Divine Beast Creator

Watching the red-eyed man evade Veronia’s attack, Feng Yuan suddenly had a strange feeling, as if it wasn’t as simple as he thought. No, to be accurate, this Qi Realm seemed...

With a wave of his hand, the Ancient Lantern floating beside Feng Yuan precisely blocked the path of the red-eyed man’s spear. The spearhead struck the metallic decorative pattern of the lantern, scattering sparks, as the ghostly blue flames inside the lantern suddenly expanded and burst into a blossom of fire, as if startled.

The scattered sparks did not extinguish slowly but instead floated around the lantern like fire lotuses. The red-eyed man, preparing to launch a sneak attack on Veronia, might have been provoked, knowing it was meaningless, but still, it used its ultimate move to consign him to destruction.

The Crystal Garden bloomed instantly, and the entire experimental lab relics seemed to transform into an ocean of crystal flowers. The red-eyed man was completely crystallized from his feet up in no time, looking at the shattered human-shaped crystals, Veronia seemed to say helplessly,

"Such a bother, flaunting that undying nature..."

"Hmm?"

"When did my Crystal Garden gain the ability to obliterate undying nature?"

Unexpectedly, after being instantly killed by Veronia, the red-eyed man did not, like the other undying creatures before, quickly revive. Instead, the spears attacking everyone completely lost their power enhancement and fell to the ground.

"Indeed, I don’t know why, but that thing lacks undying nature."

At the side, Feng Yuan had anticipated this. When he saw the red-eyed man evading Veronia’s attack, he was already suspicious, because previously, those undying creatures almost never avoided attacks. After all, they were undying, so what did it matter if the attacks were strong?

Only the red-eyed man, although he appeared similar to those guys, sinister and dark, yet he would evade Veronia’s attacks, or rather, any attack aimed at him, he would dodge.

This different behavior made Feng Yuan suspect that the opponent probably didn’t have undying nature, and now it seemed to be true.

"Lacking undying nature? This strange thing, there are actually two kinds of it."

Crystallization is irreversible, so Veronia wasn’t sure if the crystalline fragments all over the ground were just crystal shards or remnants of that thing, but regardless, that thing previously seemed quite similar to those undying creatures.

"It should be, at least the previous one didn’t have undying nature, although they look similar... It’s really strange."

Saying this, Feng Yuan walked over to the remnants of the terminal. When the opponent appeared just now, a spear struck and destroyed the terminal equipment, but because this thing was Chaos Technology, Feng Yuan wasn’t sure if it was still usable.

After trying it, Feng Yuan sighed and said helplessly,

"It’s been completely destroyed."

"Destroying evidence? However, the information we just looked at didn’t seem worthy of such destruction."

Veronia said somewhat puzzled. Based on the information they just read, they couldn’t imagine anything worth the opponent going to such lengths to destroy. Feng Yuan thought for a moment, shook his head, and said,

"I don’t know, it might be hidden information, or maybe something else, but..."

Looking at the colorful blood-red sky above, what concerned Feng Yuan was something else: whether that thing was chasing after them or because they touched upon some forbidden secret.

If it was just a coincidence, so be it. But if it wasn’t...

Turning to look at the remnants of the terminal, Feng Yuan narrowed his eyes. What secret was hidden in this thing’s data that necessitated the opponent’s sudden appearance and destruction?

Unfortunately, the terminal was destroyed, and the time tributary wasn’t suitable for reversing time to repair objects, so even though Feng Yuan was extremely curious, there was nothing he could do.

"I wonder if there’s a backup terminal, but..."

Looking at the mess, the ceiling even collapsed revealing the sky, Feng Yuan sighed. Even if there was a backup terminal, in this condition, it probably wouldn’t leave an intact piece.

"If there’s still a backup terminal, perhaps new undying ones would emerge."

With a light laugh, Veronia reverted to her original form, and the Crystal Queen’s form was about the same size as Ah Mu; in this lab, it was still a bit large.

"Though I don’t know what the Time Dimension Laboratory is researching, Ah Chen, don’t you think this might have a connection with the attack on you?"

Dou Yanlan said, lightly pinching her chin, looking at Qi Chen and the others, War Qi Chen pondered for a moment and said,

"It’s possible, but... what exactly do they want to do?"

"I don’t know, but how did they know we were about to uncover a secret, does the terminal have an automatic alarm function? No, even if it does, he came a bit too quickly."

Regarding the suddenly appearing attacker, Dou Yanlan always felt there were many questions. The opponent didn’t look like someone who had been lurking here all along. Otherwise, given the previous situation with Eclipse, it was impossible not to have discovered the opponent.

Keep in mind, previously, Eclipse followed them using Subspace mobility, and its huge size meant its head was basically penetrating the corridors and room walls. Avoiding detection from Eclipse in such a state seemed a bit far-fetched.

After all, the opponent’s strength wasn’t considered formidable. Evading the perception of a powerful being like Eclipse was almost impossible.

"Indeed, how did he know, or rather, how did he suddenly appear?"

Feng Yuan looked at Eclipse in the sky. He was well aware of the opponent’s strength. To evade Eclipse’s perception, even if the opponent didn’t mind, it was impossible without Divine Beast level power. Yet, looking at how the opponent was suppressed by Veronia, he didn’t seem to have Divine Beast level strength.

Not to mention that Divine Beast level combat power, in the time tributary, is akin to the rare existence of Anti-Divine Beast Runes; how could it be related to those strange undying creatures that appear in droves?

"Could it be that he appeared like monsters spawning in a game? But that’s not right either, why doesn’t that thing have undying nature?"

Thinking about a possibility, Feng Yuan said, still feeling something was off. The Qi Realm’s dream-like nature could realize such monster spawning methods, but that didn’t mean there weren’t issues, as that thing looked like an undying creature, yet it lacked undying nature.

"Sigh, indeed, the more answers I want to know, the more questions arise."

Sighing, Feng Yuan no longer dwelled on these matters, as it was evident that the Qi Realm was not simple, and figuring everything out at once wasn’t going to be easy.

Leaving the Time Dimension Laboratory, Feng Yuan and his group continued their exploration, but they turned the entire research facility upside down and didn’t find much useful intelligence.

As for places like the Time Dimension Laboratory, they didn’t encounter any more.

Exiting the abandoned research facility, Feng Yuan glanced back and said disappointedly,

"Ultimately, we didn’t find anything useful here, or rather, we ended up with a few more things we can’t understand."

"Forget it, let’s hurry and see if there’s anything else. Speaking of which, there seem to be quite a few tombstones we haven’t found yet."

Slightly shaking his head, Feng Yuan said as he led the group forward.

"The disaster outbreak is on a large-scale, what’s going on? Could it be because of them? No, impossible, if it were them, there’s no reason to do this."

Looking at the latest report, Dou Yanlan’s expression wasn’t good, and Shiyin snorted with dissatisfaction and said,

"Maybe it’s because they came over, leading to the large-scale eruption of the disaster."

"No, at this scale, the tide of disasters—could it be that Dr. Feng’s warning was right?! The intervals of the disaster tide will gradually shorten until it becomes a constant disaster?!"

Recalling something, Dou Yanlan immediately operated the terminal to retrieve data. Due to various reasons, Dr. Feng’s research data and reports were confidential, with the nations tacitly sealing them, only people with a certain level of authority could know and view these materials.

Although Dou Yanlan thought the research deviated somewhat from the mainstream, it wasn’t enough to incur their resentment.

"No way? Isn’t the disaster tide supposed to erupt in three years?"

Shiyin didn’t have the authority, so she had no knowledge of Dr. Feng’s reports, let alone read them. Dou Yanlan, while retrieving the data, said,

"That’s not the case. According to Dr. Feng’s theory, since thirteen years ago, the tide of disasters has entered a rapid eruption state, with intervals continually shortening. Found it!"