The tranquil forest, the shattered stone tower, and those spirit-like points of light—if Agunas hadn’t said that this place required a Legendary Level to handle all the dangers, Фэн Юань would have doubted whether there was anything living here at all.
"Is there really something alive in this place?"
Looking skeptically at Agunas, Фэн Юань couldn’t help but ask. Agunas rolled his eyes and replied irritably,
"Do you think it’s possible? How could there still be normal life forms after the world shattered?"
"Then the dangers you mentioned, they aren’t all from the environment, right?"
"Of course, besides these strange spiritual bodies, most of the dangers are from the environment."
Nodding, Agunas said it as though it was self-evident. Фэн Юань paused and looked at Agunas in disbelief, asking,
"Most of them?"
"The human heart, and those bizarre spiritual bodies."
Glancing at those points of light, Agunas said. Фэн Юань paused, then sighed,
"You really are..."
"What’s so unusual about those spiritual bodies? Why can’t I see anything?"
Veronia, on the other hand, was curious about the spiritual bodies rather than Agunas’ previous words. To Veronia, these spirits seemed devoid of intelligence, so how could they be a threat? Ци Чэнь and the others were also curiously looking at Agunas, as they had never heard of such strange light-spirit elves before.
"They can be considered the ultimate enforcers of the rules. In this fractured World Fragment, I don’t know how they determine whether a target is causing destruction to the world. But once they’re triggered, the outcome is unpredictable. Their strongest form likely involves gathering all the enforcers of the World Fragment; at that point, we’d probably need to take action ourselves to handle it."
Swishing his tail, Agunas said. Фэн Юань yawned and said,
"It shouldn’t come to that, as long as no one intends to tear this Secret Realm apart. I don’t think that thing will be triggered, considering it wouldn’t deliberately set such a big trap."
"I’m worried about you, though. If you act recklessly, who knows what could happen."
Glancing at Фэн Юань, Agunas said. Фэн Юань looked at Agunas helplessly and said indignantly,
"Is that really how you see me?"
"Фэн Юань, this..."
Ци Чэнь hesitated, looking apologetically at Фэн Юань. Rolling his eyes, Фэн Юань said helplessly,
"Don’t worry, I’m not going to act recklessly. Hmph! What could possibly happen during a camping trip?"
Seeing Фэн Юань’s angry look, Ци Чэнь and Dou Yanlan just decided to keep a close eye on Фэн Юань later, without continuing to persuade him. After all, even though Фэн Юань said so, they knew him well enough to understand that when he caused trouble, there was no telling what limits might hold him back.
While chatting, the teams from both academies passed through the open Secret Realm Gate into the Secret Realm of the World Fragment. Gladys touched her chin in confusion and said,
"Strange, she hasn’t shown up? Could something have happened?"
Glancing at the cards she had drawn earlier, Gladys couldn’t help but look at Anna. By now, having successfully predicted this event, Anna was already in the preparatory stage of evolution. However, since this prediction wasn’t completed independently, Gladys still needed to provide some assistance.
Nevertheless, even so, Anna was much stronger than before. Seeing Gladys looking at her, Anna nodded and said,
"Let me check."
Closing her eyes, azure light spheres floated past Anna, until finally, a purple light sphere appeared and slowly vanished before her. Opening her eyes, Anna pointed towards the direction of the mobile squad and said,
"She’s over there, or rather, she’s avoiding him too."
"Why?"
Gladys was taken aback. She didn’t quite understand what was up with Lanadi. If she didn’t know, that would be one thing, but she obviously knew Фэн Юань was there, so why hadn’t she made a move?
"What’s wrong with you?"
The woman assigned along with Lanadi by the Alliance to survey the situation looked puzzledly at the nervous Lanadi. Unlike Lanadi, who was wearing the most action-ready field clothes, this woman, though in an Alliance investigator’s uniform, somehow exuded an alluring charm. Standing there, she attracted more male attention than the capable Lanadi.
Glancing at her, Lanadi lowly said,
"Is what you said really going to help?"
"What did I say? Wait, are you saying he’s here too? Oh~ I’d like to see who is the great one that managed to steal the heart of our cold-faced investigator Lanadi~"
Upon hearing Lanadi’s words, the woman instantly caught on and teased. Lanadi’s face turned slightly red as she lowly scolded,
"Dou Na! Don’t talk nonsense! I’m just..."
"Tsk-tsk-tsk, look at you now. You really don’t seem like the decisive investigator I know. So, where is this person exactly?"
With that, Dou Na curiously scanned the surroundings, but her actions drew the attention of many nearby. However, due to the mobile squad’s nature, they didn’t pay too much attention. Huo Feng glanced at Maomu Academy’s team and said,
"Should we send a squad to keep an eye on that team over there?"
"Is that necessary? Maomu Academy’s teachers aren’t weaker than us. With them there, would there still be danger?"
A fellow soldier muttered in doubt. Huo Feng looked at the captain and said,
"It’s not them I’m worried about. Фэн Юань is there."
"What do you think?"
"I’ll go talk to the commander."
Yawning, as the classes split, Фэн Юань placed his hands behind his head and glanced at the squad keeping an eye on them from a distance, saying,
"What are they doing? Sending people to watch over us, like we’ll do something bad."
"With you, they can’t not be careful."
"Hey, hey! Agunas, what do you mean! Like I’d cause trouble?!"
"You might not actively cause trouble, but haven’t you encountered enough incidents? They’re just worried you’ll inadvertently create more messes. I find it quite understandable."
Glancing at Фэн Юань, Agunas said irritably. Though it wasn’t just Фэн Юань encountering incidents in this time period—plenty of things had happened in the world—no one quite encountered them as frequently as Фэн Юань.
"Those troubles might be related to his strength. Most of the time, he’s probably pulled in passively. Such incidents aren’t really about him. If anything, wouldn’t he be similar to an Alliance investigator?"
Seeing Фэн Юань’s frustration, Dou Yanlan couldn’t help but speak. She didn’t really think Фэн Юань had a misfortune aura around him; it was just that his strength was clear. When he came across suspicious entities, he wouldn’t avoid them like others would.
Honestly speaking, investigators usually encountered larger incidents than Фэн Юань because they were the professionals assigned by the Alliance to handle and investigate major events.
"You do have a point, but it’s still uncertain whether he’ll cause trouble here."
Swishing its tail, Agunas glanced at Фэн Юань, who began rustling Xiao Ji’s feathers in discontent and said,
"What do you mean I’d cause trouble? If something happens, it wouldn’t be because of me. They can’t just blame me if a Natural Fury occurs, right?"
"Natural Fury?"
Ци Чэнь and Dou Yanlan looked at Фэн Юань in confusion. They didn’t know what it was, but it didn’t sound like anything good.
"It’s those enforcers. If they’re triggered to retaliate, that’s Natural Fury since they’re the protectors of natural laws. Hmm, if it’s the enforcers of the entire Secret Realm collectively responding, it would approximate an ordinary Божественный зверь’s power."
Фэн Юань touched his chin as he spoke. Although he didn’t think it would happen, since that sort of thing wouldn’t explode easily, and they’re divided by regions. Triggering the whole World Fragment would require someone intending to destroy the entire Secret Realm.
"I don’t know why, but when you say that, it feels like something bad might happen."
Looking at Фэн Юань, Ци Чэнь said with some apprehension. Rolling his eyes, Фэн Юань said irritably,
"I didn’t do anything, so why blame everything on me? Besides, which region is this fragment from? Why do all these plants look so strange?"
Perhaps wanting to change the topic, Фэн Юань gazed around at the surrounding trees. Unlike in the Divine Land Region, the plants here seemed particularly unique, be it due to the large leaves or the forest’s extremely tall and low trees, giving Фэн Юань an odd feeling.

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