Chapter 174 - 132: Preparations Before Exploration (Part 2)

Lin Lan glanced at the system panel, nodded, and said, "The Divine Kingdom left to me by the Eternal Fierce Sun has already established a deep connection with the Ark. You just need to recite the Giant script again to log into the Celestial Kingdom."

So, Ota reopened the familiar yet unfamiliar ’Third Mine Extraction Manual’.

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Lin Lan sat cross-legged on the golden earth.

Lucia also appeared beside the gray-haired young man. This Pirate First Mate, as always, was full of curiosity, unwilling to let any new and strange thing around Lin Lan go unnoticed.

Four giants stared blankly at the majestic city on the horizon.

"Father... Mother..."

Sami’s lips moved slightly. Even though he had made up his mind, he still closed his eyes, striving to repress the sorrow in his heart.

He voluntarily left the group, hugging his knees alone.

"Sami!" Ansel slightly frowned. He stepped forward, but was stopped by Captain Ota.

"Let Sami calm down by himself for a while, Ansel."

Ota shook his head, "He is the youngest in the group, just reached adulthood and received the reconnaissance mission to the Divine Kingdom from which there’s no return."

Ansel sighed deeply.

"Beyond killing the gods willing to shelter you, is there really no other path for the giant civilization?"

Lucia sat beside Vera, casting doubt from her heart.

"If the giant civilization hadn’t successfully destroyed the sun, the entire world would have been burned away by the corrupted sun long ago."

Vera explained softly, "The concept of devotion has long disappeared; faith is the fundamental flaw of the gods, their biggest weakness facing the Apocalypse. Theoretically, a single soul is fully capable of having faith in multiple gods, even in the Apocalypse Monarch."

"The Ouroboros only need to target the flaws in faith to completely dismantle within the civilization the world sheltered by the gods using the eternal Holy Spirit."

She gazed at her homeland on the horizon, her tone becoming ethereal, "So we must slay our beloved sun before the apocalypse arrives."

Lucia fell into silence.

She lowered her head, once more gathering beside Lin Lan.

"Lin Lan, Lin Lan." The Blond Witch suddenly brought her lips close to Lin Lan’s ear.

"What’s up?"

Lin Lan’s ears itched from her breath. He turned his head, discovering the serious gaze from the Blond Witch unprecedented.

"You cannot become a god." Lucia fixed her eyes on the young man’s gaze.

"Stop dwelling on that issue." Lin Lan remarked with a twitch of his lips, "Besides, I’m not a god to begin with..."

"Not now, nor in the future!"

Lucia urgently interrupted Lin Lan’s words, forcibly grabbing the young man’s hand, then extending her pinky finger.

"Let’s make a pinky promise, shall we?"

Looking at those worried, beautiful eyes, Lin Lan suddenly recalled the Revival Card [Before Sailing the Dream] of Lucia, where a little girl with long blond hair made a promise like this with her sea-faring parents.

"Okay." Lin Lan hooked her finger back.

Lucia’s expression finally eased a bit, yet she still tightly held onto Lin Lan’s hand, as if fearing Lin Lan might vanish in front of her.

On the other side, Ansel had picked up the earth from the ground.

The soil nurturing gods rested simply in his hands... If the gods were not bound by faith, they could join forces with idealistic mortals, leaving the Apocalypse Ouroboros with no alternative but to scurry away.

Unfortunately, ’if’ does not exist in this world.

The only consolation is the giant civilization’s proud power armor ’Oracle Resonance’ can perfectly exhibit its fullest ability in the future...

Lord attracted everyone’s gaze by bringing four large fellows into the Sun Country.

"What are you staring at?! Keep practicing!"

Ed scolded again with a stern face.

The young lads immediately focused calmly, swinging the Ashen Soil Light Saber earnestly.

"It indeed is an extraordinary method of strengthening will."

Ota assessed the young people’s silhouettes sweating profusely, sighing earnestly, "You are bound to cultivate excellent warriors."

"By the way, have you tried approaching our Ark Starship?"

At this moment, the giant team leader suddenly realized something, "While colliding with a True God will cause most of the starship equipment to be completely destroyed, there should be some black box production lines of power armor remaining inside the Giant Ark, bringing them out may allow direct use."

"The problem is we can’t get there."

Lin Lan’s tone turned helpless.

Lin Lan also tried approaching that majestic city once, but the deeper he ventured, the more spiritual power consumed, coupled with the fixed Divine Kingdom login points, exploring the Sun Divine Kingdom was an arduous long journey.

"Fixed login points..."

Ota pondered for a moment, proposing his idea, "Vera’s ’Deep Space Probe’ should be able to help you reset the login coordinate signal for the Divine Kingdom."

Lin Lan’s eyes lit up.

This is really a big help!

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Time passed second by second, and Sami also recovered from his sorrow.

The giants bathed in the eternal twilight of the Celestial Kingdom, attentively listening to the Ark Leader describing the current situation and planning for the future.

"Simply put, in the coming era, existing civilizations don’t fully comprehend the concept of ’apocalypse’."

Lin Lan reminded them, "We have no way to unite the existing sea civilizations based on this point."

"Understood."

Ota and the others nodded with peculiar expressions.

All races turned into rootless duckweed; whether Elf Race or Beastman Race, labels have lost their significance.

What confounded Ota the most was the tiny island they had detected earlier was actually all of Lord Lin Lan’s territory...

Moreover, this small island was sandwiched between the Alliance and Empire, with overall strength not even comparable to their smallest finger...

"Truly, you live a challenging life..."

Ota murmured, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.

Lord Lin Lan indeed wasn’t wrong. The future era requires salvation, confronting the apocalypse truly begins from scratch.

Luckily, people can still rely on the deceased sun.

"In other words, the newly-born Ark Kingdom must find a way to survive under the oppression of the Alliance Kingdom..." Ansel furrowed his brow.

"Those greedy fellows have even set sights on the Sun Divine Kingdom!"

Sami glared with slightly red eyes, "Have they gone mad?"

"Because the Alliance’s White Oak Main Island has been influenced by the Apocalypse Monarch."

Lin Lan spoke indifferently, "The entity behind the Commercial League is the ’Beauty God’ you’re familiar with."

The Giant Squad became instantly silent.

Beauty God...

The Ouroboros, who slaughtered every Giant Squad in the true historical line, attempting to corrupt the sun and Justice...

"But we will never sit idly by, the next step for the Ark is to develop deep-sea routes concerning Justice Angel."

Lin Lan said frankly, his tone extremely resolute, "So the Ark is currently cultivating those two exceptionally talented Fes People, preparing for the upcoming voyage."

"Lord Lin Lan, what method will future era civilizations use to explore the chaotic concept heap (the sea)?"

Vera inquired.

"Typically, establishing a safe route often requires countless navigators to pile up with their lives."

In the next second, Lucia, beside Lin Lan, actively joined the conversation, "Ways to explore the sea vary; no one can find a stable way of exploration."

"I understand roughly, people will continually test amid chaotic collapse, eventually discovering a stable rule path..."

Ota nodded, instantly grasping the Witch’s words. He then asked, "What dangers do explorers typically encounter during exploration?"

"The most dangerous are the Sea Monsters deep in the ocean, followed by the deep-sea believers of celestial calamities..."

Lucia gestured as she depicted.