Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

With the appearance of the voice, Su Yang was not as flustered as before. He stopped moving and carefully considered everything that had just happened. Finally, he realized that the voice seemed to appear whenever he had a question in his mind. Could it be the tree in his mental world?

So he tried asking, "Who are you?"

...

His response was still silence.

Where are you? Are you inside me?

"Yes." This time there was finally a reply, but it only answered the second question; it didn't answer who it was.

For a moment, Su Yang was pleasantly surprised. The tree inside his body was indeed a system, but for some reason it had awakened so late and was rather dull, somewhat like a half-finished system.

Su Yang then asked many more questions, such as why it appeared in his body, how to become stronger, and whether it had any special abilities, but the response to each question was silence.

Helpless, Su Yang had no choice but to enter the world of the Spirit Tree to see what had happened. With a flash of thought, he appeared in front of the Spirit Tree. From the outside, the entire Spirit Tree looked unchanged. The sign at the base of the tree still displayed his status. He circled the tree but found nothing different. The five fruits on the branches were still shining brightly.

Having found nothing, Su Yang had no choice but to return to the notice board and examine it. It read:

Name: Su Yang

Age: 24

Elemental Powers: Cloud, Air, Light, Earth; Development Progress: 100%

Special element: Fog; Development progress: 100%

Permanent Skills: Detection Radar, Cloud Barrier, Hazy Aura, Perception Impairment

Spirit Beast: Sky-Splitting Tiger (Status: Healthy)

...

It seemed to be the same as before, but a new line of text had suddenly appeared below the spirit beast section:

Reopening progress: 50%; 10% remaining until next phase

The extra line of text that appeared along with this anomaly left Su Yang completely baffled. Without any explanation, this line of text suddenly appeared, and no one could understand what it meant.

"System, what does this unsealing progress mean? Why wasn't it displayed before? What is the next stage? How will it be unsealed?" Su Yang asked a series of questions, but the "system" remained silent and did not answer.

"Sigh..." Without getting an answer, Su Yang sighed and left the Spirit Tree World, comforting himself, "Oh well, it won't have any impact anyway, I'll just wait patiently."

Fortunately, Su Yang wasn't impatient, otherwise he would have been furious. In other transmigration novels, the protagonists all come with amazing systems, so why is his system so useless?

But Su Yang noticed something. According to the text displayed on the system panel, his earth element had reached the highest level. He couldn't help but wonder if the system's unsealing was related to the cultivation of elemental power. Could it be that if he cultivated all elemental power to the highest level, the system would be completely unsealed? But who was so powerful as to seal the system?

With these unanswered questions in mind, Su Yang stepped out of the room and went to Lin Anlan's room.

After Lin Anlan opened the door, the little stone flower inside rushed up to Su Yang again as soon as it saw him, just like it had done in Su Yang's room before. But this time it didn't pat Su Yang like it had before.

Su Yang also held the little stone flower in his arms. Unexpectedly, the little stone flower became quiet when he held it in his arms. It curled up into a ball, and even its limbs could not be seen. Su Yang felt as if he was holding a stone ball.

The two didn't pay much attention and discussed where to have dinner as they walked. After calling Tang Wan, the three of them left the inn and went to a restaurant, where they ordered some of their favorite dishes and began to eat.

During this time, Su Yang felt it was inconvenient to hold the little stone flower all the time. However, whenever Su Yang tried to put the little stone flower aside, it would stretch out its limbs and pounce on him again. Helpless, Su Yang had to eat while holding the "stone ball," which attracted puzzled looks from many diners in the restaurant.

After an awkward dinner, the three paid the bill and left quickly. Su Yang couldn't stand the strange looks from the other diners any longer and just wanted to slip away. As soon as they left the restaurant, a black light shot up from Su Yang's chest, followed by a violent elemental shockwave.

There were still many pedestrians on the street, all drawn by the sudden turn of events, causing quite a commotion. Su Yang and his two companions were also puzzled, but their intuition told them that this was definitely something serious. If they continued to linger on the street, they would probably get into trouble. So Su Yang made a quick decision and immediately activated his fog element. The street was instantly enveloped in fog, and the three of them took advantage of the fog and ran away.

However, the soaring black light could not be blocked, and the three dared not return directly to the inn. They could only run and release mist as they went, and soon the mist almost covered the entire eastern city.

This considerable commotion was initially investigated only by the Huaijing Criminal Court, but as the fog continued to spread and the situation escalated, eventually the Imperial Tiger Might Army was also mobilized. The black pillar of light acted like a guiding light, allowing the Criminal Court and the Tiger Might Army to easily locate Su Yang and his companions. During the ongoing pursuit, more and more adventurers and organizations joined in, and the three were clearly in danger of being surrounded.

As the encirclement gradually took shape, Su Yang became somewhat anxious. He didn't have time to investigate the cause of the black light. He only knew that if the black light didn't stop, he would have to use his flying skills to temporarily escape Huaijing.

Little did they know that among those involved in the siege, there were two factions. The Penal Court and the Tiger Might Army aimed to bring the culprits who caused the disturbance to justice, while the other adventurers and various organizations had far more complex motives.

"Father, since the Tiger Might Army is involved, why should we be so on high alert?"

At the east gate of the city, a squad of armored soldiers stood ready, and outside the gate, there was a dense mass of soldiers. Qin Xiyun stood on the gate tower and asked her father, Qin Meng, in confusion.

“If it were just a normal disturbance among elementals, the Tiger Might Army would indeed be enough, but we can’t be careless in the current situation. Large-scale infighting could break out at any time,” Qin Meng replied, staring at the black pillar of light.

"Why?"

“Xi Yun, it seems your experience is still insufficient. This black light is not an ordinary elemental pillar. Its appearance signifies that an S-class ferocious beast has fully reached adulthood.”

"An S-class ferocious beast!? How could it appear in the capital?" Qin Xiyun was shocked. How could an S-class ferocious beast appear in Huaijing out of nowhere, without being discovered by anyone, and having grown to adulthood without any warning?

"Could it be an S-rank spirit beast?" She quickly thought of another possibility and hurriedly asked her father.

"That's right, it's very likely that it's a contracted S-class spirit beast juvenile that has come of age at this time. Spirit beasts have always been a great help to elementals. Even B-class spirit beasts are sought after, let alone S-class spirit beasts?"

Qin Meng's eyes were like torches as he stared intently at the black beam of light.