Time-traveling island

Earth, a certain area of ​​the Pacific Ocean.

After sending the contract, Lin An waited for thirty seconds until a slender and thin girl suddenly appeared in front of him.

She stepped on the giant octopus's wet tentacles, and her slender body immediately tilted to the side.

"Be careful!"

Lin An quickly reached out to help her up and saw the face of the little girl who seemed to be from ancient times.

She was slender, pretty, and a little dirty. Her delicate face showed nervousness, and her cheeks flushed red when he held her arm.

But soon, she noticed her surroundings.

A gigantic monster floated on the sea, its tentacles, as thick as doors, spread all around it, right beneath her feet...

"..."

"..."

Under Lin An's gaze, Miss Wang Wanxiu stared wide-eyed, slowly opened her mouth, and let out a soft scream—it was unclear whether her voice was naturally soft or because she was hungry.

"Stop, be quiet! It's okay, look how well-behaved it is!"

Lin An quickly comforted her.

Gradually, Wang Wanxiu's fear turned into panic. She looked at the innocent giant octopus with trepidation, then at Lin An, her face flushing slightly. Looking down at her feet, she discovered that the ground was covered with terrifying tentacles coiled around the rocks.

But soon she found herself being held by the man in front of her, and she hurriedly took a step back, only to step on a tentacle and fall down on it. She was so frightened that she immediately stood up.

The embarrassing situation made her delicate, slender face flush red.

After a while, she calmed down, curtsied shyly, and asked in a low voice, "May I ask if your surname is Lin, young master?"

"Yes, the contract was signed between you and me."

Lin An nodded, secretly observing Wang Wanxiu. Judging from her language and manners, she was indeed from ancient times.

However, this girl from ancient times is too thin.

She had a delicate and pretty face, and her old and dirty clothes could not hide her scholarly air. However, she was too thin, like Lin Daiyu, who would be blown away by the wind.

This kind of thinness is abnormal; either there's a famine or the person is sick.

"My surname is Wang, and my ancestral home is Wu County. I have met you, Young Master Lin."

Wang Wanxiu curtsied again, and Lin An, observing her manners and demeanor, knew she was not from an ordinary family.

But at this moment, with the two of them in the Pacific Ocean and a giant deep-sea octopus around them, it seemed especially strange that the little girl from ancient times was bowing to him!

After the two met, Lin An said somewhat awkwardly, "Miss Wang, you've probably seen the current situation. We're at sea, but don't worry, this giant octopus doesn't bite!"

Last night, it used its tentacles to drag Lin An out of the dormitory!

Wang Wanxiu glanced furtively at the terrifying giant monster, then looked at the sea, and said thoughtfully, "So this is the sea. This is the first time I've seen it. It is indeed as described in the books, where the sea meets the sky and stretches to the horizon."

Lin An gave a brief explanation of the situation, which Wang Wanxiu only partially understood. She asked in surprise, "Young Master Lin wants to go down to the seabed?"

Lin An nodded, making the young woman from ancient times say shyly, "This matter is too unbelievable. I'm afraid I can't help you, Young Master Lin. Please forgive me."

Lin An smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's a great pleasure to meet Miss Wang."

These words made the young girl from ancient times blush again, but she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

She couldn't help Young Master Lin, so she wouldn't get paid and would still have to endure hunger.

Lin An looked at her and finally asked, "Miss Wang seems very thin. Is she ill, or...?"

Wang Wanxiu lowered her head and replied, "Please don't be offended, young master. I haven't had a full meal in three months."

"A famine? What happened?"

Lin An asked her questions, and through Wang Wanxiu's account, he learned some of her situation.

Her ancestral home was in the Jiangnan region. Her father was a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and had a promising future. However, he was demoted to a county magistrate in the border region for impeaching a palace eunuch for corruption and abuse of power.

He served in this post for ten years, during which time he only moved between a few counties within Shuofang Commandery.

Three years ago, the emperor died and a new emperor ascended the throne. Eunuchs led by Sun Yi led the imperial guards to kill several important officials, imprison Empress Dowager Wu, depose the new emperor and install the seven-year-old prince as emperor. Most of the sixteen prefectures of Da Shun opposed this. Gao Ji, the general in charge of suppressing Huang Cheng's rebellion and stationed in Nanjing, joined forces with troops from several prefectures to march north, plunging the country into chaos.

Hearing that the thin little girl in front of him had actually fled all the way from the north to the south with her parents, Lin An was greatly surprised.

The fact that the spaceship's core team ranked her first among the recruits was not without reason; at least in terms of resilience, she surpassed many modern people.

Lin An patted his pockets and sighed, "Unfortunately, I encountered a shipwreck last night, and I don't have any food to give you."

Wang Wanxiu lowered her head shyly and said, "I haven't been of any help to you, young master, and I dare not ask for any reward."

"Aww!"

Seemingly having heard some key words, the giant octopus floating on the sea surface immediately let out an excited shout and looked up.

"Oh, right!"

Lin An had an idea and called out to it, "Go catch some food from the sea for me!"

The giant octopus perked up, its eyes gleaming with excitement, and its enormous body slid into the sea. The astonishing scene left Wang Wanxiu speechless.

Soon after, the giant octopus came up with all sorts of random things wrapped around its huge tentacles.

Sand, seaweed, fish, shrimp, and shells were all thrown at the feet of Lin An and the little girl Wang Wanxiu, their expressions filled with joy.

The fish and shrimp that had just been brought ashore were still lively and jumping around, leaving the young girl from ancient times mesmerized. After a long while, she managed to stammer out, "Should this humble lady address you as an immortal?"

Lin An laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Just call me by my name, no need to call me 'Young Master'."

Wang Wanxiu smiled with her lips pursed, but did not answer.

Although her face was thin, she had a refined and elegant scholarly air about her.

Lin An didn't explain the various aspects of modern life to her; now was not the time to talk about those things.

With Wang Wanxiu as a precedent, he had already made up his mind.

So he said to her, "I'll recruit two more people."

Wang Wanxiu was not surprised and asked curiously, "Does the young master want to hire someone who can swim?" She wondered if any of the disaster victims had ever gone to sea to catch fish.

Lin An smiled and said, "You watch first!"

After saying that, he took out the spaceship core again and sent out the contracts, giving one to Su Zhuoyao and the other to Amber.

After seeing this, Wang Wanxiu seemed to understand something. So this was how she had been hired... It was just a pity that she couldn't help Young Master Lin.

A moment later, a woman in a white dress appeared in front of the two. As her feet landed on the sticky rocks, a breeze blew over her, suspending her in mid-air.

Lin An got a clear look at the woman's face.

An elven girl with pointed ears and long platinum blonde hair.

Her features, skin, and temperament combine to create the most beautiful and dreamlike painting in the world. Her noble and holy appearance has a strong impact on people. Her pure white dress is adorned with gold thread, and the morning sun seems to favor her, enveloping her in a halo.

A pair of sapphire-blue eyes, slightly wary and suspicious, looked first at Lin An, then at Wang Wanxiu, and then at the giant octopus. Her beautiful blue eyes widened with alertness, and her voice was clear and melodious:

"A sea monster? Human, you summoned me here to help you defeat it?"

Wang Wanxiu couldn't understand what she was saying, but Lin An, who was tightly gripping the core, did. He quickly said, "No, it meant no harm. Please calm down, and I'll explain the whole story to you!"

The elf girl with pointed ears looked at the giant octopus a few more times with her blue eyes to make sure it meant no harm before turning her gaze to Lin An.

Its expression changed from wary to somewhat tense, as if it was not used to being with people, or rather, to human contact.

Lin An didn't know the other party's etiquette, so he simply greeted them, "Hello, my name is Lin An, as you probably saw on that piece of paper. This young lady's name is Wang Wanxiu."

The elven girl's expression gradually softened. She nodded demurely, clasped her white hands in front of her chest, and dispelled the levitation magic around her. She landed on the ground and gave a gentle and elegant bow: "Good morning, human summoner Lin An. My name is Amberley. As you can see, I am an elf from the Frostmist Forest."

Her beautiful demeanor and temperament are pleasing to the eye.

She bowed to Wang Wanxiu again, but the little girl from Da Shun Kingdom couldn't understand her words at all, and could only look at Lin An shyly.

Lin An smiled as he introduced the two of them and gave Amberley a brief account of the current situation.

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but take another look at the elven girl.

Such a stunningly beautiful face easily inspires admiration in people. Just as the legends say, elves have long lifespans and extraordinary beauty.

"I think I understand."

Amberley pointed her white finger at the sea and said, "You summoned me here because you want me to protect you as you descend to the bottom of the sea."

"Yes." Lin An nodded.

"I think I can do it."

Amberley spoke cautiously, glancing at Lin An, "However, this is the first time I've been summoned by magic, and this place is so unfamiliar. I chose to accept the summons without informing the Queen and the elders, so I have some concerns. May I ask you some questions?"

Of all the magical knowledge she had learned since childhood, there was no magic that allowed humans to summon spirits, and that strange document was not a contract magic either.

Therefore, she felt uneasy and had an urge to escape back to the Frosty Mist Forest.

However, considering the recent events that have occurred in the Elf Kingdom, she is forced to confront this unfamiliar situation in order to seek the possibility of change.

"sure!"

Lin An laughed and said, "However, I want to summon another person so we can explain things to you together."

Although the elven girl in front of him could help him, he still decided to summon Su Zhuoyao to Earth as well.

"Please go ahead."

"Amberley said."

She also wanted to see how this strange human named Lin An used summoning magic.