novelslam Chapter 311, Section 310: The Ancient Lands of Titan, the Wandering God of the Astral Planes
Chapter 311, Section 310: The Ancient Lands of Titan, the Wandering God of the Astral Planes
Chapter 311, Section 310: The Ancient Lands of Titan, the Wandering God of the Astral Planes
The moment Ian was taken away by the phoenix.
The whole town fell into a brief silence.
People who were still immersed in the miracle and joy brought by the phoenix's arrival were all stunned and stared at the golden dust that slowly dissipated above the cliff.
It was as if they hadn't yet realized what had happened.
The phoenix's golden tail flames still lingered in mid-air, like a fading sunset. The crowd in the square seemed to be petrified, hundreds of eyes staring intently at the empty center of the square.
The silence lasted for a long time.
"Disappeared?"
The fishmonger murmured in bewilderment, and his octopus assistant was equally shocked. Releasing its tentacles, several silver-scaled fish fell into the tank with a "plop," splashing water everywhere.
"Just now...did Lady Phoenix take Ian away?"
"Oh my god! He... he's gone!"
The crowd then began to stir.
Discussions rose and fell.
It's like a pot of boiling soup.
Xiaoya was the first to react. She rushed to the central square, but couldn't find any trace of Ian's disappearance anywhere, so she could only look up and shout.
"Brother Ian?"
The sound echoed in the empty square.
There was no response.
Ian was indeed carried away from the town by the giant phoenix, not flown into the sky. Upon realizing this, the already noisy crowd erupted into even greater chaos.
"Lord Phoenix has taken away the hero from afar!"
"I told you he wasn't an ordinary trainer!"
"The Phoenix Goddess was clearly taking him to the Holy Land!"
"Nonsense! They're clearly testing him because of his strength!"
"You all don't understand, this is the legendary 'extradition ceremony'! I've read about it in books, um, in novels written by authors from the next island... Novels can't lie to me!"
"Did you see that? Lady Phoenix allowed him to touch her feet! I've never heard of anyone ever being able to touch Lady Phoenix's feet before!"
……
The blacksmith's loud voice drowned out all the chatter. He might have a foot fetish, which is why he paid special attention to this, causing many townspeople to glance at him sideways.
the other side.
The young trainers surrounded the nearest magical creature, King Kong, and bombarded him with questions.
"You were the closest at the time, what did you see?"
"Did that wizard activate some new superpower? He must have taken the Phoenix God away, not the other way around. Adults aren't as smart as us!"
"Could he also be a legendary magical creature?"
……
have to say.
These young people have really creative ideas.
Upon hearing this, Iron Palm Vajra scratched his head.
It made a confused gurgling sound.
It gestured for a long time, indicating that what it saw was no different from what everyone else saw, and that the eyes of magical creatures and human eyes were not much different.
At least that's how it looks.
However, the young trainers failed to understand, leaving Iron Fist speechless. In the end, he could only imitate Ian's action of grabbing Phoenix Chick's foot and grab his own trainer.
Well, how should I put it?
Because it's too realistic.
You used too much force.
As a result, he accidentally tore the trainer's shoe in half.
This drew a burst of laughter.
The young trainers were only shocked that Ho-Oh had taken away a hero from another region; they weren't as gossipy as adults who liked to speculate about why Ho-Oh had taken Ian away.
of course.
Some young people also care about this.
Little Sprout was very sad.
Because she hasn't said goodbye to her new friends yet.
"Why did the Phoenix Goddess take that wizard brother away?"
Odin lay down beside her.
He drew crooked wizard pictures on the ground with a twig.
"Sister, will Brother Wizard come back?"
Xiaoya composed herself, feeling rather melancholy.
"Probably?"
She wasn't quite sure either.
And at that very moment.
"This matter is also recorded in ancient documents." An elderly woman, leaning against the wall, seemed to have found the answer and exclaimed to everyone in a surprised voice, "The Phoenix Goddess never shows herself easily, much less takes away mortals casually... Could it be... could the hero from another land be a chosen child?"
Her words carried a hint of uncertainty.
Furthermore, the vocabulary used left everyone else bewildered.
"Chosen? What does that mean?"
A young mother held her child, her face full of curiosity.
"Don't you know?" another old man chimed in, "Legend has it that the Phoenix Goddess descends once every fifty years. In addition to granting us the power to recover, she also takes away a child from each island. That child will accept the task she gives him and obtain a magical animal that can continuously evolve as a companion."
have to say.
This familiar feeling of déjà vu.
It's only because Ian isn't here anymore that I have to complain about this – it's obvious that Titan didn't just sew up Pokémon, but also another storyline called Digimon.
God knows where this Titan got his information from.
"So there's such a thing?" As the old man spoke, many people didn't doubt it much and immediately realized what was going on.
They had no doubts.
I only felt that I had gained new knowledge.
"Will these chosen children ever be able to come back?" Xiaoya didn't doubt what the old people in the town said; she was just very concerned about Ian's sudden departure.
Odin also longed to see the wizard again.
"They will come back, but most of them won't stay at home for long. People who are used to adventure can't stay still," the old man explained in a low voice, explaining why the previous generation of "chosen" children couldn't be seen in the town.
"Every chosen child is a special child. They all have the potential to become super trainers. It is said that their partners, when they grow up, can even fight against legendary magical creatures."
The old man's tone was tinged with envy, clearly indicating that he had gone through the previous selection process and had not been chosen, leaving him with a lifelong regret. Among the crowd were also a group of children who looked on with envy.
"But that hero isn't from our island, is he?"
Someone spoke up, puzzled.
"That's true, but he is a hero after all. You all saw it. Fengshen only glanced at him and recognized him as a hero before taking him away."
"This is the call of destiny."
The old man quickly found a suitable explanation.
The person who asked the question earlier nodded in agreement, agreeing that there was some truth to it.
However, he did not "go blind" because of jealousy.
More and more people gradually gathered in the square, discussing what had just happened.
May the Phoenix God bless Ian and bring him back safely.
May he complete his mission and bring back new blessings.
The sun is setting.
The sea shimmered with golden light, as if responding to the people's prayers. At that moment, no one knew that Ian had crossed the boundary between reality and illusion.
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I have arrived in a world unlike any I have ever been before.
Did he really become the so-called chosen child?
of course not.
When Ian opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the original square. He was walking on soft grass, the air filled with the fresh scent of flowers, and the sounds of birdsong and flowing water drifted from afar. Looking up, he saw that he was standing on an island floating in the starry sky.
Yes.
The island in the starry sky, Ian could see far away, with stars like waterfalls on the dark curtain of the universe. The island was suspended in the universe, with the vast Earth below.
A blue and white sphere rotated silently, emitting a soft glow in the dark universe. All around was the endless cosmos, dotted with countless stars, like a dream.
As for why Ian is still able to breathe.
Ian looked up at the sky. The entire island seemed to be inside a transparent bubble, which enveloped the island like a protective shield.
obviously.
It is this bubble that gives this place air, water, and life.
"Where...what's going on here?"
Ian muttered to himself.
The phoenix is not far away.
It stood quietly, its feathers still emitting a faint golden light.
"Hey bro? Hey sis? Explain what happened?"
Ian attempted to communicate with the giant phoenix once again, but this time the giant phoenix neither initiated a communication request nor even agreed to Ian's request.
It didn't look at Ian again, nor did it make a sound. It simply flapped its wings gently, took flight, and vanished into the night sky as a streak of light. Ian stared blankly at its retreating figure, his mind filled with questions. However, before he could even process his thoughts, the surrounding environment utterly astonished him.
The island's vegetation is exceptionally lush, with towering ancient trees blocking out the sun, vines entwining, and huge, colorful flowers, as if it came from another planet.
In the forest, groups of familiar figures moved about, turning to observe the floating island. Ian's lips twitched—a yellow electric rat darted through the bushes, its tail shaped like a standard lightning bolt. By the pond, several turtles were lining up to practice with water guns, and the water pipe on the back of the one in the middle looked all too familiar.
The most outrageous thing is the cocoon hanging on the tree in the distance, which is clearly a replica of the armored pupa!
Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander... these are creatures that shouldn't exist in this world, but they are indeed appearing in Ian's eyes now.
They were all so lifelike, with vibrant fur and agile movements, like the most perfect models in a game. Ian stared wide-eyed, almost unable to believe his eyes.
What a joke!
He's in the magical world of Harry Potter.
How did these creatures, so different from the style of the Harry Potter magical world, come to appear?
"Are these... really Pokémon?"
A person slowly approached a small fire dragon that was eating fruit. The dragon was not afraid at all. Instead, it tilted its head and looked at him curiously, with the flames on its tail flickering slightly.
"You...you shouldn't be here." Ian crouched down and reached out to touch it, but it gently dodged away, and the little fire dragon hopped away.
They were not wary.
But it doesn't like other people touching it?
Ian seemed thoughtful. He stood up, looked around, and realized that the entire island was like a giant ecosystem, where all sorts of Pokémon lived freely and interacted with each other.
The Pokémon didn't seem particularly surprised by the appearance of a human; many didn't even glance at him.
"This... is practically a replica of the world."
Ian was amazed that he couldn't recognize her.
"Titan... that Titan looks like he really played this game and used his power to replicate these Pokémon one-to-one through bio-alchemy."
"However, this Titan did not deploy it to Earth..." Ian didn't know how the Titan had played the game, or if it had only seen related illustrations and settings.
All he knew was that what he was experiencing was truly surreal.
"The score is played on the plain."
Ian strolled slowly through the island's jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation.
The trees weren't tall, mostly only reaching his shoulder, but their branches and leaves were exceptionally lush. The leaves had a strange blue-green hue, swaying gently in the breeze as if bathed in starlight. Vines twined around the trunks, and the flowers were small and delicate, yet extremely vibrant in color, as if painted stroke by stroke with the finest paints.
"The plants here... are a bit smaller than those on Earth," Ian said as he walked, observing his surroundings. "But they're still considerably larger than the plants of later generations."
This is actually a good thing for the young wizard.
At least I'm less likely to get oxygen sickness.
A faint fragrance filled the air, and the oxygen content seemed similar to that of his familiar later world—not strong, and without that suffocating megalophobia.
There is no high concentration of oxygen.
This meant that it was unlikely that a colossal creature could exist here. However, just when he thought he had gained some understanding of this world, a deep, mechanical roar suddenly reached his ears.
Ian stopped abruptly, looking warily in the direction of the sound. Through a sparse thicket of bushes, he saw a creature resembling a dinosaur, its entire body covered in metal armor, munching on fruit on the ground. Its limbs were thick and powerful, and its body was equipped with devices similar to missile launchers.
His eyes shimmered with a pale blue light.
"Damn it, MetalGreymon!"
Ian could hardly believe his eyes.
"Not just Pokémon... even Digimon?" He couldn't help but rub his temples, trying to calm himself down. What he was seeing and hearing was really too outrageous.
"What kind of hodgepodge is this? Wait, are you sure I'm the only transmigrator in this world? Or is there another transmigrator who traveled to ancient times and became a Titan?"
Ian stood there, staring at the scene before him, speechless for a long time. He didn't know how to describe it all—it wasn't surprise, nor fear, but a profound shock and confusion. And to resolve this confusion, he naturally needed to find the Titan; Ian felt the giant phoenix wouldn't have brought him here for no reason.
perhaps.
The Titans reside in this starry sky.
From the original ancient gods of Earth.
He became a wandering astral god?
Ian continued walking, passing through a jungle, when suddenly the view opened up before him. On the other side of the island stood a huge stone house, which looked like the dwelling place of the Titans.
Smoke is rising in wisps.
There must be someone there.
Ian quickly put on his cloak and rushed over.
he knows.
My own perplexing observations.
Not far away.
Perhaps the answer lies there.
(End of this chapter)