Chapter 2273 No Way to Survive <TOC> Chapter 2275 Traces in the Void
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In the Rosewater Pavilion of the New City, Rhine’s figure gradually became clear from a blur.
After Iron Armor Granny relayed the conversation between Angel and Tree Spirit to Rhine, Rhine immediately logged in, eager to find out what exactly had happened on Angel’s end.
Compared to the laid-back Tree Spirit and Iron Armor Granny, Rhine was the most concerned about Angel. After all, Angel was a pivotal part of the future development plans for the Savage Grottoes. If anything were to happen to him, many plans would not be able to proceed.
Rhine had speculated that Angel might have gone to a place with many elemental creatures, but he had never imagined the existence of elemental creatures beyond the second level of true knowledge, let alone a half-step legendary elemental creature.
In the presence of such powerful elemental creatures, Angel’s assurance of his safety still left Rhine worried. Only those who have reached this realm understand its true terror.
Rhine truly hoped that Angel would quickly distance himself from these dangers.
However, when Rhine entered the Wilderness of Dreams, Angel had already logged off.
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Unaware of Rhine’s search for him, Angel prepared to leave the vine-covered room after exiting the Wilderness of Dreams, intending to search for the Flower of Serene Drift that Nemeti had mentioned.
Pushing open the vine-entwined door, Angel stepped out. Before him was a surging sea of clouds, adorned with vines and flowers scattered throughout.
Among the various flowers, Angel quickly identified the flower of serene drift, as it was incredibly conspicuous.
It was a rootless, fragile-looking, pale blue flower, swaying gently in the breeze as if it could be torn apart by the cold wind at any moment.
The flower of serene drift floated up and down in the wind, but regardless of the wind’s direction or strength, it never drifted away from the cloud-covered flower sea, only moving within a small area.
Angel easily approached the flower of serene drift and was about to touch it.
But at that moment, a strange sensation suddenly arose.
It was as if someone was watching him from the shadows, and the covert gaze made his skin tighten.
Angel quickly turned around but saw no creature behind him.
The feeling of being watched vanished the moment he turned his head.
He looked around, finding no trace of any creature’s presence. Only the blooming flowers, with petals blown by the wind, fluttered in the air like falling snow.
“Again…” Angel frowned, his concern deepening. This sense of being watched had appeared for the third time since leaving the White Cloud Hamlet.
It was one thing to feel this way in the outside world, but now, even in the heart of the Green Forest Domain, he felt the eerie sensation of being observed.
To know that the aura here is extremely terrifying, who could be secretly watching under such oppressive pressure? Or, as Cupid mentioned earlier, could it actually be Nemeti who is secretly observing?
But if it is Nemeti, why would it secretly spy on itself? Moreover, now located atop the vine tower created by Nemeti, the entire tower could serve as Nemeti’s eyes. Does it still need to spy secretly?
Angel’s expression fluctuated, and after a long while, he took a deep breath and turned his back to the vine room.
After waiting a few minutes, Angel did not feel observed, so he reached out to touch the flower of serene drift.
The moment Angel touched the flower of serene drift, a faint glow emerged from the petals, resembling bluish fireflies, floating into the air before swiftly darting in a certain direction.
Angel speculated that these light points, similar to the sparks in the Fire Domain and the flying sand in the Toothpull Desert, served as a medium for message transmission.
Approximately three to five minutes later, Angel heard a rustling sound in the wind.
Turning around, he saw a green snake, entwined with blooming flowers, slowly ascending from below the clouds, eventually stopping near Angel.
“Do you seek me for a matter?” Nemeti’s golden eyes quietly watched Angel.
Angel nodded, “Yes, there are some matters for which I need Highness Nemeti’s clarification.”
Angel shared his speculation.
Nemeti responded, “You think the item left by Mr. Feng might contain clues to break through the void storm?”
“Yes, if the void storm was anticipated by Mr. Feng, then there must be a solution.”
Nemeti calmly stated, “Your speculation may have a point. However, I can clearly tell you that Mr. Feng did not leave any items during his stay in the Green Forest Domain.”
Angel was stunned by this revelation. In his mind, Feng had left a secret cabin and a collection of paintings in White Cloud Hamlet for Gentle Wind Uranos, and a unique ice ring for Frost Iseth at Marlaya Mountain. Following this logic, he should have left something for Nemeti as well?
This was not as he had expected.
As Angel appeared confused, Nemeti added, “I spoke too absolutely before. In fact, Mr. Feng did leave something behind.”
Angel’s eyes brightened, looking expectantly at Nemeti.
“However, what he left you have already seen. It is the painting in the vine room and the knowledge he taught me. Beyond that, there is nothing else.”
Angel had already carefully examined the painting in the vine room before, which, apart from being a medium for transportation to the void, showed no other peculiarities.
Finally, regarding the knowledge taught to Nemeti… If Nemeti knew how to traverse the void, she likely wouldn’t deliberately conceal it.
So, in summary, there was no lead.
Nemeti concluded, “If there’s nothing else, I shall take my leave.”
With that, Nemeti prepared to leave.
However, Angel stopped it: “Highness Nemeti, the Lost Forest is within your aura. Shouldn’t you be able to sense what happens within it?”
“Generally speaking, unless there’s a significant energy fluctuation or a presence that draws my attention, I wouldn’t notice what happens in the Lost Forest,” Nemeti replied.
“Could you sense any abnormal fluctuations?” Angel inquired.
“That depends on the nature of the abnormalities,” Nemeti responded.
Under Nemeti’s watchful eye, Angel recounted the incident of feeling spied upon.
After listening to Angel’s account, Nemeti did not immediately respond. Instead, she swayed her elegant serpentine body, gliding past Angel to approach the flower of serene drift.
“Come back.” Accompanied by the scattering of petals, the flower of serene drift, summoned by Nemeti’s call, slowly descended from mid-air, eventually resting atop Nemeti’s head, rooting itself like a crown of flowers.
Wearing the crown of the flower of serene drift, Nemeti then fell into a long silence, seemingly sensing something.
Minutes later, Nemeti snapped back to reality and, with a gentle flick of her tail, slapped a blue petal into Angel’s hand.
Simultaneously, an image formed in Angel’s mind, precisely the moment he had stepped out of the vine room, approached the flower of serene drift, felt the sensation of being watched, and then sharply turned around.
“Is this the scene you described as being spied upon?” Nemeti asked.
Angel nodded: “Yes. Does the flower of serene drift have the ability to record images?”
Nemeti nodded and then fell into deep thought.
While Nemeti pondered, Angel’s thoughts also drifted. Nemeti’s frank disclosure about the flower of serene drift’s ability to record past images made Angel further lower his suspicions of Nemeti.
Since the flower of serene drift could record images, there was no need for Nemeti to secretly surveil.
Most importantly, Angel had felt this sensation of being spied upon several times before, once near the Gentle Waves Sea and another in the nameless land, both far from the Green Forest Domain. Both Lush Groot and later Parlysania had made it clear that Nemeti had not left the Lost Forest.
Under these circumstances, even if Nemeti was a half-step legendary figure, it would be difficult for her to extend her gaze thousands of kilometers away.
Moreover, Angel couldn’t fathom why Nemeti would spy on him.
If it were indeed Nemeti, the first two instances of spying might make sense, but continuing to do so after he had arrived in the Lost Forest seemed illogical.
Thus, Angel felt that the hidden observer likely wasn’t Nemeti.
After dismissing Nemeti as a suspect, Angel’s anticipation for her thoughts grew. He wanted to know what answer she would provide. Could she identify the hidden observer?
Minutes later, Nemeti slowly lifted her head: “Through the flower of serene drift, I didn’t feel anyone spying on you.”
“Ah?”
Seeing Angel’s puzzled expression, Nemeti explained, “The flower of serene drift is actually one of my abilities; it’s an extension of my senses. You can understand it as containing all my perceptions, including touch, smell, vision, and awareness.”
“I can perceive everything it has experienced through the flower of serene drift and immerse myself in those experiences.”
After Nemeti finished speaking, to help Angel understand, she flicked her tail, and the blue petal that Angel was holding turned into countless points of light, which eventually surrounded Angel.
Within the points of light, Angel felt as if he had returned to ten minutes ago.
However, the perspective changed.
His current viewpoint was that of the flower of serene drift, floating in mid-air.
Through the perspective of the flower of serene drift, Angel clearly saw the vine-covered room being pushed open, “Angel” walking out from the vine-covered room, and finally arriving in front of the flower of serene drift…
The entire process, not just the visuals but including the direction of the wind in the air, the sound of “Angel’s” robe being lifted by the wind, and the almost imperceptible fragrance in the air, were all perfectly recreated. Moreover, due to the unique ability of the flower of serene drift, the experience of certain senses, especially the perceptual ability, was enhanced beyond Angel’s own, allowing him to perceive more information.
This didn’t seem like a memory at all, but rather like the full-sensory immersion virtual technology that Jon had once mentioned was still being developed on Earth.
Angel, from the perspective of the flower of serene drift, relived the series of events once again.
However, just as Nemeti had said, when the memory’s “Angel” suddenly turned his head to search for the hidden observer in the shadows, at that moment, the perception of the flower of serene drift detected no abnormalities.
The speed of the wind remained unchanged, the fragrance in the air was unobstructed, and everything was exceedingly normal.
The only abnormality was “Angel” himself. From the perspective of the flower of serene drift, “Angel” looked truly abnormal, turning his head abruptly and looking around like a person suffering from paranoia.
After experiencing the flower of serene drift, the points of light around Angel gradually dissipated.
Nemeti reappeared in front of him: “Do you understand now? In my perception, I didn’t notice anything amiss.”
“Are you sure you were being watched?”
If it had been before, Nemeti’s doubt would have definitely made Angel feel uncomfortable. But having experienced the perspective of the flower of serene drift, Angel somewhat understood Nemeti, as “he” indeed appeared very strange to an outsider.
“I have no reason to lie; I indeed felt that someone was secretly watching me.” Angel said, “And this is not the first time it has happened.”
Previously, due to suspicions that Nemeti was the observer, Angel did not mention the first two incidents. Now that Angel has cleared Nemeti of suspicion, he spoke of the experiences of being watched.
After listening to Angel’s account, Nemeti also felt puzzled, “Besides you and that bird, have no other elemental creatures felt being watched?”
Angel nodded, “Toby only felt it the second time; this last time, he didn’t feel anything unusual.”
Nemeti wondered, “Could it be some kind of evil eye curse?”
Nemeti had once heard Mr. Feng talk about some of the abilities of ghosts, including the evil eye curse. This curse, also described in some horror stories, makes people feel as if they are being watched in secret from time to time. This feeling of being secretly watched gradually accumulates and can even drive humans insane in the end.
“I have some tools that can resist and detect negative states on myself. I can be sure that I haven’t encountered any curses. Moreover, the evil eye curse doesn’t work on me.”
The evil eye curse is the lowest level of ghost ability, unable to directly cause death. Even if an ordinary person is cursed with the evil eye, as long as they are broad-minded, it won’t have any effect.
Let alone Angel.
“If it’s not a curse, then the other party is only targeting you and your bird… Toby.” Nemeti said, “Could it be some special visual ability that only the person being watched can perceive?”
“The point of being watched is for the watcher to remain undetected. But if you both can sense their gaze, there’s no need for them to use this tactic.”
Angel said, “Based on our analysis of the observer before, it’s very fast and has strong concealment abilities. Could it be some powerful elemental creature with special abilities?”
Nemeti shook her head directly, “It wouldn’t be an elemental creature. If there really was such a being among the elemental creatures, it couldn’t have hidden from me.”
“Moreover, according to what you’ve said, the other party has already appeared in the center of the Lost Forest. I was in seclusion before, which reduced my perception of the outside world; but now that I’m not in seclusion, as soon as any strange and unfamiliar elemental energy appears in the Lost Forest, I can easily sense it.”
“I can tell you clearly, since you entered the Lost Forest, no other strange elemental energy has appeared in the forest.”
Chapter 2273 No Way to Survive <TOC> Chapter 2275 Traces in the Void