Chapter 55: First Team Departure

German looked out the window.

"The human world is already very big, but it is only a small part of this world. The "Dark Continent" is the real world."

"In the same way, the universe is very vast. Our planet is so small. In the real universe, nothing is strange."

"However, if we dare not take the first step into the universe because of fear, the development and evolution of mankind will stop here."

He paused and said, "This is my last question. You still have time to quit now, as long as you don't leak the secret. Do you want to quit?"

The chill of the night quietly seeped into the house. The noisy and fragmented sounds that were originally there disappeared at some point, leaving only the world after silence.

Biscuit and Xiaodi looked at each other, and then looked at German with different expressions.

"I don't want to quit." Xiaodi stroked the inverted cross on his chest with his fingers. "Isn't it a pity that I gave up when there was a profitable thing in front of me? "

"Besides..." Bisgi added, "Even if your hypothesis is correct, why don't we just not look for it? The legs are on our bodies, can it control our will?"

Jermain closed his eyes, then opened them again.

He had expected them to say this, so he was not surprised. He said, "Then, let's follow the original plan, take a day off tomorrow, and set off in the early morning of the day after tomorrow."

"The purpose of this time is to explore deeper into the "Dark Continent", find valuable loot along the way, and return safely without suffering heavy damage."

Bisgi and Xiaodi both nodded in approval.

This was the decision made by the three of them before. Originally, they could have played it safe and returned to the area that Germain had explored, but they were not the kind of people who feared danger.

The people who reached an agreement rested for a day the next day until the early morning of the 22nd, when everything was quiet.

Most of the lights in the luxury suite had been turned off, leaving only the only light bulb emitting a dim light, projecting a circle of light on the area where the three were sitting.

"One last confirmation, are you ready? "German checked his backpack first, then asked.

Xiao Di nodded and put her backpack in front of her: "I'm ready."

"Me too." Bissji confirmed, "In addition, the 'doctor' I mentioned to you before is already in place nearby."

"But she is a very shy child, and she probably won't come without my message."

German nodded and said, "That's good, there's no need to let too many people know the inside story, just let her think it's just an ordinary commission."

"Don't worry, that child is very reliable." Bissji suddenly became a little excited, stood up with his hands on his hips, "Hurry up and start, let me see your "lantern."

"Yeah." German didn't say anything more.

He first stretched out his right palm, and the mind energy materialized the "Hunter Badge" that looked like a broken fragment, and then through it, materialized the "lantern" in the center area where the three people were sitting.

Purple light fell from the "Hunter Badge" like a drop of water, dripping on the ground, creating ripples.

After a while, an ancient lantern emerged from the floor that looked like the surface of a lake, and on the lamp stand were four emaciated ghosts who looked like the mummies of premature babies.

"Although I heard you say it once, it still makes me feel creepy when I actually see it." Biscuit stared at the ghosts and commented, "It doesn't look like a "mind beast", but just a part of the "lantern."

The four ghosts did not waver at all because of the two strangers around them, and they still howled at German like a spoiled child, but the howling was too creepy in the dark night.

Xiaodi touched the inverted cross on his chest and suggested: "I feel that we have to hurry up. If someone hears such a sound in the early morning, they may come to check it out. ”

"It may become a strange story in this hotel. "Biscuit laughed maliciously.

German nodded in agreement and said, "Then stretch out your hands and hold them together."

He demonstrated by stretching out a hand and holding the hand of one of the little ghosts, and the little ghost immediately cried out in surprise.

Biscuit and Xiaodi looked at each other and stretched out their hands to touch those rough and cold fingers. They could feel the fragility of the little ghosts, as if they could crush them to death at any time.

Only one little ghost was not selected. It did not howl, but hugged the lamp holder in disappointment and weakness.

"Do they also have the concept of 'emotions'?" Xiaodi asked curiously.

"Maybe." German replied, "I tried to communicate with them before, but they did not make a third sound except crying and joy."

Biscuit raised a finger and said, "That is, they cannot communicate, and are only used for 'transmission' guidance."

German nodded, then looked at the content projected by the "lantern".

"Lantern location: Dry River Valley/Mud Land"

"Cooling time: 32 minutes (already cooled)"

"Let's start." Germain first reminded Biscuit and Xiaodi, and then said to the three little ghosts, "Take us to the "Mud Land." "

Biscuit and Xiaodi were a little nervous, and at the same time felt that the little ghosts held their fingers harder, and then there was an extremely strange picture change in front of them.

The sky was spinning, the stars were shifting, and the surrounding scenes were all distorted and shattered, and then reassembled in a very short time.

It was daytime here, and the surrounding area was a reed forest that was so tall that it looked like a forest, but a large area was burned, leaving gray embers.

Germain immediately looked at the edge of the previous mud land and found that the corpse of the "Lord of Crows" had disappeared.

There were traces of dragging around, and the direction of dragging was exactly the depths of the "mud land".

His eyes narrowed vigilantly.

Was it cannibalism, or the emergence of a new king, or was this place occupied by another species?

Germain gave up on investigating this matter and turned to look at Biscuit and Xiaodi, who were looking around curiously.

"It looks like we have indeed been teleported to a certain place." Biscuit stroked the ground and rubbed the loose soil. "Even the day and night are reversed. Is it a problem of longitude and latitude?"

Jerman looked up at the sky, then at Biscuit and Xiaodi beside him.

"I thought so too. So I chose around 1 a.m. for the four teleports to the "Dark Continent", but at different locations."

"But no matter where I teleported from one end of the Six Continents to the other, it was always daytime when I finally arrived here."

"The last time I brought a compass, I walked north for more than half an hour. During this period, every time I encountered an open space, I would stick a branch on the ground and observe its shadow changes."

"The shadow kept moving from the northwest to the north, getting shorter and shorter. I guess it was probably morning."

Biscuit pursed his lips.

"In other words, the "Six Continents" are too small compared to the "Dark Continent". I'm afraid it only occupies less than one time zone..."

"This is the northeast side of Lake Mobius, the belly of the "Dark Continent". ”

Note: The cooling time has been corrected here. I forgot to double it once before (awkward)

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Sorry, the update was delayed than the scheduled time this time, mainly because I was entangled in many settings

Showto said that there are billions of people in the six continents. Such a six continent, placed on the dark continent diagram, is not as big as Taiwan Island, and the six continents are still in 24-hour system

In addition, we have to consider that the released dark continent map may be only a small part. Is Lake Mobius actually pitifully small? Is it in the northern or southern hemisphere? Is it on the equator, etc.

How to calculate the terminator and the point of direct sunlight

I feel like my head is exploding

The original idea was to directly Copy the Earth's time zone, no matter why this huge planet rotates on its own or 24 hours, no matter where Lake Mobius is, but the more I think about it, the more complicated it becomes.

Finally, I decided to completely abandon the overly complicated geography and time settings. I was desperately trying to get into a dead end in an area I was not good at at all, and I would only die miserably. The more I wrote, the more loopholes there were, and it looked ridiculous to professionals. It would be better to think about what I was really good at.

The most important thing is that the real Earth should not be directly applied. This is a fantasy and magical world.

The real dark continent setting will be released in the lifetime of Togashi the old thief.

I forgot where I saw it, but the current setting is more like humans starting from the Earth and heading to the dark continent, the depths of the solar system, to explore. I agree with it.