Chapter 830: Chapter 361: This Time, It’s Really Inspiration_3
Wu Chang asked, "Then why don’t you try the True Name Technique again?"
Raventon shook his head and said, "Only when I have gathered enough direct clues to reconstruct the facts in my mind will the True Name Technique work."
"If the clues are not sufficient, forcing the use of the True Name Technique will not only be ineffective, but the spell will also backfire on me."
After hearing this, Wu Chang’s interest in the True Name Technique waned. From Raventon’s description, the True Name Technique seemed to be merely an embellishing ability, not something that could provide substantial help in dire circumstances.
He came to Raventon’s side and said:
"Sometimes, your thinking is too rational. Let go of the constraints of rationality and use intuitive inspiration to perceive everything; perhaps you’ll see something different."
Raventon closed his eyes, letting go of his inspiration as Wu Chang suggested, but soon opened them again, saying:
"No, I can’t see anything."
"If it were me investigating the case, at this point, I would return to the city and go straight to find Julie. But now, I want to see how the Inspiration Detective will proceed."
Wu Chang smiled, closed his eyes, and began to sense everything around him.
This time, he did not seek out resentment or consult the All-Knowing Crystal because there was no need.
The area where the coal loading station was located had an overwhelmingly strong Extraordinary aura. Using his inspiration to perceive, he could detect various Extraordinary Energies converging into a web within this space.
The very center of this web was the core of this area.
He followed what his inspiration showed him, arriving at the entrance of a temporary rest area, right at the boundary between entering and leaving.
He opened his eyes, took a safety lamp left inside the room, and lit it, saying:
"Light the miners’ safety lamps and wait in place."
"What are you doing..." Raventon’s question was cut short as he watched Wu Chang disappear before his eyes.
Raventon looked like he’d seen a ghost, rubbed his eyes, and quickly walked to where Wu Chang vanished.
He quickly squeezed the dust sprayer, scattering a large amount of fluorescent powder, which showed no abnormalities.
Imitating Wu Chang, he lit the remaining safety lamp and stood in the same spot, beginning to silently count in his mind.
At the count of ten, the scenery before his eyes flipped, and after a brief moment of weightlessness, he entered an unfamiliar space.
He saw Wu Chang standing outside the temporary rest area, who said to him:
"Welcome to the core of the Pine Tree Coal Mine."
Raventon stepped outside and discovered a massive hemispherical mine cavern with a height of over twenty meters.
More than seventy percent of the cavern was filled with a gigantic machine.
The unknown machine continually vibrated, emitting a low hum. Accompanying the hum, highly purified coal essence pieces were ejected from the machine and fell into the mine carts below.
This was the Extraordinary Purification Machine hidden beneath the Pine Tree Coal Mine, capable of refining ordinary deep coal into coal essence.
Staring at the colossal entity before him, Raventon’s eyes widened, and he murmured:
"How did you discover this hidden space?"
If Wu Chang had discovered the coal essence refining space through his astonishing mysticism ability or by praying to the Eternal Pure Light, Raventon wouldn’t find it unacceptable.
But the issue was, Wu Chang found the clues using conventional methods. Not only that, the method Wu Chang used also allowed him to enter this space, further indicating that Wu Chang’s method did not stem from some special ability but from the original setup within the Pine Tree Coal Mine.
Wu Chang smugly said, "Can’t figure it out?"
Raventon nodded, "Indeed, I can’t figure it out."
Wu Chang reached out to Raventon, who asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Wu Chang replied matter-of-factly, "Don’t you forget about the wager between us. If you can’t figure it out, that means I win, and you owe me thirty-three gold pounds."
Raventon felt a bit stifled in his chest and complained:
"As the Knight Order Leader, you couldn’t get whatever amount you wanted from the Queen, do you really care about my thirty-three gold pounds?"
Wu Chang maintained his posture of demanding payment and said, "That’s different; a bet is a bet."
Raventon clicked his tongue, took out his wallet, retrieved seven gold pounds, and handed the rest to Wu Chang.
"Is this enough now?"
Wu Chang pocketed the money and said, "I actually already taught you the method; I really used inspiration this time."
"It’s exactly what you said, collecting enough clues first, then combining with the actual on-site situation to do basic reasoning, and finally, a flash of inspiration in the mind."
Raventon looked at Wu Chang with suspicion, seemingly not believing it was that simple.
"What’s your reasoning?"
Wu Chang answered:
"First, I believe your reasoning isn’t wrong; the method of the miners’ disappearance is near the temporary rest area. It must be that the Transcendent who set up the Mystical Ceremony has somehow hidden a space."
"Thomas mentioned that coal essence production is very stable, with at least eight carts a month, and the Transcendent who arranged all this wouldn’t just stay at the harsh environment of Pine Tree Coal Mine."
"After all, even the mine owner himself doesn’t stay here for more than three days a month. So, there must be a way for ordinary Transcendents, or even ordinary people, to enter the coal essence refining area."
"Coupled with Thomas’s little story about the miner’s disappearance, it’s not hard to deduce that the method to enter the refining area is closely related to the temporary rest area."
"Following this line of thought, inspiration guided me to find the way to enter here."
This time, Wu Chang genuinely didn’t cheat; he truly discovered the method of entry through inspiration.
But Raventon still felt that things couldn’t be that simple. Before he could continue his questioning, his attention was captured by the Extraordinary Purification Machine.
He noticed the machine had stopped ejecting coal essence and was converting all the coal essence produced into Energy. Furthermore, the hum of the machine grew louder and louder.
Pointing at the surface of the Extraordinary Purification Machine, which began to shimmer, Raventon’s voice trembled as he said:
"Look, is it about to explode?"
