Chapter 437: Pioneer

The words on the stone tablet have no punctuation, but the font is neat and clear, the words are concise and simple, and it is not difficult to understand.

Xu Xiake came here at the invitation of a friend, but the friend was unable to keep the appointment for some reason, so he became a lone traveler.

According to the description on the stone tablet, Tianzhu Island was originally one of the islands outside the Jin'ao Islands. It has beautiful scenery and was once a harbor of the Jin'ao Islands.

The Jin'ao Islands were severely damaged in the battle of Fenglong, resulting in the fragmentation of the outer islands. Many islands were scattered and drifted between the leaping area and the crawling area.

Later, people from the Jin'ao Islands found the island again.

However, for unknown reasons, the visitor did not take it back, but renamed it [Tianzhu Island] and left.

...

This description verified Lu Yao's guess.

Indeed, someone deliberately deleted the past of Tianzhu Island.

The person who renamed it deleted all traces of the Jin'ao Islands to avoid leaking related secrets here. This is also a common method used by sailors. Yinglong and the forest god both do this.

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According to Xu Xiake's research, Tianzhui Island did not immediately fall into the crawling zone after falling from the leap zone, but spent a long time in the boundary zone.

The boundary zone is a transition zone between the two spaces.

This area has some characteristics of the crawling zone and the leap zone. Some worlds that fell from the leap zone and the worlds close to the crawling zone slowly operate here.

Due to the unique environment of the boundary zone, the world here has always had more inflows than outflows, and the scale of the entire boundary zone has been continuously and slowly expanding.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the crawling zone to enter the leap zone, and the expansion of the boundary zone is also one of the factors.

Tianzhui Island stagnated in the boundary zone for many epochs. The loss of the gods' presidency caused it to shrink and peel off continuously, sinking in the regular turbulence, and finally falling into the crawling zone.

Xu Xiake recorded on the stone tablet that the Moai stone man was originally a strong man from the Jinao Islands. It required special means to be made. He was reliable and down-to-earth by nature, but he could not breed the fire of faith.

The group of stone men left behind on Tianzhui Island cannot return.

The reason is that to bring this group of stone men back to Jin'ao Island, the cost itself is far greater than creating another group of stone warriors. Therefore, they have no home to return to. In addition, they are warriors who obey orders, and they can do nothing about the destruction of Tianzhui Island.

Xu Xiake wrote at the end that if it is appropriate, he hopes that later generations can take in this group of loyal stone warriors.

Lu Yao thought he got it.

My buddy is short of people now, and this group of stone warriors is so useful.

But we still have to respect the opinions of the stone men.

Lu Yao put his hand on Fourteen's belly: "If you are allowed to go to a new world, a world with complete rules and many other races, are you willing to leave here?"

"I am willing."

Fourteen's answer was very direct: "Moai wants to move, wants ships and the sea, we like to work and like to help people. But not everyone will leave."

OK.

"Then Fourteen, go contact your people and gather those who are willing to leave."

"Yes, God!"

Lu Yao immediately asked Isabel to contact the Yao tribe's homeland and start migrating the remaining stone men to the Yao tribe world.

After arranging the matter of Tianzhui Island, he called a small meeting with the apostles.

After descending into the virtual universe, you can connect to other apostles in an instant, and remote brain meetings are very convenient.

The topics of the meeting are [Jin'ao Islands] and [Eternal Wonders].

Slemod was the first to respond: "My Lord God, I have heard of the name of Jin'ao Islands. This is a large world, including several voyagers. But I don't know the details."

"I do know a little bit, Jin'ao Islands is a tree-like civilization."

Noland said: "Many years ago, Jin'ao Islands had a great war with Kunlun Mountain. There are few large-scale wars between tree-like civilizations. It is said that a voyager fell in that war."

On the other hand, there is even less news about [Eternal Wonders].

Only the tyrant knows a little bit.

"That is the title of a mysterious god. It is said that several of the titled gods are subordinates of this [Eternal Wonder]. We only know that he rarely appears, and usually his former subordinates appear..."

Tyrant Salina paused for a moment, as if recalling: "But the most special thing about [Eternal Wonder] is that he likes to cultivate subordinates. Once he feels that the cultivation is completed well, he will let the subordinates set sail alone."

Like to teach others?

Xu Xiake traveled everywhere and wrote travel notes, and at the same time he also recruited disciples everywhere?

Lu Yao found it difficult to understand.

In the end, he still asked Song Shiyi for help.

Xu Xiake is such a famous ancient player, the committee cannot have no records.

"...Xu Xiake?"

A slightly surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.

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Song Shiyi suddenly asked: "Ms. Mary, have you found any traces of Xu Xiake?"

Isabel looked at Lu Yao, confirmed the attitude of the god and said: "Yes."

"Excuse me, which world is it?"

"Tianzhui Island."

"Let me check... Tianzhui Island... Oh, there is a record, indeed!"

Lu Yao felt a pity.

The committee may have been to this world, and the information value of Tianzhui Island has also decreased.

"There is a record about Tianzhui Island in [Circumnavigation and Collation]. It is a part of the Jinao Islands that fell off. There is a group of Moai stone men, right? I didn't expect you to find the specific location."

"Are you willing to transfer it to the Committee's Secret Bureau? That world should not be of high value to you, but it is of high academic value for studying Xu Xiake, Jin'ao Islands and restoring ancient history."

Huh?

They didn't come to the ground.

Lu Yao's eyes lit up.

There is drama.

Song Shiyi continued: "Of course, I won't let you donate for free. If you are willing, I will contact my colleagues in the Investment and Operations Department and ask them to give a remuneration estimate. Is that okay?"

"good."

"Please wait a moment, I will contact the Operation Department first."

Isabel hung up the phone, and Lu Yao discussed it with her and decided on a plan.

Soon after, Song Shiyi called again.

Isabel followed Lu Yao's request and said: "We have several requirements. First, we must take away the 104 Moai who are willing to follow us..."

The other party agreed wholeheartedly and inquired in detail about the situation on the ground.

About ten minutes later, Song Shiyi gave formal feedback from the Operations Department of the Secrecy Bureau.

"The Investment and Operations Department conducted an evaluation in accordance with relevant rules and regulations. Through algorithm model calculation, the evaluation reward is approximately 810,000 Faith. If everything is as described, this price will not change. Things and props in the virtual universe will be passed through the virtual universe. Pay with cosmic currency.”

810,000.

This price exceeded Lu Yao’s estimate.

He immediately decided to sell out.

"The handover will be completed by me. Miss Mary, I will give you a positioning card. Please use that card at [Tiansui Island], and then I will send Mingzi to arrive there according to the positioning."

After completing the basic process, Isabel met with Song Shiyi and received a black card like a business card from her, as well as a thick stack of information.

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[Location Card (1/2)]: Locate a specific world. It takes effect after use and is valid for 12 hours.

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Description and functionality are simple.

Lu Yao dragged it from the item bar to [Tiansui Island], and the positioning card turned into a black light and disappeared without a trace. In the world background, there is an additional entry [Positioning].

All that's left is to wait for Mingzi to come over.

Lu Yao opened the data printed by Song Shiyi.

Hilgiris only has a few words, but Xu Xiake has a lot of historical records.

"Xu Xiake once held the titles of [Eternal Strange Man], [Path Guide], [Travel Collector]..."

[The Guide] was actually given to Hilgiris by Xu Xiake?

No wonder Sirgilis said it was a gift from a respected forerunner.

Lu Yao thought about it carefully.

Regardless of his origins, Hilgiris has indeed inherited Xu Xiake's ambition. It draws maps everywhere, and even wants to record and map the cursed world on the other side of the virtual universe.

Many divine beings have interacted with each other in the virtual universe.

In other words, players with similar characteristics may be attracted to and meet each other.

Lu Yao continued to look down.

"...The last holder of [Eternal Strange Man] was Wang Yi. Wang Yi called himself Guiguzi. It is unknown when he passed the title to Xu Xiake. It is also unclear whether the two had direct contact. The title has been lost for many years."

Lu Yao finally understood.

No wonder the tyrant said before that the whereabouts of strange people throughout the ages are mysterious, and they also like to cultivate gods.

This refers to the Guiguzi of the previous generation.

According to historical records, the founder of the strategist school trained two famous students, Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and he was also a famous hermit.

Lu Yao felt a little strange in his heart.

Taiyi Zhenren, Xu Xiake, Gui Guzi... these are all familiar figures. They appear in official history, unofficial history and myths and legends. Many of their deeds are half-true and half-false. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, their names are accompanied by familiar stories that have been passed down to this day.

And these stories will be the guideposts for those who come after to follow these footsteps in another world.

Lu Yao felt it personally for the first time.

Unintentionally, I seemed to have walked in front of the traces left by those forerunners and participated in the new historical process.