"It's raining?"
Large droplets of liquid fell from the sky into the mud in front of the Scholar.
With a thud, a large amount of liquid splashed onto the Scholar's body. At the same time, a small hole appeared on the mud-covered ground.
However, whether or not the liquid was actually water was not clear.
"These … these raindrops are really big."
The Scholar looked up at the sky again. The darkness in the sky was like thick smoke, but also like dark clouds. Giant water balls with an average diameter of six meters fell from the sky, hitting the ground with a continuous thud. The mud danced in the air, and gray flowers bloomed on the ground.
Although the raindrops were large enough to knock the Scholar to the ground, the Scholar did not intend to hide from the rain. Instead, it walked towards the target it had decided on earlier.
It was the section that was sticking out of the mud. It looked like a tree root.
"Strange?" After walking for about ten meters, the Scholar suddenly could not move any further. It was as if there was a transparent wall in front of it. Although the branch was only a meter away from it, the Scholar could not reach it.
"Could this be …" The Scholar knocked hard on the transparent wall in front of it. There was no sound or feeling. Then, an idea appeared in the Scholar's mind.
With the mirror as the center, the Scholar quickly walked around in a circle. Soon, it came to a conclusion. The transparent wall surrounded the mirror, and there was a twenty-meter radius around the mirror. The Scholar could not step out of this circle.
The Scholar believed that the mirror was restricting its movement, and not some kind of wall on the ground. But why would the mirror … restrict its movement?
The Scholar looked at the Spurred Pufferfish on the mirror. It was still huddled there, and it had no intention of investigating this place with the Scholar.
So, the Scholar decided not to invite it. It would be better to study the situation here on its own.
Buzz. At that moment, the Scholar heard a sound. It was a familiar sound. At the same time, it noticed that the mirror was surrounded by … a circle of light.
The circle of light expanded until it was a few hundred meters away from the mirror. The Scholar looked at the disappearing light in the distance, and a new idea appeared in its mind.
"I should be able to pass this time …" The Scholar's thoughts were quickly realized. Now that she had reached the tree branch, she was no longer blocked by the transparent wall.
It looked like the circle of light earlier was a result of the round mirror expanding its range, allowing it to travel further. But this round mirror … what was it trying to do? Is there anything special in this world?
In order to understand the situation here, the scholar decided to study the branch in front of him.
Dong! A huge water ball hit the Scholar, but it did not seem to affect the Scholar much. It shook off the water on its body, then lowered its body and looked at the branch carefully.
Upon closer inspection, the Scholar Walker felt that it was like a … skinny hand reaching out from the mud. He tried to pull it out, but soon, the Scholar Walker realized that he could not move it at all.
Although the Scholar wanted to dig into the mud to see what was underneath, she gave up on that idea for the time being. Instead, she turned to explore the surrounding area.
It found that after expanding its range, it could move within a 300-meter radius of the disc. However, it still couldn't go too far, and there was nothing in this area.
The thing that looked like a branch or a hand was the only special object in this area.
So, the Scholar Walker had no choice but to return to the spot and start digging again.
The Scholar Walker also realized that … it was raining.
The rain was not very heavy, so the Scholar Walker was rarely hit by the ridiculously large raindrops. However, the rain continued to fall.
The continuous rain caused the already wet mud to slowly accumulate water. The Scholar Walker felt that if the rain continued for a few more days and nights, this place would not be mud anymore, but an ocean.
Of course, it would be a very shallow ocean.
But … what would happen if the rain continued?
Although it seemed unlikely, the Scholar Walker imagined that this place could become a real ocean.
While thinking about this, the Scholar Walker continued to dig deeper. Since she did not feel tired at all, she was able to dig a considerable depth in a short time.
In the process of digging, the Scholar Walker saw that the base of the branch-like thing was getting thicker and thicker. The part above the surface was only about ten centimeters in diameter, but by the time she was three meters underground, it had expanded to more than a meter. No wonder she could not pull it out from the surface.
Although this was supposed to be a dream, there were many times when one could use real knowledge in a dream.
When the Scholar Walker had dug more than six meters underground, she found a very large object. This made the Scholar Walker think that this thing was very similar to a plant's … stem, and above it was a branch that grew out of it.
Just as the Scholar Walker was about to dig deeper to see if there was a deeper structure … suddenly, the Scholar Walker noticed that the stem was moving.
It wriggled its body like a larva, then wriggled and crawled out of the cave the Scholar Walker was digging.
The Scholar Walker immediately followed behind it. After crawling out of the cave, the Scholar Walker saw that this thing was shaking its body on the mud as if it was shaking off water.
It was a … thing that was more than six meters in size. Whether it was the color or the shape, it was very similar to a 'sweet potato'. There was an upright branch at one end, which was the branch the Scholar Walker saw on the ground.
"You came here. You found me. You let me go."
Suddenly, the creature pointed the 'branch' at the Scholar Walker, and at the same time, the Scholar Walker 'heard' a sentence.
This … Was it using some kind of brainwave to communicate?
"What is this place? Who are you? "So, the Scholar Walker asked the creature, using the language of the Primordial Realm.
"This is the place of diffusion." The creature that looked like a 'sweet potato' understood the Scholar Walker's meaning and replied with its brainwave, "The place where those things spread their energy. I was captured by the energy, trapped here, and buried here. But you dug me out. Why?"
"… What is the place of diffusion?" The Scholar Walker felt that the creature's words were very … vague.
"You can also say that it is a place of experimentation. Those things were constructed and then placed here to spread. This is where the operation began. You …"
Potato suddenly stopped talking. The Scholar noticed that the branch on his body had tilted, pointing at the disc behind him.
"I see. You came from that place. Are you here to contact the creator of distortion?"
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