The Sight of East Isle

Li Qi was still trekking, but he was finally about to leave the 'coast' and reach East Isle.

Although it is said to be along the coast, it is now a full 20,000 to 30,000 miles away from the actual 'shore'.

However, it is still considered a coastline. After all, the world is still quite large. Although the sea here is several hundred miles deep, it is still considered a 'shallow sea'.

Shallow seas are actually the most vibrant, with abundant small fish and shrimp, ample sunshine, and nutrients washed down from rivers on land, all contributing to their vitality.

As for further ahead, in the deep sea, the ecosystem there will not be as rich as it is now.

However... such places have already deviated from the 'mortal' ecosystem.

At this moment, the shallow sea may seem fantastical, but it generally follows the rules of the ecosystem, with many ordinary creatures and common fish and shrimp.

However... because it is in the world, it is not actually very ordinary. The ordinary fish here should not have a problem uniting to kill a couple of ninth-rank individuals.

But things start to change in the deep sea.

The only creatures that exist there are spirit beasts, divine beasts, demons, and true dragons.

The deep-sea vapors, the remains of dragon kings, and the most terrifying storms in the deep sea— the Gale Layer from all over the world—have all shaped that place into a zone where only the strong can survive.

Especially the Gale Layer.

Li Qi knew that at the end of the East Sea, in the far east of the world, there was a precipice where water constantly cascaded down from the edge where the sea met the void, forming a magnificent waterfall that stretched for countless miles. The waterfall was then swept up by strong winds and spread throughout the entire world, completing a water cycle. (See Chapter 337)

Therefore, it can be seen that the Gale Layer is attached to the disc-shaped continent of the world like a soap bubble. According to this structure, the closer to the center, the farther the gale is from the ground, and the closer to the edge, the closer the gale is to the ground.

On the ground, there is rising air to counteract the wind, so it's just a normal strong wind.

But in the East China Sea... the Gale Layer clings tightly to the sea surface, and such storms can whip up giant waves hundreds of miles high, making it difficult for even a seventh-rank cultivator to escape.

A massive storm emanates from the Gale Layer, and various giant sea monsters, spirit beasts, and Demon Dragon, all drawing strength from the East China Sea, roam freely...

That was the truly cruel place in the East China Sea, and also Li Qi's destination.

Finally, after two and a half days of trekking, Li Qi arrived at East Isle.

The path pointed out by the mirage seems to be correct.

It doesn't matter if it's wrong or not, he'll always find his way. It'll just take a few more days, no big deal.

The East Isle Li Qi visited this time was East Isle 4632.

The East Isle, a joint project between Reason Way and Donghai, is essentially a large-scale institution with more than 6,000 buildings distributed along the entire coast of Donghai to facilitate the reception of guests who wish to visit Donghai.

Li Qi had always found the Reason Way very strange.

The Reason Way is similar to the Way of Martial Arts; both are second-rate Dao Lineage in the world. Although they do not occupy one of the Nine Lands of the World, they still have their own influence in various places.

For example, the Reason Way and the Mohist school of Human Path have deep connections, and it also has some entanglements with the Shaman Path, and is even more closely related to the Daoist school of spirits. It is said that the Reason Way even participated in the research of the Outer Elixir alchemy of the Daoist school in the beginning...

Today, Dongyu East Isle in the East China Sea was also built by Reason Way...

Perhaps, is it possible that there is a core between Reason Way and martial arts that controls these second-rate Dao Lineage to spread their roots in all parts of the world?

In this way, although they cannot occupy Nine Lands of the World, they can still maintain their status and inheritance.

If you have the chance... look for similar clues; you might be able to gain a deeper understanding of these second-rate Dao Lineage.

As Li Qi had been thinking this, East Isle finally appeared before him, just as he had expected.

However, Great One as East Isle I had imagined.

In Li Qi's imagination, East Isle should be a giant mechanical island, just like those in science fiction novels, a large island made of metal, like a city, floating on the sea in some way.

After all, the book he was reading described the existence of East Isle, but it didn't describe what East Isle looked like.

However, he was still taken aback when East Isle appeared in front of him.

That wasn't an island, but a puppet.

A super, incomparable, extremely huge and towering puppet!

The puppet is roughly humanoid, with hands and feet, and stands on two legs.

That's right, standing, East Isle... standing on the seabed, which means that this puppet must be at least 500 miles long. He is standing on the seabed and walking on it.

However, although it is humanoid, it does not look like a human, because its head is not a human face, but some kind of... mountain?

Li Qi didn't know how to describe it. This wasn't the face that a humanoid creature should have. No... this giant statue didn't have a face at all.

It simply had a disc installed around its neck, with a city standing on the disc.

In addition, there are two discs on both shoulders.

Then, he raised both hands, each holding two discs.

Thus, the five discs, along with the countless 'metal mountain'-like structures inserted on them, constitute the entirety of 'East Isle'.

And this giant, carrying five discs, walked step by step on the seabed.

This giant was enormous, as evidenced by its body, which was hundreds of miles long. Therefore, the five discs were also extremely large, on which one could clearly see many people living, walking, and flying.

Magical Law Treasure and mounts constantly move back and forth between the various discs, as if each disc represents a different city and is responsible for a different social function.

On the giant's chest was a huge, moving deep-water harbor, with ships coming and going, all made of Law Treasure, sailing into the harbor.

There are also flying Law Treasure, but those are clearly for laymen coming to the East Sea.

Even someone like Li Qi, who had read travel guides, knew that flying Law Treasure were not practical in the East China Sea.

As the voyage progresses, the Gale Layer will become lower and lower, bringing the ship closer and closer to the sea surface.

After all, the Gale Layer has a flat, soap bubble-like structure. The closer you get to the outer edge of the world, the lower the Gale Layer becomes, and the more easily flying Law Treasure are affected. Moreover, the East Sea does not have any rising earth energy to counteract it, so using flying Law Treasure in the East Sea is a very foolish thing to do.

So, wouldn't a diving Law Treasure be even better? After all, you wouldn't have to worry about the Gale Layer underwater.

But that's not actually the case. While you don't need to worry about the Gale Layer, you do need to worry about underwater currents and sea monsters.

Therefore, boats are still the most practical.

Floating on the water, you don't have to face sea monsters all the time. You can use buoyancy to resist strong winds. Moreover, when necessary, the boat can actually dive, without even needing a special diving function.

Just sink, that's all; it's hard for cultivators to drown anyway.

Witnessing the 'East Isle 4632' before him, Li Qi suddenly had an idea.

Could it be that all of East Isle are giant puppets like this? If they were to fight, how many of them could be killed by these things?

A bit of a fan of people.

Li Qi's mind was filled with random thoughts, but Old Ma's steps did not stop. With an explosive increase in speed, he rushed towards East Isle.

Li Qi passed by many things, and it could be seen that the population density was increasing rapidly near East Isle.

Here, all mortals have been eliminated; everyone is at least a ninth-rank official.

Without the ninth rank, one is not qualified to set foot in the deep sea.

Li Qi could see people flying through the air, and people riding various modes of transportation, most of which were boats.

Some ride on water at high speed, while others ride different mounts, such as large fish, or various exotic beasts, white wolves, lions, and tigers.

There are also many horses, and many of them are like the Old Ma, Dragon Steed.

Of course, the most eye-catching one was the powerful figure that Li Qi had passed by earlier. He was riding a Flood Dragon, standing on its head, and roaring through the crowd, attracting far more attention than Li Qi.

Li Qi glanced at it once, then immediately turned his head away.

With a cultivation level of at least the fifth rank, what's so difficult about riding Flood Dragon?

However, looking at it this way...

The strength of East Isle seems to be very high. My seventh rank is actually in a precarious situation. It will probably not be so easy to gain a foothold here.

Fortunately, I wasn't here to establish myself; I was just traveling and doing some side business.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Qi finally arrived at the area within a hundred miles of East Isle.

However, just as we got within that distance, we heard a loud bang!

It wasn't an explosive sound, but a very clear human voice, the familiar Yayan of the Human Race that Li Qi knew, and it was a very energetic female voice, only the volume was really too loud.

But then he heard a voice ring out in Li Qi's ears at a tremendous volume. "Newcomer! Please come here to register your identity and complete the formalities!"

Upon hearing the words "process the formalities, "Li Qi was taken aback.

Is this place Human Path?

Didn't they say that the Way of Evolution never cares about these things?

With that in mind, he began searching for the source of the sound.

Looking around, no one reacted; it seemed that only he had heard the sound.

Fortunately, the direction of the sound was very clear. Following this direction, Li Qi saw... a giant whale.

That's really... huge.

The whale, with its back exposed, cuts across the vast ocean, dividing the coastline into two parts.

However... after being in the East China Sea for the past few days, Li Qi had gotten used to these giant beasts. Although the giant whale in front of him was dozens of miles long, it was nothing special.

But was it this giant whale that made the sound?

Thinking it over, Li Qi proactively gathered all the information from True Knowledge Dao Charm, he saw a clue.

The giant whale in front of us seems to emit a unique sound wave that can only be heard by certain people.

That's really interesting.

Moreover, the giant whale was surrounded by a large number of people, with various vehicles piled up in layers, as if they were all going to register.

In that case, let's go ask them.

Ask why something as Human Path as 'registration' would happen on East Isle.

Li Qi rode the Old Ma toward the giant whale. The giant whale seemed to sense that Li Qi was coming from the direction he was coming from, so it did not shout at Li Qi.

But she continued to emit sound waves, and people would occasionally cover their ears, their faces contorted in pain, clearly stunned by the whale's roar.

Soon, Li Qi arrived at the edge of the giant whale, only to hear it speak again, uttering the same female voice as before. "Please climb onto my body; there are people on top who are responsible for registration."

"A person?" Li Qi asked in surprise, unable to help but ask back.

What's wrong with these people? Are you kidding me? This is the East China Sea!

But the whale did not respond.

Unable to ask the giant whale any questions, Li Qi could only prepare to climb onto its back.

Old Ma leaped into the air and quickly landed on the back of the giant whale.

Li Qi looked closely and saw that there were indeed many people on it, but... they were not people in the ordinary sense.

They are indeed Human Race, and quite orthodox Human Race at that, from all over the world. However, their bodies have undergone considerable modification, with half of their flesh embedded with various parts, which are clearly miniaturized Law Treasure.

Various races conduct business in front of these half-human, half- Law Treasure 'people', and the process is quite fast; they basically just walk around in front of them and the business is done.

From this angle, Li Qi could see that they had collected the registrant's aura, stored it for registration, and then left.

I must say, they actually Human Path pretty humane approach...

However, Human Path should not engage in such extreme physical modification, since such modification would be meaningless to them. They have no means to require such modification, and it would be purely a burden.

In other words...

Reason Way?

Is it Reason Way who is managing East Isle?

I've never heard of that.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Qi told Old Ma to stand aside while he went to join the queue.

The queue was quite long, about two or three miles long, all on the giant whale, and new people were constantly joining the queue. If you didn't hurry up and join the queue, you would probably be delayed for another half Chen.

The line included many enormous beasts and other strange races, but they all used transformation magic to shrink their bodies so as not to take up too much space, and they all lined up obediently.

Li Qi was also a little excited while waiting in line.

This is the first time I've met a true, pure person who Reason Way. Perhaps we can exchange ideas and learn more about Reason Way.

After all, what you see in books is never the truth, and what you learn from books is never enough.

The queue lasted for about fifteen minutes. Although the line was very long, about two or three miles ahead, everyone was very self-disciplined and there was no cliché of cutting in line. The order was good and the efficiency was extremely high. It only took half an hour for Li Qi to get to the front of the line.

Li Qi walked forward with great interest, his True Knowledge Dao Charm fully activated, his information flow vision also opened, ready to analyze the pile of Law Treasure on the other party's body.

However, upon first contact, Li Qi's expression instantly turned serious.

A special barrier repelled the power of the True Knowledge Dao Charm!

This was the first time Li Qi had encountered something that could actually deflect the True Knowledge Dao Charm.

You know, before, you couldn't scan him at all. For example, when scanning Zhu Fengdan, True Knowledge Dao Charm he was completely transparent to her and didn't exist.

Either it can be scanned, or the information will be read slowly.

For the first time, True Knowledge Dao Charm had been 'rejected' by something.

What kind of Law Treasure does the opponent possess?