Published: March 12, 2025
As Zhao Hai expected, there was a moment of silence from the other side. Just as he was curious about their reaction, a voice suddenly came from the magical puppet: "Hello, may I ask where this place is?"
They were indeed speaking the language of the Ark Continent, but their tone was very stiff, almost like foreigners who had just learned Chinese.
Zhao Hai was taken aback; he didn't expect them to speak the language of the Ark Continent. He glanced at several magical puppets and said in a deep voice, “Who are you? How did you end up on Flame Island?”
The few individuals clearly saw Zhao Hai flying down from the sky, so they didn't dare to be careless. The massive metal magical puppets shifted and lined up. One of them opened its chest armor, and a person stepped out. He bowed to Zhao Hai and performed a hand on heart gesture, saying, "Sir, I am Aks, the captain of the fifth flying mecha battle team, the Flying Eagle Team, from the Atlantis Continent. We accidentally ended up here through a spatial rift. May I ask, what place is this?"
Zhao Hai looked at the man and returned the bow, saying, "Hello, sir. This is the Ark Continent, specifically Flame Island, located to the south of the Ark Continent. I am Zhao Hai Budah, the family head of the Budah family."
The person looked at Zhao Hai and said, "So it turns out to be a family head. Please rest assured, we have no hostility. Please, come and sit." After saying this, he took a few steps forward and pointed to a vacant area in front of him. Zhao Hai noticed the few magical puppets still standing there but said nothing. He walked over and sat down.
Aks sat down as well, then he turned his hand over, and two pieces of jerky appeared in his hand. He handed one piece of jerky to Zhao Hai and said, "Since we are away from home, we don’t have much good to eat. This is the jerky we prepared. If you don’t mind, please have a bit."
Seeing Aks's somewhat proud demeanor, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile. "Aks must be feeling pleased with himself. He has a piece of spatial equipment," Zhao Hai thought. Smiling slightly, he turned his hand over, and two bottles of beer appeared in his hand. He handed one bottle to Aks, saying, "Since we are away from home, we are all the same. But how can we have meat without beer? I also invite you to try our Budah family’s own brewed beer and see if it suits your taste."
Aks's eyes widened when he saw Zhao Hai take out the two bottles of beer. Zhao Hai was absolutely correct; spatial equipment was also quite rare in the Atlantis Continent. The reason Aks had it was that his identity was not simple. Though he was just a small team leader of the mecha battle team, he was also an heir to a prominent family in Atlantis, who loved adventures. Therefore, upon learning about the spatial rift, he brought a few subordinates over.
Of course, the subordinates Aks brought were also not ordinary; they were famous experts from the Atlantis Continent, and their mechas were advanced transforming mechas unique to the Atlantis Continent.
It was precisely due to Aks's identity that he possessed spatial equipment. He originally wanted to show off a bit and test Zhao Hai's reaction.
In Aks's view, Zhao Hai was a family head but still had to take matters into his own hands, which was quite beneath his status. Thus, he thought that the Budah family wouldn't be that powerful. Even if there was spatial equipment in the Ark Continent, it was uncertain whether Zhao Hai had it. If Zhao Hai were to covet his spatial equipment, he wouldn’t be polite with Zhao Hai.
However, he did not expect that Zhao Hai also had spatial equipment, and it seemed that he showed no interest in Aks's spatial equipment.
Aks couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Originally planning to test the other party, he unintentionally found himself stunned instead. Nonetheless, he politely accepted the beer bottle from Zhao Hai, popped the cap, and took a sip.
However, it was evident that he was not used to the taste of beer. After taking a sip, he frowned slightly and silently placed the bottle next to him, eating the jerky before saying to Zhao Hai, "Sir, you say this is the Ark Continent? I wonder what the situation is like here?"