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Chapter 1087 - Chapter 1087 Chapter 1089 The Closest to Success_1

Chapter 1087: Chapter 1089: The Closest to Success_1 Chapter 1087: Chapter 1089: The Closest to Success_1 The Primordial Sea would occasionally spout a magma stream that shot out like a column reaching to the sky, bursting forth from the pathways high in the rock walls, before slowly dispersing and fading away, causing waves to ripple through the Primordial Sea.

“This above is the most dangerous dense volcanic cluster of this volcanic region, with almost constant eruptions every few minutes. Aside from lava beasts, there is no other life that can survive up there…” Nafiboja, the robot, glanced at Song Jian and said, “Even flying won’t get us across; this is the only way to pass!”

“What can we do now?” Song Jian couldn’t help but ask.

“Wait!” Nafiboja, the robot, said: “There’s a three-hour dormant period at night in the Primordial Sea. We can safely cross then…”

As she spoke, Nafiboja forcefully pinched the gear she had picked up, a gloomy expression crossing her face.

The two of them waited patiently. After what seemed like a long time, the roiling magma of the Primordial Sea began to calm, and no more Lava Fire Columns burst forth from the sea. The entire sea of lava seemed to be slowly lowering.

“Get ready, the dormant period is nearly upon us. Remember, no flying…” Nafiboja turned to look at Song Jian, warning him.

“Not fly? Then how do we get across?” Song Jian couldn’t help but ask.

While Song Jian was still confused, the sea level of the Primordial Sea began to speed up its descent, exposing stone pillars over ten meters in diameter, resembling islands in the great sea.

Nafiboja was the first to jump toward the nearest “island”. The scorching magma had not yet completely retreated, and instantly, a wisp of blue smoke rose from the robot’s feet, but it didn’t seem to care, continuing to jump toward the next closest “island”.

System: You are too far from the escort target. Please return to its side as soon as possible, or the mission will fail!

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Song Jian frowned and could only follow in Nafiboja’s footsteps, jumping across the pillars scattered throughout the Primordial Sea.

After what felt like a long time of jumping, Song Jian looked back and could no longer see the shore they started from. All around were thick stone pillars, and boiling magma below them.

“Huh, what’s that?” Song Jian suddenly spotted a treasure chest emitting a purple-red glow, seventeen or eighteen pillars away to his left front. The chest sat quietly on a pillar, waiting to be opened.

“An epic treasure chest…” Song Jian’s heart stirred, ready to go and open the chest, but Nafiboja suddenly turned back and said to him, “If you try to unlock that chest, we’ll both die here, there isn’t enough time!”

Song Jian was stunned, watching as Nafiboja turned back and continued to jump forward. He sighed and followed behind.

An epic treasure chest, opening it would take at least fifteen minutes, and that’s if it isn’t locked. If it is locked, even with the Key of Oblivion, the opening would still require at least twenty minutes or even half an hour. The dormant period of the Primordial Sea is only three hours long, and they could not afford the delay.

Song Jian continued leaping forward and soon, he saw more and more items haphazardly strewn upon the surrounding stone pillars–precious various ores, as well as equipment radiating dark gold and purplish-red light. All these items were far away from Song Jian, each embedded into the stone pillars, with only a third or even less of them visible, tempting those who laid eyes upon them.

Song Jian knew these items were real but also understood that if he went to get one, he would surely want a second, a third, and then remain forever in the Primordial Sea, trapped in the illusion of “just one last item.”

Soon, the robot Nafiboja suddenly stopped. Song Jian hopped over in two leaps and asked, “Why have you stopped?”

The robot Nafiboja stood still, staring straight ahead. Following its gaze, Song Jian saw at the edge of this “island,” a damaged robot lay there, its synthetic human skin long burned to ash, revealing the metallic skeleton underneath.

In fact, from this damaged robot, only some of the harder metallic skeletons remained; the rest had been destroyed in the magma. Solidified lava clung to the skeleton, indicating it had been there for quite a long time.

“This, this is…” Song Jian’s brow furrowed slightly; he remembered the robot wreckage he had seen upon entering the tunnel.

“This is Nafiboja model two hundred and seven, probably the one that ventured the farthest out…” Nafiboja looked up at Song Jian and said, “For hundreds of years, I’ve issued escort missions to three hundred seventy-eight people who entered the Trial Tower, but not a single one completed it. They were all top-ranked adventurers on the killing leaderboard…”

Song Jian’s heart chilled. In fact, deep down, he already knew the answer–the escort mission wasn’t his first, but he hoped it would be the last.

“Let’s move quickly, there’s not much time left…” Nafiboja glanced once more at the wreckage at her feet, then with a strong leap, jumped to the next small island across.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Song Jian suddenly spotted a thin line ahead, much like the edge of a coastline. A smile of joy quickly spread across his face as he pointed forward and shouted, “Nafiboja, do you see that? Is that the other side?”

Nafiboja did not reply, instead speeding up her leaps. Suddenly, Song Jian heard the sound of churning lava beneath the stone pillars growing nearer. Looking down, he saw the lava, which had been a dozen meters below the surface of the pillars, starting to rise slowly.

“Is the three-hour mark approaching so soon?” Song Jian was startled. The latency period was ending, and soon the island he stood on would be covered by lava.

“How can it be so fast!” Song Jian’s mind raced, and his pace quickened involuntarily, but their speed was still no match for the rising lava. With the other shore in sight, the lava had already reached the edges of the pillars, spreading across their surfaces. With each leap, they could only tread on the magma as they ran forward.

Song Jian’s Vitality Points began to drop slowly, each leap inflicting about five or six hundred points of damage. Meanwhile, Nafiboja’s feet, now exposed metal skeletons, lost all semblance of sensor-like mechanical nerves. Her speed significantly reduced, she limped slowly through the lava. They were less than five hundred meters away from the opposite shore.

“This should be the closest I’ve been to success…” Nafiboja murmured to herself. Sparks burst from the joints of her legs as her movements slowed down. Eventually, having lost all power, she collapsed into the magma with a heavy kneel.

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