Otherworldly Desert Dust

Chapter 181 - 145 Otherworldly Boundary Power

Wu Hen still couldn’t forget that day, like a person who gave the weather forecast to the public every morning.

This person had very high authority, and everyone believed in his predictions about the world.

But that day, as if struck with madness, he suddenly announced to the whole world that the world was virtual. Since then, everyone seemed to have fallen into a nightmare, experiencing some kind of difficult and painful cycle.

"He’s at the station here?" Wu Hen asked Wang Rui.

"Yes, do you want to meet him? He was once a big figure, just like you are now," Wang Rui replied.

"Sure, I actually want to ask if he was drinking fake alcohol that day."

"Hahaha, he usually acts like he’s drunk on fake alcohol," Wang Rui laughed immediately.

Infinite Port was composed of many Infinite Islands that were not very far apart. These islands had no greenery at all, resembling bare meteors. Sometimes, the red tides turned into gentle ripples, seeping between these islands to form crisscrossing water alleys, water streets, and water plazas within Infinite City, varying in depth.

The station wasn’t far; after crossing a tall suspension bridge, the two arrived at a market-like area.

It was bustling with people, with all kinds of uniquely designed flying devices, exotic mutant beast mounts, fully armed people, and species that looked human but weren’t... and in this triangular water market, Wu Hen saw countless products he had never seen before.

The most displayed items were those that emitted a glow similar to Yuan You minerals. They seemed to be rare gems collected from all over the world, dazzling and making Wu Hen unaware of their purposes.@@@@

Wang Rui explained to Wu Hen that the black ones were suitable for making Emperor Mecha, being flexible materials; the white ones could be applied to the skin, providing defense comparable to wearing a steel armor; the small round ones were a type of Evil Stone that could absorb life energy. With a high enough craftsmanship level, artificial Yuan You could be extracted from them.

Wu Hen felt dizzy and quickly gnawed on a piece of Spirit Meat Dried his father had packed to calm down.

After returning to his body, Wu Hen easily got hungry, like a Desert Dust baby starved for food. However, its growth speed still comforted Wu Hen. Although he was still at the Second Rank, he was evolving toward the Third Rank.

Once his physique reached the Third Rank, all his other abilities would get a qualitative upgrade as this weakness got compensated.

"You should eat some vegetables occasionally. Look at this lotus root-like thing, it’s a specialty of Red Port, called Chi Ou..."

"Chi Ou, Chi Ou, eat it and become ugly?"

"Uncle Li, you’re lecturing again. I was hoping to show Brother Hen a good time," Wang Rui whined as if he heard this a million times.

"The otherworldly realm is finite but limitless," Li Feng said.

"What does ’finite but limitless’ mean?"

"Similar to gravity, planets have gravity, a solar system has gravity, and a constellation has its mighty gravitational pull. This gravity confines all matter and life within certain bounds. To break free, one must surpass this force, yet the gravitational force is vast, beyond the reach of an individual or even life clusters—unless power and technology ascended to a critical point," Li Feng explained.

Hearing this, Wu Hen recalled the Evil Soil he once visited with his aunt.

The Evil Soil grew with a certain speed, and in that place where all electricity failed, a measure had to be taken, that was, moving at a certain speed.

His aunt had a clear mind, finding an old train.

Using that train, they escaped the Evil Soil.

This seemed similar to Li Feng’s concept of finite but limitless!

"Can you explain more?" Wu Hen got interested. He indeed needed to view the Otherworldly Dust more broadly.

"Just like the ancients who walked on land, they believed that one day they would walk out of this world, only to discover that the end of the continent was an ocean, where humans couldn’t survive.

"With the rise of wisdom and the development of technology, they invented ships.

"After entering navigation, they tried finding the world’s edge, only to discover the planet was round. Though their travel methods and speed reached the limit, they realized they lived on a spherical world, unable to walk off this land.

"Since they couldn’t exit the land, they looked up and explored the skies.

"But humans couldn’t fly.

"Finally, in a certain era, technology allowed flight, only to face a new setback—planets had gravity.

"This gravity completely extinguished humanity’s zeal for further exploration. I can imagine the despair of the scientists who invented flying devices, just like the ancient’s despair upon seeing the boundless ocean!"