CHAPTER 1480: CHAPTER 1481: COMPLEX OPERATION MODE

Looking at the angry Agunas, Feng Yuan chuckled secretly. Agunas noticed Feng Yuan’s small gesture and flicked its tail, discontentedly saying:

"You’re doing this on purpose?"

"Otherwise? You don’t think forcibly extracting Earth Energy Circulation won’t have any side effects, do you?"

Feng Yuan then turned to the experts and said:

"Speaking of which, I need to warn you that aside from its basic mode, the Six-Star Tower also has a mode under the highest authority that extracts Earth Energy Circulation, forcing Shadow Tiraya City to exist long-term in a Different Space. However, the consequences of doing so are very serious."

"Back then, when they did this, the negative result was that Tiraya City’s surroundings all fell into a state of atmospheric confusion. I believe your records should have this."

"So it turns out, the extreme climate during the Modu Dynasty was rooted in this?"

Once Feng Yuan mentioned this, they immediately cross-referenced the relevant records, as that particular account had perplexed many. In all historical documents of the Omeilia Region, similar situations are quite rare.

Some even suspected those records were maliciously exaggerated and distorted history, but never expected the root cause to be this. Extracting Earth Energy Circulation leads to such severe consequences? This was the first time they’d heard of it. Of course, they wouldn’t be foolish enough to try experimenting with it.

Didn’t you see Agunas’ murderous gaze constantly sweeping over them? Although Agunas isn’t a Divine Beast of the Omeilia Region, they can guess the Divine Beasts’ attitude towards certain matters. Doing this, not to mention anything else, Drochkar’s Guardian Divine Beast would come to hold them accountable.

"Actually, you could take collection devices and cameras back to that time to gather data and give it to them, so they realize how serious the issue is and won’t act recklessly. Anyway, you’d better not think about dismantling the Six-Star Tower; that thing is the energy core of Shadow Tiraya City."

Feng Yuan suggested to Agunas, having no choice, fearing Agunas might destroy the Six-Star Tower to eliminate future troubles. That would be problematic.

That thing is an essential facility for maintaining Shadow Tiraya City. If destroyed, Shadow Tiraya City would forcibly appear at the corresponding location in the real world, and it wouldn’t be a replacement or overlay; it would be a direct superposition.

From what he observed, under normal circumstances, Shadow Tiraya City adopts replacement—that means putting real-world Tiraya City into the Different Space and forming Shadow Tiraya City at the specified location. Overlay refers to covering damaged areas, and if the buildings in that area aren’t severely damaged, overlay won’t occur.

However, it’s a different story if the Six-Star Tower is destroyed; unless Emergency Protocol is used to rebuild Shadow Tiraya City outside the city, it would be directly and forcibly composed at the specified location, regardless of what the space contains.

After staring at Feng Yuan for a long while, Agunas flicked its tail and said:

"I understand, I will speak with Arnis and make it aware of your situation here."

"Just inform Drochkar’s Guardian Divine Beast, no need to trouble Arnis; this matter isn’t particularly serious."

Feng Yuan shook his head, not caring what Agunas did, as he thought a normal person wouldn’t attempt to touch Earth Energy Circulation again.

Not to mention, those countries that besieged Great Xia haven’t met with a good end, and what’s more, the aftermath of recent disturbances in Earth Energy Circulation still hasn’t completely dissipated. He believes that aside from lunatics, no one would pay attention to that thing, as doing so means facing hostility from all countries in Omeilia.

After a while, Feng Yuan put away the Black Crystal and said:

"We plan to wander around here; you can continue your research. By the way, you’d better set an alarm; make sure to leave this space by 4:23 PM because the inspection mode will automatically end at that time."

"Can it be shut down early?"

Though Feng Yuan didn’t specify the situation, these experts had studied many facilities and naturally could guess something. They knew if extracting Earth Energy Circulation was a special destructive operation mode, it proves the current operation mode is constantly consuming reserve energy.

Otherwise, a time restriction wouldn’t exist, and since it can maintain the Different Space for a long time while extracting Earth Energy Circulation, it means those devices have long-term operational capability.

By this elimination, only the energy factor remains. Being experienced in studying various sites, they know many relics can only operate in minimum energy mode because naturally existing energy isn’t abundant. When the core energy dries up, those energies cannot sustain normal operations.

"It can, but when shutting down, no one should be inside, as that would mean the disintegration of the entire Shadow Tiraya City and the collapse of the Different Space."

Glancing at those people, Feng Yuan said, rethinking and adding:

"Also, Shadow Tiraya City isn’t based on pre-set blueprints but rather preserves data through multi-layer transformation information, so any modifications you make here will be retained upon shutdown. This is why traces of habitation can be seen."

Feng Yuan didn’t find this preservation method surprising, because it’s related to subsequent maintenance. If Tiraya City underwent reconstruction, Shadow Tiraya City must undergo corresponding changes; otherwise, it would be like now, mostly unusable according to original design.

After giving instructions, they agreed on a meetup time and parted ways. Those experts planned to seize this opportunity to study the city hall of Shadow Tiraya City, while Feng Yuan and his group planned to explore the ancient city well.

"Can you restore these incorrectly distorted buildings?"

Looking at the somewhat bizarre houses ahead, Feng Yuan asked Agunas, who nodded and said:

"I can, but is it necessary?"

"Hmm, this could be done as a favor, but if you’re unwilling, that’s okay."

Without hesitation, Feng Yuan smiled and replied. He genuinely wanted to restore these awkward buildings to their original state, but if Agunas didn’t want to, that was fine as well.

Flicking its tail, Agunas waved its claw, and sky-blue light enveloped the buildings. The distorted structures were restored. However, thinking of something, Agunas looked at Feng Yuan and said:

"This anomaly might be related to the Magic Formation. Even if it’s fixed now, issues will arise later."

"There’s no help for it, Magic Formations having defects is quite normal. In fact, these defects are related to Tiraya City’s reconstruction. Initially, Shadow Tiraya City could automatically adapt based on reality, needing only additional materials."

Shrugging, Feng Yuan said helplessly. This is not just about direct reconstruction; it requires operation on the Magic Formation above. If Tiraya City’s fundamental appearance wasn’t kept well, and what changed were merely Tiraya City’s buildings, Feng Yuan suspects Shadow Tiraya City might have collapsed long ago.

"Do the outside castles also have Magic Formations? But that’s not surprising either."

Upon hearing this, Agunas realized they had discovered Magic Formations inside a castle at first. However, isn’t doing it this way quite dangerous?

"If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be easily destroyed?"

Dou Yanlan asked Feng Yuan in confusion, who merely smiled and said:

"That won’t happen. They might have considered this issue. Coupled with the unreliability of commoners, those people only place a part of formations in noble castles and more deeply underground in Tiraya City. Fortunately, they haven’t excavated the underground; otherwise, this thing might have collapsed long ago."

"There are actually plenty of intentionally forgotten things like this, aren’t there? As long as no one knows, generally no one would act against the depths of castle underground. Like our Divine Land Region’s Guardian Divine Beasts, they hide the root causes to avoid crises."

Shaking his head, Feng Yuan stroked Xiao Ji’s feathers as they walked through the ancient city.