141: Chapter 141 Water Zone

Accompanied by the transmission of a familiar light screen, Chen Yi's group finally arrived at the Water Region.

When their vision cleared, the sight before them left everyone dumbfounded!

A vast, boundless ocean stretched out before them, its end nowhere in sight.

The area they were in was a small island, like a drop in the ocean.

Although the map had mentioned that the Water Region was an ocean, such a magnificent sight still exceeded everyone's expectations.

Gazing as far as the eye could see, countless archipelagos dotted the vast ocean like stars, an incredibly spectacular sight!

However, puzzlingly, Rajiv's Tianzhu Beast Tamer Squad was nowhere to be seen.

Had they been teleported to a different area?

"Thump—"

Just then, Lin Mengxue attempted to spread her wings and fly high, only to suddenly crash headfirst into an invisible wall, letting out a dull thud.

"Ow, ow, ow! What's going on?"

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I just wasn't paying attention and accidentally bumped into it. It hurts a bit..."

"It's good that you're okay! Don't make any sudden moves for now; let me see what's going on..."

Chen Yi took out the map and checked the situation of the Water Region.

The records concerning the Water Region on the map were quite detailed.

The place where Lin Mengxue had just bumped her head was precisely the most critical special mechanism within the Water Region—the Water Barrier.

Every island was covered by a layer of Water Barrier of varying strength; only by successfully shattering the Water Barrier could one land on an island to explore.

Furthermore, every three days, the Water Barrier on the island would regenerate.

If one remained on the island during this time, they would have to shatter the barrier again.

What was even more troublesome was that shattering the barrier from the inside was much more difficult than from the outside.

Therefore, the wisest course of action was to change islands approximately every two and a half days to avoid being trapped inside and eventually starving to death.

Additionally, the rising and falling of the tide was also one of the main core mechanisms of the Water Region.

When night fell in the Five Elements Secret Realm, the seawater would gradually rise, submerging some low-lying islands;

and when morning came and the tide gradually receded, paths connecting the islands would be revealed, serving as safe passages specifically laid out for explorers in the Water Region;

at this time, Aquatic Magic Beasts also seemed to follow a certain pattern and would not easily attack.

However, outside of the period from morning to noon, one had to rely on transportation like Folding Boats to cross to other islands, which undoubtedly increased the risk of encountering attacks from Aquatic Magic Beasts.

Thus, for Beast Tamer squads with the powerful ability to shatter barriers, sufficient resources, and no concern for time consumption, the Water Region was practically like a vacation resort, with almost no significant danger.

For this reason, the number of Beast Tamer squads gathered here for treasure hunting might be far greater than in the other four regions!

"So it's the Water Barrier?"

Having transformed into her human form, Lin Mengxue clutched her head and muttered with a look of grievance, "It's really too hard. It might as well be called a Diamond Barrier..."

"It can't be helped, since we were teleported directly onto an island..."

Chen Yi gently stroked Lin Mengxue's reddened head and consoled her, "But this is still much better than falling into the sea!"

Lin Mengxue pursed her lips and grumbled, "Mmm—if I'd known, I should have checked the map of the Water Region before coming over..."

At this point, Luo Shiyin chimed in, "I just took a look; it seems that to shatter this Water Barrier from the inside, we might need to unleash power equivalent to our battle with the Phoenix Puppet."

Hearing this, Chen Yi only gave a faint smile and scooped up Su Taotao, who looked like she was about to die of hunger.

"The Water Barrier, no matter how it changes, it's ultimately composed of spiritual power, right? Isn't that exactly what my Tao Tao loves to eat most? Why make it so complicated!"

"Yeah! This little barrier, I feel like I could eat it in one bite. Why make it so complicated!"

Su Taotao waved her small hands excitedly, seemingly unable to wait to taste this barrier delicacy.

Hearing this, Luo Shiyin's lip twitched; she had almost forgotten about that!

That's right!

To Su Taotao, these barriers were simply food, so what was there to fear?

Chen Yi nodded and suggested, "It's night now, which is high tide. With this barrier here, the seawater from outside can't rush in. How about we explore this island first?"

"Of course! But before that, let's rest for a bit. I'm exhausted!"

"Yeah, let's rest first..."

Before Chen Yi could finish his sentence, he saw the four girls approaching him.

Their cheeks were all flushed slightly red as they each took hold of one of his arms.

Their intention was obviously self-evident!

Looking at this, it seemed that everyone except Chen Yi and Kidney Brother would be able to get a good rest...

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Time quickly passed to the next day.

The island was very peaceful, with no magic beasts appearing and no other traps.

Therefore, The girls decided to let Hua Yuetong and Hua Xingtong stay at the camp to look after the still-sleeping Chen Yi, while they explored the island for resources on their own.

The good news was that this island didn't seem to have been scavenged by others, so resources were very abundant;

however, the bad news was that most of these resources were ordinary goods, the kind that cost only a few dozen yuan per catty, with nothing particularly good.

The only thing worth noting was that in a cave, they discovered a pile of human and spiritual beast skeletons.

These skeletons looked quite old, having been dead for at least a few years.

Judging from the situation at the scene, they had most likely come here for some reason and, unable to shatter the barrier, were eventually trapped here and starved to death.

As for being afraid or anything, that was naturally impossible!

These skeletons were just a pile of immobile bones, far less terrifying than the Cursed Evil Corpses they had encountered before.

Around the skeletons were scattered some ore-type heaven and earth spiritual treasures, presumably collected while they were alive.

However, to ensure it wasn't a trap, they still needed Chen Yi to help check it out.

Besides that, there was another concern: Rajiv and his group hadn't gone ahead to explore either.

No trace of them was found on the entire island.

It seemed they must have been teleported to another island.

"Skeletons? I'll go take a look!"

Chen Yi, who had just woken up, heard about this.

The Treasure Seeking Eye didn't detect any traps.

But for the sake of caution, it was more appropriate to go check it out personally.

After a series of routines—showering, brushing teeth, eating—he finally arrived at the cave where the skeletons were discovered.

He thought they would just be ordinary Beast Tamer and spiritual beast skeletons, with nothing special or worth seeing.

That was until he saw the System Interface of these skeletons—or more accurately, a specific bone within the pile.

Chen Yi was completely stunned!