Above the gray fog

The Stranded Abyss...

Lin Shan silently recited the name.

"Is there anything special about the Stranded Abyss?"

Nai Yi shook his head, "I haven't been there, I don't know."

The middle-aged man shook his head again and again, and said bluntly, "I dare not go."

Lin Shan couldn't help but frown, and his heart was even more confused.

"Aren't you curious about the outside world? You know there are so many unknown places, but you never thought about exploring them?"

Nai Yi showed a trace of confusion on his face, "Why should we explore? We can't explore them all. Well, as long as the unknown doesn't provoke me, I generally won't provoke the unknown."

The middle-aged man whispered, "Because I don't dare."

Lin Shan continued to ask thoughtfully, "The outside world is very big, there are many scales below, and there is also a surface universe above, and there are many worlds. Don't you want to see these?"

Nai Yi raised his eyebrows, as if he was amused by Lin Shan's question, "Do you know how big the scale 1002 is? The answer is - infinite. The things you said, the scale 1002 also has them."

"Infinity means infinite possibilities. We haven't even explored our own world, so how can we explore other worlds?"

Lin Shan nodded slightly, roughly understanding their thoughts.

Similar to playing badly, anyway, the world is infinite, there will always be unknown things, since there is no way to do it well, then choose not to do it.

Lin Shan believes that the main reason for the current situation is that they lack driving force.

"Lin Shan, can I call you Lin Shan?" Nai Yi suddenly asked.

"Of course I can." Lin Shan looked at Nai Yi, "This is my name."

"Lin Shan, be my partner." Nai Yi stretched out a hand, "If you want to explore the world... I can accompany you to explore 1002. There are no fewer unknown things in this world than in any other place. There must be the answers you want."

"I have my own way." Lin Shan looked back at Nai Yi, "At least it is the way I should go now. The speed of horizontal exploration is far less than that of vertical exploration. You also said that the scale 1002 is infinite. It is impossible to find the answer in this infinite world."

"But the scale of the abyss is limited. As long as I keep diving in the nearby place, I can find the traces left by my predecessors."

Nai Yi's eyes flashed with doubt, but he still nodded, "I understand. If you think it through, you can come back to me. I will not accompany you to the forbidden area. I want to live a little longer, although this does not sound like what a strong man should say."

"I should go." Lin Shan looked at Nai Yi, then at the middle-aged man, and felt a little emotional in his heart. Everyone has a story, and they are all protagonists.

But they are all very small.

Naiyi turned and left, becoming indifferent.

Her figure gradually disappeared, and only her voice came from afar, "The Stranded Abyss is not an ordinary scale. What is stranded? No matter how big the ship is, it cannot exert power in the shallow water area. A giant ship without power can only be bullied by a small skinny monkey, or even killed."

"Moreover, the Stranded Abyss has another meaning. The creatures that enter the Stranded Abyss cannot dive anymore. This is the first protective barrier of the abyss."

Hearing the words "cannot dive anymore", Lin Shan's expression suddenly became solemn, and he chased in the direction where Naiyi disappeared.

Naiyi stood on a wasteland, as if waiting for him.

His thin body seemed to fall down as if the wind blew.

"What does it mean to be unable to dive further? Will you be trapped there forever?" Lin Shan asked solemnly, "What do you know?"

Naiyi turned around and stared at Lin Shan, with no innocence in his eyes.

Her voice became low and hoarse, "I have been to many places. I also like to explore the world, solve puzzles, and see different scenes. I like freedom very much. That is the life I love."

Her eyes became deep, and she continued, "After seeing you, I seemed to see myself in the past. At that time, I also had a restless soul and was very famous in the nearby area. Those people said that I was sick. What's wrong with being a king here? I have to go to other places to be a bug."

Lin Shan listened quietly, feeling the complex emotions in Nai Yi's words.

"I used many methods to prove to them that a real king would not live in a small place." Nai Yi sneered, "In the end, I lost and figured it out."

She paused, looking into the distance with deep eyes, "I realized a truth, do you want to hear it?"

Lin Shan frowned, "What truth?"

"Big is not really big, and small is not really small."

Lin Shan was stunned for a moment, thinking secretly in his heart, it is indeed a truth, and it is very profound.

That is, it is too simple.

"Instead of telling me this, you might as well just tell me how to avoid the danger of the stranded abyss." Lin Shan shamelessly approached Naiyi, trying to get more information.

Naiyi smiled coldly, with a sly look in his eyes, "You can tell me if you want, but you must be my partner for ten years."

Lin Shan was in a dilemma. He was a hundred times reluctant to be my partner, but the information here from Naiyi might be very important.

"Come back to me when you figure it out." Naiyi was confident, showing a triumphant smile, and turned around and disappeared at the end of the wasteland.

Lin Shan stared at the place where Naiyi disappeared, and his heart began to waver, and a thought of compromise emerged.

"She lied to you." The little devil suddenly jumped out, his voice with a hint of sarcasm, "She doesn't know anything at all."

Lin Shan was stunned for a moment, his back felt a little cold, he seemed to really believe every word Nai Yi said, "How did you see that?"

"Hehe." The little devil rolled his eyes, "Have you forgotten where this place is?"

"This is the Abyss. You can't believe a word of what the natives say, but it's not all false. The scale 1003 is indeed the Stranded Abyss."

"Can you tell the truth from the lie?" Lin Shan asked.

"No." The little devil shook his head, "I can see it because the Stranded Abyss is the first line of defense of the Abyss. The purpose is to prevent the creatures above from diving to deeper places, but I remember that it is not a dead end."

"Do you know what the Stranded Abyss looks like?" Lin Shan asked.

"I forgot, I don't remember it." The little devil shrugged helplessly.

"Just now, the middle-aged man said that there was a door in the restricted area... It was also false, right?" Lin Shan realized it later and felt a little scared.

If the little devil hadn't jumped out to remind him...

"It's fake." The little devil nodded, "but he should know where the real location is."

Lin Shan's expression turned cold.

A fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly returned to the original place and found the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man saw Lin Shan coming back, and he held back his fear and took the initiative to approach and asked with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

Lin Shan said nothing and punched the middle-aged man in the face with such force that his head was almost smashed.

He covered his face and fell to the ground in pain.

"What are you doing?" After a moment, the middle-aged man stood up, his voice trembling.

Lin Shan stared at him coldly, his voice as low as ice, "Now tell me, where is the real location of the hidden door?"