Chapter 16: Rescue the Castle of Steam

Welcome to "Calyx"

A destinationless place. A land without ears. A mouthless place. A place without hands. Not suitable for any living creature to live in.

Number of residents: 684,354

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Ya played alone in the pillar formation for a while. On one side of the pillar formation are fields and lush forests. The pillar array can also be called nail-shaped stone blocks, and the forest can also be called bushes or botanical gardens. Depends on who is here.

Besides her, there are many guys hanging around here. A mass of activated pollen makes a noise in its nest. There were several fish with long legs crawling in the irregular pool on one side of the stone formation - she was sure there was a kind of water in there that she couldn't see. Not long ago, two leopards with heads like lobsters appeared briefly at the edge of the forest. There must be more guys in this area than she sees.

But she wasn't interested in any of them. She has no interest in pollen, shrimps, tigers, leopards and fish. Especially fish. They weren't interested in her either.

She moved her brown arms and they felt much better. The teeth broken by Xikis also recovered. All that's left is the dull pain in my knees that haven't grown back yet. But the worst pain is over. Can't stop her. In fact, she felt stronger.

Ya climbed up steadily to the highest pillar and looked at the Castle of Steam with its doors and windows closed in the clouds.

The elder Zhi of Qiu Village told him that a noble goddess lived there. They can purify all impurities. Especially a guy like her with a crazy mind, weak physical strength, and a filthy heart. She didn't believe a word they said before she was launched here.

She doesn't want to believe it now either. She's not crazy. Outside of the branch, there are really gathering places for other residents! she knows. But after being nearly torn apart and healed by Xikis, she did feel clearer. The body becomes agile. Her ankles were half as thin as before. But his strength is almost twice as strong as before.

The goddess who purifies all did purify her? Those fish originally didn't have long legs. She also knows this. She watched them being thrown up from below. So those fish were also purified? Removed from the curse of having no feet?

Even the vision has become much further than before. Ya hugged the stone pillar and looked in the direction of "Qi". Hicks said today that she would come again. She was healed and waiting. How wonderful. But she didn't come.

Was there something bad holding her back? It's like being launched here by the fishermen.

impossible. If Hikis is really the goddess who can purify everything. Live in an immaculate castle in the clouds. She would never encounter the same thing as herself.

The Castle of Steam reflects in the sunlight and looks absolutely perfect. She watched in rapture with sharpened eyes. If she really achieves complete purification, will she be able to enter that castle and become a member of it?

Without any effort, you can almost see the vibration of the walls of the Castle of Steam and the smoke rising from above...

etc. Not almost. The outer walls of the Steam Castle were literally shaking. Powdered crumbs fell downwards. Ominous black smoke rises from the peak of the snow-white, birdcage-shaped castle. not only that. A stream of water began to seep out from underneath the entire castle, falling downward. It didn't take long for the beautiful Castle of Steam to look like a big watery octopus, floating dirty in the air and spitting sewage downwards.

Ya opened her mouth wide and looked stunned. After reacting, she quickly slipped down from the stone pillar.

problem occurs. Gotta find other guys to help. she thinks. She was looking for those figures that she was not interested in just now in the pillar formation. strangeness. When she tried to look for them, she couldn't find any. She ran across the strangely shaped pool. The fish with the legs is still inside. But she didn't think they would be of any help. She turned around a few times in the pillar formation, then turned and ran towards the forest. She saw the two shrimps, tigers and leopards sitting on a branch not far away. Watch her warily.

"Help..." Ya said. She never spoke to them. I don’t know if they can understand it. She hasn't spoken to any of the creatures here. She realized then that she had never spoken to any of the creatures here - never had the urge. They didn't speak to her either.

And they obviously live together. It's really weird now that I think about it... I can't care less about the weirdness. "Help. Leopards." She pointed in the direction of the Castle of Steam. "We have to save the people living there..." She didn't know how to describe it. "Help. Anyway, please help. The castle in the clouds needs our help. We need to get there," she said.

The shrimps, tigers and leopards tilted their heads and looked at her. Silent.

"Hello? I want your help?" Yajia raised his voice.

The shrimps, tigers and leopards were still silent. Tilting his head. All right. Maybe they didn't understand the language she used. Ya couldn't care less about hesitation and immediately turned around and ran towards the field. Um. Thinking about it now, she had never heard the exchange between them. Maybe they are simply deaf or mute.

She knew someone who was not mute. She dashed into the field and found the small basin without vegetation. A nest full of holes hangs on a cliff on one side. She ran towards the nests.

"Hello! Please help me!!" Ya shouted at the nests hanging on the cliff. Little yellowish heads protrude from the holes of the pink nest. Making a familiar chirping noise.

"Help, pollen," she said. "Something happened to the castle above the clouds. I need to get there. Can you help me?"

The little pale yellow head made a chirping sound. But I couldn't understand a word. She racked her brains and used every language she could think of. But the sounds the pollen produced didn't change. She still didn't understand.

no. It’s impossible to find them either. Ya gave up. She ran back, looking for someone else who could understand her - not even a human being. She met quite a few "neighbors" - most of whom she had never met before. Three-headed clam. A squirming mass of gel. A dog with spears all over its body. An elf as big as a foot. She was a giant goblin as big as the opponent's foot.

Bud asked everyone for help. Everyone just looked at her in silence. At first she was glad they didn't attack her. In the end, she preferred to be attacked by them. Otherwise, it would appear that she is talking to herself. As if going crazy.

No. She's not crazy. do not know why. This idea is very firm. There is no help without help. She can still rely on herself.

She went back to where she started. Looking at the Castle of Steam above the clouds.

ah. Why didn't she think of it sooner? Hikis is the goddess of cleanliness. She can answer her prayers.

Although she had never believed in this kind of prayer before. She thought before...then maybe she was really crazy before.

Ya calmed down. Called Hikis quietly.

Before long, purple shadows covered the sky. She happily ran to the edge of the "calyx". But it was washed away by a burst of water.