"So this is -" Daniel shouted excitedly as soon as he stepped into the portal: "Dragon! Of! Big! Continent!"
Even a heartless guy like him will still feel excited the moment he first sets foot on the Dragon Continent. It is a brand new unknown continent, a romance only for adventurers.
However.
"Forehead?"
There seemed to be something wrong. In front of Daniel was a strange place like a sinkhole. Sunlight was shining on the top of the sinkhole, and there seemed to be a huge glass dome above it, connected to a circle of crystals growing around the sinkhole.
, turning the entire tiankeng into a natural greenhouse. There is a sparse pine forest in the tiankeng. The soil near the trees does not match the surrounding sand very well. It is likely that they were planted recently.
"What are you excited about? We haven't arrived yet, this is just a place like a transit station." Bedivere then passed through the portal and said behind Daniel.
"Oh. Of course." Daniel replied with a blushing face, feeling so embarrassed. He turned to look at the portal behind him. The device was firmly mounted on the hard rock by a tripod, and there was auxiliary power around it.
solar panels, and a long cable extending to a facility in the distance.
The teleportation gate on the Dawn is naturally activated using the ship's power supply. The teleportation gate at the "Transfer Station" seems to need solar energy to provide enough power to activate.
"Isn't this terrible?" Daniel said to himself.
"Why?"
"This means that the teleportation gate cannot be used at night. During the exploration, I still hope to be able to travel back and forth between the Dragon Continent and Great Britain. If the teleportation is limited by sunlight——"
"You don't have to worry about this." Bedivere blinked: "You can use the teleportation spell, right? You can teleport directly back to Great Britain from this transfer station. This is not the Dragon Continent after all. When you want to use teleportation, just go to the transfer station.
The staff at the station will tell you that they will temporarily shut down the protective barrier of the transfer station for a few seconds to allow you to teleport out. However, you still need to use the Dawn's teleportation gate when you come back."
"Fair enough." Daniel nodded.
At this time, a transfer station staff member came over and said, "Boss, you didn't blindfold this person..."
"It's okay. He won't tell your secrets. I have already put a command spell on him." Captain Bedivere said, "And don't call me boss, Slinde."
Daniel took the opportunity to take a look at the man. The young human man was wearing a camouflage uniform with gray stone texture. He seemed to be a staff member of this transit station. However, his attitude was too casual and his steps were unsteady. He should not be a soldier or knight.
, just a civilian. Maybe a technician. Judging from his skin and hair color, he should be white, a little tanned, and there is a slight Egyptian accent in his words (even if he tried hard to hide it). He is probably from Egypt, or at least has lived in Egypt for a long time.
A man from the area. The man exchanged greetings with Captain Bedivere and hurried away. As he left, he did not forget to look at Daniel warily.
"So this is still in Egypt...no, in Africa?" Daniel guessed.
"Shh. Don't pry." Bedivere covered Daniel's mouth: "The less you know about the things here, the better. Human lives are at stake."
"Okay." Seeing how serious the other party was, Daniel didn't go any further.
The two of them quickened their pace to catch up with the large army in front and walked towards the strangely constructed building.
"You know, it's useless for you to walk so fast. Without my physical certification, you can't enter the dock at all." Bediwell said with a smile.
"Hahaha, then go faster, Captain Bedivere." Li Daoyuan, an Oriental, chuckled.
Because they started chatting, Daniel, who was alone at the back, looked around boredly. When passing through this transfer station, most members of the exploration team were wearing eye patches, but the eye patches did not seem to completely block the light, because
People can still walk normally. It is likely to be some kind of holographic image development device, which allows people to roughly see the road ahead, but blocks a lot of information here that cannot be known to outsiders. However, this transfer station seems to be nothing special.
There are important things to see, but I don't know why people here are so mysterious.
After they entered the building, they entered a certain basement under the leadership of Captain Bediwell, and then another door soon opened in the basement, with a longer corridor connecting deeper underground. Daniel followed the others,
Go through what looks like a water film and head into the corridor.
It was a corridor made of unknown metal. There were some mysterious fine lines on the walls, floor, and ceiling. The atmosphere here was somewhat similar to the interior of the Dawn, but it was subtly different. Maybe it was just because of the lighting. Super
The long corridor, which is wide enough for even a large chariot to drive through, clearly does not have any lighting devices, but the surroundings are very bright. There seems to be some kind of faint light seeping out from every part of the corridor. It is almost undetectable, but it is indeed
The ground illuminates the entire space.
Something suddenly passed behind Daniel, startling him. When he caught the figure of the thing, he realized that it was a handsome big red eagle wearing golden armor. The big eagle landed quickly, and even more
To be precise, it fell on Captain Bedivere's shoulders.
"You are so elusive." The werewolf young man complained: "What do you want to do this time?"
He was talking to animals. And his tone was not friendly at all. When Daniel saw the red hawk landing on Bedivere's shoulder, he almost thought it was the pet of the werewolf youth. But judging from Captain Bedivere's attitude, things were not the same.
It's not that simple.
The red eagle ignored Captain Bedivere's complaints (can animals really understand human words?) and still stood on the shoulders of the werewolf youth. The werewolf youth did not drive away the heavy and rude eagle and allowed it to do whatever it wanted.
What a strange combination.
Anyway, the group of them arrived at a new destination. A...shipyard?
This is obviously not the Dragon Continent. Daniel is a little confused as to why there are so many transfer stations.
This dock is also a magical place. There are many wonderful buildings around it, but there is no human habitation. The entire dock seems to be an isolated and uninhabited area. There are several pedestals for berthing warships in the distance (from the structure
It looked like it was a dock wall), and the gray area under the dock wall didn't look like water. At least Daniel didn't see the reflection from the water.
What a strange place, with a strange structure. It looks like a dock at first glance, but there is no independent dock room, and there are no ships moored here. This is obviously not modern technology, and is probably a super technology left by ancient people.
, and the ideas of ancient people are too different from those of modern people, and the "shipyards" they built may be very different from those of modern people in terms of structure and purpose.
There is such an even more mysterious ancient shipyard hidden under that mysterious transfer station. No wonder all of this has been classified as confidential.
"Chirp~?" It seemed that he sensed a visitor, and something excitedly emerged from the gray "water" of the dock. They were some strange creatures.
Are they fish? Carp? Loach? There are hundreds of these little things. They emerge from the water and soar into the air. They can actually swim in the air.
Balloon fish? Hundreds of gray fish of different sizes are playing there, and the scene is quite spectacular.
"Hey, you guy!" Captain Bedivere poked a big gray fish that was almost close to his face: "Don't make trouble, I don't have time to play with you now."
(So this is a pet kept at the dock...)
A drop of sweat broke out on Daniel's forehead. There are really all kinds of weird things here.
"Don't be nervous, everyone. These little guys are completely harmless. They are just a little excited because they haven't seen anyone coming for a long time." Bedivere said to the members of the exploration team: "Don't worry about them, just keep moving."
"But there is a fish biting your tail..."
"What?" The werewolf youth jumped up: "Damn it! Bad fish! Get away! Get away!"
His funny actions of driving away the balloon fish made everyone laugh.
"We are finally here." Under the leadership of Captain Bediwell, everyone passed through the side of the dock and finally passed through a certain portal.
After everyone passed through the door, they all took off their blindfolds, while Daniel squinted his eyes, feeling sore from the light on the other side of the door.
This is the Dragon Continent.
After getting used to the sunlight, Daniel looked up at the sky. The group was on the top of a snowy mountain and had a good view. From the height of the sun, it could be roughly inferred that it was noon, probably around two o'clock.
The wall of the world cannot be seen. Looking into the distance from here, the high wall that cuts the earth in half cannot be seen at either end of the horizon.
"Where is the wall of the world?" Daniel couldn't help but asked curiously.
"You can't see it from here." Easterner Li Daoyuan replied: "On the European side, the wall of the world starts at 40 degrees east longitude, isolating the east and west. And the Dragon Continent is on the other side of the earth.
On the one hand, if the predicted data is correct, the other side of the world wall should be at 140 degrees west longitude, which just cuts the earth into two equal halves.
And 140 degrees west longitude is on the westernmost side of Dragon Continent. About two-thirds of Dragon Continent will not be affected by the World Wall. This exit should be in the east of Dragon Continent. From this distance, you can even see
Can’t see the wall of the world."
"So, can you determine the exact location of this place?" Captain Bedivere asked.
"It's a bit difficult to measure visually." Li Daoyuan directed the group of scientific workers: "Hurry up and set up the rangefinder. The initial geological survey is about to begin."
The scientific researchers of the exploration team began to take action, placing the moved instruments on the ground of the snow-capped mountains, and erecting one device after another of unknown purpose.
"There is no doubt that we are in the eastern part of the Dragon Continent." The River Crab man raised the sundial to measure the height of the sun, and at the same time looked at his watch, probably comparing the time in Egypt with the time here, and using the time difference to calculate the time zone: "
To be precise, it should be on the east coast of the Dragon Continent. Have you seen that special-shaped coastline? That should be Boston. So, the place we are standing on is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Interesting
, very interesting."
The Oriental was particularly excited when talking about geology-related things, and his eyes sparkled - although Daniel was not sure whether the two large black lenses on Li Daoyuan's strange armor counted as eyes.
"The east coast is the safest area in the Dragon Continent. There are relatively few monsters here. This is a good start. It seems we are very lucky, Captain Bedivere." The mysterious silver-faced man came over and said.
"But the next thing is the biggest problem." The Easterner kicked away the surrounding snow and spread out a map on a protruding rock in the snow: "Our destination is here, the Brazilian Plateau in South America." (Unfinished)