Mazao imdiately left the room and headed for the front hall.
Although Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun were in conversation, most of their attention was on Mazao. Seeing that she seed to have suddenly made a new discovery, they both stopped talking and moving at the sa ti. I didn’t hesitate to follow her, and both of them closely followed behind. We arrived at the front hall.
Mazao observed the front hall thoroughly before coming to the center, looking intently at the void in front of her, and then her face showed a look of realization.
"What did you find?" I asked.
"It’s Space Transfer," she said.
I didn’t react at first, but Lu Youxun imdiately understood, "Ah, so that’s it, there indeed was the use of Space Transfer..."
"What’s going on?" Zhu Shi asked.
"Actually, my agents have investigated when and how the Weirdo Maker transferred all the equipnt and devices inside the ’clinic’," he said, "There are surveillance caras on the streets outside, and Spell investigation thods can also operate normally. Whatever transportation he used to move the items, he would at least leave so related traces. But we found no such signs.
"If he used Space Transfer to take away all the items, that would make perfect sense. Coincidentally, the black fog you ntioned in your report also has the power of large-scale Space Transfer."
While he was speaking, Mazao took out a Mind-Written Photo again and displayed the past scene on it.
I leaned in to look, and the photo showed a scene of what had happened in the front hall in the past—the Weirdo Maker stood in the middle of the hall, surrounded by a pile of sophisticated equipnt and devices, and in front of him hung a vortex ford by the black fog.
The black fog vortex had a diater of over two ters, and he was moving large pieces of equipnt into it. Half of the equipnt disappeared into one side of the vortex but did not co out the other, as if entering another space unknown.
"Teleportation Door?" I found this term to fit the black fog vortex best.
Right after, I realized our investigation at the "clinic" might end up in a dead end.
Even Lu Youxun comnted with great regret, "This really is the worst possibility..."
Mazao’s blessing power of historical retracing was most efficient when directly tracking the historical footprints of prey. From a common-sense perspective, no matter how cunningly and secretly the prey moved, its historical footprints in the physical world were continuous. Mazao just had to follow these traces to find her prey. This could also be considered the superpower version of "checking the surveillance."
The Weirdo Maker’s destination for transferring the sophisticated equipnt and devices was undoubtedly the Human Bureau’s secret base, and whether he used vehicles or sothing else, we could "check the surveillance" to find out. Even if he moved the equipnt by air, I could just enter the Fire Elent form, carry Mazao, and fly while letting her follow the trail.
But Space Transfer and Teleportation Door weren’t the sa; here the prey’s historical footprints were interrupted.
We couldn’t directly track down the Human Bureau.
"We have no choice, let’s investigate all the clues we can for now," Zhu Shi suggested, "This ’clinic’ held not only equipnt and devices but surely docunts and other materials as well. Those items are more valuable than the equipnt. Mazao, can you retrieve the information of those docunts from the historical records?"
"There were never any docunts stored here, not even the Weirdo Maker’s dical records for the creatures," Mazao imdiately shook her head, "After the Weirdo Maker did the dical exams for the creatures here, it seed like he morized all the data in his head... It’s also possible that as he was testing the creatures’ physical data here, another part of him was recording it elsewhere."
"That is to say, this place was purely a place for dical exams. Co to think of it, the Shadow Swapping Monster also ntioned that the Weirdo Maker seed to only use this ’clinic’ on the days he perford dical exams on the creatures, so of course, he wouldn’t store any docunts here." Lu Youxun pondered and then said, "Can you later Mind-Write the process of the Weirdo Maker conducting dical exams on the creatures? Describe it in detail again, that may also beco a clue."
"No problem," Mazao responded while staring at the center of the front hall.
After a little while, she said, "Besides, I should be able to continue the trace."
"Continue tracing what?" Zhu Shi instinctively asked, then imdiately caught on, "—Wait, are you saying that you can investigate the continued historical footprints of past objects after they’ve gone through the Teleportation Door here?"
Mazao shook her head, "That’s not it. Even I can’t stand here and investigate the history of another space."
"Then, what are you planning to do?" I asked, curious.
"I’m not just capable of investigating historical records," she said, "My blessing power is ’Restoration’, the power to restore things to their past state."
As she spoke, she turned her head to look at , her speech becoming slow. I wasn’t sure if it was wishful thinking, but I felt she might be intentionally showing off her abilities in front of .
She seed to be observing my expression intently and then continued, "In other words, as long as it’s a phenonon that happened here before, I can try to recreate it with my blessing power."
I quickly realized what she ant, and Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun also showed looks of astonishnt.
She didn’t look at their reactions, as her eyes seed to see only .
"You an..." I ventured to ask, "you can open the Teleportation Door that the Weirdo Maker once opened here?"
She nodded solemnly, "Yes."
"Hold on a second." Zhu Shi interjected, "Mazao, the burden on you must increase when you use your power on external objects, right? Now you even want to bring past abnormal phenona into existence out of thin air... Surely this won’t overload your soul?"
"There will be a significant burden."
Mazao didn’t boast but spoke the truth, "Even if I can recreate it, it can only safely be done for a very brief mont. Conversely, as long as I don’t attempt to exceed that duration, the load will not be so great as to deepen the wounds to my soul. However, until the accumulated burden subsides, I won’t be able to recreate the Teleportation Door."
"If I’m not misunderstanding, the Teleportation Door you can open is rely a one-way trip; once used, there’s no turning back. If the other side of the Teleportation Door happens to be the Human Bureau’s secret headquarters, rashly going through would be like infiltrating deep into enemy territory alone. At that point, forget about continuing to track the Human Bureau, even self-preservation would be a problem."
Lu Youxun ntioned the shortcomings of this thod, but his expression revealed a keen interest, and I sensed that he was likely considering crossing over himself.
Yet he glanced at and then showed a look of regret. True, he must have realized that sending himself through the Teleportation Door was definitely not the best solution.
"Lu Chan, if you’re about to suggest sending Zhuang Cheng through the Teleportation Door next, I might just hit you." Zhu Shi glanced sideways at Lu Youxun, "Zhuang Cheng’s power is indeed very strong; you won’t find a second person in this city who can match him. But the other side of the Teleportation Door is likely the heart of the Human Bureau, and it’s not simply a matter of strength when it cos to entering. Who knows what kind of entities are waiting on the other side for intruders?"
"Zhu Shi, even though our stances differ within Luo Mountain, there’s no need for you to distrust to this extent. One of Luo Mountain’s three major woes is the Human Bureau, so how could I possibly recomnd sending one of us headlong into the belly of such a power?" Lu Youxun shook his head, "Zhuang Cheng doesn’t need to cross through the Teleportation Door himself; he just needs to send his fla through."
Yes, I very well could first send a "Firefly" to the space on the other side of the Teleportation Door.
If I did that, I would then be able to clearly see what was on the other side, or even transport myself directly there; or in fact it wouldn’t be impossible for my body to go through directly. In case of an ergency, I could return with the "Firefly" I’d left here.
Of course, the latter thod would certainly be discouraged by Zhu Shi and Mazao. Moreover, if the other side truly was the Human Bureau’s lair, there might be Barriers potent enough to sever my connection with the "Firefly." Taking everything into account, it would be better to first send out the "Firefly" to explore.
I confird with Mazao again and again whether recreating the Teleportation Door would deepen her soul wounds, and she seriously assured , putting my mind at ease.
"Then, I’ll leave it to you," I said.
She nodded forcefully and asked us to step back. She also took two steps back and stretched out her palm toward the center of the lobby.
At the sa ti, I summoned a "Firefly," ready to release it at any mont.
She took a deep breath and then uttered two words.
"Return."
As her words fell, in the center of the lobby, the black mist that could kill superpower forces was forcibly recreated by Mazao’s superpower, surging forth from seemingly nowhere!
After the black mist appeared, it automatically ford a vortex. Compared to the vortex over two ters in diater seen in the Mind-Written Photos, the one recreated by Mazao was only tens of centiters across—barely wide enough for a person to squeeze through like crawling down a hole.
The mont she finished recreating it, Mazao imdiately showed signs of strain. This black mist vortex wouldn’t last long.
I didn’t waste precious ti, and the "Firefly" in my palm shot out like a fleeting spark, disappearing into the black mist vortex.
Seeing this, Mazao closed the Teleportation Door and let out a weary sigh. I paid close attention to her condition. This ti there were no signs of her body shaking or her falling over, so it seed her earlier assurance was no lie, and I was relieved.
My attention then turned to the "Firefly" that had passed through the Teleportation Door.
It seed to have entered so unknown indoor space.
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