Divine Beast Creator

Unlike other timelines, due to the full development of technology, the Qi Realm Timeline is far more advanced in technology, which is directly reflected in civilian areas.

Although the effect of the disasters has meant that the shops are not open at the moment, the closure of the goods section has not affected the operation of the 24-hour commercial display area. In other words, the shops have not shut down the automatic display services.

Holographic projections here have become quite sophisticated, or rather, in this place, they are no longer limited to semi-transparent model projections. Not only do they have a texture similar to real objects, but they also provide tactile feedback as if they were real.

If these displayed items didn’t change at regular intervals, people might easily mistake them for real objects.

The AI shopping assistants in the shops only appear when Feng Yuan and others need them and don’t chatter incessantly when not needed.

"It’s really an interesting experience. Too bad the stores aren’t open, or else we might find something intriguing."

Feng Yuan glanced at the tightly shut doors with some regret. Although there was an automatic display area, only partial merchandise could be seen there, or rather, only the items that could be perfectly presented by holographic projection.

Moreover, many other items fall outside the scope of projection and can only be seen by their names in the product catalog.

These items are mainly daily necessities, but due to technological advancements, they seem quite interesting. However, Feng Yuan can only speculate about their effects based on their names.

"Guess there’s no chance today. The effects of the disasters are not over, and we don’t have the funds necessary here."

Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan and spoke lightly. In the Main World, Feng Yuan could exchange resources for money, and along with the rewards for helping Great Xia later, he was not short on funds. However, it was different in the Qi Realm Timeline.

Feng Yuan could not exchange resources for money here for a simple reason: he either didn’t have them, or the resources he did have were from the Main World. Unless it was necessary, he preferred not to use those resources here, especially since the Qi Realm Timeline might not recognize their value.

"Seems so, well...money...it’s not impossible to obtain, but never mind."

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan sighed. It wasn’t that he couldn’t procure funds in the Qi Realm Timeline; resource exchange was the simplest method. Beyond that, Feng Yuan also had other not-so-legal means, such as extracting currency from a past time point, but the consequences could be severe.

If not caught, it would be fine, but if discovered, it might incite hostility from the Qi Realm Timeline towards the Main World. After careful consideration, Feng Yuan decided it wasn’t necessary.

Apart from Feng Yuan and his entourage, no one else was active on the commercial street, and even the shop owners were missing, which was normal. After all, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s soul projection had recently launched a counterattack, and people dared not gamble on there being no further incidents.

Unless certain everything was fine, those who fled Qi Hua City surely wouldn’t return now. Compared to potential financial loss, personal safety was more important.

"These Spirit Beast Decorations look quite interesting, and surprisingly, they are equipment-type decorations. Who would have thought that technology could develop to such an extent?"

While strolling through the commercial street, Feng Yuan discovered a Spirit Beast fashion store. Unlike the Main World, due to technological development, the Spirit Beast Decorations in the Qi Realm Timeline were markedly different.

Not just in appearance, since many factors influence that, but technology couldn’t change too much. The real significance lies in decorating as equipment.

Previously, Feng Yuan had bought Spirit Beast Decorations for Xiao Ji, but Xiao Ji ended up just collecting those. Unfortunately, Spirit Beast Decorations in the Main World were ordinary items, and during Spirit Beast battles, not only could ultimate moves impact them, but some ultimate moves like Flame Dive would cover the body with energy.

In such times, ordinary items would directly suffer ultimate move damage, and unless made from special materials, decorations wouldn’t withstand the destructive force long.

However, here it’s different. Equipment doesn’t rely on materials to resist ultimate move damage directly but becomes part of the Spirit Beast through resonance effects, just like Xiao Ji’s feathers.

Feng Yuan suspected that these resonant equipment might evolve into special ultimate moves that rely on equipment.

"Indeed, compared to Mythical Era battle armor, these items seem to have their advantages."

Even though they could only view descriptions of items in holographic projection, those descriptions gave them a rough idea of the approximate effects of those equipped fashion items.

In the Mythical Era, Divine Beasts also possessed battle armor and such items, but unlike these equipped fashion items, they did not resonate and could not become equipment. But that didn’t imply weakness.

Compared to the typical limit of equipping only one or two items, battle armor had no such rule. As long as it fit, there was no limit to equipment quantity. Besides, without needing resonance consideration, there were no material restrictions, meaning those battle armors could have almost any effect.

They could enhance defenses, improve ultimate move effects, increase resistance to specific effects, all depending on what was needed.

Here, equipped items didn’t have such complex effects. Though focusing on fashion, they mostly lacked combat effects, occasionally offering one or two combat-themed pieces.

Perhaps those were the so-called bestsellers? But according to descriptions, those bestsellers still offered single-minded effects, like slightly reducing damage from certain ultimate moves, incomparable to Mythical Era battle armor.

"Comparing with Mythical Era items, you’re giving them too much credit."

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan spoke speechlessly; in terms of practicality, these items absolutely couldn’t compete with Mythical Era weapons and equipment. Kidding aside, that period was the era of divine warfare, and few items involved in divine warfare were simple.

"Well at least, in terms of convenience and aesthetics, Mythical Era battle armor can’t compare."

Veronia smiled slightly, and of course, nobody found this surprising. Given the uses and environments, the differences were entirely normal.

Mythical Era battle armor mainly focused on practicality. Even if Divine Beings were dissatisfied, there was no alternative. Splendor had no practical use on the warfront.

"It’s really a shame. By the way, perhaps we can ask the Dou Yanlan of this timeline if it’s possible to procure a little."

Since he didn’t know the pricing scale, Feng Yuan didn’t intend to demand directly. Although prices were listed, Feng Yuan was unsure about salary standards here, so who knew whether the listed prices were high or low.

Asking Qi Realm Dou Yanlan for souvenirs of not too high value left Feng Yuan with no psychological burden, as they’d helped in dealing with some issues. Although it was mainly due to their need to investigate those orchestrating attacks on Qi Chen, they had, after all, provided assistance.

"There’s no need for that."

Seeing Feng Yuan look towards her, Dou Yanlan smiled. While she too was somewhat tempted, she was well aware that she hadn’t provided much help to her counterpart in this world.

Taking something without reason left her feeling a bit guilty, and Qi Chen was another matter. Even though Qi Realm Dou Yanlan closely resembled Dou Yanlan, in his eyes they were completely different people. He was unfamiliar with Qi Realm Dou Yanlan, so accepting gifts from her openly wasn’t an option.

As for whether Qi Realm Dou Yanlan might give something, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan didn’t consider it. Dou Yanlan could guess this timeline’s counterpart thoughts, and unlike Feng Yuan, she had already compared prices in different stores, confirming that Spirit Beast Decoration costs were similar to street stalls in their world.

Given Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s apparent status, her wages couldn’t possibly be low, so just gifting such items posed no issue, even less than previously sharing information with Feng Yuan.

War Qi Chen remained silent; he glanced at the Spirit Beast Decorations once and dismissed them. Unfortunately, the War Timeline couldn’t accommodate too many personal hobbies, unless war one day came to a halt.

Yet before recovering the territories occupied by East Continent Great Xia, he didn’t believe that could happen, or rather, even if it could, he wouldn’t allow it!