Chapter 56: Starlight Power Items |
Luo Ya drifted aimlessly through the city, her azure-blue long hair floating with the seawater.
At this moment, the words of the god echoed continuously in her mind.
“It is water…”
“Water…”
But now that she knew it was water,
how was she supposed to solve the predicament on land?
At that moment, a burst of cheerful noise drew her attention.
Following the sound, she saw a group of young merfolk gathered together, marveling at several strangely shaped small fish.
Those fish had puffed cheeks, and from time to time they suddenly opened their mouths, shooting out a rapid stream of water that struck distant floating shrimp or debris, drawing waves of applause from the onlookers.
Luo Ya swam closer and asked a nearby merfolk girl.
“Lady Luo Ya!”
The girl quickly saluted,
then excitedly pointed at those fish.
“We’re watching them spray water!”
“They can store seawater in their mouths and then shoot it out when hunting.”
“It’s really interesting.”
The speaker had no particular intention, but the listener took it to heart.
“Store water…”
“Release it when needed…”
A flash of inspiration struck Luo Ya’s mind instantly!
That’s right!
Why must they rely on the water in the environment?
What if they could carry water with them?!
Joy surged in her heart, and Luo Ya immediately turned around, swiftly swimming back to the Temple, eager to begin her research.
First, it needed to have a storage function.
That meant containers were required.
Thus, Luo Ya had Luo Xing gather all kinds of objects that could hold water.
Shells, conches, hollow beast horns, even polished stone bottles…
She tried them one by one,
first simply pouring seawater into them.
But soon, Luo Ya discovered the problem.
These containers were either too small—the amount of water they could store was negligible for casting Divine Grace.
Or they were too large and inconvenient to carry.
“It must be something both compact and capable of storing a large amount of water…”
Luo Ya frowned in thought.
She thought of compression.
So she attempted to use Starlight Power to forcibly compress more seawater into a conch.
At first, she thought she had succeeded.
However…
When she withdrew the Starlight Power maintaining the compression—
“Boom!”
The conch could not withstand the immense internal pressure and instantly shattered, water splashing everywhere.
Afterward, Luo Ya tried other objects, but the results were largely the same.
These items simply could not endure highly compressed water.
And if Starlight Power had to be maintained continuously…
For ordinary tribe members,
the consumption of Starlight Power was far too great to sustain.
The research reached a deadlock.
Unwilling to give up, Luo Ya…
immersed herself day and night in countless experiments without rest.
One day, as she once again infused Starlight Power into a beautifully patterned conch, attempting to find a way to stabilize its structure, something extraordinary happened.
The Starlight Power did not dissipate as usual. Instead, like a stream flowing into a sponge, it was absorbed by the conch!
As the infusion of Starlight Power continued…
the once ordinary conch began to emit a faint blue glow, and the patterns on its surface seemed to come alive, with starlight flowing across them.
Luo Ya’s heart stirred,
and she tried to guide seawater into this conch.
A miracle occurred!
The seawater poured into the conch, yet it did not fill it!
This seemingly small conch appeared to be connected to an invisible space within, devouring the incoming water.
Only after storing…
more than a hundred times its own volume of seawater did it finally stop!
She carefully ceased the infusion of Starlight Power.
The glow on the conch’s surface gradually receded, returning to its original appearance, though when held in hand, it carried a heavy sensation, as if filled with Divine Grace.
Success!
A treasure capable of storing vast amounts of water,
had been born!
Overjoyed, Luo Ya held the seemingly ordinary yet extraordinary conch and once again came to the Temple.
“God! Look!”
She presented the conch like a prized offering,
and demonstrated its ability to store and release water.
“Very good.”
The god’s voice sounded, carrying a hint of surprise.
Huang Xing was indeed somewhat astonished.
But He instantly analyzed,
the essence of this conch.
It was because Luo Ya’s Starlight Power had temporarily altered its internal structure, granting it a water-storage property akin to “spatial folding,” attached to a physical object.
However, this was not permanent.
Once the Starlight Power contained within was completely exhausted, the conch would revert to an ordinary object.
In simple terms,
it was a time-limited extraordinary item.
Or rather, a Starlight Power item.
Nevertheless, this was undoubtedly a major breakthrough!
Because it proved that…
Starlight Power could not only act upon living beings,
but could also temporarily grant inanimate objects the properties of Divine Grace!
After receiving the god’s affirmation,
Luo Ya’s heart filled with a sense of achievement and joy.
She immediately summoned Mo, Luo Xing, the three brothers, and other core members such as the former tribal leader.
When Luo Ya demonstrated the wondrous use of the conch,
everyone erupted with excitement!
“That’s great!”
“With this, we won’t have to worry about being captured by bad people when going ashore!”
Luo Zhe excitedly waved his fists.
Even the usually steady Luo Xing revealed a smile.
“That’s right! We can immediately organize a team and take the conches to search for Luo Yi and the others!”
As soon as these words were spoken,
the smile on Luo Ya’s face instantly froze,
and her gaze turned cold.
“Luo Yi and the others… still have no news?”
Luo Xing shook his head, his expression turning grim.
“No.”
“We’ve sent people to search along the coast many times, but found nothing.”
“As for… the Three Great Duchies and the Theocratic State of the Stars, there has been no response at all.”
From the moment Luo Yi went missing until now,
three months had already passed!
Even though their location was quite far from the Theocratic State of the Stars and the Three Great Duchies, a round trip would only take about two months.
By water route, it would take merely half a month.
So regardless of the distance, if the other side intended to return them or communicate, there should have been news long ago.
This silence, like a stone sinking into the sea…
meant only one thing.
The other party simply did not care about the wrath of Pisces,
or had reasons they could not release them!
“Good! Good! Good!”
Luo Ya said “good” three times,
each word filled with anger!
“It seems we have been too gentle!”
“Letting certain people think they can manipulate us at will!”
A storm seemed to gather in Luo Ya’s eyes!
“Big Brother!”
“Immediately select one hundred of the most elite tribe members!”
“We will go to the Three Great Duchies and demand our people in person!”
“I want to see who gave them such audacity!”
“Yes!”
Luo Xing accepted the order solemnly,
his eyes likewise igniting with fury.
The merfolk race was by no means one to be bullied!
…
“Water… water…”
He’s consciousness,
after a struggle, finally barely awakened.
At that moment, he felt an unbearable dryness in his throat, and his entire body was so weak that even lifting a finger was difficult.
In his hazy awareness, he heard footsteps, and then felt someone lift him up.
Cool, clear water flowed into his throat,
instantly easing the torment of thirst.
Soon after, he fell into sleep once more.