Chapter 2278 Woof Woof <TOC> Chapter 2280 Void Network
Translator: SumTLMan
“Is this ability unique to you, or do all Void Travelers possess similar capabilities?”
Angel’s question touched upon Woof Woof’s privacy.
Angel could see that Woof Woof was reluctant to answer, but intriguingly, after a long hesitation, Woof Woof still revealed the answer, albeit unwillingly.
Initially, Angel felt somewhat guilty for prying into Woof Woof’s privacy, but upon hearing Woof Woof’s response, Angel was utterly astonished.
The ability to traverse the void is common among all Void Travelers. However, there are slight differences in how each Void Traveler navigates through the void, which are not particularly noticeable among ordinary Void Travelers.
But comparing an ordinary Void Traveler with Woof Woof reveals a significant difference.
Ordinary Void Travelers, though capable of void traversal, generally do not travel long distances. If they encounter disasters in the void, whether natural calamities or encounters with invincible void monsters, they would stop and detour.
In other words, ordinary Void Travelers cannot ignore disasters in the void.
This is somewhat similar to wizards using spatial items or magic to travel through the void.
For instance, when Fingernail Granny heard rumors that Ivo Shpratt might be trapped within the Ghost’s Box of Reincarnation, she immediately followed a fleet of mechanical airships into the void to search for the box’s location. These mechanical airships could perform a certain degree of void traversal. However, like ordinary Void Travelers, they must avoid void disasters and consume a lot of energy, which cannot compare to the nearly energy-free Void Travelers.
Woof Woof’s void traversal, however, is different from that of ordinary Void Travelers.
If the traversal ability of ordinary Void Travelers is based on a weaker aspect of spatial laws, then Woof Woof’s traversal belongs to a stronger aspect of spatial laws.
Its traversal is somewhat similar to teleportation between planes; as long as it knows the coordinates of the destination, Woof Woof can ignore most disasters and perform point-to-point displacement.
It’s worth noting that plane teleportation formations are at least arranged by legendary space and rune wizards, and Woof Woof has replaced the ability of plane teleportation with its own body.
Most importantly, its traversal can ignore most void disasters!
“If you encounter a void storm while traversing, can you go straight through it?” Angel asked eagerly.
Woof Woof didn’t understand why Angel was suddenly so excited, but after thinking it over, it sent out a mental fluctuation: “Yes, void storms are considered weaker void disasters, and my traversal can ignore such disasters.”
Angel’s eyes lit up, and a peculiar speculation arose in his mind: Could the key to breaking through lie with Woof Woof?
Suppressing the speculation in his heart, Angel continued to inquire: “Can your void traversal ability also transport others with you?”
Woof Woof glanced at Angel, “You want me to take you to the world where the lord resides… the Nightmare Plane?”
Angel did not deny it, but instead looked at Woof Woof with hopeful eyes.
“It’s impossible, there’s no hope.”
“Why not? Can’t void travelers take people through?”
Woof Woof replied, “Ordinary void travelers indeed cannot take people through, but I can. However, the energy consumed when I take someone is immense, and to enter some special worlds, like the lord’s Nightmare Plane, the energy consumption increases drastically. I can’t take you through to this plane.”
Angel, who had already shown a look of disappointment, felt hope once again upon hearing Woof Woof’s words.
“Is it possible to do a short-distance traversal through the void without going through planes?”
Woof Woof pondered, “It depends on the distance of the traversal.”
“How far can you travel through the void if you take me?”
After a moment of thought, Woof Woof said, “Taking this world as an example, if I were to take my kin, we could directly cross the entire continent; but if I take you, at most, we could only cross this forest area.”
The forest area Woof Woof referred to was the Green Forest Domain.
The longest stretch of the Green Forest Domain is about a hundred kilometers, so by that calculation, if Woof Woof were to take Angel, they could only traverse a hundred kilometers through the void.
And Angel remembered that the outer perimeter of the void storm stretched for thousands of kilometers. If Woof Woof were to take him through, could they enter the void storm?
It seemed difficult.
“What are you asking these questions for?” Woof Woof noticed that Angel’s expression kept changing while asking about void traversal, which was different from his previous calmness.
Faced with Woof Woof’s question, Angel was embarrassed to directly say he hoped Woof Woof would take him flying.
After all, they had no prior relationship, and it seemed somewhat presumptuous to make such a request now.
Angel thought for a moment and decided to temporarily suppress his eagerness. Even if he really wanted to make a request, he at least needed to know the other party’s intentions to see if a trade could be arranged.
Angel replied, “Just curious.”
Woof Woof skeptically said, “Is that so?” It was hard to believe that such keen interest in its secret abilities was merely out of curiosity.
Angel did not respond to the skepticism and changed the subject, “The last time I saw you at Boil Gentleman’s place, I spoke a lot to you, but you didn’t reply. I thought you didn’t want to speak with humans. It seems I was mistaken.”
Woof Woof replied, “It’s not a misunderstanding. I indeed do not wish to deal with any humans. If not for the lord’s orders… Hmph, I wouldn’t be here.”
Angel was also curious why Woof Woof seemed much more approachable than before, even answering questions about its private ability to traverse the void. Now, hearing Woof Woof’s words, Angel seemed to understand a bit more.
“Is it because of this?” Angel pointed to the illusion of the spotted puppy in the sky.
Woof Woof nodded.
Indeed. Angel thought to himself without showing any signs, then said, “I asked you before why you have been spying on me repeatedly. Your answer was that you wanted to find me.”
“You haven’t told me yet, why are you looking for me? Is there something you need my help with?”
This time, Woof Woof gave a clear answer: “The lord sent me here.”
From his previous conversation with Woof Woof, Angel had guessed that its purpose might be related to the spotted puppy, so he was not surprised by this answer, but he was somewhat puzzled: “The spotted puppy sent you to find me, is there something?”
Woof Woof hesitated for a moment, its soft body slowly floated up, and gradually flew towards Angel.
Angel was stunned for a moment, facing the approaching snot monster, he ultimately chose not to dodge.
Then, Woof Woof directly pressed its face against his.
Literally, face-to-face.
Its soft and elastic skin, like cold soft rubber, directly pressed against Angel’s face.
At first, Angel did not understand what Woof Woof was trying to do, until a strange wave of information rushed into his brow.
This wave of information was like a line, directly piercing through the material world, inserting into the depths of a higher-dimensional mental space.
Angel initially thought Woof Woof was attacking him, but the next second, familiar fluctuations came from that “line.”
“Woof Woof——”
This was not a call of Woof Woof’s name, but a simple dog bark.
And this dog bark was very familiar.
“Is it the spotted puppy?” Angel instinctively put his own mental fluctuations on that “line.”
The “Woof Woof” sound from the other side became stronger, seemingly expressing some kind of joy. With the frequent dog barks from the other side, Angel also confirmed that the identity on the other side was definitely the spotted puppy.
“Are you currently talking to me? Where are you?”
The answer was still “Woof Woof,” and it was that soulless dog bark. Angel was familiar with this kind of bark from the spotted puppy. At the dinner in the Doreen Flower Garden, whenever Angel wanted to ask some questions the spotted puppy did not want to answer, it would emit this kind of soulless bark and put on an innocent expression.
This was very similar to Toby back then: “I’m just a bird, I don’t understand your human words.”
Later, after Angel and Toby spent more time together, and Angel’s bird language was fully leveled up, Toby no longer used this attitude to fool him.
But when facing the spotted puppy, it was different. Angel’s dog language was at level zero. As long as the spotted puppy put on the “I’m just a naive little puppy” innocent expression, Angel could do nothing.
Unable to get answers from the dog barks on the “line,” Angel could only look at Woof Woof, still pressed against his face.
Perhaps noticing Angel’s gaze shifting, Woof Woof also slowly moved away from Angel’s face. As Woof Woof left, the “line” that had been inserted into the mental space disappeared.
“What’s going on?” Angel looked at Woof Woof floating in front of him: “The barking I heard just now, that was from the spotted puppy, wasn’t it? How did its voice reach my mind? Is it nearby, or is this the message that the spotted puppy wanted you to convey to me?”
Angel had many questions, and after pondering, Woof Woof flew back to its previous seat and began to answer them one by one.
As Woof Woof explained, Angel gradually understood the situation.
The one who had spoken to him through the “line” in his mental space was indeed the spotted puppy.
The spotted puppy’s barking was not a “recording or message” but rather, like a phone call, the real-time voice of the spotted puppy. And the spotted puppy was not nearby at the moment; it was still in the Nightmare Plane.
It could be said that this was even more terrifying than the telephone Jon had mentioned, as it directly crossed different worlds to make a real-time call.
And all this originated from Woof Woof’s ability, or rather, the ability of a Void Traveler.
The Void Travelers, as a race, possess a very peculiar ability. They can connect all their kin through a certain special wave, integrating their thoughts into the same system, allowing for real-time communication even across vast distances through this system.
In Angel’s view, this was essentially a special network.
A network exclusive to the Void Travelers.
Void Travelers could use this network to learn from their companions which areas were struck by void disasters and should not be traversed directly; which areas had traces of their natural predator, the Liani Magic Whale, and should be avoided…
Essentially, before Woof Woof’s birth, the network of the Void Travelers only had such functions. Because the intelligence of the Void Travelers was not high, even though this race possessed such a magical network, they only used it for “survival,” that is, to seek benefits and avoid harm.
After Woof Woof was born, possessing intelligence surpassing all other Void Travelers, it integrated the network, gathering the companions scattered across the endless void through the network.
The Void Travelers themselves were very weak, but when many Void Travelers gathered together, and with a special network for command, their lives were much better than before. Even when encountering some void monsters, they could achieve victory under effective command; it should be known that before, they only had the option to flee upon encountering any void monster.
Woof Woof had become the “brain” of this special network, thus, gaining the following of more Void Travelers.
Later, while avoiding a Liani Magic Whale, Woof Woof came to the territory of Boil Gentleman and was captured. The other Void Travelers also integrated a large number of companions through the network to rescue Woof Woof from Boil Gentleman’s laboratory.
It can be said that under Woof Woof’s reform, this network had evolved from a previous “disaster map” into a true “information exchange network.”
Initially, the spotted puppy acquired Woof Woof from Boil Gentleman through Angel because he valued this particular network.
Later, the spotted puppy invited Woof Woof to the Nightmare Plane to see him, aiming to establish a network that could directly connect with Angel.
Setting up the network was straightforward: by leaving a Void Traveler with the spotted puppy and using Woof Woof as an interdimensional intermediary server, it was possible to receive messages from the spotted puppy and relay them to Angel, thus creating a one-way network.
The barking heard earlier was indeed from the spotted puppy, communicated through the network set up by the Void Traveler, allowing for a conversation between the spotted puppy and Angel in the Nightmare Plane.
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“The spotted puppy asked you to come over just to set up a network to talk to me?” After hearing Woof Woof’s explanation, Angel momentarily set aside his curiosity about the peculiar abilities to inquire about the spotted puppy’s intentions.
“A network? That’s quite a creative term,” Woof Woof paused before responding, “Indeed, it was just to set up a network.”
“Did he ask you to convey anything else to me?”
“There were no other instructions.” Woof Woof hesitated for a moment; the spotted puppy had indeed given some other instructions, such as advising Woof Woof not to oppose Angel and to try to follow Angel’s arrangements as much as possible.
Although Woof Woof didn’t plan to go against the spotted puppy’s wishes, it didn’t want to directly convey these messages to Angel.
“Really nothing else?” Angel, sensing there was more to it, pressed further.
Woof Woof shook its head: “Nothing else.”
Angel narrowed his eyes: “Alright, then I’ll ask the spotted puppy directly. Let me talk to the spotted puppy.”
Woof Woof didn’t object and once again got close to Angel’s face.
After a while, Angel silently pulled Woof Woof away from his face.
He had indeed spoken to the spotted puppy, but… he couldn’t understand a word!
“How do you communicate with the spotted puppy? Where did you learn this dog language?” Angel stared at Woof Woof.
Woof Woof looked puzzled: “What dog language? You were directly communicating with me.”
With this, Angel understood.
It was all the spotted puppy’s doing on purpose.
If you’re not going to speak, then why set up a network at all? Just to have me listen to barking?