CHAPTER 1563: CHAPTER 1564: SOLUTION

Sensing Wu Dingwu skilfully commanding the Big Cat to break the mechanisms, Feng Yuan inexplicably felt that the other seemed to be playing a game. After all, the Big Cat’s ultimate move was originally based on summoning things from games. Five or six adventurers held different weapons, coordinating with the Mechanical Colossus’s massive body. Feng Yuan always felt that they should have health bars and names above their heads.

The others naturally didn’t have Feng Yuan’s ability, but their own beast tamer still provided a lot of information. Analyzing the intelligence obtained from the beast tamer, it seemed Wu Dingwu could see things around him clearly?

If it weren’t so, he wouldn’t be able to command the Big Cat’s actions. However, Feng Yuan, Liao Yu, and others knew about the existence of the ability to convey perception, so they didn’t find it strange. Although the Rock Antler Deer only had the Earth Attribute, it couldn’t be concluded that the other side couldn’t use Psychokinesis Series abilities.

The ultimate move of the Psychokinesis Series is very special; sometimes, even without the Psychokinesis Series attribute, one can still use its ultimate move, and the Rock Antler Deer happens to fall within this range.

Through the sensory information transmitted by Grey Corner, Wu Dingwu naturally knew of Feng Yuan and the others’ arrival. However, he didn’t retreat. After all, he was coordinating well with the Big Cat at this moment. Feng Yuan released the Greatsword form, and nine small shields rotated around him.

"Not bad, they coordinate pretty well together. Let’s just wait on the sidelines for now~"

Upon hearing Feng Yuan say this, Huo Feng frowned, but in the end, said nothing. Since the other side wanted to give his classmate a chance to practice, as long as it didn’t affect the task, he wouldn’t really interfere. After all, everyone starts as a rookie. He only hoped Feng Yuan could control the situation and not mess up.

"Why did it take you guys so long?"

Sensing Agunas and Veronia appearing together, Feng Yuan curiously asked, flicking his tail. Agunas curiously responded,

"Why didn’t any of you help?"

"Hehe, aren’t he and the Big Cat coordinating pretty well? Besides, there’s no danger to the others, so there’s no need to rush~"

Feng Yuan casually said as he placed his hand on Xiao Ji’s head. If Wu Dingwu and the Big Cat weren’t efficient, he might have taken action earlier. At this time, Wu Dingwu and the Big Cat finally teamed up to defeat the Mechanical Colossus.

As the bright light disappeared, Feng Yuan pulled down the cloth covering his eyes, surveyed his surroundings dissatisfied, and shouted,

"So, where’s the answer?!"

"Tch! Is it gone?!"

At this moment, the upper half of the spherical space’s wall began to decompose and retreat to the sides, revealing a huge cylindrical space. The platform beneath their feet trembled and started to ascend upwards. Veronia and Agunas immediately went on alert. Although the opposing side hadn’t crafted anything potentially deadly so far, who knew what this mischievous fellow would do.

At least for now, they hadn’t determined whether they had truly cleared what he called the game. Feng Yuan seemed nonchalant, casually standing there, but his gaze constantly swept the surroundings, with nine small shields spinning and circling, always ready to protect Qi Chen and the others at any moment.

However, until the platform reached its peak, the group encountered no danger.

"What... is that?!"

Sighting the sky above, Dou Yanlan gasped in surprise. They were now at the top of a huge cylinder, surrounded by a splendid starry sky. Overhead, crystal staircases and corridors spanned the expanse. Sharp-eyed, Feng Yuan even noticed something in the distance resembling another massive cylinder like the one beneath them.

"There’s got to be a limit to jokes! If this continues, I’ll get angry!"

Growling lowly, Feng Yuan summoned the Black Scythe, looking furious. At that moment, a light screen appeared before him, and the flickering words on it finally transformed into the Divine Land Region language that everyone knew.

『Wouldn’t an epic grand-scale team raid be a fun way to end things?～』

『As long as you can team up and defeat the Xuanching God hidden in the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom, the swallowed spaces will return to their original places. But if you fail...』

『Then you’ll just have to start over again～』

『Haha～Did you really think failing would mean the end?～ As I’ve said from the start, this is just a game～ A kind soul like me would never choose a cruel and brutal game mode～』

After a while, seeing no new text appearing on the light screen, Feng Yuan cut the light screen with the scythe in his hand. Ahead, there was a crystal staircase that could lead upward, but the entrance to the staircase was now blocked by a red barrier. Upon closer inspection, the group found no triggers.

"Could we need to forcefully break the barrier?"

Flicking his tail, Agunas curiously examined the crystal structures above. It could feel that up there, the restraint was so strong that even it couldn’t fly freely.

"Probably not. It’s likely that others need to pass through the Crystal Tower to continue, but..."

Surveying the distant cylindrical structures, Feng Yuan said slowly. As far as he knew, quite a few Crystal Towers had appeared already. If everyone needed to pass through them, it wouldn’t be an easy task. Everyone was unfamiliar with the internal conditions and wouldn’t dare to act rashly, so they would only send people to check a segment of towers.

While Feng Yuan was hesitating whether to break the rules, the light screen appeared again,

『Ah~ Getting old makes one forgetful. Firstly, congratulations on passing the Crystal Tower test and gaining the qualification to participate in the final event～』

『No applause? Oh well, keep your ID card safe; it’s your proof. Once the first expedition team is assembled, I’ll notify you again. Now you can leave here～』

A Gate of Light opened as the light screen shattered in front of them, leaving Feng Yuan to helplessly shake his head as he looked at the Gate of Light. He picked up the ID card drifting in front of him and casually pocketed it, saying,

"How frustrating, always being led by the nose. If I weren’t worried about affecting the real world, I’d tear this thing down right now."

"Let’s head back and report the situation here. It seems the exploration mode of the Crystal Tower also needs changes."

Liao Yu said, pinching his chin. At this moment, his phone was in no-signal mode, which didn’t surprise him. After all, even if cities had an emergency communication system to establish a new communication network disconnected from the Alliance’s main network, this was clearly a Different Space within a Different Space, so it’s natural not to receive a signal. If they could get a signal, that’d be troublesome.

It would mean this area is very close to the city, otherwise, there wouldn’t be any signal.

"Yeah, if we send ordinary people, it might really be as he said, requiring multiple raids."

Nodding, Feng Yuan said, when exploring unknown areas, the personnel dispatched would certainly be different from those needed for a raid. After all, they had to face various unknown dangers. Their combat strength might not be strong, but their escape and survival capabilities were not weak. If an allied raid team were configured like this, they’d be in trouble if they encountered strange enemies.

Feng Yuan couldn’t be sure the mastermind wouldn’t deliberately create bizarre obstacles. Moreover, the exploration teams weren’t true battle elites. Feng Yuan also didn’t know the real difficulty level. If it went as far as flipping tables, he had a hunch it wouldn’t be a good option.

"The personnel needs to change, but it’s troublesome. We can’t handle something like a combined raid, right?"

Looking at Huo Feng, Liao Yu said. The other side stared at Liao Yu for a moment and then said,

"What, you want to avoid it?"

"Of course not, but won’t we be the ones dragging people down?"

"If we knew it’d be like this, we..."

Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan and trailed off. Even though their abilities might hinder Feng Yuan, if it hadn’t been for taking them along on the mission, Feng Yuan probably wouldn’t have come to this place. She couldn’t quite figure out whether it was good or bad.

"If it’s really so strictly enforced, there’s nothing we can do. Plus, with me here, which team drags us down is hard to say. Anyway, I trust he wouldn’t be so idle as to split teams at such a time."

Spreading his hands, Feng Yuan said. Dou Yanlan chuckled lightly and said,

"Indeed, if he were that malevolent, he would’ve likely taken action by now."

"Tch, you really have confidence in him."

Saying this, Feng Yuan led them through the Gate of Light. Since staying here was useless, he naturally intended to first report the situation to the Special Duty Team. As for whether they would continue the mission, he wasn’t sure how the Special Duty Team back there would handle it.