Chapter 2300 Feng’s Thoughts <TOC> Chapter 2302 Shockwaves
Translator: SumTLMan
Wilderness of Dreams, New City Under Construction.
At this moment, Liana is on the rooftop of the Rosewater Pavilion, standing atop a tall billboard, holding a blueprint in her hands, overlooking the vast construction site below. She shakes her head at times, nods at others, her eyes occasionally revealing deep thought and emotion.
“This isn’t right, who is in charge of the construction of Cloud Street in the southeast area? Why does it differ from the blueprint?” Liana frowns, quickly calls up the construction manager responsible for the area, and starts communicating rapidly with them using the Mother Tree Communicator.
“Damn it, improvising again, do they really think their skills surpass those of the original designer?”
As Liana curses, she shouts into the Mother Tree Communicator.
Facing Liana’s scolding, the person responsible on the other end of the communicator trembles, not daring to oppose, and immediately arranges for the staff to make the necessary changes.
When Liana puts down the Mother Tree Communicator, she is still somewhat unsatisfied, glaring fiercely at the southeast area, seemingly determined to supervise the work from start to finish to see their correction efforts.
“Liana, what’s wrong now? I could hear your voice all the way from downstairs.” A lazy male voice comes from behind her.
Turning around, Liana sees a man with his upper body bare, leaning against the rooftop doorframe, looking over at her.
Around him float three Dream Plant Fairies of different shapes and colors, all of them fluttering around him, showing great affection towards the man.
“Tree Spirit.” Liana glances at the newcomer, putting away her previous anger, and says, “What brings you up here?”
“I was having tea with Iron Armor Granny downstairs, but she went off to Dulmatin’s place with Rain Tanuki just now. I had nothing to do, so I came up to see what’s happening.” Tree Spirit says.
Liana’s gaze then shifts to the three charming and cute Dream Plant Fairies beside Tree Spirit.
Tree Spirit says, “I encountered them on the way here. They were scattering seeds around the building, so I brought them along.”
Liana believes this explanation. Recently, many Dream Plant Fairies have come to the New City, which initially pleased Liana since their arrival also meant the flourishing of plants in the city. However, these fairies are quite mischievous, often covering the grey walls of unfinished buildings with vines, making them look like abandoned structures. It was manageable at first, but as it became more frequent, Liana found it troublesome.
Fortunately, Tree Spirit stepped in. Tree Spirit seems to have a natural affinity with the Dream Plant Fairies, as most of them enjoy staying close to him. With Tree Spirit’s arrangement, the construction work has been able to proceed more smoothly recently.
Therefore, Liana is quite grateful to Tree Spirit.
Tree Spirit says, “I heard you were raging again, what happened?”
Liana sighs, picks up the blueprint to show Tree Spirit, and then points towards the southeast: “The construction there doesn’t match the blueprint. Some details are completely off, and they even removed the rooftop fountain.”
“A rooftop fountain, what kind of genius design is that?” Tree Spirit wonders.
But there’s no way around it.
Liana said irritably, “The New City’s blueprints contain many designs that have completely overturned our expectations. I’ve also asked Jon, and he told me that while it might seem odd at first glance, it’s part of an overall layout that requires a unified style, indispensable. Moreover, what seems to be the rooftop is actually the first floor for the adjacent buildings.”
“The first floor of a block?”
“Yes, it’s a staggered design. The rooftop itself is a city sky street, and there are more than one of these sky streets. For those who will live on these sky streets in the future, that place is their first floor, not the rooftop.”
Tree Spirit was still confused by this peculiar urban style, something he was encountering for the first time.
However, Tree Spirit no longer objected, trusting in Jon’s design capabilities and Liana’s judgment: “What happened then?”
“Some self-righteous apprentices thought it was wrong and modified it without consulting the person in charge, placing the fountain at the bottom of the building, claiming this aligned with normal landscape logic.”
“Placing the fountain on the ground, I understand that kind of landscape design, indeed it’s normal. But this New City is meant to have a special style, to astonish all the witches at the Tea Party at first sight, leaving them speechless. Who wants a normal design? The more unique and rebellious, the more it becomes a topic of conversation. Moreover, this is to unify the entire city’s architectural style, naturally, they can’t mess it up.”
Liana grew more agitated as she spoke, as such incidents had been happening frequently. A normal city style could never catch her eye, Jon’s philosophy was what truly resonated with her.
“I don’t want the final city to end up like Initial Heart City.”
Tree Spirit: “I understand, but there’s no need to compare it to Initial Heart City. Any normal city is built better than Initial Heart City.”
Liana nodded in agreement: “That’s true.”
The topic paused there, and Tree Spirit stood next to Liana, overlooking the bustling construction site of the New City, and softly reminisced, “This scene reminds me of when the Mirror World was first established, filled with vibrant vitality.”
Liana: “I must say, Angel’s involvement has brought unprecedented changes to the Savage Grottoes. It will be good, right?”
Tree Spirit: “Of course, it’s good.”
Liana: “Speaking of which, have you guys found out anything about Rain Tanuki and the traveling frog?”
“The traveling frog can’t speak yet, and Rain Tanuki is very tight-lipped.” Tree Spirit shrugged: “No progress for now, but often, you don’t need to probe too deeply; just the daily interactions can reveal a lot of information.”
Liana: “So, what kind of change will this information bring when combined?”
Tree Spirit: “It’s too early to conclude, but I feel it will be another unprecedented change.”
As they were talking, three Dream Plant Fairies that had been floating around Tree Spirit suddenly stopped and looked in the same direction with a unified gaze.
Liana noticed their change immediately, casting a puzzled look in the direction they were gazing at.
However, tranquility reigned on the other side, with the dawn’s faint light turning the last bit of the morning’s pale white sky into a golden glow.
After a moment of stunned silence, the Dream Plant Fairies began to whisper and converse among themselves.
“What’s wrong with them?” Liana asked curiously. The language of the Dream Plant Fairies was unique, not belonging to any language system with symbols, making it difficult to understand what they were saying even with a command of multiple languages. However, if the Dream Plant Fairies were willing to open up mental communication, one could directly grasp their meaning. Yet, the Dream Plant Fairies did not usually offer this level of mental interaction to most humans.
Thus, Liana had no choice but to seek help from Tree Spirit.
In the eyes of the Dream Plant Fairies, Tree Spirit was indeed different, easily integrating into their mental communication.
After a while, Tree Spirit spoke with a puzzled tone, “The specific situation is unclear. It’s only known that in that direction, a nature energy void zone seems to have suddenly appeared.”
“A nature energy void zone? What does that mean?”
“Literally, a certain area over there has had a large amount of nature energy and connections to the Mother Tree Network severed, as if it’s a wasteland devoid of nature energies.”
The flora and fauna of the Wilderness of Dreams are actually extensions of the Mother Tree’s will, hence the existence of numerous nodes that allow the Dream Plant Fairies to communicate across vast distances.
Just a moment ago, the communication nodes in a certain area vanished entirely, and this widespread disappearance of nodes immediately caught the attention of all Dream Plant Fairies.
This was the reason for the earlier moment of distraction among the three Dream Plant Fairies; they were actually exchanging information within the Mother Tree Network.
“A zone devoid of nature energies is quite strange. Could something have happened? Should we go check it out?” Liana asked, somewhat worried.
Tree Spirit shook its head, “According to the Dream Plant Fairies, the site of the incident is quite far from the New City, not on the airship’s route, and is a very remote area that humans have not yet set foot in. With our current capabilities, even if we were to fly there at full speed, it would take over a month.”
“I have a feeling Angel might be involved in this,” Tree Spirit speculated. After all, there are no external enemies in the Wilderness of Dreams at the moment, and the biggest internal threat is the Sinful Monsters, which wouldn’t cause a nature energy void even if they appeared.
Thus, Tree Spirit still suspected that Angel might be up to something.
“Is it Angel?” Liana muttered, pulling out the Mother Tree Communicator from her pocket and opening the chat interface with Angel.
After a moment, Liana looked up, her expression a bit more relaxed, “No problem, it was indeed Angel.”
Liana waved the screen of the Mother Tree Communicator, and Tree Spirit also saw Angel’s reply, a simple “Hmm.”
“This thing is quite useful,” Tree Spirit muttered, wondering why he hadn’t thought to use the Mother Tree Communicator earlier.
Liana nodded, continuing to inquire Angel about the specifics while saying to Tree Spirit, “It’s indeed quite useful. My apprentice, Kudou, is now in the development team of the Tree Group. They’re reportedly working on something like boundary-less information and handheld entertainment, which sounds pretty good.”
In the end, Liana couldn’t help but express, “If only we had such a Mother Tree Network in reality, I wouldn’t have to see crystal balls everywhere I go.”
Tree Spirit also nodded in deep agreement.
As the “ding” sound rang, Liana buried her head in the screen: “Angel replied, saying it was just a small experiment, and asked if Rhine was around, as he has something to discuss with Rhine.”
Tree Spirit said, “Tell him Rhine is guarding the ruins. If he has important matters, I can go find him.”
After a while, Liana said, “Angel said it doesn’t matter if Rhine isn’t there; he will come to see you later.”
Tree Spirit nodded: “Tell him, I’ll be waiting here for him…”
Before Tree Spirit could finish, a familiar voice reached his ears: “No need to trouble Liana, I’m already here.”
Tree Spirit turned around, only to see a light shadow appearing behind him. The shadow condensed, revealing Angel’s face.
Just as Tree Spirit was about to say something, his gaze froze, involuntarily drifting towards Angel’s feet.
A graceful figure slowly emerged from behind Angel, eventually stopping at his feet.
It was a small, emerald snake.
It looked like an ordinary snake, but its scales were unusually soft and seemed to shimmer with a faint green light under the morning sun.
Its eyes were bright yellow, and its pupils were a pure gold, devoid of any impurity, cold and solemn.
Despite its small size, not even reaching a person’s knee even when raising its head, its gaze carried the pride of a god looking down upon all beings.
Liana also noticed the small snake immediately.
At first, she was curious and tried to probe the snake with her mental power. However, as soon as she used her mental power, the snake turned its head and quietly stared at her.
Although the snake did nothing, being under its gaze made Liana’s heart race, her breathing quicken, as if a heavy pressure was directly on her heart, making it impossible for her to meet its gaze.
Liana instinctively turned her head away.
By the time she regained her composure, Liana realized what she had done… She couldn’t help but feel surprised at herself for instinctively avoiding the other’s gaze.
Tree Spirit also watched the snake, but he did not use mental power to probe because even without using mental power, he could sense that the area around the snake was filled with a brimming nature energy.
Moreover, the fact that the three Dream Plant Fairies did not hesitate to abandon Tree Spirit, joyfully rushing to the snake’s vicinity to dance and flutter, was quite telling.
“Is it… a wood elemental creature?” Tree Spirit asked, though his tone was more of a statement than a question. After speaking, he silently added to himself: a powerful wood elemental creature.
“Yes,” Angel nodded to Tree Spirit, then respectfully addressed the small snake, “Highness Nemeti, these two are from the Savage Grottoes.”
“This is Tree Spirit Lord, one of the three great ancestral spirits of the Savage Grottoes, and this is Liana, an alchemist specializing in the study of fragrances.”
“Tree Spirit Lord, Liana, this is Highness Nemeti, from the Tidal Realm.”
Angel made a simple introduction between the two parties, a seemingly ordinary conversation that concealed much information.
Liana and Tree Spirit exchanged glances, outwardly calm but inwardly tumultuous.
Angel addressed a snake with a title of respect?!
And then, the Tidal Realm, the Tidal Realm…
In front of Angel, and especially in front of an elemental creature that seemed to be a significant figure, Liana and Tree Spirit couldn’t afford to show too much surprise.
They maintained a composed demeanor, smiling and greeting Nemeti.
Nemeti nodded slightly in response, then her gaze slowly swept over Liana and Tree Spirit, as well as the three Dream Plant Fairies by their side… finally settling on Tree Spirit.
“Are you also a wood elemental creature?” Nemeti sensed a faint nature aura on Tree Spirit, but it was somewhat different from the wood elemental creatures she was familiar with.
“No, I am merely a Spirit.”