"Hmm?"
Hoenhem stepped forward, glanced at the Mage Tower, and a gleam flashed deep in his eyes,
"For magic professionals, the Mage Tower is both a mobile residence,
as well as a research base for spells, a warehouse for storing casting materials, and a fortress for personal safety.
It is akin to a second life for a mage."
Hoenhem pondered: "According to what you say, Solomon and Teresa are both mbers of the Hero Team,
if they were trapped and died inside the Sacred Mountain during the trial,
then Solomon's Mage Tower should still hold things he preserved in life, which may answer our doubts."
Hoenhem extended his palm, gently pressing on the surface of the Mage Tower several tis,
No one knew what spell he used, only to see the bricks on the outside of the Mage Tower automatically fold out and open,
revealing a hidden blue crystal within.
The crystal was as large as a basketball, in an irregular rhomboid shape, crystal-clear, shimring brightly under the light.
From his palm, Hoenhem released silky threads of magical elents, penetrating into the crystal, slowly saying: "This is the energy core usually installed in a Mage Tower, capable of absorbing free energy from the air to charge the Mage Tower.
I have seen this in other script tasks before.
Due to its critical nature, the energy core is usually crafted by high-level mages themselves,
because every magic professional's magical faction, personal habits, wealth status, and magical prowess differ,
the energy core they craft personally also exhibits significant differences.
Of course, there is one commonality..."
Hoenhem squinted, cautiously releasing the Mage's Hand to adjust the crystal's direction, "To prevent the Mage Tower from falling into the hands of others,
the energy core is equipped with nurous restrictions, responding only to certain characteristic fluctuations of soul, mind, and magic,
you can understand this as a fingerprint unlock; only the mage himself can control his Mage Tower,
if others attempt to steal it,
the mildest consequence is being injured by the restrictions,
the severest is triggering the energy core's self-destruct system, blowing the entire person sky-high..."
The sentint is an unstable bomb?!
Ding Zhensi instinctively swallowed, watching Hoenhem dismantle the restrictions around the energy core like a bomb expert,
glancing at his other companions who remained calm.
It's just
worrying? Why are you all so calm?
Aren't you afraid Hoenhem might accidentally slip and blow us all sky-high?
Or do you have confidence in withstanding the light, heat radiation, and shockwave from the energy core's self-explosion?
Ding Zhensi's inner complaints didn't last long; Hoenhem swiftly dismantled all the restrictions and reinstalled the energy core in the Mage Tower.
Buzz——
The cylindrical Mage Tower emitted a long humming sound, nurous bricks automatically folded, expanding outward,
Monts later, the Mage Tower standing once again on the ground already had the scale of a tall building.
"The entrance should be... right here."
Hoenhem circled the tower, finally stopping, lightly knocking a brick with his knuckles.
Crack.
Along with that brick, part of the tower's wall indented, revealing a gap.
Hoenhem didn't hurry to enter, instead casting a night vision spell on himself, before stepping in, confirming no danger, and then turning to inform his comrades they could follow.
Everyone entered the Mage Tower; the space was quite spacious, the first floor appeared to be a reception hall, complete with carpet, sofa, glass windows,
at the room's corner was an elevator for ascending and descending.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to years of neglect, the elevator was no longer operable,
The group of players searched through the Mage Tower; the first floor was a reception hall,
the second floor was accommodation with seven rooms. The rooms were dust-laden, judging from the furnishings, likely prepared for other mbers of the Hero Team.
The third floor was a laboratory, stocked with chemical instrunts of unknown function, and several boxes of expired casting materials.
Regarding the fourth floor, it was the central hub of the entire Mage Tower, installed with a throne-shaped operating system, which could control the Mage Tower's interior and the magical floating cannon mounted on it.
The technical content of the entire Mage Tower wasn't as high as imagined by the players,
at least Hoenhem expressed, it wasn't up to the standards of the Clock Tower Mage Association in the real world, of limited collectible value.
"The reception hall on the first floor and the accommodation on the second floor don't have anything valuable,"
Hoenhem mused: "The safe by the wall on the third-floor laboratory stored quite a number of spell research records,
which seed to be the product of Solomon's study of spell theory in his leisure ti.
However, those spell research records were subjected to damage and destruction, looking as if burnt by flas, there is very little valuable content within.
If I'm not mistaken, this should be a program Solomon set himself—after his death, the Mage Tower would automatically clear his lifeti traces, including research records, to prevent secrets from leaking."
Ding Zhensi shook his head, sowhat confused: "Dead is dead, what secrets still need worrying."
"Perhaps the information holds special significance for soone alive, and to Solomon,"
Li Ang casually said: "You can compare it to personal web browsing history in the real world,
If your web browsing history wasn't erased when you died, you wouldn't rest in peace even in death."
Huh?
Web browsing history? What's there to worry about.
I'm a gentleman.
Ding Zhensi was about to shrug indifferently, then recalled those ridiculous searches he did when bored, showing a peculiar expression on his face.
[Does a dog find it tasty when it eats poop]
[What kind of young n do rich won like]
[Why are two boys holding hands called gross, but two girls aren't]
[Ten downsides of office romance]
[Is liking to hold in farts a pathological obsession? Do held-in farts co out from the mouth?]
Thinking carefully... browsing history really can't be exposed!
Otherwise, when authorities officially hand over my personal computer to my parents, it'll be too ridiculous.
Ding Zhensi silently resolved to set up periodic web browsing history cleanup for his personal computer when he returned to the real world,
anwhile, Hoenhem discovered so new content, "Although the experint logs were cleared,
there are actually related records on the energy core,
the interior of the energy crystal is filled with tiny tunnels invisible to the naked eye,
It is precisely because of these tunnels that the crystal core can absorb external free energy, compress it, and make it into a usable efficient energy source.
These small tunnels are not static; when the total energy conversion is high, the tunnels accelerate aging, forming tiny cracks.
When the total energy conversion is low, the tunnels remain unchanged.
Over ti, layers of small tunnels with varying degrees of aging, much like tree rings,
can clearly display all the energy consumption peaks of the crystal core in the past decades up to hundreds of years..."
To make it easy for others to understand, Hoenhem stood on the top floor of the Mage Tower and re-summoned the Energy Crystal of the Mage Tower,
using a three-dinsional projection thod to enlarge the scene inside the crystal.
"Thankfully, over the years, the Mage Tower has remained open, allowing the crystal core to run continuously in a low-energy mode without interruption records,"
Hoenhem muttered to himself, "Found it, this is it.
The specific construction year of this energy core is roughly around... fifty-nine years ago."
"Hmm?"
Li Ang frowned,
Next to him, Ding Zhensi imdiately reacted and said, "Fifty-nine years ago?
That's not quite right, the Holy Mountain Gate was closed only fifty years ago."
"That I don't know,"
Hoenhem replied casually, "From the patterns on the Energy Crystal, it was indeed built fifty-nine years ago,
then followed a continuous high-energy consumption peak and trough feature,
This pattern I'm familiar with; it's usually when a magic professional becos a high-level mage and has their own Mage Tower, they're exceptionally excited, spending all day in the Mage Tower doing all sorts of magical research.
Since mages generally have relatively regular schedules, the regularity of the energy consumption chart is especially evident.
This daily life continued for about two years, then ushered in a long five-year period of instability,
The energy share provided to the Floating Cannon increased significantly, and the timing was rather irregular."
David frowned and asked, "What do you an?"
"Usually, magic professionals choose this path either to study the truth of the world or to gain greater power.
No matter the purpose of learning magic, eventually, they find themselves attracted to the hidden power behind secret techniques, irresistibly drawn to research and exploration,
particularly high-level mages who prefer staying in one place to silently delve into the essence of magic."
Hoenhem said with great experience, "However, the characteristics on this Energy Crystal are strange,
During those five years, the ti spent in combat exceeded research,
Considering the owner of the Mage Tower hadn't surpassed the high-level mage tier,
I personally think he was drawn into a lengthy war or adventure,
having to fight long battles, unable to settle down to study magic."
Li Ang, who had been deep in thought, raised his head, "And then?"
"And then..."
Hoenhem turned his head, continuing to look at the three-dinsional projection of the Energy Crystal, "In a relatively short ti, the energy consumption of the Energy Crystal increased dramatically,
consuming a lot of energy for combat and repairs inside the Mage Tower.
The intensity of the battle almost destroyed the Mage Tower itself—this situation is rare as high-level mages typically have nurous escape spells, if truly necessary, unable to win,
they could still use Flash or Dinsional Transmission to flee, rarely fighting to death without retreat.
After that battle, the Mage Tower fell silent for a whole year, during which energy consumption for magical research far exceeded combat,
it seems he already left the battlefield.
However, in the following year, the Energy Crystal once again reached super high energy consumption peaks.
Duration and scale were similar to the previous peak.
Afterward, the Energy Crystal fell into intermittent silence until it fully entered sleep mode—what we're seeing now, connected to this room via cables and maintaining the lowest energy consumption."
Hoenhem paused and further explained, "The Mage Tower is a mage's second life,
coupled with the thickness of those experint logs on the laboratory floor,
The owner of the Mage Tower, Solomon, should rarely set foot outside the range of the Mage Tower.
By deducing his trajectory through the Energy Crystal, it should be correct."
"..."
Li Ang silently took out Therese's diary again, flipped through it, closed his eyes and calculated a bit, then slowly said, "The diary ntioned that Therese and Solomon were the sa age, and Solomon was recognized as a peerless prodigy worldwide, becoming a high-level mage at sixteen and owning a Mage Tower.
Then, in less than a year, he advanced again, receiving the exceptional mage certificate granted by the Mage Guild.
If your deduction is correct, then we can now clarify the tiline Therese and others went through."
Hoenhem raised an eyebrow, "Tiline?"
"That's right."
Li Ang nodded and said, "Taking Solomon becoming a high-level mage, owning a Mage Tower at sixteen, as a starting point for deduction.
When Solomon beca a high-level mage, Therese, being the sa age, was also sixteen.
The diary ntions Therese was born in 1011 and beca a novice nun at the town monastery in 1021.
Therefore, the Mage Tower should have been established in 1027.
In that year, Therese encountered an apocalypse, a cross stigma naturally appearing in her palm, thus being dispatched to the diocese church as a precious Church talent, receiving focused training.
Two years later, Therese t bizarre illusions about the goddess of creation, experienced inner tornt, reported to Church high levels, suffered Church wrath and persecution, and was imprisoned in a cage.
Ultimately rescued by the hero team led by Iramont.
The group embarked on a six-year adventure journey, enhancing their powers along the way, finally setting off on the Sacred Mountain trial journey to fulfill Therese's wish.
Considering that the Mage Tower was completed 59 years ago, Therese and others' tiline should be—
1011, Therese and Solomon's birth
January 1, 1021, Therese beca a novice nun, started writing the diary
1027, Therese awakened the stigma, the sa year, Solomon beca a high-level mage and constructed the Mage Tower,
1029, Therese awakened illusions, reported, was imprisoned by the Church, rescued, the hero team was ford,
July 12, 1035, the hero team set foot on Sacred Mountain Island, headed to the Underground Palace, preparing for the Sacred Mountain trial, resulting in severe damage, each hero at a loss.
Not knowing what happened in between, anyhow, they completed the trial.
In the subsequent year, the Mage Tower fell into low energy mode, seemingly Solomon conducting magical research,
1036, the Mage Tower once again reached energy consumption peaks, high-intensity battles occurred.
Thereafter, the Mage Tower fell silent, with no fluctuations.
The sa year, Shadow Monsters erged, broke the Holy Mountain Gate's stones, causing the Sacred Mountain trial closure.
Fifty years later,
which is 1086, we appear here."
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