Chapter 439: The Joys and Sorrows of People Are Not Interconnected

"It really is exactly the same." Edward held the drawing Yun Mu had produced, muttering in a somewhat dazed manner.

However, although they had a very important clue, "Sorry, I am not too sure what exactly is going on either," he said.

"I see. As expected, there is still too little information." Yun Mu nodded as anticipated; she sat on a chair in the Sisilaiya Cafe, lost in thought.

"Do you have any leads for the investigation?" Lucy asked Edward at this moment.

"I do." Edward nodded and said almost without thinking, "If this matter is truly related to the Meteor Fragment, perhaps we can go find the people from the Starry Church."

"They have been searching for fallen stars for a very long time; we can go to the Shattered Star Sea..."

Speaking of this, Edward suddenly thought of something.

"Where does Miss Yun plan to go next?"

Yun Mu knew what he was thinking, so she answered directly, "We originally planned to go to the Exile Sea to investigate matters related to the Bright Moon."

She told Edward about the task the Lady of Dark Night had entrusted to her, then added, "My intuition tells me these two matters might be connected. In any case, let's act together, Uncle Edward!"

She extended an invitation to him.

"Then I shall humbly accept." Hearing this, Edward couldn't help but laugh. He said, "For the time to come, I will have to trouble Captain Yun Mu."

Although the Xiangyang was originally Edward's ship, since it had been gifted to Yun Mu, the captain was naturally no longer him.

Originally, Edward had intended to stay in Frostfall City to wait for his wife, Karin, to arrive... but that was merely a way to deceive himself; in fact, he had long since abandoned such delusions.

It was just unexpected... "Being able to know Miss Yun is truly the greatest luck of my life," he said.

Upon hearing this, Yun Mu subconsciously wanted to reply that the good days were still ahead, but then she thought that Karin's situation hadn't been investigated clearly yet, and if it ended in a farce, this sentence would seem inappropriate. So she changed her words: "That is a sentence that should be said by me." She stood up and extended her left hand to Edward.

During the time just after she had transmigrated, if she hadn't met Lita and Edward, her corpse would likely have already gone cold.

Therefore, when she said this, she was quite sincere.

After confirming Edward's entry into the team, Yun Mu and the others began to discuss other matters.

It was mainly about finalizing some details, which were mostly determined by the experienced Edward.

"The Shattered Star Sea has been blockaded for a very long time. Aside from the blockade by the Starry Sect that controls the local area, it is actually also related to that Legendary creature, the Sea Dragon King."

Edward said to Yun Mu and the others, "Starting from about fifteen years ago, the Sea Dragon King began patrolling the periphery of the Shattered Star Sea for no apparent reason."

"Of course, 'patrolling' is just our term for it; you can just get the general idea. In short, whether it is an outside ship or a local one, if it wants to cross the border, it will be overturned by the suddenly appearing Sea Dragon King."

"And some hidden shipping lanes have also been blockaded by the Starry Church, causing information from there not to have come out for many years."

"Can it really be blockaded to such an extent?" Yun Mu couldn't help but ask.

The ocean is so vast; could just the local church and the Legendary creature, the Sea Dragon King, really block all ships from entering? "Mr. Edward is likely correct. Although I haven't paid much attention to news from there, in my impression, it has indeed been a long time since I heard any rumors related to the Shattered Star Sea."

Brenna spoke up at this time, "It is as if that place has already been forgotten by people."

Edward also continued to explain, "I have always been paying attention to the situation there, so I know many rumors."

"That Sea Dragon King forbids any ships from entering or leaving the Shattered Star Sea as if it were patrolling its own territory, and its Perception of ocean currents is extremely clear."

The vast majority of ships are discovered by it the moment they arrive at the periphery of the sea area.

"... Then how should we get in?" Yun Mu asked with a headache upon hearing this.

That is a Legendary creature, and it is on the open sea. For humans like them who live on land, dealing with a Monster in the sea is already difficult, let alone when the opponent's strength is far above theirs.

If they were to encounter it, wouldn't they just have to watch helplessly as the ship is overturned by the opponent? "Heh, since I said it like that, there must be a way." Edward chuckled and said confidently, "Ordinary ships might find it difficult to enter, but the Xiangyang is not an ordinary ship."

"The key to breaking it lies with the Xiangyang?" Yun Mu was slightly stunned, then suddenly realized, "Uncle Edward means to use the Ghost Ship's ability to interfere with the water flow?"

Since that Sea Dragon King relies on the movement of water to perceive ships, wouldn't it be fine if she just used the Ghost Ship's ability to make the influence on the water flow disappear!?

But, saying it is one thing; Yun Mu had never actually tried the operation.

Using water flow to accelerate the Xiangyang's sailing speed is not difficult, but wanting to make the influence on the water flow caused by the ship's sailing disappear completely involves many problems.

Otherwise, why would those games on Earth in her past life be so performance-intensive whenever they involved realistic liquids? Her brain is not a computer... wait, a computer?

Yun Mu suddenly thought of something.

Viktor!

Wasn't the Xiangyang's new Ship Spirit, Viktor, originally the System Host of the Old Legion? Wouldn't it be fine to let it perform the calculations to eliminate the influence on the water flow caused by the ship's sailing!?

What? This kind of behavior of treating a Ship Spirit like a beast of burden for mining should be condemned?

Can't hear you, can't hear you~ Yun Mu informed Edward of her worries and the solution, and explained Viktor's existence to the latter. "A System Host... is it a computing device like a difference engine?" Edward stroked his chin and said, "To be able to calculate even such things, technological development is truly miraculous."

After finishing, he looked at Yun Mu, "I originally thought about spending a few months letting Miss Yun practice, but now it seems that won't be necessary."

If they had those few months, the opportunity would have long since passed.

Yun Mu complained in her heart.

Although it was just that she was in a hurry, looking at the time the Goddess had prepared for her, it probably wouldn't have any impact even if she dragged it out for another year or so.

Of course, that is from the perspective of the time limit given by the Lady of Dark Night.

In reality, for every extra second they dragged it out, one more thing they didn't know about would happen inside the blind box named the Shattered Star Sea.

It is still better to go as early as possible; once the Lady of Dark Night's commission is completed, Yun Mu can set her mind at ease.

No, even if the Lady of Dark Night's commission is resolved, the 'Gate' in the Dwarf Empire is also quite concerning, not to mention the glacier sealed by the God of Extreme Cold Ice Flame, the mysterious outer sea... Damn it, there are too many problems in this world; it really doesn't let one rest! Yun Mu's face darkened as she thought of the problems she knew about.

And that was just what she knew! Who knows if there are other things hidden in the Shadow of the world.

Although she really wanted to say that those things had nothing to do with her, since she lived in this world, there would always be an impact.

She could only take it one step at a time.

The group discussed the plan to enter the Shattered Star Sea and then began to finalize the departure time.

"The cafe can just be closed; I need about two days to prepare, and then we can depart at any time," Edward said.

"Hmm." Brenna's brows were tightly furrowed, and she said with some distress, "I need to replenish some machinery, and some rare materials can only be obtained in the Royal Capital; it will probably take about half a month..."

"Let's go in two months." Just then, Yun Mu suddenly spoke up.

Seeing everyone looking at her, she explained, "After the Scarlet Rebellion was resolved, we immediately headed to the Orc Federation, and then we encountered that kind of thing..."

"Honestly, I feel a bit tired and want to rest for a period of time," Yun Mu said, looking somewhat exhausted.

She encountered the Scarlet Rebellion right when she transmigrated, and after finally resolving it, she rushed to the Federation for Elena without a moment's rest, only for the Federation to be plagued by constant incidents as well. In the end, it even resulted in an Old Day Purge that was even more exaggerated than the Scarlet Rebellion.

This was only her fourth month since transmigrating, the fourth month! If it weren't for her mental fortitude having increased significantly after promoting to a Transcendental, Yun Mu felt her state would be nearly equivalent to a year of high-intensity work in her previous life.

However, despite saying she would rest for two months, she actually still had serious business to attend to.

First was the Painter Association; she needed to go find Sixin to ask about information on promoting to a Champion—although Sixin himself wasn't a Champion, asking wouldn't have any negative impact.

Next was the Yun Chao Publishing House. After the efforts of these past few months, Torina's Adventure Journal had gradually begun to spread throughout the Frost Kingdom.

It was a pity that in the Federation, because of the damned Old Legion and the God of Beastkin, the Comic was dealt a heavy blow just as it started to spread; otherwise, Yun Mu was still very optimistic about the market there.

As for now... she could only wait for the Federation to gradually recover its vitality.

Yun Mu's cooperation with the Fire Weaver Bird Family had not ended, and when the time was ripe, there would still be an opportunity to spread it again.

As for the present, she should just Focus on the Frost Kingdom's market.

She had a premonition that once Torina's Adventure Journal moved beyond the area of Frostfall City, its readership would definitely grow to an extremely exaggerated degree.

By then, relying on the effect of the trait 【Fallen】, she would definitely be able to Reap a massive amount of experience points! At the very least, leveling up ten times in a row should be no problem.

"Then let's set sail two months from now," Edward nodded and said.

He had waited for so many years, so he didn't mind waiting another two months.

Moreover, it was his oversight earlier; Yun Mu and Brenna had just returned from the Federation, where such things had occurred.

It was only right to have a good rest for a while.

Furthermore, Edward turned his gaze toward Lita.

It would be just right to take advantage of this period of time to properly drill his daughter.

Originally, Edward had been quite satisfied with Lita's speed of progress, but after comparing her with Yun Mu and Brenna, he felt it was a bit slow.

It wasn't very realistic for a Second-tier Elite's strength to get by in the outside world; for the sake of Lita's safety, he had to properly drill her as well.

At least she should be a Third-rank Expert, right?

"Hm?" For some reason, Lita suddenly felt a chill behind her back, making her unable to help but shiver.

And after noticing Edward's gaze, she didn't think much of it and just smiled at her old man.

The joys and sorrows of people are not shared; Lita was completely unaware that in the coming period of time, today would be her most relaxed moment. (End of chapter)