Through Ging's race against time to repair it, the "Divine Script formation" at the bottom of the pool was finally fixed before the floating island's energy ran out.
After they placed a large number of Unmanned Stones back into it and poured ordinary water into the pool, the Unmanned Stones began releasing electricity.
However, as the electricity appeared, the Divine Script at the bottom of the pool began glowing brightly. That light enveloped the entire pool and spread to the sculptures holding the Trinity Elixir.
Once the energy was successfully injected into the statues, drops of Trinity Elixir began releasing water again.
Only this time, it was no longer a violent outpouring, but a slow, rhythmic flow.
It turned out that during the process of releasing electricity, the Unmanned Stones consumed a large amount of water. The role of the Trinity Elixir was to continuously replenish the water in the pool for the Unmanned Stones.
Ronin could not understand what kind of energy conservation principle this pool followed, but it had somehow reached such a miraculous balance.
The large amount of electricity released from the Unmanned Stones was supplied to every part of the island.
At the same time, as everything returned to normal—or rather, from the moment Ronin had fished the Unmanned Stones out of the pool—the rain below had already stopped.
Now, whether or not to create rain clouds only required Ging to press a few buttons on the control panel.
The entire floating island had completely returned to proper operation.
"Where do we go now?" Kurapika stated the topic of this meeting.
The floating island had now been repaired and had become their important means of transportation across the Dark Continent.
Most importantly, on this floating island, they had obtained not only Unmanned Stones, but also Trinity Elixir.
In that case, was there still any need to continue following their previously planned route?
In the meeting room, snacks brought from Lake Mobius were placed in front of everyone.
The floating island had already begun continuing along the southeastern shore toward the interior of the Dark Continent. This was also the direction Ronin's group had planned long ago.
Along this route, aside from the Trinity Elixir, there was also the gaseous life-form Ai.
The Trinity Elixir was what the Gatekeeper needed, while the gaseous life-form Ai was the existence Ronin had most wanted to come into contact with before.
After all, according to the known information analyzed from the manga, most people believed that the gaseous life-form Ai, also known as the Desire Dependence, was the unknown thing inside Alluka, the youngest child of the Zoldyck family.
That terrifying existence could grant almost anything as long as one fulfilled its requests.
Ronin had ideas about that thing.
Because in this world without the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, evolving the Sharingan into the Rinnegan was practically impossible.
At least, in Ronin's view, achieving that through fusing with the Scarlet Eyes was not a viable path.
So his idea was to find Ai and command it.
Not make a wish, but command it.
Just like Killua could command the unknown being, Nanika, to do something, Ronin wanted to command the gaseous life-form Ai to evolve his eyes.
Only by doing that could he obtain something through "wishing" without paying any price.
Of course, everything he was thinking right now was based on the premise that Ai was the unknown being.
If they later discovered that this was a misunderstanding, then the situation would be different.
But no matter which possibility it was, Ai's danger level was far greater than that of the Gold and Silver Ingots.
After all, even according to danger classification, Ai was rated at A. And that rating was made despite its numbers and reproductive ability being uncertain.
Its brutality was as high as A-2, while its destructive power fluctuated between A and B.
A brutality rating of A-2 meant that most of the creature's natural ecological behaviors could bring life-threatening danger to humans.
As for its destructive power being between A and B, that was an important clue supporting the idea that it was related to the unknown being.
Because the unknown being's natural ecological behavior had two possibilities.
One was directly causing humans to die in all kinds of miserable ways, such as suddenly being crushed into blood or twisted into knots.
The other was the injuries caused when humans agreed to its conditions during its requests and had their organs taken away.
Injuries that could cause lifelong, difficult-to-heal damage fell within the range of destructive power B.
However, if one fully understood the unknown being's rules, there were actually ways to avoid its harm. Of course, that was assuming it did not ask you to die right from the start.
"My suggestion is to change course and head to the ancient labyrinth city," Ging said, sharing his thoughts.
"First, we've already come into contact with the Gold and Silver Ingots, and we've even controlled some of them, allowing them to become the sharpest weapons in our hands.
"And the guardians of the ancient labyrinth city are precisely the Gold and Silver Ingots. That is favorable for us if we go there.
"In addition, the location of the ancient labyrinth city is publicly known. After landing on the northern shore, one crosses a vast sea of trees, then travels another four hundred kilometers to reach it. At the floating island's current speed, if nothing unexpected happens, it should take about a month or so to reach the ancient labyrinth city from here.
"At present, the only known treasure in the ancient city is the panacea herb that can cure all diseases. But just like the floating island we obtained, that city should also hide more secrets and treasures.
"If we can complete our exploration of that place, it should greatly benefit our future exploration of the Dark Continent."
Ging's proposed direction was well-reasoned and highly convincing.
However, Ronin felt that they had already entered the southeastern shore, and might even have stepped into the activity range of the gaseous life-form Ai. Since they were already here, it would be a bit of a pity not to witness Ai's nature.
So after thinking for a moment, he directly voiced his own thoughts as well.
"But there's a problem now. The area below has already been flooded into a marshland by the water released from the floating island. Who knows how long it'll take for the flood to recede? And even after it does, whether we can find the gaseous life-form Ai is another matter," Kurapika said, not very optimistic about Ronin's proposal.
"And if Ai really is the kind of thing you described, then finding the herb should be even more important, right? Because that healing-type treasure, which might be even stronger than Angel's Breath, could be the key to countering Ai," Ging also advised.
And Ronin was not someone who ignored advice.
"Fine. Then we'll change direction and head for the northern shore," Ronin decided immediately.
With his experience exploring the Mahavi Ruins, along with their gains from the floating island, Ronin was actually also very curious about the ancient city.
"Ging, during the voyage, can you teach us Divine Script?" Kurapika took the opportunity to make the suggestion.
Ging smiled faintly.
"Of course."
The fact that the floating island was filled with Divine Script had already made everyone understand how important Divine Script was on the Dark Continent.
Even if they could not fully master Divine Script in one or two months, having at least some familiarity with it was still much better than knowing nothing at all.