CHAPTER 1839: CHAPTER 1840: CAST CUBES

No matter how it’s tossed, the branches of the Thistle Bush Grass stubbornly point in one direction, defying logic. This confirms Veronia’s suspicion that this space is likely closely related to the Tashimar Fantasy Circus.

"This direction... should we take some branches?"

Glancing at the direction the branches pointed, Feng Yuan said hesitantly. He wasn’t sure if there would be a fork ahead, or if they would find the Thistle Bush Grass at that time. However, there was another possibility, that they might be transported to another space along the way.

Yang Hongzhi, on the other hand, didn’t have as many thoughts as Feng Yuan. He directly stepped forward and broke off a branch of the Thistle Bush Grass, saying

"Carrying it won’t hinder our movement. Just let me hold it."

Although it’s called grass, the Thistle Bush Grass is actually a low shrub. Veronia chuckled lightly and said

"Why don’t I handle it?"

With a gentle touch of her fingertip, the Thistle Bush Grass trembled continuously. A huge flower disc of the Crystal Flower cradled the root of the Thistle Bush Grass, wrapping it with petals. Below the Crystal Flower, Crystal Vines acted as limbs to support the flower and move the branch of the Thistle Bush Grass on the flower disc.

Seeing Veronia do this, Feng Yuan smiled wryly but didn’t say much. Although the animated crystal seemed odd, maintaining that thing for Veronia was almost effortless.

On both sides of the forest path were many strange and peculiar plants. If time wasn’t pressing and the space wasn’t unstable, Feng Yuan would really want to enjoy this fairy-tale world. He glanced at Xiao Ji from time to time, wanting to say something but hesitating, which Veronia naturally noticed.

However, it had nothing to do with space. Even the World of Mirrors is merely a projection of the real world and doesn’t inherently possess the ability to create such a fairy-tale world, unless it mobilizes its power to construct this forest path step by step.

"What is that ahead?"

After walking for a while, Feng Yuan noticed some strange light blue cubes ahead and was stunned. There seemed to be eyes and mouths on those light blue cubes; could they be Spirit Beasts? But, Spirit Beasts of this appearance... he had never seen before.

"Interesting, a Pure Data-Type Spirit Beast. Could it be that little fox? But the power rank doesn’t match, without evolution, its strength shouldn’t increase. Unless it’s purely a form transformation, but..."

Those azure cubes were not afraid of humans. Upon seeing Feng Yuan and the others approach, the group of azure cubes quickly floated toward them, emitting strange buzzing sounds.

There were numerous golden engravings on those azure cubes. Seeing these strange Spirit Beasts approach Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji spread its wings in displeasure and let out a cry. With a gentle flap of its wings, a gust of wind blew the cube Spirit Beasts over.

Perhaps due to being frightened by Xiao Ji, the cries of the cubes changed, and the azure cube shells cracked along the golden engravings, dispersing into small fragments revealing the spherical Energy Core inside. Soon, the cubes gathered and combined into a unique canine-shaped polygonal blue creature.

"This is... a combination trait?"

Startled, Feng Yuan exclaimed in shock. The combination trait is a rare special ability possessed by only some Spirit Beasts. Spirit Beasts with this trait can combine with their kin to transform and gain more power, but not many Spirit Beasts have this ability, so Feng Yuan could be sure this was definitely not a known Spirit Beast.

The polygonal Big Dog bared its teeth at Xiao Ji and suddenly pounced, howling. Xiao Ji flapped its wings and took to the air while the polygonal Big Dog growled, opening mechanical-looking wings at its back. In the sky, streams of data quickly converged from all around, forming a massive blue wall with unique material properties blocking the sky.

Xiao Ji crashed into it but couldn’t break through the big blue wall with golden patterns. It cried in dissatisfaction and launched a Death Storm at the relentless Big Dog.

Watching the two Spirit Beasts fighting above, Feng Yuan rubbed his chin, puzzled, saying

"Is this... data materialization? Has the Data Lineage finally taken that step?"

"Perhaps because this is part of the Data Domain? Although this is just a relic, you can’t deny that the rules of the Data Domain exist here as well~" Veronia laughed and said. They weren’t clear on the specifics, but the Spirit Beast with the combination ability didn’t seem to be an imaginary existence.

Remembering something, Feng Yuan pulled out a black Ancient Book and aimed it at the polygonal blue Big Dog. Yang Hongzhi didn’t quite understand what Feng Yuan intended, but Veronia seemed to guess, saying

"Is that... a compendium?"

"It barely counts. If it’s an unrecorded Spirit Beast, it would be quite troublesome."

At this moment, the black Ancient Book slowly opened, and upon seeing the recorded information, Feng Yuan sighed in relief. He was really worried that this was a newly birthed Spirit Beast, without a name or other data, requiring him to painstakingly organize it. Now it seems that it wasn’t necessary.

Newly born Spirit Beasts have two possibilities. One is a Spirit Beast like their "Little Ice Cream," born outside of evolution. Such a Spirit Beast doesn’t have a compendium and requires self-naming and post-checks to complete its data. The other type includes naturally evolved Spirit Beasts like the Cast Cubes.

Spirit Beasts born from natural evolution inherently have their data and will also possess an evolutionary path, while those like "Little Ice Cream" do not, leaving everything unknown and in need of exploration. Naturally evolved Spirit Beasts must have several existing tribes.

But what Feng Yuan found strange was how this new tribe of Cast Cubes appeared within this Abnormal Space? These creatures are a special Single Data Series Spirit Beast.

Previously, even a Data Spirit Fox was a dual-lineage Spirit Beast. Among the Data Lineage Spirit Beasts Feng Yuan had seen, only the Cast Cubes were purely data-based without combining with other lineages. Moreover, their Data Lineage ultimate move seemed quite powerful. Feng Yuan was unsure whether they were coincidentally drawn into the Abnormal Space or if there were other reasons.

At this time, the Cast Cube Wolfdog was fiercely battling with Xiao Ji. The presence of the combination trait allowed multiple Cast Cubes to combine, raising their rank from Good Level to Elite Level. However, due to Xiao Ji being a Divine Beast, the Cast Cube Wolfdog couldn’t gain much of an advantage.

However, the opponent’s unique Data Lineage ultimate move also caused Xiao Ji some significant trouble. After all, their moves mostly involved various Reality Conversion techniques, which were not common among other lineage ultimate moves. Therefore, facing an opponent using such techniques for the first time, Xiao Ji inevitably appeared somewhat flustered.

However, after a while, the Cast Cube Wolfdog couldn’t sustain it anymore and broke down mid-air into several Cast Cubes. Feng Yuan wasn’t too surprised about this; the combination trait wasn’t invincible. When energy is depleted to a certain level, the combination state automatically disengages.

Upon landing, the group of Cast Cubes huddled together, showing a frightened demeanor. Feng Yuan helplessly shook his head and approached to start comforting the group of Cast Cubes.

He knew this group of Cast Cubes wasn’t a fake existence, meaning they were also within the scope of aid from him and the others. After some time, Feng Yuan finally managed to calm down the group of Cast Cubes. However, they were highly dissatisfied with Xiao Ji, who had frightened them and fought with them, refusing to go near Xiao Ji.

Eventually, the group of Cast Cubes followed closely beside Yang Hongzhi and Veronia, while Feng Yuan, along with Xiao Ji, continued to lead the way.

"Do they also not know how they ended up here?"

On the way, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but ask Veronia. By now, the group of Cast Cubes had become familiar with their presence and, as long as Xiao Ji didn’t approach, seemed no different from usual. Being a Divine Beast, Veronia naturally possessed the ability to communicate and interact with Spirit Beasts.

However, it helplessly shook its head and said

"According to their own words, they were initially born in this unique space, or rather, before this forest appeared, they were wandering within the blue grid. I suspect they might have originated from a special data layer in the Data Domain but were dragged in together with that space because of the space’s anomaly."

"Pulled into the Abnormal Space together with the Data Domain? That’s not impossible."

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan said, though he always felt things weren’t that simple. But... the rules of the Abnormal Space are chaotic and disorderly, so it shouldn’t be able to birth Spirit Beasts.