Divine Beast Creator

In the midst of their conversation, the topic inevitably shifted to the sudden emergence of the Soul Projection. Feng Yuan was curious; based on his observations, these attacks seemed to occur frequently, yet Qi Realm Dou Yanlan had never mentioned this in her intel before.

"You say those entities are Soul Projections? Although I had a sense that the appearance of calamities was related to the Qi Realm, I didn’t expect it to be like this. Since they are our projections, does this mean they are, in a way, immortal?"

Qi Realm Dou Yanlan didn’t doubt Feng Yuan’s words, as he had no reason to lie. However, the result was not what she desired. Projections originating from the soul meant they could never completely resolve the wave of calamity.

"Calamities? Is that what you call these existences?"

Feng Yuan looked at the two somewhat peculiarly, as he hadn’t anticipated such a name for the Soul Projections. Qi Realm Dou Yanlan glanced at Feng Yuan, nodded slightly, and said,

"That’s right, and recently there’s been a sign of a calamity wave outbreak. If they originate from Qi Realm, we... don’t have any good solutions."

With a sigh, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan felt a headache. Previously, she thought the wave of calamity was merely an attack triggered by the accumulation of some peculiar creatures. As long as they could locate the birthplace of those creatures and eliminate them in advance, they could avoid it.

Now, knowing the truth, she realized such a plan was nearly impossible to execute; she felt overwhelmed at the moment, not to mention that the timeline war was also a threat.

"Hmm, can you tell us what the wave of calamity really is? Even though it’s not exactly related to the purpose of our visit, I’m quite curious."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan asked with a chuckle. They already knew the attacks on Qi Chen were caused by Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s Soul Projection, although they didn’t know the exact reason yet, at least they had a target.

As long as there was a target to track, it wasn’t considered a difficult task. Instead, it was the wave of calamity that piqued Feng Yuan’s interest, as he never received any intel regarding their trump cards from Qi Realm Dou Yanlan.

Was it a reluctance to share, or was there none? Feng Yuan leaned towards the latter, suspecting the other party probably didn’t possess a special trump card akin to the Empire and the War.

The reason was simple; given Qi Realm’s uniqueness, it likely encompassed most of the miracles within the Qi Realm timeline. In such a scenario, it wouldn’t be surprising for nations on the surface to lack trump cards comparable to Anti-Divine Beast Runes.

Qi Realm Dou Yanlan didn’t expect Feng Yuan was probing for a trump card, as the wave of calamity was a disaster, not a blessing, for them.

"The wave of calamity refers to the massive outbreak of calamities resembling tidal waves. Calamities are those things, the entities you refer to as Soul Projections. Those entities replace original people and create chaos within the city."

"This, shouldn’t be termed as a calamity, should it?"

Qi Chen asked somewhat bewildered, as in his view, merely the Soul Projection attacks shouldn’t be termed as calamities, even if they occurred suddenly, they weren’t particularly tricky, especially since they possessed weapons to disperse Soul Projections.

The term calamity shouldn’t be attributed to such seemingly manageable adversaries.

"Naturally, on its own, it wouldn’t be, but following a calamity event, a phenomenon called ’calamity transformation’ occurs, where the physical properties of normal materials change, often turning into dispersed energy particles. This is the truly troublesome aspect of calamity transformation."

Qi Realm Dou Yanlan spoke, glancing at Feng Yuan, knowing only he was likely to understand the situation, as Qi Chen was probably not capable of it.

"Material alteration, or rather contamination... hmm... the soul world should belong to the Elemental Realm category, differing from the Material Realm. But... Eclipse, can you check the material realm ratio in this world?"

Feng Yuan touched his chin, looking at Eclipse outside the window. He was helpless; even if it could become intangible, Eclipse’s massive form wasn’t suitable for entering the small teahouse.

Eclipse didn’t respond, instead flying into the sky. War Qi Chen, thinking of something, looked at Feng Yuan in surprise and said,

"Could this world be dying?"

"Hard to say. Theoretically, the structure of a time stream shouldn’t have such major flaws. There could be other reasons, otherwise, based on this rate of erosion, it should have been noticed much earlier."

Feng Yuan shook his head slightly, uncertain of the exact situation. Although merely based on description, it resembled the Elemental Realm eroding the Material Realm, yet the Material Realm, especially the Time Stream within it, is typically fixed and unchanging. If erosion had truly persisted for this long, even at a slow pace, the Material Realm should have been eroded to next to nothing.

This was entirely different from what they had witnessed; at least on the surface, the Main World—essentially the Material Realm—constitutes at least half of this world’s mass.

"Erosion? In a sense, that’s indeed the case, but calamity transformation is rather unique. Calamity transformation usually occurs within the range of a city, continuously converting the buildings and materials within until the entire city becomes a phantom entity."

Qi Realm Dou Yanlan wasn’t frightened by Feng Yuan’s words. They had conducted extensive research on calamity transformation, naturally understanding the occurrence and disappearance of erosion.

"The most peculiar aspect lies here; if an entire city undergoes complete calamity transformation, the city will vanish entirely after seven days, with the original land reverting to its initial terrain, as if... that space has been reset."

"Uh, it truly is unique."

Feng Yuan was taken aback; he hadn’t anticipated such a situation. However, recalling something, he looked at Qi Realm Dou Yanlan and said,

"What about the resources consumed in city construction?"

Not every building utilizes local materials; while the land may revert, how do you explain the resources expended for construction?

"Minerals and other resources undergo calamity transformation once depleted, but this transformation only affects the resource site itself."

With a serene smile, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan said, having researched this bizarre mechanism resembling a game refresh many times. Despite their curiosity, like calamity transformation itself, it could only touch the surface, with the underlying reasons remaining elusive.

"Tch, I see, it’s material circulation with Qi Realm serving as the intermediary process, but no, it must be more than that. If that were the case, Qi Realm shouldn’t belong to the soul world."

Feng Yuan touched his chin, discovering the Qi Realm timeline was indeed unique, even material circulation involved Qi Realm participation.

After a while, Eclipse descended, confirming Feng Yuan’s suspicion: the ratio between the Material Realm and Elemental Realm was roughly even, indicating the erosion wasn’t merely devouring but rather a material circulation.

Yet, why would the material circulation choose to eliminate cities?

Not even Feng Yuan, nor Qi Realm Dou Yanlan, could comprehend this point. Although Feng Yuan’s team provided numerous intel concerning Qi Realm, the accuracy of this information still awaited further confirmation.

The group talked for a long time. Qi Realm Dou Yanlan helped arrange hotel rooms for Feng Yuan and his team at Qi Hua City, allowing them to rest there temporarily, to which Feng Yuan had no objections.

Staying close to capture Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s Soul Projection was a good choice, and moreover, he was curious how calamity transformation would progress.

According to Qi Realm Dou Yanlan, they were currently just temporarily repelling the direct casualties brought by calamity transformation, yet owing to its occurrence, they were about to initiate a full evacuation.

Based on Qi Realm Dou Yanlan’s intel, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to eliminate calamity transformation. They had tried many methods to combat it, yet none succeeded.

Mere repulsion of Soul Projections couldn’t halt the spread of calamity transformation, meaning that the city would eventually collapse into a wasteland, and then be reset.

"Seems like a nation suitable for forming an alliance."

At night, Feng Yuan voiced this opinion while gazing out at the bustling scene. Veronia suddenly spoke up, and glancing at her, Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"Because they chose to evacuate ordinary people first?"

"No, even though Dou Yanlan from this timeline appears inclined to foster good relations for various reasons, her associate certainly wouldn’t think the same. However, even so, she remained silent during our intel exchange, and haven’t you noticed, at the end she appeared less hostile towards us."

Veronia said while glancing out the window. The evacuation teams, organized by Qi Hua City’s officials, were orderly leaving the city, as they all knew the ultimate outcome of calamity transformation. Even if they had possessions to take, it wasn’t feasible for the entire family to stay behind to pack.