Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 2463: Chapter 2464: The Gap

After entering the Data Domain, Feng Yuan didn’t run around recklessly, because at this time, the other party might not be able to recognize the identities of himself and his companions. Therefore, the best course of action was to have Veronia contact them.

Since it’s widely known that the Imperial Timeline lacks Divine Beasts, and Feng Yuan has visited Baiman City before, the other party should be able to recognize the Divine Beast Veronia. In such a situation, a preliminary judgment of friend or foe should suffice.

Veronia did not object to this, and as Feng Yuan had anticipated, shortly after they entered the Data Domain, they faced a round of attacks. However, those attacks didn’t cause any harm under Veronia’s defense.

At the same time, Veronia displayed her power, that unique power belonging to Divine Beasts made the daredevil team hesitate, and eventually, they recognized Feng Yuan and his companions.

Looking at the only remaining Special Duty Team squad, everyone had a lot to say but couldn’t express it.

Apart from this lone Special Duty Team squad, there were also some severely wounded City Defense Army squads. It was precisely because of this that Feng Yuan and his entourage were ambushed as soon as they entered the Data Domain.

"Well, are all the remaining people here?"

Scanning the crowd that seemingly stretched endlessly, Feng Yuan asked. Unlike the official battle team in Baiman City, the number of survivors was surprisingly high. However, what Feng Yuan didn’t mention was that, according to his Divine Sense scanning, this group was probably only one-fourth of Baiman City’s public permanent population.

Qi Chen and the others were unaware of this, only feeling genuinely happy seeing so many people, believing most had escaped the disaster.

"The survivors in the Data Domain are all here. Are you... all the rescue forces?"

The temporary leader looked at Feng Yuan’s group hesitantly and asked. Even though there was the Divine Beast Veronia, the power of one beast might not be able to protect everyone.

"Of course not. We’re considered volunteers who came to help. The rescue team is still outside, and the Divine Beast Agunas is here too. However, this number..."

Looking at them, Feng Yuan’s expression was complex. Although it was somewhat better than total annihilation...

"I’m not sure. When the incident occurred suddenly, we only had time to transfer those we could into the Data City. At that time, the captain and others..."

"Oh, well, thinking about it, we have already cleared Baiman City thoroughly; there shouldn’t be any more survivors. Anyway, it’s your matter, Veronia, could you stay here temporarily to help protect them? I’ll go find Agunas."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan looked at the saddened temporary leader. After all, he was not responsible for rescue operations, and what actions should be taken later was not for him to decide.

Leaving the Data Domain, Feng Yuan stood in place waiting for Agunas and the others to arrive. Although they could open doors to the Data Domain elsewhere, it wasn’t necessary or would be troublesome to do so. After all, this door was already under their control, ensuring only their people could pass.

Moreover, creating another would be impractical. Even though Baiman City was currently under their control, complete safety couldn’t be guaranteed.

At least identity recognition needs to be done, which would be too cumbersome.

Agunas and the others arrived quickly, and after watching them enter the Data Domain, Feng Yuan looked at the ruined city and sighed, saying

"I really didn’t expect it; I’d been thinking about visiting Baiman City to have fun again, but..."

"Having so many survivors is an unfortunate blessing."

Qi Chen gazed at the starry sky and said, though it was late at night, he wasn’t sleepy. After encountering so many things today, he was still very alert.

"Well, that’s hard to say. What I didn’t mention earlier is that the survivors there probably only account for less than one-fourth of Baiman City’s permanent population."

After glancing at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan hesitated before deciding to reveal the truth. Qi Chen was stunned; he hadn’t assumed such a scenario after seeing so many people.

"Having people alive is already a huge fortune, but how do we prevent their attacks."

Dou Yanlan wasn’t as deeply impacted as Qi Chen. Baiman City, in her eyes, had already fallen at the beginning. Having one-quarter survivors was already very good.

Long Boduo nodded and said

"That’s right. Although the number of casualties is considerable, compared to the previous grand war, it’s better in some way."

No matter what, Long Boduo was involved in the initial modern world war, which was no less dramatic than the current timeline wars. At that time, entire cities disappearing were not uncommon.

Recalling something, Long Boduo looked at Feng Yuan and said

"There’s something I don’t know if you’ve noticed, the total number of souls transcended through the two Flesh Giant Mountains is similar. I don’t know about the one Agunas dealt with, but it shouldn’t be much different. However, even counting like this, there is still a huge gap in the numbers."

"Hmm, the death toll doesn’t match?"

Startled for a moment, Feng Yuan looked at Long Boduo in surprise. He indeed didn’t know about the number of transcended souls, as he wouldn’t pay attention to such things. But Long Boduo knew, which was normal because what he controlled adhered to rules based on the Road to the Underworld.

So the opponent must know the count. As for Agunas’ side, they previously mentioned what it did, although it was a rule controlled by Long Boduo, it wasn’t used by Long Boduo, so it’s normal for him not to know.

According to Long Boduo’s meaning, this difference seems quite significant?

"There’s a discrepancy of nearly half the total population. I don’t think there will be such a big difference between the three Flesh Mountain ranges."

Nodding solemnly, Long Boduo said. Feng Yuan was startled. Qi Chen and the others all looked at Long Boduo; although he didn’t explicitly say anything, they all understood the implications.

The huge gap in the number of souls transcended suggests there are still survivors or possibly victims they haven’t found. However, with such a big discrepancy, there must be at least a few survivors, right?

"So many? How is this possible?"

Freely, Feng Yuan found it hard to believe. If those people sought refuge in the Data City and managed to escape by luck, it would be one thing. Still, the actual number of casualties in Maomu City was low, naturally due to the protection of the Data City.

But they had seen those who fled to the Data City, eliminating those people, there was still a huge number of missing people, which seemed odd.

Although they only transcended the souls in the Flesh Giant Mountain, this thing had clearly already devoured most of the fallen ones, since its power was closely related to the total number of creatures it devoured.

Unless there’s a more special purpose, Feng Yuan couldn’t figure out why they would keep so many people from strengthening the Flesh Giant Mountain.

The whole Baiman City range seemed not to have any suspicious places, so bringing them into the Imperial Timeline?

Although they have been sneak attacking various cities in the Main World by jumping timelines, such large-scale concentrated timeline shifts would definitely alert Agunas.

If they were lucky survivors, where would they be?

Touching his chin, Feng Yuan pondered but couldn’t find an answer. Tamur gently swayed and swam up to Feng Yuan, saying

"I found something special underground."

"Underground?!"

Feng Yuan was stunned. At first, he hadn’t considered the depths underground. However, thinking about it seriously, in the Frost Dew Mushroom Cave in Hot Springs Town, it was visible that the whole of Baiman City’s underground was not entirely solid, and there should be a system of caverns.

"It’s not impossible. There’s an entrance at Hot Springs Town where entry and exit are possible. Maybe there’s one here too. By the way, how do you know there’s something underground?"

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan looked at Tamur, somewhat puzzled. He wouldn’t randomly survey the depths underground, would he?

"There’s a barrier, hitting against the Mythical Era Projection, right underground."

"Well, regarding the barrier, I wonder if it’s really how I imagine it, anyway, since that’s the case, let’s inform Agunas, we’ll go down from the Hot Springs Town entrance to check things out."

Due to unfamiliarity with Baiman City, Feng Yuan decided to enter from the known entrance at Hot Springs Town. As for informing Agunas and them, it was purely because he intended to take Tamur along.

At this moment, they could already ascertain no survivors within the city’s surface scope, and how to arrange those in the Data City wasn’t Feng Yuan’s concern.

But with Agunas and his team there, even if an accident occurs, such as another enemy ambush, they can still protect those survivors.

By comparison, Feng Yuan was more intrigued by who exactly is underground, could it be where the missing are?