Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1937 - 1938: Origins

Even though the Fluffy Dog looks soft and fluffy, Feng Yuan didn’t really pay much attention to it. As for Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan, they weren’t particularly interested in the Fluffy Dog either. After all, they were a complete tribe and wild spirit beasts guarding the power station, there was no need to choose them unless absolutely necessary.

Dou Yanlan, puzzled, pinched her chin and said,

"It seems like we’re already outside the range of Liantang Town. Why is there a power station here?"

Qi Chen took out his phone to look at the map and discovered that their location was in a dense forest outside of Liantang Town. On the map, Qi Chen couldn’t find any marking of a power station.

However, if it weren’t a power station, Thunder Element spirit beasts like the Fluffy Dogs couldn’t possibly live in this area. After all, it’s deserted here, and there is no thunderstorm zone; they would lack essential survival resources if they lived here.

It’s just that there is no marking of a power station on the map nearby, which seems a bit suspicious.

Something occurred to Qi Chen, and he looked at Feng Yuan and asked,

"Could that power station be illegally established?"

"It shouldn’t be, right? Those guys wouldn’t be dumb enough to do something so obvious. If there’s a real need for electricity, using spirit beasts to provide it would be more covert, except for the fact that it would increase their crimes."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said uncertainly. He thought that as long as someone was of normal intelligence, they wouldn’t do something so blatant. Do they think no one would notice them?

As for whether the group of Fluffy Dogs were brought for electricity generation as Thunder Element spirit beasts, Feng Yuan felt it was unlikely. While in theory, spirit beasts could be used for electricity generation, it’s actually quite harsh on them. Maintaining a constant power output is a significant burden, especially for spirit beasts with intelligence.

Except in some emergency situations, generally speaking, Thunder Element spirit beasts rarely use their power to supply electricity for human equipment. More often than not, similar spirit beast power sourcing is done by forcing Thunder Element spirit beasts to discharge, and in such cases, would they dare to let Thunder Element spirit beasts out?

They’d likely get attacked right after they are released by the angry Thunder Element spirit beasts.

Dou Yanlan thought for a moment, then looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"Do you think we should try to find where the Fluffy Dogs are coming from?"

"Probably not, since some facilities aren’t marked on maps. Although I think it’s unlikely to be a classified facility, should I ask Liao Yu and the others?"

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said with uncertainty. Mainly because the presence of Fluffy Dogs here was quite strange, he leaned more toward the idea that there might be a facility not suitable for marking on the map that required electricity usage, explaining the situation.

This issue could be clarified by asking Liao Yu, because the maps that Qi Chen had access to surely wouldn’t mark special facilities, but the Special Duty Team was different; they had the right to view the locations of most facilities, except those of extreme secrecy.

But in reality, even those kinds of facilities wouldn’t have Fluffy Dogs wandering around nearby, so as long as you checked the Special Duty Team’s map for a power station, you’d know.

Liao Yu suddenly received a call from Feng Yuan, thinking something had happened. After hearing Feng Yuan’s inquiry, he glanced at the map of Liantang Town and said,

"Oh, that could be the water station of the Patrolman’s cabin. If you want to verify, I can send you the coordinates, but it’s better not to upload those coordinates to civilian maps. It’s not much of a secret, but it’s not good for them."

After speaking, Liao Yu casually sent the coordinates of the water station via a text message to Feng Yuan. The reason it wasn’t marked on civilian maps was entirely due to the scarcity of Thunder Element spirit beast gathering spots around Maomu City.

If that place is marked on public maps, Beastmasters looking for Thunder Element spirit beasts might go there to try their luck, so they didn’t mark the water station on civilian maps.

Upon receiving the text, Feng Yuan entered the coordinates into a special map and found that the water station wasn’t far away. However, according to the map’s indications, the coordinates were on a semi-mountain platform.

"Why is it hidden so well?"

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan grew interested. After all, Liao Yu said it was the Patrolman’s cabin’s water station, meaning it wasn’t an illegal facility. But why was it hidden so well?

It could be said that if he hadn’t used the special official map from Great Xia, he might not have accurately found the location.

This map required verifying the user’s identity each time it was used, indicating a certain level of confidentiality. However, the markings on the map used civilian versions. The only difference might be some special terrain having specific recognition features, and it also recorded some special road information internally.

This map was something Qi Chen and the others hadn’t yet qualified to obtain, but Feng Yuan knew Yang Hongzhi probably also had permission to use this special map. After all, the map’s permission restrictions were merely to prevent misuse; those with a certain level of strength and who were deemed harmless to Great Xia could obtain authorization to use it.

Special roads also provided convenience for their exploration of the wild. In some cases, they could even offer themselves discovered hidden terrain or road information in exchange for contribution points.

"Do you want to go take a look there? If nothing unexpected happens, it shouldn’t be far from here, just hidden rather well."

Looking at Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan, Feng Yuan chuckled and asked. Mainly because Qi Chen and company came here to find a second Beast, and simply taking people away didn’t seem quite appropriate.

After thinking for a moment, Dou Yanlan said,

"We don’t need to rush. If there’s really no issue, that’s fine, but if there is, discovering it early is also good. Moreover, a well-hidden place might have something special."

Normally, a Patrolman’s cabin wouldn’t be set up in such a hidden place since there’s no need. Now appearing in such a location, it’s likely that there’s something important there.

As for finding a second Beast?

Both Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan went with the flow and had no particular desire for any specific spirit beast, so they didn’t consider it a waste of time.

Seeing that Qi Chen had no objections to Dou Yanlan’s suggestion, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said with a laugh,

"Then let’s go check it out～"

Liantang Town was different from Cha Mu Town. Although there were mountains here, they weren’t a continuous mountain range, so that secluded mountain with a hidden platform didn’t attract much interest in climbing.

Such isolated peaks naturally lacked resources, and spirit beasts living in the mountains didn’t favor these solitary peaks, making them resource-poor areas.

Even if the mountains were lushly green, to a Beastmaster, it still wasn’t a place worthy of exploration.

Without the information received from Liao Yu, Feng Yuan and the others probably wouldn’t have known about the secluded mountaintop Patrolman’s cabin and the peculiar hidden platform.

Following the small path shown on the special map, Feng Yuan and others entered a cave at the mountain’s base, where there were many traces left by human activity. In fact, Feng Yuan could see remnants of someone having cooked here, leaving a mess.

"Tsk, which Beastmaster destroyed the environment in a place like this."

Glancing at the scorch marks, Feng Yuan muttered. Qi Chen glanced at Feng Yuan and said nothing, while Dou Yanlan, a bit puzzled, said,

"Those marks seem a bit intentional. The spot is not far from the cave’s entrance, and the cave isn’t spacious. Would anyone normally build a fire here?"

Though the marks were similar to those left after camping, Dou Yanlan felt something was off, because most of the cave couldn’t accommodate two people walking side by side, even Ah Mu moved with difficulty. What idiot would have made a fire in that slightly broader area?

Weren’t they afraid of being suffocated by smoke due to poor ventilation?

"Hmm, as you say, it does seem a bit suspicious, but never mind. It’s none of our business. Who knows what they were thinking? If there’s really a problem, it’s the local investigating department’s matter."

Waving his hand, Feng Yuan said unconcernedly. After all, Liantang Town had its own investigation department, and unless something major happened, they could deal with it themselves. And those marks might probably relate to the platform on the mountain.

Otherwise, he couldn’t figure out why the platform’s access route passed through the cave. Was it because the outside was steep?