Earthling in Uncharted Dimensions

Chapter 301: Over The Ocean, Far From Land

[So you already told them the directions.]

'No. I thought you did.'

An awkward silence befell them.

[Maybe they overheard us talking.]

D's comment was left unanswered as Hudson plunged into conclusions and Lee left them on their train of thoughts.

Then he slowly lowered his head and hushedly asked Cryo-

"Did you had this ability since birth or?"

A dull growl came as a reply.

{We acquired this ability after we woke up.}

Two things surprised Lee Shen and his expression did not fade right away.

One, Cryo shared the same tone and mildness of sound as Pyro had and it led Lee to assume that Aero might also sound similar.

Two, he was disclosed to something which happened as a by-product of the reconstruction. This made him wonder what other tricks are these beasts hiding up their sleeve.

Lee Shen did not probe further and kept silent. Hudson's voice did not resonate in his ears for a while and Lee Shen asked again in a soft voice-

"Since when did you all become self-aware?"

The reply was a dull, long growl.

{We woke up with a new body and intelligence. We were completely different from our pathetic previous self.}

Lee Shen then concluded that their advanced intellect was due to the reconstruction. He made up his mind to not use the reconstruction chambers for any purpose.

"Then you three had heard every conversation we had, right?"

The reply was a simple nod and Lee Shen was silent. He was amazed by the level of intellect these beings possessed, and they hid this fact from them flawlessly.

While contemplating the conclusion, Lee was continuously scouting the surroundings.

The wyvern trio moved entirely based on instinct. They assumed the southern direction and then corrected their flight trajectory.

When Lee raised a question about how they managed to find the south, Cryo replied that they can feel an indescribable sensation when they are in the air. The beast related this perception to gliding in the air.

When winds blew with enough momentum, the birds only need to stretch their wings to stay airborne. The spectators would view this event as levitation but the truth would be different from a third-person perspective.

Pyro came near Cryo and added that this sensation is like a set of unchangeable lines flowing through the atmosphere, invisible but felt.

'Is Cryo trying to decipher a magnetic field?'

The only conclusion Lee could arrive at was that the Utopia has a magnetic field. But his conclusion was yet to be confirmed as a factor weakened this claim's foundation.

It is indeed true that magnetic lines are parallel. They do not coincide and only converges at two points.

But how the hell could these beings sense these fields??

This question existed in his mind for barely a second as he stumbled across the answer.

'Of course, they are reconstructed.'

The fact that reconstruction produced so many unanticipated results and effects was more than enough to be a reason.

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15 minutes later.

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11 AM.

5,969,700 Essence harvested.

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Following this notification, D conveyed that quite a lot of trolls have ceased to exist in the last hour. Though it was subjected to suspicious interventions, Hudson and D could not find any lead on their speculations.

When the noisy conversation died down, Lee Shen's head was at peace. Below them was a vast expanse of water with no boundaries. Without the Map, Lee Shen wondered what all mysteries this water body housed.

Lee was at bliss with the twin stars' warmth. But Zena was the happiest of them all. She cheerfully flew while expressing her happiness.

When she gets overexcited, her elemental trait would start to poke its head. This annoyed the Draconic Wyverns as they were not immune to lightning.

Finding this fact, Zena leashed her excitement and blasted forward. Her speed increased by two times and she performed mid-air tricks and exhibited her precise manoeuvrability.

Soon, the Perrafin was tired. Its excitement and vigour consumed a lot of her energy and she felt sluggish. Slowly, she glided towards Pyro and landed on his back.

The Draconic Wyvern did not mind this enthusiastic kid seeking shelter. The beast stretched its wings further and the sharp spines on his back were retracted. This gave more than enough space for Zena to take rest.

A minute later, Aero began to slow down and glided in the air with his gigantic wingspan. When Lee noticed this, he saw Aero looking at his left and that the beast's eyes were fixed on the horizon.

{Disturbance!}

Aero's growl was short and barely inaudible but it conveyed an unpleasant sensation. The Air affinity beast twisted its body and shot towards the location.

Cryo and Pyro tailed him but they did not take a reckless and agile turn. Due to the presence of passengers, they were careful not to throw them off.

The speed of the triplets easily surpassed 120 km/h. These creatures attained this velocity with the periodic beating of forelimbs alone. Other than that, they glided throughout their journey.

Lee was forced to use Mana to conjure a shield to resist the wind. Without imbuing any affinity, the Mana formed an invisible shell around him which made his journey comfortable.

About 2 minutes later.

Lee could see a gigantic dark cloud on the horizon. As they drew close, it grew exponentially. When they came close, a sense of threat was felt by Lee Shen when he witnessed violent thunderstorms dancing like cannibals inside the cloud.

Even without the Map, Lee Shen could measure the immensity of this remarkable phenomenon. The vastness of this formation puzzled him as well as why the wyvern was attracted to its presence.

The enormous appearance was truly scary. Thus, the triplets did not dive into its midst but began to circle it.

Though the Draconic Wyverns had dropped their speed to 65 or 70 km, it still took them more than three or four minutes to round the formation once!