TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

Chapter 373: Scales inside the stone

(Three thousand kilometers away ??? !!!! Is this serious??!!!) Liu Yang shouted in his mind. He didn't believe he was that far away.

The distance to the previous wall was not important, as he knew that the exit was always in some random place. But he didn't think he could be that far from the continent.

Three thousand kilometers is no small distance.

But one thing was strange, if we went back to the Temore Kingdom, when Liu Yang went through the first Wall Challenge.

When he leaves the challenge, he appears near a forest. The challenge he chose was to fight the wild beasts.

In the second Wall Challenge, Liu Yang chose to fight sea beasts. Upon leaving the challenge, he appeared on an island in the middle of the ocean.

This can't just be a coincidence, can it?

Nobody would ever know that because those who pass the challenge always have their memories erased by the system about the things that happen inside the Wall Challenge.

People who fail the Wall Challenge, but still manage to get out of there alive, retain part of their memory, but they forget many things.

"Sir, is there any kind of transport stone on this island to reach the continent? Or can you only arrive when traveling by boat?" Liu Yang knows only three ways to cross the ocean.

One was using transport stones, the second was using ships and the third option was using an airship.

"Fellow Allston, this island has no transportation stones. The only way to get to the continent is to travel by boat or using the airship."

"I see What is the maximum level for this location? 400?"

"Fellow Allston, this island is a little bit different. The limit level is 300. This island is outside the kingdom so for some reason, the limit level is 300, but if anyone leaves here and goes elsewhere, that person can level up to 400 and go to the third challenge"

"How many kilometers away is the nearest city?" Liu Yang did not believe that this island would be small.

"The city is right there on the side, about fifty meters. You can see the city from here" The man pointed with his finger.

Looking at the pointed direction, Liu Yang has already managed to see a big city on top of a mountain. However, the top of the mountain seems to have been cut by something extremely sharp and has become flat.

The city was built in the middle of the flat part. But why?

"I see ... I appreciate the information." Liu Yang thanked him and started walking towards the city.

"You are welcome" The man commented.

"Look !!!! Another person is leaving the challenge !!!! " Someone shouted.

Everyone ignored Liu Yang and looked towards the stone wall to see who was the next person to leave the challenge. Their job was to verify the identity of those who passed the challenge to report to their bosses.

"This place is quite impressive. The mood is also very good "Liu Yang walked towards the city, but he took some detours on the way to see where he was.

The place looked like a big island, but most of it was covered with white sand and vegetation. Inside there was no creature or anything, just trees and some types of common animals like crabs, spiders, and other things that live in small forests, but nothing alarming.

The climate was a little cold because there was no sunlight, just darkness like every day on the Xinia Continent.

The only impressive thing on the island is the big mountain cut in the center, but to get there, people need to climb the mountain. There were no stairs, but there were ropes, airships, and other ways to climb the mountain.

Many merchants sell this type of transport to make money.

Walking around the island, Liu Yang saw many people bathing on the beach and doing activities in the bushes. Nothing out of the ordinary on a beach.

"This mountain seems to be about a hundred meters high, but why did they build a city at the top? They could build a city at the base of the mountain." Liu Yang doesn't know information about the location, so he doesn't know why things are this way.

When he arrived at the place of travel to the top of the mountain. Liu Yang saw many people waiting in line.

The shortest queue was in place to use a cabin to climb the mountain, the longest queue was the location of the ropes, other queues to use other types of climbing equipment were also in place, but there were also few people. But the vast majority were climbing the mountain using their hands, as these people were poor and had no money to pay to use some of these types of equipment.

(What's that?) Liu Yang looked at the group of people handing some scale to the traders.

Nobody was using gold coins as payment, they were using these scales.

The scales were light blue in color and appeared to be some kind of animal, but its size was like a kid's finger.

(Is it possible that nobody here uses gold coins too? And are these scales the local currency?) Liu Yang thought. He understood things quickly.

(Where can these scales be found?) That's the question he wanted to know.

But there was no need to wait long, Liu Yang walked a little to get closer to the people in the queue. He wanted to hear their conversations to see if they would say anything about these scales.

"How many scales did you get today? I only got three small scales and one medium-sized one" Someone spoke discouraged.

"At least you got a medium-sized scale, I only got seven small ones. This is very unlucky" Another sighed.

"There should be easier methods of getting these scales, we are digging in the sea all day to find that small amount. This is very disheartening" Another commented.

(I see ... These scales are found at the bottom of the sea ... The scales are hidden within rocks ... Can the Stones Sense skill help me in this matter? If it helps, I can gain great wealth !!!) Liu Yang thought. He came back and ran towards the sea to see if he could get some of those scales.

Liu Yang did not want to enter the city without having any money, as it is possible that he will not even be able to enter the city.

Running around the island, Liu Yang saw many people jumping into the sea and swimming towards the bottom. He walked for a few minutes on the beach to see if it was really that or not.

As their image did not appear after a few seconds, Liu Yang understood that they really went down to the bottom of the sea.

The problem is that Liu Yang doesn't know how he would be able to stay in the sea without breathing for that long. Liu Yang did not believe that he could do this without the help of some kind of skill or item that allows him to breathe underwater.