Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 776 - 777 Arrival_1

Chapter 776: Chapter 777 Arrival_1

"That..."

Seeing signs of escalating conflict on both sides, Feng Yuan was eager to say something persuasive when suddenly a ragged special service team member burst in from outside. Startled by the appearance, Feng Yuan hesitated before saying,

"How did you..."

"It must have been attracted by the earlier space disturbance, but..."

Dou Yanlan looked puzzled at Gitalien, while the special service team member, upon seeing Feng Yuan and the others, gripped his weapon tightly and watched everyone with tension. The Hellfire Wolfhound growled lowly at them, seemingly warning the group.

"You are... Granny Mianlan?"

The special service team member recognized Granny Mianlan standing at the forefront and asked cautiously. Scanning the group behind her, he said to Agunas,

"Clear out what’s behind him with the ’Shock of Time’."

Agunas, somewhat puzzled, looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"I don’t know that move; it’s the exclusive skill of Lorraine Tower. You mean..."

"There must be other people behind him. According to the protocols I’m aware of, a serious anomaly like this requires a team leader to be present; they wouldn’t allow someone to respond alone."

"Is that so."

Without doubting Feng Yuan’s words, Agunas tossed the book in his hand, and a sky-blue aurora spread behind the special service team member, dispelling the mist and revealing Captain Yan, his team, and those strange spiritual creatures hidden by the mist.

Seemingly unwilling to appear outside the mist, the spiritual creatures emitted harsh screeches as they rushed into the surrounding fog. Seeing the spiritual creatures retreat, Captain Yan and his team dared not relax their guard. At that moment, Feng Yuan waved his hand and shouted,

"How did you all get in here too?"

After scanning Feng Yuan, Captain Yan walked forward and after a moment of silence, scrutinized Agunas beside Feng Yuan and asked,

"What are you guys up to?"

Those messy images appeared to him as if these people were simply watching a movie here, while his own team was relentlessly eliminating enemies. Could it be that these people were actually enjoying themselves? Captain Yan felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

"Looking for someone, what’s the problem?"

Feng Yuan, somewhat puzzled, briefly explained what had happened there, of course not mentioning anything about Shen Mingxin and the others, just that the person they were looking for was related to them.

"Granny is here too? And you..."

Seeing Li Nian, Captain Yan did not know what to say. He recognized Li Nian, one of the researchers sent to assist with the adjustment of the City Defense System’s test area devices, and they had even assigned people to follow and protect her.

"Where are the others, Li?"

"I came alone; they don’t know. There’s a barrier outside; they probably can’t get in."

Knowing what Captain Yan was worried about, Li Nian explained aloud. Although she did not fancy them following her around, she understood it was their duty.

"How did you sneak over here on your own?"

"Don’t you have my details there? This place is my ancestral home; why can’t I come here?"

Li Nian gestured towards the main house not far away and added. Captain Yan shook his head and replied,

"I’m not sure about that, my clearance is not high enough to access your information."

"Tsk, really..."

"With your interruption, who knows where they’ve run off to now."

Li Nian, noticing Lorraine Tower and Gitalien had disappeared, spoke discontentedly. Granny Mianlan was busy comforting Shen Mingxin and couldn’t attend to them, while Li Gui was furious at them, but he did not pursue them, probably knowing he could not win. Milon simply stood calmly beside Shen Mingxin, lost in thought.

"What possibilities could there be for such a huge discrepancy between history and reality?"

Dou Yanlan asked Feng Yuan quietly. She was reluctant to believe that Lorraine Tower was causing trouble intentionally, but judging by their behavior, it seemed that Shen Mingxin’s own experiences greatly diverged from actual history.

"This... I’m not sure either. Normally, such things shouldn’t happen unless it’s not reality, or it’s not the correct history, otherwise such a significant discrepancy couldn’t exist..."

"But... that’s what’s happening right now."

Qi Chen said, perplexed. Although emotionally he did not want to believe Lorraine Tower was up to no good, the reality of the historical facts was inexplicable.

"Could it be some kind of false time or something? I remember the fake World Clock once caused a lot of strange worlds, right?"

Qi Chen seemed to recall something and, stroking his chin thoughtfully, asked. Feng Yuan shook his head and said,

"It doesn’t seem like it. A false time-space is essentially just a segment of possibility on the river of time. When caught in the currents of temporal chaos, it won’t intersect with any reality or history. Instead, it will turn into the Time Mist outside and join those Time Wanderers."

"What if Shen Mingxin herself is false?"

"That..."

Feng Yuan found the question difficult to answer. After pondering for a moment, Agunas said,

"The possibility exists, but it’s not very large. Those very few fortunate ones are somewhat different from the lives in normal time."

"I think, what she and it said might both be right."

"What did you discover?"

Surprised, Feng Yuan looked at Gladys, who was seriously addressing him,

"It’s not exactly a discovery, but I think I might have been thinking about it wrong. Li En is a key person, but that thing might not be with him."

"Are you saying Shen Mingxin saw another future through that thing? But... that doesn’t match her current situation. She is now living in the Foreyn mansion, and Li Gui and the others clearly acknowledge her memory."

"Can’t that thing change other people’s memories?"

"While it can, there must be a root cause. It’s not like you can play with it however you want. What that thing modifies is the normal history, and that’s what causes changes in other people’s inherent memories. It’s not that it has the ability to modify memories."

Feng Yuan explained, glancing at Gladys. After thinking for a moment, Gladys suggested,

"The atmosphere here is a bit too oppressive. Shall we go somewhere else for a change?"

"Did you discover something?"

"Not yet, but destiny tells me it’s better not to delve into the truth."

"What about the fake World Clock fragment?"

"I don’t know."

The Prophecy Doll on Gladys’s shoulder looked exhausted; it had used its ability to predict the future multiple times here, which was a great strain on the Prophecy Doll.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Feng Yuan, understanding the peculiar condition of the Prophecy Doll, naturally knew where Gladys’s so-called guidance of destiny came from. She had no significant connection to the matter, yet she participated so actively. Feng Yuan knew she must have an ulterior motive.

"I’m just hoping you could do me a favor," she said.

"Take me back to the past so I can meet someone."

"That’s not possible. You should know that once you become deeply involved with the past, it would be very difficult to disentangle yourself and return to the present unless you’re a being that transcends temporal limitations. Otherwise, this restriction always applies to you."

Feng Yuan refused decisively. This was akin to why he hadn’t taken Qi Chen and the others back to the Great Li Dynasty; unlike Guo Huai, who was a traverser brought by the world itself with minimal ties to time and thus more freedom to choose any time point, Qi Chen and the other native beings would find it very challenging to go back to the past at will and return to the present.

"I don’t need to have any contact with him; I just want to know who he really is."

"Seeking revenge?"

Feng Yuan was somewhat surprised. Using time travel to track down an enemy? That was unexpected. Caught off guard, Gladys revealed a strange smile and said,

"You could say that. Is it possible?"

"It depends on the situation. You should be asking Lorraine Tower for help with this. I’m not available at the moment. Agunas has a lot to attend to, and the White Wolf Deity is not here, so..."

With a shrug, Feng Yuan appeared helpless. Gladys smiled with a hint of disappointment and said,

"Is that so..."

Meanwhile, Captain Yan, who had exchanged information with Granny Mianlan, knew that resolving the anomaly here depended on Lorraine Tower or Feng Yuan. However, with both Lorraine Tower and Gitalien nowhere to be found at the moment, Captain Yan could only focus his attention on Feng Yuan.

"How long will you need to remove the anomaly here?"

Hearing Captain Yan’s inquiry, Feng Yuan paused then shrugged, saying,

"You should ask Lorraine Tower about that. Without finding that thing, although we can still dissipate the temporal chaos, but..."

"There’s a risk?"