Carlotta's Daily Report Chapter 247: Earth Goddess

As they communicated, the group continuously pressed deeper into the central ruins, navigating various dangers along the way.

After several more days, they arrived at a silent valley.

The soil here was dark, devoid of any living vegetation. A scent of decay perated the air, as if this place had been abandoned for millions of years.

Above, dark ash drifted down like dark snow, origin unknown, destination unknown. It fell upon the earth and disappeared into it.

The sight tightened the hearts of Carlotta and her companions. It wasn’t unfamiliar.

When Carlotta first arrived in the second world, she had seen this sa scene, a manifestation of the world’s end. The endless dark ash chilled one’s heart and foreboded ill.

"Why is this world covered in this stuff too?"

Carlotta murmured, feeling uneasy.

The High Priestess carefully examined the area ahead and said, "This place has suffered a great calamity. That’s why it bears the signs of the world’s end. I don’t know what happened here in the past, but undoubtedly, it involved gods."

Only events involving gods could unleash such power, enough to bring about the end of a world.

Divinities were unfathomable.

"It’s close now."

Carlotta slowly walked through the world sprinkled with dark ash.

The ashen zone wasn’t small. She walked through it for quite so ti before finally spotting a structure.

It was a tall tower, covered in weathered marks of ti, appearing on the verge of collapse at any mont.

When they reached the tower, the guiding light from the Lion Key faded and disappeared, as if indicating they had arrived at the precise location.

"Is this it?"

Carlotta curiously examines the structure.

Aside from the location, such a weathered tower placed elsewhere wouldn’t attract much attention, it looked too ordinary, rely ancient.

The High Priestess hadn’t expected their destination to be like this. For a mont, she was stunned, unsure whether she could find the information she sought here.

Without hesitation, the group approached the base of the tower.

There stood a door. The Lion Key, however, served as the key here. Inserted into the lock, it opened the door without issue.

Imdiately, a rotting stench saw out from within.

Inside the tower was a scene similar to a library. Bookshelves lined the walls, filled with nurous books.

In so places, only dust remained. Carlotta instantly understood what had happened.

These books had deteriorated over ti. As long as they remained intact, they remained intact. But the mont soone touches them, they will crumble into powder.

The dust on the shelves was the result of the previous visitor’s touch, likely the Pirate King. Seeing this, Carlotta refrained from touching the remaining books.

After circling the area, Carlotta could only gather a few insignificant bits of information. Unable to open the books, she could only examine the covers to judge their contents.

After a quick survey of the first floor, Carlotta and the others ascended to the second.

The second floor was different. Many scattered blueprints lay around, covered in scribbles and drawings.

The three had to float above them to avoid stepping on the delicate docunts.

"These look like... thods for using third-stage ships, including second-stage and even first-stage ships just one level below."

Carlotta said, her expression switched shifting.

The answer beca clear. The blueprints the Pirate King had obtained ca from here. He must have copied them himself.

"But how did the Pirate King understand these foreign world scripts back then?"

Alia asked curiously.

"Perhaps he didn’t understand them at all, maybe he just imitated them?"

Carlotta speculated.

She recalled the differences between the blueprints she’d obtained and the actual ships built.

According to the Pirate King’s description, second-stage ships ruled the seas, while third-stage ships could travel on land.

In reality, even second-stage ships could move on land.

Alia realized, "It must be that way. He guessed the construction thods from the blueprints. Although inaccurate, we must admit, he was a genius."

"Exactly."

Carlotta stared intently at the scattered blueprints.

Judging from the illustrations, the second-floor blueprints were identical to the ones she’d acquired, except for the language, which differed greatly.

Minor descriptive differences could lead to greatly different construction outcos.

Carlotta imdiately began morizing the blueprints, determined to master the correct versions.

Alia did the sa, using her own thod.

The High Priestess, however, briefly and continued climbing to the third floor. She had matters of greater concern.

It didn’t take long for Carlotta and Alia to finish recording the blueprint details.

Carlotta estimates that if she provided the corrected blueprints to Stellar Workshop, she could further improve the New Moon. At the second stage, it wouldn’t just travel on land, it could even fly briefly in the air.

And if upgraded to the peak third-stage ship level, it could hover permanently and even journey through the stars.

Thinking this, Carlotta imdiately took out the Stellar Workshop and put the second-stage New Moon into it. This would consu so materials, but she had plenty to spare.

After all, she’d already reached 99% completion on a third-stage ship. Perfecting the second-stage vessel was more than feasible.

"Whose residence could this have been? A master alchemist? Or more than that?"

Alia murmured.

She rembered the High Priestess saying that once built, third-stage ships were nearly divine artifacts, objects used by gods, not sothing mortals below the divine could create.

Carlotta felt the answer might lie downstairs. Without delay, she continued climbing to the third floor.

The third floor was a resting area, furnished with tables and chairs, and containing alchemically crafted devices resembling refrigerators. However, these devices had long lost their functionality. They could only be observed, any touch would break them.

There was nothing of interest here, so the group proceeded to the fourth floor.

The fourth floor appears to be a workshop, filled with tables, chairs, and scattered blueprints, likely a place for alchemical research.

Carlotta didn’t see the High Priestess here and continued upward.

"I’ll stay here and morize these blueprints. I don’t know their use, but I’ll record them just in case."

Alia said.

Fifth floor, sixth floor, seventh floor.

Carlotta walked down the floors. Along the way, nothing seed particularly special. She continued all the way to the top, the tenth floor.

On this floor, she finally t the High Priestess.

This place appeared to be rely an observatory, equipped with so astronomical instrunts. Perhaps soone had once stood here, gazing at the stars and observing the changes in celestial paths.

But now, dust covered everything. The distant-viewing alchemical devices appear blurry, no longer functional as they once were.

Next to it stood a desk, scattered with papers, as if soone had been writing sothing. The High Priestess was reading through these writings.

Carlotta approached and slightly glanced over. It was soone’s contemplation on the path of alchemy, questions on what the highest achievent alchemy could reach might be. Was a divine artifact the ultimate pinnacle of alchemy? Could there exist even more terrifying and powerful alchemical creations?

Could alchemical creations, in the end, kill a god?

It truly was a bold idea. Normally, who would dare to think along such lines?

"Who left this behind?"

Carlotta asked.

"The Earth Goddess."

The High Priest replied.

Carlotta’s heart imdiately tensed.

The High Priest had once told her about the Eight Great gods. The Earth Goddess was one of them.

So this god was also skilled in alchemy?

Carlotta stared at the writings before her. A god contemplating how to advance alchemy further, considering even using alchemical ans to slay a god. It was undeniably terrifying and powerful.

For a god to ponder such matters, clearly sothing pressing must have forced them to think this way. But what could it have been?

"Did the god ntion what happened in the past?"

Carlotta couldn’t help but ask the High Priestess.

The High Priestess shook his head regretfully. "No."

The page only shows pure exploration into alchemy.

Perhaps the next page will reveal why this exploration began, and would contain all the causes and consequences.

But... the page couldn’t be turned.

Ti was rciless. Everything strong, everything enduring, eventually turned to dust.

"If we don’t turn the page, perhaps we might one day find a way to resist the erosion of ti and see what’s written on the next page. But if we turn it and reduce everything to ashes, then truly, nothing will remain."

Carlotta murmured softly.

Based on such considerations, they never forced anything. Doing so would only be in vain.

"So in the end, we didn’t find anything here?"

Carlotta sighed regretfully.

The Pirate King had left a key, guiding her here, yet left nothing behind? That didn’t make sense. Surely the Pirate King didn’t just want future people to co see where he obtained his blueprints?

Thinking for a mont, Carlotta took out the Lion’s Key she had kept away after opening the door.

The Lion’s Key glittered golden, appearing out of place in this decaying tower. She’d felt this before when opening the door, the Lion’s Key seed mismatched with the surroundings. It couldn’t have been sothing the Pirate King took from here. But if so, why did it work as a key? Could it be that the tower’s door was installed by the Pirate King himself?

Carlotta had no strength to comnt on such speculation. She simply turned the Lion’s Key over in her hands.

Then, with a slight force, the Lion’s Key suddenly cracked. Within monts, cracks spread across the entire key.

This result left Carlotta stunned. She opened her palm, and golden fragnts began to fall away piece by piece, revealing beneath a rust-covered key.

As soon as this rust-covered key appeared, ripples began spreading through the air of the tower’s top floor. Along with the ripples, a deep, dark cave gradually erged.

"What is this..."

The High Priestess stepped forward, his expression astonished.

"Do you know what this is?"

Carlotta hadn’t expected such a sudden change, but it probably wasn’t a bad thing.

The High Priestess pondered and said, "It should be the God’s Secret Vault."

"What is that?"

Carlotta’s eyes instantly lit up with interest.

After all, the na "God’s Secret Vault" sounded incredibly significant, sothing to yearn for.

The High Priestess answered, "In our worlds, there’s a legend that occasionally sets up Secret Vaults to reward those who strive. Anyone who has put in effort can, guided by divine revelation, find the Secret Vault and claim their reward. Yes, I can confirm, this legend is true."

As a figure of great status, the High Priestess clearly knew which of those elusive legends were real, and which were entirely false.

Carlotta grew even more excited. "So we’ve opened the God’s Secret Vault? We can get a reward from a god?"

"Don’t get too excited."

The High Priestess remains expressionless. "The God’s Secret Vault doesn’t possess special preservation effects. The passage of ti still applies there. Whatever was originally placed inside this vault, by now, it’s likely all unusable."

Carlotta imdiately cald down upon hearing this.

Still, the Pirate King must have been pointing toward this place. The key only worked within this tower, so they had no choice but to co.

Then again, if the Pirate King himself had already been here before, wouldn’t he have taken everything already? Could there be sothing the Pirate King couldn’t take?

"If there’s nothing valuable left, why would the Pirate King guide others here?"

Carlotta stared at the dark opening before she grew wider, preparing to go inside.

The High Priestess agreed with her reasoning and followed close behind.

When the passage expanded to a suitable size, the two stepped into it.

Then, a scene resembling a mountain’s inner cavern appeared before their eyes. Beneath the jagged stone walls, a faint, ethereal figure flickered in and out of existence.

"Will soone co? Will they see ? Will they rember ? Or... will they know who I am? Will they know what must be done next?"

A voice echoed from where the ghostly figure stood.

After speaking once, the figure repeats it again and again, without end.

It was a woman, emanating a heavy aura. Just one glance conveyed a sense of solidity and reliability.

The High Priestess, upon seeing this woman, imdiately showed deep respect, bowing towards her.

Without a doubt, this was the Earth Goddess!