Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1132 - 1133: The City of the Past

"It looks just like a real person, I wonder how they do that. It couldn’t possibly involve the rules of the soul, could it?"

Feng Yuan looked at the passersby with some confusion. Their reactions were a bit strange, almost indistinguishable from those of normal people, which is not something that can be achieved by ordinary modeling. Big Cat meowed in explanation, and Agunas translated with some surprise,

"It seems that there are rules within the Data Domain that can almost perfectly simulate the emotions of living beings. As for the source of these rules, Big Cat isn’t clear, but the NPCs in the games it creates have emotions almost identical to humans."

"Is that so? I wonder what rules the Data Domain uses. It can’t be the soul because at least it shouldn’t be able to snatch souls."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan felt puzzled too, but he soon stopped thinking about it. Whatever rules the Data Domain employed were of no great concern to him.

"Ah, the Maomu City of the past, truly fascinating~"

Surveying his surroundings, Feng Yuan said with interest. He had never visited the Maomu City of the past and was excited to explore it here, although, after hearing Liao Yu’s explanation, he understood that there were differences, at least in terms of architectural planning and trending items.

"Indeed, it brings back memories. Maomu City has really changed a lot over the years."

Looking at the low-rise buildings, Liao Yu sighed. Except for the years he spent away at school, he had always lived in this city. The gradual changes in his surroundings had gone unnoticed, but now compared to the past, it seemed so drastically different.

"That’s a normal change, after all, it’s been over a decade. It would be strange if everything stayed the same."

Agunas swished his tail as he spoke. As a Divine Beast of time, these changes were nothing special to him and didn’t stir emotion as they did for Qi Chen and the others. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"Heh heh, I wonder how the food is here."

Eyeing a snack bar ahead, Feng Yuan spoke with interest. Qi Chen gave Feng Yuan a speechless look and said,

"You really have a special interest in food."

"Is that not allowed? But, I don’t know if we can actually eat the food here..."

Remembering something, Feng Yuan spoke with a tinge of disappointment. The food in the Data Domain couldn’t truly satiate hunger; even if there was a feeling of fullness, it was nothing more than a sensory deception. This was also why the Data Domain had not been opened to everyone for free access—perhaps they had the means to connect the Data Domain with the real world, but they couldn’t ensure ordinary people wouldn’t neglect eating due to an addiction to the Data Domain.

"What to do if we have no money...maybe..."

Seeing Feng Yuan looking towards him, Big Cat meowed frantically, shaking its head. They were currently in a snack bar trying to order and pay when Feng Yuan realized that real-world currency couldn’t be used here. However, it made sense, the currency of the real world surely couldn’t be directly used in the cities of the Data Domain.

Even in Big Cat’s games, there’s a process for recharging points, let alone in a naturally spawned city.

"Don’t make it difficult for it, the Data Domain isn’t something it can handle, even if it’s just one of the cities involved in a whole currency system."

Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said irritably. This guy was really reckless. Although it didn’t have an in-depth understanding of this Data City, it could guess that the so-called currency was definitely not something Big Cat could easily tamper with. It probably would trigger some defense mechanism as soon as it tried to interfere.

"So what should we do? We can’t possibly bring items from the real world to sell here."

Feng Yuan looked at Agunas and said, after a moment of thought, Agunas said somewhat helplessly,

"Wait a moment, I’ll ask Him how to solve this."

Agunas didn’t want Feng Yuan to take action. Even if that guy could modify his currency in this place without triggering the defense mechanism, he couldn’t ensure that his actions wouldn’t affect the entire Data Domain. Having been by his side for so long, it understood this all too well. When Feng Yuan took action, he generally preferred brute force, and it was likely that he wouldn’t consider the stability of the Data Domain at all. Or perhaps, even if he noticed any impact, he might just fix it carelessly.

"Alright."

After a while, Agunas sighed and said to Feng Yuan, who now had a prompt pop up in front of him, his wallet had increased by a substantial amount of money – of course, this was the currency used within the Data Domain.

"The taste isn’t bad; pity it can’t truly satiate hunger, but... if that’s the case, we could eat everything in one day~"

Eating and speaking simultaneously, Feng Yuan suddenly thought of something exciting. Although he could also use methods to speed up digestion and consume a large amount of different foods within a day, there was a difference here. After all, in this place, one could continuously experience the sensation of not being full, unlike in the real world, where there was a process of speeding up digestion.

It wouldn’t go as far as causing incessant trips to the restroom, but that process of digesting the food always felt a bit strange to Feng Yuan; therefore, even though he had the means, he hardly used it.

"What do you say? Want to take a good look around this area?"

"This... if that’s what you wish, I don’t really mind."

Seeing Feng Yuan looking at him with anticipation, Qi Chen hesitated for a moment before speaking. To be honest, he was also somewhat interested in the past Maomu City. After all, when he was a child, he only ever visited places around his home and his school, and there were many areas he had never actually been to. Of course, he didn’t feel any regret about this, but it was during high school when he heard others talk about something special in a certain area that he felt a slight interest.

"Anyway, I’m just following you today. Wherever you go, I go. Exploring the past Maomu City isn’t too bad."

Sighing, Liao Yu spoke, concerned about the situation in the Data Maomu City. He didn’t feel at ease leaving, just in case Feng Yuan caused some strange phenomenon again. If it wasn’t discovered in time, wouldn’t it be troublesome? Just like these management permissions - if it hadn’t been for Feng Yuan, it’s likely they wouldn’t have known in the short term that they could allow the Special Duty Team’s Data Lineage Spirit Beasts to manage the corresponding Data City.

That’s right, after the Data Spirit Fox took over and adjusted some settings, the matter of managing the Data City was officially reported and other cities were instructed by higher-ups to send Special Duty Teams to take over their corresponding Data Cities.

As for reporting up to the Alliance? That wasn’t what these Special Duty Team members needed to worry about.

"It’s surprising that even in the past, there weren’t any instances of Spirit Beasts rampaging through the city streets."

Looking outside at the small road, Feng Yuan exclaimed with amazement. Liao Yu, at a loss for words, looked at Feng Yuan and said,

"You really have some wild ideas. What if riding a Spirit Beast recklessly around the city area and hitting someone caused an accident? It’s not the Dynasty Era, where all people are equal – that’s not just an empty saying."

"But it was also because of this that those noble families always clashed with us."

Speaking helplessly, Liao Yu continued, during his childhood, those families were doing more than just clashing – accidents often occurred in the city. At that time, commoners who were Beastmasters were already rising, and the noble families’ underhanded tactics were certainly not going unnoticed. In those days, the commoner Beastmasters and Divine Pact Makers were constantly fighting against those obstinate families.

There were even incidents involving direct assaults on those families’ mansions, but without those struggles, the situation might not have calmed down even now.

"Without the sound of fireworks, it feels like something is missing."

Looking out at the small path outside the shop, Liao Yu casually said, although he felt that the absence was pleasant. A world where Spirit Beast battles could happen at any moment wasn’t necessarily that great.

Agunas, aware of that period of special circumstances, glanced at Liao Yu and said,

"A city plagued by constant battle may not be a good thing. Besides, simulating such an environment would impose a great pressure on this city."

"Battle? Oh, that’s right. The struggle between families and commoners probably isn’t a pleasant memory."

Hearing Agunas’s words, Feng Yuan also realized what Liao Yu was referring to. After all, that particular period was quite well-known. Of course, widely known as it was, those who actually lived through it may not be eager to reminisce on that time.