Chapter 1106: Chapter 859 Just a Small Formula
It was still similar to the practices in the Sanctuary Empire, starting with several adaptive formulas. These were things that could completely change a Mage’s casting habits, thus being exceptionally difficult. However, to Ai Lin’s surprise, the soldiers in the Sanctuary Empire adapted to them remarkably quickly, and the success rate was significantly higher than that of The Divine Auffa Empire. Soon Ai Lin understood that, unlike The Divine Auffa Empire, which greatly valued magic itself, the Sanctuary Empire had always excelled in magical equipment. Therefore, in terms of individual soldier quality, those of the Sanctuary Empire were somewhat inferior. Yet at this moment, this slight deficiency turned into an advantage.
When he heard that his soldiers were adapting to the new formulas faster and with a greater success rate than those of The Divine Auffa Empire, Emperor Saint Danze of the Sanctuary Empire immediately ran to brag to Emperor Saint Jialin of The Divine Auffa Empire.
Before long, Saint Jialin’s retaliation arrived. He sent a team of ten Sanctuary Mages wearing newly produced Divine Armor to perform a demonstration outside Emperor Saint Danze’s Imperial Palace. The Sanctuary Mages, operating Sanctuary-grade Divine Armor, overlaid their magic in a way that made Saint Danze’s eyes pop out in astonishment. With pride, Saint Jialin watched Saint Danze and began to mock him, utterly forgetting that his own expression had been even worse when he first witnessed this spectacle.
This small demonstration greatly motivated the soldiers of the Sanctuary Empire, who began to fervently study the new knowledge. Because the previous knowledge had not made a deep impact, they quickly embraced the new information. Every day, someone in the barracks would activate their Sanctuary Halo. In less than half a month, nearly a thousand had already made successful breakthroughs in Sanctuary strength!
At this time, Saint Danze couldn’t wait to bring fifty Sanctuary Divine Armor soldiers to the Divine Auffa Empire, under the guise of a friendly exchange among allies. Naturally, Saint Jialin couldn’t show weakness, so fifty against fifty, the two sides fought for over an hour in the Arena, nearly turning it to ruins, yet without deciding a victor.
But the spectacle truly stirred the blood of the two emperors, and towards Long Yi and Ai Lin, who sat behind them, chatting and laughing, it was filled with awe. After all, such powerful soldiers were completely shaped by their hands.
After the battle, all the participating soldiers were ordered to maintain secrecy. The extent and specifics of their fight were strictly forbidden from being disclosed, and if anyone asked, they were simply to say it was a draw.
Now that everything was on the right track, with the Ancient Mage Tower hidden somewhere out of sight, Long Yi had no particularly good strategies at his disposal; he could only wait for Elma to make a move.
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If there was anything that had been causing Isrile and Ruosha the most headaches recently, it would undoubtedly be the astonishing academic atmosphere within this research institute.
For truly enthusiastic experts, the academic environment here would make them ecstatic. But Isrile and Ai Lin were not among them; they had their own goals for being there, which allowed them to view the situation from a more independent and objective perspective.
The people here were absolutely crazed.
The majority of the researchers were skin and bones, pouring most of their time and energy into their research projects, even forgetting to eat and rest.
Some staff were specifically assigned to remind them to eat and rest, with others tasked with forcing them to do so. Nearly every researcher treated their work as an essential part of their life, spending the vast majority of their days here, which meant the air was always filled with a rather unpleasant odor.
Zemir gave them only three days to solve a puzzle, working alongside them was another man referred to by Isrile as "Bones" because of his extreme thinness. Isrile and Ruosha found the time manageable, especially with the series of spells they had acquired from the core of the Star Devourers. Ruosha’s mastery of space and Fissure Magic had already surpassed everyone present. However, they did not disclose their results directly, as their goal was to secure their footing and gain the trust of the institute’s higher-ups in order to fully understand what this planet represented.
At that time, they started to miss Little Zi. Had Little Zi been there, with various control spells at hand, the opposition would be kneeling and singing in minutes; would there be any need for all this trouble? Although both of them had learned mental magic from Little Zi, they dared not use it rashly—if they failed, it would be a complete and utter defeat.
On the third day, Zemir appeared, and the outcome of the contest was about to be revealed. However, most of the surrounding researchers seemed to have little interest, still fervently pursuing their studies.
"Mr. Zemir, here are my research findings! I’ve managed to deduce six steps for the intermediary formula!" Bones proudly handed over his results. Zemir’s eyes lit up instantly, even he had only deduced four steps, and here this man had managed six.
Zemir carefully checked the six steps. Although complex, the resultant formula was far richer than his own. It felt as though it was close to completion and ready for use!
As Zemir examined his own research findings, Bones glared at Ruosha with eyes full of hostility. If this had been a more normal man, seeing two delicate and beautiful young girls in this place, he would never have acted in such a way. Clearly, he was not a normal man.
Zemir quickly moderated the excited expression on his face and turned to look at Isrile and Ruosha.
"Lily, Sasa, how did you sisters fare with your research?" Zemir asked with a kind smile on his face.
"If we’re talking about the number of steps, it might not be as good as his; we’ve only deduced three."
Speaking of which, Isrile handed over their research report, which was just a thin sheet of paper.
"Heh heh, it’s fine, it’s fine, everyone needs time to adapt when they first come here," Zemir took the report and without even glancing at it, held it in his hand and comforted Isrile and Ruosha.
"Yes, we think so too, many of the experimental equipment here feel awkward to use," Ruosha complained softly.
"Hahahaha! This is really too ridiculous! Complaining about the equipment when you don’t have excellent research results? Little children, you had better hurry back and continue playing house. This is a sacred and solemn research institute, not a place for kids to play!" the skeleton taunted loudly.
Isrile and Ruosha were not annoyed but simply smiled while looking at the other party.
Zemir shook his head, indeed, despite being geniuses, it was still their first time encountering such advanced knowledge. Being able to deduce three steps was already quite good. After all, it took him a month to deduce four steps with his own knowledge, and these two little girls had deduced three steps in just three days—their future potential was limitless.
"Enough, enough, this is just a little entertainment, nothing serious. Whatever equipment you need, just tell me, I’ve said it before, this is a top research facility, everything here is at the service of real talent," Zemir said.
"Well, actually we need these items." Isrile walked over and handed over a list with five completely different experimental devices listed. Zemir thought about it, only one of which was available on this planet; the other four were not and seemed unrelated to the current research directions here.
"Are you sure these are all things you need?" Zemir asked again.
"Of course!" Isrile nodded affirmatively.
"Waste of time," the skeleton huffed coldly and stopped paying attention to them, instead turning away to continue his own research.
"Alright, I’ll figure out a solution for you. However, I hope that you can come up with more research results, to prove that these new experimental devices are worth it for you," Zemir said.
"Don’t worry, they are definitely worth it," Isrile said.
Zemir nodded and turned to leave. He first took the thick stack of research reports from the skeleton, intending to carefully sort them out after returning to his own research lab. Then he casually looked down at the thin piece of paper from Isrile and Ruosha. In his eyes, the mere three steps should be exactly like the three he had researched. However, when he looked at the first step, he came to a complete stop.
"Different?" Zemir muttered to himself.
"Completely different!"
"How can there be such a huge difference? Could there be another way to deduce this formula?"
Zemir looked carefully, and although there were only three steps, these steps had been greatly simplified, merging many similar ones together. From the very first formula of the first step, Zemir was already profoundly shocked.
The direction of this deduction was actually the complete opposite of his own! Could this formula also be deduced in reverse? How was this possible? It had been universally acknowledged that there was only one direction for deducing this formula; a sudden reverse deduction made no sense!
Zemir continued to read downward. In the second step, there was a formula that he did not recognize! By the third step, that formula had disappeared, and this third part had completely resolved the formula he had previously provided!
This formula had been solved?
Zemir felt his body tremble! He continued to carefully review the three steps from beginning to end, each step was very clear, except for the formula that he couldn’t understand, everything else was simple and straightforward!
Zemir turned around and quickly returned to Isrile and Ruosha, who had been watching Zemir’s every move, and laughed inwardly.
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