dimensional space, with these buildings stacked on top of each other.
The density is amazing.
Is this still small?
"So what exactly are these buildings used for?" Alka asked Shadow Robe.
"It can increase the recovery speed of dream creatures, slowly increase their strength, and even allow them to split themselves under certain circumstances."
"Wait...what does it mean to split yourself?" Alka asked confused.
"Hmm..." These words suddenly made Yingpao a little stuck, and he didn't know how to explain for a moment.
He had to use a meaning that Alka could understand accurately.
"Reproduction?"
"I understand. Please continue." Alka immediately changed the subject and asked him to continue.
“After the world’s broken will fell into slumber, no new compatriots were produced, and the losses in the outside world also affected us.
Our numbers are inevitably decreasing, and it is difficult to repair the outside world with the current number of dream creatures."
Having come to this point, Yingpao thought about it and prepared to say everything he needed to say all at once.
“It’s not easy to truly repair the world. The world is now stuck in a vicious cycle.
The only way to quickly and stably repair the world is to spread the mist-like creatures throughout the dream, but this is obviously impossible.
The mist-like creatures can now only gather in dreams corresponding to areas with more people, and even then their numbers are not enough.
She wants to increase the number of mist-like creatures, one way is to revive the world, but that will make her fall into inescapable pain.
Secondly, the outside world has more life, less chaos, and more stability."
If we want the outside world to have more life, less chaos, and become more stable, we need more mist-like creatures.
More mist-like creatures are needed for more life outside to increase, reduce chaos, and become stable.
However, we have now fallen into a vicious circle. No matter what we do, we can only maintain the status quo, or even get worse.
“So these buildings?”
"Yes, that's right. Tens of thousands of years ago, the kings of the dreamland set such standards.
Although the probability of producing the same kind is small, it is not zero, and these buildings can also strengthen and repair the external environment. "
After hearing this, Alka understood everything.
The so-called Royal Court is equivalent to the largest restoration group in the world.
At least for Alka, whose royal court is made up of almost all mist-like creatures, this is what their royal court is like.
This is consistent with Alka's goal concept.
After listening to this, Alka nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
I even began to observe the construction process of these mist-like creatures more carefully, trying to understand these buildings and the reasons why they influence the world.
He needs to understand the details and know them more clearly so that he can truly work hard to repair the world when he becomes stronger.
…
In order to find Ze Hai, they spent more than 100 days and nights at sea.
But when they left Zehai and headed straight for the Gemini Islands, it took less than 20 days and nights.
Because at that time, Zehai seemed to be drifting just not far from the Gemini Island Chain.
It can also be considered a kind of luck.
"We're finally there." Jason looked at the large island in the distance.
And the ships coming and going around this time breathed a sigh of relief.
They circled the edge of the island and entered the central harbor from the entrance.
Officially returned to the Twin Islands.
It was the same as when they left, nothing special about it.
Dock the boat.
A priest wearing the robes of the Church of Our Lady, along with several soldiers, looked at Alka's ship and the treasure tree on their ship that inevitably attracted the eye.
Alka and the others looked at the precious tree and couldn't help but sigh.
This thing is so conspicuous, but it can't be covered at all.
In such a crowded port, sometimes one has to sigh. This can be regarded as the first small trouble caused by the change of ships.
The priest looked at the stern and saw that it resembled the iconic bird's head.
Apparently he recognized whose boat it was.
"Master Alka, can you cover the tree on your ship?" the priest asked loudly.
Hearing the words below, Alka shook his head helplessly.
This tree is still in its growing stage, so it is obviously not a good idea to cover it for a long time.
"How long do you plan to stay here?"
"At least a week."
Hearing Alka's answer, the priest nodded.
Then, two streams of underwater magic surged out, lifting the Sound of Dawn and dropping it onto the slide in front.
As the slide operated, the sailboat entered an open-air warehouse.
Only then did everyone leave the ship and walk down from the deck.
The open-air warehouse is like a wall that blocks off the ship on all four sides, with only the highest mast sticking out from above and visible from the outside.
Compared with other protective functions, the main purpose is to prevent people outside from seeing the treasure tree, so as to avoid being unable to suppress the greed in their hearts.
After thanking the pastor.
Simon said, "Then I will go to the church first to collect the materials you want, as well as the information about the spell rituals."
The others nodded and watched Simon take the ferry in the middle to the other side.
We went to a hotel not far away and rented a few townhouse rooms.
After returning to the room.
Alka said to everyone, “It’s a rare trip here, so if you want to buy anything, buy it now.
Okay, disband and go your own way. "
You know, although they did not get the most valuable treasure of the Nafas family in Zehai this time.
But in the Land of Fragrance, help the church complete various commissions and help them find and arrest those cultists.
This resulted in almost every one of them carrying at least nearly a thousand golden sails.
This is already a huge sum of money.
Except Jason, of course.
Because he actually owed everyone hundreds of gold sails, he might only become rich when they took over the treasure of the Nafas family.
Thinking of this, Jason looked at Pororo.
"I'm going to go have a drink now while Urulius is away, you know."
Pororo shook his head impatiently and followed Jason out.
It wasn't because he wanted to drink too, but because he had money and Jason didn't.
Soon, Alka was the only one left in the room, along with several doll girls who were soundly sleeping.
The rest have all left.
Rested in the room for a while.
Alka left the room and walked towards the church.
Arriving at the main gate of the church, I walked around it and entered from the side door.
The guarding knights and priests around did not stop him when they saw that it was Alka, but nodded at him.
When Alca was looking up information before, he had already become familiar with them.
After all, this island is neither big nor small, and the overall number of people in the church is limited.
If you stay for a while, you will basically become familiar with the place.
After walking around the huge church hall, we arrived at the library at the edge.
"Alka? Long time no see, a year, right? Your ship docked at sea is very conspicuous." A middle-aged man wearing glasses sitting at the counter looked at Alka and said with a smile.
"Did the news spread so quickly?" Alka asked in confusion.
He had just landed, which meant he wasted some time looking for a hotel to rest, but the news had already reached here.
"Haha, my friend, the treasure tree on your ship is too conspicuous. Knight Marlowe even complained that he had to send more troops to help you guard it." He raised his glasses and said with a smile.
Alka could only shrug helplessly.
"Thank Knight Marlowe for me. The Virgin Mary will bless a steady man like him."
He nodded: "What do you want to ask this time?"
After all, Alka didn't come here just to read.
"I want to know if there are any spells or rituals related to stars or the sky or something like that."
He frowned at Alka's words.
"Is it related to the stars and the starry sky?..."
He frowned and thought, then flipped through the thick catalog in his hand.
“Yes, there are, but there are not many records here, and it may not contain what you want. And there is a lot of repetition.
If you want more, I suggest you go to the big library next door. They like to collect these weird information, and even if they don’t, there will be a lot of clues and insights. ”
The next door he was referring to was naturally the Holy Machine Church.
Alka nodded: "Thanks, I'll go first then."
"Go ahead, go to the 4th row, the 13th bookcase on the right. Most of them are placed there."
Alka followed the instructions and came to the tall bookcase.
"Broken Stars", "Ever-changing Stars", "The Complexity of the Night Sky", "The Changes of Countless Stars", "Starry Sky Demons", "Annihilation of Alien Stars"...
Countless books related to the starry night sky are scattered here.
Alka picked up a book at random and started flipping through it.
Most of the records here are about the changes that occurred in the starry sky after the world was shattered and its barriers were gone.
Alka is only now discovering that this world has a much deeper understanding of the astral world than he thought.
"The Machilak Mercenary Group comes from the fourth star in the southern triangle area in the north of the dense area."
A mercenary group from another world?
There is still too little understanding.
In addition to these, there are various gods who were once named after stars as part of their duties.
Alka saw the familiar name here.
Hochalmela.
Alka began to look at his information from the perspective of a spectator.
Well, there isn't much information here, just a brief mention.
The information they had previously obtained in the Land of Fragrance came from the scriptures and was heavily beautified.
Active during the War of Gods, he was an important priest under the Flower Fairy.
It is said that the flower fairy has bestowed divinity from the stars.
Outsiders gave her a title.
Mystic Star Flower.
Alka looked through all kinds of information about the starry sky.
Finally, I saw a ceremony similar to that related to the stars .
Moreover, this ritual was excavated from some ruins, which is an archaeological discovery of a certain ancient star god.
Having finally made a discovery, Alka perked up a little and began to examine it more carefully.
There were spells about stars, and Alka finally saw a few of them.
[Starlight] The brightness is not very high, but it has strong penetrating power.
It can be seen in the night sky even from a very far distance and is usually used for signal transmission or on lighthouses.
[Star Divination] The core spell of the most applicable star divination method, extremely accurate in divining the fate of mortals.
Once the toucher is involved, the accuracy rate is only about 10% to 15%, and it will often give wrong information and express it in strange ways.
Use with caution.
It also states below that this spell cannot be transmitted to any of the Four Gods Seas.
Because the mortal world still exists, the only one left is in the Four Gods Sea.
In the Infinite Ocean, ordinary mortals have almost become extinct.
Most people have at least some magic power in their bodies, it's just a matter of how much.
After roughly understanding this, Alka put the book back.
Look at the sunlight outside the window next to you.
The sunlight shines through the window, and an hourglass appears in Alka's hand.
19 hours of daylight have passed and it won't be long until night.
Alka said goodbye to his acquaintances in the library and headed back to the hotel.
When we arrived at the hotel, only Xia Daiti and Lucilia were chatting in the hotel. They seemed to be designing some clothes.
Everyone else was away.
They both see Alka coming back.
"How was it? Did you gain anything today?"
"Yes, I didn't get much, but there are more contents in the library of the Holy Machine Church. Now we can only wait and see what Simon gets."
Hearing Alka's words, the two nodded.
"Now that you're back, come and give us some reference on the designs of these clothes."
"Okay, let me take a look."
Alka said as he walked over and looked at the two people's design drawings.
