Chapter 271 - 153: "I, Zhang Damao, Discovered the New Continent.

Chapter 271: Chapter 153: "I, Zhang Damao, Discovered the New Continent.

Members of the Logistics Pavilion were already on standby.

They quickly carried Wang Mazi and his men to the altar on stretchers.

...

The altar healed them quickly.

Before long, the injuries of Wang Mazi and his men were completely healed. Their faces were still a bit pale, but that was from malnutrition and would require time to recover. The Logistics Pavilion quickly delivered twelve simple meals with soup.

The others dispersed.

Chen Fan received Wang Mazi and his men alone in the Fate Hall.

Once they had eaten and drunk their fill, he asked in a low voice,

"Did you encounter Ghost Objects?"

"A lot," Wang Mazi said, wiping the grease from the corner of his mouth. He tilted his head, thinking. "An endless amount, one after another. But these Ghost Objects were all concentrated within the Thunderstorm Sea Realm. They didn’t attack our Sea Ship. It was like they were trying to escape, yet also struggling."

"At first, I thought it was the lingering aura from that person on Nameless Mountain covering our Sea Ship that made the Ghost Objects keep their distance."

"But later I discovered that wasn’t it. Those Ghost Objects were struggling as if they were being tortured."

"As we were about to leave the Thunderstorm Sea Realm, I brought back a bit of seawater from that area. Maybe it will be useful."

"The Thunderstorm Sea Realm?"

Chen Fan frowned slightly.

"Yes."

Wang Mazi smiled. "On the seventh day after we set sail, we discovered a small island covered in Heavenly and Earthly Treasures. I didn’t recognize most of them, as they weren’t covered in the Private School curriculum, but I did recognize one called the Monkey Head Fruit. There were a lot of them there."

"There were no signs of human activity on the island."

"Just as we were preparing to return, a huge wave swept us into the Thunderstorm Sea Realm. It’s a region of the sea covered by endless black clouds, full of lightning and thunder. The clouds hung so low, I felt like if I were just a bit taller, I could have reached up and touched them."

"The winds and waves in that sea were tremendous."

"And it was filled with endless Ghost Objects."

"There were so, so, so many of them..."

"And the auras radiating from many of the Ghost Objects made my heart pound. They clearly weren’t Low Level."

"The brothers we lost died in that Sea Realm."

Wang Mazi’s voice dropped. He paused for a moment before continuing his report.

"After we passed through that Sea Realm..."

"We came across dozens of dead, silent small islands. On them..."

...

「A stick of incense later.」

Wang Mazi finished his report.

...

Chen Fan stood there in silence for a long time, not saying a word. He had never expected Wang Mazi to not only complete the "New Continent" mission but to exceed it so spectacularly. He had actually discovered a new continent. This was far beyond anything Chen Fan had anticipated.

A second continent, other than the Eternal Night Continent, truly existed.

And that continent...

Had already been annihilated by a Ghost Tide.

It could be confirmed that not a single human had survived.

The war between Ghost Objects and humans...

Was a war for racial survival.

There was no surrender, only a fight to the death. There were no peace talks, only "kill or be killed." A massive amount of Ghost Stones were scattered across that continent. If they could make landfall, it would be an immense fortune.

It wasn’t just enough for him to build the Jiangbei Defense Line.

It was enough to build the Jiangbei Defense Line in its most perfect form. It would not only stop the Ghost Tide from landing from the seabed in four years, but even if the front lines of the Eternal Night Continent were to fall, the Jiangbei Defense Line would become the continent’s final bastion.

This place would be the final heart of the Eternal Night Continent.

The last hope.

’If...’

’If I fail to build the Jiangbei Defense Line, and the Eternal Night Continent’s front lines don’t hold, then the Eternal Night Continent will become another New Continent. Perhaps many years from now, people from some other land will set foot on the Eternal Night Continent and, just like Wang Mazi, witness a land covered in corpses and bleached bones.’

Chen Fan took the Ghost Map that Wang Mazi handed him.

The Ghost Map in his hand was blurry.

Unreadable.

But when sailing on the Dead Sea, several clearly marked points would become visible. These were the spots Wang Mazi had marked, representing Hope Island, the Thunderstorm Sea Realm, and the New Continent.

After a long while, Chen Fan finally stood up, looked at the group, and said softly,

"Thank you, everyone, for your service to the Mortal Realm."

"The information you’ve brought back is invaluable. It’s been a long journey, so rest for today. Tomorrow, the Mortal Realm will hold a celebratory feast in your honor."

"Tonight..."

"We will hold a send-off for the brothers who fell."

Chen Fan walked out of the stone chamber and looked to Lame Monkey, who was standing guard outside. "Postpone tomorrow’s Mortal Realm Communication," he ordered. "The Mortal Realm will celebrate the return of the Commerce Pavilion internally. Tonight, we send off our fallen brothers."

"Understood."

...

"Ahem."

After finishing his report to Chen Fan, Wang Mazi, with his eleven men behind him, strode toward the nearby Logistics Pavilion. He kicked open the door of the Life Workshop and swept his gaze left and right before looking quizzically at the people inside.

"Where is your Pavilion Master Qiu?"

"Pavilion Master Qiu is in Xiyang City," a Logistics Pavilion member inside the Life Workshop hastily replied. "The Domain Lord built a Life Workshop headquarters there. Most of the Logistics Pavilion members are there."

"Xiyang City?"

Wang Mazi scratched the back of his head. ’Has the Mortal Realm changed this much in just over a month? High-speed Rail, Xiyang City... The whole place feels a bit unfamiliar.’ "Right," he said, "where’s your person in charge of the archives?"

"Get one of them over here."

"I need to amend the archives."

"Quickly."

Soon, a Logistics Pavilion member in charge of the archives hurried over.

"I want to revise our ’moments of glory’ in the archives."

After a brief discussion with his men, Wang Mazi declared decisively,

"Make it: ’Wang Mazi, Master of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

Behind him, Zhang Damao grinned.

"I want to change mine, too."

"Make mine: ’Zhang Damao, Level 1 Member of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

"Me too. ’Qi Tianpeng, Level 1 Member of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

"’Zhang Suo, Level 1 Member of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

"’Wang Tianfang, Level 1 Member of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

"’Li Hu, Level 1 Member of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discovers the New Continent’."

"And—"

Wang Mazi exchanged a look with the others.

"’Huo Lin, Feng Yi, Yan Zhi, He Tuo... Level 1 Members of the Mortal Realm Commerce Pavilion, discover the New Continent’."

"They have perished."

"I hope this moment of glory can be added to their records as well."

"This is our shared glory."