Upon seeing the races of the Deep Space, Geoffrey asked, "Should we be going too?"
Elder Xue walked out of the oval building and looked up at the sky. "It's not the right time yet."
"But they've all sallied forth," said Geoffrey.
Elder Xue shook his head. "Today is the Power-boosting Day, so the innate skills of those races native to the Deep Space will soar. It's indeed a good day for them, but not for us."
In the past few days, Geoffrey had learned much about the races living inside the Deep Space. He knew that a portion of their power came from the annular sun above their heads, and the light it released today was indeed very dazzling.
"What about them?" Geoffrey looked at the members of the Elemental race.
"They'll naturally go too," said Elder Xue.
He then selected four members of the Elemental race. These guys had long prepared themselves thoroughly, so when Elder Xue chose them, they quickly gathered in front of the door, ready to set off.
After Elder Xue gave them a few words of advice, they stepped on the green lines and headed straight for the chimney.
"Actually, they don't have to go," said Geoffrey as he gazed at their receding backs.
"You're surprisingly quite kind-hearted," Elder Xue said with a smile. "Don't worry. I've taught them a new method. If the method succeeds, they'll be able to go even farther inside the chimney."
"But they'll die..."
Geoffrey murmured.
After staying here for a few days, he found that the members of the Elemental race weren't as hateful as they looked.
Furthermore, they had learned the language of the fourth-grade world from Elder Xue, so they could have simple conversations with Geoffrey.
Now that he had a better understanding of them, Geoffrey couldn't help but feel very sad to watch them heading to their deaths.
Elder Xue remained unconcerned. His gaze was fixated at the chimney in the distance as he wanted to observe the movements of the other races in the Deep Space.
Beams of green light began to rise from the surface of the chimney.
Some went out after they rose about forty feet, some were extinguished after they rose about eighty feet, and some others rose all the way to a height of more than a hundred feet—an excellent record, and it would have been even more excellent if it wasn't obtained at the cost of those creatures' lives.
"There are many surprises this time. The Wrona race did a good job, and the Cold Ape race is unexpectedly weak.
Anyway, it's our turn now,"
Elder Xue, who had been keeping an eye on the results, said.
He considered each result important and always analyzed them. Through thousands of trials and errors, he had managed to roughly figure out some of the techniques to be used in the chimney.
When the four members of the Elemental race entered the chimney, they could see four new beams of green light slowly rising up.
The speed at which the four members climbed up was very slow, and they even stopped for a brief moment sometimes. In the end, however, they kept going up.
The first beam was extinguished when it reached one hundred feet high. As Elder Xue saw this, the corner of his eyes twitched slightly, and his black claws were clenched into fists.
The second beam didn't die out until it reached one hundred and thirty feet high. This time, Elder Xue's expression looked a little better.
When the third beam climbed up to one hundred and sixty feet high, the members of the Elemental race in the oval building let out a cheer.
This was their previous record, and it seemed that they could climb up ever farther today.
Excitement was also etched on Elder Xue's face. His judgment was right.
One hundred and sixty feet, one hundred and seventy feet, one hundred and eighty feet...
The higher the green light beams rose, the louder the shouts of the members of the Elemental race became.
Expectations started to grow in their hearts. They hoped that the two clansmen could reach the top of the chimney and get the thing left by the Fostering race to end this nightmare-like exploration.
To their disappointment, however, one beam suddenly dispersed at the height of two hundred feet.
"The light is off."
"We still have one person left!"
"He's still rising!"
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