Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 1124 - 237: The Mystique of Shattered Space

Chapter 1124: Chapter 237: The Mystique of Shattered Space

"The journey is steeped in the mysteries of space, and even up to the great catastrophe, the goblins never completely deciphered the secrets of this fragmented space," Ava said as she led the way at the front of the group. Her manner of advancing was rather strange. It wasn’t that her walking posture was odd, but rather that every step or two required a subtle shift in direction; occasionally, she lingered in place, sometimes even taking a few steps backward, while the others watched her footsteps closely, ensuring they made no errors. Ava appeared to have a profound understanding of this area and, while seeking the path, also had the spare capacity to explain to everyone, "Actually, there’s no need to follow my steps so closely, not missing a single footprint; it’s meaningless. Haven’t you noticed? Even during that first round trip when you were still unaware of the characteristics here, the spatial fragments didn’t cause any distance to spread between us. Think back, did all of you walk separately for five minutes covering 4.7 kilometers on the way here?"

"Why is that?" Lina’s eyes sparkled with curiosity as she ran to Ava’s side, extending her hand and speaking, "I was just wondering about that. According to you, if there are so many overlapping spatial fragments here, we should all be hundreds of meters apart, staying in different spaces. I’m very curious as to why this is."

"That’s the mystery I was talking about," Ava said expressionlessly, looking into Lina’s eyes. In the priest girl’s gaze, Ava found nothing in Lina’s innermost being but curiosity and sincerity, none of the dark things she feared seeing in humanity. After staring for several seconds, the girl put her hand into Lina’s outstretched one, allowing Lina to lead her as usual, and spoke in a monotone voice, "This area seems to have a special kind of ’companionship’. When living beings are relatively close to each other, they automatically enter the same spatial fragment, which is why we have stayed together and have not been separated by space."

"Companionship?" Pannis looked at the two girls holding hands and exchanged a knowing smile with Catherine before asking, "What if the entities are hostile to each other? Will this ’companionship’ still affect them?"

"It’s limited to living beings other than plants, regardless of whether they are enemies," Ava confirmed. "Even in a predator and prey relationship, as long as the distance is close enough, this ’companionship’ takes effect, and the prey cannot use the characteristics of this area to escape the predator. However, if the prey can temporarily speed up and get away from the predator, once the distance increases, it becomes very difficult for the predator to catch up. If it’s hard for you to grasp this concept, we can demonstrate it now. Pannis, you stop and let us walk fifty meters away, then try to catch up. You’ll understand that you might need several times the anticipated time to catch up, and that’s assuming we stand still waiting for you."

"Hey, why am I the one to stop?" Pannis rolled his eyes, "I already understand quite well, thank you very much. Besides, I suspect you’d take pleasure in leaving me here, continuing forward with the rest, and having me chase after you."

"This ’companionship’ is aimed at living beings, but there are exceptions," Ava said flatly, blinking and once again naturally ignoring Pannis’s protest. She continued in a dazed manner, "If it’s an object thrown by us, such as darts or arrows shot from a bow, they will benefit from ’companionship’ and won’t mysteriously extend their range, nor shorten it, of course."

"Huh? How long have I been in a daze?" Vivian, who had just emerged from the new knowledge, looked around in astonishment and let out a low exclamation, "Where are we now? I can’t see a single tree around."

The Mage girl’s surprise was understandable. Although the group had been traveling for less than ten minutes, no trace of the forest was visible in any direction. The surroundings were entirely a broad expanse of lawn, and if not for the hot climate reminding them, some might think they had left the Forest of Death. As they traveled, there was no sensation of passing through space, no confusion in the landscape within their field of vision as if pieces of different spaces were patched together awkwardly.

"This is another kind of mystery, the uniform appearance between spatial fragments," Ava said as she drew a line on the ground with the tip of her foot. After taking two steps forward, she drew another line and then indicated the area between the two lines, saying, "If I told you that there’s actually a distance of six hundred fifty-three meters between these two lines, would you be able to tell?"

"That can’t be right," Catherine said bewilderedly. "The lines you drew should be the boundary between two spatial fragments, right? But this boundary crosses over many flowers and grasses. Surely the spatial fragments don’t cut the plants in half?"

"That’s exactly why the goblins think it’s a phenomenon that technology can’t explain at the moment," Ava said, wiping the two lines on the ground with her foot and continuing forward without looking back. "No matter how closely you observe, even if you use a Memory Crystal to capture images for detailed comparison, you can’t discern the anomalies between spatial fragments visually. The goblins also don’t know if this was caused by the Deities when solving problems or if it’s a natural result of some inherent property of the shattered space."

"Regardless of the visual effects, as long as you’re guiding us, Ava, our progress is indeed very fast," Freya had been quietly recording something the whole way, with several strange mechanisms floating around her. Vivian said these were designed to calculate their position based on the angle of the sun, and every few steps, the mechanisms would alternately flicker, seemingly indicating that the princess wanted to use this method to confirm her position within the Spatial Fragments. However, it seems that in the end, the princess gave up the effort, retracting all the mechanisms into her large cloak, marveling, "Two hundred fifty-nine steps, seven and a half minutes, through thirty-three kilometers of terrain, twenty-one kilometers in a straight line—no, twenty-two kilometers. This speed is probably not much slower than high-speed flight."

"This stretch of road took an entire day for that expedition team forty years ago," Ava suddenly stopped, tilted her head and asked Catherine, "Would you like to go see their settlement from back then? According to the records of the Geological Research Institute, although it’s in ruins, it still exists."

"Of course," Catherine said without hesitation. "As long as it doesn’t greatly affect our progress."