Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 544 - 545 Day and Night_1

Chapter 544: Chapter 545 Day and Night_1

"It’s okay, just a bit strange."

"But they are quite interesting~"

Mo Ling said, curiously reaching out to gently touch a snail-like creature passing by. Although it resembled a snail at first glance, the odd creature was not a mollusk. Instead, it looked like a centipede had crawled into a rough rock snail shell. Poked by Mo Ling, the creature retracted its centipede-like claws and quickly withdrew into the shell.

Guo Huai watched the snail shell intently for a long time and even knocked on it, puzzled, saying

"This isn’t a Spirit Beast either?"

"It just looks a little strange; there aren’t that many Spirit Beasts around..."

Cradling Xiao Ji and Pomiti, Feng Yuan glanced at the shell disdainfully and then looked around before saying,

"I plan to look around, how about you?"

"It’s best not to split up in this place, wait a bit."

Mo Li spoke up to stop him. After all, this place was completely foreign to them, and Mo Li did not know if there were any lurking dangers. He wasn’t worried that Feng Yuan would encounter trouble; he was more afraid that if they met a strong enemy and the White Wolf Deity couldn’t cope, Mo Ling would be in danger.

Looking around, Feng Yuan lightly stomped his foot, and a huge purple mushroom swiftly rose from the ground. Sitting on the freshly grown Big Mushroom, Feng Yuan rested his head on Pomiti’s head and watched Mo Ling and the others, who were curiously observing the strange creatures, somewhat bored. Xiao Ji had already sensed that Feng Yuan wanted to use it as a pillow and had struggled free earlier, sitting on the mushroom and leaning against Feng Yuan, slowly closing its eyes as if to rest.

The group did not notice that when Feng Yuan created the mushroom, the Sun-Scorch Insects on the top of the cave flickered slightly as if surprised.

"This place must have once been inhabited by a large Tribe."

Looking at the ruins before him, Feng Yuan felt somewhat emotional. Judging by the size of the remains alone, he guessed that the people who once lived here were no fewer than the Tribe they had encountered in Bei Yan. However, the broken old stone buildings and the no longer obvious traces of human activity indicated that the place had long been abandoned. Perhaps in a few more decades, time would gradually erase all traces here.

"These Rock Paintings are very close to those of the Zhuo Ya people’s murals, except..."

Wei Dongcheng carefully examined the Rock Paintings, while Bai Ling looked around at the buildings, murals, and abandoned ancient tools. Bai Ling seemed to grasp something from those artifacts.

Seeing Feng Yuan studying the Rock Paintings with interest, Guo Huai asked curiously,

"What did you find?"

Mo Ling, who heard Guo Huai’s question, pricked up her ears, curious about what Feng Yuan would say. Glancing at Guo Huai, Feng Yuan said,

"The reason this place was abandoned."

"The reason this place was abandoned?"

Guo Huai was puzzled. In his view, humans moving from caves to the outside was a completely normal event. However, Mo Li and the others did not share that confusion, as they believed people should live where they were born and that relocating from this cave must have been due to some event.

"Well, although it’s normal for human settlements to evolve from caves to the vast outdoors, this place is special. This place should have remained as an ancestral land or been used to store precious things, but an accident caused all the humans here to migrate out."

"The Rock Paintings describe a huge monster that sealed their frequent exit, trapping the people within. Accidentally, they discovered a passage under the lakebed. Though that passage allowed them to travel between the surface and here, after they finally reunited with compatriots who had been cut off outside the cave, they decided to leave this place for good."

"Why?"

Mo Ling was puzzled, and Hua Yiyou, pinching his chin, said,

"It’s probably out of fear that the same sealing off could happen again. After all, the underground space is complex. Although there might be other paths to the surface, those who had been blocked outside the cave must have successfully established a new living area."

"If that’s the case, then it’s understandable why this place was abandoned. With inadequate resources, if they were to be trapped and die here, it’s likely that the remaining people..."

Feng Yuan nodded to Hua Yiyou and said,

"Although it’s not written above, I’m guessing that’s the case, and it’s very likely that the original exit was near Yuehu Town. Otherwise, the Zhuo Ya people should have appeared in the small town we passed when we came in."

"The huge monster that sealed the entrance? I wonder if it’s gone."

Mo Li spoke with a somewhat serious expression, not keen on engaging in battle underground. If there was too much of a commotion and a collapse occurred, they might not be able to leave. At least Zi Mo didn’t have the ability to punch through thick rock layers. With this in mind, Mo Li glanced at the languid White Wolf Deity. Although Feng Yuan had said that it could easily penetrate the rock layer, he still didn’t dare to fully believe it.

"It should be gone by now, this place has been abandoned for quite a while. Unless that thing is of an immortal breed, it should have died of old age by now even if it didn’t leave."

Feng Yuan looked over the ruins and casually said, while Guo Huai looked up at the little sun above and expressed his confusion,

"It’s clearly nighttime now, so why is it still daylight here?"

"Not sure, but it’s already night? No wonder I’m hungry."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan directly took out his cooking gear, apparently preparing to cook dinner. Wei Dongcheng was about to remind Feng Yuan that not many of the animals here might be edible, when he saw Feng Yuan pull out a pile of neatly cut animal meat from nowhere. Guo Huai only needed one look to guess that it was the leftover game from their previous hunting.

"Where did you keep all this?"

Mo Ling looked at Feng Yuan curiously. She didn’t see anything like a bag, and it seemed like Feng Yuan had conjured those things out of thin air. Feng Yuan gave a mysterious smile and said,

"Guess~"

"Spatial Transfer, I guess. Who knows where he managed to get a storage space."

Although Guo Huai couldn’t obtain this information from the system, he could roughly guess Feng Yuan’s method, especially since the spatial fluctuation couldn’t be concealed.

Wei Dongcheng looked at Feng Yuan with envy, naturally guessing that Feng Yuan was able to carry so much thanks to his spatial abilities. Even in later times, Spirit Beasts with space abilities were extremely rare, let alone during the early Dynasty Era. He had only heard of such a powerful Divine Lord and despite having traveled extensively, he had never seen a Divine Lord with spatial powers.

Itinerant wanderers who spent their lives in the wilderness most desired this spatial ability. With such an ability, they could ensure a good life outdoors without having to make a new set of living tools every time they stayed in the wilderness.

Wei Dongcheng’s envy reached its peak when they were preparing to rest, looking at the exquisite log cabin; he almost couldn’t help himself from begging Feng Yuan for this ability.

"It’s gotten dark?"

The light from the Sun-Scorch Insect gradually faded, and the Glowing Mushroom Trees around the little wood house emitted a faint glow again. The roaming animals seemed to have known the time and had already returned to their hiding places, leaving the surroundings in silence, except for the sounds made by Feng Yuan and the others.

"Only about four hours of daylight? No wonder this isn’t considered a safe place to live, apart from the passage, the near time discrepancy effect also poses a problem."

Although Feng Yuan didn’t have the system, he had his own ways of obtaining accurate time, so he easily calculated the duration of the Sun-Scorch Insect’s luminescence. Guo Huai thought for a moment and said,

"Maybe a single Sun-Scorch Insect can’t last that long?"

"That’s not it. If it’s just acting as the sun, in fact, a Sun-Scorch Insect can maintain its light and heat for a very long time. It’s probably just bored of hovering at the top of the cave all the time. That’s probably why the daylight here is so short."

"That makes sense..."

Looking at the mushroom forest outside, glowing with various faint lights, Guo Huai said with some emotion,

"I never expected that there could be such beautiful places underground."

"Apart from glowing, I don’t think it’s beautiful at all."

Feng Yuan said with a look of disappointment. After all, he really couldn’t come to like the strange and bizarre creatures. Mo Ling laughed and said,

"I find it quite interesting~ They look fierce but are actually timid, they look timid but are fearless. Those animals are so fascinating~"