bookandnovel Chapter 184 Strangers
Chapter 184 Strangers
Chapter 184 Strangers
Daily life in Blackrock Town remains peaceful.
After word of the merchant's affair spread, townspeople would occasionally bring their afflicted magical plants or pets to Ellie for help.
With Rowling's tacit approval, Ellie would offer help as appropriate, but she would never accept expensive compensation or promise to solve the problem.
She viewed these as valuable practice opportunities to hone her spiritual perception and energy manipulation skills for applying them to real-world problems.
Rowling's own research continues.
The theoretical model of "disruption of order" has been perfected to a rather complex degree, inspired by the new map of the monument of civilization.
He began conducting experiments on the cancellation of physical energy on an extremely small scale in an absolutely safe and isolated environment.
The goal is no longer the fragments of the Purple Plague Stone, but to use instruments to simulate highly purified, relatively singular, ordered energy clusters and chaotic energy clusters.
The experiment was thrilling.
Even if the energy scale is controlled to the size of a fingertip, once it disappears, it may still cause small-scale energy turbulence and impact.
Rowling had to concentrate fully, using his insight into the ring and the echo unit to perform millisecond-level precision manipulation.
I succeeded a few times and failed a few times.
When it failed, the isolation array buzzed, and the turbulent energy caused the shield to flicker.
But each failure also provided valuable data, allowing him to continuously adjust the structure and contact parameters of the order probe.
He vaguely sensed that he might not be far from actually casting the spell [Disruption of Order], but the stability and controllability of the final step remained a huge challenge.
The peaceful days lasted for about two months.
That day, Rowling received a message from researcher Duden, whose tone carried an unusual seriousness.
"Rolin, do you have time to return to Santa headquarters recently? The Cornerstone Project and the Tidal Observation Team have made some new discoveries, and we need your participation in the discussions."
"In addition—some scattered information has come from the outer intelligence network. Although the Scorching Hell fragments have calmed down, there seem to be some—unusual visitors—moving around the edge of the fragments. Their traces are very subtle, and their purpose is unknown."
"Master Veranika hopes you will also learn about her."
A new discovery?
An unusual visitor?
Rowling knew that the peaceful days in Blackrock Town might be coming to an end for the time being.
He told Ellie the contents of the message and began to pack his things.
When Ellie heard that Rowling was leaving, a hint of reluctance flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by understanding and determination.
"Mr. Rowling, please go in peace."
"I will take good care of Yue Yinhua and cultivate diligently according to plan."
"I will keep an eye on Black Rock Hut."
Rolin nodded, leaving Ellie with some spare concentration potions and energy stabilizing powder, and also gave her some instructions on cultivation and caring for the magical plants.
Finally, he took out a specially made amulet inlaid with tiny moon-silver chips and handed it to Ellie.
"This amulet contains a star power imprint and a simple mental protection rune."
"If you encounter any unexpected situations that you cannot handle while cultivating or dealing with magical plants, or if you feel that your connection with the Moon Silver Flower is fluctuating abnormally and out of control, hold it and inject a trace of spiritual energy into it. I will sense it and rush back as soon as possible."
"Wearing it regularly can also help stabilize your mind."
Ellie carefully accepted the amulet, feeling the gentle yet powerful energy within it. A warm feeling welled up inside her, and she nodded vigorously, "Thank you, Mr. Rowling! I will be careful!"
Having arranged everything, Rowling returned to the Shadowraven Tower headquarters via the temporary teleportation point in Blackrock Town.
The atmosphere at the Santa Maria delle Grazia remained tense yet orderly.
Rowling first went to see researcher Duden.
Duden's lab was filled with newly compiled data and charts.
Upon seeing Roland, he immediately pulled Roland to a huge crystal panel.
"Look here!" Duden pointed to several complex energy structure diagrams and corresponding symbol translations on the panel.
"This is a set of descriptive fragments about the self-organization of energy structures and the evolution of information encoding, which we have deciphered from the newly triggered information layer of the Civilization Stone Tablet!"
"Although incomplete, the concept is amazing!"
"It seems to be describing how certain highly ordered energy structures, under specific conditions, can self-replicate, evolve, and even transmit information, much like life itself!"
"This is no longer a simple application of energy; it involves the blurred lines between energy, matter, and information!"
Rowling carefully examined the diagrams and translations, deeply moved.
The layers of the Civilization Stele are indeed unfathomable.
If this information is interpreted correctly, its significance may be no less than the discovery of a completely new law of nature.
"And this one," Duden said, pulling up another document.
"The continuous monitoring data from the Tidal Observation Team shows that, although the overall energy network of the ley lines in the Scorching Hell fragments has shrunk after that great upheaval, the energy flow patterns and spatial stability in certain areas are undergoing extremely slow but measurable adaptive adjustments."
"This adjustment pattern bears a certain implicit similarity to the self-organizing energy structure model we just analyzed!"
"We suspect that the observer legacy network may have initiated some kind of deeper, slower self-repair and optimization process after being unexpectedly deeply activated by overload relief!"
Ancient creations are self-repairing?
Luo Lin immediately thought of the faint signs of evolution in the Moon Silver Flower energy interface.
Could it be that there is some kind of adaptive or evolutionary potential based on specific rules in nature and in the creations of ancient civilizations?
"These findings are very important," Rowling said in a deep voice.
"If the observer network is indeed slowly self-repairing, it will have profound implications for future exploration and utilization of relics. Could those less-than-normal visitors have also sensed something?"
"That's exactly what we're worried about," Duden said gravely.
"Master Veranica has convened an emergency meeting, which will also be attended by personnel from the War Affairs Department and the Intelligence Department."
"Get ready, we'll be in the top-floor council chamber in half an hour."
Half an hour later, Rowling walked into the familiar, solemn council chamber.
Master Veranica's projection occupied the main position, and remote images of Wizard Horn, several high-ranking officers from the War Affairs Department, the head of the Intelligence Department, and Commander Hector were all present.
The meeting began with a report from the intelligence department.
They presented images of scattered traces of energy and signs of activity recently captured in several remote areas outside the scorching hell fragments.
The traces were very blurry, indicating that the other party had carefully disguised and cleaned them up. However, based on the subtle characteristics of the residual energy, it did not belong to any known force, nor was it the native creatures or natural phenomena within the fragments.
These visitors acted with extreme caution, seemingly only briefly venturing into the most peripheral and chaotic energy environments, with no clear purpose or indication of going deeper.
"Like they're scouting, or like they're searching for something?"
"One intelligence analyst speculated."