Vegetable Skeleton's Exotic Land Reclamation

The group moved in the shadows, passing through those tall, slender Starborn, who remained completely unaware of their presence.

After venturing deep into the chasm, Cadiz chuckled and said, "It's generally difficult for ordinary beings to notice shadows amidst strong light. I come and go, and they never detect me. However, you are direct descendants of the Godstar, so your powers must be similar, which is why you were able to find me."

"Oh, oh, I see. Similar power, no wonder I felt so close to you when I saw you," Anthony quickly chimed in.

It was best if it thought that way. No wonder it revealed itself so easily and even politely invited them to be guests. It thought it was discovered because of similar power? Couldn't it be that others simply had the ability to detect it?

If it remained so arrogant, it would be much easier to deal with. Anthony liked such 'friends' the most.

As they spoke, they arrived at the deepest part of the chasm. Cadiz, who was walking ahead, slowly shrunk into the ground, becoming shorter and shorter, until it disappeared into the ground, forming a 'shadow'.

Immediately afterward, another shadow emerged from this 'shadow'. As it emerged, the entire world regained light and heat, and the realm switched.

Ang and the others were switched out of the realm and immediately felt the temperature. The temperature here was much higher than on the shadow side. If the shadow side could maintain around a thousand degrees, then this place was at least fifteen hundred degrees.

Keep in mind that this was already deep within the chasm, where light couldn't directly reach. If it were outside, where the light directly shone, how high would the temperature be?

Anthony couldn't help but say in the soul network, "This is truly a hidden hiding place. Light and heat conceal all perception. From other places, you can't see that there's a crack here on the sunlit side. Its shadow realm can easily avoid the strong light to come and go. Even if others knew there was a chasm here, it would be difficult to search it out while enduring the strong light and high temperature. It's very safe to hide here."

Realizing this, Anthony immediately wanted to notify Silver Coin to change the location of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

"I wonder, Lord Shadow, what instructions do you have for us here?" After everyone had walked out of the shadow realm, Anthony politely asked.

"Purely curiosity. It's too rare to see direct descendants of the Godstar. I wanted to understand your situation," Cadiz said.

As it spoke, Cadiz waved its hand, and four candle-shaped Starborn slowly floated in from outside, each holding a small fireball in their hands, presenting them to everyone.

Anthony's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said in the soul network, "Not good, it's testing us. This should be a form of hospitality, but I don't know whether it's for drinking or washing hands."

This situation was somewhat similar to being a guest at a noble's house, where a maid presents a basin of water, and you gulp it down, then others know you're not a noble. That water is for washing hands.

What was this little fireball for?

Ang looked at it and reached out to pinch the fireball. As he squeezed it, the fireball instantly expanded, enveloping Ang's body, forming a translucent ball of fire.

The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped a lot, from fifteen hundred degrees straight back to around a thousand degrees.

"Uh, so this is a temperature regulator?" Anthony said in astonishment.

The mages of the Star Cluster Academy had invented a magical device that 'uses ice arrays to regulate temperature', which could keep the indoor temperature within a comfortable range. This little fireball had a similar effect.

Anthony and Negris quickly followed suit, holding the fireballs in their hands. Having stayed on the shadow side for so long, they had adapted to the temperature there. There was no comparison before, but now that there was, it was indeed more comfortable at around a thousand degrees.

Luckily, they didn't eat it randomly. Who would have thought that the little fireball was for cooling down?

Cadiz also pinched its little fireball, forming a translucent ball of fire, and then leaned over.

Anthony noticed that it deliberately let its fireball touch Anthony's fireball. Because Ang and the other two were standing closer together, when it leaned over like this, the four fireballs were connected.

"Is it more comfortable now? It's too hot here, affecting the stability of our forms. Tell me, how were you born? Why can direct descendants be born in your place?" Cadiz asked curiously.

Anthony feigned ignorance and said, "I don't know either. We've been like this since we were conscious. If we hadn't met you, I wouldn't even know we were direct descendants. What about you? How were you born?"

"Uh, I wasn't born. I'm symbiotic with the Godstar. Where there is light, there must be shadow. I am the shadow of the Godstar," Cadiz said.

"Ah? Symbiotic? Then wouldn't you have power as strong as a Godstar?" Anthony said in 'shock'.

Cadiz was a little dizzy from the flattery, saying "No, no" while boasting about its strength, completely forgetting its original purpose.

Anthony was naturally polite, setting many traps for it in his words. After extracting a lot of information, Anthony could confirm one thing: this Cadiz was definitely not the shadow of this Godstar. If there really was such a thing as a Godstar shadow, then it was more likely to be the shadow of the Azure Godstar.

"Lord, what kind of birth method should we concoct to deceive it?" Anthony asked in the soul network.

Ang shook his head.

"Ah? Can't we make one up? Is it because this kind of existence is too difficult?" Negris asked.

Ang nodded. Don't look at how he just drilled into the Godstar and came out like this, as if it were very easy, but the difficulty was equivalent to two Godstars colliding.

It was Ang, this unified source of the Seven Powers, colliding with the Godstar that produced their kind of form, a direct descendant of the Godstar. Ordinary methods could not possibly give birth to them.

There was no other way. Anthony could only pretend to be stupid, insisting that they had been like this since they were little and didn't know the reason for their birth.

"Then take me to the place where you were born. There may be some key hidden there," Cadiz said.

"We can, but we haven't finished everything we need to do yet. We'll take you after we finish what we need to do," Anthony said.

"What do you need to do? How long will it take to complete?" Cadiz asked.

Anthony said, "We need to purchase some supplies and slaves, establish a Chamber of Commerce structure, organize production, and sell the goods we brought."

"That's it?" Cadiz felt it was a little too simple and was about to say it would take care of it, but Anthony continued, "We also want to pay a visit to the Tree God and hope to obtain its permission for some things."