"Almost forgot, Big Cat, make a record, maybe this stuff shows the real information in a stacked manner."
Reminded by Dou Yanlan, Фэн Юань finally remembered this special situation. Although Big Cat’s specialization is a bit odd, leading to its rare written documentation, scholar owls themselves have a unique ability to record books. Naturally, this is a skill they developed for themselves to easily jot down inspirations.
With a flap of its wings, Big Cat proudly summoned a special white book, the cover of which featured a cartoon avatar of Big Cat. Seeing the cover, Фэн Юань amusingly poked Big Cat’s belly and said,
"Your record book really is special."
Blushing slightly, Big Cat turned its head in embarrassment. The record book was generated based on its own characteristics, something it momentarily forgot. Ци Чэнь patted Фэн Юань’s shoulder and said speechlessly,
"Alright, your stuff isn’t much better either."
"Hehe~ I’m just saying, let’s go, hope we can settle this quickly."
Saying this, Фэн Юань led the group forward. After walking for a while, Big Cat started hooting and flapping its wings, and Фэн Юань glanced at Big Cat saying,
"Back to the starting point?"
Big Cat nodded, and materialized the written information. Large sheets of paper appeared one after another, transparent save for the lines, specifically condensed by Big Cat. The group slowly tried layering the sheets, eventually forming a different textual record.
Looking at the text, Фэн Юань said with a headache,
"It seems to be a special sacrificial text here, but this thing..."
"At the word ’Unfinished Homecoming’, something’s unusual. While other words are layered three times or more, this word appears only once, and has only two layers."
Dou Yanlan pointed to a section of text. Seeing the word, Фэн Юань seemed to recall something, showing a reminiscent expression. After a while, he said,
"Then let’s check these two places. Hmm, Big Cat, do you remember the sequence?"
Looking at the scattered sheets on the ground, Фэн Юань scratched his head and spoke to Big Cat. Spreading its wings, Big Cat hooted as a long scroll formed. The scroll contained the order recorded by Big Cat, along with positions and directions for the group.
"Let’s head this way."
After examining for a while, Фэн Юань spoke up when he found the nearest location was behind. Following Фэн Юань, the group saw him examining a wall.
"Where could this secret door be?"
Knocking on the wall, Фэн Юань said uncertainly. They had arrived at the location of the text, but... even if White Wolf Deity scratched the surrounding walls, no clear marks appeared, indicating that the place wasn’t simply a movable door.
"Could it be a light issue?"
Upon thinking this, Фэн Юань brightened the illuminating orb. But despite the brightness being somewhat glaring, the wall showed no change, while the scratches left by White Wolf Deity were vividly visible.
Seeing this, Фэн Юань understood that strong light wouldn’t reveal the passage. Could it be...he turned to look at Ци Чэнь and the others and said,
"Hold onto each other, I might extinguish the light later. Or, better hold onto White Wolf Deity’s ice chain."
Thinking of something, Фэн Юань changed his statement, and White Wolf Deity stomped its paw, a light blue ice chain circling around its left paw extended towards the others. Holding the chilly ice chain, the group looked at Фэн Юань. As everyone prepared, he slowly extinguished the light source.
As the light dimmed, the runes on the wall reappeared. However, when the brightness reached a certain level, part of the runes quickly dimmed. Seeing this, Фэн Юань realized a passage appeared and immediately stepped forward, crossing the doorway, noticing the familiar runes around, Фэн Юань said,
"Not here, must be the other place, retreat."
At this moment, the light source might extinguish anytime, and poor lighting caused some chaos when retreating. Despite this, Фэн Юань didn’t increase the brightness. He dared not risk possibly bizarre happenings, like getting trapped in the wall.
Entering another passage, this time, there were no runes around. But, seeing the familiar patterns, Фэн Юань’s face turned grim. Due to lighting issues, the group didn’t notice Фэн Юань’s anomaly. Clenching his fist tightly, Фэн Юань held it back for a moment before slowly releasing it. Although Xiao Ji hadn’t seen Фэн Юань’s expression, it sensed something wrong and rubbed its head against Фэн Юань, seemingly thinking of something, it transformed into Eggshell Chicken form and jumped into his arms.
Scratching Xiao Ji’s belly, Фэн Юань amusingly looked at Xiao Ji in his arms and said,
"You, why so sensitive..."
Making a cute sound, Xiao Ji rubbed against Фэн Юань, blinked, and gazed at him. Ци Чэнь felt something wrong and wanted to step forward, but Dou Yanlan stopped him, signaling him to not go. After a while, Фэн Юань put Xiao Ji down and said,
"Thanks, much better, let’s go."
Speaking, Фэн Юань summoned The Black Scythe again. This time, the top of the scythe had an odd decoration, like a lantern with a flickering flame inside.
The orb brightened again, and everything around was gradually becoming clear. At this point, the group realized the passage seemed to be inside some research facility. Blocking Xiao Ji, who wanted to rush forward, Фэн Юань said,
"Don’t rush, that’s my battle..."
Gazing ahead, Фэн Юань had already guessed what awaited him.
Continuously advancing, the group sensed something amiss. This wasn’t the style of Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom. The sci-fi metallic walls and decorations, along with those operating devices, were entirely different from the crystal-based Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom. Along the way, Фэн Юань remained silent while Liao Yu and Huo Feng protected Ци Чэнь and the others between them. This place was too strange, and they didn’t know what might happen.
The oppressive atmosphere didn’t last long as they arrived at a large door. Фэн Юань took a deep breath and said,
"You all, be careful..."
Not understanding Фэн Юань’s exact meaning, the group subconsciously heightened their vigilance. The metal door split open into the frame, and in front, a colossal device stood in the center of a huge circular space. The device’s midsection contained a glass tank filled with sky-blue liquid, with a figure inside.
The form seemed familiar as the group thought this, suddenly realizing: It’s Фэн Юань!
The Фэн Юань inside the glass tank slowly opened his eyes and looked at the group, the silver-white uniform on him gently floated, revealing an odd smile. The next second, that ’Фэн Юань’ disappeared from sight.
"Just as expected!"
Narrowing his eyes, Фэн Юань swung his scythe fiercely, black flames shot out, wildly scorching the surrounding air. The ’Фэн Юань’ with blue eyes stared at Фэн Юань, pointing at him as numerous parts emerged from the void to rapidly form a gigantic mecha.
"Even so, you have no chance of winning!"
Shouting loudly, Фэн Юань charged forward. Xiao Ji tried to assist, but the fight between the two was extraordinarily fierce. Powerful shockwaves scattered continuously, and the facility was relentlessly damaged in their duel. The flashing sparks, the constantly appearing figures, the entangled gigantic mecha and ancient puppet colossus—at this moment, the group found they couldn’t help at all.
White Wolf Deity erected a barrier to protect the group, a crystal platform created beneath, fully shielding them. Watching the flashing figures, Ци Чэнь murmured softly,
"What is that, really just malicious design?"
"It’s not that, he’s so familiar, it indicates..."
Dou Yanlan spoke softly, looking at the surrounding facilities. They had never been aware of Фэн Юань’s background, nor did they intend to investigate, but they never anticipated Фэн Юань had such an experience.
"Mecha battle? Damn, which area’s research institution messed with this! And what is that clone!"
Liao Yu roared angrily in a low voice. Even Huo Feng was full of fury at this moment. In the city, since Фэн Юань’s group entered the research facility, their images had disappeared, and although believing no harm would come, Ye Hanlei was deeply worried about their safety.

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