Chapter 621: Chapter 527: The Two Ends of the Space-Ti Gate and the Jet Fighter_2
Now, it seems unnecessary to travel back and forth so frequently. They could fully utilize these half-blood natives as informants to gather intelligence, which would be less conspicuous and forgo the need for additional support from the council for the ti being.
Tika nodded and quickly wrote a report on a piece of beastskin parchnt, then grabbed one of the half-bloods, tied him up, stuffed the parchnt in his mouth, and hurled him heavily into the Space-Ti Gate.
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anwhile, Lynn and others who had seen off the exploration team were not in a hurry to leave, but were waiting for news from the other end.
To ensure that the exploration team had indeed entered the other realm smoothly, and had not been taken by the Space-Ti Gate to so bizarre location or caught in a spatial current and killed, Rafael and the others would conduct a preliminary survey for half an hour. After confirming there were no issues, they would send one person back to report on the situation.
In exchange, they would also send another person through to swap and verify the information with each other.
Due to the different flow of ti between the two locations, half an hour there was about three and a half hours on this side.
However, four hours had passed, and there was still no activity from the Space-Ti Gate.
“We can’t just keep waiting like this. Master Rafael should be aware of the importance of the first contact; we need to send another group in,” Vittorio said with a furrowed brow, suspecting that the exploration team that entered the Space-Ti Gate had encountered so serious trouble, otherwise they would not have missed the ti to send soone back.
“Let’s wait a little longer,” Lynn shook his head. A sixth-ring Wizard, unless he had the misfortune to bump head-on into an imnsely powerful legendary being or the Lord of the Undead, would not be so easily killed on the spot.
According to their speculation, this Space-Ti Gate should be relatively safe.
Although the rest of the exploration team mbers were not particularly strong, they had a balanced composition with scouting, healing, close combat, ranged combat, magic, and technology covering almost all the necessary elents. If they indeed encountered an unbeatable opponent, they could always retreat back through the Space-Ti Gate.
“Fifteen minutes… If there is still no movent after fifteen minutes, we will send in a second group,” Lynn said solemnly.
Vittorio nodded and waited patiently.
Ti ticked away second by second, and the numbers on the quartz clock kept changing, with the Wizards present becoming increasingly anxious.
The fifteen minutes quickly elapsed, and just as Lynn was beginning to doubt whether Rafael and the others had truly encountered so mishap, the turbulent Space-Ti Gate was activated once again!
“They’re here!” Vittorio’s expression imdiately turned grave, and a series of golden Rune Chains spread out in every direction, encircling the area near the Space-Ti Gate.
Lynn was also ready to take action at any mont.
After all, the ti did not match with the agreed upon schedule, and no one knew what might happen next. It could be Rafael sending soone back, or it could be an invading enemy!
Under everyone’s gaze, a figure, bound all over, flew out from the turbulent Space-Ti Gate and was once again securely tied up by the Rune Chains.
Realizing that the individual who erged from the Space-Ti Gate was none of the exploration team mbers but a captive deprived of the ability to resist, Vittorio grew increasingly dissatisfied with Rafael.
“This appears to be a half-blood,” Lynn recognized imdiately. Having had many interactions with Lydia and others, he naturally could not be mistaken and soon saw the piece of beastskin in the captive’s mouth.
Paper was not durable and could be shredded by the Space-Ti Gate, while electromagnetic signals could not communicate across worlds, so information exchange had to be recorded on tough magical beast leather.
With a thought from Lynn, under the effect of “Mage’s Hand,” the beastskin parchnt unfolded quickly, revealing text written in magical encrypted scripts.
Tika had recapped everything seen and heard after entering the Space-Ti Gate in as concise wording as possible, such as the other side of the Space-Ti Gate also being a valley, with temperatures around minus twenty degrees… and how they had encountered attacks from two “Sand Worms” as soon as they entered, as well as several natives keeping watch. Dealing with these troubles had caused significant delays.
Aside from that, they have already set off to surround the halfling tribe, and one day from now, they will send soone back to report more news.
One day there is equivalent to a week in their world, so there is still plenty of ti.
“Very good, it seems that everything is going smoothly,” Vittorio nodded after reading the encrypted information, his previous dissatisfaction with Rafael also dissipated.
In the face of being monitored, it was natural not to rashly send people in and out; it was normal to take so ti to deal with these troubles.
Lynn was considering who should be sent to exchange information within the Space-Ti Gate next, as Tika had ntioned in the letter that they did not need too many hands for the ti being; however, the council could not really send useless people in.
“How about we also send a few halflings over?” Vittorio suggested, since the halflings were the indigenous people there, it would naturally be more convenient for them to act using that identity.
Lynn nodded in agreent, which was also his thought. From the information extracted from Tika’s mind, although the tribe was the Moon Goddess Diana’s believers, it seed that most of their faith was not so steadfast…
But after thinking about it, it made sense; it had been a long ti since the Moon God had died, and without any divine signs, even the most steadfast faith could waver.
Moreover, the lifespans of halflings were not long, even shorter than normal humans’, usually only around sixty years. By now, the previous staunch believers should have all died out.
“Since everything here is in order, I should return to the capital,” Lynn turned to look at Vittorio. “What about you, Chairman Vittorio?”
“I need to stay here to continue studying this Space-Ti Gate, and figure out how the rate of magic power influx affects ti,” Vittorio said, raising an eyebrow.
Being here, he could also prevent any anomalies from occurring,
As for the Alchemy Array that separates tritium and deuterium, Vittorio had already sorted it out three days earlier, improving its efficiency by about fivefold. The rest could be handled by those Alchemists.
Lynn nodded in agreent and, after bidding farewell to Sean and the others, he transford into a streak of light and disappeared into the sky.
“Bring over a few Spiritual Energy Wizards and take this halfling down for interrogation!” Vittorio ordered, looking at the halfling who was firmly bound on the ground, with a face of terror.
This native might be weak, but their value was significant. They could utilize their mories to decipher the language and learn a wealth of fundantal information about the foreign territory, which was precisely why Rafael made a point of sending this person over.
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About forty minutes later, Lynn returned to the capital and took a mont to share the intelligence he had gained with Harrov and Aurora. He then called over a male wizard responsible for managing information and inquired about the whereabouts of Lydia and the others.
It had been quite so ti since he had seen Lydia; he had been busy studying the application of magic power at the microscopic level and didn’t have the ti to pay attention to her. Only when he wanted to did he realize that she had vanished, and she was not at the newly built air force base either.
“Lady Lydia might be at the Alchemy Research Institute right now…” the male wizard said hesitantly.
He had heard that Master Dennis was recently working on a new kind of explosion-based propulsion device, intended for use on new combat aircraft. There had been several accidents over the past few months, and the council had received many complaint letters.
“An explosion-based propulsion device?” Lynn imdiately beca interested.
This was about making jet planes.
No wonder Dennis had not attended this year’s academic conference…
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