Dragon's Origin

Many people on Earth have seen speedboats where the motor is flipped up to the stern when not in use, and flipped down when needed, with the tiller handle right on the motor for easy operation.

Wang Sheng's current speedboat has a similar design. Except that the overall material is a type of wood unique to this world, which is very tough and waterproof, and the motor is also different. It still uses an array stone plus a propeller design, with the operator's own spiritual Qi as fuel to drive the motor's rotation.

The speed doesn't quite reach the extreme speeds of Earth speedboats. This wooden speedboat's top speed is currently just over fifty kilometers per hour, about thirty knots, which is not much different from the speed of most normal warships on Earth.

However, this speed is already unimaginable in this world. At least when the speedboat started, the old Taoist looked surprised.

The old Taoist knew that the things Wang Sheng made would definitely be convenient and fast, but he didn't expect it to reach this speed, especially on the water. It was simply a miracle.

Fortunately, the old Taoist was only slightly surprised. The same thing had happened to Wang Sheng several times already, and the old Taoist was used to it. A little expression of surprise at the beginning was enough to satisfy Wang Sheng's vanity, there was no need to be too surprised.

The speedboat nimbly circled in the very center of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death, then precisely passed between the two super demon beasts, and rushed quickly towards the outer edges of the Realm.

Those experts soaked in the icy water at night couldn't distinguish directions, but that didn't stump Wang Sheng. The compass on his military watch easily identified the direction, making for a smooth journey.

Wang Sheng chose the direction of the Song family's excavation site for his departure. After all, he had a closer relationship with Song Yan than others, and Wang Sheng might lend a hand if he encountered her on the way.

However, along the way, Wang Sheng and the old Taoist only sensed the aura of super demon beasts, and did not detect the aura of any human experts. There wasn't a single person in this direction.

Not only that, the core area of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death no longer seemed to have the ability to gather super-high concentrations of spiritual Qi as before. Now, although the spiritual Qi concentration in the entire area is still higher than the outside, it is no longer ten times higher than before, but at most only twice as high. This is the normal situation without the interference of formations.

While Wang Sheng and the old Taoist were leisurely enjoying the speedboat slicing through the waves, the elite experts from various Thousand Layered Realm of Death camps finally rushed to the edge of the icy snow basin. It was dark and they couldn't see far, but the fact that there wasn't a trace of cold gale here was enough to shock everyone.

Not only had those gales stopped, but even the climate had warmed up. This was simply an incredible thing. What kind of change could have such an earth-shattering effect?

Even more alarming was that when they tried to climb down, they suddenly discovered that the solid ice at the edge of the icy snow basin had melted, and faint sounds of waves lapping against the shore could be heard below. Some experts who had lived by the water immediately realized what had happened.

After sending a few people down to take a look, it was indeed as those people had expected. Below was a watery expanse. Even on the shore, the water was at least two meters deep, enough to drown anyone in the Thousand Layered Realm of Death.

The ice and snow in the core area of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death had all begun to melt? This was a big deal. No wonder all the demon beasts were running out in a panic. Without ice and snow, they couldn't survive in the water at all. Of course they would run!

But the next moment, the faces of these experts who had discovered the anomaly turned ugly. The demon beasts in the core of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death had all run out, so where were the experts from their families? There was still no sign of them?

Human experts in the icy snow basin were completely different from demon beasts, who had lived in the ice and snow since they were young, and knew instinctively how to survive in the ice and snow. The most obvious difference was the speed of travel in the ice and snow world.

Small demon beasts, such as snow rats and snow foxes, were light and agile, and would not sink into the ice and snow at all. When they ran, their speed was definitely faster than a galloping horse outside. Large demon beasts, such as giant bears and giant tigers, looked clumsy, but they were large and not afraid of sinking into the ice and snow. One step could cover several dozen feet, and when running at full speed, they were not much slower than a fast horse.

Wang Sheng allowed the demon beasts to leave the Thousand Layered Realm of Death. By the time all parties reacted and prepared to evacuate, half a day had passed, which was enough for these demon beasts to run to the outer edge, but the human experts had not even left the inner circle of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death.

When all the super demon beasts broke free from the ice, these demon beasts had already rushed out of the icy snow basin, but those human experts could only soak in the icy water at the edge of the inner circle of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death, crying to heaven and earth without response, unable to advance or retreat.

It was an awkward and fatal situation. It would have been better if it had completely melted. Everyone could have dived into the water to break off some trees, and floated up to use them as a place to rest. But that was not the case. The solid ice layer was too thick, and it had only melted a little over a zhang so far. If they wanted to wait until it melted enough to see the trees, it would take at least ten days or half a month. Did they have that much time?

The only hope was to wait for the rescue from the experts in the outer camp. When taking turns to rest, everyone could only pray constantly, praying that their companions outside would realize their dangerous situation and come in to rescue them immediately.

Perhaps heaven heard their prayers. The supervisors in the camps quickly analyzed that their companions inside must be in danger after receiving the reports. All parties immediately and quickly built the simplest wooden rafts and sent dozens of experts proficient in swimming to quickly row a dozen rafts towards the core of the Thousand Layered Realm of Death to search for the whereabouts of their experts.

The idea was good, and the wishes were good, but the reality was extremely cruel. A huge lake hundreds of miles in circumference, with a water surface as smooth as a mirror, had no markings at all. Finding dozens of people soaking in the water in such a large area was only one level easier than finding a needle in a haystack.

All parties also knew to roughly calculate the time and the cultivation levels of their companions, and quickly rowed inwards. When Wang Sheng and the old Taoist stepped onto the jungle at the edge of the icy snow basin, the teams from all sides had almost begun to depart.

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A hundred miles of waterway, even if all of them were legendary experts paddling, their speed would only be about thirty kilometers per hour. This was already the limit. Wooden rafts were not so easy to control, and they would deviate from the direction with a little carelessness. However, in order to meet their companions inside, regardless of whether they were familiar with it or not, the experts outside could only be forced to learn on the job, and they didn't even have time to practice paddling and poling. They just practiced and progressed on the wooden rafts.