**Chapter 615: Entering the Seed Vault of Spatial Chaos**
On my way to the seed vault, I kept thinking about how to continue breaking through the close relationship between dreams and reality.
Perhaps I should try studying dream creatures. From the Great Knowledge Seed, I learned that dream creatures consume Soul Crystals to trigger dream overlaps, but I have never seen how they do it; even a clumsy dream creature can achieve that, so… I should be able to as well.
How about… trying to communicate with them using Mind Communication Magic next time I encounter them?
If dream creatures have their own language…
“We’re almost there.”
Snapped back to reality, I looked into the distance.
There, I sensed an abnormal energy fluctuation and could vaguely see a sprawling cluster of buildings; that was the seed vault of this civilization, and these buildings had suffered the same fate as those I had seen along the way.
Until I arrived at an area covered in crystals, where plants and weeds sprouted through gaps between these crystals. If one observed these weeds closely, they would find crystalline veins within their roots, stems, and leaves, relying on them for growth and the transfer of extraordinary energy.
I casually pried off a small piece of crystal; its hardness was remarkable, but relying on my body cultivation strength, I managed to break off a small crystal cluster. At the moment it broke, an energy was released alongside the shattering crystal.
“Crystals gathered from extraordinary energy, but this energy level is rather low…” I glanced into the distance, where the crystal energy levels seemed much higher than here at the outer boundary.
Moreover, it didn’t seem like these were merely various energy-level crystals; there were quite a few “impurities” inside, which were fragments of ordinary extraordinary materials.
Just as Ninglan Qiuyue had said, the mines here were relatively complex.
As I played with the small crystal in my hand, I remembered that I had a spell.
Crystalization.
It seemed I had neglected this spell for some time, but it wasn’t too late to recall it now. Looking at the small crystal in my hand, I immediately regarded it as the “nucleus” in the crystallization reaction to catalyze the rapid completion of the process.
Just as I watched the crystal in my hand absorbing energy from the air and beginning to grow slowly, I was interrupted by a voice.
“Who are you, and how did you get here… You! How can it be you!”
“Um?” I looked up at the girl speaking; at first glance, I recognized her as a student from the Witch Academy. “It seems you know me.”
I clapped my hands and tossed away the crystal; after all, it was just something common.
“Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan, I wouldn’t fail to recognize your name and appearance.”
“Your tone suggests you’re not welcoming my presence?” I took a few steps forward, completely unfazed by her slightly wary tone.
“Just joking, the Expanding Realm doesn’t belong to anyone; if Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan wants to come, we have no right to stop you. However, it’s very dangerous here. If you continue forward and get trapped, it would be our responsibility for not warning you.” The girl said, forcing a smile.
“Is that so? I came here because I heard you were trapped; I heard five groups have been stuck here, and I wanted to see for myself.”
“I see, so Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan also wants to help out here?”
“No, I just came out of curiosity. Is that unwelcome?” I asked with a smile.
“Welcome, as long as you’re not here to cause trouble, we welcome you.”
“Then please lead the way.” I gestured for her to take me to where they were.
I bet she wouldn’t let me wander around recklessly; that would be far too dangerous for them.
But I didn’t want to engage with those guys right now, or it would just lead to arguments.
“May I ask, are you part of the second rescue team here to provide support? Patrolling the border area?” I inquired to initiate a topic.
“Yes, this energy-rich area easily attracts large numbers of mutated beasts to cause trouble. We’re responsible for exterminating or driving them away, just like that group.” She nodded, pointing at a massive mutated beast carcass in the distance that resembled a small mountain.
They can deal with such a huge mutated beast; after all, their strength isn’t exceptionally powerful. Their most dangerous aspect is their enormous bodies—bigger means more dangerous.
However… for witches without powerful suppression spells, killing these giant corpses is much easier.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen such a large creature. Is its meat tasty?”
“Meat?” The girl was momentarily taken aback by my question. While astonished by my line of thought, she wasn’t sure how to answer, “I don’t know. Maybe you could try it; if you’re not afraid of becoming mutated by eating that meat…”
“In that case, never mind.” I glanced at the giant creature, realizing it had been there for a while; the meat wasn’t fresh, so obviously I wouldn’t eat it. “But… are you just leaving such a big guy there doing nothing, waiting for its body to explode?”
“Body explosion?”
“Gases generated by the decaying corpse bursting the body, with the stinking innards and fermented undigested matter splattering into the surroundings under the pressure…”
“Ugh…” Hearing my description, the girl emitted a sound of disgust, as if the scene had been painted in her mind, causing her to gag instinctively.
However, this segment didn’t last long.
The girl arrived at a makeshift gathering place where quite a few people had gathered. It was evident that not only students from the Witch Academy were present, but also people from other academies.
They congregated here, while in the distance stood a cluster of buildings, which appeared severely discordant, presenting an eerie visual impact—as if the complete structures in front had been disrupted.
Coupled with the coverage of energy crystals, these buildings were exhibiting a unique sheen as many plants, defying the harsh environment, sprouted leaves that represented life.
The area of dream overlap was also gradually expanding, and the spot they were at was surrounded by some collapsed buildings, still some distance from the area of dream overlap, but it wouldn’t be long before they would need to move the gathering place further out.
“Um? Why are you back?”
Seeing the girl’s figure, the group that had been waiting noticed her arrival.
“I encountered this person at the border area, so I brought her back.” The girl rubbed her temples, finally feeling as though she had handed off this trouble.
After all, she would prefer to battle those mutated beasts than be with someone like this!
Even watching over a possibly exploding mutated beast’s carcass… well, just thinking about those foul-smelling things was unbearable; she wanted to leave quickly and deal with that giant’s corpse.
If she hadn’t been reminded, she wouldn’t have thought about this, as they rarely came into contact with such enormous monsters.
“Which one?”
“Um? This one, Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan.”
“Who?”
Originally, many people hadn’t paid attention, but upon hearing this title, all gazes turned toward the girl.
“Just… Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan. Uh… why are you all looking at me like that?” The girl looked at the significant trouble beside her, then turned to see everyone looking at her as if she were a fool.
She was momentarily confused.
“There’s no one beside you. Are you hallucinating?” At this time, one of the closest individuals stepped forward with a serious tone.
“No one? You… you all mustn’t scare me. She’s… she’s standing right here!” The girl instinctively cast a purification spell and a dispelling spell on herself, then rubbed her eyes… but that figure was still beside her.
Meanwhile, at the boundary of the chaotic space within the seed vault.
My figure appeared here, having followed that girl’s departure—the Knowledge Shadow used during her gagging.
I had no interest in interacting with a group of people. If they didn’t welcome me, there was no need for me to cater to them.
I would just do what I intended.
If they wanted to cautiously try various methods outside, let them. I chose to go directly inside, which was the confidence brought by my strength and means.
I was confident that nothing inside could deal me fatal harm, and I wouldn’t be trapped by this peculiar environment.
I looked at the distorted space ahead and gently touched the boundary of the spatial rift with my finger.
My finger passed through effortlessly, causing a ripple on the plane, and the irregular “spatial plane” dispersed following the direction of my finger’s force, ultimately disappearing into the space.
This was the first time I intuitively witnessed the “shattering” of space.
Of course, this was viewed not with the n*ked eye but with Spirit Vision, although even the lowest-level foresight tier of Spirit Vision could perceive this sort of information image, merely differing in clarity.
“So this is the distorted plane of physical space?” I mused aloud, seemingly also answering myself.
Then, without hesitation, I stepped inside. My whole body shattered like glass, surrounded by fragments of the spatial plane that dissipated in the direction I was moving.
At that moment, I felt a stirring in my heart; a sense of familiarity brought me a different perspective.
“The eighth sense of body cultivation is… spatial perception, right?” I asked, and Knowledge Shadow responded to my question.
“Congratulations, you have already understood what that is without having grasped spatial perception.”
“So?”
“This will bring some subtle resistance to your comprehension of spatial perception’s embryonic form.”
“If ignorance is a prerequisite for obtaining higher-level powers, then this power is not my goal to pursue.”
“Correction: it’s not a prerequisite; it’s a shortcut. From your words, I sense your desire for power control, which I admire in you.”
“Admiration… is that narcissism?”
“It’s confidence.”
“Alright… but this truly is a remarkable place.” I didn’t dwell on this matter much and refocused my attention on where I was.
Upon entering this entirely different space, I suddenly found that my understanding of space broadened with many more dimensions of comprehension.
The intertwining of space isn’t just about intersecting and cutting through each other; it also includes distortion and cycles.
Just that understanding led me to grasp what was most dangerous in this chaotic space.
Getting trapped in a cycle.
The so-called spatial distortion and isolation merely shaped a maze, but the cycle constituted a dead end from which escape was impossible.
Moreover, gravity here was quite chaotic; I attempted to walk forward, but gravity might shift unpredictably the next second. However, the source of gravity was the Expanding Realm, with a fixed direction; but in a chaotic space, that wasn’t necessarily the case.
The reason for this phenomenon was that everything I saw in the space was caused by spatial distortion or fractures.
That was the most dangerous part; it easily led to common sense errors.
However… I also discovered a peculiar phenomenon: as these spaces distorted or fractured, the earth veins remained unaffected by the material space; only the flow of earth vein energy seemed to be influenced.
At this moment, in the outside world.
With all this commotion, many people began to react.
“I remember that Yang Yuelan has a kind of Illusionary Clone spell; it’s probably her doing.”
“What does she mean by this? Is it a provocation?!”
“That’s not the point, is it? The point is that Yang Yuelan has come here!”
“Right… shouldn’t she be busy with her tree? How did she get here?”
Numerous questions were thrown out in succession, but no one could provide answers.
“Who knows what she wants to do? She’s an unpredictable figure…”
“She’s not planning to enter the seed vault, is she? What if she destroys this place with just one slash? There are so many people inside; what if she accidentally injures them…”
“If she can destroy this place, I’d thank her; we could use healing spells for the injured, and the dead could be sent back to be revived to save some effort.”
Although everyone was complaining here, no one got to the crux of the matter.
That is, why they had to expend so much manpower to come here—was it really just for rescue?
Not everyone here was brainless.
After understanding the situation, they were all quite interested in this plant technology.
The alleged prejudice against plant technology… was merely a superficial mask.
Of course, it wasn’t their own interest, but they thought the instructors would be interested.
Confronted with brand-new extraordinary plants and an extraordinary structure of a civilization, many marvelous techniques within would indeed pique the curiosity of some instructors.
The focus was on novelty.
The level of extraordinary mentors was unreachable for them; what could they do to attract the instructors’ attention instead?
Naturally, it was the collision and interchange of techniques between different civilizations; if they managed to inspire the instructors, they could leave a good impression.
Moreover, some students who were already researching extraordinary plants could treat it as a temporary topic for their studies.
Of course, another point… after learning that Teaching Assistant Yang Yuelan was interested in this civilization’s Wanlian Main Network Tree and had invested a lot of energy and time into it, they prepared to pacify her with things they didn’t need in exchange for the “unstable factor” to remain quiet.
And in the seed vault, there was a wealth of such items; more importantly, these seeds were also a valuable commodity. Even if they had no value, they would still create value.
But now, this unstable factor had personally arrived!
So what would they play at now?
“Everyone, I believe you all know the situation. It seems we must take the stage early.”
With the assistant from the Witch Academy speaking up, no one opposed the proposal.
Although this felt a bit reckless—those who went in first hadn’t fully grasped the changes in these spaces or relayed any information back.
So going in wouldn’t be of much help; even with teleportation spells, they could only watch the seed vault in frustration.
