Chapter 954: Chapter 31: Reaching the World’s End
“Don’t seek a cave mansion in the vast sea, just look at the mountain and it will be… just look at the mountain and it will be…”
Xiao Jie murmured to himself as he looked at the immense stele before him, his brows tightly knit.
He had been pondering for more than half an hour, yet still had no clue regarding the riddle.
Could it be that he doesn’t need to go to Gu Yun State himself, but rather let Gu Yun State come to him?
He glanced at the distant void of the fragmented island and thought to himself, how is that possible…
Xiao Jie’s gaze shifted to the other side of the stele, pondering that perhaps he could ask that old guy.
After all, the other party could be considered his predecessor, this person had endured bitterly under the stele until death, surely he had interpreted the riddle on the stele while alive, there must have been some thoughts, though he likely hadn’t comprehended the answer, he probably could provide some information.
Even if it’s just to rule out some wrong answers, it’s worthwhile.
Thinking of this, Xiao Jie circled around the stele, coming before the ice corpse.
No one knows how many years this ice corpse has been dead, but due to the climate, it was preserved remarkably well; aside from the frost covering its body surface, its skin was cyan-black, and its eyes hollow and lifeless, it was almost no different from a living person.
Using the Corpse Language Skill to converse with the deceased only allows for three questions, there is only one corpse, and only one chance, Xiao Jie carefully pondered the questions he needed to ask to ensure he could obtain the information he wanted. After a long while, he was finally ready.
Corpse Language Skill — Activate!
Suddenly, the screen in front of him dimmed, the surrounding imagery as if shrouded in a layer of grey mist, even the sounds around him became blurred.
Only the corpse before him became incredibly clear, even slowly lifting its head.
The stiff face revealed a very human-like expression of confusion, and its mouth began to emit a hoa—hoa sound.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Jie asked his first question.
“First question: What is your insight on the riddle on the stele?” Xiao Jie deliberately asked quite generally to garner more information.
The corpse responded in a strange, low voice: “Riddle… hard to decipher… but I am… very smart, I found… the answer, let the mountain… move… the mountain beneath our feet.”
What! Xiao Jie was startled. He had originally thought this old guy must not have found the answer and died here, never imagining that he actually solved the riddle. But if he solved the riddle, why did he still die here?
And what do these words mean, make the mountain beneath our feet move, can this thing move?
After contemplating for a moment, Xiao Jie asked the second question.
“Second question: How can you make this mountain move?”
Once more, the corpse answered: “Mountain is not a mountain… it’s a turtle… awaken the giant turtle… the mountain will move.”
Xiao Jie’s heart gleamed instantly, the mountain is a giant turtle? My gosh, such a thing exists.
A name suddenly surfaced in his mind, Shen Zhen Zi?
Shen Zhen Zi, known from World of Warcraft: Pandaria Mysteries, is an enormous sea turtle with an exceptionally large body, able to bear an entire island on its back.
In fact, giant turtles carrying islands around seem not uncommon in ancient mythologies, but being a professional game player, Xiao Jie first thought of this example from the game. Original content can be found at novel·fire·net
Upon hearing the corpse’s words, Xiao Jie immediately associated it with Shen Zhen Zi.
This island beneath is actually a giant sea turtle?
That’s truly strange.
But since he knows how to do it, why didn’t he awaken it? Is there some problem here that needs solving?
Thinking of this, Xiao Jie asked the third question.
“Third question: Why were you unable to successfully awaken the giant turtle?”
“Immortal… seal… can’t… break.”
After the corpse finished speaking, it suddenly fell down silently; the surrounding light promptly returned to normal, and the corpse remained leaning against the stele as if it had never moved.
Xiao Jie no longer paid attention to the corpse, as the Corpse Language Skill can only be used once per corpse.
Moreover, he had already obtained the information he needed, even surpassing expectations.
Immortal seal… awaken giant turtle… haha, his luck is truly good, he found the answer from just one corpse.
Exactly, if this island is indeed a giant turtle, as long as he awakens the turtle and lets it swim forward, he would naturally pass through the air wall.
The phrase ‘just look at the mountain and it will be’ turns out to mean just this.
Previously, when Xiao Jie threw a hidden weapon at the air wall, he discovered it: the air wall is intended to block players but cannot obstruct object movement. So if the turtle swims forward, and he stands at a position that can’t be pushed away, he should be able to be wedged into the air wall.
Commonly known as clipping.
In the past, when playing World of Warcraft, Xiao Jie often used this technique—utilizing some special tricks to clip into terrain or clip into air walls—to explore some undeveloped game regions.
He didn’t expect that in this game, such a technique could still be applied.
Acting immediately, Xiao Jie first wandered around the island for a while and found several corners where he could clip the terrain.
Then Xiao Jie came to the edge of the island, took a deep breath, and dove into the sea, diving further down below.
The entire island’s portion above the water is rock, and the rocky mountain body extends continuously downwards into the depths of the ocean. After swimming several meters down, he finally reached a cliff-like edge.