Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1050 - 1051: The City of the Past

"So this was Maomu City in the past, huh? It has really changed a lot~"

Watching the low houses swiftly pass by the car window, Feng Yuan exclaimed, and Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan, saying irritably,

"Of course it has. Even recently, haven’t they been extensively rebuilding the old residential areas?" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Liao Yu, who was sitting nearby, seemed like he wanted to say something but was hesitating. However, Feng Yuan, unconcerned, continued,

"The recent big reconstruction is due to preparations for adjusting the city layout. Don’t you already know that Maomu City is working on establishing a new City Defense System?"

Guo Huai was taken aback and looked at Feng Yuan with some surprise. Liao Yu glanced at the others and suddenly realized that probably only the kid and Guo Huai might not be aware of the plan. He sighed and could only say helplessly to Feng Yuan,

"Can’t you keep quiet about our city’s construction plans?"

"Heh heh~ No~ It’s not something that needs to be kept secret anyway."

Glancing at Liao Yu, Feng Yuan said with annoyance. That guy was just overthinking things. So many people were involved in the city construction plan; how could it possibly remain a secret? It wasn’t like this was the only reason Guo Huai didn’t know about it, though it also had to do with the fact that it wasn’t really related to him.

"That may be true, but you also..."

Liao Yu looked at Feng Yuan and sighed. He didn’t know where that guy got their secret information from; he just knew that many pieces of information that were very important to them were somehow known to him.

"We’ve already entered the core area. Should we jump off?"

Anernia, who was leaning against the car window and looking outside, suddenly spoke up. Feng Yuan, holding Xiao Ji, glanced at Anernia and said,

"I don’t mind either way, but I don’t know about the others."

"No need. If I recall correctly, there should be a bus stop not too far ahead, assuming this stays consistent with reality."

Qi Chen spoke, then added something as if he had just remembered. Although there was indeed a bus stop there in reality, one must not forget that this wasn’t reality. Who knew what it would be like? And jumping off the vehicle? That didn’t seem like a good idea.

"Is this... an effect of some special power?"

A woman in a black robe gently placed her hand on the forehead of a sick-looking little girl and whispered. Seeing the anxious faces of the girl’s parents, she thought for a moment then said,

"I can try, but the power enveloped around her is a bit peculiar. It’s from the Dream Domain, yet it’s different. To drive out that strange power within her, I may need to use my own power, but you should understand..."

Hearing the woman’s words, the girl’s parents hesitated. They understood what this woman was talking about—she wasn’t a professional doctor. Rather, by her own admission, she was more like a mercenary, and her power definitely leaned towards offense.

But... they had already consulted doctors, who couldn’t even diagnose her condition. After much hesitation and looking at their daughter’s exhausted look, the father said,

"Then... please..."

"Turns out the bus stop hasn’t been removed."

"Why do I feel like you’re actually disappointed by that..."

Qi Chen said with no expression, scanning Feng Yuan. That guy couldn’t be thinking that jumping off the moving vehicle would be fun, could he? Heh heh, with a laugh, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said,

"Don’t you think it’s a different kind of experience?"

"I don’t... I just feel like you’re asking for trouble..."

Rolling his eyes, Qi Chen helplessly replied. Even though jumping off the vehicle wouldn’t be dangerous for them, he didn’t find any fun in it. Besides, how was Ah Mu supposed to jump out of the window with that physique? Long Boduo and Estir didn’t have that problem—they were in a small space temporarily constructed by Gitalien, as they weren’t too used to changing their sizes.

Looking around, Dou Yanlan asked Feng Yuan,

"Where do we go now?"

Although the mysterious woman’s soft chanting still echoed in their ears, the group was somewhat immune to it by now, having not encountered anything unusual on the way, except for some unmanned automata.

Seeing Feng Yuan looking at her, Anernia flicked her tail irritably and said,

"How could I possibly know where that thing is? I don’t have a Time Attribute."

"The piece really is undetectable, though we guessed it might be in this area, we just can’t pinpoint its location."

Agnas frowned slightly, it too had guessed that a fake World Clock piece should be here, but where exactly it was, Agnas had no idea. Feng Yuan smiled, released Xiao Ji, and said,

"Isn’t that normal? If it could escape your screening, how could it lack the capability to hide?"

"However, I didn’t expect the city center to be like this too, to have been completely rebuilt in just a few years?"

Surprised, Feng Yuan looked at the surrounding buildings and Qi Chen glanced curiously at those buildings and said,

"It doesn’t seem like it, at least when I was a child this area already had skyscrapers rather than these..."

"The central area was the first place to be renovated. If I remember correctly, it was over twenty years ago that the reconstruction began here. Starting with the renovations here, Maomu City embarked on several years of extensive construction."

Liao Yu said thoughtfully. Naturally, he knew some things they didn’t because he was older. Looking at the department store with only three levels, Liao Yu spoke with a hint of nostalgia,

"The snacks sold there used to be the most varied and tastiest in all of Maomu City, a shame that they were just too expensive."

"It’s really nostalgic, just not sure if the inside is still the same as it used to be."

Although Liao Yu said that, he had no intention of going inside. He knew very well that despite nostalgia, their main goal was still to find that fake World Clock piece. It would be troublesome if something like the incident at the Foreyn mansion happened again.

"Then why not go in and find out～"

"Stop wandering off, there are more important things to deal with."

Pulling back Feng Yuan, Qi Chen said exasperatedly, had this guy forgotten why they came here? Ah Mu put the little boy back into his own canopy, and, unexpectedly, the area where they stood was bathed in bright sunshine, with rain clouds encircling it in a ring shape, as if the area was the eye of a typhoon.

Feng Yuan looked pleadingly at Qi Chen, but the latter remained unmoved, just staring at Feng Yuan. With a sigh, Feng Yuan broke free and gestured with his hands,

"Well, fine, let’s search for that thing first. But it’s not easy to find now. At least we can be sure that the fake World Clock piece can conceal its own fluctuations. Relying solely on Agnas may not be enough to pinpoint its location."

"Of course, we could search slowly in this area since the phenomenon has visibly revealed its location."

Feng Yuan said, looking at the sky. A normal rainfall wouldn’t produce a structure like the eye of a typhoon, and there were no strong winds around before, so this must be intentionally done by someone. But why...

"This area isn’t small either..."

Looking up at the sky, Liao Yu said with a headache. It was impossible for them to split up. There were plenty of Divine Beasts here, but even more people to protect; the little boy, Qi Chen, and the others – any accident would be a headache. Liao Yu took out a small flag and waved it at Feng Yuan,

"How about we look around while we shop?"

When Feng Yuan put a yellow cap with ’Guide’ written on it on his head, Qi Chen said speechlessly,

"When did you bring that thing here?"

"Hehe～ I left it with Big Cat before and forgot to take it～"

"That’s not right, I don’t remember you having this?"

Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan with some confusion. Feng Yuan had arrived empty-handed when they first met at school, and he had never hidden anything from Qi Chen. While he couldn’t claim to know all of Feng Yuan’s possessions, he thought he would remember something as conspicuous as this.

Glancing at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan waved the small flag and said,

"Just bought it, how do you like it? Hehe～ Do you think I should wear a uniform and wave this flag as a tour guide later?"

"You’ll get scolded to death..."

Looking at Feng Yuan, Liao Yu said speechlessly. What other uniform could the other man be wearing if not the Special Duty Team’s uniform? Acting as a tour guide while wearing a Special Duty Team uniform would probably invite a fierce scolding from Captain Yan.

Casting a glance at Liao Yu, Feng Yuan pouted and said,

"How would that happen?"