Chapter 690 What is the Essence of the Secret Realm?

With the altar as the center, the entire island in the middle of the lake began to rumble and tremble.

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately jumped up and landed on their respective flying pets.

They stood in the air, observing this sudden and unexpected scene, and did not leave quickly.

As they observed, the entire island in the middle of the lake began to collapse and then sink.

Rumble…

Like a dragon turning over, the entire island in the middle of the lake changed beyond recognition almost in the blink of an eye.

Then, before they could be surprised, the island in the middle of the lake, like a broken bowl, sank into the lake of this small world.

Wow…

In their sight, in the end, there was only a huge whirlpool that was still swallowing.

Li Qian stared at the funnel-like vortex, and suddenly, his expression changed drastically.

In fact, not only him, but also Dean Fei and others showed surprised expressions at this moment.

Because a pitch-black, humanoid monster suddenly jumped out of the whirlpool.

"Hoohoho..."

It bared its teeth and let out terrifying howls.

"This is... a virtual beast?!" When the monster first appeared, Li Qian was stunned for a moment. Then, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it looked. Before he could say anything, Dean Pan Bing revealed its identity.

Yes, at this moment, the monster that jumped out from the lake of this small world was none other than the virtual beast.

A fictional beast that represents destruction and disaster.

"How could a virtual beast appear in this small world?!" Li Qian looked at the virtual beast that suddenly appeared, his eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"Let's leave here quickly. This small world can't hold out for much longer. It looks like it might collapse!" Dean Fei closed his eyes and felt it for a while, then spoke. He did not answer Li Qian's question immediately.

Because it's not a priority.

The most important thing right now is to leave here first.

Upon hearing this, Wu Qingchuan nodded slightly. He gave orders to Taiwu, who was still in human form, through the soul contract.

Taiwu received the order and took action immediately.

He had just completed his evolution and was now looking for a target to test his combat effectiveness.

Just then, this virtual beast appeared.

【Thunder Strike】

The humanoid Taiwu suddenly threw a punch, and a terrible thunder was released.

In the blink of an eye, Thunder had already arrived in front of the virtual beast.

The aura emitted by that virtual beast was, after all, only at the imperial level, and was not comparable to Taiwu at all.

It couldn't dodge such a swift attack.

Boom~!

Without any surprise, the virtual beast was directly blasted away by the humanoid Taiwu's [Thunder Strike].

Like a torn sack, it crashed into the lake in the distance, and it was unknown whether it was alive or dead.

The gap is so huge, he should be dead.

Li Qian thought so as he looked at the virtual beast that crashed into the lake.

Wu Qingchuan saw this, but his frown did not show any sign of relaxing. He reminded everyone, "Leave here first. There are still many virtual beasts below. It will be very troublesome to deal with them."

"Besides, the virtual beast just now is not dead yet."

After hearing what Wu Qingchuan said, everyone was stunned, except... Dean Fei.

Li Qian glanced over and immediately asked, "How could he not be dead yet?"

In his opinion, there is almost no difference between a legendary beating an emperor and a father beating his son.

How could that virtual beast still be alive?

Just when Li Qian was confused.

Teacher, employee… …

Suddenly, more virtual beasts appeared on the lake, about ten in total.

Of course, facing these virtual beasts, Li Qian was not surprised at all.

He had already expected that there were more virtual beasts hidden at the bottom of the lake, and Wu Qingchuan had also reminded him of this.

What really shocked him was that the virtual beast that had just been blasted into the lake by the humanoid Taiwu actually emerged from the water again, trembling.

Not dead yet!

"You have just entered this level and have not yet mastered that kind of power. Let me do it." Just when Li Qian was shocked and stunned, Dean Fei suddenly spoke, and he said in a calm voice.

As he spoke, he gently stretched out his hand, flicked his fingers, and a small flame popped out.

The small flame fell like a meteor at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it had fallen into the group of virtual beasts.

"Hiss~!" Li Qian saw that the small flame rushed into the group of virtual beasts and suddenly spread, instantly turning into a small sea of ​​fire.

The terrible high temperature came over him. Even though he was riding on Qizi's back and flying in the air, Li Qian still felt the terrible temperature.

It seemed as if even the air could be ignited.

More than a dozen virtual beasts evaporated in an instant in this horrific high temperature, and died without leaving even a trace, without even a single wail being heard.

"Let's go." After doing all this, Dean Fei clapped his hands lightly, as if he had just done something insignificant.

At this moment, Li Qian had to admit that he was indeed fooled by President Fei.

Everyone flew away quickly, and a moment later, they had returned to the ruins of Posita through the ancient teleportation array.

Li Qian was still a little shocked. He looked at Dean Fei and asked curiously, "Dean Fei, what did you just perform?"

"It's just a small fireball skill." Dean Fei laughed and answered calmly.

"Uh..." Li Qian was a little speechless.

Why didn’t I realize before that Dean Fei likes to act smart?

The most important thing is that this time, he really succeeded in pretending.

Seeing that the curiosity in Li Qian's eyes had not dissipated, Dean Fei added, "It doesn't make much sense to explain it to you now. Once you enter the legendary level, everything will become clear naturally."

"Okay." Li Qian could only curl his lips helplessly after hearing that.

In fact, even if Dean Fei didn't say it, Li Qian could probably guess some information.

Because his move, although different in form from the one Uncle Bao used when facing Bruce the Meat Mountain, feels similar.

It should be the power that can be mastered at the legendary level.

It's understandable that Wu Qingchuan has just advanced to the next level and hasn't mastered it yet.

He exhaled and stopped thinking about it, but Li Qian felt a little worried. Li Qian knew that virtual beasts were difficult to kill.

If you want to kill the virtual beast, you need to use the methods you master after reaching the legendary level, which will be troublesome.

According to the information he had learned from the remains of the Rong people's civilization, in the later stages of the civilization crisis, the virtual beasts were overwhelming and endless.

But how many legendary beastmasters are there?
Using a legendary beastmaster to deal with virtual beasts may seem like a crushing victory, but in fact, there is no comparison at all because the number of virtual beasts is simply too huge.

In the end, Li Qian even suspected that the legendary beastmaster would be exhausted from running around.

Forget it, there's no point in thinking so much now.

Shaking his head, Li Qian tried not to think too much.

No matter how terrible or desperate the crisis may be in the future, the only thing we can do now is to quickly improve our strength.

Otherwise, everything is just nonsense and fantasy.

Li Qian collected his thoughts and began to focus on the matter at hand. He frowned and asked Dean Fei again, "Dean Fei, why did a virtual beast appear in the small world?"

Before, it was because of the situation that I had to leave as soon as possible.

Now that I have left the small world, there is no need to rush.

"Small worlds are dependent on the big world. When the dimensional fusion intensifies and the civilization crisis begins to emerge, these small worlds will be the first to be invaded." After a simple foreshadowing, Dean Fei asked: "Do you know what the nature of virtual beasts is?"

Li Qian tilted his head and maintained a listening posture.

He really doesn't know the answer to this question.

Dean Fei didn't want him to answer, he just kept talking: "Product of rules!"

"The essence of virtual beasts is the product of rules. The rules will destroy the human civilization of the Fifth Era. This is the root of all problems."

It was the first time that Li Qian heard such a statement.

He felt that the "rules" that President Fei mentioned were like a program that would be restored to factory settings after running to a certain extent.

After thinking for a moment, he asked a seemingly nonsensical question, "So, where are the rules?"

Dean Fei looked towards the location of the ancient teleportation array and waved his hand, causing a gust of wind to blow up.

The strong wind passed through, and a moment later, the ancient teleportation array was destroyed beyond recognition.

"Maybe... it's the deepest part of the dimensional plane... maybe it's a battlefield outside the sky..." Looking at the unrecognizable ancient teleportation array, Dean Fei said slowly, with a hint of vicissitudes in his voice.

"In short, the closer we get to the deeper dimension, the more likely we are to encounter virtual beasts. Maybe not just virtual beasts..." He smiled and regained his calm expression. "For a decayed little world like this, which is so deeply integrated into the dimension and has not been maintained for many years, it is normal for virtual beasts to invade."

Wu Qingchuan came over, frowned, and looked puzzled. "Then why didn't the virtual beasts invade me when I was trapped here for so many years?"

"With more people, the target will be more obvious." Dean Fei explained casually. It seemed that he didn't mean to say more.

Wu Qingchuan saw that Dean Fei had no intention of continuing, so he turned to look at Li Qian, "Student Li Qian, this is troublesome. The energy balance formation has been destroyed inside."

Li Qian pointed to his head and said confidently, "It's not a big problem. I've already memorized it in my head. I should be able to replicate it in this Thunder Garden Swamp. Besides, your Yao Snake is in a special situation. Under normal circumstances, this formation is just the icing on the cake, not a necessity."

"That's good." Wu Qingchuan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Although his Taiwu has completed its evolution, this is, after all, the evolutionary path of a legendary pet. If it is cut off or constrained, the impact will be quite large.

"By the way, Dean Fei, will those virtual beasts invade Tingyuan Swamp?" After a brief chat with Wu Qingchuan, Li Qian asked Dean Fei again.

"I have destroyed the ancient teleportation array here. Without the spatial anchor point, even if they can find us, they won't be that fast." Dean Fei said slowly, "Don't worry. Even if those virtual beasts invade, there will be people to resist them. Tingyuan Swamp cannot be lost at this stage."

When Li Qian heard this, he remembered what Dean Fei had said before.

The human heritage is deeper than you think.

In that case, he no longer worried.

Anyway, at this stage, if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up.

……

on the way back.

Li Qian found Dean Fei again and said, "There is one more thing I need to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" Dean Fei was sitting in a box on the spaceship. He took a sip of tea and asked.

Li Qian did not speak immediately, but asked, "I would like to ask first, what is the current progress of the research on the Jingtao Python and the Jade Snake?"

Dean Fei didn't even think about it and answered directly: "There is a problem, and we are currently concentrating our efforts on solving it."

Talking about this matter, he still feels a little ashamed.

The research team led by him at the Shazhou Beastmaster University's Cultivation College has spent a lot of time on this project, but the current progress is still a bit disappointing.

There are only some marginal results.

Li Qian was not surprised at all.

He had already guessed that the research progress had stalled.

He got straight to the point and said, "I have an idea."

Dean Fei was a little curious and put down his teacup, "What's your idea?"

Li Qian looked at Dean Fei with a determined look in his eyes, and said firmly: "I want to use Jade Snake, Shocking Python, and Yao Snake as my graduation topic for research!"

"Graduation, postgraduate student?" Dean Fei asked subconsciously.

Li Qian shook his head and replied, "No, Doctor!"

Dean Fei fell silent after hearing this. After a moment, he nodded slightly and said slowly: "With your current level, it is indeed a bit inappropriate to continue to be called a student."

Without stopping, he continued to ask, "What are your plans after graduation? Stay at school to teach, or head a research base?"

After hearing this, Li Qian showed a hint of doubt in his eyes, "Am I not already in charge of the work of the Jade Research Base?"

"That's fine. I'll discuss with Principal Park and give you several surrounding research bases to expand the scale of the Jade Research Base." Dean Fei understood what Li Qian meant. After a moment's silence, he made arrangements. "By the way, we'll also allocate you a research base outside the secret realm."

"I'm afraid I can't take care of it." Li Qian said. To be honest, he was a little confused about why President Fei allocated him another base, and on the ancestral planet.

Whether we have one or two research bases, it will not add anything to the development of research.

On the contrary, it will divert some of his energy.

Dean Fei smiled cheerfully and continued to make arrangements, "Don't worry, the school will allocate some manpower for you to use."

As he spoke, he added meaningfully, "I've allocated you a research base in the outside world just in case you need it."

"Prepare for what?" Li Qian was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

Dean Fei did not answer, but asked irrelevantly: "What do you think is the essence of the secret realm?"

"This..." When Li Qian heard this, a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind.

What is the nature of the secret realm?
It should also be a dimensional plane, right?
Since the civilization crisis started with the fusion of dimensions, will there be any problems with the secret realm...

Li Qian didn't dare to think about it, because as soon as he thought of this possibility, he would feel creepy.

But thinking back, since Dean Fei said this matter so calmly, then it shouldn't be a big problem... right?

(End of this chapter)