"Squeaky, quacky, quacky..."
Tianyang looked at the bearded native in front of him with a headache. He could not understand a word he said. He was sure that this was not the language outside the Kraft Gate.
Fortunately, with the help of gestures from the bearded man and Tianyang's own guesswork, they finally figured out what the native was asking: Where are you from
"We came from down there."
Tianyang pointed in the direction of the outer rocky beach as he spoke, then squatted on the ground and used moist soil to outline the island floating in the air, the 'water column' connecting the high-altitude island and the sea, then he drew an upward arrow next to the water column and pointed at himself and the others.
After hearing this alternative explanation, the bearded man seemed to understand. Suddenly, a young man in his early twenties came out from the indigenous team. He gestured and then uttered a few words with great effort: "K... door, outside the door... you... come..."
Tian Yang was shocked and stood up suddenly. He looked at the young man and asked, "Can you speak our language?"
This is indeed shocking. These natives living on high-altitude islands actually know the language outside the Krafu Gate. Moreover, the meaning of the young man's words just now is also very clear. He is asking whether Tianyang came from outside the Krafu Gate.
The young man nodded excitedly, pointed in the direction of the town behind him, and said while gesturing: "Guest... outside the door... the same..."
Moonlight was startled and asked, "Are there any guests in your town who come from outside the Clave Gate like us?"
The young man was shocked when he saw the moonlight. After a moment, he asked blankly: "What..."
Yue Guang had no choice but to slow down his speech and repeat what he had just said.
The young man hummed: "Yes, I will learn... I..."
He gestured repeatedly, and it sounded like he meant that the language outside the door was learned by him and the 'guest' in the town.
The bearded man pulled the young man over and after communicating with him in their local language, the young man smiled and said to Tianyang and the others: "Guest...Guest, you... come together..."
He pointed at the town and made eating and drinking gestures, as if inviting Tianyang and the others to visit the town.
Tianyang and the others exchanged glances, then nodded: "Okay."
"I, Awu... Guest... Name..." The young man pointed at the town and then at himself, as if saying that his name was Awu, a name given to him by the guests in the town.
The young man named Awu seemed to have only the moonlight in his eyes at this moment. He pointed at the moonlight and said, "You?"
Yue Guang gave his name confidently and introduced Tian Yang and others one by one, but it was unknown whether the young man could remember it.
The indigenous team led the way, taking Tianyang and the others to the town. They walked through the wilderness, passed one ruin after another, and finally saw the town and the barriers scattered in front of the town.
Behind those barriers, groups of people were patrolling or guarding, keeping watch over the wilderness and ruins outside the town.
When they discovered Tianyang and other outsiders, they all exclaimed, then some smiled while others frowned.
The bearded natives came to an archway and after communicating with the guard in charge, they gestured to Tianyang and the others to follow them in.
But in the sky
When Yang and his companions were about to enter the town, a guard stood up, said something loudly, and pointed at Chiying's sword.
It seemed that the guard wanted to confiscate the weapons of Tianyang and others, but the bearded man obviously disagreed and scolded the guard loudly.
Ah Wu talked and gestured beside them, so that Tianyang and others could roughly understand. The bearded man told the guard that Tianyang and other outsiders had killed a lot of monsters. They were friends, and their weapons should not be confiscated.
Finally, the guard looked at Tianyang and the others, said nothing more, and retreated.
Tianyang and his companions were then able to pass through the archway and enter the town.
After entering the town, Tianyang was very surprised. He originally thought that living in such a place, even if the natives built a town, it would probably be as simple as those settlements in the wilderness.
Unexpectedly, this place is unexpectedly beautiful.
The streets here are paved with cobblestones, and street lamps are regularly distributed on both sides of the streets. I don't know what energy the street lamps use, but they are all on, emitting bright and warm light from the lampshades.
Most of the buildings in the town are only two or three stories high. They all have round and full domes, and a small number of them are tower-top buildings.
There is a square at the entrance of the town. In the middle of the square stands a statue of a woman holding a spear, wearing armor, and with six wings on her back. The statue is sculpted to be very imposing, making the woman look like a Valkyrie who will rush over to fight at any time.
Three radial streets extended from this square, leading to the depths of the town. The indigenous team led Tianyang and his party around the statue and went deeper along the street along the central axis.
Tianyang noticed that on the buildings on both sides of the street, there was an irregular stone slab placed at the gate, with some symbols or patterns carved on the stone slab. Both the stone slab and the symbols and patterns emitted a cool light like moonlight.
They were eventually taken to a bar-like building, which was bright and warm. Residents gathered in groups of three or four, smoking, drinking, or playing card games to pass the time.
Seeing Tianyang and other outsiders, the local residents suddenly became quiet, put down what they were holding and looked at Tianyang and his companions.
Tianyang suddenly discovered one thing, from the guards outside the town to the residents inside the town, they seemed to be mostly male.
He has never seen a woman yet.
"You guys... take a rest..." Wu pointed out the window and gestured while saying, "I... have a guest... coming..."
Tianyang guessed that he meant to invite the guest from the town over, and nodded.
After Ah Wu left, Tian Yang kept smiling, but said to Yue Guang and the others in a deep voice: "Don't drink the water here, don't eat the food here."
Even though these residents seemed friendly enough, Tianyang would not let his guard down. He would be cautious and vigilant as much as he could.
After Awu left, the bearded man had someone bring a few drinks. Looking at the bubbling liquid in the cup, Tianyang smiled and gestured to show that he and his friends were not thirsty.
The bearded man didn't say anything. They ordered the same drinks themselves, then put down their guns and took a rest.
A few minutes later, the door was suddenly pushed open, and someone fell to the ground because he ran too fast. He quickly got up, looked around, and finally locked onto Tianyang and the others. He ran over with a happy look on his face: "Oh my God, oh my God, that kid Awu really didn't lie to me. After so many years, someone finally ran away again.
Come here.”
Tianyang raised his head and looked at the man. He was no longer young. The gray hair and wrinkles on his face were enough to tell a lot. This old man in his sixties was wearing washed-out clothes, cracked armor, and an old-fashioned Xingsu pistol that had been eliminated by the times was slung around his waist.
Tianyang was very skeptical whether the gun could still be used, but from his clothes and his language, he could be sure of one thing.
This is the later explorer of Kraft Gate.
Tianyang stood up, introduced himself to several people, and then asked: "Who are you?"
"My name is Yang Kun. As you can see, I am a gold digger from outside of Clave Gate. I originally lived in the east district of Deep Sea Castle. Once when we were out to sea, our ship encountered a storm, and I was the only one who survived."
The old man who called himself Yang Kun sat on the chair brought by the bearded man. He excitedly recounted: "I was drifting on the sea for a long time and was about to die, but then I was brought to this island in the sky by a water column flowing upstream. I have lived in this town for 30 years!"
"You have lived here for thirty years?" Tianyang asked, "Have you ever tried to leave the island?"
"Of course not, but I have searched everywhere I can go and I can't find a way to leave." At this point, Yang Kun smiled bitterly, "Although I am very happy to see you coming from outside the door, unfortunately, I am afraid you can't go back."
That’s not necessarily the case.
As long as we can open the 'Gate of Slits' here, we can go back anytime. Even if we can't open it, I can use the 'Hand of Deception' to materialize some people or creatures with flying abilities that I've seen before, and they can still send us down... ... ...
These thoughts flashed through Tianyang's mind, and then he asked, "Do you know what happened here? Before we met the residents of this town, we encountered monsters in the wilderness."
"But those monsters were very strange. They seemed to appear out of nowhere. We had no idea at all."
Yang Kun said with awe: "You have encountered the 'Moon Gap' phenomenon, but you are not dead and are not injured at all. It seems that you are all strong."
"Lunar gap phenomenon?" Tianyang looked at the old man with curiosity.
Yang Kun pointed out the window and said, "You should have noticed that there is something like the moon in the sky above this island, right?"
"But that's not the moon. It's the 'Eye of Suto' or the 'Eye of God'. Suto is a god they believe in. I'm not sure about his real name, I just translated it according to their language. Anyway, according to the local residents, the thing in the sky was formed when their patron saint Suto plucked off one of his eyes and threw it into the sky."
"The residents here believe that when the 'Eye of Suto' gazes at the earth, it brings light to life and dispels darkness. And outside the range of that thing's gaze, that is, in the dark areas where the light does not shine, there are countless monsters hiding."
"Moreover, as long as humans are placed in such darkness, ordinary people will turn into monsters in an instant, and the sublimated will become the target of the monsters' attacks."
Yang Kun blinked and said, "Just like when we stare at something for a long time, we will blink. The 'Eye of God' will also move and blink. When it blinks, the world will instantly become dark, and monsters will emerge from the darkness. This is the 'Moon Gap' phenomenon."
"Of course, I came up with this name myself. The so-called Moon Gap means that the moonlight is interrupted and a gap appears."