"Woo~~"
Anna didn't care about the shrill whistle. Her attention was attracted by the strange island in front of her.
A giant mushroom as big as a mountain sits in the center of the island. The huge fan-shaped surface of the mushroom has a faint blue glow, which stands out against the darkness.
Anna leaned forward, leaning most of her body over the edge of the boat to look at the mushrooms. "This view is really spectacular. It would be great if I had a cell phone so I could take a selfie."
As Anna was speaking, there was a commotion below. She looked down and found that the people in the lower cabin had already started to get off the boat.
Anna turned around and looked at the servants behind her. "Get everything ready, let's go down too."
A dozen women with good looks stood in a neat line behind her. "Yes, Master!" they answered respectfully.
Not many people got off the Crown of the World. Apart from those in the bottom cabin, there was only Anna.
Compared to the hustle and bustle of the Coral Island Pier, this place seems a bit lifeless, and there are not even many workers moving goods.
Anna's dozens of large boxes alone occupied all the workers at the dock.
"Be careful, the things inside are very valuable. We can't afford the compensation even if we sell you." Anna's maid Martha instructed the workers.
"Don't worry, dear guest. It's hard to get a business. We are more nervous than you." After saying this, the laborers with their faces covered with scarves began to move the boxes in a hurry.
As we followed the crowd slowly into the dock, we began to hear coughing. At first it was just a few sporadic sounds, but then hundreds of people were coughing continuously.
A boy in the crowd tugged at his mother's clothes. "Mom, my throat is itchy. My throat is so itchy."
Just at this time, several businessmen holding some thick gauze and masks rushed into the crowd and started selling their products one after another.
"The face mask has 35 echoes, and the mask has 40 echoes. If you need it, come and buy it. There is no benefit in inhaling too much spores from the world's crown."
"Yes, there is a saying in our world that you can go out without clothes, but you can't go out without a mask!"
Most of the poor people working in the bottom cabin didn't have much money. Except for some parents who bought clothes for their children, most people just took out some clothes from the packages and covered their mouths.
A salesman walked up to Anna with a face towel and said to her with a smile, "Ma'am, yours is too thin. Try mine. It's made of three layers of spider silk, genuine from Spider Island, and can definitely block 90% of spores."
Anna took off her veil, and the salesman was stunned by her beautiful face.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly. "Mmm, it tastes sweet. I'm starting to like this place."
"Sweet? How could it be sweet?" The puzzled businessman took off the mask on his face, sneezed at the air, sneezed several times in a row, and quickly put the mask back on.
Outside the dock is the port area. The houses with mushrooms growing on the roofs and corners are very dilapidated, and there are only a few people on the streets. It is completely incomparable to other islands.
The appearance of people in the Crown of the World is no different from that in other places. The only difference is that they all wear scarves or masks covering their mouths and noses.
Just when the poor people in the lower cabin were standing on the street helplessly, a middle-aged man in a blue uniform came over with a dozen subordinates, holding a copper trumpet in his hand.
People suddenly became excited and rushed towards that direction.
"Don't push! Don't push, line up one by one."
The maid next to Anna, who was covering her nose with a scarf, said in surprise: "Master, I thought they were just talking, but I didn't expect them to really give away land! There are actually such good people in the world."
Anna shook her head slightly, "Silly girl, how could such a good thing be possible? Look over there."
The maid looked in the direction of the white finger. Outside the port area were neat rows of fields. Farmers wearing masks were hunched over with oil lamps in hand, working in the fields, like scattered fireflies in the woods.
"Wow, the ryegrass here is so tall. The yield must be good."
"This place is so fertile because of the World's Treasure, but this is both a good and a bad thing. The spores of the World's Crown can be buried in the ground to fertilize the land, but that thing is a serious hazard to the human body."
Anna walked toward the road that ran between the fields.
"The longer a person stays here, the more his lungs will be eroded by the spores of the world's crown. When his lungs are completely unusable, his life span will be over. Such fertile ryegrass is watered with human blood."
At this point, Anna suddenly chuckled. "The Divas are just having fun. If we really want to talk about the skills of eating people, it's up to the humans themselves."
“Cough~cough cough!! Cough cough cough!!”
An old man crawling on the ground on the street was coughing hard. He pulled down his mask and tried hard to take a breath, but the spores in the air only made his cough more severe.
Seeing his flushed face, the maid showed a hint of fear on her face.
"Do I regret bringing you here?"
Hearing Anna's voice, the maid Martha hurried over and shook her head with a firm expression.
"I have always been by my master's side since I was little. My whole life has been for my master. Wherever my master goes, Martha will be there. Even if my master wants to eat me, I am willing to do that!"
Anna's lips curled up slightly, and she reached out her hand to stroke her maid's soft hair, looking at her as if she were looking at a kitten or puppy.
"How could I eat you? You've been with me for so many years. You're half my family."
Martha said with some excitement on her face: "Don't worry, Master, I will do my best to serve you before my lungs stop working."
Anna pulled her up and walked towards the fields outside the port area. "Don't worry, I chose you with great difficulty. I can't let you die like this. There is a place in the world crown where you don't have to endure the torture of spores. Our goal is also there."
Having said that, Anna leaned forward slightly to look at the top of the Crown of the World, where lights were flashing sporadically.
(End of this chapter)