Divine Beast Creator

"The more I look at this thing, the more it looks like a biotech lab, but how is that possible?"

Dou Yanlan examined the ruined complex with an expression of utter disbelief. This was the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm, the Twisted Land—how could a biotech laboratory, a piece of human technology, appear in a place like this?!

"There’s nothing impossible about it. The Qi Realm wouldn’t choose Qi Chen as an attack target for no reason. Don’t forget, whether in terms of strength or anything else, he shouldn’t have been the first choice."

Feng Yuan spoke calmly. The appearance of human-tech buildings here did surprise him somewhat, but only somewhat. As for what exactly existed in the Deep Layer of the Qi Realm, the humans of this world had never managed to fully research it, let alone them, these outsiders.

If he’d been able to see through this Qi Realm at a glance, Feng Yuan would actually have found that suspicious. After all, the Qi Realm was nowhere near as simple as it looked on the surface. It was certain that beneath this Deep Layer, there were still deeper layers. It was just that this time, they couldn’t break through into a deeper layer by brute force.

As for these structures that had settled here, Feng Yuan also couldn’t say where exactly they’d come from, because based on the information provided by Qi Realm Dou Yanlan, he could back-calculate their technological trajectory. At the very least, in terms of biotech research, they shouldn’t have gone particularly far.

After all, this technological boom relied mainly on the terrifying development brought by the scholar owls. Yet as Spirit Beasts, scholar owls would absolutely not lightly touch the field of life research, let alone the fact that much of biotech research runs contrary to common human moral and ethical norms.

Leveraging the scholar owls to rapidly develop technology did not come without a price, because the majority of resources flowed toward the scholar owls. As a result, the research resources human researchers could obtain naturally decreased accordingly.

This was unavoidable, and precisely because of that, this biotech institute didn’t seem to have much to do with the Qi Realm Countries?

However, Feng Yuan couldn’t be sure whether someone had been conducting research in private. After all, humans have never been a race content to bow to other species, even if those others merely steer the direction of research, like the scholar owls.

On this point, Feng Yuan believed there would be no difference between the two worlds. After all, wasn’t it precisely because the Main World was unwilling to yield control over research that the scholar owls never got to fully exert their effectiveness?

"Indeed, they wouldn’t choose a stranger for no reason—especially when both worlds chose the same person. The odds of that kind of coincidence are really low."

Veronia chuckled softly as she looked at this bizarre ruin of a building and said,

"However, this thing doesn’t quite match the scholar owls’ research habits. No, to be precise, this thing looks more like a piece of Chaos Technology."

"Chaos Technology..."

Feng Yuan’s brows furrowed slightly. He really hadn’t considered that before, but with Veronia’s reminder, he realized this thing did indeed resemble Chaos Technology.

Chaos Technology is not a research category in the usual sense, but a specific term for a special kind of un-researchable technological type. Any quasi-technological construct born from special rules falls into this classification.

The defining characteristic of such Chaos Technology is the lack of theory—or the fact that the theory does not match reality—yet due to special rules, the object manifests in physical form despite contradicting real-world conditions.

The more common examples are black-tech constructs that don’t fit real-world circumstances. This weird institute, placed in the Main World, naturally wouldn’t count as Chaos Technology, because the Main World has plenty of biotech research.

But for the Qi Realm, that might not be the case. Something with no theoretical foundation that appears for no reason can only be Chaos Technology. As for whether it actually is, they only needed to go inside and take a look.

Because Chaos Technology relies on special rules, there’s fundamentally nothing inside that can be researched. Even devices that appear similar to those in the real world will definitely have internal structures completely different from constructs built under real-world theory—or those structures might not even exist at all.

"If this is Chaos Technology, its origin becomes highly suspicious."

Looking at the ruined complex, Feng Yuan said this with a hint of implication. Chaos Technology was different from other things; it couldn’t just appear out of thin air. Yet it had a prerequisite—that is, the fantasy provided by Life.

In a certain sense, if they could prove this thing was Chaos Technology, they could also pin down the spatial nature of the Qi Realm. After all, a place that can arbitrarily realize fantasies can only be related to dreamscapes or other Illusionary Domains.

However, because it has the ability to intersect and interfere with reality, it can’t simply be categorized as an ordinary Illusionary Domain. But as to the specifics, they would have to see the actual situation first.

The glass doors used by the institute were largely covered by grime, but some portions were still exposed. Even so, Feng Yuan and the others noticed that the glass itself was abnormal.

"No reflection, no transparency, and the specular highlights don’t change—this looks a bit like a game texture. This... really does seem like Chaos Technology."

Though a single pane of glass couldn’t prove anything by itself, glass that already violated normal physical properties appearing in a place like this was hard not to suspect.

After all, the Qi Realm isn’t a Data Domain; there should be no such thing as game models. So the category it most closely matches would naturally be Chaos Technology.

"If this really is Chaos Technology, then this Qi Realm is quite something. If we go by balance theory, the extra power of this timeline might all be in the Qi Realm."

Thinking of something, Veronia surveyed the dilapidated structure and said. Feng Yuan sighed and said helplessly,

"Let’s hope not. If that’s the case, it’d be a real headache. This place has a very high chance of being connected to those special spaces in the Main World. At that point, it might piggyback on that link to directly break into the interior of the world—and the Temple might not be able to stop it."

The Temple is not omnipotent. Its main function is to prevent incursions from timelines, whereas using special spaces as a conduit might not fall within its defensive scope. For example, when Feng Yuan and the others use a Space Gate inside, they’re not restricted by the Temple, only affected by human technology.

If things really were as Veronia suggested, Feng Yuan felt that the hard-won restored order might revert to its previous state, unless the Qi Realm had no intentions of invading.

But was that possible? Feng Yuan didn’t dare to say. Tianhua had Qi Realm Dou Yanlan, so peace was perhaps possible, but other countries might not be the same. Not to mention that even in Tianhua, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan might not have the final say.

Unlike the War timeline, where the East Continent Great Xia wasn’t particularly strong to begin with and, due to years of warfare, wasn’t very resistant to forming alliances—though even so, there were still dissenting voices internally.

Tianhua, on the other hand, was more like the long-peace Main World. How its internal decision-making would play out, Feng Yuan truly couldn’t say.

"Feng Yuan, that over there looks a bit like biological remains."

War Qichen hadn’t devoted all his attention to their discussion. His gaze was sweeping the surroundings, and he immediately spotted an anomaly in a corner by the wall. Following the direction War Qichen pointed, Feng Yuan frowned slightly and said,

"Be careful and don’t get too close. Xiao Ji, that goes for you too."

After speaking, Feng Yuan summoned nine small shields, forming a Giant Shield in front of him as he slowly approached. The biological remains there showed no signs of suddenly coming to life. The Giant Shield stood before the remains for a moment, and seeing no reaction from the thing, Feng Yuan poked his head out to examine the remains.

"Hm, these remains are a bit strange. Judging by the volume, even if it were a very fat person, the height would exceed three meters. But there are no bones inside... a Slime-type biological form?"

Picking up a broken metal rod from the ground and prodding the remains, Feng Yuan said with some confusion. The entire carcass showed no sign that bones had ever existed. At first glance, the biological structure that came to mind was a Slime-type lifeform. As for Elemental Creatures?

Sorry, but even Ghost Series Spirit Beasts have a special intangible skeleton, and that intangible skeleton would still leave traces even after death. Yet on these remains, Feng Yuan couldn’t find any trace left by an intangible skeleton.

But why would the remains of a Slime-type creature appear in the entrance hall of a research institute?

"A sediment of a sediment? That shouldn’t be right. Sedimentation should be of entities; there shouldn’t be overlapping. Unless... a biological research institute studying Slimes?"

Studying the remains carefully, Feng Yuan confirmed that this really was a Slime-type carcass. He even found some gel that hadn’t completely degraded yet within the remains.

But why would carcasses of such creatures appear in this place? Even if they were beings born of fantasy, the location felt wrong. If anything, their remains appearing in a lab would make far more sense than showing up in the entrance hall.

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