Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1875 - 1876: Analysis

『Even if they announce that Tilatu has lost all hope of salvation, I still don’t believe there is an unsolvable plague in this world. The measures for protection have been pushed to the limit, and I will stay here with them in this place called Prison City.』

『Fortunately, they need someone to oversee things, or rather, they want to know what happens when metalization reaches its limit, which gives me the perfect opportunity.』

『Research on reversing metalization continues, and perhaps I’m the only one left in Prison City with human rationality. According to the latest dissection experiments, this mutation isn’t targeting the body but the soul. Haha, their restriction methods are likely useless now. I must find a solution before everything becomes irreversible.』

『As I analyzed, there are influences from external forces. Can the Third and Fourth Prison Cities truly put others at ease?』

『They suspect there are loopholes in Prison City. Ha, they must not have read the report I submitted. But why is the impact on the soul constant, neither improving nor worsening?』

『They sent a suicide squad under the guise of helping me investigate defense loopholes, but I know they’re definitely suspicious of me. It’s laughable—they don’t even understand the true culprit behind all this, so how can they prevent the metal plague from spreading further?』

『That squad leader indeed thought, as I predicted, that I had long been affected by the metal plague. Ha, how would they know that their protective gear is completely useless?』

『The Latula District has completely collapsed, and time is running out for me. I can only attempt dangerous methods to find answers now.』

『Who would’ve thought...who would’ve thought the force behind all this is like this? Damn it! All plans are overturned! I hope I can save them before reaching the limit...』

『Damn it! If those bastards hadn’t messed around, with them around, maybe... you who comes after, I hope that upon finding this letter you can help me save them, save those infected by the metal plague, and the treatment potion...』

Going through the documents, Feng Yuan and the others roughly figured out the background story of this amusement attraction. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said with a pained expression,

"This place really has so much background story, but that’s about the gist of it, right? Following the recipe above to concoct the potion to reverse the metalization of humans in the prison should allow us to clear the level, right?"

"Theoretically, that’s correct, but aren’t you curious about what that Chaos Ethics truly is? Moreover, since even Chaos Ethics has been created, do you think..."

With a mysterious smile, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan and said. The latter sighed and replied,

"You mean we need to resolve the Chaos Ethics issue too?"

"If, in the setting of Abnormal Space, it’s an invincible or immortal existence, do we need to break the rules?"

Najia hesitated a bit and spoke to Veronia. It wasn’t against attacking that so-called Chaos Ethics, as it was, after all, a tangible, real thing. The only trouble was the shelter provided by the domain rules.

Once the domain rules of shelter are broken, it might trigger an abnormal change in the entire Abnormal Space. Regarding this, Najia had to be cautious.

"Um, although I agree with rescuing people first to clear the level before dealing with that thing, haven’t you noticed the details within? Actually, if we go after that thing, rescuing those people now is completely meaningless. According to the records here, I can be sure that once we attack that thing, even if others are rescued, they will be transformed again."

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan spoke. According to the clues provided here, the thing they encountered before is likely the so-called ultimate boss, Chaos Ethics. As for why it’s named that way, Feng Yuan didn’t know. It was just a background story, after all, and he was too lazy to care about it so much.

If that thing isn’t cleared, Feng Yuan is uncertain about passing the level. Moreover, there’s still the issue of the Mad Doctor’s whereabouts.

Feeling a bit of a headache, Feng Yuan simply stopped thinking about these matters. He turned to Yang Hongzhi and others to ask,

"What do you all think? Directly take down Chaos Theory or rescue people first?"

"I think you have a point. If Chaos Ethics can transform them once, it can transform them a second time, and merely rescuing people may not be enough to clear the level."

Yang Hongzhi thought for a bit and spoke. If this were a real event, he might deliberate more carefully, but this is a background story of an amusement attraction. Plus, all the attractions they’ve encountered so far were linear levels, so rescuing people might be a step only possible after dealing with Chaos Ethics.

"Then let’s set off~"

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Veronia said as she prepared to move towards the door with the specimen jar. Suddenly, Feng Yuan remembered something, turned, and placed the specimen jar back, saying,

"Wait! I remember, Veronia, the information you snatched only included what we could see, right?"

"Yes, what’s up?"

"Isn’t it possible that the four rooms correspond to completely different areas, and there are actually four sets of archives waiting for us to collect?"

Hearing Feng Yuan’s hypothesis, everyone was stunned. Although it seemed unlikely logically, it was not implausible either, given the missing information. If those pieces of information could be obtained through archives elsewhere, it made sense.

Soon, they tried in another room, and the result was that the area they were in did indeed differ from before. Although there were fewer archives, there was indeed new information.

By using this method to gather all possible information, they finally filled in the missing pieces. The changes involving the suicide squad and Prison City could be ignored, while valuable information included the origins of the unique features of the four rooms.

According to the data, the Mad Doctor had discovered a method against Chaos Ethics, which was a special electromagnetic energy beam. For some reason, the setting indicated that Chaos Ethics’ weak point was electromagnetic energy, perhaps because it was composed of metal?

In the documentation, the reason the four rooms hadn’t been invaded and even preserved specimens of Chaos Ethics’ body was entirely due to the electromagnetic field protection in these rooms. As for the Mad Doctor, though the documentation didn’t explicitly state it, it implied that during Feng Yuan and the others’ previous entry into the room, the faceless metallic person they encountered in the channel could very well have been him.

Feng Yuan’s concern was also confirmed in the documentation. If Chaos Ethics wasn’t resolved, the lifeforms that had been eroded and transformed could be controlled and transformed again at any time. This wasn’t limited by space; even using the electromagnetic field couldn’t isolate it.

With this information in hand, Feng Yuan glanced at Veronia and asked,

"So what do you think we should do now?"

"Electromagnetic weakness? That’s a bit troublesome then."

Looking at Najia, Veronia said. It’s evident that neither Feng Yuan’s nor Yang Hongzhi’s Beast Tamers had the requisite capability. Though Veronia and Najia weren’t Thunder Element Spirit Beasts, the special nature of Divine Beasts allowed them to perform Ultimate Moves across elemental lines.

However, if that’s the case, would they need to act independently? After all, Feng Yuan and the others couldn’t be much help, though it would ultimately depend on whether Feng Yuan would want to step in.

"Um, there are records of corresponding weaponry hiding spots here. So actually, dealing with Chaos Ethics might not require Thunder Element Spirit Beasts."

Taking out several pieces of data, Feng Yuan said. The descriptions on these documents weren’t particularly clear, but everyone could infer from the implied information that the Mad Doctor had indeed developed weaponry targeted at possibly even capable of eradicating Chaos Ethics. However, due to the influence and transformation of the Mad Doctor, they had ultimately failed to eliminate it.

Of course, this is just the background story, and it did not surprise Feng Yuan at all. After all, there really weren’t any checkpoints here requiring specific Spirit Beasts to pass.

While Feng Yuan and the others were busy engaging in the puzzle-solving game, Tamur had already found several scattered schools. Although everyone was busy maintaining order at the time, Qi Chen and the others were inevitably worried about Feng Yuan and others’ safety since it had been some time without any news from them.