Chapter 1113: Another World

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Wolin.

High in the air, Gangbao flapped her wings while flying forward.

A violent wind whipped up.

Qingbao occasionally transformed into the wind to merge into it, controlling the direction of the gale to blow away the surrounding fog.

The fog surged, and the scene before them became clear.

After roughly three seconds or so, the vast white fog eerily emerged once again.

Qiao Sang shuttled through the jungle following the path that had briefly appeared clearly.

After walking like this for over ten minutes, she suddenly came to a halt.

Gangbao stopped her actions as well.

"Xun xun?"

Little Treasure, who was shuttling back and forth through the white fog, floated back to his Beast Tamer's side and let out a call, asking why she had suddenly stopped walking.

"I feel it's very strange." Qiao Sang said.

"Qing qing?" Qingbao floated over, calling out in curiosity.

What's strange?

"Don't you think this fog doesn't act like normal fog? It rushes back in far too quickly." Qiao Sang said.

Gangbao's strong wind combined with Qingbao's control over the wind could blow away the fog within a hundred meters every time. Sometimes when Gangbao exerted a bit more force with the wind, she could even blow away all the white fog within a kilometer.

Yet no matter how large the cleared range was, it would almost entirely rush back within roughly three seconds, completely obscuring everything nearby. Unlike normal mist phenomena, it was extremely eerie.

"Yap yap!"

Hearing his Beast Tamer's words, Yabao seemed to realize something, instantly putting on a vigilant expression as he observed the surroundings.

Lubao, who had just returned to the backpack, silently poked her head out again.

"Lei lei..."

Tingbao didn't listen to Qiao Sang's words at all. Instead, he looked at Lubao's head poking out from the backpack, showing a conflicted expression.

Qiao Sang continued: "Yabao, Little Treasure, use your mental power to probe if there's anything wrong with this place."

Pet beasts with the Psychic attribute generally had higher mental power than others of the same tier. Upon reaching the King level stage, they could even use mental power directly to sense everything in their surroundings. Normally, Little Treasure used mental power to sense locations for positioning.

Although Yabao couldn't use Teleportation, sensing through mental power in this manner was no problem for him.

"Yap yap!"

"Xun xun~"

Yabao and Little Treasure called out, blue light gleaming in their eyes simultaneously.

"Yap yap..."

"Xun xun~"

A few seconds later, the blue light in Yabao and Little Treasure's eyes faded, and they shook their heads, indicating there was nothing.

Nothing at all... Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, then asked, "Are there any pet beasts nearby?"

"Yap yap..."

"Xun xun~"

Yabao and Little Treasure shook their heads again, indicating there were none.

Not even pet beasts... Qiao Sang fell into deep thought.

From what that mysterious old man implied, because this place was surrounded by fog year-round, pet beasts easily lost their way inside, so very few pet beasts would stay here. However, there shouldn't be none at all.

Though perhaps she was overthinking it. Pet beasts were small in size, and since Yabao and Little Treasure only did a general scan, it was possible they simply hadn't noticed them...

Qiao Sang gathered her thoughts and said: "Never mind, let's keep moving forward first."

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At the exact same time, within the white fog, pairs of eyes of different colors and shapes were staring intently at the movements of Qiao Sang, Yabao, and the others.

Within Wolin, there seemed to be another world. The surrounding scenery had transformed from being filled with dense white fog into a mountain landscape bursting with vitality, full of various colored blooming flowers and growing green vegetation.

On trees, on flowers, on the grass, and in midair, pet beasts that could draw crowds of onlookers and screams out in the outside world were scattered everywhere.

In midair, a screen condensed from energy hovered, broadcasting the exact footage of Qiao Sang, Yabao, and the rest moving through Wolin.

"Ning ning."

A horse-like pet beast that was mostly blue all over, with white stripes running through its middle and a pair of white wings, turned its head and called out to a pet beast beside it, one about a meter tall and made entirely of white mist.

"Wu wu..."

The pet beast formed entirely of white mist put on an embarrassed expression, scratched its head, and then pressed its paws together to channel energy.

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In the forest, Qiao Sang abruptly stopped once again.

"Yap yap?"

Seeing this, Yabao stopped along with her and let out a call, asking what was wrong.

"Gang qiu."

Before Qiao Sang could answer, Gangbao observed the surroundings, put on a serious expression, and called out, indicating that the time it took for the fog to rush back had changed.

"That's right." Qiao Sang nodded and said. 

"If it was around three seconds before, now it's around ten seconds. The time has lengthened considerably."

"Yap yap?"

Yabao revealed a bewildered expression.

Does that matter?

Qiao Sang said with a solemn expression: "For the first ten minutes or so, the fog rushed back in around three seconds every time. But right after I brought up this issue, the time suddenly changed to around ten seconds. Don't you think this issue is very serious?"

"Yap yap..."

Yabao tried hard to feel the seriousness of the issue.

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure seemed to have realized something, putting on a terrified expression as he let out a scream.

Could this fog be conscious?!

Fog? Conscious? Yabao tried hard to process this again.

"Qing qing..."

A hint of excitement flashed in Qingbao's eyes, but she quickly restrained it and put on a worried expression, floating to her Beast Tamer's side and calling out, indicating how scary it was and asking what they should do.

"We're leaving first." Qiao Sang decided decisively.

Ah? Qingbao was stunned for a second, this wasn't the answer she wanted.

"Xun xun~"

Little Treasure's terrified expression turned into pity, and he called out, asking if they couldn't play a bit longer.

The fog having consciousness was scary, sure, but with Big Brother Yabao and Lubao beside him, he still felt very safe.

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In the same region, within that other world.

"Gao gao."

A cat-like pet beast that was mostly pink all over gave the pet beast made of mist a rather disdainful look.

"Wu wu..."

The pet beast formed entirely of mist revealed a dejected expression.

"Ning ning."

The horse-like pet beast with white wings let out a comforting call, indicating it was fine, after all, this human was leaving soon anyway.

"Wu wu."

The pet beast formed entirely of mist rallied its spirits once more.

"Ju ju!"

Suddenly, an elderly-looking pet beast wearing glasses, mostly white all over, with eyebrows so long they hung down, looked at a certain figure on the screen and called out with a serious expression.

All the pet beasts turned to look over in unison.

"Kui kui."

A pet beast covered in golden armor with no figure inside the armor looked at the figure on the screen, then picked up a roster to quickly skim through it before shaking its head, indicating that the other party was not on the list.

"Ju ju!"

The pet beast with long hanging eyebrows called out with a serious expression, indicating that its sensing was definitely not wrong.

All the pet beasts looked at one another, not knowing what to do.

The pet beast formed entirely of mist was very hesitant.

"Xia xia."

Just then, a naive voice sounded.

Hearing the pet beast that spoke, the crowd of pet beasts nodded one after another in agreement.

"Wu wu."

The pet beast formed entirely of mist finally stopped hesitating. It nodded, then pressed its paws together and channeled energy.

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On the other side.

"I'll go back and check what's going on, then come back tomorrow." Qiao Sang said cautiously.

"Xun xun..."

Little Treasure put on a "well, alright then" expression, blue light gleaming in his eyes.

Right at this moment, however, the surrounding fog suddenly surged wildly, swallowing the figures of Qiao Sang, Yabao, and the rest as if engulfing them.

"Gangbao! Qingbao!" Qiao Sang called out.

"Gang qiu." Gangbao's voice followed.

Immediately afterward, a fierce gale raged.

The surrounding vast white fog dissipated for the nth time with the wind.

Qiao Sang suddenly realized something was wrong, looking left and right.

Where was Qingbao?!

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