: 192. New Chapter


    After being enveloped by the teleportation light, Nnd Lee saw an array of dazzling sights before him.


    He saw a starry sky made of water.


    The celestial bodies, which should have been suspended in a vacuum, were now immersed in a light blue liquid where every surface of the celestial bodies had fine bubbles and swirling whirlpools.


    The celestial bodies slowly undted and swayed within the light blue liquid.


    Nnd Lee, like a meteor, grazed past them and dove into the white opening not far ahead.


    The dazzling sights vanished, reced by the archipgo and the sea surface.


    Nnd Lee fell at great speed toward the ind in the center of the archipgo, aiming to dive down toward the castle building on the ind.


    The moment Nnd Lee steps foot into the castle za, the teleportation ends and he regains control of his body.


    The entire teleportation process was done by the Teleportation Crystal, and itsted for only about five seconds from Nnd Lee’s subjective experience.


    As a consumable item, the Teleportation Crystal turned into transparent sand and gravel and disappeared with the wind after transporting the holder to the ground.<div>


    Nnd Lee felt the sensation of sand and gravel slipping through his fingers and then murmured as he looked up at the night sky:


    “There is really no time difference…”


    Denise Green, who had just put down her veil that had been blown up by the evening breeze, asked with puzzlement:


    “What?”


    “No, it’s nothing.” Nnd Lee shook his head slightly and retreated his gaze from the stars under the bright moonlight.


    He found it difficult to exin the concept of “time zones and time differences” to the locals of this world.


    Because, this world didn’t have the concept of “time zones.”


    The starting point of Nnd Lee’s teleportation journey was on the ckfold Sea, between Alchemist Ind and the Kashel Continent. His current position was in the Core Circle of the Suman Archipgo, approximately 9,000 kilometers east of the ckfold Sea near the equator.


    Although there was such a long distance between the two locations, no time difference emerged. It waste at night on the ckfold Sea, and it was the same here in the Suman Archipgo.


    Not only that, but there was no “time difference” phenomenon anywhere in the whole world. The time in all ces waspletely synchronized and would not change because of geographical rtions—however, magic or other extraordinary factors often affected the speed of time in certain ces, thereby causing time differences.


    Therefore, in the eyes of all the people in this world, the concept of “time zones” didn’t even exist.


    Denise Green’s situation was the same.


    It was the same for Nine-Circles Deep Sea Witch Selina Watson.


    In the whole world, it was estimated that only a foreigner like Nnd Lee might think of “time zones.”


    Oh, no, a few other creatures might also consider the issue of “time zones.” That would be creatures from outer space, indigenous Star Witches in the world, and wizards with the closest rtionship to the Star Witches.


    These creatures that havee into contact with celestial bodies of outer space should have understood the concept of “time difference.” After all, not every celestial being in outer space has an Inner Cosmos like the world of wizards.


    In the final analysis, the absence of time differences across the entire world was caused by the Inner Cosmos. Whether it was day or night was determined by the Star Filtering Net that made up the Inner Cosmos.


    Nnd Lee steadied his mind and scattered his stray thoughts.


    Looking around, he took in the magnificent castle that stood on the mountain range.<div>


    His position was at the Fountain Square, just outside the main entrance of the main castle of the Hotams Deep Sea Department, located in the Depes Mountain Range on the main ind of the Suman Archipgo’s Core Circle.


    Since it was built on a mountain range, the main castle of the Deep Sea Department had a rtively high altitude, which Nnd Lee estimated to be around 800 meters.


    Standing at his position and looking out in all directions, he could see many ck silhouettes on the sea surface illuminated by the silver moonlight.


    Some silhouettes looked like burnt pancakes, while others looked like ck chimneys rising up from the sea surface. Some silhouettes resembled travelers lying on their side, stretching their bodies on the soft water bed, leaving narrow, long shadows on the sea surface with undting postures.<div>


    These silhouettes with different shapes were inds of the Suman Archipgo.


    The ind beneath him, with its mountain ranges, was not unique among the inds of the Suman Archipgo.


    The Suman Archipgo was located near the equator with hot and humid weather, high temperatures and abundant rain throughout the year, yet it had three equatorial snow mountains.


    This natural marvel made the Suman Archipgo famous throughout the world and became an existence recorded in magic textbooks.


    “Jarvis, Denise, go to the Visitor’s Area inside the Academy to rest for now. I’ll have someone take you there.” Selena finished checking the number of people teleported to this location and, after confirming that no one was left behind, began to arrange for the follow-up affairs.


    She assigned a Deep-sea Wizard to guide Nnd Lee and Denise Green and then led the rest of her team members toward the main castle.


    More than half of the 300 or so inds in the Core Circle of the Suman Archipgo were controlled by the Deep Sea Branch, with the rest being controlled by the other branches of Hotams.


    The Deep Sea Branch had set aside more than 20 inds controlled by them as Visitor’s Areas for temporary stay by visitors.


    After signing the Appointment Order, Nnd Lee could stay regrly in the Visitor’s Area as long as he did not vite the regtions of the Deep Sea Branch and paid the rent periodically. Rent was paid annually, ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 gold coins per year. Temporary stays were free, but they could not exceed 15 days.


    Wouldn’t it be a bit unseemly for the visitors to pay rent?


    Looking through the courtesy of the past, it indeed seemed a bit improper. However, people from outside the Core Circle of the Suman Archipgo would be more than willing to pay triple the rent to live there.


    Since it was the Core Circle, all its basic services were top-notch within the Suman Archipgo.


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