During his conversation with Steward Zhao Qing,
Han Dong and Dr. Swollen gained a preliminary understanding of Tomb World.
The first topic was the concept of "Floating Islands." As the name implied, they were islands suspended in the air, though the principle behind their levitation remained unknown for the time being.
The village, along with the grave mountain where Han Dong had awakened, was built upon a Floating Island. There were countless similar islands... this was merely a small, perhaps even miniature, Floating Island.
However, even the steward knew nothing about the conditions beyond the Floating Island.
According to him, anyone who knew about the Outside World had long since left this place.
And the only way to reach the Outside World was by Dragon Boat.
Every six months, a Dragon Boat came here once... if a Flesh Transformation appeared in the village, they would have the chance to board the Dragon Boat and leave after undergoing a series of examinations. That was why the former village chief had been willing to pay any price to achieve Flesh Transformation.
A Boat Ticket meant that one could successfully leave this remote little mountain village and head into a brand-new world.
Besides that,
Han Dong had also learned a very interesting piece of information from the steward.
There was more than one way to achieve Flesh Transformation. Aside from using the Steam Technology brought by the Dragon Boat to refine corpse oil,
one could also achieve Flesh Transformation through self-cultivation.
Such cultivation required a book called the "Corpse Collection," which was also a piece of information provided by the Dragon Boat.
It was said that once the total number of Flesh Transformations in a village exceeded ten, the Dragon Boat would provide the village with a "Corpse Collection."
The villagers could nurture