Bringing Illya to Floating Mountain, Yinsen was visiting for the first time as well. He discovered that this Floating Mountain was far larger than he had imagined.
Though it was a mountain peak, it had plenty of level ground and even a huge lake, formed by snow melting from the mountaintop and gathering here.
Yinsen roughly surveyed the area and found that this lake was not the water's final destination. Several small streams and rivers carried the lake water lower down. Yet it did not ultimately fall from Floating Mountain to the ground; instead, it sank underground at certain points, nourishing the entire Floating Mountain.
Because of its abundant water resources, all kinds of plants covered Floating Mountain. More than half of the mountain was green—the smaller area around the summit was covered in ice and snow.
"This place is great!"
"It really is!"
The enormous Floating Mountain had a lake, grasslands, and forests. If one wanted to admire snowy scenery up close, one could simply head to the summit.
The entire mountain had many areas suitable for living, and going up or down posed no difficulty. It was as if Floating Mountain had been specially designed to ensure that ordinary people could easily walk from the foot of the mountain to its peak. There were absolutely no areas that only people specially trained in mountain climbing, or powerful Supermen, could pass through.
Yinsen examined the lake again and discovered that the water depths along its shore varied. The shallow areas even had broad stretches of beach. Most amazing of all, these beaches reflected different colors depending on the angle of the sunlight.
The deeper areas formed natural harbors. Yinsen remembered the few ships he had collected. Perhaps they no longer needed to pretend to be model ships sitting on