I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 819 - 819 818. Cost

Chapter 819: 818. Cost Chapter 819: 818. Cost Ah Xiang swallowed, he knew that if he recklessly inquired about the scene he had just witnessed, he might be silenced by Shia.

But Ah Xiang was still curious, so he asked.

“Is there something wrong with your body?”

As soon as he asked, he regretted it because it was certainly not a matter of being unproblematic; it was as foolish as asking a dying person how much longer they could live.

“I’m sorry, what I mean is…”

Ah Xiang wanted to explain, but Shia just pursed her lips and smiled, then she directly took off her own gauntlet.

Beneath the silver-white Armor, it was not the delicate and fair hand of a young girl, but a lump of flesh about to rot.

The flesh trembled slightly with the beating of the heart, with soft tentacles crawling over it, Shia opened her five fingers, and the bones twisted in a strange way, more like the body of some monster than that of a human.

Inside that arm, it seemed as if some pure Fire was burning, making the skin appear transparent, and the entire palm displayed dazzling colors.

Such traces extended to the upper arm and finally disappeared into the Armor.

Ah Xiang did not know how much of Shia’s body was still like that of a common person, but the current situation clearly could not be considered “normal.”

Just looking at that appearance made Ah Xiang’s scalp tingle, and hallucinations appeared in his vision, causing him to experience a dizziness he hadn’t felt in many years.

Seeing this, Shia put on the gauntlet again and patted Ah Xiang on the shoulder.

“Snap out of it.”

She said, which calmed Ah Xiang down a bit.

“Is this a wound?”

Ah Xiang hesitated for a moment and finally asked.

“This is a price,”

Shia answered.

“In this world, the more you know, the more unfortunate you become.”

“The more you know, the more unfortunate you become?”

Ah Xiang adjusted his glasses, looking very confused.

“The more you witness, the more your rationality will be challenged, and in many cases, you will lose your humanity. Do not seek knowledge beyond your limits, or you will welcome an end worse than death,”

Shia gazed at the calm sea and spoke.

“You have curiosity, which is good, but excessive curiosity can also lead you into danger.”

Perhaps because Ah Xiang’s demeanor was too similar to a Mage Shia once knew, she couldn’t help but say a few more words.

“But this is the inevitable risk that comes with the pursuit of knowledge.”

Ah Xiang was somewhat relentless, trying to argue.

“If it wasn’t for those adventurers who braved the storms across the sea, we might still not know about the new continent across the ocean to this day, unable to find safe routes around the Windless Belt and Thunderstorm, and the world would not have developed.”

“Miss Shia, I am well aware that seeking knowledge will inevitably place me in danger, but if it can benefit future generations and pass on this precious knowledge, then I believe that even sacrificing my life would be worth it.”

Hearing Ah Xiang’s words, Shia sighed.

“You don’t understand the nature of this world, even if you can briefly control everything, you will eventually end up the same, stepping towards destruction.”

Like a long night, even if fireworks are brilliant midway, everything eventually returns to silence, waiting for a Dawn whose arrival time is unknown.

Ah Xiang didn’t argue with Miss Shia because he knew that his understanding of the world definitely wasn’t as extensive as that of the young lady.

And many things can’t be discussed without investigation.

For a child born and raised on an island, the world was just a vast sea. He had never seen the vastness of land, nor had he seen mountains, grasslands, or lakes. He would form his own unique worldview, even though it might be far from the real world.

Ahead of the bow, the golden ocean surface became increasingly brilliant, a sliver of Dawn lighting up the entire sea area. The calm sea, like a mirror, reflected the glory of the rising sun, like a magnificent symphony.

“Rest a bit more, the journey ahead might be tough.”

Miss Shia patted Ah Xiang. For some reason, Ah Xiang suddenly felt a wave of tiredness. He woodenly returned to his cabin, lay down, and closed his eyes. When he woke up again, the sky outside the window had already turned to dusk.

“How long did I sleep?”

Without dreaming or any disturbances, Ah Xiang woke up feeling remarkably refreshed.

He asked the sailors coming and going, one of whom answered him.

“It’s almost dinner time, Brother Xiang.”

Hearing this, Ah Xiang felt very hungry.

When he reached the deck, he saw Miss Shia and Lu Ban holding bowls, sipping soup made from salted fish.

Thinking about what he had seen in the morning, he wanted to ask Miss Shia how she was, but felt it unnecessary.

“Come have some soup, fresh fish soup here, drinking it is such a delight.”

Lu Ban saw Ah Xiang and immediately invited him to drink.

Ah Xiang lifted a bowl. The fish soup, contrary to the scene he remembered from the morning that had diminished his appetite, turned out to be the tastiest he had ever had when it reached his stomach.

In no time, Ah Xiang finished the fish soup.

At that moment, the sun was just sinking below the sea, and the last glow of twilight vanished in an instant, elusive to one’s grasp.

The sea plunged into night again.

It was like a weekend day off, playing games all night until morning, reflecting on how the weekend should be spent relaxing, only to wake up and find that it was already dark.

There was a sense of time being stolen.

“We will soon reach that island.”

Standing behind the ship’s wheel, Zhang Zheng, looking at the treasure map in his hand, said.

The night sky lit up with stars, arranged differently from the usual sky. Dependent on those stars for direction, Zhang Zheng soon saw another island emerging on the other side of the sea.

That island was vast, roughly the size of a city, with low hills covered in vegetation, yet no signs of life; from afar, it looked like a lone mountain standing on the sea.

According to previous accounts, the monsters that existed only in the 42nd second should be aware of those who arrived at the island.

“I’ll go with Miss Shia first to check the situation. If there’s no problem, we’ll let you all know.”

Lu Ban said.

Although for Zhang Zheng, personally exploring the island and discovering the hidden treasures was his ideal and pursuit, having witnessed the strange circumstances on the passenger ship, Zhang Zheng knew that rashly landing on the island would be very risky; staying alive was the priority.

He stayed honestly on the ship.

Since the island had no harbor, when the ship reached the waters near the island, Lu Ban, Miss Shia, and Baobao took a small boat towards the island.

Soon, the small boat ran aground on the sandy beach, and Lu Ban stepped onto the cold seawater, setting foot on the island.

In an instant, Lu Ban felt the stagnant air around him start to flow.