Receiving a call from Feng Yuan once again, Captain Yang initially thought the other party wanted help with booking tickets or sothing similar. After all, although Shenhua City also has a Special Duty Team, due to the presence of the Special Investigation Bureau, their authority isn’t as extensive as the Special Duty Team in Maomu City. Apart from this, he couldn’t think of any other reason Feng Yuan would contact him.
But after learning of Feng Yuan’s intentions, he was left speechless. Here they were, making grand preparations for the archaeological excavation of the Golden Feather Dynasty’s treasure, and Feng Yuan suddenly notified him of an anomaly in the Data Domain, potentially heralding a significant event?
Despite the headache, Captain Yang knew it truly wasn’t Feng Yuan’s fault. While assisting Big Cat in procuring the materials it needed, he reported the matter and instructed his team to investigate. The result was unsurprising; the issue had already occurred a few days before.
Those people rely thought it was a device malfunction and didn’t associate it with any Data Domain issues. After all, even Feng Yuan wouldn’t have been able to confirm the anomaly so quickly if he hadn’t been in an adventure supply store, with a chanical timing device as a reference.
At this point, he couldn’t help but feel fortunate that Feng Yuan had encountered it. Otherwise, as the situation stood, they might have waited for more obvious signs of the anomaly before realizing sothing was amiss. Had that been the case, they would have been put on the back foot. Although they didn’t know which area of the Data Domain had undergone special changes, at least the timing didn’t seem so pressing.
As for what arrangents the authorities would make, he wasn’t sure. Captain Yang could only arrange for personnel to enter the Data Domain for investigation within his jurisdiction while notifying the Special Investigation Bureau and Special Duty Teams across regions to monitor this unusual phenonon.
When the Maomu City Special Duty Team received the notice from the Special Investigation Bureau, they disseminated it without hesitation. Upon seeing the content, Liao Yu looked at Huo Feng with a strange expression and asked,
"Could this matter be related to Feng Yuan again? The conditions for discovering such an anomaly are too stringent, aren’t they?"
Although the notice didn’t specify who made the discovery, Feng Yuan’s thod of confirming the anomaly was detailed. It required both an electronic timing device and a chanical timing device while considering the issue beyond a re electronic bug—imposing conditions for the majority.
Liao Yu even speculated that even he might not realize it was a sign of so anomaly event.
"The person who discovered this is quite sensitive, but it might not necessarily be him. After all, the anomaly can be noticed by anyone paying close attention."
After so thought, Huo Feng said, if it were him, he might have noticed it too. An electronic device counting backward? Obviously abnormal, however, knowing the truth now makes it evident. If it were Huo Feng, whether he’d really notice, he wasn’t even sure himself.
"All done? I didn’t expect this to drag on so late. I wonder if we’ll make it in ti for the high-speed train tonight."
Seeing Kong Qing packing away the last prepared material, Feng Yuan said to Big Cat. He initially thought the cooperation with the Special Investigation Bureau would make this simple, but he didn’t anticipate so many complications. Despite their curiosity about what Big Cat intended with these items, after questioning, they found even Big Cat wasn’t sure itself.
It wanted those materials for preparation. It wasn’t until they received a multitude of device blueprints related to the Data Domain from Big Cat that they realized many real-world devices could be used there too.
Curiously observing Big Cat, Captain Yang couldn’t help but ask,
"Is it really specialized in gaming and not data information?"
Scholar Owls specialize in one field of research, but what Big Cat showed seed off-course. Upon thinking, it seed that Feng Yuan’s Spirit Beasts were all unconventional, so Big Cat’s unique behavior might not be too unusual?
"Of course, but that behavior is indeed a bit strange. Oh well, from how Big Cat appears, it doesn’t seem to be a real issue."
Glancing at Big Cat, Feng Yuan gently patted Xiao Ji’s back and said, although he didn’t pay much attention to Big Cat usually, he kept an eye out for any issues it might have. While the capabilities shown by Big Cat were a bit special, strictly speaking, they seed to fit within its specialty sequence.
Seeing Feng Yuan say this, Captain Yang didn’t dwell on the matter further. Realizing that the other’s capability in Spirit Beast nurturing was superior, he looked at the empty food box on the table and asked Feng Yuan,
"Do you need them to deliver another dinner here?"
"No need, it’s late already. Big Cat, is everything set?"
Nodding at Feng Yuan, Big Cat walked to his side, glancing at Captain Yang. Feng Yuan smiled slightly and said,
"I’ll leave the rest to you then. Hopefully, we can still catch the high-speed train tonight."
Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Captain Yang smiled bitterly and said,
"Rest assured, the special train is waiting for you right now and will depart once you arrive."
"A special train? Is that necessary?"
Startled, Feng Yuan looked at him in surprise. He didn’t think a special train was warranted because even he wasn’t certain when he’d depart; such an arrangent could trouble the scheduling departnt.
"Actually, the special train isn’t just for you. Our Special Investigation Bureau will also send people along. After all, those experts are treasures of our Great Xia."
Shaking his head, Captain Yang explained. Feng Yuan then realized; Shenhua City, as one of Great Xia’s famous important cities, housed several archaeological research institutes. They obviously wouldn’t miss the Golden Feather Dynasty treasure.
Setting aside the Royal Dynasty treasure, the key’s relationship with the Earth Qilin intrigued many experts. Of course, photos of the pattern ford by the tal plates were received by almost every archaeological research institute involved.
Based on the clues, most conclusions matched with Feng Yuan’s thoughts; so speculated this treasure might be the Golden Feather Dynasty’s restoration treasure, ant for descendants to seize any opportunity to rebuild when the nation faced existential threats.
Obviously, since it still existed, Golden Feather Dynasty descendants never found the treasure. Also, Chinese history has no records of the Golden Feather Dynasty’s restoration, indicating either the key was lost long ago or certain accidents broke this Royal secret’s legacy.
Such rumored restorative treasure naturally sparked curiosity about what ancient relics were hidden within—knowing that ordinary resources wouldn’t be deed so sacredly as treasure.
Moreover, in the Golden Feather Dynasty’s history, this treasure’s location was never part of its realm due to intervening countries. What reason made them undergo such distances to hide there was everyone’s curiosity.
This prompted most available archaeological research institutions in Great Xia to apply for excavation participation.
Shenhua City’s archaeology institute, of course, was no exception. Initially planning to set off imdiately for preliminary exploration upon receiving approval before conducting in-depth investigations after equipnt arrived.
But upon knowing Feng Yuan was in Shenhua City preparing to head to Jin Sha City by high-speed train, they couldn’t resist accompanying him to gather more intelligence.
After all, he held the key and had a close bond with the Ti Divine Beast, increasing the chances he’d know secrets unknown to them.
Indeed, as they predicted, upon boarding the train and knowing their intentions, Feng Yuan didn’t conceal the map. Using the Ancient Book, he refined the map significantly while waiting for Big Cat to collect materials.
Looking at marked traps and secret passages on the full map matching Eagle Gorge’s size, the professors were shocked. They speculated on the treasure’s enormity but hadn’t expected it to be this massive.
The unique passage marked was noted, though after being inford by Feng Yuan of Husir Marshall’s suspiciousness, they unanimously agreed postponing it was wise.
Despite their desire to uncover these secrets, they couldn’t disregard Jin Sha City’s residents’ and tourists’ safety.
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