Pillar of Yita

Under Miss Tata’s control, the sails have been completely retracted, and the entire ship is propelled almost solely by the side wings and tail wings.

At four in the afternoon, everyone gradually woke up.

The Seven Seas Traveler was entering the lower layer of the Wind Elemental Layer, and the ship’s rocking reached its limit, with each plank groaning as if ready to fall apart the next moment. However, thankfully, when the Seven Seas Traveler was constructed, the Grand Princess poured a significant amount of resources into it, capturing the dedication of several Artisan Masters, displaying extraordinary resilience at this critical moment.

Tata reported that the ship’s condition was not bad, having barely been affected by the storm.

Everyone entered a state of tension, each person checking outside every few minutes. Gita kept her eyes fixed on the Detection Crystal, biting her lips to the point of losing color.

Miss Ship’s Officer locked herself in a room with a pile of charts and documents, only emerging occasionally to have Tianlan bring a stack of calculation data to verify with the Scholar Miss downstairs.

Tianlan ran back and forth countless times without a single word of complaint.

By eight in the evening, the Seven Seas Traveler had fully entered the lower layer of the Wind Elemental Layer.

The boundary between here and the Abyssal Sea was no longer clear, and they had to find the possible passage before descending further to the Calm Wind Zone.

Hilveld instructed Miss Fairy to maintain the ship’s course southward, the direction where a Sky Island had historically appeared.

At two in the early morning, Miss Atira lit a fire to cook for the third time. Although not interested in dining, everyone ate a little to maintain their physical needs and keep working.

At seven, Miss Tata reported that the Wind Element below had begun to thin. Although thin is relative, compared to Sky Sea, the Wind Element here was still abundant, but this was the first time they detected a reduction in Wind Element since descending into the Wind Elemental Layer.

This indicated they were close to the Calm Wind Zone.

At ten in the morning, the ship successfully docked into the channel of the Abyssal Sea. Tianlan wiped her sweat and sat down on the stairs; she faintly heard cheers outside, and after nearly twenty hours of tension, it was finally time to relax.

Beneath the Abyssal Sea was a vast expanse, slightly illuminated compared to the Wind Elemental Layer, with Sky Sea backgrounds immersed in a kind of indistinct silence, huge and profound. Some glowing creatures swam in the distance, the wind had stopped, and the Wind Element indicators were around sixty-five percent of above Sky Sea, all evidence pointing to them being beneath the Elemental Layer.

Success.

Miss Ship’s Officer gently put down the charts in her hand, turned around, and gave Fang Hong a slight smile.

An excited Fang Hong embraced her and gave her a heavy kiss, Hilveld’s soft waist pressing against the desk, her gaze filled with tenderness.

Once the two came to their senses, they realized everyone had been watching from the doorway. Elisa covered Ai Xiaoxiao’s eyes, the latter weakly protesting that she was the same age as Gita.

So, Miss Nightingale pulled over the blushing Gita with her other hand.

Bakins looked at Fang Hong meaningfully, sharing a mysterious smile that all men would understand.

Hilveld, on the other hand, smiled calmly, composed and gracious. Fang Hong wished he could find a crack to slip into.

He gave everyone half a day off, as the Seven Seas Traveler also needed time for maintenance. Except for those on duty, everyone soon fell into dreams; this night had been too exhausting.

After finishing in the Magic Guided Pilot Cabin, Fang Hong returned to his room, only to find Hilveld asleep by the desk. He took off his coat and draped it over the shoulders of the Noble Lady.

He dimmed the Wind Lantern’s light a bit, listening to the low wailing coming from above the Wind Elemental Layer, with the Abyssal Sea below seemingly responding with a rumbling sound like the pulse of the ocean. This was not truly the Abyssal Sea but could be considered a part of its shallow past. The commonly referred to Abyssal Sea was hundreds of kilometers down from here, a world unknown to mankind, the Abyss, and also Hell.

Fang Hong sat back on his bed writing in his journal for a while, then checked his community and messages. After a while, a cheeky little cute appeared, jumping and playing with her tail on the sheets.

Seeing her about to breathe fire on her tail, Fang Hong quickly pressed the little girl down with a finger, preventing her from burning the bed. It seemed that after absorbing some of Dika’s Strength, Fang Nini hadn’t changed, except for becoming more energetic and no longer falling asleep at every opportunity like before.

Looking at the little one babbling and calling him Papa, Fang Hong thought to himself, had his little daughter absorbed the powers of several Dark Saints already? Could she be the legendary God Devourer?

Thinking of these unrelated things, he checked previous messages, as communications had been cut off after entering the Wind Elemental Layer. However, the interruption was one-sided, and he could now see messages others had sent him.

What he saw gave him a shock; in just a day, he had received over a hundred messages. It was almost as many as the total he received in the past six months.

Looking through them one by one, there were inquiries about their situation from someone named X. The ID indeed was just X. There was also Shana asking if he had received the deposit.

There was also a message from Red Leaf, since parting with Dolifen, it had been almost half a year without meeting anyone from the Oak Knights. The other party normally contacted him once a month.