Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 879 - 880: The Special Museum

Chapter 879: Chapter 880: The Special Museum

"Okay, is that everything, do you need help with shipping?"

After Cheng Xiaoxiao finished packing the items that Gladys and Lanadi had picked out, she asked. Lanadi thought about it and said,

"Let’s forget about it, the delivery service isn’t too reliable, and Mordan area is still a bit behind in this aspect."

Although it wasn’t that there was no courier service at all, those that borrowed the existing logistics system really couldn’t give her peace of mind. Not to mention, many of the gifts they bought were fragile, and even the sturdy items often couldn’t withstand the rough handling and violent sorting of the delivery trucks.

"Mordan, eh? That area really..."

Hearing Lanadi’s comments, Cheng Xiaoxiao responded with some surprise. The Mordan area was known to have a mediocre reputation within the Alliance. Or rather, most people considered it a remote area, but looking at Gladys and Lanadi’s stylish attire, it seemed that wasn’t quite the case.

"No choice, Veludante occasionally goes berserk, and if it weren’t for Lorna stepping in to stop it now and then, our area’s development would be even slower."

Lanadi had no good solution regarding Veludante, which had an extreme aversion to modern civilization. Thankfully, Lorna, whom Gladys had previously sought out, would occasionally intervene to curb Veludante’s unreasonable behavior, otherwise, the Mordan area might be even more primitive than it is now.

"Do you want me to beat it up?"

Feng Yuan suggested to Agunas, tossing his tail as Agunas said speechlessly,

"What’s the point? Unless it’s taken away, but doing so would leave Mordan without a Divine Beast to protect it, unless another Divine Beast is willing to take its place. Otherwise, we can’t force the issue."

Keeping Veludante meant slower development but forcefully removing it could bring bigger problems. The Odinis area had completely fallen due to the loss of their Divine Beast’s protection; they didn’t dare repeat such mistakes.

"Actually, it’s not a big issue, Veludante has calmed down a lot recently, and maintaining the current ecosystem isn’t a huge problem either. At least, compared to other areas, having its own unique features isn’t so bad?"

Lanadi said with a smile, and Cheng Xiaoxiao responded somewhat helplessly,

"Maomu City itself doesn’t have anything too special. Moreover, instead of painstakingly preserving architectural features, isn’t it good to quickly improve the living environment?"

"Everyone has their own choices, there’s no good or bad."

Lanadi said with a smile, and Cheng Xiaoxiao smiled,

"That’s true, but if you’re looking to buy souvenirs, I highly recommend visiting various museums. The mementoes there are much better than those specialties at the department stores, especially now when those specialties are sold elsewhere..."

Cheng Xiaoxiao found it a bit funny because, for the sake of promoting local specialties, many products from Maomu City had now spread across most cities in Great Xia. Hence her classmates from other places sometimes told her that when their friends from other cities visited, the local products they bought were actually available in their supermarkets.

"Museums, huh? I wonder if they allow Spirit Beasts in."

Feng Yuan looked at Big Cat beside him with a bit of headache. Since he couldn’t simply store them in the Spirit Beast Space, bringing them along was problematic. Cheng Xiaoxiao recalled and said,

"Most museums allow them, as long as they don’t exceed the entranceway size. Only places like the Ancient Relics Museum seem to prohibit carrying Spirit Beasts or even special ornaments."

"To prevent accidentally activating those ancient relics? That’s understandable."

Lanadi nodded in agreement. After all, they were displaying ancient artifacts, and no one knew what kind of resonance might occur with certain Spirit Beasts. As for those museums that displayed just replicas of ancient artifacts? Those places weren’t popular, as the items qualified as ancient relics had their own unique features. Replicating them into an identical copy was extremely difficult.

And it was easy for visitors targeting ancient relics to spot these fakes, which could lead to disputes.

"Meteorite Museum? There’s actually a place like this?"

Feng Yuan looked with some surprise at the huge venue built in the shape of a meteorite before him, while Lanadi looked at Feng Yuan with a bit of confusion and asked,

"What’s the matter? Is there a problem?"

"No, I’m just surprised that meteors actually exist."

Feng Yuan had never thought about visiting a museum before, thus he was unaware of this special museum’s existence. After all, logically speaking, there shouldn’t be real meteors in this world since the sky here lacked a real starry sky—it was all just a special projection of energy; from where could meteors possibly fall?

"Well, although initially everybody also had suspicions about the origins of the rocks falling from the sky, even speculating whether there might be another huge continent in the sky, later according to scientists’ research...um..."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, the young lady standing at the door responsible for guiding and directing briefly interjected an explanation, only to forget her lines shortly and hurriedly pulled out her phone to check.

Agunas, with a speechless glance at the young lady, said,

"The meteorites originate from the world barriers above the Starry Sky. They can form as a result of peculiar collisions when worlds collide. Most of these meteorites will fall in the Starry Sky to become celestial bodies, while a few with particularly special internal rules might break through the Starry Sky and fall into the real world."

"Because they contain special rules, these meteorites also possess a myriad of bizarre abilities— all sorts of chaotic powers. If it weren’t for the fact that they’re generally harmless, we’d probably need to constantly search and recover these fallen meteorites."

Hearing Agunas’s explanation, Feng Yuan responded with some surprise,

"Is that so? But aren’t you afraid that some peculiar and strange rules might be hidden within them, like ones that trigger mutations upon contact that then lead to loss of sanity?"

"That shouldn’t happen. After all, those meteorites are inspected by It, and It will notify us to retrieve them if there really is an issue."

Agunas thought for a moment before speaking. Although it had never participated in recovery missions, both Lorraine Tower and Ernis had experience in such, especially since, as Feng Yuan said, there were always some rather troublesome rules hidden within meteorites.

The young lady awkwardly stood beside them, unsure whether or not to continue her explanation. It wasn’t easy; between the human and the Spirit Beast, they concisely delivered not only the points she intended to discuss but also mentioned some of the most significant research findings of recent years.

After all, Divine Beasts wouldn’t idly discuss meteorites with humans, especially not those like Lorraine Tower or Ernis responsible for recovering and dealing with meteorites, who had minimal contact with humans. The other Divine Beasts like the Fire Vermilion Bird?

They knew that occasionally stones would fall from the sky, but they didn’t understand much more than that, as it wasn’t terribly relevant to them. Even the human scientific community still debated the origin of the meteorites, questioning whether they fell from the Starry Sky or from beyond, and why they possessed powers completely foreign to this world—there was no consensus.

"If those scientists studying meteorites heard your discussion, they would probably go mad."

Lanadi said, looking amusedly at Agunas and Feng Yuan. It was inevitable, as failing to obtain relevant information from Divine Beasts close to humans meant humans had to conduct their own research. Lanadi was aware of the scientific controversy surrounding meteorites but hadn’t expected that the Divine Beasts knew everything and simply chose not to speak.

"Why?"

Feng Yuan was somewhat puzzled, not understanding what there was to go mad about. In his view, it was a perfectly normal natural phenomenon. Lanadi, with a hint of amusement, briefly explained the internal research about meteorites within the Alliance,

"They’ve argued about this for so long, and yet the real answers you all know but choose not to tell them. How could they not be mad?"

"I suppose not, the research process surely isn’t just about finding answers. I don’t believe they haven’t discovered ways to utilize the meteorites while studying their origins."

Feng Yuan casually remarked, as sometimes the outcome isn’t necessarily the most important aspect; at least in the Star Ocean era, people greatly valued the research process itself, since nobody knew what interesting things might arise from it.

"That’s true, at least in terms of harnessing meteorite energy, they’ve made significant progress."

Lanadi agreed, though this was only for specialized weapons due to the irreplaceable nature of the meteorites. But as for the origin of the meteorites and similar topics, while they were debated, nobody was too concerned.

The young lady stood there dumbfounded; she had thought these three came to learn, yet why did it feel like she was the one being educated?