Chapter 1552: Island in the Fog

In fact, Xia De didn't intend to land on that lake island so quickly. His plan was to investigate again to figure out the situation and land on the island in the safest way. But since there was the help of "Miss Pharmacist," landing on the island in advance was not unacceptable.

For the action of landing on the island, Xia De didn't need to prepare anything. After leaving Grandma Natalie's place, he sneaked into the underground warehouse from the back of the hotel and then returned home. Because Little Mia was taken away by Dorothy, Xia De specifically went to Quill Street to invite the writer to have lunch together.

And Dorothy also informed Xia De that Lei Qianya had informed Miss Galina that he needed help. Tonight, the Duchess booked a seat at a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue, waiting for Xia De to come back from Green Lake to eat and talk.

After lunch, Dorothy took Mia and Xia De back home. Xia De sent an appointment for a meeting to Miss Danister through the manuscript paper, then said goodbye to the writer who was looking for information in the study, and returned to Green Lake City.

When Xia De pushed open the door of the Green Lake Hotel again, Ms. Helena Green behind the counter was gone, and her twin brother, Mr. Solon Green, was responsible for the afternoon shift. And that beautiful young "Miss Pharmacist," I don't know if she hadn't left, she was actually still sitting in the position where she met Xia De in the morning, reading a novel "Silent Forest" written in Karsenrik language.

Xia De walked over and sat down opposite the table. The female sorceress looked at him, pursed her lips and didn't speak first, so Xia De started a greeting with a boring topic:

"This hotel is really interesting. The hanging paintings on the walls of the corridor upstairs are mostly realistic portraits of animals. Rabbits, birds, elk, owls, etc., etc., you can even see the details of the animal fur when you get close. I don't quite understand why there are such hanging paintings in the hotel, shouldn't it be landscape paintings?"

"Maybe the owner's aesthetic style is unique."

The female sorceress said, put away the book and asked Xia De:

"Can we set off now?"

"We can set off, but I have an appointment with a beautiful lady this evening, so our island exploration adventure won't take a long time, right?"

"No, two or three hours is enough. But you have to remember the two requirements I said, this is the foundation of our cooperation."

The distance from the city to the lakeside of Green Lake is not short. Xia De originally thought he would take a taxi carriage, but "Miss Pharmacist" was prepared. She took Xia De away from the hotel and moved along the street toward the eastern part of the city.

Ten minutes later, they crossed the foggy city and came to the bank of the Duin River that runs through the Green Lake region from north to south, and a small ferry was already waiting there.

It was a small steamship equipped with a small compressed steam engine. The ship included a deck and a cabin, which was much more luxurious than the old wooden boat Xia De could summon.

There was no ferryman here. After Xia De and Miss Pharmacist boarded the ship together, the female sorceress raised her black low-heeled small leather shoes under her skirt and stomped on the deck twice, and the ship actually started by itself.

"This is... mechanical construct?"

In the sound of the steam engine, Xia De asked the female sorceress in surprise:

"It's really amazing."

"This technology is nothing amazing."

Miss Pharmacist said calmly.

"No, no, I'm not praising the technology. I mean, you can get this thing into the city without letting the church discover it, it's really amazing. I know I shouldn't inquire about your true identity at will, but I think you must have a high status locally as an ordinary person."

Miss Pharmacist did not pay attention to him.

The Duin River is directly connected to Green Lake. Now that spring has arrived, the steamship traveled smoothly, taking the two from the upper reaches of the river all the way forward. The ship was fast. After leaving the city, it was the scenery of the countryside. But because the city is actually not very far from Green Lake, Xia De didn't look at the boundless fields and small villages located on the side of the field roads for long, and the ship officially entered Green Lake.

Although he had long known that this lake was very large, seeing it really surprised Xia De.

"Green Lake is the second largest freshwater lake in the middle of the Old Continent."

Miss Pharmacist explained to Xia De, dropped the silence spell, and then gently drew a line in the air with her finger. The sound of the ship and the ship itself disappeared into the air:

"After that accident, the church did not allow anyone to land on that island to prevent the thick fog from spreading to the lake surface and even affecting the surrounding cities. In the future, if you want to land on the island yourself, remember not to be too public."

Winter has just passed, and it is not yet the traditional fishing season in the Green Lake region, so there are not many fishing boats on the vast Green Lake. Instead, inland river ships transporting goods are more common.

Although the lake island with thick fog is in the center of the lake, the fog itself will affect the sense of direction of ordinary people, making it difficult for normal ships to sail to the island without guidance, so there is no need to worry about ordinary people landing on the island rashly.

And for Ringed Shushi, as long as they know the existence of the island, they don't have to worry about being confused by the white fog. Therefore, the steamship carrying the two moved straight toward the center of the lake. While the hull left ripples on the satin-like lake surface in the spring afternoon, Xia De stood on the deck and looked under the lake surface, still thinking about catching rotten-tailed fish for Mr. Edmund.

Soon, the two observed the thick fog in the center of the lake in the distance. As they continued to move forward, the surrounding fog became thicker and thicker, until the field of vision was limited to a range of five or six meters.

"The white fog only exists within a hundred meters around the island, and there has been no trend of expansion for a hundred years."

Miss Pharmacist still said coldly, and Xia De frowned and looked around:

"Did you feel anything?"

【The space in the fog is unstable. Rashly using "Space Stability Halo" in this area will create a big movement. The fog is indeed poisonous, but it has little effect on you, so don't worry about it.】

"How big a movement can it be?"

"She" smiled and said:

【You can try it.】

Miss Pharmacist was clearly familiar with this water area. Even if the field of vision was blocked, the steamship still carried the two to stop at the pier on the side of the island with a purpose. And before noticing the ship slowing down, Xia De didn't even notice that there was a pier here.

"We are here."

The ship touched the pier trestle just right and then stopped. The ripples disappeared slowly in the fog. The female sorceress took a small gray cloth bag from the cabin and hung it on her waist, which made her look like a girl going out to pick herbs. She took a big circle to avoid Xia De on the deck and walked down first, and Xia De also followed closely and left the deck.

The thick fog became more and more intense on the island. Except for the spaces left by the ancient gods, even the fog in the "Boundary of Life and Death" in Midhillburg was not so exaggerated.

"Items like compasses are useless on the island, and miracles like 【Spatial Perception】 will encounter confusion. Only relics of the Keeper level and above can correctly guide the direction."

Although still very cold to Xia De, Miss Pharmacist faithfully played her role as a "guide." She and Xia De didn't care about the toxins in the fog, but when walking along the trestle toward the island, she specifically exhorted Xia De:

"Remember, you cannot enter the area within 1m of me, but don't stay too far away. Follow me closely. Once you get lost in the fog, it will not be easy to reunite."

Xia De then followed two steps forward. If it weren't for the badge hanging on his neck that still didn't show signs of heating up, he would really doubt whether he had encountered a big witch again:

"But alchemy items are not omnipotent, what if the other party has targeted miracles... But if she is a witch, there is no reason for such an attitude toward me, she should want to test me... Really a strange lady."

Leaving the trestle, Miss Pharmacist did not immediately take Xia De deep into the island, but took him to the right along the shore. Not long after, they saw a beach piled with all kinds of garbage and skeletons. Of course, when noticing these things, Xia De was almost about to step on them.

"Green Lake water will periodically push some things in the lake here. I heard Grandma Natalie say that you want to acquire the skeletons of rotten-tailed fish. There should be what you want here. This island is not necessarily visited by anyone for a few months, and no one will specifically come here to rummage through the garbage."

The short-haired brown-haired lady said, Xia De looked at her unexpectedly, not expecting that she brought him here for this:

"Thank you."

The female sorceress pursed her lips and did not answer, signaling Xia De to act quickly.

As a strange creature with supernatural power, the corpse of the "rotten-tailed fish" must also be attached with elements. Although the white fog on the island would seriously disturb Xia De's perception, this did not prevent his ability to perceive elements at close range.

Although the area of this beach covered with garbage was not large, after careful searching, it took more than ten minutes for Xia De to find eight rotten smelly fish.

He arranged those fish on the beach to facilitate counting, and then went for a walk on the beach, and gave up continuing to search. If he looked carefully, there must be fish bones of rotten-tailed fish here, but he didn't land on the island for this today, so he couldn't waste too much time here. Grandma Natalie said that the local black market could acquire 5, so it was still 7 short of 20, and he had plenty of time to come here again by himself, or try his luck under the lake.

And the smelly dead fish, Xia De originally planned to wrap them up with cloth and store them in the cabin first. But the female sorceress who watched him "pick up garbage" on the side, because she really couldn't look down, stopped him:

"It seems that you don't have a detailed understanding of the treatment of skeleton-type materials at all."

She said helplessly, and the cold tone finally had some emotional color. What she said was indeed a fact. Xia De's skeleton-type materials were mostly bought as finished products from Mr. Corps in Tobesk, and he rarely collected them himself.

The female sorceress rummaged through the cloth bag hanging diagonally on her waist. Xia De took this opportunity to see that the inside of the bag was divided into dense small bags, each with reagent bottles inserted.

Miss Pharmacist threw a brown reagent bottle to Xia De and asked Xia De to pour the reagent on the dead fish. Then, she asked Xia De to separate the fish and wrap them with different cloth bags, and fill some wormwood in the gaps between the cloth bags.

After doing these, they returned to the pier to put the materials into the cabin, and then officially started the exploration of the island. ===== CHAPTER 1553 =====