The airboat continued its journey northward, and Xia Yue, perhaps because she had spoken too much earlier, became silent in the following time. Aside from supplying Zhuyan Yu with some additional story details, she spent the rest of her time alone in her room, sometimes not emerging for an entire day.
In addition to carrying passengers, the airboat was also loaded with heavy construction materials, which meant its speed was slower than before. It was only by noon on the fourth day that it arrived over Lipei City.
Returning to Lipei, there was a complete transformation; Luo'er saw a cemented concrete road, a telltale sign of Earth's influence on the Otherworld, extending from the city alongside the river downstream. In any place of the Otherworld affected by Earth, a concrete road was bound to appear.