It was just like the diary that Gerian had read. Had no one read it in the past 1,000 years? However, the contents were full of conjectures, and the conjectures were unclear. Anyone who read it would think that someone was playing tricks on them.
However, now that Lin Li had found the underground palace, he could confirm that the contents of the diary were not fabricated by someone. In that case, could he really find some clues in the diary? Although Gerian did not bring the original diary with him, he had written out the contents based on his memory, and passed it to Lin Li when they parted ways.
Was there anything else that he had not noticed? Lin Li took out the notebook and flipped through two pages. In fact, he had already memorized the contents in his head. Suddenly, his hand stopped, and a smile appeared on his face. Although there was no accurate description in the contents of the diary, there was one thing that could be confirmed through the diary — the time of the incident.
It was a diary, after all. No matter what was recorded, the date was always an essential element. However, what use was it to Lin Li to know the construction date of the underground palace?
The underground palace should have been built about a hundred years before the High Elves perished. He remembered that it was mentioned in a book called The Forgotten Book that the study of magic gears, which had always been unknown and ignored by people, was once popular for a short period of time.
The original origin of the study of magic gears could no longer be verified, but most people believed that the study of magic gears should be related to alchemy, or that they both came from the era of the Goblins. There was indeed some reason to think so. Take the most famous product of alchemy, the Alchemy Colossus, for example. Many of its techniques were indeed compatible with the study of magic gears.
In the application of the study of magic gears, there was also a product called the Mechanism Puppet. Just from the appearance alone, it was very similar to the Alchemy Colossus. However, from a technical point of view, there was actually an essential difference between the two.
The Alchemy Colossus was driven by the Alchemy Array. The countless Alchemy Arrays on its body were responsible for various functions, and the attack and defense of magical energy was only one of them. The Alchemy Array was also responsible for many basic functions, such as the power of the body's movement, which was similar to the function of muscles.
On the other hand, the Mechanism Puppet used gears and power transmission to replace some of the basic functions of the Alchemy Array. The focus of the technique was on the mechanism, not magic. To Lin Li, this was very familiar, but to most people in Anril, it seemed a little rebellious.
Of course, it was also because of such technical characteristics that the power of the mechanical puppets was worlds apart from that of the Alchemy Colossuses. They could only be used to do chores like servants. Therefore, people felt that learning about magic gears was completely useless. If they lacked servants, they could just go to the slave market and spend some money to buy them. There was no need to use rigid mechanical puppets.
It was because of this view that the study of magic gears became a subject that only novelty hunters would come into contact with. It became a miscellaneous subject that could not be put on the table. Therefore, in this world of magic civilization, although this kind of mechanism technology was novel, it was indeed very difficult to find a market. Otherwise, the development of this world's civilization would have taken a different path.
In fact, in the study of magic gears, mechanical puppets were only a very basic application. Magic gears technology had a great advantage that other disciplines could not achieve, and that was energy conservation. This advantage seemed a little ridiculous, but under certain circumstances, this ridiculous advantage would play a great role.
Be it the Mageweath Array or the Alchemy Array, they both required magical crystals to provide energy. As time passed, even the strongest magical crystals would gradually weaken, and could not maintain the effect of the original design of the Mageweath Array or the Alchemy Array. It would be fine if the power was reduced, but if it was reduced to the extent that it could not even be activated, it would be equivalent to opening a door for anyone to move.
As for the magic gears, as long as no one triggered them, there would not be any loss of energy. Even after thousands of years, when someone triggered the magic gears, they would have to face the same energy attack as when they were first set up. Therefore, to some people, using magic gears to guard tombs was not a problem.
If it was really a magic gear, then the wall that was embedded with Magic-resistant Gems would not be a problem for Lin Li. When he used the Scroll of Wishes, he requested for all his life skills to be upgraded by one level. Although the study of magic gears had not reached the Guru-level, it had reached the Master-level, just like mineralogy. For a discipline that was almost forgotten by people, the Master-level could be considered as the absolute authority in the research of this discipline.
Lin Li stood under the wall again, and combined the knowledge of magic gears that he had just dug up in his head to find clues to crack the wall. After changing his way of thinking, everything looked much more pleasing to the eye. The mess that was initially clueless was gradually sorted out after finding a starting point.
Lin Li was very thankful that the knowledge of magic gears here was not beyond his capabilities. There were generally two ways to crack magic gears. The first was to find the core power of the magic gears, and destroy it. The magic gears would then have no power and would naturally be cracked. The second was to find the loopholes in the magic gears through a lot of calculations, and either actively trigger them in advance, or make use of the loopholes to stop the magic gears from working.
However, when faced with this wall, Lin Li felt that it was better to choose the method of once and for all. It was more practical to directly find the power core and destroy it. Generally speaking, most people who used magic gears would choose a magical beast with a long lifespan as the power core, and the best choice was the Amethyst Tortoise.
The Amethyst Tortoise should be the magical beast with the longest lifespan in Anril. Once, people found an Amethyst Tortoise in the ruins of the Titans that had lived for more than 70,000 years, and it was still alive. Of course, in the ruins of the Titans, the Amethyst Tortoise was not the power core of the magic gears, but the pet of one of the Titans.
The Amethyst Tortoise was also very powerful. Those that had lived for more than 20,000 years could reach the Legendary-realm. However, the Legendary-realm was the peak, and it would not be able to step into the Sanctuary-realm even if it lived for another 200,000 years. Compared to other Legendary magical beasts, the Amethyst Tortoise was very docile, and was easy to capture. Hence, nine out of ten magic gear designers would choose the Amethyst Tortoise as the power core when building magic gears. The last one was definitely unlucky, and did not find the Amethyst Tortoise.
Since it was an underground palace built by Osric, Lin Li believed that the power core would not be an Amethyst Tortoise that was below the Legendary-realm. Hence, how could he let go of such a treasure? Since he was going to get it anyway, it was killing two birds with one stone.
Although the magic gears did not have a source of mana or a magic circuit, there were still traces to be found. Although the gears were hidden, there were many clues in the eyes of a master of magic gears like Lin Li. It was enough for him to find the location of the power core.
Lin Li walked slowly in front of the wall, and looked at every line carefully. He was doing a lot of detailed calculations in his mind. Finally, his eyes lit up, and the clues of the power core quickly became clear on the wall. He walked out of the secret chamber, and followed the clues without hesitation.
Seeing that their master had left the secret chamber, Ujfalusi and Norfeller did not ask much, and followed their master out of the secret chamber even though they could not understand. Until now, the two of them were actually quite disappointed. They could not help in the fight, and could not give any ideas. They were such a failure as servants.
Following the clues of the magic gears, Lin Li passed through a few rooms in the palace, and found a basement that was used to store junk. There were no treasures in the basement, and only worthless waste was piled up. However, even though it was a basement filled with junk, it did not feel messy at all. Everything was neatly arranged.
"Move those things away." Lin Li pointed at a pile of rubbish under a wall. Ujfalusi and Norfeller finally had the chance to move, and quickly cleared the rubbish pile away.
After clearing the rubbish pile, the wall was completely exposed. However, to others, it was still very ordinary, and there was nothing unusual about it. However, in the eyes of a master of magic gears like Lin Li, the so-called secret was just a matter of taking a few more glances.
Soon, Lin Li found a hidden secret door behind the pile of rubbish. On the surface, there was nothing special about the secret door, but Lin Li clearly knew that the magic gears used on the secret door were enough to kill an Archmage in an instant. The magic gears on the secret door were naturally not a problem for him. After opening the secret door, there was another path that extended diagonally downwards.
The path was extremely narrow, and could only allow one person to pass through at a time. It was pitch-black inside, and there was no light at all. Norfeller walked forward, and looked into the path from the side. He said to Lin Li, "Master, let me go in and scout the way for you first."
However, Lin Li smiled and waved his hand. "You guys can't help me with this. Just wait here for me to come back." Then, he released a magic ball of light from his hand, and it floated in front of him. Then, he stepped into the path.
It was not that Lin Li was compassionate, but he felt that there was no need for him to do so. After studying the magic gears just now, he was already sure that he could deal with it. Norfeller was a layman who knew nothing, and he would only cause trouble for Lin Li if he went ahead to scout the path.
Watching their master disappear into the secret path, Norfeller and Ujfalusi looked at each other, and saw the helplessness and disappointment in each other's eyes.
Norfeller would not be dissatisfied with Lin Li's decision, but he was definitely disappointed. When he first acknowledged Lin Li as his master, he could still solve some problems for his master with his level-17 abilities. But now, as his master became stronger, the enemies he faced were also more difficult to deal with. As a level-17 Vampire, he was really getting more and more useless.
Compared to Norfeller, Ujfalusi should not have felt disappointed. After all, he had fallen from the Legendary-realm, and it was entirely possible for him to recover his previous abilities in another two to three months' time. Originally, he thought that as long as he returned to the Legendary-realm, he would definitely be a great help to his master. However, after following his master for a period of time, Ujfalusi's previous thoughts began to waver after seeing his master's speed of improvement.
Actually, there was nothing wrong with having a powerful master. The more powerful his master was, the easier it would be for him to earn a salary as a subordinate. However, only those who had no ambitions would be content with such a state. Although both of them were Undead creatures, they still had the thoughts of humans, and they also had the desire for fame and fortune that most humans had.
Since their master was destined to leave a mark in the history of Anril, as his subordinates, they naturally had the chance to leave their names there. However, there was a prerequisite, and that was that they could not be too unknown. If they did not even have the chance to show their faces, how could they be remembered by others? However, if they were to be killed after showing their faces once, they might even end up with a bad reputation. Hence, the most fundamental thing was still to work hard. Only by improving their abilities would they have the chance to show their skills and make their names appear in the legend of their master in the future.
Lin Li didn't know that his two Undead servants were so motivated to improve themselves. After entering the secret passage, he walked down the narrow passage, and saw that it was indeed filled with extremely sinister traps. If it had been anyone else, they would probably have fallen for the traps within a few steps, even if they were other masters of magic gears. It was because there were traps set up by mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays in the passage apart from the traps.
Such a setting was definitely sinister. If a team were to enter, there would definitely be a master of magic gears among them, and the passage would only allow one person to pass through at a time. Hence, anyone who entered would likely face traps in fields that they were not familiar with. With such a setting, there was a great possibility of killing the master of magic gears in the team of invaders, and even masters of other fields.
However, it was a pity that such a setting was destined to have no effect on Lin Li. Before controlling the power core of the magic gears, the way to dispel the traps was to actively trigger them and stop them in advance. For Lin Li, who was a Master of magic gears, even though the other party had spent a lot of effort on the traps, they were completely useless against him. At most, they would only make him stop for a moment. As for the traps set up by mageweaths and Alchemy Arrays, they were not even worth mentioning. Lin Li was a Guru in mageweaths, and it was even easier for him to understand Alchemy Arrays. After all, he still had a tool to disintegrate alchemy.
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