Chapter 1403: One Eye, Evil Finder, Stomach Fish
“If you commit a crime on the island, don’t even try to run away. See those birds in the sky? It’s a kind of Stranger the Floating Island is raising. They’re called One Eye because they’re one-eyed, but that’s not a reason to look down on them. That’s because the damn bird can see everything down to the finest detail from several kilometers away. No illusion or concealment art works on them either.”
Hu Da was a chatterer, and he could not stop once he began. “The One Eyes hovers everywhere above Floating Island both day and night. If someone commits something, they would immediately catch the One Eye’s attention. From that point onward, you would be found no matter where you hide, where you run, or who you morph yourself into.”
“If you are found, you will be charged for resisting arrest on top of whatever crime you’ve already committed. One of your eyes would be dug out and fed to the One Eyes. See that group of one-eyed men carrying big bags at the port? Hehe, they’re most likely people who tried to escape after committing a crime. Not only do they have to serve as labor workers, they had to give up an eye as well. Tsk tsk...”
Ye Qing followed Hu Da’s gaze and saw eight one-eyed men as he claimed. Dressed in coarse clothes, they were carrying cargos under a Floating Guard’s watchful eye.
“That is why you must never, ever try to commit a crime while on Floating Island, and you definitely do not want to offend the Floating Guards. They’re mad dogs, all of them.”
Hu Da cursed under his breath before continuing, “Brother Ye, Miss Feng, this is your first time entering Floating Island, right? I’ll tell you all about the rules once we get on the island. You do not want to break a taboo and earn the attention of those mad dogs.”
“Thank you, Brother Hu.” Ye Qing saluted Hu Da before looking at the large eyeball on the tower. “On a related note, what is that eyeball?”
“I was just about to tell you about it!”
Hu Da looked at the eyeball and began his explanation, “The eyeball is called Evil Finder. It’s a Strange Artifact the island lord of Floating Island created using the eyeball of a Disaster-class Stranger living in the Crushed Star Sea known as the Evil Eye. The reason it’s called the Evil Finder is because the eyeball can identify and see through the disguises of evils and Strangers.”
“Floating Island is the core of the Profound Alliance, and it produces a type of wood called the Floating Wood. The Floating Wood is as tough as metal but as light as a feather. It is one of the best ship-making materials out there. The Strangers of the Rakshasa Kingdom have always thought of Floating Island as a major threat and often dispatched powerful Strangers to infiltrate it and assassinate key targets. Once, they had even tried to sink it.”