Chapter 1454: Chapter 1455: Treasure Hunt

Dou Yanlan examined the climbing gloves in her hand and said in amazement,

“Even the gear on our bodies can be brought in.”

“Isn’t that normal? It’s not a virtual game; we’re actually entering here with our real bodies. Except for some special items, which can’t be normally recognized?”

“Moreover, the rules here are fundamentally the world’s own rules, only partially influenced by the special rules of the Data Domain.”

Feng Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly and said. He naturally could have guessed this situation, after all, the Data Domain is just a special space, anything that exists in the world can certainly be used.

“Let me see, our maps seem to point to different locations. What do we do, split up?”

Glancing at the other Treasure Hunters passing by, Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen and the others and asked. He was not worried about reaching the end only to find others had beaten them to it; after all, this is the Data Domain, creating an instance wouldn’t be that hard.

“The instructions also recommend teaming up with friends for treasure hunting, seems like they’ve considered situations like ours.”

Dou Yanlan waved the instruction manual slightly with a smile. Veronia looked at her group and said,

“I don’t think they’ve considered our kind of outrageous strength.”

“Then why don’t you guys just not get involved?”

Feng Yuan shrugged indifferently and said. If Veronia and the others didn’t intervene, no matter how many people there were, it should still be within the expected range, after all, things like tour groups do exist.

“I don’t mind; as long as it doesn’t get involved, it’s fine.”

Looking at Long Boduo, Veronia said. It, of course, also had an ID card. Or rather, all the Divine Beasts with human features received one, because the judgment in this Data City is simple: if they look human, they need an ID card; if non-human, they don’t.

“Let me see, proceed following the winding waterfall? What’s this referring to?”

Looking at the hint on the ID card, Feng Yuan scratched his head. Maybe to avoid some people from heading directly to the endpoint, the treasure hunting hints appeared step by step. And for Qi Chen and the others, besides Dou Yanlan having treasure hunt hints, the others just had a guided map.

Obviously, their treasure hunt starting point is not here.

“Probably… referring to something special?”

Looking around, Veronia couldn’t find a waterfall. After all, Tiraya City isn’t a place with abundant waterworks, so it seems unlikely to have a waterfall in the city. Of course, this is the Data City, so the possibility isn’t entirely out of question.

“Isn’t there any other hint? How about this one? ‘The path guided by the stars’? Is it referring to Najia?”

Long Boduo looked around and scratched his head, looking at Dou Yanlan’s treasure hunting hint, and said. Najia rolled her eyes and said speechlessly,

“How is that possible? How would they know I’m participating, let alone use me as a clue, unless they’re crazy.”

“Could it be referring to that?”

Dou Yanlan lightly tapped her lips and suddenly realized something, pointing to a somewhat dim passage nearby. Seeing the dim passage under the upper floors of the building, Feng Yuan was taken aback and said in surprise,

“Are the stars referring to those street lights of the tunnel? But why is there a tunnel here?”

Normally, who would intentionally leave such a tunnel when building a house? Ah Mu examined the tunnel and said,

“This kind of thing indeed exists. There used to be many such tunnels at the junction of the residential and slum areas. Those tunnels were in the slums, but the reason they formed was because residents needed more building space.”

“So they just pressured the houses in the slums below and expanded outward? That’s really despicable.”

Feng Yuan said disdainfully, curling his lips. Ah Mu wagged his tail and said,

“But such things do exist, and they’ve been decorated beautifully.”

“Then could the waterfall be referring to this?”

Realizing something, Feng Yuan looked at the tiered walls said. The original Tiraya City was a tiered, multi-level city, and this has been enhanced in the Data City. Those walls are ends of each higher area where numerous shrubs and climbing plants are grown.

And these plants cascade down from the top of the walls like green waterfalls to the lower levels, with green waterfalls here and there. Does calling them winding waterfalls make sense?

“Shall we try this first?”

Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen and the others and asked. Dou Yanlan nodded and said,

“Let’s look for your part first.”

“Shall we have Ah Mu help, or do we climb ourselves?”

Speaking to Qi Chen and the others behind him, Feng Yuan gestured to Xiao Ji, then swiftly climbed up along the green waterfall like an agile monkey, causing countless leaves to fall.

“Thankfully this is in the Data City, or with this state of damage, those plants might not survive until the event ends.”

Looking at the falling leaves, Agunas said helplessly. Yang Hongzhi nodded to Xiao Hei and followed Feng Yuan to climb up, choosing places without vines to avoid further harming those poor plants.

Xiao Hei tried to jump onto the wall, but consistently fell short and landed with a thud multiple times, getting frustrated and clawing at the wall before finally using footstep flames to walk in the air and catch up to Yang Hongzhi in front.

Dou Yanlan looked at Qi Chen with a smile and said,

“Want to give it a try?”

“But… Ah Mu, can you look after them?”

Looking at Ah Mu behind him, Qi Chen hesitated. Dou Yanlan quickly climbed up carrying Cotton. Unlike Xiao Hei, Cotton easily scaled the stone walls.

Ah Mu shook himself indicating he had no issue. Qi Chen, seeing the three little ones on its crown was not hesitant and climbed the stone wall. Ah Mu called out as if reminding itself of the three little ones atop, and in a moment, large vines grew from his feet, lifting Ah Mu onto the platform above.

“Seems we got it right, the next clue is the end of the Star River? What’s this supposed to mean?”

On the small square at the top, Feng Yuan looked at the newly revealed hint, feeling somewhat frustrated. Yang Hongzhi looked at the fountain and the water flowing from the fountain pool along ornate pathways saying,

“Could it be referring to this?”

“It doesn’t seem so; it’s just decoration and the water only flows to the edge, not pointing anywhere else.”

Feng Yuan said, observing the patterns on the ground, sweeping the surroundings. There were street lights for sure, but unfortunately, there were multiple paths to the square, making the street lights’ relevance pretty low.

“Could it be the mosaic tiles on the ground?”

Dou Yanlan, holding Cotton, looked at the ground and said. Although the area around the fountain was a stone carving, the roads not far off were paved with mosaic tiles. Looking at the patterns, she felt a bit doubtful.

“Probably not, otherwise there’d be no directional guidance. We couldn’t just take every path, could we?”

Feng Yuan said scratching his head, feeling a bit silly. Long Boduo pointed at a flowerbed and said,

“There’s a Star Language Flower here, could it be referring to this?”

“Hmm, I noticed the decorations on the street lights are different.”

Veronia examined the street lamps and said. Hearing Veronia, Feng Yuan and the others approached the street lights and discovered the decorative patterns on the ancient-style street lights were indeed distinct. On the right-side street light, they saw a decoration resembling a Star River and exclaimed in surprise,

“It really is that, but hidden in such a place?”

“You simply have to get closer; these decorations are quite obvious, so standing from a distance to figure out the answer isn’t a great idea.”

Veronia said with a slight smile. The group followed this path forward, and before reaching the end, the hints changed again. With experience, they quickly found clues leading to the next area nearby.

“This is actually a market? And these people, are probably all simulated by the Data Domain, right?”

Following the hint, the group arrived at a small market. Observing the passing crowd, Feng Yuan said in astonishment, the people’s clothing perfectly matched the market’s style. It seemed to be a unique ability of the Data City, similar to the past layer of Maomu City.