Chapter 446: Floating Island Creation

Very quickly, the Projection of the Murloc Tribe also passed, and the perspective of the Projection arrived at the edge of the island. Aiboke, who had not spoken since the Spellcasting, suddenly spoke up to remind him:

"Watch closely!"

In the image, the Projection, which had always used the island's surface as its upright perspective, suddenly shifted; the island moved to the top of the frame, and then the perspective of the Projection quickly leaped up from the edge of the island.

"This—"

Xia Duo had never thought that this island was actually floating on the water; in the water, one could not see that the back (or front?) of the island had no water at all. He had simply assumed this island was suspended within the water body.

No wonder Aiboke wanted to set the Teleportation point on this side of the island!

After the perspective of the Projection left the water surface, it flew into the high sky and then looked down again. What appeared in the image this time was a glowing, almost perfectly pure Blue Crystal gemstone.

The only flaw was probably this island.

The perspective of the Projection gradually descended. Xia Duo noticed that the side of the island exposed above the water was pitch black and completely devoid of light; only the edges seemed to be stained with a faint glimmer emitted by the water body, allowing some things to be seen, but it was too far away to make out clearly.

As if hearing Xia Duo's inner thoughts, Aiboke quickly adjusted the perspective of the Projection, rapidly pulling it to the edge of the island near the water surface. However, when Xia Duo saw it clearly, he felt a bit of regret.

All that met his eyes were rotting corpses, and one could vaguely identify them as Murlocs; it felt disgusting even through the screen.

Could they be Murloc explorers?

Xia Duo quickly dismissed this guess. How could corpses that were almost everywhere be those of explorers? Unless the Murlocs were sending large numbers of people to their deaths while simultaneously waging war against a hostile tribe.

But such a situation was almost impossible to happen.

"What is the situation on the other side of the island?" Xia Duo asked.

Aiboke did not answer, but he controlled the perspective of the Projection to face the island and then pulled it up sharply; that slightly flawed Blue Crystal gemstone appeared once again.

And as the perspective pulled away, the Blue Crystal within the visible range grew larger and larger, until the island, which served as the flaw, became extremely tiny, and then it stopped.

Subsequently, the perspective moved left and right, as if searching for something. Before Xia Duo could ask, the perspective moved again.

This time it was moving upward again, but wasn't this the same as before? Xia Duo was a bit confused about what Aiboke wanted to show him, but he still patiently watched on.

Before long, a black shadow flashed by, and the perspective of the Projection suddenly stopped. Then, after a slight adjustment, and relying on the faint light of the Blue Crystal-like water surface, the final projected image was very dark, but one could vaguely make out that it was, surprisingly—

A Murloc corpse?!

The perspective remained still, but the Murloc corpse seemed to be slowly drifting downward. The speed was not slow, but it was definitely not fast either. Before long, the Murloc corpse moved out of the Projection frame.

Aiboke did not track this Murloc corpse but instead stopped the Spell, rubbed his brow, paused for a moment, and then said: "The Murlocs cast the bodies of their fallen kin out of the water from the edge of the island. The bodies drift toward the sky, eventually turn into corpses, and fall back down. The place they fall is this island!"

"Could it be that this island is composed of Murloc corpses?" Xia Duo could not help but ask.

It was no wonder he had such a thought; there were indeed a large number of Murloc corpses at the edge of the island, and there were corpses drifting down in the air, so this possibility did indeed exist.

However, Aiboke shook his head, though he did not completely deny it. "The majority of the island submerged in the water is a Reality island, but most of the part exposed to the waterless area is made of Murloc corpses. Also, do you know what is above the water?"

"What is it?"

"A vacuum!"

"A vacuum?"

"Yes!"

Sigh—

Xia Duo did not bother thinking about why there was a vacuum above the water and why it didn't suck the water away; instead, he was thinking that the other side of the island could not be utilized. Although the area above the water was pitch black, as long as one thought of a way, it could still be solved.

But if that side was all vacuum, then there was no way at all. This kind of vacuum environment formed by the structure of the Plane could not be solved just by opening a passage connecting to the Wind Elemental Plane.

One would have to change the Plane itself to change such an environment. Of course, if one introduced a large amount of wind elements and thoroughly cleansed the Plane with elements, it might be possible to improve it.

However, the cost of this was hard to calculate. If it were just to utilize that half of the island composed of Murloc corpses, it was somewhat not worth it.

"What a pity!" Xia Duo sighed.

"Indeed, what a pity!" Aiboke echoed. He also felt it was a great pity; this was the only island discovered in the entire Blue Crystal Plane, and it could not be fully utilized.

"By the way, Xia Duo, how do you plan to deal with the Murlocs on the island?"

Regarding this question, Xia Duo was also considering it. First of all, he definitely could not kill them; he already viewed these Murlocs as his own property, and there was still the secret of elemental summoning to explore. Should he keep them as livestock, or should he assert his sovereignty first?

Suddenly, Xia Duo thought of a question. Looking at Aiboke, who was also thinking, he proposed a conjecture: "Do you think these two Murloc tribes have been at war for years, throwing corpses out of the water, because they are thinking of using the corpses to expand the island?"

"This—"

Aiboke was also stunned by Xia Duo's conjecture, but it was not impossible. As beings with Wisdom, the Murlocs must also have the desire to reproduce and grow. But in the entire Blue Crystal Plane, although it had not been fully explored, he had basically determined that this was the only place with an island.

In other places, apart from the vacuum above the water, there was only pure water, which was not suitable for biological survival. Even for an aquatic race like the Murlocs, Aiboke had indeed discovered during his exploration that there were almost no living creatures outside of this area.

There were only very, very few water algae drifting in the water, like catkins in the wind; perhaps their final landing spot was still this only island.

If the Murloc tribes' war was truly a planned effort to create corpses to expand the island, then—

It was hard for Aiboke not to feel heartfelt respect for these intelligent lives. Regarding Xia Duo's conjecture, Aiboke did not give an affirmation, but he did not deny it either, instead saying:

"To figure this out, we need long-term observation. Leave this to me."

"Good."

Since Aiboke had taken the initiative to take it on, Xia Duo was happy to be relaxed. Before a conclusion was reached, he would just keep these Murlocs as livestock! He really wanted to know if these Murlocs were truly using their lives to create a place for survival.

If they were, then it was too tragic; such a respectable race, yet trapped in such a narrow Plane, completely unaware of the vastness of the Main Plane.

If they were not, then these Murlocs were truly uncivilized, barbaric races that took pleasure in killing.

Having seen the island and the Murloc tribe, Xia Duo had lost his interest in this trip. He called Aiboke to take him back to the location of the Portal, still by means of his Teleportation.

What followed was waiting, and Xia Duo had already grown accustomed to waiting.