Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 781 - 782: Liantang Town_1

Chapter 781: Chapter 782: Liantang Town_1

"You take them, here’s the communicator for you."

Feng Yuan handed over the communicator he had in his hand to Agunas and turned to leave when Agunas grabbed Feng Yuan and said

"What are you up to now!"

"...Going to deliver some things."

"The friend of Grandmother?"

Dou Yanlan seemed to recall something and asked, nodding his head, Feng Yuan mysteriously produced a bunch of fresh flowers and said

"You guys go ahead, I’ll be there in a bit."

"We’ll go together, it’s just a pity I forgot to prepare anything..."

Dou Yanlan said with some regret, since she was not the one who experienced it, her impression was not deep, thinking for a moment, Feng Yuan took back his communicator and said

"Let’s go."

After placing the flowers in front of the grave, Feng Yuan sighed deeply and said

"Let’s go..."

It was evident that the grave had been well-kept; there was a bunch of fresh flowers lying there when Feng Yuan and company arrived, probably picked that morning from nearby. The stele had been carefully cleaned and showed little dust.

"Grandmother is getting old too..."

As they were leaving, Feng Yuan let out a quiet sigh, while Dou Yanlan silently gazed at the ruins gradually being overtaken by weeds in the distance.

"You guys..."

Seeing the trio, the young man asked with some dissatisfaction

"You’re not people sent by the special forces unit, are you?"

"Is there a problem?"

Showcasing his credentials, Feng Yuan replied irritably, taking Feng Yuan’s credentials to check them, the man said with a slightly unpleasant expression

"This isn’t child’s play; I don’t know how you got the credentials for the special forces unit, but do you have the capabilities of the Rare Level?"

"Wouldn’t it be fine if it just singled us out then?"

Amused and annoyed by what Feng Yuan said, the man complained

"If anything happens, we can’t bear the responsibility. I don’t know what connections you have, but I’ll certainly bring this up with Captain Yan!"

"You..."

Agunas looked at Feng Yuan speechlessly and then turned to the young man, saying

"I will supervise and ensure there won’t be any accidents. If they can’t entertain it, I’ll lend a hand."

"You?"

The man looked at Agunas with some hesitation. Most spirit beasts that could speak human language were beings that had lived with humans for a long time. They wouldn’t make promises lightly, and because of their long-standing interactions with humans, they wouldn’t give irrelevant answers.

"The Divine Beast Agunas, haven’t you heard of me?"

Feng Yuan looked at the man somewhat puzzled and asked, if this were someone from another place, their unawareness might be plausible, but in Maomu City, due to Agunas’s frequent presence, they should know.

"This is Agunas? I only saw the notice from headquarters, didn’t read it closely..."

The man said a bit embarrassedly, then looked at Agunas cautiously and whispered

"Just focusing on how to develop Liantang Town is exhausting enough, it can’t bring any benefits to Liantang Town..."

"I am a Divine Beast of time, what do you think?"

Agunas replied to the man irritably, it wasn’t Nagna who held the Authority of Life and greatly influenced agricultural production; the Authority of Time simply sped up growth and nothing more. Using time acceleration on crops would lead to the same outcome as leaving them unattended in the wilderness.

Let alone increased yield; being able to produce a harvest was good enough. Any additional effects carried risks, and the power of time could lead to too many unforeseen consequences. Generally, they would not use this ability lightly.

"About that..."

"I’ll take you to him."

The man, realizing he wouldn’t get much out of this conversation, quickly shifted the topic. Dou Yanlan asked with some confusion,

"Why are you here by yourself?"

"Right now, I’m the only one who’s relatively free in town. Everyone else is busy with important tasks, especially since we now have to adjust the aquaculture layout and the town’s architectural framework. Everyone’s nearly worked to death."

"Why? What are you planning to do?"

Feng Yuan looked at the man with some surprise, and the man said helplessly,

"There’s no choice. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to develop just relying on aquaculture. If we keep going like this, the population of Liantang Town will only dwindle."

"So, you’re thinking of developing tourism?"

"Roughly speaking, yes, but it hasn’t been very effective..."

Perhaps it was because of Agunas or maybe it was Feng Yuan’s status? He didn’t seem too concerned about revealing everything.

"Last year’s event attracted quite a few people, but that was only during the holidays. Once the holidays ended, things went back to the way they were, so..."

The man said, somewhat disappointedly. Although nobody had mentioned anything, he still felt he had let everyone down. Dou Yanlan thought for a moment and said,

"If you want to develop tourism, you must have your own unique features, but there’s nothing particularly special here..."

"Aren’t they testing a new City Defense System now? The town is currently rearranging its buildings. You say..."

Seeing Qi Chen look towards him, Feng Yuan said speechlessly,

"Impossible. The most important energy system of the City Defense System is set up in a decentralized manner. If not, it would be too easy to have it all taken down at once. The new system seems even more elaborate, directly using three different energy distribution systems for power supply. Not only does it require more land, but the overall energy supply is also several times higher compared to the old City Defense System."

"Their tests have been put on hold temporarily due to the lack of energy."

"How do you know?"

Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan with some surprise. It seemed unlikely that such matters would be shared with Feng Yuan, let alone because he was just named in the special service team and not even an official member, because it would be pointless.

"They consulted me for solutions, but with that level of energy consumption... honestly, unless we use a Legendary Level Spirit Beast as a giant battery, I can’t think of any other solution."

Feng Yuan shrugged as he explained. After discovering the power supply issue, they did come to him, but he didn’t have any good solutions. Relying on existing technology was completely unable to solve the problem. As for technology from the Mythical Era? Something like the Nien Wheel could work, but not only did he not have the materials to create a Nien Wheel, if he dared to use it Ernis would indeed dare to come after him.

Now those responsible for the tests can only wait for part of the new energy system to be installed before they can continue. This is still feasible in urban areas that already have energy supply. A place like Liantang Town lacks a city-level energy system to begin with; they can’t even run the old City Defense System, let alone the new one with higher energy consumption.

"There’s no point in testing in Liantang Town; they can’t use such things anyway."

Dou Yanlan added, glancing at the puzzled Qi Chen, then explained,

"Even when running the systems in low-energy mode on normal days, the energy consumption isn’t trivial. Energy isn’t without cost. I remember from reports I’ve seen before that even for affluent towns, if they maintain a City Defense System for the size of a small town, the annual energy expenditure would take up a large portion of their income."

"Even many cities with severely insufficient income wouldn’t maintain a City Defense System."

"I do know that. The City Defense System in Maomu City consumes one-tenth of the city’s funds every year, and that thing is hardly useful at all."

The man said nonchalantly. This wasn’t exactly a secret. Though not widely publicized, anyone could find out about it, especially since Maomu City’s consumption skyrocketed last year after fully activating the City Defense System a few times.

"Here we are. Wait over there."

Arriving at a small courtyard by the river, the man pointed to an open space not too far away and said. Looking at the giant elephant playing in the water by the river, Feng Yuan said,

"That must be the Fierce Water Elephant, right?"

"Don’t fight here! It’s going to be a hassle if the house is damaged!"

The man quickly warned, fearing that Feng Yuan would start a fight right away. Shrugging, Feng Yuan said,

"I’m not that bored. Let’s get ready over there."

"This breeze feels so good~"

Standing on the open space with the breeze passing by, Feng Yuan wrapped his arm around Xiao Ji, feeling content, while Xiao Ji wriggled out of his embrace and scraped at the ground, ready to fight. Looking at Ah Mu, who was somewhat concerned, Qi Chen said,

"Won’t there be any problems?"

"What problems could there be? Agunas is right here after all."

As Feng Yuan spoke, he gazed at the pastoral scenery before him and seemed to remember something, then said,

"Speaking of which, there’s something I want to ask."