Chapter 4022: Vuccu’s Doubts

Without a sound, Rean and Vuccu appeared right above one of the red dots showing on the device. Vuccu didn’t waste time, shooting downwards and carving his way through the dirt. In a matter of seconds, they arrived where that Red Dot was pointing.

What Vuccu saw was a big deposit of Divine Stones, just like Rean said it would be. There was no doubt anymore. Rean had truly created a device capable of finding these deposits. A device that only worked in the Future Realm, making use of the Time Plates.

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Back at the Qufis Alliance, Roan explained what was happening through Divine Sense.

That device was nothing but an early prototype of the CDs Rean made a long time ago, even before meeting Zangeshu. There was no reason to throw it away, so he kept these prototypes in some forgotten corner. Rean was quite a bit of a hoarder in that aspect.

It was pretty bad, and it would be quite risky to try to use it to connect to the Werdlem Network. So, it was never used. When Rean brought it out, he did not use its other functions. All he did was ask Sister Orb to upload the map of the Future Realm into it, based on all the exploration they had done so far.

From there, Rean talked to Xyrath. As the owner of the Time Plates, Xyrath knew where all of them were at the moment, including those passing by deposits of cultivation resources.

The three of them worked together at that point, using what was available at the moment. Xyrath used his Divine Sense to relay, in real time, the locations and movements of all Time Plates in the area. It had to be Divine Sense, as simply talking would take way too long. All the information on the thousands of Time Plates had to be passed at once, many times, continuously.

Sister Orb, connected to that Device, uploaded the position of those red dots every second. Naturally, she used her ability to connect to formations to do so with the system’s help. There was also the fact that Rean was just by the Device’s side. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to do that.

Last but not least, Rean pretended it could detect deposits of Divine Origin Energy, whether Divine Stones or Divine Energy Veins. As long as he didn’t get too far from the device, he would continue to work as the link between Sister Orb, Xyrath, and the Device.

’That’s what they are doing,’ Roan finished.

Foliana and the others grew nervous, though. ’What if Vuccu takes the Device away? It will immediately stop working, and he will know something was wrong.’

’Indeed,’ Roan knew that. ’But Rean only had a few seconds to work out that plan, so he couldn’t think that far ahead. It all depends on how he deals with the situation. If things get bad, Kentucky, Celis, and I will have to join him and fight Vuccu; there will be no holding back.’

They could enter the Dimensional Realm and leave by Rean’s side, so the distance from Rean at the moment really didn’t matter.

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Back in the Divine Stones Deposit, Vuccu ignored everything and returned to the surface with Rean. The device continued to show the locations of all Time Plates. "I have to admit. The method you used to detect deposits of Divine Stones and Veins was quite novel. I don’t think anyone thought about using the Time Power disturbances in the plates before. Or maybe they did, but no one succeeded until now."

Rean scratched the back of his head. "And yet, it seems like I did something wrong. Just so Senior Vuccu knows, I looked into all the rules of the Future Realm, and there were no restrictions on any equipment the participants brought inside. So, if I missed something, I can only apologize."

Vuccu narrowed his eyes. Whether he accepted it or not, Rean did prove the device worked. Vuccu’s idea of someone passing privileged information to Rean’s group was obviously wrong.

That was a good thing, of course. That meant no one in the Tombassin Sect broke the rules that the Werdlem Empire had set for these kinds of environments. Let’s not forget that the Future Realm isn’t the only place you can go where time is accelerated while the laws are still perceivable.

"Just how much of those Divine Stones and Veins did you take for yourself?" Vuccu asked seriously.

This time, Rean did not lie. "I can’t say I have found every source. After all, I can only detect these deposits and veins when a time plate passes through them. However, the Future Realm stays open for over ten thousand years. That’s a very, very long time... If I were to guess, I would say I collected around 30% of everything I’ve found so far."

"No wonder..." Vuccu sighed. It confirmed his theory that the ripples of laws and the changes in time acceleration were related to Rean and his invention. 30% of all sources were bound to cause changes in the environment of the Future Realm. During every opening, it would already be a huge change if even 5% of everything was taken away until the end.

However, he also noticed something. "You do remember I mentioning the ripples in time and laws, don’t you?"

"Yes," Rean remembered that, obviously. "Even I noticed them. Sometimes, the laws would accelerate and make it extremely difficult to comprehend them, but just for a few seconds. As for the decrease in time acceleration, I’ve known about it because I kept in contact with the Qufis Alliance outside the Future Realm."

Vuccu nodded. "I believe the reason for those ripples is your egregious acquisition of those sources of Divine Origin Energy. Yet, one thing doesn’t make sense. These ripples stopped a few hundred years ago. Have you perhaps put the resources you acquired back where they were?"

That was a very valid point. If the reason for the ripples was the acquisition of those resources, those ripples shouldn’t have stopped. Yet, they did. What did that mean? That meant the resources Rean acquired with the device might not be the reason for the ripples.

Of course, Rean knew that the resources had nothing to do with it. Instead, it was the fact that he always kept fifty thousand Time Plates in the Dimensional Realm, cutting off their connection with the outside world. He obviously wouldn’t tell Vuccu about that. "I did not put anything back, senior."

"Of course, you didn’t." Even if Rean said he did, Vuccu wouldn’t have believed him. "Then, how do you explain the stop of the changes in the environment? Everything has been fine for a while, and it shouldn’t. Yet, it was also around that time when the changes stopped that you stopped collecting resources, wasn’t it?"

Rean pondered a bit. "Actually, it makes sense."

Vuccu was taken aback. "How?"

"The stability," Rean explained. "Because I kept removing those huge deposits nonstop, it caused the ripples. Since I stopped removing the deposits, the Future Realm has finally gotten enough time to get used to the changes. It stabilized itself around the new concentration of Divine and Divine Origin Energies."

Vuccu didn’t expect such an obvious answer. "Your point of view is different from mine, but it does make sense too..."

Vuccu went silent for a moment. Was it really all that was? Sure, he found the culprits, but his instincts said there was something deeper at play. Maybe Rean truly only collected the resources, but the ripples were caused by something else? Vuccu didn’t have a way to confirm that. What was certain at the moment was that Rean was behind the resources part, and he didn’t hide it.

Now, the question was: what should Vuccu do about Rean now that he had that information?

As for Rean, his Light Element was already circulating silently inside his body. Roan, Kentucky, and Celis were also ready to come and support him in case Rean couldn’t run. At their level, perhaps they might be able to put up a fight against an Initial Stage Celestial Realm if they go all out.

*Crash!*

Suddenly, Vuccu smashed Rean’s device, his sharp eyes turning cold as he looked at Rean.

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