Chapter 2481: Chapter 2482: Kui Mountain
Qi Chen and his group considered whether to follow Feng Yuan on his rounds in the area. However, in the end, Feng Yuan convinced them otherwise, suggesting that if they tagged along, wouldn’t their recent training be for nothing?
Besides, Feng Yuan just planned to take a stroll around with Tamur and Veronia accompanying him, so there wouldn’t be any danger.
Unexpectedly, while handling a permit at the temporary command post, Feng Yuan ran into Yang Hongzhi, who, like him, was also applying for a permit to visit the nearby towns.
"Oh, so you’re planning to take a stroll nearby?"
Patting Yang Hongzhi on the shoulder, Feng Yuan asked curiously. Yang Hongzhi looked at him in surprise and said
"You are..."
"Well, it’s stifling in the city, I thought I’d take a walk. What about you?"
With his hands behind his head, Feng Yuan observed Yang Hongzhi, whose gear clearly showed that he was ready to set out. Smiling, Yang Hongzhi said
"We plan to go check out the situation in Liantang Town."
"Has something happened over there?"
Hearing this, Feng Yuan was a bit surprised. He didn’t expect anything to be happening. With a smile and a shake of his head, Yang Hongzhi said
"No, but Han Mo mentioned that the nearby villages and towns might become weak points in defense, so we just want to have a look."
Saying this, Yang Hongzhi glanced at Najia on his shoulder, understanding his intent. Feng Yuan pondered and said
"So you’re acting as a small team?"
"Yes, sorry, we probably can’t act together this time."
Nodding slightly, Yang Hongzhi took the permit handed to him and rubbed his scalp, Feng Yuan chuckled and said
"It’s fine, I’m not out for anything serious anyway. Hmm, you are heading to Liantang Town, right? I think I’ll just walk around Kui Shan Town~"
Giving Feng Yuan a curious look, Yang Hongzhi soon understood his meaning, smiled and said
"Han Mo might say, seeing is believing."
"Ha, that sounds like something he’d say."
Understanding his intent, Feng Yuan didn’t mind. After all, he was just wandering around casually, just to check if there were any issues. As for eliminating concerns, although he would do it, he might not be that thorough – some oversight is normal.
After exchanging pleasantries with Yang Hongzhi, who hurried to rejoin his teammates, Yang Hongzhi said goodbye and left. Liao Yu handed the permit to Feng Yuan, observing him curiously and said
"So, are you planning to take a walk?"
"Why? Are you inviting me to patrol with you guys?"
With a glance at Liao Yu, Feng Yuan said with a peculiar smile, and Liao Yu chuckled and replied
"I had the thought, but let’s forget it, you’ve helped us too much, it wouldn’t feel right to ask."
"Heh, there’s no harm in asking. But not this time. Let’s see how things go later – if progress over there goes smoothly, perhaps there won’t be any danger here."
"I hope so..."
Unlike Feng Yuan, Liao Yu didn’t appear so optimistic. After all, news reports on TV are selectively broadcast, and as a Special Duty Team member, Liao Yu clearly knows the real state of affairs.
Although a forward base had been established, this victory was purely due to the overwhelming strength of numerous Divine Beasts. The opposing power displayed was somewhat unexpected.
Nevertheless, it’s not all bad news because during this expedition, intelligence on Anti-Divine Beast Rune was further refined, prompting several powers to launch attacks against the Eastern Alliance Empire within the Imperial Timeline.
It’s still uncertain how strong other Anti-Divine Beast Runes are, but the one in the Eastern Alliance Empire is particularly coveted, as it possesses power capable of rivaling Divine Beasts.
Just as Feng Yuan guessed, they could bide their time contentedly because they held enough cards. Unlike the United Army, attracted by the Eastern Alliance Empire’s attention, they had evidence of their power, as shown by seizing a small city overnight, proving their strength far exceeds what was visible.
"Such opportunists."
Old Wei, rampaging through the Fragmented Isles, muttered upon hearing this news, looking at different types of Anti-Divine Beast Runes in his hands, finding them quite valuable for research.
If they found out the core ingredients to create Anti-Divine Beast Runes, both timelines might become animated.
With this thought, Old Wei stepped into the shadows. Although the significance doesn’t register much for him, he’s curious to see what the Apocalypse Palom Rune looks like.
Exiting the city requires checkpoint inspections which are not strict but quite cumbersome. It’s unavoidable – facing Imperial People who come and go seamlessly, they can only take these clumsy steps to prevent large-scale infiltration.
That’s why Feng Yuan went to get a permit; although even with a permit, inspections are unavoidable, without a permit, he couldn’t even return from outside the city.
Otherwise, he might have to trouble Captain Yan to come and pick him up, which is why Feng Yuan made sure to handle his permit.
Once outside the urban area, there aren’t as many checkpoints. Or rather, due to defensive contraction, there are only patrol teams and no other personnel.
Public transportation between various places has been suspended, but that poses no challenge to Feng Yuan, who rode on the summoned White Shadow Wolf, heading toward Kui Shan Town.
Returning to Feng Yuan’s side, Veronia curiously gazed at the silent land as the wind from rapid advancement roared in their ears, Feng Yuan squinted as he pondered.
Compared to other areas, he was most concerned about the vicinity of Kui Shan Town. After all, this place has significant ties with the Mythological Remnants, who knows what peculiar things might still remain there.
With that thought, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but recall the Old World Continent – almost excluded from the war – because its emergence was closely tied to the Mythical Era, born of it, hence not present in the Imperial or War Timelines.
This lack made it impossible for the Imperial Timeline to use timeline jumping to infiltrate the Old World Continent. Moreover, the techniques from the Old World Continent are not ordinary, and though they might temporarily lag behind the times, they’re not easily tackled.
Not to mention, without using Anti-Divine Beast Runes, Imperial People cannot infiltrate the Old World Continent on a large scale.
Hence, while other continents plunged into chaos due to imperial invasion, the Old World Continent maintained its usual order.
Is there any strategy from the Kashantuosi Remnants to counter the Imperial Timeline? There should be, right?
Thinking about the Kashantuosi Divine Beasts and the people they took, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but be curious, as their hiding places remain undisclosed to this day.
It’s no simple feat. Despite the large-scale attack in the Imperial Timeline that exposed many hidden places from various powers, the hiding spot of that group remains well-concealed, as if it never existed.
If Feng Yuan wasn’t sure they were still alive, many might’ve assumed something had happened, that those people were gone.
If he could get those technologies from them, maybe it would help Maomu City smoothly get through this period?
"What is that?"
Veronia’s question about a towering black light column broke Feng Yuan out of his thoughts. Glancing upwards, Feng Yuan froze upon seeing the black pillar emitting a dense Breath of Death.
He didn’t know what it was, but the power within seemed related to the Netherworld – something happened over there?
Surely, Mythological Remnants can’t be at it again, right?
During this period, even Mythological Remnants wouldn’t dare cause trouble; the Divine Beasts wouldn’t tolerate them.
No, if it were true, there’s no way he wouldn’t know, and this thing certainly doesn’t look like it just suddenly appeared. If it’s been around for a while, wouldn’t there have been any news about it?
Feng Yuan knows the Old World Continent only accommodates Mythological Remnants who migrated from the Parallel World. Those who didn’t participate remain unintegrated, so it’s not impossible for Mythological Remnants to make a move.
He simply couldn’t grasp what their intentions might be. Seizing a piece of territory? That’s unlikely; if they wanted that, they wouldn’t have waited until now.
Lending a hand? But why? The people of Kui Shan Town are hardly connected to them; it’s the Old World Continent’s Mythological Remnants with deeper ties. Yet due to various reasons, it’s improbable they’d appear here as well.
With these thoughts, Feng Yuan urged White Shadow Wolf to pick up speed, fearing more trouble might arise over there.
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