Chapter 78 The Center of the Island
After talking nonsense all night, the sun still rose the next day, but it was a little different from usual. The weather today was not very good. A thin layer of clouds made the sunlight look less than enough, just like a layer of gauze. The sea breeze that became stronger brought a little coolness.
"Bring thick clothes just in case."
I don't know if the cooling would suddenly drop below zero, Logan and Ethan both added a thick piece of clothing to their backpacks, and chose long-sleeved shirts. Then they were the only two of them who set off the Goddess of Dawn together.
After getting off the boat, Ethan gently tapped the side of his glasses and heard Diana's reply immediately.
"Everything is OK. If you lose communication for more than ten minutes, I will go and save you all."
Diana stayed on the ship as her final trump card, with her strength and flying ability, even more convenient in saving people than Ethan.
"Remember, you can remotely activate a mental stimulation device on my glasses. If you don't respond to your contact for more than ten minutes, use this device first, but it still doesn't work and you will come out."
This seems to be a simple adjustment, and the effect is roughly equivalent to someone stabbing him with a needle, so that he would wake him up in the illusion.
With this and the amulet he made himself, he had enough confidence to step onto the island again.
"That Cleo has also come ashore."
Logan and Ethan slowly walked towards the inside of the island. This time Logan also wore a pair of glasses, which had the same effect as Ethan's glasses, and also carried many amulets on his body.
This time he was very careful. Although he knew that the other party was an invisible existence, he still habitually observed everywhere, so he noticed earlier that Cleo left the Eternal and boarded the island.
"He didn't have anyone else around him."
“This is a wise choice.”
He had already seen that the equipment on Cleo could resist mental interference and energy attacks to a certain extent, but his crew did not have such equipment, and following them together would only become a burden.
Before we can find out where the mysterious power on this island comes from and how to solve it, the number of people does not make much sense. Ethan just wanted to cooperate with the Eternal to empty the supplies on the island after solving these problems. At that time, their number of people can be used.
He slowed down and waited for Cleo to catch up. After saying hello, Ethan handed over a few amulets.
"Take it with you, you can avoid that kind of mental interference."
Cleo did not doubt Ethan, but just looked at the inconspicuous things in his hand curiously. If Ethan had not specifically explained the function of this thing, he would have regarded it as something Ethan picked up in the grass. It would have been too inconspicuous. Maybe he would have found a few stones that were better than this thing.
"Thanks."
"We are exploring this island together now, and I don't want to be missing a helper for no reason."
Several people headed back to the depths of the island. Ethan would receive inquiries from Diana every once in a while, and he would use his eye-supporting action to give feedback.
Although they are not sure if everything is really normal, they are now farther than the previous few times.
Looking at the grass that had already passed through her waist, Ethan gradually felt a particularly strong fluctuation.
“This place has a very vigorous vitality.”
Ethan stopped and looked left and right. He did not see the seaside like last time. He stood here and could clearly see the edge of the island. It was a grassland. Although the area of the island is not small, the wide view allows them to see the edge of any direction of the island.
“We’ve started to get closer to the center.”
“The grass in front seems to be taller.”
Logan roughly observed that he was the tallest among the few people, but he found that as long as he continued to move forward, he might be overwhelmed by the grass.
"This is simply a sea of grass."
Instead of answering Cleo's words, Ethan squatted down and reached out to touch the soil gently. He found that the life energy in the soil was so vigorous that it was about to overflow, which was even more intense than the water dug out before.
“I feel like we are close to the true core of this island.”
I don't know if this overflowing life energy can be used by him. Theoretically, this completely unparalleled vitality can be used directly, but when he tried to extract part of the life energy, he found that this energy could not be controlled by himself and was still staying steadily in the soil'.
"Do you want to keep moving?"
"We've all walked here, of course we have to continue."
Logan nodded and took out two machetes from his backpack. In this case, the safest way is to cut down the grass in front of him. This way, while driving a path, it can also leave a clear mark so that they can easily find the way back.
As Logan kept cutting down the weeds in front of him, the three of them continued to approach the center of the island, but when they walked out less than ten meters, Ethan, who looked back, grabbed Logan and signaled him to stop his movements.
"how?"
Ethan pointed behind him, and Logan looked back and immediately understood why Ethan stopped him.
The weeds that had been cut down by him were growing wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye. The grass cut down by Logan at the farthest had grown back to its original height and merged with the surrounding grass again. There was no abnormality at all, just like Logan and the others walked over directly.
After a while of this, even the grass that had just been cut down behind them grew again. Then the ones under their feet were growing wildly. A few people were instantly flooded by weeds. If they were not so close that they could touch them with just one hand, they could not even be sure where their companions were.
"The life energy here is extremely strong. I feel that after you cut down these grasses, the life energy that has been staying in the land has fluctuated violently, replenishing the "life force" needed by these grasses and returning these grasses to their original appearance."
“It sounds a bit familiar.”
Ethan was relatively close to Logan, so he stretched out his finger and pointed at a position on Logan's belt. Logan immediately understood. Isn't this the same as the "big blood bottle" created by Ethan using his genes to combine the recovery agent?
The movements of the two were relatively hidden, and with the interference of weeds, Cleo did not see them. He was surprised at the growth rate of the grass and the information revealed in Ethan's words.
"Life energy?"
Cleo looked down at the soil under his feet. Although he could not accurately judge what energy was like Ethan, he could feel that there was a huge amount of energy under his feet.
Ethan glanced at the amulet he was carrying and found that the energy contained in the amulet was decreasing rapidly.
"We've moved faster, and the amulets have a little worse effect than I expected."
Now they were a little confused. As they finally arrived at the center of the island, almost two tall grass had already submerged everyone. Several people had to keep talking to determine their locations in order to ensure that they would not suddenly part.
At the same time, in such an environment, it is also a troublesome to determine the direction. Fortunately, Ethan and Logan have many auxiliary means on the glasses, which can barely ensure that they do not deviate from the direction too much - or can return to the right track as quickly as possible after deviating from the direction.
When they finally stood at the center of the island, Ethan was a little confused about what to do.
"What's this?"
The center of the island is also full of grass, but there is a small spring at the center. The spring water is extremely clear, but I can't see what the bottom of the spring water is.
"About one meter in diameter, the spring water is clear, but the bottom cannot be seen, and I don't know how deep the spring is."
Ethan took out the analysis device again, and originally thought that he would get the same conclusion as last time, but found that the ones in front of him this time were pure water, completely different from what he dug out before.
"Qingshui? Are you sure?"
Because of the thing I dug out before, Logan felt strange when drinking water during this period. He always felt like he was eating something. When he saw the spring, he didn't even want to touch it. Unexpectedly, Ethan gave such a conclusion.
Although Cleo was curious about all kinds of strange things Ethan took out, he did not speak at this time, but just observed all of this quietly, and also wanted to know what Ethan was going to do.
Ethan looked at the spring in front of him. He knew that he could not waste too much time here and had to make a decision as soon as possible.
"Wait a moment."
I took out a small thing again, a fusiform metal object about the size of a fist. Neither Logan nor Cleo knew what it was. Before I could ask, I saw Ethan throw the thing directly into the spring water and then pointed his glasses frame with his fingers.
Small underwater detector.
This thing has a high technical content. It requires a lot of things to be concentrated on such a small thing and can also transmit data back normally. Even with Tony Stark's ability, he created such a thing when there was not enough time. Ethan just habitually brought everything Tony gave him with him, but he didn't expect that he would use it today.
Through his glasses, he could receive the picture sent back by the detector. As a result, he found that the spring water was deeper than he had imagined. The underwater detector sailed straight down for half an hour before suddenly seeing a bright light, and then he dropped into an extremely open cave with a slap.
He didn't care why the detector that had descended all the way would fall into a cave without water. Ethan's attention was all attracted by the strange object in the picture.
Chapter completed!