Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 742 - 743: External Enemy_1

Chapter 742: Chapter 743: External Enemy_1

The device scanned Feng Yuan’s Universal Pass, and although all it showed were entries with insufficient permissions, that made Xiao Luo even more surprised. Nobody dared to forge the information in a Universal Pass, and insufficient permissions only suggested that the content of those entries was quite special. After inputting the Special Service Team identity, Xiao Luo respectfully handed the pass back to Feng Yuan.

"Well, I’m off then–"

Feng Yuan put away his pass and simply informed Captain Yan with a word before turning to leave. Liao Yu and the rest were resting. Instead of dealing with these matters with other unknown people, he preferred to act alone.

Watching Feng Yuan’s receding figure, Xiao Luo murmured lowly,

"I didn’t expect... him to be so young yet..."

"Don’t overthink it. It’s our luck to have him around. Don’t go spreading rumors about his business!" Captain Yan warned before heading off to his own office. If it hadn’t been for Feng Yuan just now, he wouldn’t have stayed and talked for so long. He had a lot to handle at the moment — from masked individuals and those people to the movements at the Divine Beast Hall and other matters that the Special Service Team needed to address.

From the messages he got from his comrades at the military department, he could guess that Feng Yuan must have been involved in the recent border incident as well. However, he figured as much, given that under normal circumstances the Lorraine Tower wouldn’t withstand the pressure of Emperor Savidi to conceal the truth, and while Emperor Savidi might not take it out on Lorraine Tower, it shouldn’t be provoked.

"Are you going to use the ’record’?"

Agunas looked at Feng Yuan somewhat surprised, as he fiddled with the Dark Ancient Book in his hand. Feng Yuan yawned and said,

"Why make trouble for myself when there’s an easier way?"

"Are you sure it’s okay?"

"It doesn’t matter if what they have on them doesn’t trigger a reaction. If it can really provoke a response..."

Feng Yuan’s expression grew dark as he spoke, and Agunas, unsettled, flicked his tail and said,

"Is there another world lurking in secret?"

"It’s hard to say, but the Bright World shouldn’t have this capability, and it’s unlikely that the Behemoth World, which battles you in the starry sky, has it either."

"Could it be... the Xingluo Realm?"

"No, that’s impossible. The Xingluo Realm wouldn’t need to resort to such roundabout tactics, plus they’re mainly a civilization dedicated to cultivation, this thing..."

Agunas had a bad hunch and looked at Feng Yuan, speaking softly,

"Then... what about the Starry Heaven World?"

"No need, it’s not them."

Feng Yuan shook his head calmly, as if talking about an ordinary world, which he knew all too well, having previously resided there. He was quite sure it wasn’t the doing of the Starry Heaven World.

"Can’t it be observed from outside the world?"

Agunas appeared puzzled, shifting the black ancient book from his left hand to his right. Feng Yuan explained,

"If it has already made contact with the barrier, we can observe it from outside the world. But if it’s just secretly planting seeds, it’s not so certain."

"Are you saying the other party isn’t in a position to take major action?"

"Likely so. At least, I haven’t noticed anyone approaching this area."

Feng Yuan pointed ahead and to the right as he spoke,

"There’s an anomaly in that direction. It’s all yours."

Xiao Ji was startled and turned her head to look at Feng Yuan with dissatisfaction. Agunas didn’t say much, just scooped up the ancient book in his paws and floated off toward the destination Feng Yuan had pointed to. After a swift Time Stop, the passersby around were shocked by Agunas’s move. At that moment, Feng Yuan stepped forward and showed his pass, declaring,

"Special Service Team, this person has dangerous special items on them."

Some seemed to have seen the credentials of the Special Service Team before, and although they were puzzled as to why the pass in Feng Yuan’s hands looked somewhat different from that of the team’s credentials, during such times, they assumed nobody would dare to impersonate a member of the team, for it would bring great trouble should the matter come to light.

Seeing the people quickly scatter, Feng Yuan reached into the person’s bosom and extracted a disc-shaped object, examining it. Then Feng Yuan said,

"It’s capable of compromising the barriers set by the City Defense System and can produce an explosion equivalent to Legendary Level strength. Looks like we’ve got the right one. Open the gate."

Feng Yuan didn’t plan to find someone to guide him; that would be too troublesome. He simply had Agunas open a Space Gate to send the person directly to the Guard Squad’s prisoner holding area.

Thus, the person was utterly astonished to find themselves walking down the street one moment and in a cell the next, especially since those around them were wearing the Guard Squad’s uniforms. Knowing their predicament, cold sweat immediately broke out.

"That guy..."

Upon receiving the report, Captain Chen muttered somewhat speechlessly; he had learned about Feng Yuan coming to help from Captain Yan. After all, that guy used to be a member of his subordinate team and was currently on good terms with his team member Liao Yu and the others. Hence, anything related to him ended up being handled by Captain Chen.

"It’s efficient that way, always considering the impact, not knowing when we’ll actually catch them."

As he cleaned his weapon, Huo Feng spoke calmly. Captain Chen was in the lounge when he received the news; amidst his busy schedule, Captain Chen liked to chat with members of his subordinate team in the lounge to stay informed about their status.

Glancing at Huo Feng, Captain Chen asked, somewhat surprised,

"Aren’t you going to rest?"

"There’s no need for now; we’re short of hands, so we must try to..."

"This isn’t the army; we don’t have such high demands. Besides, if you collapse from exhaustion, you’ll only cause trouble for everyone."

Huo Feng fell silent, and Captain Chen shook his head in resignation as he said,

"If everyone were to capture people like he does, I’m afraid the entire Maomu City would fall into severe panic within a day. Others can’t manage to catch with such precision as he does. Once too many wrong people are captured, everyone will lose trust in us."

"It’s definitely external, and moreover, it’s an unknown world."

Looking at the strange items they had seized, Feng Yuan spoke. Even though he had never been to the Bright World and his knowledge of the Behemoth World was limited, he could directly throw the information he compiled at It, and the response from It was that those patterns, artistic styles, and ways of energy utilization didn’t belong to any of the known worlds.

"Why one after another!"

Agunas complained somewhat irritably. Although it wasn’t particularly scared, every battle ran the risk of causing damage to the real world. The Behemoth World was still manageable—being suppressed within the starry sky—but Odinis directly launched attacks from the real world and even sent people to infiltrate various regions.

Just recently, substantial damage had been caused in various areas, and before the situation with Odinis was fully resolved, a new enemy had emerged.

Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"There’s no helping it; if someone’s causing trouble, what can the others do?"

"You can’t stop it?"

"No, they are part of the future."

Feng Yuan shook his head with a smile, and Agunas sighed before saying,

"Let’s leave it to It to handle. But are you sure they have no distinguishing features?"

"None, at least none that I’ve found so far. These devices are made using the real world’s human craftsmanship, and although the way they utilize energy is different, they can be considered half-belonging to this world. The same goes for those people; they are all humans from this world."

"Damn it!"

Agunas waved its little paw in dissatisfaction. The hidden enemy lurking in the shadows was really bothering it. Although Feng Yuan served as a last resort, it would much prefer to deal with that group of unknown enemies sooner.

"Once we finish with this last area, we can basically consider it done. We’ll just leave any leftovers for them to handle."

Feng Yuan smiled as he looked ahead at the dilapidated buildings, stating that with Agunas’s power and with the help of Xiao Ji and the others, they had scoured the entire Maomu City district in just one day. With the assistance of the Dark Ancient Book, Feng Yuan didn’t need to step into every nook and cranny—as long as the sensed areas covered the entire Maomu City, that was sufficient.

"They can move, can’t they? With our efficiency, there should be quite a few that slipped through."

"So what if there are? I can’t fully unleash the power of Time Stop, otherwise, Captain Yan would have me write a self-criticism."

Feng Yuan said helplessly. Of course, he knew that failing to capture some was inevitable, but there was nothing he could do. Going all out would have too great of a side effect, he figured even Elder Li would come looking for him if he really did that.

"Now that I think about it, it seems I’ve done something similar in the past~"

Something nostalgic crossed Feng Yuan’s mind as he spoke, and Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said,

"If it’s a memory from the past, let it be. I believe that would be a burden for you, wouldn’t it?"