Chapter 870 - 579: Living Beings Within the Barrier
The entire barrier is located underground at Xidu University, and its area is even larger.
In order to hide the barrier’s internal patterns in certain places, both of them couldn’t move quickly; they had to observe carefully as they walked.
Thus, after spending about 30 minutes, they hadn’t gone far.
"Do you feel that this place is strange?"
Jiejie Master stopped walking and asked Li Pu.
Throughout the journey, he had touched those flowers, grasses, and trees, all of them were real, not illusions or fake decorations.
Logically, the function of this barrier should purely be to seal that strange cocoon, so why create a place resembling a natural environment?
Especially that fake sky; upon closer observation, the position of the sun moves, meaning there might be day and night here.
Who could have such great power to traverse the barrier and create this small world?
"Previously you mentioned that Elder Gui Hun might have a way to cross the barrier."
Having heard Jiejie Master’s analysis, Li Pu felt there was only one suspect.
"What you said makes sense, but why would Elder Gui Hun do this?"
"That’s beyond our understanding."
After some discussion, they decided to continue exploring.
However, after just less than 500 meters, they encountered a situation.
[Kukudaa!] xN
A series of chaotic voices caught their attention.
"Let’s go and see."
Li Pu gave a signal to the straw man.
[Grass!]
So the straw man turned direction, leading the team to accelerate towards the noise.
Soon, a green figure appeared in their view from afar.
"Eh?" x2
Both Li Pu and Jiejie Master were taken aback.
The newcomer was a boy around eleven or twelve years old, wearing tattered clothes of strange material, with green skin exposed.
Summoner?
Non-human?
Whichever it was, appearing here seemed quite eerie.
The key was that several skeleton soldiers with large heads were chasing behind him.
These skeleton soldiers looked odd, with heads big like a chibi version, and their whole body was black.
"Huh! Why would anyone appear here!"
"Help, help me everyone!"
The green-skinned boy had also noticed Li Pu and company, quickly calling for help.
In such an instance, the two couldn’t possibly stand by and do nothing.
However, when they were still quite a distance away, Jiejie Master quietly reminded Li Pu: "Li Pu, have your summon beast be cautious; these are Inferno Skeletons."
"Inferno Skeletons?"
Li Pu hadn’t heard this name before.
"Completely black, with flame-like patterns on the surface that flow, that’s the characteristic of Inferno Skeletons."
Jiejie Master observed very closely.
"It’s said that the strength of Inferno Skeletons is 2-3 times that of skeletons of the same level, and furthermore they..."
[Grass!]
Before he could finish the introduction, the straw man had already charged upfront, taking out those creatures.
What Jiejie Master called Inferno Skeletons were completely powerless in front of it.
With just one punch, some were broken while others scattered.
Individual skeletons’ large heads dropped to the ground, clattering their jaws which it crushed with a stomp.
"Woah! Spare me, great hero!"
"Wait."
When the straw man pressed the green-skinned boy down ready to pound him, Li Pu stopped it.
It seemed this fellow had also mistaken the boy as a beast to purge.
"Tha-thank you."
The green-skinned boy stood up dusting off his clothes, looking terrified.
"..." x2
Li Pu and Jiejie Master exchanged glances, both silently saying nothing.
Because they saw that the boy’s back surprisingly had a large flat turtle shell.
Clearly, this wasn’t a human.
Upon getting closer, they could sense it was the aura of a non-human race.
"Master Jie, why would there be a non-human race inside the barrier?"
Li Pu pulled Jiejie Master aside, quietly asking.
"I can’t explain it either, I just feel something is odd."
"Could it possibly be the child of the cocoon?"
Jiejie Master shook his head.
Yet the aura of the boy was very weak, compared horizontally, it was not even as strong as a level 1 maxed beast.
If this really was the child of the cocoon, then not to mention Li Pu, even Jiejie Master himself could easily handle it.
"Doesn’t look like it."
Li Pu remembered the principal mentioning that the cocoon was the product of a fallen Angel and a merperson fusion.
Fallen Angels and merpeople, regardless of gender, are famous for their beauty.
How could they produce such an ugly fellow?
Citing this fellow as a kappa, or even Wu Guinan’s younger brother, seemed more credible than being the child of the cocoon.
"Wait, might it be..."
Thinking of this, he suddenly came to an answer.
"Really, is it that daring?"
"Is Elder Gui Hun male or female?"
Seeing his expression, Jiejie Master also thought of the same thing.
But merely guessing couldn’t yield an answer, thus Li Pu proactively approached.
"Hello, I am Li Pu."
"Not the Li of ’Will you come tonight,’ but the Pu of ’I once crossed mountains and seas.’
He introduced himself.
"Hello, I’m Bie San."
The green-skinned boy replied.
"Uh, nice name." x2
Li Pu and Jiejie Master said in unison.
Next, they carefully inquired about Bie San’s background.
Since they saved him, Bie San’s attitude was sincerely cooperative.
As he told it, one day when he was sleeping in a big river, upon waking, he found himself in this barrier world.
Then an old voice told him he was to be responsible for managing this world.