Goblin Dependency

The reason Xia Nan participated in the Moon Tide Feast, or rather, the reason he traveled countless miles from River Valley Town to the Southern Islands, was primarily because he discovered critical information about the Morton family in the experimental log of that Druid who once attempted to transform biological forms through the Ascension Ceremony.

The Druid himself did not explicitly point out the existence of the Dream Weaving Corridor key.

He only vaguely recalled in the log a few lines about a descendant from the Morton family, who had once adventured with him, retiring and taking an item he described as a "silver-white metal object of unperceived use" to the Southern Islands.

This insignificant and unclear clue was enough for Xia Nan, who had already obtained the Dream Weaving Corridor, to take practical action.

It was because of this that he embarked alone from River Valley Town, located deep inland, to the seaside.

Although the journey was fraught with obstacles, fortunately, it went relatively smoothly.

Ultimately, he arrived at Suo Yu Bay with all limbs intact, a few months before the Moon Tide Feast, and through various channels learned of Lailo Molton’s past existence and Dodd the "Algae Scale" who attacked and caused his death.

Truthfully, even when Xia Nan descended from the gangway and set foot on the land of Stodd Island, the "Thousand Pile Island," he still wasn’t sure if he could find the Dream Weaving Corridor key at the upcoming Moon Tide Feast.

Until now.

From a distance, the radiant blue beam from the island’s center connected heaven and earth, causing the ring formed from the Dream Weaving Corridor terminal on his right hand’s ring finger to vibrate violently.

The hundred-plus days of effort Xia Nan put in, all his fantasies and hopes, at this moment reached a conclusion that, though not entirely complete, was bright and imaginative enough.

The existence of the Dream Weaving Corridor key is highly probable.

And unsurprisingly, the treasure he pursued over countless miles now resides on the same island as him.

The straight-line distance is even less than five kilometers.

According to Xia Nan’s maximum speed when casting Teeth Hunting, getting from the shore to the origin of the beam wouldn’t take much longer than it would for an ordinary person to run three hundred meters.

But no matter how fluctuating his emotions or how strong his desire for the Dream Weaving Corridor key.

At this moment, Xia Nan couldn’t even move a finger.

The translucent barrier, emanating from the sky above, enveloped all of Stodd Island and part of the surrounding sea area, seemingly possessing some special ability.

As the light from the Deep Sea Resonating Stone in his hand flickered, Xia Nan felt as if he had completely lost control of his body.

His thoughts were active and clear, but his limbs and torso were enveloped by the same azure blue light as the light curtain above, rendering him immobile.

As if drawn by an invisible force, Xia Nan exerted no effort, yet his body, shrouded in light, began to rise like a magnet.

Breaking through the water’s surface, he hovered about three meters above the sea, suspended motionless.

Xia Nan couldn’t twist his neck to observe the changes in his surroundings.

Yet due to his previous pursuit of the Shark Beast away from the shore, he was now able to see what was happening on Stodd Island from a relatively macro perspective.

The falling light curtain divided the inside and outside of the island into two worlds.

Outside the light barrier, everything was as usual, just another leisurely afternoon on the ocean with nothing out of the ordinary.

Inside the light barrier, however, everything seemed to have been paused.

The waves appeared detached from gravity’s pull, frozen at the moment they were about to fall, with even the tiny bubbles bursting mid-air visible.

A few unfortunate seagulls, divided in half by the falling light curtain, initially didn’t notice as the front halves outside the curtain flapped obliviously and then belatedly scrambled away with alarmed cries;

while those inside the curtain remained suspended mid-flight, frozen in time.

Along the shore, the Furious Tide Battle Gang and the Wind Forger adventurer team, previously in a standoff, were also frozen in place.

Unlike the waves and the seagulls, similar to Xia Nan, several adventurers from both sides, including Half-Elf Alton, Captain Iron Grid of the Furious Tide Battle Gang, and Sefeng of the Wind Forgers, were enveloped in a layer of azure blue light, floating upwards, suspended mid-air.

Upon closer observation, it could be seen.

These adventurers, chosen by the azure light, were the ones with the most exquisite equipment and the most condensed aura in their respective teams.

Xia Nan wasn’t sure why this was happening, but he was already starting to suspect.

He didn’t like this feeling of being controlled and unable to move, nor did he feel comfortable with the light curtain surrounding the entire island.

He tried to break free from the control and regain control of his body.

But the light enveloping his body wasn’t a type of controlling spell he had resisted before, capable of triggering the passive effect of his Gaze into the Abyss specialty.

Xia Nan didn’t even sense a definite "casting-attribute check" process.

It was as if once the light curtain descended, the entire Stodd Island and its inhabitants were isolated in another frozen space-time.

"Buzz..."

The Deep Sea Resonating Stone clutched in his hand vibrated intensely, its light growing even brighter.