Chapter 617: The Place Where Earth Veins Converge
In the basement.
I explored the remaining technological products on the wall, the plants illuminating my surroundings, and the flowing earth energy.
“Don’t be so excited, or I wouldn’t mind erasing you, you know?” I expressed this dangerously in a gentle tone, perfectly conveying it through the Mind Communication Magic to the now suddenly agitated Dream Creature.
According to what Principal Mei had explained to me, the birth of Dream Creatures is quite bizarre, especially those born within the Primordial Dream World.
A new form of Dream Creature could arise from a “wave” in the dream, only to exist for a moment before its form dissipates, or rather, its life comes to an end, even though… Dream Creatures don’t seem to fit the concept of life, but d*ath is still equal for all.
The Dream Creatures that could be born here appear to have a uniform appearance, likely a form unique to this special environment.
However, the sudden commotion of this Dream Creature must have a reason behind it; I just don’t know what it represents, and it can’t clarify that either, only vaguely indicating something related to food.
After threatening the Dream Creature in the simplest way, I started familiarizing myself with the situation here.
According to the information acquired from the Earth Vein Identification Technique, this seems to be an underground refrigerated seed vault, belonging to the area I was looking for.
“Seems like it wasn’t much effort; I found it after a bit of fuss.” I hummed a cheerful melody as I delved deeper, feeling the gradually dropping temperature.
The earth energy supply room here seems to still be functioning normally; otherwise, after so many days, it shouldn’t be providing refrigeration.
“Here…”
The walkways here had text labels, and I followed the instructions to find the right place.
However, upon arrival, the heavy door blocked my way… but of course, it couldn’t stop me.
Boom—!
With a violent strike, the heavy vault door was smashed open, but immediately, a loud alarm sounded, indicating the breach.
The harsh sound echoed in the cramped underground space, making me uncomfortable.
I didn’t expect there to be an anti-theft system here, still functioning. Should I commend the quality of the facilities or praise the resilient life force of these Plant Technologies?
I shook my head slightly; with a snap of my fingers, several spells destroyed the noisy devices.
Then I entered and began to search.
No matter what seeds were stored in those tanks, I directly placed them into my storage equipment, including the storage devices themselves.
Since these seeds were deemed worthy enough to be stored here, it means they have value.
Even if they don’t have much practical value, they are excellent seeds that have undergone selection, suitable for extraordinary induction.
Or I could directly give them to Sofiry; she would surely like them.
However, while collecting, I glanced at the categories; if I mixed them up, sorting them out later would be troublesome, so… I quickly spotted a very special storage cabinet.
“Hmm? This… Wanlian Main Network Tree… ah?”
I looked at the label above, checked it carefully, and confirmed it was indeed the cultivation seed of the Wanlian Main Network Tree!
“This seed vault seems to have some means, managing to obtain cultivation seeds of the Wanlian Main Network Tree?”
Though I said this, I proceeded to take it.
It’s not without use; after all, the techniques of the Wanlian Main Network Tree that are incorporated into my Great Knowledge Tree system rely on physical reality, unlike the spells of the Great Knowledge Seed. A new Wanlian Main Network Tree truly is a large tree.
Either I grow it based on the original Wanlian Main Network Tree using the techniques I have, or I cultivate a new Main Network Tree and repeat the previous process.
The techniques of the Wanlian Main Network Tree are essentially a “transformation technique” for incorporation into the Great Knowledge Tree system, so there must be a physical entity for the application of this technique.
Although I master the techniques for inducing the cultivation of the Wanlian Main Network Tree and am not afraid of its extinction, I would be quite troubled if it really did go extinct.
After all, who doesn’t like convenience, who doesn’t prefer to take shortcuts?
And now, with ready-made seeds, it’s also a form of insurance; perhaps I should cultivate another tree specifically for condensing these seeds.
After tidying everything up, I turned to look at the area I had slightly disheveled; it’s merely a feathered touch.
“Little One, what exactly made you so restless earlier?”
I shook the Dream Creature in my hand; earlier, I thought it had discovered some large Soul Crystals here. While I searched, I was careful, but I found nothing.
“Over there…”
Soon, the Dream Creature suddenly transmitted such a voice intermittently.
“Finally starting to communicate effectively with me?” I asked with a smile.
However, it seemed difficult for it to understand more complex questions; after all, Dream Creatures are quite simple, and many of their perceptions differ from humans.
If I relied on human habitual thinking to inquire, they wouldn’t understand, and without understanding, they couldn’t respond.
Just as I did not comprehend the jumble of words the Dream Creature had expressed earlier; maybe that was its pure way of expressing itself, but my brain lacked the knowledge to grasp that.
Now, simply indicating direction, it understands and can express that; I must say this is a significant improvement.
Indeed, cultivating feelings with Dream Creatures was the right choice.
However, the direction it pointed seemed to lead to a wall, but I didn’t doubt anything; instead, I stepped forward to see what was happening.
When my hand touched the wall, it suddenly rippled as if breaking apart.
“Hmm? This wall too?”
Surprised, I took a step in.
This wall was a spatial cross-section, leading to another space.
When I reached the wall, I found that this place was not the previous dim underground area.
It resembled another hallway; however, as soon as my feet touched the ground, I couldn’t help but frown.
Because… the gravity here had weakened!
Something was interfering with the relationship between space and the expanding realm, or else the gravity in the expanding realm wouldn’t change so noticeably.
But now wasn’t the time to research that; the layout here seemed somewhat different from before.
Overall, it was… too fragmented.
Unlike the previously experienced spaces, old and damaged, where the reasons are evident—like plant mutations or energy crystallization—this place seemed as if the space itself was damaged, affecting the internal matter.
This was incorrect; I had experienced so much twisted space and faulted space before, but the internal material structures remained intact, while here… that was not guaranteed.
I looked at the shattered traces on the ground and bent down to pick up a piece.
“This is… Earth Vein Memory Crystal? Wait…” After seeing this broken piece, I suddenly realized.
What does the repair of the expanding realm repair?
It repairs the Earth Veins of the expanding realm!
The matter, energy, and soul essence of that world are all accompanying, so… I might have been misunderstanding something from the beginning.
That is… this spatial distortion and fault were truly dominated by the world’s primordial soil?
Could it be the Earth Veins?
After all, I learned a concept after enrolling: “Earth Vein Accumulation,” which could yield extraordinary materials and Earth Vein memories after clearing it.
The world’s primordial soil could not randomly cause such complex spatial distortion; it could only have two states: stability, where nothing occurs, or an eruptive state, forming extraordinary material substances that spill out as exposed mineral zones or, under special circumstances, generating superimposed spatial matter, but it wouldn’t form such a complex and constantly changing Space Maze.
Continuously changing… and to reach such a level, the only thing I could think of was the cycle of Earth Veins.
At that moment, the Dream Creature jumped again, shaking me from these pointless speculations.
Now I understood what the Dream Creature wanted to do.
Because these broken “fragments” were all Earth Vein Memories, extraordinary materials, and… Soul Crystal fragments.
It seemed to be converging many things, all manifestations of the three sources of the world.
But that wasn’t surprising; the previously encountered compound extraordinary material mining zones outside had already indicated that this area was not simply a burst of one of the three source elements.
To verify my guess, I used the Earth Vein Identification Technique again; this time, I obtained not only the macro spatial coordinates of my location but also… information about the earth veins themselves.
Soon, an unexpected piece of information came through.
The area I was in seemed to… belong to a space not recorded in previous, superficial Earth Vein information.
And now, having entered here and qualified to access the Earth Vein information, at the macro level, even more “hidden spaces” similar to this one emerged.
These spaces… didn’t seem disordered but were spiraling linearly into progress.
And the endpoint… was unknown, a blurry expanse!
The Earth Vein energy there was extremely “volatile,” and the information contained within was being disrupted by an unknown force, making it impossible for the Earth Vein Identification Technique to obtain decipherable information; naturally, it remained a blur.
And then, the information concerning the Earth Veins themselves completely confirmed my speculation!
This was indeed a place where Earth Veins converged!
Suddenly, I seemed to understand something: a place where Earth Veins converge represents the “weight” of a local civilization.
And this is a place where the seeds of civilized technology continue, carrying far more than in other parts of that civilization.
With a wave of my hand, I gathered all the fragments on the ground and proceeded to the only path.
When I entered a new space again, I felt everything around me was even more fragmented, and gravity was even weaker; I felt that a simple wind spell could keep me floating.
I seemed to be drifting further away from the expanding realm.
At that moment, the Dream Creature in my hand also made a strange motion.
Through Spirit Vision, I could see it seemed to be sending out some kind of information, but I couldn’t hear any sound or see any movements; this wasn’t energy, perhaps it was a unique instinctive behavior of the Dream Creature.
Before long, I understood what it was doing.
It was… calling its kin.
As this information spread, soon the first Dream Creature appeared here, followed by more Dream Creatures emerging from the dream boundaries of this space.
They roamed here wantonly, sometimes attempting to kick my consciousness clones in the dream back to reality, but once I opened my Heart Realm Field, all the Dream Creatures immediately became docile.
After all, they were merely Dream Creatures; their existence was very fragile, even… more fragile than those Dream Demons I encountered before.
These guys could cause so much trouble for senior students and teaching assistants, yet they merely occupied the home ground of the dream.
“Don’t even think about stealing my things,” I warned the Dream Creature in my hand, gathering all the larger materials around.
Then I retracted my field, and after the recent changes, these Dream Creatures seemed to become quite fearful of me.
However, upon seeing that there were still some fragments left around, they couldn’t help but greedily nibble on them.
I no longer cared about these smaller fragments; after all, I took the majority; the remaining small mixed dust, like fine sand, of course, didn’t catch my eye.
But I observed that these Dream Creatures not only consumed Soul Crystals but also Earth Vein Memories; this truly broadened my horizons.
Quickly, I ignored these Dream Creatures and pressed on; I wanted to see what lay at the end; perhaps something fortuitous was hidden there.
After considerable effort, passing through a few spaces again, I dove into a new area.
When I arrived here, I staggered but didn’t fall.
Because… gravity had completely vanished here!
I floated in this space.
I controlled my body and turned to look in another direction, and at that moment, I was stunned by the sight before me!
Everything here gave me only one feeling: grandeur!
I floated steadily in this space, watching the massive, root-like illusory giant shadow within this vast expanse.
Along with the strong Earth Vein energy, all phenomena seemed to prove that what I was seeing was indeed the Earth Veins themselves!
And this space I occupied was not empty; a massive crystal had formed on the Earth Veins, countless shattered crystals floated under the flow of Earth Vein energy, continually engaging in complex patterned movements.
From above, I could see the reflections, mirroring various scenes of space.
“Where have I been taken…?”
After a brief period of shock, I returned to my senses. Looking at the fantastical scene before me, I subconsciously activated the Earth Vein Identification Technique to acquire objective information, as everything here far exceeded my cognitive limits.
This place… seemed to be the material space formed by the Earth Veins and the world’s primordial soil, also the core region controlling the distortion and transformation of this space!
The shock that everything here brought me completely suppressed my current greed for those extraordinary entities—their form of existence was like a miracle, making me ignore their inherent value.
A thought originating from deep within me, the desire to explore the unknown, arose in my mind. If I could understand all of this, my comprehension of the extraordinary, Earth Veins, the world’s primordial soil, material space, and extraordinary energy would reach new heights.
These insights gained through my own exploration and understanding were far more tangible than the dry knowledge recorded in the Great Knowledge Tree!
