Upon seeing the races of the Deep Space, Geoffrey asked, “Should we be going too?”
Elder Xue walked out of the oval building and looked up at the sky. “It's not the right ti yet.”
“But they've all sallied forth,” said Geoffrey.
Elder Xue shook his head. “Today is the Power-boosting Day, so the innate skills of those races native to the Deep Space will soar. It's indeed a good day for them, but not for us.”
In the past few days, Geoffrey had learned much about the races living inside the Deep Space. He knew that a portion of their power ca from the annular sun above their heads, and the light it released today was indeed very dazzling.
“What about them?” Geoffrey looked at the mbers of the Elental race.
“They'll naturally go too,” said Elder Xue.
He then selected four mbers of the Elental race. These guys had long prepared themselves thoroughly, so when Elder Xue chose them, they quickly gathered in front of the door, ready to set off.
After Elder Xue gave them a few words of advice, they stepped on the green lines and headed straight for the chimney.
“Actually, they don't have to go,” said Geoffrey as he gazed at their receding backs.
“You're surprisingly quite kindhearted,” Elder Xue said with a smile. “Don't worry. I've taught them a new thod. If the thod succeeds, they'll be able to go even farther inside the chimney.”
“But they'll die...”
Geoffrey murmured.
After staying here for a few days, he found that the mbers of the Elental race weren't as hateful as they looked.
Furthermore, they had learned the language of the fourth-grade world from Elder Xue, so they could have simple conversations with Geoffrey.
Now that he had a better understanding of them, Geoffrey couldn't help but feel very sad to watch them heading to their deaths.
Elder Xue remained unconcerned. His gaze was fixated at the chimney in the distance as he wanted to observe the movents of the other races in the Deep Space.
Beams of green light began to rise from the surface of the chimney.
So went out after they rose about forty feet, so were extinguished after they rose about eighty feet, and so others rose all the way to a height of more than a hundred feet—an excellent record, and it would have been even more excellent if it wasn't obtained at the cost of those creatures' lives.
"There are many surprises this ti. The Wrona race did a good job, and the Cold Ape race is unexpectedly weak.
Anyway, it's our turn now,"
Elder Xue, who had been keeping an eye on the results, said.
He considered each result important and always analyzed them. Through thousands of trials and errors, he had managed to roughly figure out so of the techniques to be used in the chimney.
When the four mbers of the Elental race entered the chimney, they could see four new beams of green light slowly rising up.
The speed at which the four mbers climbed up was very slow, and they even stopped for a brief mont sotis. In the end, however, they kept going up.
The first beam was extinguished when it reached one hundred feet high. As Elder Xue saw this, the corner of his eyes twitched slightly, and his black claws were clenched into fists.
The second beam didn't die out until it reached one hundred and thirty feet high. This ti, Elder Xue's expression looked a little better.
When the third beam climbed up to one hundred and sixty feet high, the mbers of the Elental race in the oval building let out a cheer.
This was their previous record, and it seed that they could climb up ever farther today.
Excitent was also etched on Elder Xue's face. His judgnt was right.
One hundred and sixty feet, one hundred and seventy feet, one hundred and eighty feet...
The higher the green light beams rose, the louder the shouts of the mbers of the Elental race beca.
Expectations started to grow in their hearts. They hoped that the two clansn could reach the top of the chimney and get the thing left by the Fostering race to end this nightmare-like exploration.
To their disappointnt, however, one beam suddenly dispersed at the height of two hundred feet.
“The light is off.”
“We still have one person left!”
“He's still rising!”
The mbers of the Elental race placed their hopes on the last beam.
But it also stopped at the height of two hundred feet and then went out.
The Elental race fell into silence.
Although this result was within their expectation and they were also used to this process, disappointnt still crept into their hearts.
They failed again.
Elder Xue stood there like a sculpture, staring at the chimney in silence.
Every ti the Elental race failed, he always stood there for a long ti to analyze the reason.
After a long ti, he suddenly turned around and said, “Next ti, Geoffrey and I will go in.”
Upon hearing his announcent, the remaining four mbers of the Elental race changed their expressions greatly.
“Elder Xue, how can you go in?”
“You're more important than even the leader of our race. You mustn't go in!”
“Our lives are of little value. We still have many mbers who are willing to sacrifice themselves. You, on the other hand, have only one body. You'll die if you fail!”
It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the Elental race held Elder Xue in much higher regard than they held their own leader in.
Elder Xue wasn't very strong. Any strong mber of the Elental race could kill him easily.
But the Elental race could reach this point because of Elder Xue. It was Elder Xue who discovered their talents. It could be imagined how important he was for the Elental race.
“Did the young man ask you to do that? Elder Xue, you mustn't listen to him. I'll throw him out now!” A mber of the Elental race glared at Geoffrey.
Geoffrey couldn't understand the language of the Elental race, so he was naturally baffled by the sudden death glares they shot at him. Why did they hate him all of a sudden?
A faint smile appeared on Elder Xue's face. “No, he didn't.”
“Then why? You only plan to go in by yourself after he ca here—it must be because of him!” that certain mber continued aggressively.
“It's because of the information he brought—an important one at that,” Elder Xue explained. “If we don't get that thing as soon as possible, the Deep Space will soon be completely downgraded, and you'll all disappear during the downgrading process.”
“What?!”
“No way!”
“I don't believe it!”
The mbers of the Elental race shook their heads in denial.
Although the Deep Space had shattered, it was still stable and didn't experience any further downgrading.
Faced with their refusal to believe this fact, Elder Xue remained calm and patient. He was indeed used to their stubbornness. After all, he was the one who had been educating them, which really wasn't an easy thing to do. In the end, he roughly explained the reason why the Deep Space collapsed, the current situation, and what had happened in the third-grade and the fourth-grade worlds.
The mbers of the Elental race were confused, but they roughly understood what had happened.
The person, who had caused the Deep Space to fall into such a situation, was currently making trouble in the third-grade world. Once he succeeded, the third-grade, fourth-grade, and fifth-grade worlds would collapse. Only by obtaining that object would they be able to save the world.
“So, I have no choice,” said Elder Xue. “I'll go in with Geoffrey on the Rippling Water Day five days later.”
“What about us?” a mber of the Elental race asked.
“You can co with us, but you'd better leave one person behind,” said Elder Xue.
That person could later replace him and continue to fight for the slim chance.
The mbers of the Elental race no longer objected, but they were now arguing over who should be left behind.
All of them were more than willing to sacrifice themselves. Now that they had reached this step, no one was willing to be left behind. After a discussion, the one who ca with Geoffrey was finally chosen to stay behind.
Five days later, the Rippling Water Day ca.
The surface of the annular sun in the Deep Space emitted a ripple-like golden light, and the sunlight beca soft and warm.
The warm golden light put all the races in the Deep Space at ease. Geoffrey, Elder Xue, and three mbers of the Elental race finally set off towards the chimney.
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