Watching Feng Yuan comforting Annie, Veronia didn’t want to say anything. Is this a different way of not knowing each other without a fight? But it doesn’t make sense either, Feng Yuan didn’t hold back when he made his move.
Shaking her head, Veronia was also too lazy to think about this headache-inducing oddity. Yang Hongzhi was astonished to see the conflict between Feng Yuan and Annie quickly resolved. To say it like this isn’t right either; the dialogue between Annie and Feng Yuan always felt a bit strange.
"A very stiff setting, or rather, is this from the AI system of the Data Domain?"
Najia seed to have thought of sothing and said, in its view, Annie’s change was very much like those NPCs with specific fixed plots in Big Cat’s gas. After all, if there’s too much freedom, the main storyline might be completely ssed up by players.
Therefore, when setting that part of the storyline, Big Cat directly adopted the approach of non-intelligent NPCs, setting rigid conditions, and once one or several conditions were t, the NPC would respond directly. At this point, any lines that could lead the plot astray wouldn’t receive effective feedback, making it seem like a chicken talking to a duck.
Could it be, one of Annie’s pass conditions is to defeat her? This doesn’t seem surprising, after all, the road in front of the academy was initially a challenge path. However, what is the purpose of setting this NPC nad Annie here?
Najia couldn’t figure it out, and it didn’t voice its doubts. Since Veronia didn’t engage much with Big Cat’s gas, even though Annie’s words seed odd to her, because they coincidentally partly matched Feng Yuan’s words, she didn’t think of this possibility.
"Is not-so-distant Kakaronte City our destination?"
Finally obtaining important information from Annie, Feng Yuan touched his chin and muttered softly. At this ti, the little girl Annie was trying to amuse Xiao Ji, but unfortunately, Xiao Ji completely ignored her and hid behind Feng Yuan, quietly peeking out. Whenever Annie approached, Xiao Ji would circle around Feng Yuan to avoid her.
"I wonder what Kakaronte is like, the gap between reality and story is quite big~"
Veronia walked over and said, perhaps because she hadn’t participated in the fight, Annie only showed proximity to Feng Yuan and Yang Hongzhi. Standing up, Feng Yuan was just about to leave when Annie suddenly said
"You’re going to Kakaronte? Hmm... Annie can take you to Mars the leader, maybe he can help you with sothing."
With that, Annie jogged to the village entrance and waved to everyone. Feng Yuan shook his head helplessly and said
"Seems like it is an NPC after all."
"NPC?! Now that you ntion it, indeed, her behavior doesn’t quite resemble a human’s."
With Feng Yuan’s reminder, Veronia looked at Annie in surprise and said. Shrugging his shoulders, Feng Yuan appeared helpless and said
"Forget it, let’s hurry up and set off. I hope we can fill our stomachs at that Kakaronte City."
Although it’s nearing alti, Feng Yuan really didn’t dare to stop and eat. He was unsure if Annie would wait that long; if they missed Annie’s introduction, it might not be easy to et Mars later.
Veronia chuckled lightly and said
"Kakaronte isn’t close from here~ According to the original story, you’d run into an attack from a Man-Eating Bear on the way, plus there’s a rushing Muddy River to cross. Maybe we won’t reach there by nightfall~"
"That far?!"
Stopping suddenly, Feng Yuan said in astonishnt. He didn’t suspect Veronia of joking, since that wasn’t her personality, but the thought of such a long journey made Feng Yuan a bit of a headache.
He had dry food on him, but they couldn’t eat and travel at the sa ti. He wasn’t sure if Annie would stop and wait for them. Thinking this way, it seems the only opportunity to stop and rest would be when crossing the river.
At that ti, in preparation for crossing the river, they would probably pause for a while. However, he didn’t know how far the Muddy River was from here.
By this ti, Annie up ahead was getting impatient. To avoid further complications, Feng Yuan and the others had no choice but to catch up quickly.
Unlike the previous dirt path, although this countryside lane still hadn’t changed much, its width could hardly be compared to the narrow path they previously walked.
The Cast Cubes seed to be familiar with Annie, circling around her, but she, showing no reaction to the Cast Cubes whatsoever, kept her ’innocent child-like actions’ as she moved forward. This relatively obvious AI naturally felt odd to Najia.
"Why does this Annie feel so unique? Even in Big Cat’s gas, there doesn’t seem to be such... a stiff AI."
"Maybe it’s related to space disorder, or perhaps because the Data Domain here is incomplete. Of course, it could also be so conspiracy, who knows."
With hands resting behind his head, Feng Yuan casually ntioned. He wasn’t particularly focused on the situation concerning this NPC nad Annie, after all, he wasn’t unable to flip tables over. He was just trying to figure out this Abnormal Space.
In the sky, Tamur was trying to bring the Sky Island Group closer to Feng Yuan’s location. Given the overall spatial disorder, moving the entire Sky Island Group was quite troubleso, while Agunas and others were observing around, planning to inform Tamur whenever a school was pulled into the area.
Although the Sky Island Group now had increased significantly since Feng Yuan set off, having co across several schools on the way, this didn’t put much pressure on Tamur. The only problem was that moving the Sky Island Group beca challenging, forcing Captain Yang and others to send out Beast Tars to help guide the direction with ultimate moves like strong winds.
They naturally noticed the village Feng Yuan and others passed, but Big Cat stopped Tamur from taking action, because it could recognize the village was similar to the ones in the ga world it created, aning there weren’t any people needing rescue there.
Still, even at such a height, they couldn’t spot traces of a river or city ahead. Of course, they temporarily couldn’t figure out where this was either, so they couldn’t apply the plot of Tashimar Fantasy Circus.
"I wonder how strong the Man-Eating Bear is, speaking of which, how did the original story deal with the Man-Eating Bear’s territory?"
Following Annie, Feng Yuan thought of sothing and curiously asked Veronia, who chuckled and said
"Of course, Annie would step in to protect Nana, Annie’s character was Nana’s protector in the early stages of the first part, but... swapping us into the situation, who knows what the outco would be."
"Xiao Hei, stay alert!"
Yang Hongzhi whispered to Xiao Hei, who growled lowly, sniffing around occasionally. As a canine Spirit Beast, it could use its keen sense of sll to detect enemies approaching.
Of course, if it were Ghost Series Spirit Beasts, that’d be another story since pure Energy Bodies might not emit a scent, but the Man-Eating Bear certainly wasn’t a Ghost Series. To prevent ambushes, Xiao Hei remained vigilant.
Both sides of the path were lined with dense shrubs and tall trees. Xiao Ji occasionally scanned the surroundings, wanting to help too. However, compared to Xiao Hei, it didn’t have that expertise.
With the shrubs around becoming increasingly dense, the dangerous Man-Eating Bear could appear at any mont. Suddenly, Annie summoned a Demon and said
"Here cos a little bear~"
"Attack!"
Watching the giant bear pounce at Annie, Feng Yuan shouted as his sickle flew out. The black giant bear was only at Elite Level strength, likely lacking power against them but confronting Annie was uncertain.
Xiao Hui rushed to Annie’s side to raise a Rune Stone Barrier, while Xiao Hei guarded Yang Hongzhi, growling at the giant bear that leapt from the bushes.
"A protection-type task?"
Veronia smirked, her fingers lightly dancing. The fierce giant bear was instantly frozen under so mysterious power, golden petals swirling and shattering the ice sculpture. With a soft hum, Veronia pointed her finger at the continuous Man-Eating Bears appearing, and gigantic Crystal Tendrils erupted from the ground, hoisting the bears skyward and then slamming them down heavily.
The number of approaching Man-Eating Bears was considerable, but Feng Yuan and his team’s strength was sufficient. Even with the number advantage, they couldn’t do anything against Feng Yuan and the others. After a while, the surviving Man-Eating Bears howled and retreated to the forest, vanishing before their eyes.
"I hope nothing unexpected happens while crossing the river."
Sighing, Feng Yuan said helplessly.
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