However, because Gitalien did not report it, the sudden intrusion startled Maomu City. After all, Gitalien didn’t intend to conceal anything, which caused an alarm to be triggered directly when Feng Yuan and his group entered Maomu City. The Special Duty Team squad that arrived first planned to make a move, but hesitated upon seeing Veronia beside Feng Yuan.
"You all!"
"Did Gitalien not report it?"
Before the other party could finish speaking, Feng Yuan spoke directly. The other party felt a bit suspicious upon hearing Feng Yuan mention Gitalien, because it was known that there were no Divine Beasts in the temporal tributary. Did the other party know Gitalien?
No, the ones following him, suspected Divine Beasts Veronia and Tamur, could it be that he is Feng Yuan?
"It seems like there was no report. How about this, have Captain Yan come over. He knows me, and we’ll remain here without moving, rest assured."
With a helpless smile, Feng Yuan did not make things difficult for the other party. At this moment, disrupting the established rules was a bad thing, even if doing so would be much more convenient for Feng Yuan.
"Ah? Alright, may I trouble you to wait here for a moment? We will contact them immediately."
Upon hearing Feng Yuan say this, the squad leader of the Special Duty Team gave up the idea of interrogation, because identifying their identity was indeed a problem. If it were ordinary people, they could just be taken to the garrison for questioning.
Of course, Feng Yuan could request Captain Yan to verify, but it wouldn’t usually bother the other party unless it was a special circumstance, because Captain Yan had a lot of things to handle and couldn’t possibly come daily to identify people.
Upon receiving the news, Captain Yan hurried over. Actually, the identity check itself was not too troublesome; the reason for requesting the other party to appear was not just for a simple identity verification, but to ascertain the reason they appeared inside after breaking through the Temple’s blockade. During wartime, non-reported space jumps naturally lead to many issues.
Moreover, Captain Yan couldn’t understand why Feng Yuan would suddenly make a non-reported space move. Feng Yuan completely had the qualification to report quickly, which would avoid this kind of trouble now.
Upon meeting, Feng Yuan explained directly to Captain Yan, and the reason wasn’t complicated. It’s simply because Feng Yuan had asked Gitalien to send them back, but since the other party didn’t report it, this situation arose.
After hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Captain Yan frowned, glanced around and said in a lowered voice,
"Why did you appear in the Starlit Sea? Or rather, what have you investigated?"
Even if he didn’t want to admit it, Captain Yan had to acknowledge Feng Yuan’s capability in investigating these messy matters. Their sudden appearance in the Starlit Sea and asking Gitalien to bring them back made him sense an unusual occurrence.
"Well, this matter is significant, and it’s inconvenient to disclose now. Or rather, it’s best not to let too many people know before the Divine Beasts think of a solution."
"Alright, let’s leave it at that. I’ll handle the subsequent procedures for you. Next time, please report first."
Captain Yan didn’t probe further. He knew clearly that some things weren’t necessary for him to know, and knowing would only lead to trouble.
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan laughed brightly and turned to leave with Qi Chen and others. Captain Yan watched them go and murmured quietly,
"Involving something significant? I hope it’s not more bad news."
At Maomu Academy, due to teachers being transferred to assist in defense, from the occurrence of battle to Feng Yuan and their return, no one noticed anything had happened. Walking on the quiet campus path, Feng Yuan led the way and said without looking back,
"I hope they don’t continue to attack you. I truly cannot comprehend why they would choose you as targets. Could it be that you are the... key that space needs?"
"This... should be impossible. Although the intelligence may not be reliable, our investigation found others also attacked similarly, but not many managed to escape fortunately."
War Qichen pondered for a moment and stated. This information was just sent to him by Bai You through an email. Although Bai You, for various reasons, couldn’t act together for now, she hadn’t given up on investigating this matter, and Qichen understood very well why this was so significant.
But even so, he couldn’t bring himself to speak those words aloud. Some things, some matters, can’t be laid aside just by saying...
"Oh, you actually investigated others who were attacked? How did you do it?"
Suspiciously observing War Qichen, Feng Yuan questioned, even though rationality told him that the other party had no need to deceive him.
"Quite simple, comparing databases, and actually, we just need to ask people in your world to pay attention to the unusual disappearances. Such reports can be easily pulled out. We just match it with the disappearance reports on our timeline to get a relatively close-to-real disappearance report."
Smiling, War Qichen explained. This matter wasn’t hard for Feng Yuan and the others, but the other party hadn’t thought of doing it, or rather, if they really wanted to do it, they’d have to find a way to control the folks in East Continent Great Xia, otherwise they might not actually provide the information.
"Well, that’s a good method, and now there is one more option. That is, the situation encountered by those who escaped should also be counted. However, even if knowing you’re not the only target, there are still a... lot of questions."
"I understand this, why are we targeted? I’m also very puzzled, but until now there’s no result."
Smiling, War Qichen looked toward the front as Feng Yuan gradually stopped, sighed, and Feng Yuan said,
"You’re not worried at all, but those folks are not that simple."
"Then what if I’m worried? All we can do is the best we can, and the rest is left to fate..."
Gazing at the starry sky, War Qichen murmured, Qi Chen glanced at him and then at Feng Yuan without knowing what to say, Dou Yanlan pondered for a moment and said,
"Could it be an Imperial Timeline conspiracy? Those attacked should only be from our world and the War Timeline. If they’re performing some special ritual, could it be..."
"Hmm, that possibility isn’t absent, but there’s a problem; why would it affect Divine Beasts? I have a feeling this might be unrelated to the Imperial Timeline. However, I can’t clearly explain what it actually is."
Feng Yuan said, once again striding forward, after walking for a while and sensing no one followed, he halted and loudly called without turning back,
"What? Come on, it’s time to go back to the dorm and rest."
"Oh, Veronia, would you mind helping keep an eye tonight? I’m afraid those folks might return."
Speaking softly to Veronia beside him, Feng Yuan continued moving forward. Sitting on Rainbow Bubbles, Veronia turned to glance back at Qi Chen and others and said,
"You wouldn’t be feeling related to another Qi Chen, would you?"
"Uh, why would you think that?"
Feng Yuan stiffened momentarily, then casually responded pretending nothing happened. Veronia rolled her eyes and said irritably,
"Your expression is so apparent, worried about them yet not clarifying things. You’re worried another Qi Chen might be malicious."
"After all, the example of Empire Gladys is right there. You’ve always suspected there’s an issue with targeting Qi Chen and others, the likeliest being this, isn’t it?"
"Hmm, you’re correct, I do have concerns about that. After all, the Imperial Timeline’s involvement in this matter is improbable. Not only is there no Qi Chen in the Imperial Timeline, but there’s another crucial reason: their qualification is insufficient."
"Qualification insufficient?"
Confused, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan, not understanding why he said this. After a pause, Feng Yuan lowered his voice and said,
"Do you think, in the temporal tributaries, the Imperial Timeline should still enjoy the prominence of the cities and Anti-Divine Beast Rune while also having such exaggerated power, and that Anti-Divine Beast Rune just happens to cover two temporal tributaries, is it really just a coincidence?"
"You suspect another temporal tributary has already emerged?"
Stunned, Veronia said with worry,
"But why haven’t we noticed anything?"
"No idea, maybe I’m wrong, or maybe that tributary is still hiding. It’s just that the probability of new tributary appearing shortly..."
Sighing, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but glance back. Qi Chen and the others hadn’t followed, shaking his head slightly, Feng Yuan said,
"This temporal war brought forth too much."

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