Spiritual entities × Home at last

Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth Chapter 717

That's really complicated.

These life forms.

Although Kevin wasn't a biology major, he still needed a variety of materials to make potions, and the properties of those materials were related to the individual potions he produced.

Therefore, it's impossible to say that he didn't do any research.

Previously, I would also talk with Koto and others to conduct joint research.

Therefore, in his view, the life forms on the Dark Continent were extremely complex.

Based on current information, the most important reason lies in the vastness of the Dark Continent.

The existence of souls and bodies, and the existence of Life Force, these two supernatural forces together shape the wonder of this world.

Over a long period of time, these two forces have shaped countless forms of life and a wide variety of ecosystems.

Of course, the most important point is the Undying disease.

This intractable disease greatly ensured the prosperity of the Dark Continent, preventing any particular life form from using its power to invade the entire world and eliminate other life forms.

When a life form develops intelligence, becomes powerful, and begins to reproduce and expand, the Undying disease will descend.

Too many Sapient Life perish under this disease.

Those who survived, not knowing how to resist, will naturally and obediently control the disorderly expansion of their own population.

Those who find ways to resist mostly need to restrict their own location, and thus cannot expand outwards indiscriminately.

This has created such a prosperous scene.

Kevin could understand and study these flesh-and-blood life forms; after all, that's what humans are like.

To be honest, those Spiritual Lifeform are completely unknown territory for humanity.

Even in human society, the soul is a complete black box.

Only a few Nen user can exert influence and have an effect on them, but how that effect is achieved is unknown, so research is naturally out of the question.

Upon arriving in the Dark Continent, Spiritual Lifeform, while not ordinary, are certainly not rare. They all exhibit peculiar characteristics that are difficult to understand.

Take the Snow Fairy for example. It's completely baffling why staying in a human's Dreamscape would cause such a significant change in its own form, as if it had become a different race.

Of course, this may just be a human perspective, since humans still pay a lot of attention to appearance.

Perhaps for Spiritual Lifeform, they do not value outward appearance, but rather the essential similarity.

This applies to Machine Lifeform, Possessed Spirits life forms, and other Spiritual Lifeform.

While they were chatting and pondering, the Little Flame somehow jumped onto Kevin's trouser leg and stared at him with wide eyes.

"What's wrong, little one?"

Kevin found it strange.

"Fire is on your body."

"Fire?"

Upon hearing this, Kevin seemed to understand something and held up his finger.

A flame spread from his back, through his sleeves, down his arm, and ignited at his fingertips.

Phoenix Flame.

"Suck!"

Faced with such a flame, the Little Flame suddenly pulled back.

As if drawn by a tether, the tip of the flame pulled the Phoenix Flame in Kevin's hand towards it, transforming it into a thin rope of fire that flowed into his body.

The flame itself didn't seem to have changed, but the Little Flame definitely looked like they had eaten their fill.

"Thanks."

He thanked them and then jumped into the glass ball.

This time, the glass balls have been changed; they are no longer the barrier glass balls that Kevin made for them, but Bubble Ball.

Does he eat fire?

Kevin asked.

Jin nodded.

"We found him amidst the flames; he basically ate up the Bonfire every night."

After one night, we set off again.

The Snow Fairy chose to stay with Kevin and the others; she wouldn't leave them even if they let her go.

She was indeed influenced by the impressions in Zaharut's Dreamscape, and even her personality became stereotyped.

Kind, innocent, and mischievous.

This is the key to understanding the image of fairies in most fairy tales.

Ice and snow are merely attributes.

I sped along the road on my way home.

Am I just imagining things?

Jin suddenly asked. At this moment, they were still running back.

"You mean that kind of subtle, almost imperceptible, spying?"

You discovered it?

Kevin nodded.

"I sensed it a long time ago; it was probably a Lord. But since it didn't appear directly in front of us or show any overt malice, we don't need to worry about it."

After all, he is Lord himself. If he accidentally wanders into someone else 'Lord territory and gets noticed, that's normal.

As for the subtle malice in that spying, that's normal.

This is the Dark Continent, where unfamiliar, equally powerful individuals are born with malice, so Kevin didn't find it particularly bothersome.

Moreover, this feeling of being watched has lasted for two or three days.

"If you can feel it, it means we're getting closer to him. If he still doesn't appear, then just ignore it."

Sure enough, after a day or two, the feeling of being spied on gradually disappeared, and the other party did not appear in front of them.

"Oh, it's so great to be with Kevin; we haven't run into any of those troublesome things along the way."

Tuk smiled and said somewhat easily. Compared to forming their own team and exploring slowly, following Kevin all the way, they encountered almost no obstacles. The Lord's intimidating power was simply too strong.

"It's not necessarily a good thing, after all, we need to explore and acquire resources, and some of those resources come from those creatures. To acquire resources, we also need to use those creatures as a catalyst."

Biscuit then spoke.

Compared to the gains of the Gold Squad, and compared to the gains of other squads in the territory, Kevin and his team's gains on the journey were actually very limited.

All that is special, all that would attract attention, will recede as Kevin approaches; that is the Lord's power.

Therefore, the journey will be very safe, unless you encounter some mindless creatures, which is extremely rare.

Such a deterrent force would allow them to travel at high speed without hindrance, but if they needed to explore, some unexpected circumstances would be required.

Kevin's intimidating presence disrupts the established order of an environment, which isn't necessarily a good thing for exploration.

Therefore, when conducting serious exploration, Kevin would completely conceal his aura, even if he did, he would still be felt within a few kilometers. He would then leave the external exploration to Biscuit and the others, who would set up a sparse formation to explore.

However, such exploration also has its advantages. When something happens, it's a big deal, and when something is gained, it's not a small gain either, just like this time.

"I'm now retracing my steps home, exploring something."

Men Qi made a comment.

Soon, after several months, they crossed the Folded Zone and began their detour towards the territory. In this case, it would only take a few days. And so, a few days later...

"Phew, I'm finally back."

From afar, I spotted a strange bird in the tree: tiny in size, slender in shape, with a single eye on its head, the marking in the eye being all too obvious.

Human surveillance – Pairo's mark.

"What kind of bird is that?" Aimeme asked.

Kevin shook his head; he really didn't know.

Men Qi took a closer look.

"I know about this. I remember Koto was preparing to study it before we left."

"Koto?"

Jin was taken aback. Shouldn't she be studying plants?

"Don't be fooled by its bird-like appearance; it's actually a plant that parasitizes insects."

What the hell?

Tuk stood under the tree and looked at the That Bird; it looked exactly like an animal.

Men Qi also couldn't understand the classification.

"The new surveillance system uses farmed insects, with parasitic plants cultivated by Koto, and their eyes Pairo."

"It is said that these eyes have a very wide field of vision, and can also zoom in and out, and can perform various infrared surveillance operations at night."

Simply put, it's a biological surveillance system created by a few people at the base.

"Welcome back, Uncle, and everyone else."

The bird made a cawing sound like Crow, but it was clearly human language.

"Wow, that's amazing! It can even control its speech."

Jin immediately became interested, because Pairo's mark could only be placed in the eyes to steal or modify the opponent's vision, but it couldn't control the opponent themselves.

"Let's go, let's head back first."

Although Kevin and his team were exploring outwards, their connection with the base was never severed.

Once you get a little closer, you can have a direct, real-time voice call with the Metal Ant; even if you're a bit further away, you can still exchange simple text messages using the Book of Teleportation.

After all, writing on the Book of Teleportation can transmit information to a fixed copy. Although the number of characters is limited, writing a few words is perfectly fine; it's enough to let someone know you're safe.

The Moon Bay Town could be seen from afar.

"There have been quite a few changes."

Jin gazed into the distance, muttering to himself.

Compared to Kevin and his team, the Kim team has been gone for more than two years, and Kevin and his team have been away for almost a year, including the six months they spent waiting for the competition.

The most obvious changes in the Small Town are the increase in buildings and the construction of roads.

A short while later, a horse-drawn carriage came along, its wheels clattering on the stone path.

"Why are they even using horse-drawn carriages now?"

Jin looked at Morel, who was driving the carriage, and curiously came over to pat the horse.

Kevin glanced at the two horses pulling the cart and immediately recognized where they came from. If he wasn't mistaken, these two horses were definitely from the Golden Grassland —tall, strong, and robust.

The rear carriages were not made of wood, but rather a combination of wood and metal, and were very modern in design.

"This carriage is just a toy. As for the horses, they were tamed by other people. They've tamed quite a few strange creatures."

Morel didn't understand any of this either, and said with a smile. As for who tamed them, there are many possibilities. The V6 team sent out had quite a few talented people. Taming some horses was a simple matter.

"Don't underestimate these horses; they're quite capable. At least for the area from the port to the Small Town, these horses are more than enough."

Jin and his group simply attached the RV to the back of the carriage, and everyone sat inside, where it was quite spacious.

No, that's not right. Men Qi looked outside, then inside; the space inside was clearly many times larger than the outside.

"Who made this? It's amazing!" They've even developed Spatial Technology; this is incredible.

Kim and Kevin were also surprised and patted the frame next to them, and then they saw the God Text) arranged under the fabric cover.

"Don't overthink what Nobu and Berolete made; it's just a toy, essentially made with too many unnecessary materials."

Kevin basically figured out how the carriage was made.

Bellolight has been studying the God Text to enhance his mechanical abilities, and this carriage was clearly constructed using the combined abilities of Nen Sand and Bellolight.

The God Text carved inside is no joke; it was definitely carved by the entire Exploration Team in the Small Town working together, reaching their current top level.

It also contains materials from the Space Orb, which is the S-Rank material taken from the stomach of the Devouring Sand Worm.

The material was large enough, of high quality, and purely spatial; Kevin shared a portion with others for research.

Therefore, this is merely a product of everyone's technical verification, with little significance. It is considered inferior to Nobu Nen ability, or in essence, it is just an outward extension of Nobu Nen ability, created using the same approach as making Nen tool.

Once everyone understood, they immediately lost interest.

"The Small Town has changed a lot."

"Nothing has changed. It's exactly the same as before you left, just some new buildings."

Morel, who had always lived in the Small Town, didn't notice any difference.

"How did you all end up together?"

Morel was even more curious about this.

These two teams are exploring in completely different directions, or rather, although both are exploring inland, the distance between them must be several thousand to ten thousand kilometers. How could they possibly come together?

"That's a long story; I guess it's just fate."

Jin laughed heartily, "It really is fate."

"Your experience sounds amazing! I'm getting a little impatient to see it."

As he spoke, Morel glanced at the Little Flame and the Snow Fairy inside the glass ball.

One was next to Kevin, and the other was next to Aimeme, quite a distance apart, but no one could ignore them.

We chatted for a while.

Even without any manual control, the two horses were clearly well-trained.

They automatically made their way to the Small Town entrance, Melusina had been waiting for a long time. She ran over and hugged Kevin.

"It's only been a year, do you miss me that much?"

Kevin asked with a smile, patting Melusina on the back.

Haven't you thought about me at all in a year?

Melusina immediately pulled away from his embrace, looking at him unhappily.

"Hehe, how could that be? I think about you every day."

Kevin immediately smiled and said, pulling Melusina as they quickly walked into the Small Town.

"Let me tell you, we had a really good haul this time. This place is really interesting!"

She quickly changed the subject, drawing Melusina's attention to her experiences over the past year.