Chapter 1574: Chapter 1575: The Corridor

After calmly finishing a week of classes, if not for the unusual sky and the ongoing state of control, Feng Yuan and the others almost felt as though things had returned to normal. Even so, apart from Agunas, Feng Yuan no longer paid attention to the celestial anomalies.

Although the exact type of help offered by the Tower of Mechanisms was not determined, in the end, quite a few people still attempted the tower challenges. However, compared to the initial situation, it was extremely restrained. No one dared to say for certain whether the outcome of the challenges would be good or bad.

“Sigh~ is it patrolling again today?”

Glancing at the task list, Feng Yuan turned to Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan and asked. Naturally, he wouldn’t look for more people to form a team for such minor tasks since sharing would affect the income. After all, the academy’s missions were not calculated by head, but given to them in a way that allowed them to allocate within their own team.

“It’s best not to. Perhaps today or tomorrow, the battle for the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom will begin. At this time, it’s best not to undertake tasks outside the school.”

Dou Yanlan shook her head and said, considering Feng Yuan’s special situation, she was very worried about unavoidable incidents occurring outside the school, which would be troublesome then. Although everyone had made preparations, Feng Yuan was still an important combat force among them.

“Within the school, huh, then there aren’t many. Well, although all the tasks are limited to freshmen, the money is really little.”

Upon hearing Dou Yanlan’s words, Feng Yuan looked at the tasks limited to within the school. They were mostly restricted to freshmen only. After all, for the academy, if a student couldn’t perform tasks outside the school after a year, they wouldn’t continue offering what could be considered welfare tasks within the school.

Although these tasks offered much lower rewards compared to tasks outside, the difficulty was vastly different.

Qi Chen said to Feng Yuan with resignation

“Are you that short on money? For us, it’s enough, you don’t need to worry.”

“It does seem a bit of a waste. After all, our strength is sufficient to undertake tasks outside the school.”

Feng Yuan said, noticing something and looking at the ID casually tucked in his pocket. Seeing Feng Yuan take out the glowing ID card, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan were momentarily stunned, not expecting that thing to behave this way.

“Is it starting? You guys go back and get your stuff. Let’s meet at the entrance of my dorm in a bit. Oh, and get Tan Xueluo and the others too.”

Putting away the ID card, Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan, confirming that none of them had brought that thing with them. While everyone was getting ready, everyone who had received an ID card also got notified.

Liao Yu quickly called Feng Yuan. After everyone gathered, they headed to the Gate of Light, preparing to enter the entrance of the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom. Noticing Liao Yu and Huo Feng seemed quite energetic, Feng Yuan scratched his head curiously and asked

“Why do I feel like you two have rested for a long time, did you guys get a vacation?”

“No, but according to the plan, the battle for the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom will begin over the weekend, so we rested in advance.”

Liao Yu shook his head and said, as the battle for the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom would start after all the Crystal Towers were conquered. Naturally, they could use the time spent conquering the Crystal Towers to artificially influence the start time.

“I see, but it’s strange that he didn’t intervene.”

Touching his chin, Feng Yuan said, what they did could be considered exploiting a loophole, and yet the other party didn’t make a move.

“Not sure, but based on analysis, the likelihood of the mastermind intervening is not high, so…”

“Indeed, you could say it might be a loophole left intentionally. But never mind, let’s go. I wonder which side the Tower of Mechanisms has strengthened.”

With a shrug, Feng Yuan said helplessly, leading everyone through the Gate of Light. Even though they were following closely behind another team into the arena, they found themselves alone at the location where they had previously destroyed a Crystal Tower.

“I guess joint operations aren’t allowed, but I wonder if there will be any actions conducted independently.”

Glancing at the White Wolf Deity beside him, Feng Yuan said with resignation, as Agunas looked at the passage leading to the Star Passageway and said

“At least, for now, there’s no indication of such.”

“Let’s go. Who knows what bizarre thing awaits ahead.”

Pulling out The Black Scythe, Feng Yuan said helplessly. Xiao Ji cried out, closely following beside him, as flying was restricted in this area, preventing Xiao Ji from flying freely.

Proceeding along the Crystal Corridor, Feng Yuan climbed onto the White Wolf Deity with Xiao Ji. Seeing Feng Yuan treating the White Wolf Deity as a mount, Qi Chen shook his head helplessly.

This crystal corridor in the starry sky seemed endless. Even while progressing, there was no indication of getting closer to that enormous castle in the distance. After running for a while, Feng Yuan signaled everyone to stop and said

“Something’s wrong. If they deliberately lengthened the path, then what is the point?”

“Space isn’t distorted, but here, even if it were, I might not be able to tell.”

Agunas flicked his tail and said, as Veronia looked at the starry sky outside the corridor and said

“In that case, why not… try attacking and see what happens.”

As she spoke, Veronia waved her tiny hand, and huge golden crystals continuously blasted toward the rear of the corridor. Yet, the seemingly fragile crystal corridor remained completely unharmed under Veronia’s assault.

“No signs of spatial power, but…”

“Can’t perceive any force at work, which is simply impossible.”

Glancing at Agunas, Veronia said puzzled, wondering how such an attack-neutralizing power could show no sign of existence?

“Similar to Data Domain methods, before you can break the rules it set, that thing is invincible.”

Detecting what was happening, Feng Yuan said nonchalantly. Looking at the road ahead, Feng Yuan said

“What do we do now? Continue forward, or try retreating?”

“Retreat?”

Liao Yu scrutinized Feng Yuan with confusion. They had come a long way, so why retreat? Dou Yanlan, however, contemplated something and said

“No need necessarily. Why not, Ah Chen and I will stand here while you and the White Wolf Deity retreat and see what’s going on.”

“Alright, just don’t wander off, Agunas, I’m leaving them to you.”

Feng Yuan said, grasping the White Wolf Deity’s long fur, and turned around as the White Wolf Deity galloped back the way they came. Veronia turned to Dou Yanlan and asked curiously

“Aren’t you worried doing this might provoke new issues? Like spatial collapse here?”

“With you around, it’s not that dangerous. Besides, if spatial collapse really occurs, wouldn’t it mean we’ve fallen into a spatial loop?”

Shaking her head, Dou Yanlan said. Her decision was made with confidence, meaning no clue was given. If the opponent truly wasn’t intent on creating an unsolvable riddle, then this attempt should pose no danger.

Without running for long, the White Wolf Deity brought Feng Yuan back to the initial platform. Glancing at the time on his phone, Feng Yuan muttered to himself

“Not far, so was it really a spatial loop?”

Although he knew what was happening, Feng Yuan hadn’t figured out how to break it. If he preemptively moved to constrain the spatial loop, then how could he notify them? Retreating might mean it was never meant to enter a spatial loop, but it could also be because Dou Yanlan and the others stood there, preventing the looped space from maintaining such a large scope.

If the spatial loop began around them as markers, once they spread out, the spatial loop’s range would continually expand, eventually collapsing under its own strain, which wouldn’t be outlandish.

“Forget it, let’s head back, not knowing if there are irregularities over there.”

Sighing, Feng Yuan spoke in a low voice.

“Indeed, it is a spatial loop, and a particularly distinctive small-scale warped type. Such a spatial loop itself is easily cracked. Why would he choose this?”

Agunas flicked his tail, speaking with curiosity. As Feng Yuan departed, there was a ripple around, subtly altering the road ahead, even though it seemingly remained unchanged.

“Of course, it’s to intentionally leave a possible solution; otherwise, others might not have the skills to break it by force.”

Rolling her eyes, Veronia said with dissatisfaction. Not everyone possessed such ability to forcibly break through a more sophisticated spatial loop. At this moment, the White Wolf Deity returned with Feng Yuan. Seeing Qi Chen and others unharmed, Feng Yuan exhaled in relief and said

“It’s confirmed to be a spatial loop. Now what do we do?”