Chapter 2281 Traversal <TOC> Chapter 2283 The Calamity of Thought
Translator: SumTLMan
In discussions about higher dimensions, since they ultimately amount to nothing more than theoretical exercises, they invariably end up stranded.
After a while, the void storm ahead began a new round of expansion and spread. Nemeti watched the rapidly expanding void with concern and softly said, “Has the void storm really not invaded the treasure location?”
Angel couldn’t be sure of the answer to this question.
However, as time gradually passed, Angel’s thoughts increasingly leaned towards the treasure location still being intact. Given Woof Woof’s speed, even if it traversed the void storm back and forth, it would be a matter of moments, but so far, it had not appeared, which actually indicated some issues.
Perhaps, it was already in the treasure location at this moment.
Of course, there was also the possibility that it had encountered danger and hadn’t had the chance to retreat… However, Angel felt that this possibility was unlikely. The survival ability of Void Travelers was extremely strong, and if there really had been an incident, the other Void Travelers would definitely have sensed something through the network. The fact that these Void Travelers still showed no change indicated that Woof Woof was probably not in trouble.
Time continued to move forward, and after another five minutes, Woof Woof finally appeared in their field of vision.
Angel was the first to spot Woof Woof, as he had been using his energy vision, so he saw Woof Woof slowly emerging from the darkness immediately. But in terms of energy fluctuations, Angel didn’t sense anything; Woof Woof’s return was as uneventful as its departure, without any fanfare.
Angel asked, “What’s the result? Is there a sanctuary within the void storm?”
Angel’s question also made Nemeti notice Woof Woof’s return, curiosity flickering in its vertical pupils.
Woof Woof didn’t respond immediately but pondered for a moment before saying, “Your judgment is not wrong. This void storm is indeed circular, and there is indeed a hollow space inside.”
Woof Woof’s words brightened Angel’s eyes: “How far is the sanctuary from the outer edge of the void storm? Can you take me there?”
Woof Woof replied, “It’s not far. I should be able to take you there.”
At this point, a hint of hesitation flashed in Woof Woof’s eyes.
Angel noticed Woof Woof’s hesitation and asked, “You seem to have more to say? You stayed inside the void storm for quite a long time this trip; did you discover something?”
After thinking it over, Woof Woof said, “Through void traversal, after I got inside, I encountered a presence… that filled me with fear.”
“The Liani Magic Whale?” Angel instinctively thought of the natural predator of Void Travelers.
Woof Woof shook its head vigorously, like a bobblehead: “Not that kind of fear, but a kind of…”
Woof Woof struggled to find the right words, unable to come up with an appropriate description: “I don’t know how to describe it, but as soon as I entered, I was so intimidated by that terrifying presence that I didn’t dare to move for a long time.”
A realization flashed in Angel’s eyes; he had previously thought Woof Woof was exploring the treasure location, which was why it hadn’t returned promptly. Only now did he understand that upon entering, Woof Woof had been so frightened that it didn’t dare to move.
“How did you manage to come out in the end?” Nemeti, having received the information fluctuations transmitted by Woof Woof and listened to its narrative, couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
Woof Woof said, “I stayed there for quite a while before I realized that although the aura was terrifying, it didn’t suppress my abilities, so I hurried back.”
Pausing for a moment, Woof Woof looked towards Angel, “Although the aura didn’t attack me, it was extremely terrifying. I can take you in, but are you sure you want to enter?”
In the past, Woof Woof wouldn’t care about a human’s life or death, but Angel was related to the command of the spotted puppy. If something happened to Angel, making it impossible to establish a directed network with the spotted puppy, Woof Woof would inevitably be implicated. Therefore, after pondering, it decided to reveal the truth to Angel, warning him.
After hearing this, Angel didn’t immediately respond but turned to look at Nemeti, “What do you think, Highness Nemeti?”
Nemeti said, “I don’t know what this aura is, but at least four hundred years ago, before the void storm appeared, there was nothing wrong with the treasure location.”
Although Nemeti hadn’t opened the treasure, it had been near the treasure location, and the situation was normal at that time.
Angel then said, “That is to say, this aura appeared later? Could it be that some powerful demon has entered it?”
Nemeti hesitated for a moment, “I have guarded here for many years and have never sensed the fluctuation of a powerful demon. The flower of serene drift also showed no reaction… Probably not?”
Nemeti was certain before, but after hearing Woof Woof’s words, it became somewhat hesitant. Woof Woof had no reason to lie about this matter.
At this point, Angel fell into deep thought.
Although Nemeti’s answer was not so certain, Angel still tended to believe its judgment, and Woof Woof had no reason to lie.
If the external factor of a demon is excluded, then why would there be a terrifying aura at the treasure location?
Or is it that from the beginning, something capable of emitting such an aura was hidden in the treasure?
Since no one knows what the treasure of Feng is, this remains a question mark.
After a long contemplation, Angel finally raised his head and said to Woof Woof, “I still plan to go and see.”
Woof Woof asked, “Are you sure?”
Angel nodded solemnly. His decision was not made impulsively. He had thought it through carefully. Since the treasure location was not invaded by the void storm; and the key to solving the void storm——Woof Woof, just happened to appear at this time; plus, Woof Woof confirmed that the distance it could transport Angel was exactly from the outer edge of the void storm to the treasure location.
It was a coincidence that Angel had doubts, Woof Woof came, and Woof Woof could take him to the treasure location.
Three coincidences appeared at the same time and were interlinked.
This obviously couldn’t be a real coincidence, and it must also be within the scheme set by Feng.
Although subjectively, Woof Woof definitely didn’t know about the existence of the “scheme,” but because of the destiny chapter written in the Book of Kael, it also became a character in the scheme passively.
Since everything was within the design of the scheme, Angel guessed that the terrifying aura of the treasure location was probably also a part of the scheme.
Feng had orchestrated such an extensive plan, taking into account every aspect, even entrusting Nemeti’s hopes for advancement to Angel, indicating that this setup was definitely not a dead end.
Since it wasn’t a dead end, Angel was willing to give it a try.
Seeing that Angel had made up his mind, Woof Woof didn’t say more: “Alright, when the void storm contracts to its tightest, I will take you through to the void’s heart.”
The distance Woof Woof could traverse with someone was only a little over a hundred miles. To avoid any issues, even saving a few miles was sometimes crucial. Therefore, waiting until the void storm had receded to its smallest before taking Angel through was the best strategy.
On the other hand, Nemeti didn’t overly interfere with Angel’s choice, as she wasn’t foolish; what Angel could think of, she could naturally deduce as well.
However, even if everything was a setup forewarned by the chapters of destiny, caution was still necessary.
“When entering, choose the moment when the void storm has receded the most, and the same should apply when leaving. I have the patterns of the void storm’s ebb and flow here; you might want to look at it to avoid any problems when leaving.” Nemeti flicked its tail lightly, and a green leaf flew towards Angel.
The green leaf hovered in front of Angel, presenting a vast amount of information directly. It was the pattern of the void storm’s tidal movements that Nemeti had organized for the next few hours to days.
Woof Woof said, “Actually, there’s no need to remember, I naturally know the timing to leave.”
Angel understood Woof Woof’s point; even in the treasure location, it could contact its kind through the network, allowing other Void Travelers to monitor the fluctuations of the void storm for it. So, in its view, there was no need to memorize a fixed pattern.
However, Angel, knowing this, still took the information seriously, just in case.
When the time reached the early hours of the morning, the void storm began to contract rapidly.
It was then that Woof Woof signaled to Angel that it was time to go.
Angel nodded to Woof Woof and followed its steps towards the direction of the void storm.
As Angel got closer to the void storm, he felt somewhat apprehensive. This was his first time approaching a void storm so closely. From a distance, it didn’t seem much, but up close, it was incredibly awe-inspiring.
The collapse of space, a power capable of destroying heavens and earth, didn’t appear as chaotic as imagined. To Angel, it seemed very Orderly.
Before his eyes, it seemed as if countless lines emitting a deep, mysterious light were cutting out numerous cubes. These cubes emerged one after another, continuously collapsing.
Not chaotic, nor mixed.
It was as if following some ancient and elegant law, gathering sand into towers, with the towers crumbling back into sand.
Moreover, the contraction and retreat of the void storm revealed even more miraculous sights: the interior of the void storm was still collapsing; but the space left by the retreating void storm was rapidly rebuilding according to the laws of the void.
One side was destruction, the other, rebirth.
In every aspect, it carried a pattern of orderly and regular fluctuations. This spectacle of strangeness captivated Angel, drawing him into a trance.
It wasn’t until Woof Woof sent him a message, “The contraction of the void storm is reaching its limit,” that Angel snapped back to reality.
However, upon regaining his senses, Angel felt something unusual. Deep within his mental sea, for some reason, a strange rhythm had emerged.
This rhythm seemed to resonate with the “destruction and rebirth” displayed by the void storm in front of him, forming a certain resonance.
Yet, when Angel tried to trace the source of this peculiar rhythm, it vanished, as if it had never appeared.
What was happening?
Deep in the mental sea, a strange rhythm… Could it be some kind of spiritual enlightenment?
Angel himself didn’t know what it was, thinking it might be some enlightenment from observing the void storm up close. Since he couldn’t find it, he let it be.
Besides, there were more important matters at hand: they were already nearing the limit of the void storm’s contraction.
“Prepare to traverse,” said Woof Woof.
Although the void storm hadn’t completely reached its contraction limit, they were at most only a hundred meters away from it. According to Woof Woof’s own estimation, this distance was sufficient to transmit into the inner void, and there was no need for extreme measures.
Angel had no objections: “What should I do?”
“Just stay still and don’t think about anything when I take you through,” Woof Woof said. “Because there… never mind, it’s useless even if you think. There, all your senses will be sealed, and your thoughts will not be able to function.”
Before Angel could understand Woof Woof’s words, he felt a wave-like fluctuation covering his entire body.
The next second, Angel felt himself beginning to “ascend.”
This ascent was not in the spatial sense but a conceptual one.
During this ascent, he seemed to transcend the material world and enter a strange space.
In this process of transcendence, Angel felt his emotional module gradually disappearing, turning from a sentient being into an existence without emotion or substance.
This feeling… was actually not unfamiliar to Angel.
Initially, the Heavenly Eye, after obstructing the planar fusion twice in a row and absorbing enough mysterious energy, eventually took Angel to a strange world.
In that strange world, Angel completely lost his emotional module, becoming like a purely rational machine, and there he learned the art of constructing the Gateway of Fantasy.
The process of going to that strange dimension involved the detachment of the emotional module, exactly like the feeling at this moment.
If Angel truly found himself in a higher-dimensional space during his peculiar journey, then the speculation he and Nemeti had about Woof Woof’s interdimensional travel involving higher dimensions would indeed be a fact.
However, Woof Woof had mentioned that during its traversal, Angel’s senses and cognition would be sealed, which contrasts with Angel’s experience in the strange world where, aside from his emotional module being absent, everything else remained in a normal state.
Could it be that the realms traversed by Woof Woof actually differ from the strange world Angel had visited?
As Angel pondered this, he suddenly realized that the sensation of “ascending” had vanished.
With the disappearance of the ascending feeling, Angel also noticed that his vision began to clear, and upon focusing, he discovered that he was enveloped in a semi-transparent membrane.
This membrane looked somewhat familiar. Angel thought to himself: It looks a bit like Woof Woof’s skin?
As this thought crossed Angel’s mind and he slightly lifted his head to look, he fell silent.
It wasn’t just like Woof Woof’s skin; it was Woof Woof’s skin… Moreover, the reason he felt enveloped by a membrane was that he was actually inside Woof Woof.
Lifting his head, Angel could even glimpse the backside of Woof Woof’s small eyes.
“So, I’ve been swallowed by Woof Woof?”
As Angel thought this, Woof Woof suddenly began to accelerate, rushing forward.
Chapter 2281 Traversal <TOC> Chapter 2283 The Calamity of Thought