"arrive."
A Kai's voice sounded in the control room. The taciturn man was looking out the window, looking at the dark sea illuminated by the bright lampposts.
Tianyang patted his shoulder and nodded in affirmation.
The journey these days is indeed not easy.
After passing the sea area with the "Time Cheater", under Akai's driving, the warship entered and exited the "Sea Well" several times, following the nautical chart compiled by Longdan, passing through one dangerous area after another.
Just before they arrived here, they crossed a storm circle. In order to ensure a smooth passage, they stayed outside the storm circle for several days to collect data and use the digital model provided by the system to test and find a safe route and time for passage.
Akai played an indispensable role in this. Without him, even Tianyang, a heavenly rank master, would not be able to come here on his own.
Now, they finally arrived at the end indicated on the nautical chart.
When we walked onto the deck, we saw that some crew members had already fired flares into the sea, and soon a strong light lit up on the sea. With the help of this strong light, people saw a gray line rising up in the distance, connecting to the sky.
After making this discovery, the battleship started again and headed towards the location of the gray line.
As the warship approached, Tianyang discovered that the waves became more turbulent, and there was a rumbling sound of water in the distance.
After spotting another flare in the sky, Moonlight pointed at the air and whispered, "Look."
Tianyang raised his head and saw a huge black shadow floating in the sky above the sea area behind the hazy black fog under the shining light.
It looks like an island in mid-air. There is a water column under the "island" that connects to the Black Sea below. However, the water column does not fall from the "island". The water flows from the bottom to the top, upstream. It is pulled by an unknown force, like a "river" rushing vertically towards the island in mid-air.
"This... is simply a miracle." A Kai also saw the island in the sky and the 'river' connecting to the sea.
Moonlight looked at the 'island' behind the black fog in the sky: "But how do we get there?"
Indeed, they did not have a means of transportation like a flying ship, nor did they have the flying ability like Wang Lingjun. After all, before coming here, Tianyang felt that so much time had passed, even if there was an "island" floating in the air, it might have fallen to the sea.
But unexpectedly, this world has slipped into darkness for many years, and the island that houses the mysterious sky symbols is still floating in the air. However, this has aroused their strong interest in this exploration, because the island represents the existence of some kind of miraculous power, which means that they may really be able to find the so-called "secret symbol" on the island.
"Boat." Tianyang pointed to the 'river' that was flowing upstream, "We can take a small boat up there. Since the seawater was sent to the island by an unknown force, it can also send us up there."
Moonlight thought about it for a moment and thought this method was feasible, but she frowned again: "But we don't have a fortress among us. Without any protection, it doesn't matter to us, but what about them?"
Moonlight looked at Xun and Qianhong. One of them was Guanghui and the other was a hunter. They had no fighting spirit armor to protect them, and their physical strength was not as good as that of the God of War. Moonlight was worried that they would not be able to withstand the great force that could cause the seawater to flow back into the air.
"I have a solution." Tian Yang smiled and said, "Get off the boat first.
I’ll talk to you later.”
Next, he had the crew lower a landing boat that could accommodate the five of them.
"You wait here, be careful and protect yourself." After Tianyang gave some instructions, he jumped off the landing boat carrying a backpack filled with supplies.
Moonlight drove the landing boat towards the direction of the water column. When the warship had become a blur of light and shadow, she said, "Can you tell us what you have planned?"
Tianyang smiled slightly, and under the curious gaze of Xun and others, he raised his hand.
Moonlight saw that Tianyang was wearing a glove on his left hand, and the color of the glove was constantly changing. At this time, Tianyang closed his eyes, as if he was thinking, or as if he was immersed in memories.
Moonlight guessed correctly, Tianyang was recalling, and with the help of this "deceitful hand" to strengthen his memory, a figure was outlined in his mind.
He was a middle-aged man in a black-blue uniform, wearing white gloves, shining military boots, and a pistol in a holster hanging on his waist. He was the commander of the Skyfort's 'Iron Wall' Corps, Cao Gang!
It was Cao Gang who participated in the Black Star Fort War!
The figure was completely outlined in his mind, and Tianyang stretched out his hand in his consciousness, as if trying to catch the figure.
So Yueguang and the others saw Tianyang reaching forward with his hand wearing the strange glove, as if trying to catch something, and then a shadow emerged, it was a middle-aged man in a neat military uniform.
"It's Commander Cao!"
Xun recognized it at once and exclaimed.
At this time, Cao Gang's shadow quickly gained texture, his body felt full of flesh and blood, his chest was heaving, and in the blink of an eye, there was one more person on the landing boat.
Fortress class, got it!
Tian Yang opened his eyes and looked at Cao Gang, whose eyes were dull but whose aura and body were exactly the same as his own. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Protect us for the next period of time."
Cao Gang nodded and cast the Star Barrier on everyone one after another. Seeing the barrier as thick as tempered glass appear around them, Yue Guang and the others immediately felt very safe.
Especially Xun and Qianhong, they didn’t know what Tianyang had done, but they knew that Cao Gang was the bastion of the heavenly level. With him around, there would basically be no danger.
After releasing the 'Star Barrier', Cao Gang raised his hands again, and one illusory wall after another rose up, guarding the landing craft. Layer upon layer, they combined to give everyone the illusion of being in a fortress.
Finally, Cao Gang released the 'vertical defense force field'. The force field he released, the khaki light waves were like substance. With the superposition of several abilities, the landing craft became as solid as a rock.
Through the "Hand of Deception", Tianyang established an invisible connection with the iron wall commander in front of him who was materialized by deceiving time, and thus knew that the "Cao Gang" he materialized possessed a strength almost close to that of the original.
This 'Cao Gang' can also use the abilities of a Level 7 Fortress. As for secret techniques and weather, since Tian Yang has never seen Cao Gang use them, he is unable to realize them.
However, there was one thing he found strange.
He had never seen Cao Gang use his current three abilities, but the manifested 'Cao Gang' could perform them.
"This may be because I have seen other fortresses use these abilities many times, because I know that, plus the person who manifested is 'Fortress
', so it can be used. "
"But secret techniques and weather conditions are not universal. They have strong exclusive meanings. Therefore, if I don't know them and haven't seen them, I can't manifest them..."
The landing boat jumped up violently at this time. It turned out that they were close to the "river" connecting the island in the sky. Only when they were closer did they realize how huge this "water column" connecting the sky and the sea was. It was indeed like a Yangtze River.
The seawater, driven by some unknown force, surged upstream. Seeing the 'Sky River' approaching, Moonlight shouted, "Quick, secure yourself."
As she spoke, she tied herself to the seat with ropes, activated her fighting spirit, manifested her armor, and took all defensive measures.
Tianyang sat between Xun and Qianhong so that he could protect them if anything happened.
The materialized 'Cao Gang' sat with Chi Ying at the front. If anything happened, they would build the first line of defense.
By the time everyone was ready, the landing boat could no longer be controlled and drifted towards the upstream Milky Way. After a violent turbulence, the landing boat was swept into the sea and rose into the sky with the turbulent water flow.
At Tianyang's command, Chiying stomped his feet lightly, generating shock waves that penetrated the hull and exploded in the sea water under the boat, creating a driving force that allowed the landing boat to float to the surface of the water, and it continued to spin on the surface of the turbulent Tianhe River and quickly rose to high altitudes.
Even Tianyang and Yueguang, who were experienced and courageous explorers, looked unhappy. Xun and Qianhong couldn't help but scream. Screaming was the only way to release their stress and tension.
Only Chi Ying and Cao Gang remained silent. After all, the former was an ancient corpse and the latter was a materialized thing.
Therefore, they do not understand fear.
No one knew how long it had been, perhaps less than a minute, but to everyone it felt like a long time had passed, accompanied by a violent shaking, and then continuous collisions. After more than ten times, the landing boat finally slowly came to a stop. At this time, Tianyang breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up and looked around. At this moment, the landing boat was near a shallow beach. The sea water pushed the boat towards the shore. He quickly ordered Cao Gang to get off the boat and pull the rope to pull the landing boat to wade to the shore.
A moment later, everyone was already standing on the stone beach. Tianyang lifted the manifestation of 'Cao Gang', and the figure of the Heavenly Stage Fortress quickly disappeared. Tianyang checked it himself and found that a lot of dark particles were consumed. It seems that a lot of time shadow is consumed to maintain the Heavenly Stage.
"Look, is that the moon?"
Qianhong's voice made everyone look up, and they saw a stable light source appearing on the dark sky. It was not bright enough, but for Tianyang and his companions who were all ascenders, this brightness was enough for them to see things.
The light was hazy and round, and indeed looked a bit like the moon outside the door. But above the light source, Tianyang could vaguely see a huge beard-like shadow hanging, making the light look like a huge "street lamp".
"Is that... a town?" Xun exclaimed softly, pointing ahead.
Tianyang pulled his gaze back to the sky and looked in the direction Xun pointed. Sure enough, in the faint light coming down from the sky, he could vaguely see the outline of a building.
The shadows of the buildings undulate and stretch out in a continuous area, making it look like a small town.
A town high in the sky!