Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1267 Destruction Ray Inspector Langdon

Bypassing the dead zone of the magic net, Xia Duo went north along the Nether River on the west side of the research institute, all the way to the Narrow Sea, and then went east along the coastline.

Flying about 300 meters, it arrived at an explorable area that was not covered by the dead zone of the magic net. It was placed on the main plane, which was almost where the Tower of Gilles was located.

Since the research institute occupies a large area, and Xia Duo is not familiar with it, he can only adopt the strategy of dividing virtual grids and searching one by one, trying not to miss any valuable things as much as possible.

Of course, the target of Xia Duo's search is mainly the text carrier. If it is a simple item or material, it can be obtained from the main plane, so there is no need to search here.

Bringing back the information is the most convenient and affordable.

……

Under the collapsed broken wall, Xia Duo controls the portable space to overlap with the current (virtual) main plane, and constantly collects the building fragments on the ground into the portable space.

At the same time, he also allocated part of his attention to inspect the classification of the items in it from a full perspective in the portable space.

If it is a text carrier, such as books, paper, stone tablets, and metal, it will stay in the portable space.

If it is a non-text carrier, further judge whether it includes knowledge that you do not understand or that cannot be obtained from the main plane.

If there is, keep it temporarily, if not, then wait for a certain amount to be cleared from the portable space.

With the help of his portable space, Xia Duo's cleaning efficiency was beyond the reach of ordinary people. In just half an hour, he searched nearly [-] square meters of ruins.

Of course, this area is really insignificant compared to the area occupied by the entire research institute.

As for the harvest, there are indeed many, but it is still a little far from Xia Duo's expectations!

Except for the rather rare wreckage of some experimental equipment, there are only some research notes. Xia Duo roughly flipped through them during the search process, which records the development process of a very lethal destruction ray.

But Xia Duo does not lack lethal spells. There is essentially no difference between spell killing and kitchen knife killing. The key is the prerequisite for realizing this process.

At least let the enemy be unable to resist or have no time to resist!
The spell that wins only by its lethality has fallen short from the initial conception, but Xia Duo has only roughly flipped through it, and perhaps a careful study will reveal its valuable side.

At least the new elements contained in it, as well as the ideas of the research and development process, are worth absorbing and learning from.

……

Just when Xia Duo was about to continue the previous search work and searched all the areas of the research institute not covered by the dead zone of the magic net, there was a sudden change in the evasion detection spell——

Someone is casting a scrying spell on this area!

Scouting spells are not omnipotent. For the scouting spells mastered by Xia Duo only, spellcasting must have a definite target, no matter if the target is a person, an object, or a certain area.

Of course, the so-called "confirmation" is just a restriction set for the detection target when casting the spell.

For example, if you want to detect someone, you must first know that this person exists, and furthermore, there may be his hair, blood, or images. If you don’t know that this person exists, then this is not a detection spell, but It's a prophecy.

However, in many cases, the caster generally assumes that there is such a person, and then uses other conditions to restrict it, such as possible height, fat and thin, whether to carry magic items, and so on.

Suppose a spellcaster is stolen by thieves. He doesn't know who the thieves are, but he can also use the stolen items or clues that the thieves have been in the vault to cast the spell.

As for the detection spells that target a certain area, they are similar to cameras on the earth. Ordinary ones can hear sounds and see pictures, and some of them can even smell and perceive the magic net environment of the target area.

The detection spells that Xia Duo encounters now are range-oriented, and because he is always blessed with spells that avoid detection and mislead detection, the opponent will not directly discover his existence.

But it can be discovered through many indirect ways, such as the dust splashed by Xia Duo walking, and the sound waves stirred up by speaking.

And in the current area where the magic net riots, the magic net itself that is not rioting around Xia Duo reveals abnormalities, which is why Xia Duo is not invisible here.

Because it is too easy to be discovered, but any spellcaster can detect the abnormality.

After all, there is a calm area close to the human form in the riotous magic net environment, and it can move, so it is difficult for even the blind person to turn a blind eye.

Xia Duo realized that he had been discovered, but he didn't panic at all, and also projected a perception field and resonated with the opponent's.

Use the perception field projected by itself to cast a communication spell, and let the other party receive it in the resonance of the perception field.

Being able to operate like this shows that the caster has a deep knowledge of the principles of spells, and the spellcasting level is at least high.

This is also an alternative way of expressing identity.

From the detection spell cast by the other party, Xia Duo guessed that the other party was probably a human being, so he asked in the common language of the Arcane Empire (Neseer language):

"What's your name? Why are you spying on me?"

"Langdon, Level 3 Inspector of the Imperial Supervision Department, sends his greetings to Your Excellency. I am currently performing daily inspection tasks. I am in charge of the research institute. Please forgive me if I disturb you."

Supervision Department? Level 3 Inspector?

Upon hearing this title, Xia Duo immediately thought of the real power department before the empire was destroyed. Could it be that someone from the Supervision Department has survived and established a normal inspection mechanism?

Undoubtedly, since the Judgment Division has survived, there is a high probability that the Supervision Division will not disappear, and even if it does disappear, the survivors will be re-established.

Just as Shadow was thinking about how to get further information, Langdon sent another message——

"The Development Department has organized many excavations on the ruins of the research institute, and most of the valuable things have been collected. A few omissions are not worth your effort to search.

"Right now, the Cormanthor demon is about to launch a large-scale search of the major bases of the empire. With your ability, you shouldn't waste time here. The Vengeance Judgment Division is the real place for you to show your value."

When Xia Duo heard that the other party mentioned the Judgment of Revenge, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He just took over the task of the Judgment and sneaked here.

If his identity is exposed, at least he will face a rigorous investigation, and he may be treated as a spy.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Duo didn't continue to talk to the other party anymore. To a certain extent, talking to the other party was because he was being told by the other party, and he made many mistakes.

In fact, when the other party said that he was an inspector of the Supervision Department, Xia Duo realized that he might be showing his feet.

If he is really a great mage in the system of the post-imperial era, he should not know that there are people patrolling the ruins of the empire, and it is still a very sensitive period when Cormanthor is about to sweep.

Maybe the spies who were supposed to be elves.

Therefore, Xia Duo immediately cut off the resonance with the other party's perception field, and then simply stopped searching for the ruins, and flew directly towards the sky at high speed.

(End of this chapter)