Capítulo 1788: Chapter 1789: Unsolved
The sun slanted westward, and Feng Yuan and his companions found nothing of great value in the mountain forests. Although they had so clues, the presence behind these clues remained elusive, whether because the target was avoiding them or so other reasons. With Veronia’s help, Feng Yuan’s group quickly returned to the place they had gotten off the vehicle.
Due to delays on the road, the sun had completely set by now. Fortunately, the driver was an experienced one, so there was no danger of driving at night on the rugged mountain road. However, as they passed by the third village along the mountain road, Feng Yuan furrowed his eyebrows and took a look at the map.
In fact, the place where they got off was not very far from Jin Sha City, but because this road first loops away from the Hu’er Mara Desert before heading towards Jin Sha City, they actually traveled several tis the direct distance.
“I didn’t notice before, but these villages unexpectedly spread outward from the center of Hu’er Mara Desert, which is quite strange.”
Looking at the villages marked on the map, Feng Yuan furrowed his brow again. With the current electronic map alone, he couldn’t find any useful information because, although the villages near Jin Sha City seed to be built around the Hu’er Mara Desert, in reality, they were not too far from Jin Sha City—most were located where they are due to geographical advantages.
However, knowing that the forested area was intentionally altered by the Spirit Beasts, Feng Yuan wondered if there was sothing amiss with this distribution. Thinking about it, he made a call to the archaeological team. The driver in front overheard Feng Yuan’s conversation and couldn’t help saying after he hung up,
“If you want to know about the nearby villages, I do know of so news, or rather, this isn’t exactly a secret in our Jin Sha City. Those villages could be said to have been built entirely around the current boundaries of Hu’er Mara Desert.
Of course, the strange part isn’t there but in the construction ti of these villages—it was more than a thousand years ago. Although not all the original villages have been completely preserved, the earliest batches can still be traced back.
Sigh, it’s said that the people who originally established the villages could foresee the changes of Hu’er Mara Desert in the future, thus accurately placing the villages at the desert’s edge. To speak of it, the Hu’er Mara Desert seems to have stopped shrinking several hundred years ago, but before that, these villages went through transitions from desert to the current forested areas.”
Upon hearing the driver’s words, Veronia’s gaze sharpened. Prophecy? Compared to the possibility of that, she believed it was the doing of the Spirit Beasts behind the scenes, but what exactly were they trying to accomplish?
During that period, humans were entirely inferior to Spirit Beasts in combat power. Putting them at the forefront seed unreliable and besides…
“This information is quite important; perhaps this is related to the mysterious Spirit Beast. But why, why would they choose to settle in this place?”
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan said while looking at the map. The driver, cautiously guiding the car, spoke up,
“Needless to say, this place has experienced less warfare compared to others. For ordinary people like us, peace is more important than anything, and aside from sandstorm threats, there aren’t any other dangers.”
“Oh! Almost!”
Perhaps due to being distracted by the conversation, the driver reacted a little late and almost drove the car off the road on a sharp bend. He dared not beco distracted again, as he understood that compared to previous parts of the road, this section was very difficult; a lapse could easily lead to an accident because this last segnt of road, constructed after the founding of the Great Xia, was filled with nurous sharp twists and turns.
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan was not frightened by the recent narrow escape. At this mont, the archaeological team had already helped him retrieve the town evolution map of Jin Sha City and allocated access to his account.
Pulling up town evolution information stored at Jin Sha City’s historical archive center, Feng Yuan saw that villages had begun to appear starting from the Golden Feather Dynasty. Indeed, the initial batch was close to the modern edges of Hu’er Mara Desert.
It could be said those villages and Jin Sha City alike stood at the edge, where one could see the rolling yellow sands.
Other villages started from this edge and gradually expanded outward until Jin Sha Ancient City erged, and the villages farthest from the desert began to be abandoned. Despite that, those closest to Hu’er Mara Desert remained strong.
Retrieving the corresponding files, Feng Yuan noted that aside from warti accidents, the initial villages were not actively abandoned. In contrast, many villages further from Hu’er Mara Desert were abandoned when Jin Sha Ancient City was established, due to villagers collectively leaving.
The ergence of Jin Sha Ancient City seed not to affect the villages near Hu’er Mara Desert negatively. Even after Jin Sha City was ford, many young people moved into the city from those villages but didn’t relocate completely, instead opting to develop specialty agricultural products or tourist leisure areas after earning money.
‘Hard to leave one’s native land?’ Maybe, but it seed not just because of that.
Furthermore, Feng Yuan also pulled up Jin Sha City’s surrounding road construction plans. Since they had to ensure the preservation of wild Spirit Beast habitats, the village roads, though improved several tis, remained quite difficult to travel. Despite such obstacles, those villages still managed to thrive…
Veronia reverted to her original form, floating on Rainbow Bubbles behind Feng Yuan as she watched the data he retrieved, looking puzzled. She could also guess the purpose behind Feng Yuan’s examination, and shared his thoughts.
The anomalies of these villages must be related to the mysterious Spirit Beast, but what was the reason for such actions?
Gathering nurous Spirit Beasts might be intended for dealing with dangers within Hu’er Mara Desert, but during the Golden Feather Dynasty, most humans actually lacked the power to rival Spirit Beasts.
Moreover, recorded villagers had no special traits. As for attracting rulers’ shelter through such ans?
Sorry, during the Dynasty Era, not only were these villages unremarkable, even Jin Sha Ancient City didn’t hold much significance for them—if destroyed, they’d send people to rebuild and investigate. If the attackers were weak, they’d retaliate, but if the attackers were strong, they’d heartlessly pretend not to see.
It was precisely due to this that Jin Sha Ancient City, near the Dynasty Era’s end, was reduced to the status of Jin Sha Town. If not for the later developnt into Jin Sha City by the Great Xia, it might have further dwindled to a large village.
Feng Yuan and Veronia couldn’t decipher the hidden truths behind this, but Feng Yuan decided to both consult the driver about local legends and prepare the information to pass on to the archaeological team.
After all, their analytical capacity was strong, and the more people analyzing massive data sets, the better. By this ti, the car had left the village road, and as the driver sighed in relief, he couldn’t help but continue to flaunt the various rumors he knew to Feng Yuan.
Upon dropping Feng Yuan off at Jin Sha Academy’s entrance, the driver made arrangents with Feng Yuan, exchanging contact information in case Feng Yuan needed a vehicle again.
“Are you starving?”
Gently patting Xiao Ji beside him, Feng Yuan smiled and said. Xiao Ji glanced at Feng Yuan, shook its head, spread its wings, and let out a worried chirp. Veronia chuckled lightly, saying,
“It doesn’t feel hungry itself; instead, it’s worried about what you’ll have for dinner~”
“Dinner… I wonder if the Jin Sha Academy cafeteria is still open at this hour. If not, I’ll grab so ingredients from Kong Qing and make sothing myself.”
Feng Yuan scratched his head and said; even if the academy cafeteria had closed, he didn’t mind. Aside from convenience foods, he had stocked up a lot of ingredients from Kong Qing and Big Cat, so except for needing to wait a bit longer, there was no problem.
Upon learning Feng Yuan had returned, Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan hurried over to see him. Looking at Feng Yuan and Veronia beside him, Qi Chen couldn’t help asking,
“Where did you go today? Have you discovered sothing again?”
“Well, I did—but it’s still discoveries without answers. Overall, it’s quite troubleso.”
After thinking about it, Feng Yuan said helplessly. Although he could infer quite a bit, he remained clueless about what that mysterious Spirit Beast was intending or doing.
“Have you eaten? Would you like to grab so food from Jin Yue Street nearby?”
“Jin Yue Street?”
Upon hearing Qi Chen’s words, Feng Yuan froze. Qi Chen looked at Feng Yuan and sighed, saying,
“The snack street near Jin Sha Academy usually operates until one or two in the morning.”
“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go quickly~”
Feng Yuan’s eyes lit up as he said excitedly.
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