Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 2394 - 2395: Event Rewards

Unlike the previous silhouettes, this particular one has left Feng Yuan and his team utterly confused. Could there really be floating stones here? Such things don’t seem to fit the style of Hot Springs Town.

"You can cheat, you know."

Veronia, seeing their bewilderment, decided to remind them. Since the puzzles are fixed, most of them have already been posted in a dedicated discussion forum by now. Outside of the forum, however?

With data-based Spirit Beasts assisting, actions that maliciously spoil the experience for others would be promptly dealt with by deleting such posts.

So, if one wants to cheat, they have to enter the discussion forum. However, Feng Yuan and his team decided not to do so.

"Hmm, currently we can’t analyze which one it is, but brute forcing it might not be a problem either."

Gazing at Dou Yanlan, Feng Yuan thought of another approach. Dou Yanlan frowned slightly and said,

"Are you planning to test at the checkpoints? If so, why not just get the answer from the discussion forum?"

"True, but this thing..."

"Could it be this?"

At that moment, Qi Chen suddenly spoke up, catching Feng Yuan and Dou Yanlan’s attention. He flipped his phone and showed the screen to Feng Yuan, who was taken aback by the introduction to the hot spring displayed.

"It really could be possible."

The main reason they hadn’t thought of this sneaky silhouette earlier was that if it included the fountain below, they would naturally think of the Torrential Spring as that attraction. Although it’s part of the Time Pool, the fountain is a standout feature of the Time Pool, where tourists are not allowed.

The main thing is that the massive eruption from the Torrential Spring, which occurs every six hours, emits a huge amount of energy—not by design, but simply because that’s the nature of the Torrential Spring.

That’s right, if you add the flow from below to the silhouette, it would look exactly the same as the massive eruption that happens every six hours at the Torrential Spring.

Clearly, what gets thrown up into the air during the massive eruption is not something strange, but rather the lid of the Torrential Spring or a high-density energy barrier.

This object is an energy aggregate formed over many years. The Torrential Spring features small eruptions every hour and massive eruptions every six hours.

Only during the massive eruptions does the water flow push the lid of the Torrential Spring into the sky, and at this moment, due to the effect of energy, the fountain becomes multicolored.

The reason Feng Yuan and his team didn’t think of this is simply because, during the massive eruption, most people focus on the multicolored fountain, not the lid that’s being launched into the sky.

For this reason, Feng Yuan and his team hadn’t considered the Time Pool before.

Although everyone thought the Time Pool was the likely choice, they weren’t entirely sure. Fortunately, at the checkpoint at the Time Pool, the staff accepted their hint card and handed them a new one.

As the number of unvisited locations decreased, even with the abstruse hints on the cards, Feng Yuan and his team rapidly found the answers. By around three in the afternoon, they successfully collected all the stamps.

The reward for collecting the stamps wasn’t particularly lavish, certainly incomparable to the Maze of Mirror’s prize. However, considering the difficulty level to acquire it, it seems understandable.

"This thing does have some commemorative value."

Feng Yuan remarked as he looked at the prize voucher in his hand. The prize for this event was simple—a chibi version of the Beastmaster’s Beast and Spirit Beast figures.

When it comes to costs, Hot Springs Town has its own factory. Even though it’s a custom version, the cost difference between custom and mass-produced items in this world isn’t significant. Moreover, this prize is by no means exquisitely crafted.

Feng Yuan could understand this. The event itself is free to participate in, if the prizes were too expensive, he’d wonder about Hot Springs Town’s intentions. After all, this wasn’t an official charitable event; considerations regarding revenue surely played a part.

"Compared to the Maze of Mirror’s souvenirs, these fall short."

Veronia seemed dissatisfied as she looked at the voucher. The receptionist, upon seeing Feng Yuan’s pile of Spirit Beasts, was utterly bewildered.

For someone his age to have such a large number of Spirit Beasts was extraordinary, even though many university students have several Spirit Beasts, they typically wouldn’t bring them all along.

For someone like Feng Yuan, who travels with a large group of Spirit Beasts, it’s generally an indication of a formidable Beastmaster, and hardly seen among his peer group.

If Feng Yuan’s number of Spirit Beasts was merely astonishing, then Veronia and the others were downright intimidating.

Usually, no one inspects Spirit Beast Contracts or Taming Beast Contracts. However, substantially, if someone has signed either contract, both the Spirit Beasts and humans have specific ways to reveal their connection through a beam of light.

To prevent people from muddling through, checks are conducted when receiving rewards. Yet, upon inspection, a problem arose.

Veronia and her companions had no links with Feng Yuan, as the Divine Beast Contract was undetectable, and there was no contract relationship between Feng Yuan and Veronia.

Thus, the receptionist misunderstood, thinking Feng Yuan intended to claim extra figures. Although these figures were not expensive, according to regulations, they couldn’t allow such actions.

Consequently, the refusal angered Veronia, who even transformed into human form to argue with the staff.

Luckily, Feng Yuan and Agunas intervened to calm Veronia, otherwise, an incident might have occurred in Hot Springs Town that day.

After verifying Veronia’s Divine Beast status, the staff smoothly completed the registration for them.

However, the commotion left Veronia dissatisfied, and she couldn’t help but pick on them a little.

"I think it’s fair. If the decorations were too valuable and given away for free, it’d be suspicious. The Maze of Mirror has a difficulty barrier, but here, the prize is available to everyone. Offering expensive items would raise concerns."

Feng Yuan shook his head, finding nothing amiss. Memorabilia from an event holds sentimental value, but to personally shop and select items is also a choice.

"Are you planning to shop for souvenirs next?" Dou Yanlan asked Feng Yuan, as he had already shared his plans, so everyone knew what he intended to do.

"Yes. Though we’re leaving tomorrow afternoon, picking out souvenirs now isn’t rushed."

Feng Yuan nodded, explaining that while Hot Springs Town has plenty of hot springs, he doesn’t intend to soak in every pool. With so many, overly long soaks could be overwhelming.

"Aren’t you considering buying anything?"

Feng Yuan curiously asked Qi Chen and the others. From his perspective, the souvenirs at Hot Springs Town were quite pleasing in design and decently priced—sufficiently meaningful as mementos.

"We’ll see. I don’t have much room in my place for them." Qi Chen scratched his head, mentioning that he sometimes buys souvenirs when out with Feng Yuan, but unlike Feng Yuan, he doesn’t like cluttering his room with too many.

Hence, Qi Chen is more cautious in choosing souvenirs—much more so than most others.

The souvenirs are concentrated on a specialized commercial street. In Hot Springs Town, various businesses are planned efficiently, prioritizing convenience over maximizing profits.

Although some drink and snack vendors are interspersed on the commercial street, souvenir shops rarely overlap with other areas. After all, casually picking up souvenirs isn’t the same as carefully selecting them, even if it might lower profits.

"So many souvenirs! Even if not all are exquisitely crafted, they’re definitely unique."

Feng Yuan couldn’t help but marvel at the sight of so many souvenirs. Dou Yanlan, while scrutinizing the items, added,

"They have revenue expectations, so overly shoddy things would quickly be phased out."

Since all the souvenirs are sold along one street, tourists can leisurely compare them, so those merely meant to fill space don’t sell.

Therefore, the quality of the souvenirs along this street is exceptionally high.