More than half a month later.
World of Forests.
The Abe Akaya vine thicket blossod with a glowing light, exuding a vibrant natural aura and power.
Fang Heng sat cross-legged beneath the roots, absorbing the surrounding natural energy into his body.
The entire World of Forests continuously produced natural energy.
And this energy was more than ten tis greater than that of the Ice Crystal Maze.
So, more than ten days ago, Fang Heng had simply left the Titan orb in the Ice Crystal Maze, handing over the maze to be jointly managed and allocated by the Holy Court and the major federations.
As for himself, he stayed under the vines of Abe Akaya, cultivating using the abundant natural energy of the World of Forests.
[Hint: The player’s current grandmaster-level natural science has been raised to Level 44.]
"Hoo...!"
Fang Heng glanced at the ga prompt out of the corner of his eye and exhaled a breath of turbid air, bringing his cultivation to a temporary halt.
He stood up, looked at the tree spirit tribe elders waiting respectfully behind him, and asked, "What’s the matter?"
"Mr. Fang Heng."
Two elders from the tree spirit tribe stepped forward respectfully and reported, "Sorry to disturb your cultivation, but it’s regarding the Goddess."
Cleriway?
Fang Heng was slightly stirred upon hearing the na.
Cleriway was of half-elf descent and could sense part of the consciousness of the sacred tree Abe Akaya. As such, she was usually responsible for caring for Abe Akaya.
Later, with Fang Heng’s encouragent, she gradually began to participate in the daily managent of the World of Forests.
After all, Fang Heng didn’t have that much energy and only wanted to be a hands-off overseer.
Thus, in the eyes of the tree spirit tribe, Cleriway, who could communicate with the sacred tree, was the Goddess, responsible for managing most affairs of the World of Forests.
Her status was only one level below Fang Heng’s.
The tree spirit tribe elder respectfully reported, "The Goddess has been missing for 24 hours. Such a situation has never occurred before. We’ve investigated her room and found no signs of her being there. We’re worried and wanted to ask if you knew her whereabouts."
"Missing?"
Fang Heng was a bit surprised. He thought for a mont and asked, "When was the last ti you saw Cleriway? Was there anything unusual at the ti?"
"It was during yesterday’s morning eting, which the Goddess presided over. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary. Afterward, she personally attended to the sacred tree, and then no one saw her again. She did not attend today’s morning eting, nor did she notify anyone in advance. That has never happened before, and the tribe is very concerned."
Fang Heng rubbed his chin.
Cleriway had been entrusted to him by Oriana, the natural science instructor.
There shouldn’t be any danger in the ga.
At least within the World of Forests, all areas with trees and vines were under Abe Akaya’s protection and surveillance.
Could it be sothing outside the ga?
"I understood. You all may leave."
Fang Heng waved his hand.
"Yes."
The two tree spirit elders respectfully took their leave.
Fang Heng closed his eyes and attempted to connect with Abe Akaya. Soon, he established a ntal link.
Through the ntal connection, he learned that Cleriway had co to find him more than once during his closed-door cultivation, but he had remained in seclusion the entire ti.
That day, after the morning eting, Cleriway had also co to find him, but failing to do so, she went offline and never returned to the World of Forests.
Fang Heng grew more suspicious.
So, Cleriway had gone missing in the real world.
Abe Akaya’s vine branches slowly gathered and gently brushed against Fang Heng’s shoulder.
"Is that so? You’re worried about her? Hmm, so am I," Fang Heng nodded lightly. "In that case, let’s go find her ourselves."
...
Fang Heng had rarely looked into Cleriway’s background, only knowing that she was a half-elf.
It didn’t matter. The natural science instructor would likely know where Cleriway had gone.
So, two hours later, Fang Heng found Oriana, the natural science instructor, at her mage hut in the forest.
"I think Cleriway most likely returned to the elven tribe."
After hearing Fang Heng’s account, Oriana sighed softly and continued, "I foresaw this day would co. Cleriway is a half-elf. Her bloodline is considered impure by the elven tribe. Her mother was also imprisoned by the elves for this reason. I think she misses her mother dearly. Perhaps she was summoned by the elven tribe and left temporarily."
Fang Heng frowned, "Are you saying Cleriway left willingly?"
"I’m not sure," Oriana shook her head. "At the very least, if she were taken by force, we should have sensed her aura and received a ssage from her."
"Do you know where the elven tribe is?"
"The elven tribe is extrely secretive. I only t Cleriway in another world within the ga."
"Thank you, Instructor," Fang Heng nodded. "Cleriway is my friend. If you hear any news about her, please let know imdiately."
"Of course."
After leaving Oriana’s hut, Fang Heng lowered his head in thought.
All clues pointed toward Cleriway leaving of her own volition, and most likely heading for the elven tribe.
Unfortunately, the elven tribe’s world had not yet been discovered in any advanced ga worlds. All sources had co up empty so far.
Could it be a hidden world?
At the very least, there was no way to access it at the mont.
After a brief thought, Fang Heng decided to search Cleriway’s house in the real world to see if he could find any clues related to the elves.
So Fang Heng transford into his bat form and flew directly toward Cleriway’s residence.
Before her disappearance, Cleriway had spent most of her ti in the ga.
In the real world, she also disliked interacting with others. So with Mo Jiawei’s help, she had purchased a detached villa in the suburbs.
She would sotis live in the villa when not in the ga.
An hour later, Fang Heng entered the periphery of Cleriway’s villa and frowned.
What’s going on?
From a distance, he looked down.
The Federation’s crisis managent unit had already surrounded the villa in several tight layers.
Sothing was definitely wrong.
Fang Heng’s heart stirred as he flew downward and reverted to his human form.
"Who goes there?!"
Lu Yunhao, head of the Eastern Federation’s crisis managent unit, turned around alertly and was startled upon seeing the person behind him. The team of Federation investigators quickly raised their guns and pointed them at him.
"It’s , Fang Heng."
The na carried weight.
When the investigation team saw that it was Fang Heng, their expressions changed slightly.
In the Eastern Federation, anyone familiar with the ga had heard of Fang Heng.
The Federation players present were even more aware of Fang Heng’s status.
He was the dual World Lord of the Vampire World and the Zombie Apocalypse World.
Recently, rumors had erged that Fang Heng had inherited the power of the Vampire King.
Even an ordinary vampire player was considered top-tier, not to ntion the Vampire King himself.
His strength was terrifying.
On top of that, Fang Heng was a closely cooperating player with the Eastern Federation, holding the highest clearance level, and in certain cases even had the authority to temporarily mobilize crisis managent units.
Pointing guns at him? Were they insane?
Lu Yunhao quickly signaled the investigators to lower their weapons and hurriedly apologized, "Sorry, Mr. Fang Heng. We didn’t recognize you."
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