One.
"These are … prototypes. They haven't been used, but I'm sure they're in good condition."
Lin and Nuo had now arrived at … a very large place.
It was a spacious place that looked like an airport, and it was located at …
The highest peak of Ershi.
Ershi had created a 'secret base' here, and placed a large number of … solidified travel tools here.
Lin and Norm were floating in the square, 'looking' at the various large aircrafts around them. They were of different shapes, some looked like passenger planes, some looked like submarines, and some looked like living creatures.
These were all aircrafts that Ershi had planned to use to explore the solidified void. Of course, Ershi was not going there himself, but to send some Ershi Min there.
These aircrafts were needed to send the Ershi Min here, and they were equipped with a small anti-solidification field. However, they had to be fed with resources first, which was the dust created by the furnace.
Therefore, Lin and Norm dismantled a large number of dead furnaces and stored their dust in some special containers before bringing them here.
Now, they just had to choose one of the aircrafts and leave on it.
"Let's choose this one." Lin floated to the front of an aircraft. It was built based on a nautilus, a sea creature. From the outside, it looked exactly the same as a nautilus. It had a huge round conch shell, and … it was lying on the ground.
Its shell was more than 60 meters in diameter, and Lin thought it looked interesting.
"This is the Nautilus," Norm said. "It's named after … an interesting Ershi Min story, but its shape is different from the story, and it looks like a real nautilus."
"Then let's choose this one. It's not convenient if the others are too big, so let's put the powder in first …"
Then, Norm floated to the front of the Nautilus and pushed the container of powder to the front.
The container looked like a box about ten meters in size, and inside it was a large amount of … the powder that Lin got from dismantling the furnace.
The Nautilus's' head 'had a large number of tentacles that looked exactly like a nautilus, and one of them looked like a conduit … When Norm connected the tentacle to an opening on the box, it began to move.
"Alright, it's started. Let's go in first." After saying that, Norm dived into the mass of tentacles. Lin followed suit and found that after passing through the mass of tentacles, there was a … circular door.
After passing through this door, they would be able to reach the cabin inside the shell.
The cabin inside was similar to that of the Ershi Min battleship. There were a few living quarters, a power room, and a kitchen.
Of course, the most important thing was … the command room, which was also located in the center of the shell.
"Replenishment complete … Initiating program now." When Lin and Norm got up, the command room lit up and a large 3D screen appeared in front of Lin and Norm.
"Very good, let's take off … Devouring Light Farm."
Nuo quickly operated on the screen and entered some numbers.
"Receiving coordinates … Target location confirmed. Please sit tight. You will fly to the deepest part of the nightmare. Activate."
Following the system's voice, the Nautilus slowly rose from the ground, straightened its body, and flew towards the sky.
Just as they were about to fly out of Ershi's atmosphere, the Nautilus turned on its lights. However, Rin found that it could only illuminate a radius of about 30 meters. She could not see too far.
"Its anti-coagulation field is similar to that of a furnace," Nuo said. "So, it needs to replenish 'fuel', which is the dust powder … to be able to move. The current fuel can last about seven days and nights. If it runs out, we will have to capture other solidified creatures to extract it."
"However, I suggest that we capture some first as backup because there are some detection systems here. But activating them will consume extra fuel."
As Nuo said that, the Nautilus had flown out of Ershi's atmosphere and into the endless … solidified void.
"The system mentioned a farm just now," Lin asked Nuo. "Is there a farm here?"
"The place we're going to next has a lot of farm-like … landscapes."
Nuo then explained to Lin that the 'Devouring Light Farm' mentioned by the system was mainly a place name.
Ershi had given names to most of the solidified voids it knew. For example, some of the places that Lin and Nuo had been to before were called 'Void Rocks'.
Because the entrance to the solidified void would often have many rocks and other things that came from the normal void, it got its name.
And the Devouring Light Farm was just like its name.
There were a lot of farms … that could devour light, hence the name.
"Look, that's one of the more common types of creatures in the Devouring Light Farm."
At that moment, a creature appeared on the display screen.
Because Lin's' solidified sense of smell 'would greatly reduce its detection range in a sealed environment, the display screen was much clearer.
On the display screen was … a creature that looked like a 'sea rabbit'.
It was over a meter in size and was completely black. Within the light, the creature kept twisting its body and moving.
It didn't appear to be anything special.
"It's about to die," Nuo said. "Its body's luster is already very dim."
"Is this a type of creature that uses luster to indicate its vitality?" Lin asked.
"Something like that." Saying that, the creature wriggled into the darkness. Nuo and Lin continued moving forward …
For a long time after that, Lin didn't see anything. It was as if they were moving forward in total darkness.
Nuo said that the Nautilus was currently moving at the speed of sound, which was considered very slow in the void.
But it also said that … the farm was very close to Ershi.
And Ershi's anti-solidification field, which was … the South Pole, was right behind the farm.
Behind … how far was it?
While Lin was thinking that, a new scene appeared before her.
This time, there were many … small creatures.
They looked like lanterns, and they appeared to be of the same origin as the fire in a furnace. These creatures were about 10 centimeters long, and they appeared to be transparent containers with flames burning inside.
They flew around the Nautilus, seemingly curious.
"We should be able to see the first farm soon," Nuo said. "If these creatures appeared … it should be there."
Lin noticed that some … very large objects had appeared at the edge of the light.
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