Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 2268 - 2269: Mechanism

What Feng Yuan feared most was that this place might be a trap specifically targeting them. But it didn’t seem like it, because although there was no path forward, there was no danger either, at least not yet.

"What exactly is going on? There’s no road ahead?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan and asked in confusion. Along the way, they had considered many possibilities, but they hadn’t expected the current situation.

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,

"Not necessarily. Although this place looks like a dead end, that thing should be a marker, or perhaps... a mechanism?"

He wasn’t sure what was going on. The pink little nebula remained still. After waiting for a while, no one showed up; Feng Yuan couldn’t figure out what the person behind the scenes wanted to do.

"A mechanism, can it be cracked?"

Veronia walked to the massive metal ring and examined it. Although its structure revealed nothing, one thing was certain—this was definitely not a Space Gate. But other than a Space Gate, what else could it be? Could it be a locator mark?

Glancing at the motionless pink little nebula, Veronia said irritably,

"This thing just brought us here and says nothing."

Tamur seemed to think of something and looked at Feng Yuan. It thought of a possibility but wasn’t sure if it should remind them. Agunas flicked its tail and said,

"Staying here might not be a good thing. Let’s go."

Seeing everyone planning to leave, Tamur couldn’t help but say to Feng Yuan,

"Perhaps you just haven’t found the way. Maybe they can’t confirm our identity yet."

"Identity?"

Feng Yuan was taken aback. He felt Tamur was hinting at something. Thinking for a moment, Feng Yuan took out The Black Scythe, but after a few swings with no reaction, he felt he might have guessed wrong.

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan summoned a black-robed phantom. If this didn’t work, he had no other solution.

However, as the black-robed phantom appeared, the Array Patterns on the ground reacted first. Suddenly, a massive storm arose around them, shattering the stone-paved path. The terrifying storm twisted the space, and at that moment, the platform they stood on turned into an isolated island.

The massive metal ring started to slowly rotate. Light blue, sky blue, lake blue—multiple shades of blue ring phantoms emerged from the massive metal ring, rotating around the same center and eventually forming a hollow spherical body.

In the center of that hollow spherical body, a map phantom emerged, with a red dot appearing at the map’s edge, and the entire platform was suddenly enveloped in a golden Barrier.

Although the platform didn’t vibrate at all, the storm had gradually calmed down, and various strange items flashing around proved that the platform beneath their feet was moving rapidly.

"I didn’t expect it to be a transportation tool. This is pretty flashy."

Looking at the fast-moving red dot on the map phantom, Feng Yuan said with amusement. He didn’t expect this thing to work this way. After identifying their identity, it moved fully automatically.

What puzzled Feng Yuan, however, was why the presence behind the pink little nebula hadn’t appeared. Could it really be, as Tamur said, they couldn’t confirm their identity? That can’t be right; since they let the pink little nebula guide them, it shouldn’t be the case.

Unable to figure it out, Feng Yuan had to temporarily keep this question to himself.

Although the movement on the map wasn’t fast, Feng Yuan guessed it was likely due to the long distance. In reality, they had already left the previous space, and for this reason, the pink little nebula naturally dissipated the moment they exited the space.

Feng Yuan wasn’t surprised by this. Regardless of its color, that little nebula was probably just a guard of that space. Such a special construct couldn’t leave its designated area.

But this time, they didn’t pass through a brilliant Star River. After traveling for a long time in darkness, the front suddenly lit up, and a massive city abruptly appeared before them.

On the map, the red dot marking their location blinked, jumping to a position not far from the center, indicating they were about to reach their destination.

"This city is quite strange, having characteristics of the Mythical Era while also emitting a modern aura. It should be those people."

Gazing at the massive city, Veronia said. This massive city was unlike the ancient cities they had seen before, or rather, the extensive use of Rune Technology here made the city functionally close to a modern city.

Skyscrapers, vehicles moving on the roads, floating roads, and floating greenery made Qi Chen feel as if they had walked into the future, rather than a city developed from ancient civilization.

"The technology of this city has actually surpassed our modern human technology."

Qiu Hanmo couldn’t help but exclaim. He could roughly discern the situation of this city and was astonished by how it had developed from an ultra-ancient civilization to this extent.

"Rune Technology, this thing gradually got abandoned after the Mythical Era."

Agunas flicked its tail uneasily as Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"There’s no choice. That thing contradicts the path of the Beast Tamer, and the world’s rules for Rune Technology aren’t complete."

As for whether this is the world’s choice on its own, Feng Yuan didn’t mention it. After all, if Qi Chen and the others could figure it out themselves, that would be fine. He didn’t want to make a fuss about it.

The Rune Path isn’t bad. Otherwise, those people couldn’t have carved out such a sanctuary in this Parallel World. But with limited world resources, once a direction is set, Rune Technology would naturally be suppressed by the world. Even during this process, Divine Beasts played an unimpressive role.

Allowing a hundred flowers to bloom is certainly nice, but like this Parallel World, the limitations of World Level mean that a world greedy for advancing in multiple directions will eventually suffer.

As for the Rune Technology here, Feng Yuan guessed it probably originated from him, or it evolved based on the technology he once gave those people.

Given Feng Yuan’s status, the technology he provided, even just a negligible portion, carried great advantages. Especially during that period, Feng Yuan didn’t directly involve himself in this world’s affairs.

At that time, he wasn’t sufficiently familiar with the rules operating in this world, which led to the technology he provided to those people leaning more toward machinery and creation rather than the Spirit Beast.

This aspect isn’t significant. Just that during the evolution process, the technology Feng Yuan provided had a lower evolutionary difficulty and higher potential growth direction compared to regular technology.

No choice. What Feng Yuan provided, even if it was weakened, its origin surpassed the world itself, so this outcome wasn’t surprising.

Feng Yuan had no intention to explain these things. Agunas and the others had a vague feeling, but Qi Chen and the others could only marvel.

No choice. To them, the ability for those people to create a city that even seemed futuristic to them with a small population was indeed beyond imagination.

"So it turns out the ultra-ancient civilization is much stronger than us."

Qiu Hanmo murmured, constantly examining the surroundings. As long as the technology here wasn’t specializing only in civilian use, the weapons aspect would probably vastly outshine theirs.

Thinking of something, Qiu Hanmo inwardly smiled wryly. For some reason, the weapons from Ancient Ruins were always much stronger than modern ones. Also, because of this, they often encountered dangers while excavating Ancient Ruins.

Though many were related to Divine Beasts, there were also many issues concerning mechanisms.

The platform they were on slowed down immediately after entering the city. The giant platform slowly flew over the city, and Feng Yuan sensed something amiss. He scrutinized the silent city, saying,

"Could it be those people are already gone? No, this city isn’t normal."

"No one? Could this city have been abandoned? But those cleaning robots shouldn’t be able to maintain it for long under these conditions, right?"

Qi Chen circled the platform and observed the surroundings, asking suspiciously. The city seemed fine from afar, but upon closer inspection, they discovered a severe problem—there was no one!

It’s not like everyone was hiding at home; rather, the whole city seemed absent of any human activity. Although the streets were clean and tidy, that was the work of cleaning robots.

Vehicles were placed idly on the streets, as if everyone had suddenly vanished.