Chapter 43: Vault VI

After separating from Lina, Mu Yan did not go home, but went to the Truth Square, which is located in the center of Falan City. Fastest updates

It was twilight, and the white doves in the square fluttered in the sinking sunset, pulling out long shadows, like clothes on a bench.

The square was sparsely populated and a little empty, probably because of the awe-inspiring coercion of the statues standing around.

In other words, this place is the place where the "gurus" are watching. And Jialan's incompetent mages are like children who have not seriously reviewed their homework, and no one wants to be watched by the instructor, so it seems cold here, and it is only crowded with people during grand festivals.

After all, at that time, when you are mixed in the crowd, few people care about the embarrassment and helplessness of "being watched by the mentor". It is true everywhere that many people can be courageous.

Standing in the center is the legendary mage Antonic Rak, one of the six councils of Jialan, the grandfather of the witch Emma.

He is also the only legendary mage in Jialan for nearly a hundred years. Before him, there were two masters, Leslin and Glazer, but after him, it seemed to be broken.

The statue depicts him on a white horse, holding a staff and leaning forward to reach out of his upper body, with some kind of symbolism. If you ask a person from the Clark family, he may be able to recite thousands of words of family mottos and teachings, and as a serious student of Jialan, he can also talk about at least a few hundred words of life insights. But in Mu Yan's view, it is enough to summarize it with "resistance".

This old mage is very interesting, Mu Yan saw the notes of his early years in the information, and he can basically be sure that this person has already touched the boundary of legend at that time, but he was told something, so he deliberately hovered outside the line, not moving forward, so that he could live for a while longer.

Later, one year after Emma's mother, his daughter, was born, the old mage joined the Council of Six and became a legendary mage, and has been missing since.

Quite ironic, isn't it, in the eyes of outsiders, the legend is glory, the destination of the mage, the other side of the truth, and the beautiful kingdom of heaven, so that all the mages who enter the legend are intoxicated and cannot come back. But in fact, for many people, they know that it is a dead end, but they resolutely do it.

The statue of Anthony was cast a year before he disappeared, and it was also when his daughter was born and was supposed to enjoy the joy of family. Choosing to leave your happiest and most energetic appearance, and then bravely facing despair, this is probably the saddest struggle.

Mu Yan put his hand on the base of the statue and rubbed it over the rough surface until there was an imperceptible protrusion somewhere.

He immersed some of his senses in it, and spread the rest throughout the square of truth, observing everyone's movements.

When no one in the square paid attention to him, a white light flashed, and the scholar suddenly disappeared.

……

In fact, Mu Yan lied to Lina before, and most of what he said was true, but not all of the magic absorbed by the enchantment was used to maintain itself, and half of it was stored.

As we mentioned earlier, there is a magic crystal bonanza beneath Falan City, so Jialan Academy has set up a permanent large teleportation marker, so that teachers and students who go out can build a teleportation array to return to Jialan at any time, and the energy paid also comes from this bonanza.

And the enchantment is sending magic to it.

After a special transformation process, this part of the magic is released underground and solidified into pure crystals. Although it is not comparable to natural magic crystal ore in density, it is extremely pure and more convenient to use.

The statue of Anthony ** is the entrance to the underground, which is also the last thing he did before he died.

After a not-so-long teleportation interval, Mu Yan arrived underground.

Because the original Jialan was founded by the six-member council that no one was allowed to mine this vein in any way, the statue is the only entrance, and Mu Yan is also the only visitor since Anthony's disappearance for more than a hundred years.

The underground was as dark and dark as ever, and after adapting to night vision, Mu Yan moved forward in darkness through the faint light emitted by various colored crystal clusters.

"A mage is so careful in the dark......" he couldn't help but pout.

There was too much magic here, and light was the superior element of fire, so he was worried that the entire Fa Lan City would be blown upside down with a single light technique.

Continue to move forward, pass a corner, enter the hall, and in the center stands a milky white crystal more than two meters high. There is no doubt that this is the destination of this trip.

The crystal was filled with milk-like light, but it was slightly yellow, like the banana milkshake that Mu Yan had drunk when he was a child. This was the source of the voice he had heard earlier in the Arcane Hall, and he should now be directly beneath the Floating City.

The crystal is not mentioned in the materials inherited from the Arcane Hall, and it first appeared in the year 62 of the Faith Calendar, five years after the twelve white-robed mages blew themselves up in the Black Thorn Forest, and the year that Lady Sainsa William disappeared.

Interestingly, this is also the year in which the term of "Raerle" as principal ends in all the records of Jialan. Therefore, Mu Yan has reason to believe that this stone, which seems to appear out of thin air, was cast by a group of "Raerle" together.

It's the centerpiece of the Silent Enchantment in all realms, and in Nicole's words, there's an aging, sluggish, de-retired processing hub. The supplementary work done by the subsequent mages is only to awaken it, maintain it, and enter some "forbidden" information, such as elemental fusion, control of the elements, and escape from the magic web.

As for the methods of awakening, of course, they are also the above, and these methods seem to be identity plates that cannot be forged, perfectly distinguishing between the caster of the god and the real mage.

Just like Mu Yan told Lina, it is not an accident to enter the legend, nor is it a mutation, many talented mages have discovered that the elements have two forms on the way to explore the truth, that is, they have inadvertently begun to control the elements, but the reliance on the magic net is greater than this part of the instinct, and they did not realize the truth until they entered the legend.

In other words, a legend represents the opening of a kind of authority, the beginning of a whole new realm.

The cocktail divine power that Mia uses to shape the world can be divided into three parts, and "exploring the truth of the world" is the process of discovering this fact, in which the explorer slowly learns the means to control them, which is what Mia intended.

As for the magic web, she just wanted to guide the explorers to contact the elements, and then control the elements and break away from the magic web. Like a toddler's support car, when he grows up, he's going to have to get rid of it one day.

After completely breaking free from the magic net and becoming a legend, the mage can freely travel between the two worlds of Lokan and Heru, and then control the soul and see the essence of the world.

This process is bound to be gradual, in other words, only a mage who slowly escapes from the magic net will have a chance to become a legend.

For example, the twelve who blew themselves up in the Black Thorn Forest.

It has to be said that troubled times create heroes, at the beginning of the Age of Faith, the talents that emerged from the Horse Plain shone like stars, and this part of the people who found the key not only helped Leorick unify the Horse Plain, but also alarmed the Lord of the Elements because of his outstanding talent. She saw the infinite potential of the human race for a moment, and was desperate to destroy them.

Hence the trick of Sengil. The latter deceived those who tried to break away from the Morning Star, risking his reputation and the prestige of the entire elven race, swearing to the elemental lord, promising to lend a hand, and then breaking the contract, leaving them all dead in the Black Thorn Forest.

As for why Mémion used the same way to deceive Turing's swordsmen...... Probably just that he didn't want to see Sengil riding on his head.

In the years that followed, the mages raised the barrier in an attempt to build a truly free paradise for their apprentices. Akali lost her surveillance of Falan, and let the Elemental Tower infiltrate Jialan. They were very measured, for fear of arousing the hostility of the Jialan people, although in Mu Yan's opinion, this caution seemed redundant.

In the 114th year of the Faith calendar, four statues were added to the Square of Truth, which were the four main priests of the Elemental Tower. It records that they died in the encirclement of the Grey Lord Mahazis, one of the defenders of the barrier, and the last record of maintenance was recorded in 113 A.D., perhaps that time when he was exposed.

……

In the year 274 of the Faith Calendar, the textbooks of the magic department of Jialan Academy began to be "updated" every 50 years, and the content involving the twelve mages who died in battle was changed and deleted one after another, and finally only their spells remained.

Interestingly, in one of the versions, even the names of this group of people were deleted, and later added back, Mu Yan couldn't imagine what kind of game it had been through.

……

In 391 A.D., part of the Jialan Library's collection was borrowed by the Elemental Tower, claiming to have been copied and returned, but it has not yet been "copied".

The following year, the floating city of Naradak was raised, and a portion of the library's collections were sent to the Star Library, which has not been accessible to anyone outside the academy ever since.

It was also the Academy's counterattack, but it pale in the face of the Elemental Tower's approach.

Similar infiltrations are taking place all the time, and they are paying off. Earlier, there were many books that recorded how to control and merge the elements. But as it continues to infiltrate, there are fewer and fewer such records, and there are fewer and fewer mages who can touch the threshold of legends.

When Glazer became a genius of Jialan, he had never read a book of this kind in the first twenty years of his life, and until he appeared before Heru, the fusion of elements was always a dream.

……

Mu Yan put his hand on this crystal, and the crystal clusters around him began to glow, and dust continued to break away from it, gathering beside him, creating a dreamy light curtain.

This is both elemental mastery and elemental fusion, breaking away from the magic web, and is a symbol of the mage's domination of the elements.

It is the key and the witness of identity.

The light that was originally bright and extinguished by the crystal reached its peak at this moment, and the dazzling light illuminated the entire underground, and Mu Yan also felt that he was instantly wrapped in warmth.

Then a voice came.

"The identity is passed......

"Welcome, our apprentice......

The voice was kind, but old, Mu Yan couldn't help but have a sour nose, and at this moment he thought of Glazer and Teacher Zha.

He remembered the names that had passed away, and who had sacrificed themselves for the sake of the magic...... It was as if he had seen countless sages smiling at him.

"Thank you, teachers." He meditated in his heart.

After the identity verification is passed, the method of manipulation of the crystal comes to mind.

This may be difficult for the mages of Jialan, as it is a completely new mode of operation. But for Mu Yan, it couldn't be simpler, it is the prototype of those computer operating systems on the earth, input instructions, get feedback, correct instructions according to feedback, etc., the most primitive human-computer interaction.

At this time, he seemed to be fused with the crystal, and his perception was infinitely enhanced, just like Professor X wearing a helmet, he could spread his perception all over the corners of Jialan Academy and perceive everyone.

He saw Professor Dawn basking in the sun on the lawn outside the house, accidentally falling asleep, and the nanny aunt in her apron came out to cover him with a blanket......

He saw Amatho sitting on the terrace quietly reading a book, with a cup of coffee in hand, and Lina was silently looking at this side from a distance, as if she was hesitant to come close to say hello......

He saw three students just walking out at the door of the Sainsa Library, two of them discussing the latest performance of the opera house, and the girl next to her, who was obviously poor and unable to speak, had a cramped face......

……

At this moment, he was like an all-knowing and all-powerful master.

But then, his behavior attracted peeping, as if someone was looking down above his head, Mu Yan withdrew his perception without saying a word.

He was sure that if he was a second slower, he would be spotted by Ikali. When he overrides the barrier and becomes the eye of the top-down observation, he is no longer under the protection of the barrier.

In addition to inspecting the entire campus, he can also leave his thoughts in the system, so that it will become a book and be stored in the Arcane Hall for future generations to peruse

But Mu Yan was obviously not interested in this, what he wanted to do was something more interesting.

He pressed his remaining hand to it, and then called out to the assistant AI Nicole in his mind.

Is the host calling Nicole Meow?

"That's right, it's me. Can you try to contact the processing center in the crystal? ”

That lazy uncle, I'll try!

After a while, Nicole was a little frustrated:

No, Uncle is asleep, Nicole is about to break his ear, and he can't wake up!

"That'...... I'll give you permission to try to manipulate the energy of this vein. ”

Mu Yan transferred the power he had previously obtained through the crystal to Nicole, the other party was just an AI, and the same kind of creature in the crystal should not be discovered by Ikali like him.

However, he doesn't know enough about Nicole, and the reason why she is a secondary AI is because of the limitations of her processing speed......

In an instant, the light of the crystal began to tremble violently, trembling non-stop, and there was a faint explosion of elemental sparks around it.

Ahhh Nicole can't do it alone...... Nicole screamed.

"Xia Mu, up!"

As soon as he gave the command, a familiar voice sounded in his heart, and the two seemed to have a tacit understanding.

The memory is insufficient, and the dual-core mode is activated.

Well...... What is this, is it an active hero to save the United States? Mu Yan couldn't help but touch his nose.

With Xia Mu's help, the crystal's light gradually stabilized.

"How?" He couldn't help but ask.

It was Shamu who answered.

The system is compatible, the current progress is 68.45%, and the estimated remaining time is 15 seconds, 14 seconds......

The installation is successful, the first phase of the test is started, please disconnect the host.

"Cut off?" Mu Yan withdrew his hand, the white light disappeared instantly, and the surroundings dimmed.

"Shamu? Nicole? ”

He tried to call in his head, but the news was like a stone in the sea.

"So...... Was it a successful transfer? He pressed his hand to the crystal again, and after a chaotic light tremor on the surface, two figures appeared on the crystal.

One is the scholar Xia Mu who wears the wheel of knowledge, and the other is the cat lady Nicole in the maid costume. The former had a blank expression, and the latter had a happy expression.

Mu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile:

"Won't you say hello to me?"

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