Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1891 - 1892: Circus
"Xiao Wei? Why are you here?"
Upon receiving news from Agunas, Captain Yang was at the gate receiving the children Feng Yuan brought from the Tashimar Fantasy Circus when he saw the boy, surprised, and asked.
The boy appeared lost in thought and did not react as if he hadn’t heard Captain Yang, but after a moment he slowly raised his head, looked at Captain Yang, and said,
"Uncle Yang, you’re here too? Is it because of some accident?"
As he spoke, the boy glanced around, seemed to understand something, and said,
"I knew it, Uncle Yang, were you accidentally pulled into this alternate world? But... Academy... Divine Beast..."
Seeing the boy fall into thought again, Captain Yang sighed helplessly, thinking to himself that his friend’s child really is something...
At the gate, Agunas silently glanced at the lively circus behind the door and asked Feng Yuan,
"Is this the core area?"
"I’m not quite sure. Under normal circumstances, an Abnormal Space should have an origin point, and that area...is very special. Maybe that’s where all the anomalies start, but I don’t know if this guess is right, after all..."
Feng Yuan rubbed his chin as he spoke and glanced at the children heading to Maomu Academy with Veronia’s help, sighed, and said,
"They have the permission to freely enter and exit that area. Do you think..."
"Do you suspect that area is still not the core region?"
Agunas looked at Feng Yuan, seemingly understanding his meaning, but the chaotic forces in that space seemed more powerful than in other areas.
"Since you’re already close to the core area, regardless of whether the Tashimar Fantasy Circus is the core or not, you can’t possibly avoid it."
Veronia walked over, looked at Agunas, and said,
"Little Crocodile, I think you should act with us from now on. Approaching the core, we might not be enough on our own."
After a brief silence, Agunas swished its tail, raised its head, and said to Feng Yuan,
"I understand, I will act with you."
Although doing so would make the Maomu Academy less secure, even if Agunas stayed, it couldn’t really do much. Compared to Tamur, Agunas has almost no ability to interfere with this Abnormal Space.
All it could do by staying in Maomu Academy was assist Tamur in merging the schools pulled into the Abnormal Space with the Sky Islands.
After resupplying at Maomu Academy, they returned to the Tashimar Fantasy Circus. Since the children who were originally there were sent away by Feng Yuan and the others, the place seemed much quieter. Agunas glanced at the night sky above and said,
"Is this yet another space layer?"
"More or less, I believe the core area’s clues might be inside the big tent."
Pointing to the biggest and most conspicuous big tent in the Tashimar Fantasy Circus, Feng Yuan said, the multi-story tent was clearly visible from any position, making it hard to ignore.
"That should be the performance venue, but I have a feeling it might not be easy to enter."
Pinching his chin, Yang Hongzhi looked at the big tent and said, because when they were finding people with the boy’s help earlier, they had never entered that place. Logically there should always be people playing there, but now it wasn’t the case. Either they couldn’t enter, or there was something dangerous inside.
"Perhaps, but for now, that’s the only place we haven’t checked."
Agreeing with Yang Hongzhi’s words, Feng Yuan patted Xiao Ji on the back, signaling it to follow, and seeing Yang Hongzhi deep in thought, Najia couldn’t help but ask,
"Hongzhi, what’s troubling you?"
"I’m just wondering what her goal is. Do you remember the state of those children when we found them?"
Looking at the lively circus, Yang Hongzhi said seriously. Najia recalled their previous encounters and hesitantly said,
"It seemed like... they weren’t at all uneasy, instead, they looked like..."
"Like they had found their secret playground, right? No nagging adults, just a play area exclusively for themselves and their peers. Someplace where they could make their own decisions. It hardly appears to be harboring any severe malice..."
Yang Hongzhi sighed and said helplessly, noticing something was off through his interactions with the children. Apart from those like the boy, who were mature beyond their years and had special intentions, most children didn’t seem to mind if it was a Different Space.
In fact, to them, it seemed like this free-spirited playground was far better than where they usually lived.
Feng Yuan didn’t notice Yang Hongzhi’s peculiarity. At this moment, he was troubled by the notice board at the entrance, listing the ticket prices and the ways to obtain Clown Coins.
Although he had somewhat expected it, he hadn’t thought that entering the place would require special coins to buy tickets.
"Clown Coins? Do we need to find that odd clown again? Hmm, this time, I won’t let it escape."
Veronia peeked at the notice board and commented playfully, uncertain how much truth there was in its words. Agunas looked at Feng Yuan and asked,
"Do we need to find the clown?"
"Not really, there are those little game stalls nearby, I remember Clown Coins are some kind of prize there."
Shaking his head, Feng Yuan looked in the direction of the gate, which conveniently led to the area with various amusement stalls, the reason they previously encountered groups of children. Even for them, getting into the circus to watch a performance required them to collect Clown Coins to buy tickets.
"Not sure if just one ticket is needed or if everyone needs one, a hundred gold coins..."
Glancing at the ticket prices, Feng Yuan said with a headache. Each win at those stalls only earned a single coin, and a hundred of them...
"Seems like they’re trying to prevent anyone from entering. But if we force our way in, who knows what might happen~"
Veronia glanced at the dark area beyond the gate and said with a peculiar smile. Agunas sighed and said reluctantly,
"It’s best not to try; the rules here are already too chaotic to contain. If you act recklessly, wouldn’t all previous efforts be in vain?"
"Yeah... seems so~"
Though accumulating a hundred coins was troublesome, with everyone’s efforts, they quickly collected enough for the first ticket. Unfortunately, as Feng Yuan feared, the ticket only allowed one person in, even Xiao Ji needed its own ticket.
In response to this, Feng Yuan directly pulled Xiao Ji into the Spirit Beast Space, finding that doing so counted as a normal ticketed entry.
"It seems quite troublesome."
Veronia attempted to force entry but was stopped, muttering helplessly. Although it was best not to split up at this time, since Feng Yuan had already entered, the choice was either to wait or to enter and check the situation.
After the earlier struggle, Feng Yuan knew how troublesome it was to accumulate a hundred coins, so he told the others and took Xiao Ji into the circus.
Entering through the passage, Feng Yuan realized it was indeed a circus performance area, but the stands were empty, and only two lions patrolled the central performance area.
"This feels a bit odd."
Turning to look behind him, no strange disappearance or anything occurred, so Feng Yuan muttered and approached the stands. Even though he could vaguely see the circling lions through the iron fence, Feng Yuan’s Divine Sense had already mapped out everything around him clearly.
This place had no people, and even no performance was ongoing. Perhaps he should search backstage?
However, in Feng Yuan’s perception, the area where rule fluctuations were most concentrated was on this performance stage, indicating that the secret to this Abnormal Space was likely hidden here.
Should he target those two lions? Feng Yuan hesitated. Even though he wasn’t sure what needed to be done there, making any rash moves might cause changes. He wasn’t worried about his safety, but affecting Yang Hongzhi and the others would be problematic.
Thinking this way, Feng Yuan casually found a seat and sat down. At that moment, he inadvertently noticed a silhouette fleeting past the backstage.
Someone’s back there?
