Staring at the black speck in the distance.
The Voice of Dawn began heading in that direction.
This would be the first island they encountered in the Vast Ocean.
As they drew closer, they could clearly see that the island was enormous; the black speck they had seen before was merely a tiny corner of it.
As they sailed, a sprawling coastline appeared across their entire field of vision, completely filling the entire field of view.
Could it be a continent?
This was the first thought that crossed Alka's mind.
It wasn't surprising that he thought so. He had been in this world for so long, and he had never seen an island with a coastline stretching beyond his field of vision in the distant seas.
For the others on the ship, the concept of a continent simply didn't exist.
They naturally assumed that what lay ahead was an island, simply a large one.
Only Lucilia had heard of the word "continent" in ancient mythological epics. Seeing this, Alka immediately waved to Sofia.
"Sofia, can you use your Ring of Light to control the surrounding light and make the ship invisible?"
Whether it's a continent or an island ahead, there's a chance intelligent life exists.
This is a new arrival, so it's best to be cautious.
"Control the light and make the ship invisible?" Sofia was puzzled.
How can this be done?
Is there any similarity between controlling light and becoming invisible?
Hearing this, Alka couldn't help but scratch his head. How could this be explained?
After thinking for a moment, he created a mirror that surrounded the ship and said, "It's through the refraction of light, transmitting the image on one side to the other, as if the entire ship were transparent."
Then he slowed the Voice of Dawn down, or even stopped it on the sea.
Alka began to explain the simple principle of achieving invisibility through the refraction of light.
Of course, he didn't know the specific details, but he could give a general idea.
He remembered this, perhaps because it was a proof of his past efforts.
Although, in reality, these general ideas were just what he'd seen while browsing videos on a free day.
For Sofia, who could control light, as long as she could experiment and mastered the control, she should be able to successfully achieve this invisibility.
As for the others, they were naturally bewildered, not understanding anything. Of course, this excluded Simon, who seemed to understand a little and was pondering something.
However, Sofia, with her ability to control light, understood it better than anyone else present.
Including Alka.
After all, he only knew some simple theories, and this world was no longer the same as it once was.
With Alka's guidance, Sofia seemed to understand.
When they began experimenting, nothing was as easy as it had been promised.
After several dozen minutes, there was still no effect.
The first and most important issue to address was Sofia's inability to control light to such a precise level. Her previous practice had focused entirely on focusing and emitting light.
She had little practice in this area.
Clearly, they couldn't wait that long.
After almost an hour, Sofia had only managed to distort and blur the surroundings, making them even more conspicuous.
But it seemed like she was making progress towards success.
However, success was still a long way off.
Sofia shook her head. "No, I think it's possible, but I can't do it right now."
"Well, I'll use a mirror to help you," Alka said after a moment's thought.
His mirror could appear cruder, but even then, it could directly achieve the desired effect.
With that, Alka manipulated the mirror to emerge and placed it on his face, though no image emerged.
Alka raised his hands, and liquid mirror gushed out, forming a semicircular cover that enclosed the entire ship.
Then, Alka manipulated the mirror to transmit the scene from one side to the other.
Although this still had flaws, a closer look would reveal noticeable sway as the ship moved, or discrepancies between the images could be detected from different angles.
However, the vast ocean and the sunlight in the sky could easily mask these flaws.
The surrounding environment would help the ship hide.
Unless they were certain there was something wrong.
To ensure even greater cloaking power, Alka had Shadati manipulate the light to create a deeper obscuration.
Combined, the two achieved perfect stealth.
Of course, this was just a substitute for the fact that Sofia hadn't yet mastered the art of cloaking through light refraction.
After everything was ready, Alka said to the Voice of the Dawn, "Go ahead. Remember to slow down and take your time."
Going too fast wouldn't conceal the ship's path, and the distortion would be too obvious.
The Voice of the Dawn slowly sailed across the sea.
Everyone began to anticipate what unique scenery the island would hold.
As they sailed, they soon reached the coastline that stretched as far as their vision allowed. It was clear that the island's size was beyond their imagination.
It might even be a continent, as they couldn't find the edge of the coastline within their sight.
"Is there an island this big?" Jason asked, looking at the endless coastline before him.
Even the largest island in the Home Sea wasn't this large. The Home Sea is dotted with tiny islands, their borders visible almost from afar.
In other words, there are no truly large islands, not even the cathedral housing the Church of Our Lady.
"Really? Don't you have islands this large?" Simon asked, somewhat surprised.
Jason shook his head.
"The island where the Maltes Kingdom is located is just such a large island, with no visible borders.
But I've only seen that one."
From everyone's conversation, Alka learned that other seas have such large islands.
The Home Sea has them too, but it's so vast that Alka and his companions had confined themselves to a corner of the map before leaving.
But without exception, such large islands are extremely rare.
The islands in all seas are very small.
As they chatted, they finally reached the island's border and took in some of its features. As far as they could see, all they could see was green vegetation, with most of the borders formed steep cliff-like walls.
Only at the very edge could they see something resembling a beach, while the rest of the island was filled with vegetation and a lot of wasteland.
However, they could also see what looked like a forest.
The visible landscape was limited.
Trees, jagged rocks, upward slopes, and peaks obscured their view.
In this limited landscape, there was nothing unusual; it looked like an ordinary island.
The invisible ship slowly approached the island's edge.
"Circumnavigate the edge."
At Alka's command, the ship slowly began to circle, and through this circumnavigation, the group began to carefully observe the island's interior.
In this way, they circled for three hours, still unable to see the island's edge.
But they had indeed seen no signs of human activity during those three hours. They did, however, spot some animals roaming the forest border.
Most of these creatures were completely new.
"Could this be an uninhabited island?"
After circling the island for a long time with no results, Juanlu asked.
"For an island this large, we've only been checking the border. It's difficult to know what's inside. The probability of it being uninhabited is too low."
Alka shook his head.
Of course, he wasn't completely certain. After all, this was the vast ocean, and they had no idea what the situation would be like as newcomers.
In any case, whether in the Home Sea or any other sea area, such a massive island would definitely not be uninhabited.
But who could know for sure in the vast ocean?
"By the way, have you noticed something?"
Julia suddenly said, standing still.
Hearing this, everyone turned to look at him with puzzled expressions. Julia pointed to the sky and asked, "How much of the daylight has already passed?"
Hearing this, everyone remembered.
They had probably entered the gate in the afternoon of the forward passage.
If the time on both sides was the same, it should be night now.
But the problem was that the time they had been drifting in the pitch-black space was uncertain. Alka hadn't been awake from the beginning; he only woke up halfway, and the ship arrived here shortly after.
"It's possible that a day or even several days had passed while we were asleep," Simon said after a moment's thought.
"No, that's not right," Sofia said suddenly, then she held out her hand, a faint light gathering on it.
"I'm very sensitive to light now. When we first arrived in this sea, the sky was exactly the same brightness as it is now, and the sun's position hasn't changed at all."
This was something she could be certain of.
"So the days here are really long?" Lucilia asked.
Sofia shook her head, indicating she didn't know.
But regardless, if the sun hadn't moved for so long, there must be something wrong with the daylight here.
Watching everyone ponder this, Jason shrugged and said, "I think we'd better not dwell on it. You said it's chaotic here, so it wouldn't be surprising if it immediately turned to night, right?"
That was true.
The sea level, undulating and curling like a piece of cloth, had already reshaped their worldview.
The sun simply didn't move; there wasn't any apparent impact yet.
"So, should we continue circling?"
Arka nodded and said, "Keep going. We haven't seen any suitable landing sites in the past few hours. Even if someone were, they wouldn't build a harbor in an unsuitable place, would they?"
If this were an island, the settlement would naturally have to be built in a location suitable for a harbor, or at least close to one.
After all, areas like these are natural settlements.
The boat began to move again, and everyone began to pay attention to changes in the sky.
They sailed along the coastline for about five hours, and the sky remained unchanged.
During this time, they still didn't make any significant discoveries, but Jason did catch a few fish.
Finally, they discovered a bay that was ideal for landing.
Sighting the concave bay from afar, Arka immediately ordered the Voice of Dawn to slow down.
Then, together with Sofia, they carefully controlled their approach to reduce the chance of being discovered.
If there were people on this island, there would surely be buildings in this bay, which was perfect for landing.
And the surrounding area seemed perfectly suited for settling down.
As the entire bay came into view,
"There are wrecks!" Jason exclaimed.
Everyone also saw three abandoned ships of varying sizes, shattered on the bay's surface.
These abandoned ships were in an extremely dilapidated state, more like the wreckage of a sunken ship pushed ashore.
Literally, only rotten planks remained.
As they reached the bay and were debating whether to enter, the sky suddenly shifted.
Everyone looked up.
They saw a horizontal line streaking across the sky, and as it passed, day turned to night.
In just a few seconds, the sky was completely dark, dotted with stars.
They even saw several massive planets suspended in the starry sky, dangling brightly, as if ready to fall at any moment.
It gave them a profound sense of oppression.
The sudden onset of darkness, and the completely unfamiliar starry sky, left everyone stunned.
"So... how does the Endless Sea's night come about?" Sofia couldn't help but ask.
They had just seen that thread-like object streak across the sky, and the sky seemed to be covered, turning from daylight to night in just a few seconds.
It was like there were two pictures, and someone took one side and quickly placed it on top of the other.
There was no such thing as dusk.
It was just that direct.
"Okay, now I won't be surprised by anything outrageous," Alka said, lowering his head.
It's okay. This is the nature of the Endless Sea.
Just get used to it.
Alka consoled himself with this.
In just one day, two phenomena reshaped his worldview. But it didn't matter. As long as his worldview was sufficiently fragmented, he didn't need to worry about such things.
It made sense for everyone to give it a moment's thought.
Even the seawater could fly into the sky, and they could sail upside down. What was so unacceptable about the alternation of night and day?
Their minds were already starting to shift.
All sorts of strange sights and phenomena were coming their way.
They would definitely not be surprised anymore.
And with the darkness, coupled with the mirrors surrounding the ship, their camouflage was practically perfect.
Unless someone was observing them closely.
"So, should we go to the island now?" Jason asked from the side.
Alka looked at the abandoned ship on the beach in the bay, thought for a moment, and shook his head.
It was night. Besides, no one knew anything about the island's situation. Who knew if there might be something outrageous on it?
After all, the magic concentration here was a bit too high.
An excessively high magic concentration would affect everything in the world, and anything could come alive.
"No, let's dock the boat first, go ashore during the day, and at night I'll explore the dream world and investigate."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded.
If there were intelligent life on the shore, Alka could find it through the dream bubbles within his dreams.
Perhaps he could even gain some intelligence.
And even the dreams of animals weren't completely useless.
After all, it's always wise to be cautious when you're new here.
Damn the author, why couldn't he...
Give me a little more information to put in "Dreamland."
He got angry when he thought of the ambiguous descriptions in "Dreamland."
They just lured people here and left them there, right?
So, they drove the Sound of Dawn to a small recess in the nearby cliff face.
They planned to rest there for the night.
"By the way, how long will it take for the night to end?"
Jason, who was eating in the restaurant, suddenly asked.
It was already daytime when they arrived, so they had no idea how long the day would last.
"Don't worry, I've been counting since nightfall. We'll know how long it will last once the night fades," Simon said with a smile.
Such an important matter, of course, required constant observation.
Everything about this place was so special and amazing.
For Simon, who had a researcher's nature, it was indeed so.
After dinner, Alka said, "Everyone, get some rest today. We've been exhausted all day."
He was right. He was truly exhausted today, both physically and mentally.
After arranging the night watch, Alka returned to his room.
After a quick wash, he lay down on his bed and quickly fell into a dream.
He was eager to know what the dream world of the Endless Sea was like.
Would it be as lively as he imagined, or would it be completely different?
He was almost certain that there was a clear barrier separating the Endless Sea from the sea where the Four Gods resided.
This was the pitch-black area they had previously passed through.
There, Alka couldn't even enter dreams, which meant there were no dreams at all.
Thinking this way, Alka's body awoke from his dream.
Upon waking, Alka immediately looked at his dream bubble.
There were no strange changes within the bubble...really.
Alka looked at the massive crystal behind him. Besides the remaining golden energy,
some silver energy, unlike anything he had seen before, appeared within the crystal.
Watching this unknown energy appear within the crystal, Alka frowned. When had this happened? When had it entered?
He reached out slightly, immersing his hand within the crystal, grasping a freely floating silver energy ball, and then pulled it out.
A pink mist surged from his hands, enveloping the silver energy ball. He closed his eyes and began to carefully sense what it was.
After a while, the result came in.
So that's it.
This energy was almost identical to the golden dream energy, except for the different effects it produced.
Golden energy transforms things in dreams into reality, flowing into reality and opening the door between dreams and reality.
Silver energy transforms things in reality into illusions and flows into dreams, opening the door between reality and dreams.
Though the two appear very similar, their meanings are completely opposite.
For example, the gates aren't interconnected.
But according to some information Alka has obtained, when the gap between reality and dreams becomes thinner, the gap opens, allowing for mutual access.
In other words, each gate that opens naturally is the result of the simultaneous operation of two energies.
And these two energies are indeed different. He could use this energy to construct a one-way gate.
This would allow Alka greater flexibility in control and the desired effect.
So the question is, where does this silver energy come from?
I have no idea.
After all, this is his dream, and the world has a detailed record of it. Alka closed his eyes and began to recall the events within his dream bubble. His control over it had reached an absurd level.
One could even say he was a god within his own dream bubble.
Of course, it wasn't just him; everyone who had undergone training was like this.
The only question was how to train.
The moment the silver energy appeared.
It had just now.
Upon learning the origin of the silver energy, Alka opened his eyes and frowned.
That silver energy had actually been brought with him from his recent descent into the dream.
Every time he sank into the dream, he brought some energy from reality with him, effectively breaking the barrier between reality and dream.
It was like a one-way passage, and this passage generated the silver energy.
Thinking of this, Alka woke up immediately and lay back in bed, closing his eyes once more and sinking back into the dream.
He turned his head. There isn't much silver energy in the crystal.
"Not working? Why?"
It was able to generate silver energy just now, but not now.
And why didn't it work before?
Is there a time limit?
Or is it only the first time?
Or is the situation in the Infinite Sea special?
We have too little information to analyze the normal information. We can only wait until the next time silver energy appears to analyze the difference between the two.