Night of Despair-Chapter 494 - 492 temporarily closed 2

Yu Hong exhaled a long breath in the Main Control Room.

He turned around and walked to the first floor.

Everyone from Ku Chan was gathered here, each with a relaxed expression, a lightness after the tension.

"We’re back... Was that just now the Phoenix Eye? So thrilling... I’ve never seen such an exaggerated Source Disaster in my life," Chi Xiao sighed with emotion.

"The ship is nearly falling apart, we estimate it will take a long time to repair it before we can move on," said Ku Chan.

"I want to stay here," Fisina said, looking at the rapidly approaching Floating City’s ship outside the window.

"Me too, maybe there’s hope to resurrect my family here," White Dragon nodded along.

"Who else wants to stay? Raise your hand," Yu Hong looked at a few people and straightforwardly asked.

Shwa!

Chi Xiao, Fisina, and White Dragon raised their hands together.

Ku Chan glanced at Yu Hong and also slowly raised his hand.

"I intend to try and see if the Great Resurrection Technique and Wish Technique here can fulfill my desires."

Yu Hong nodded.

He actually understood that the reason these people followed him on adventures was simply because they wanted a stable environment and hoped to find a way to resurrect their loved ones.

And now, the Floating City world showed this possibility and was more stable and safer.

So, even Ku Chan was tempted.

He could understand.

"Captain, have you thought about it, that you are venturing out to find a stable environment to live your life? If so, maybe this place can also meet your needs..." Ku Chan said.

"Not me," Yu Hong shook his head. "You can try, but I can’t..."

He bore the curse of Agrius and, with the Black Mark, he would never place his future hope in the hands of external forces.

Ku Chan wanted to persuade further, but Yu Hong raised his hand to stop him.

"Actually, I thought such a day would come," Yu Hong said, looking at Ku Chan and Chi Xiao, "I just didn’t expect it to come so quickly."

"Captain..." Ku Chan hesitated to speak.

"It’s okay; once the Arcanists here arrive, I’ll help you handle the identity exchange here, hoping it stabilizes you all. The rest, I can’t help you with," Yu Hong exhaled, walking to the window, looking out at the rapidly moving fish-shaped ship.

To others, he didn’t care; only Ku Chan, after all this time together, parting was a bit poignant.

Ku Chan and Chi Xiao exchanged glances, stopping their words.

Fisina looked towards White Dragon; both were from the Arcane System, naturally feeling familiar and trusting this world.

Only Yiyi sat quietly on the side, observing the scene.

The atmosphere calmed down, becoming a bit stifling.

Until a few minutes later, the Floating City ship approached and stopped.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... What did I say?" the voice of the inspecting Arcanist Harvey sounded again.

"Phoenix Eye isn’t that easy to pass; it’s not just the Wind Disaster, but also the Black Disaster, Light Disaster, Spirit Disaster, the Phoenix Eye of all Source Disasters, is an absolute turning point. It almost requires ships built by those who have existed for countless years to have super strong defenses. Otherwise, with a small ship like yours, surviving it is already very lucky," Harvey said.

"Harvey Mage..." Yu Hong sighed, "Can you suggest a place for us to dock and repair? We are unfamiliar with this place."

"As long as it’s not here, two surrounding Floating Cities are possible. You still have the jumping ability, right? The nearest Floating Earth City is about thirty light-hours away," Harvey reminded.

"Light-hours... is it that far!?" Yu Hong, hearing the somewhat familiar unit, felt his mind buzz.

"It’s fine, after all, it is a fortress. How about it, do you want to stay? I wasn’t joking when I said many people like you eventually stay here when they can’t get through the Phoenix Eye. None of them are Savior Ship crew, but they are strong people hoping to find Source Disaster hope themselves," Harvey said.

"So, if you stay, you will have people with shared interests. Hahaha..." Harvey laughed.

"Alright, just a joke, didn’t you hear of light-hours? It’s the distance light flies in one hour," he explained.

Except for Yiyi, almost all the crew of the Black Black Spirit instantly understood.

Ku Chan was a high achiever, Fisina a knowledgeable divine being, White Dragon also a high-level mage, and Chi Xiao was experienced with the Immortal Generals and even the Great Emperor from Heaven.

So, when Harvey explained, they understood instantly how exaggerated this was.

At the speed of the Black Black Spirit, they might not reach another Floating City even if they flew for a lifetime.

"Can we go somewhere closer..." Yu Hong paused, then spoke again.

As he spoke, he once again used Inner Strength to send out an eye of the Three-eyed Dragon Head General, which had been reinforced once.

Harvey quickly caught it and checked it.

"Tsk, tsk, good stuff! To find something with such high energy density and strength, impressive! Well, originally, our Floating City doesn’t allow foreign ships to stay long-term, but seeing this treasure, I’ll get you a visiting relative identity. As long as there are fewer than a hundred crew members, you can stay to repair and resupply. But don’t mention my name if you cause trouble; I won’t take responsibility," Harvey said.

"Thank you!" Yu Hong expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Though it was clear from the other’s familiarity that this practice of selling personal benefits was not the first time.

But right now, this was the best place they could find to repair.

In other places, they’d worry if the world would be completely destroyed by the ensuing Source Disasters.

"Follow me then," collecting the benefit, Harvey was in visibly better spirits.

He turned the ship around, leading the Black Black Spirit towards the Floating City.

The enormous Floating City looked like a series of sharp ice-blue peaks from afar.

As they got closer, both ships approached one of the crystal blue peaks on the far right.

The peak got closer and larger.

There were tens of thousands of blue dots distributed above. Upon closer inspection, each dot was a crystal window the size of a football field.

Inside these windows, golden and silver sand-like things flowed back and forth, emitting light.

"These are Light Windows, each connected to a plane or a world. Our goods circulate in many places, and also support those places against Source Disasters," Harvey introduced, slightly proud.

"The Floating City is layered from top to bottom into three levels: civilians, mages, and the Arcane Circle. Over four billion souls of various races live here, but if you’re not a mage, you’re a civilian. Civilians must serve mages to survive here. So everyone aims to produce a mage in their family," Harvey smiled.

Listening to his explanation, Yu Hong was interested, but more concerned about where they could repair.

"The repair place... we’re almost there," Harvey, having received the benefit, was dependable.

He led the Black Black Spirit around the Blue Crystal Mountain. Soon, they descended towards a Light Window on the mountain.

Poof!

The ships, along with the Black Black Spirit, flew into the Light Window, disappearing in an instant.

The sudden strong light dazzled Yu Hong and the others, not giving them time to adjust.

A gentle female voice slowly echoed in their minds.

"Welcome to Absolute Balance, this is registrar Emma. Should you have any questions, you may call upon the absolute justice and fairness of Absolute Balance in your heart, and Emma will answer all your questions."

"By the way, Captain Yu, how old are you? I’m filling out the registration," Harvey’s voice came over.

"Uh... I’m twenty-five," Yu Hong couldn’t actually remember his age but vaguely recalled he was in his twenties.

"Huh? Two hundred and fifty? Oh. Then you’re forty years younger than me," Harvey assumed he misheard and corrected himself.

Yu Hong heard it, opened his mouth, but didn’t say anything.

Because he heard Harvey’s murmuring after.

Something about being two hundred and fifty years old and already at Immortal Level, indeed the Savior Ship’s captains are different... how every captain is the same, not afraid to die, with strong talent...

Hearing this, he thought it better not to explain in detail...

Soon, Harvey seemed to have finished filling the documents.

Emma’s gentle voice rang out again.

"Welcome, esteemed nephew of Harvey Mage, Yu. You may legally and permanently reside here, please adhere to local laws and regulations. Absolute Balance welcomes you."

Nephew??

Yu Hong was speechless, not expecting to suddenly gain the identity of Harvey’s nephew.

On the other side, Ku Chan and others heard a similar Emma voice.

"Welcome, esteemed Yu’s, the nephew of Harvey Mage, servants. You may legally and permanently reside here, but as civilians, any income will be taxed at seventy-four percent as a maintenance fee for the Floating City’s operations. Thank you for coming. Your life is the most solid cornerstone of the Floating City."

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"...."

The group originally had high hopes, especially Fisina, who hoped to rise again here, transitioning to Arcane, abandoning her divine status to become strong once more, to regain glory.

But.....

Is this place really called Absolute Balance?!

More than seventy percent in taxes and saying your life is the most solid cornerstone is so bluntly stated, and people are still willing to come here!?

The group looked at each other.

Soon, the light outside the window dimmed.

The two ships appeared above a vast azure lake.

The scenery was picturesque, the sun was bright, flocks of birds flew past the ship.

The two ships slowly descended, landing on a small island in the lake.

"Don’t mind it, haha, after all, we Arcanists aren’t those capitalists, we exploit people openly, saying how much is how much. This way also prevents many from coming to the Floating City with unrealistic fantasies," Harvey said frankly.

"Indeed," Yu Hong nodded in agreement.

The Floating City is so powerful that it would attract many souls from worlds destroyed, trying to escape here. But the resources here can’t accept all refugees, so setting such a high immigration standard is understandable.

Once the ship stopped on the beach,

Harvey, wearing a gray and white mage robe, with messy hair like a bird’s nest of brown hair, jumped out of the ship’s side door.

He held a white jade magic wand, coughed a few times, and approached the Black Black Spirit.

He looked to be about fifty or sixty, with a grizzled beard and a pure gaze, just someone who only wanted benefits with no other thoughts.