Next came a brief introduction to the basics of Blue Star: the seven continents and four oceans, the more than 200 countries around the world, and the fact that the moon was their satellite.
Bibi Dong looked utterly dumbfounded by the explanations, making her look adorable.
When the video ended, Tang Fan waved his hand in front of Bibi Dong's face. "Hey, snap out of it."
Bibi Dong's eyes focused again, but her face was still full of astonishment.
"Was all of that true? Are we really standing on a giant ball right now? Then the Douluo Continent..."
"That's right, it's just as you're thinking. The Douluo Continent is on a planet too. We call it Douluo Star.
"The Douluo Continent is only one continent on Douluo Star, just like the seven continents on Blue Star."
Over on the Douluo Continent, this earthshaking knowledge also left many people dumbfounded.
"No way. Are we really standing on a ball? Why don't the people on the bottom fall off?"
"Exactly! It must be nonsense. Everything that sky screen says is false, all lies..."
Plenty of people wanted to discredit the sky screen. After all, it had very clearly touched their interests.
At Spirit Hall, the future Ling Yuan Douluo had yet to reach level 90. She had some doubts about the sky screen, so she decided to see for herself.
"I don't believe the ground beneath our feet is a ball. Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Ling Yuan flew upward as fast as she could, going higher and higher.
But after passing through the clouds and reaching an altitude of 6,000 meters, she could barely endure it.
Spirit City on the ground had become very small, but all she could see was a stretch of land.
Ling Yuan persisted and continued flying upward. At 10,000 meters, she could go no higher.
Looking now, she could indeed make out the faintest hint of a curve.
But there was nothing she could do. She couldn't fly any higher, so she could only return.
Just then, she saw another figure fly past her toward an even greater height. That person was naturally Qian Daoliu.
As a level 99 Peerless Douluo, Qian Daoliu naturally had no trouble at 10,000 meters. He had simply never thought of flying so high before.
Qian Daoliu continued climbing. At 15,000 meters, then 20,000 meters, the planet's curvature gradually became apparent.
Qian Daoliu stopped. He could still fly a little higher, but there was no need. The slight curve at the edge of his vision had already proven that everything Tang Fan said was true.
The Douluo Continent was just one small continent on a planet called Douluo Star.
If he had known the phrase "a frog at the bottom of a well," he surely would have thought to apply it to himself at that moment.
As soon as Ling Yuan flew back down, she saw Qian Xunji.
"Your Holiness!"
"Tell me, what did you see?"
"This subordinate was incompetent. I couldn't fly any higher after reaching a certain altitude, but I did see a very slight curve. I just don't know if it was an illusion."
"So, do you think what the sky screen said was true or false?"
"This subordinate wouldn't dare make a reckless guess."
"Speak boldly. No one will blame you."
"Then I'll speak boldly. This subordinate believes what the sky screen said was true."
Meanwhile, Bibi Dong continued questioning Tang Fan. "You mean there are other continents on Douluo Star besides the Douluo Continent?"
"Yeah. If I remember correctly, by the time of Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, there were four continents on Douluo Star in total."
"Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King? What does that mean?"
"Douluo Dalu is a series of books. The first one tells the story of your era, and the second takes place ten thousand years later. By then, the Sun Moon Continent had appeared in the books. It collided with the Douluo Continent and merged with it.
"Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King takes place twenty thousand years later. The descendants of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire were driven out of the original Douluo Continent. In the end, each found a continent overseas and established a new nation.
"So, in your era, there are four continents on Douluo Star in total."
"Then are there lots of people on the other continents too? Are there Soul Masters and Soul Beasts?"
"The Sun Moon Continent definitely has them. The books describe a war between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent. I don't know about the other two continents. The books didn't describe what they were originally like.
"All right, don't think about it too much. Now that we've rested, let's continue the tour. Next, we're going to see the navy. Our country's navy has developed rapidly over the past few years. People jokingly call it 'dropping dumplings into a pot.'"
"Dumplings?"
"They're a kind of food. I'll take you to eat some tonight."
"Okay!"
On Sea God Island in the Douluo Continent, Bo Saixi summoned Xiao Bai.
"High Priestess!"
"Xiao Bai, do you know about the other continents mentioned on the sky screen?"
Xiao Bai shook her head.
"No. We Demon Soul Great White Sharks don't migrate very far. After Lord Sea God became a god, we've only traveled around Sea God Island.
"If those continents really do exist, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King might know about them."
"The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?"
Bo Saixi shook her head. She had no desire to seek out that great whale. Though she was known as invincible at sea, she really couldn't do anything to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
She looked up at the sky screen again and heard Tang Fan mention the navy.
"A navy? An army at sea? Heh..."
A look of disdain appeared on Bo Saixi's face. She was confident that the enormous waves she could raise at sea were enough to capsize any ship.
At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu had just descended from high above. He had also heard about the other continents, but Spirit Hall couldn't even get the Douluo Continent under control yet, so he didn't give the others any thought.
He even felt a little tired. He considered himself someone at the pinnacle of human Soul Masters. Aside from being unable to become a god, he had believed he at least knew most of what there was to know about the Douluo Continent.
But now reality had told him that he was merely a frog at the bottom of a well, gazing up at the sky. This had undoubtedly dealt him quite a blow.
"Father..."
Qian Xunji called out, bringing Qian Daoliu back to his senses. He also noticed Ling Yuan.
"Greetings, Great Enshrined!"
Ling Yuan hurriedly bowed to Qian Daoliu, who nodded.
"Mm. Ji'er, make sure Xue'er is born soon. Do you understand?"
Qian Xunji didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even he, the Pope, was being pressed to marry. Still, Ling Yuan was someone he could consider.
Meanwhile, Tang Fan brought Bibi Dong to a model of an aircraft carrier.
"This is the pride of the navy, and a mighty weapon for defending our maritime borders and displaying our nation's might: an aircraft carrier."
"A ship that's only this big?"
"Heh, this is just a model. It's more than thirty times smaller than the real thing."
"Huh? It's still this big after being shrunk more than thirty times? Then how big must the real aircraft carrier be?"
"The information here says it's over 300 meters long. Judging by your height of over 1.7 meters, it would take almost 200 of you laid head to toe to reach that length."
"What kind of comparison is that? But over 300 meters really is huge."
"Not only that, the ships on the Douluo Continent in your era are still wooden sailing ships. Modern warships are all made of steel, and special steel at that.
"Can you guess how much an aircraft carrier like this weighs?"
"How much? Um... a million jin?"
"A million jin? Hahahaha... That's not even a fraction of an aircraft carrier's weight."