CHAPTER 1707: CHAPTER 1708: MECHANISMS

Without giving everyone much time to think, drones equipped with claws flew from all directions towards the crowd. The Little Husky lying on the A Mu Tree Crown couldn’t help but wag its tail as it reminded Xiao Ji:

"Be mindful that these things seem to be infinitely produced. Even if you destroy the production line, there will certainly be other ways to replenish them. Remember, this is an escape dilemma, not a base defense."

Xiao Ji turned its head to glance at Feng Yuan, flapped its wings in confusion, and Dou Yanlan quickly scanned the surroundings, saying:

"Over there! And there’s another door there. Wait, there are seven doors in this place!"

Remembering something, Dou Yanlan looked up towards the sky, but the top of this square was shrouded in darkness, and even their beast tamers used lighting tactics, they couldn’t see what was above.

There were six doors around, as for the entrance above, it likely wasn’t possible to exit through there now. But in such an area devoid of any clues, how do we escape?

While pondering, Dou Yanlan turned to look at the Little Husky, who was yawning on the A Mu Tree Crown, thinking about Feng Yuan’s words. He might have a solution, but then again, that guy probably preferred to demolish obstacles around directly and fly outside, and the students clearly didn’t have that strong a capability.

"Why don’t we just go through any door?"

Qi Chen couldn’t help but suggest. Though everyone was still able to fend off the endless drone attacks, prolonged defense would ultimately fail, and getting injured was only a matter of time. Before Dou Yanlan could say anything, Zhang Cheng promptly called for everyone to retreat towards one of the doors, where a few students, under his command, had their beasts successfully destroy the obstructing door.

Looking at the narrowed pathway, Feng Yuan regretted not bringing the Big Cat. Jumping down from A Mu’s tree crown, the Little Husky reverted to its original form, walked leisurely with hands behind its back, and Feng Yuan entered the door as if going for a stroll. Seeing this, Qi Chen was speechless.

Due to the need to change size, many students temporarily lost their combat abilities, and even A Mu was affected.

With his hands behind his head, Feng Yuan turned to look at Qi Chen, saying:

"You all might as well expand this pathway, at least it would prevent some people from losing fighting abilities. But as it stands now, it seems barely adequate."

"Expand the pathway? But won’t that attract enemies?"

Qi Chen looked towards Feng Yuan in confusion. He didn’t quite understand the point; expanding the pathway surely meant using ultimate moves to violently breach the walls, but wouldn’t that loud commotion attract more enemies?

"This place is likely simulating some research facility, and in such a place, any breach would trigger a full security alert."

Dou Yanlan rubbed her chin as she spoke and glanced around, adding:

"But even if enemy numbers wouldn’t increase, indiscriminate destruction of the building’s structure could easily cause a collapse. We don’t know how deep underground this is, and if it collapses, there could be serious issues."

"Huh, have you not considered the possibility of hidden weapons within the walls?"

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said irritably. It’s not unusual for a technology research facility to embed weapons within walls or similar places, right?

"Well... although there’s such a possibility, given the potential for malfunctions..."

"I don’t think they’d consider malfunction possibilities when designing this place. Anyway, it doesn’t matter to me as I won’t get hurt; just be careful yourselves."

With a wave of his hand, nine small shields rotated around him, Feng Yuan said indifferently. He wasn’t kidding; even shields composed of Xiao Ji’s power, when enhanced, might not be breached by those weapons since these things were ultimately fake creations from the Data Domain’s power.

For ordinary Spirit Beasts, the power might already be enough to injure them, but Xiao Ji was still a juvenile Divine Beast. Even if it couldn’t effortlessly break current Data Domain constructs, blocking their attacks wasn’t difficult.

Not knowing the specific circumstances, Qi Chen and the others shook their heads helplessly at Feng Yuan’s nonchalant demeanor. Under Qi Chen’s request, A Mu focused its attention on Feng Yuan, but Feng Yuan paid no heed to A Mu’s protection.

"Watch out!"

Zhang Cheng, leading at the forefront, suddenly shouted, and a Flame Storm blasted forward, fiercely burning the slowly approaching silver-white metal wall. Liu Ziwen’s beast added Miracle Storm to the Flame Storm, causing the scorching red flames to whiten. Feng Yuan exclaimed:

"I didn’t expect Liu Ziwen’s Miao Miao to have already mastered this Mystic Series ultimate move."

"Seems quite powerful, unfortunately..."

With a sigh, Qi Chen expressed a bit of regret. Although the Miracle Storm was also lethal, its strength lay in amplifying other storm-type ultimate moves. Even sky-related storms could become more damaging under Miracle Storm’s impact.

For Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan, it was quite suitable since most of the time, they fought in coordination with each other. Such ultimate moves capable of assisting teammates were a huge boost for them. Alas, despite the fact that Miracle Storm wasn’t restricted to only Mystic Series, A Mu didn’t fit into this category.

There was a slight possibility for Cotton, but it was extremely difficult, and since A Mu couldn’t perform storm-type ultimate moves naturally, Dou Yanlan hadn’t considered allowing Cotton to learn this ultimate move.

Under Zhang Cheng’s command, several storm-type ultimate moves combined, and under Miracle Storm’s influence, they didn’t clash, rather kept stacking their power to an elite-level peak,

but given the narrow pathway, too few beasts could act simultaneously, reaching the limit—just like this.

The frenzied Energy Storm forcefully gouged the surrounding metal walls, and the metal barrier that kept pressing inwards was broken by the storm, revealing a colossal mechanical war machine behind.

"Tsk, blocked both front and back, really quite interesting."

Feng Yuan sneered and said with disdain. Xiao Ji didn’t await Feng Yuan’s command and ran to the rear of the team, unleashing continuous Death Storms to block the drones at the back. Although those things were now equipped with special energy beam weapons, Xiao Ji could mix its Divine Beast’s Power in.

Even if it couldn’t break them as easily as before, Xiao Ji’s attacks could still severely damage them, indirectly compensating for Xiao Ji’s Death Series ultimate move’s insufficient lethality against non-living entities.

"What if the floor under us cracks open again? What would happen?"

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan said with a peculiar expression, causing Dou Yanlan’s face to change as she moved closer to Qi Chen. Nearby students who heard Feng Yuan’s words looked at the floor nervously and, finding it a false alarm, glared at Feng Yuan in dissatisfaction. However, staring at the unusual patterns on the floor, Dou Yanlan suddenly seemed uneasy.

"Use Torrent on the ground and then Ice Seal!"

Eyeing Zhang Cheng who was commanding the battle ahead, Dou Yanlan shouted loudly. Due to Xiao Ji’s blockade at the rear, the drones hadn’t pursued, although everyone didn’t quite understand Dou Yanlan’s intention, beasts skilled in Torrent ultimate moves unleashed Torrent on the floor under command.

In no time, water flowed over everyone’s feet, and then the Ice Seal ultimate move descended. People jumped up before the slowly spreading icy mist reached them, standing on the uneven and slightly slippery icy surface, they looked puzzledly at Dou Yanlan.

"Those seams look like multiple iron plates pieced together. In a place like this, where the floor is strangely patched with iron plates, do you think there’s a problem underneath?"

Without Dou Yanlan explaining, Feng Yuan spread his hands saying dismissively. It was just about whether you noticed your feet. As for the concealment? Well, there was none. In normal circumstances, an internal floor in such a facility wouldn’t put seams at the center and they wouldn’t be non-linear.

Given the design coupled with the previous circumstances of falling from the square, it’s pretty predictable what’s happening. As for getting it wrong? Well, guesses might go wrong. But being prepared is better than accidentally falling down another layer at the end, right?