Chapter 287: Chapter 286: Incredible Area (First Update)
 

The units of measurement in this world are not the same as those on Earth.

As a soul-transmigrating transmigrator, he didn’t bring any items that could be used for comparison to determine whether this was a world of giants or ants.

He could only deduce the breadth of this world based on the proportions of his own body.

According to his research, his height had grown to about 1.87 meters, making him the tallest person in the Tulip Family.

Assuming that he and his Earthly self are the same size.

Coral Island is roughly equivalent to the area of a prefecture-level city in China, with an average area of 10,000 square kilometers; Red Crab Island is comparable to the area of a medium-sized province, with an average area of 100,000 square kilometers; then, the Duchy of Sapphire has more than ten islands the size of Red Crab Island, including the much larger Blue Dragon Island.

All the islands combined have an area of approximately 2 million square kilometers, roughly a fifth the size of China.

The Duchy of Sapphire is just a remote archipelago on the edge of the continent and is likely smaller than other duchies and grand duchies. Its suzerain, the Steel Ridge Kingdom, has seven vassal states, and their combined area already exceeds that of China; and the area of the Steel Ridge Kingdom itself is twice as large as all its vassal states combined.

That is to say, the area of the Steel Ridge Kingdom combined with its vassal states is equivalent to the size of the Asian continent—45 million square kilometers.

The rival of the Steel Ridge Kingdom, the Eagle Kingdom, has a slightly smaller area and one fewer vassal state, with a total area of about 30 million square kilometers; the neighbor of the Steel Ridge Kingdom, the Blast Furnace Fortress Kingdom, is larger and has more vassal states, totaling over 60 million square kilometers in area.

The total area of these three kingdoms, along with some deserted islands nearby, exceeds the sum of Earth’s land area—149 million square kilometers.

But these three kingdoms are just tucked away in the northeastern corner of the continent.

The entire continent’s area is probably twenty times the size of the three kingdoms combined, after all, the area of any single empire on the continent is larger than several kingdoms put together.

In this land, Liszt clearly knew, there were three existing empires—Neverfall Empire, Blue Dragon Empire, and Kushan Imperial.

Earth’s surface area seems to be 500 million square kilometers, this continent’s area is almost 3 billion square kilometers, equivalent to the combined surface area of six Earths.

It sounds unbelievable.

But that is indeed the case, the land is so vast that for the Sapphire Duchy, which is located in the northeastern corner of the continent, news from states on the other end of the continent relies not on rumors but legends—legends say that the emperor of the Neverfall Empire has been on the throne for two hundred years, legends say that in the Neverfall Empire there is a Windhowl Valley where storms rage year-round.

A continent of 3 billion square kilometers.

It took Liszt a long time to accept this fact.

However, based on his recent collection of data on day and night duration, seasonal changes, continental temperature variation, and more, there are even more incredible facts awaiting verification.

“If I haven’t completely forgotten my high school geography knowledge, the information at hand suggests that this continent is just a small piece of land in the Northern Hemisphere, it hasn’t even crossed the equator, nor has it approached the pole?”

Across the equator, the temperature of the continent would gradually decrease, but the hottest countries are at the southernmost tip of the continent, suggesting it hasn’t crossed the equator.

Nearing the pole, not to mention the ice and snow, the sun should be hovering around the horizon, but now the sun is just slightly tilted above the head, which means it’s still far from the pole.

“The position of the continent may even be between the tropical and temperate zones, not even entering the frigid zone… after all, the sun is always above the head, never very slanted.”

He felt.

Based on Earth’s geographic location, that would be roughly equivalent to the Southeast Asia region.

“So, if I’m living on a sphere, just how big is this sphere?” With his limited imagination, he was unable to unravel the complex equation of “given the surface area of a sphere, find its volume,” so he couldn’t compare it to Earth, “Is there another land beyond this continent?”

In the legends of the Duchy of Sapphire, beyond the Sea of Azure Waves lies the Devil’s Sea, where devils roam.

Even Dragon Knights cannot cross the Devil’s Sea, it seems that besides the continent, the rest of this world is an endless ocean. No one knows what lies beyond the sea, nor is anyone curious. The vast and boundless continent is enough to captivate the gaze of all nobles.

Liszt still remembered that when he once marveled at the endless wealth of the sea, Marcus was quite dismissive, only thinking of making a name for himself on the continent.

Looking back now, the difficulty of developing the sea is immense, let alone crossing the Devil’s Sea, even navigating within the Sea of Azure Waves is fraught with danger at every moment.

Ghost Ship, Dulu Miqita…

He suddenly remembered again, “That’s right, I almost forgot about “Philip, Descendant of the Sun’s Diary”, that descendant of the Child of the Sun who shares the same lineage as the old tanner, must have come from another continent, cast away to this place… So there must definitely be new continents, and with them, new ‘human’ civilizations.”

That Drift Bottle, which stores a 36D Ghost for the sole purpose of communication, the craftsmanship in its making and the miraculous use of magic, all show that it comes from a highly developed magic society.

Thinking thus.

He pulled out the Drift Bottle from the Gemstone Space, feeling its special metallic texture and admiring its exquisitely carved patterns, which he had done countless times.

He had also speculated innumerable times, but in the end, he hadn’t figured out anything.

“Maybe one day, the Smoke Mission will release another task related to the Child of the Sun, and then I’ll be able to make use of this Drift Bottle. Speaking of which, I’ve collected so much of the old tanner’s fresh blood over the past half a year, enough to open the Drift Bottle hundreds of times, right?”

Whenever he had some free time, he would ask the old tanner for some blood.

Then he would have Jessie send many tonics to the old tanner, fearing that he might die from excessive blood loss.

Perhaps it was because regular bleeding was beneficial to his health, or maybe the tonics had an effect, but the old tanner seemed to be getting younger as he lived. Liszt even heard Butler Carter mention that the old tanner had discussed with Jessie whether he should find a wife—maybe with some effort, he could even have a son.

Liszt did not interfere with this.

On the contrary, he hoped that the old tanner could find a wife, and better yet, produce offspring, so that he could collect more blood from the descendants of the Sun and open the Drift Bottle repeatedly.

After fiddling for a moment.

He put away the Drift Bottle.

Liszt casually took out a piece of rubber to study.

The rubber from the Rubber Tree; he planned to meticulously explore and figure out all of its properties. First was its hardness—the rubber, once set, was as hard as the marble used to build castles; second was its fire resistance—flame had no effect on it, it was completely fireproof like stone.

Water-resistant, it did not change when immersed in water and also reacted chemically with practically none of the liquids Liszt could find.

It had an extremely strong adhesive quality, but since it had already set by the time he brought it back, he could only determine that when it was stuck to wood, it was almost fused with the wood as one.

Yet it was very light, almost the same as plastic.

“Based on the data I have now, this variety of rubber could at least serve as an alternative to cement… but it’s completely unusable as cement, considering how little rubber a single Rubber Tree can produce!”