After a grueling few days, using various methods, Qiu Tu's heart was filled with excitement after finally obtaining control over the central hub.
He felt that his guess today indeed wasn't wrong.
The regional center is not an ordinary item, for it represents the ultimate authority of the Boundless Heart Sea Region!
However, because it doesn't belong exclusively to anyone, whoever obtains it can refine it and control the entire region.
This also leads to the consequence... even if someone has refined it and obtained area control rights, if someone else gets ahold of it, they would be stripped of those rights.
Such a downside encouraged many regional controllers to carry the central hub with them.
But... carrying the central hub comes with many problems.
After all, carrying it means it may be easily stolen, lost, or snatched away in an attack.
Consequently, some weaker domain masters would often hide the central hub within their own regions.
This way, even if they encounter danger and are captured, they might still have a chance to survive or start over.
But... as said before: the central hub is essentially ownerless, available for any being to refine.
So, those domain masters who return the central hub to their respective regions surely worry it might fall into the hands of other beings.
Therefore, they must intermittently check on the central hub.
This is why Qiu Tu had been inquiring about the locations Cuiying Dragon Yiyi and Larilo often visited.
If the regional center were fixed, then Larilo would have surely frequented the spot concealing the hub over the years.
And later, when Qiu Tu discovered that the regional center was mobile, his first thought was actually of small creatures, like insects and birds.
But the Cuiying Dragon had said that Larilo never flew about chasing insects and birds.
Then... things became interesting.
The regional center is "mobile", yet... there was no need to search everywhere.
There was only one possibility: the regional center's "mobility" was cyclical.
Larilo just needed to stay in one place and wait for the center to "move" to her.
And there were very few things with such a characteristic.
Thus, Qiu Tu guessed that the regional center was likely the stream!
He then analyzed the direction of the streams on the "Ghostly Map".
Because the map had not been completely drawn out, but from the few "lit" sections, it was vaguely discernible that the streams were circling the Primitive Forest!
More importantly... the lines Qiu Tu had drawn connecting three central hubs passed right through the river channels!
This reinforced Qiu Tu's hypothesis. That's why he dared to waste so much time searching for the regional center within the stream at such a crucial moment!
And now, it was proven that his guess was right!
The Xinjie Territory's regional center was indeed the stream!
Thinking this, Qiu Tu opened the "Dimensional Magic Ring" and casually took out a small pouch, placing the regional center inside.
After tying the pouch, Qiu Tu threw it into the "Dimensional Magic Ring". Then he called over Cuiying Dragon Yiyi, mounted it, and flew away from the creek area!
They flew randomly to an area of the Primitive Forest.
Qiu Tu asked Cuiying Dragon Yiyi to revert to the form of a tree.
Then he himself started sprinting toward the deep forest!
He dashed past towering trees, wove through clumps of bushes, and leaped over hills.
Qiu Tu arrived at a place he himself didn't recognize.
He found a tree hollow and crawled inside.
The walls of the tree hollow were dark and damp, covered with sticky moss, feeling real and delicate to the touch, just like in reality.
Qiu Tu stealthily peered outside. By then, the sky of the Boundless Heart Sea had darkened.
Moonlight and starlight fell, filtering through the gaps in the leaves, landing on the moist leaves and soil.
The sounds of insects and birds filled the world, everything in perfect harmony, with no abnormalities.
After confirming no enemy was tracking him, Qiu Tu took out the creek-wrapped pouch from "Dimensional Magic Ring".
Opening the pouch, he poured the sparkling stream into his palm and closed his eyes, slowly integrating his Cataclysmic Power into it.
Perhaps because the former master had perished, Qiu Tu's infiltration wasn't very difficult.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
Time passed unknowingly.
When Qiu Tu gradually came to his senses, the moon had already risen to the center of the sky.
At that moment, Qiu Tu realized that his Cataclysmic Power had been completely depleted, leaving him virtually defenseless.
But... because of this, he had established a slight connection with the regional center in his hand.
He had a thought, and the next second, he felt as if he towered above the entire vast Primitive Forest of Xinjie Territory!
His consciousness seemed to have soared above the entire region, his vision encompassing every feature of the Primitive Forest – the trees, insects, birds, and streams – all vividly visible.
He could even see the ripples and rhythms of each stream, the veins of each leaf on the towering trees, the flap of wings of the insects and birds!
However, the next second, he felt a sharp pain in his head and was pulled out of that state!
"Spiritual power exhausted!" With that thought, Qiu Tu quickly opened the "Dimensional Magic Ring" and took out the "Nightmare Crystal Vial"!