Lin Yun sighed in relief. He stepped forward and crushed the flickering scarlet crystal eye of one of the puppets before starting to inspect the parts of these puppets.
Most of the components weren't special. Lin Yun had seen this kind of construction method too many times. At the end of the magic era, Heaven Puppets had been a pile of scrap iron, a slightly more complicated toy.
Lin Yun was very familiar with the construction method of these alchemy puppets, and he was very clear about the model of each nail.
Thus, he understood that these ten Peak Level 39 puppets couldn't display such formidable fighting power. It wasn't because of their coordination, but rather because their power was clearly stronger than the puppets built with this construction method.
The ten puppets with tacit understanding could display power close to that of a Heaven Rank powerhouse, and their speed was at least 30% faster than expected. This was very abnormal.
After carefully inspecting the components of these puppets, Lin Yun had an expression of 'as expected' on his face.
The overall construction was very backward. In this era, there were many improvements to the construction methods of these puppets, and many of the designs of these puppets had already been abandoned in this era.
According to the design of these puppets, their fighting strength shouldn't be able to compare to the puppets produced by Lin Yun's assembly line, but these guys were terrifyingly powerful. They were at least twice as powerful as they were designed to be.
The root of everything was the energy system. The energy system of these puppets wasn't on the same level as their designs. Their mana was very formidable, but the other parts were at least an era behind!
Lin Yun put away these components. Many of them couldn't be used, as the components themselves were very outdated. Only the energy system was very formidable.
This was a kind of energy system that used collision reactions to generate mana. It was very similar to the energy system in the Grey Beastmen's fort, but it was also completely different.
This kind of system didn't need mana crystals as a source of power. Instead, it used the decay of mana itself and added some pure mana crystals, which would be enough for the power system to burst out at full power for at least a few months. The mana would continuously transform and once again produce a huge amount of power.
The energy produced in the process of rapid decay was a lot more powerful than the power of mana itself. This wasn't something an ordinary alchemist could design.
Lin Yun was very shocked when he saw this energy system, because this kind of technology would only be used in the future. When Noscent developed to its peak, the magic battleships were the most important tools for conquering the endless planes. The energy system was developed based on this technology.
But he hadn't expected that at least a generation ago, tens of thousands of years ago, alchemists had already designed a small-scale mana source.
As for the energy system of the large-scale magic battleships of the future, Lin Yun didn't know how many times he had dismantled it. But the magic battleships that fell in the desert at that time had long since lost their mana and were only empty shells. The energy system could only be used for research purposes.
He had long wanted to reduce the effects of that energy system and then reduce its size before modifying it and installing it on the puppet, but he hadn't been able to complete it. Heiss City's decaying library only recorded mature technology, there was no record of the results of his research.
And the biggest advantage of this kind of mana source was that as long as it wasn't bursting at full power, the mana source could last for at least ten thousand years without declining. If it was like these puppets that had been in a dormant state, they might still be able to use the energy source after a few dozen millennia.
After putting away these energy systems, Lin Yun estimated that if he modified these puppets with this energy system, they would be able to display the power of a Pseudo Heaven Rank powerhouse at the very least. And with the perfect coordination of their battle systems, ten Pseudo Heaven Rank Puppets might be able to get rid of a true Heaven Rank powerhouse.
After putting away the pile of things, Lin Yun kept moving forward. After walking for a few hundred meters, the world in front of him suddenly widened. The sky was filled with dense fog and the sun couldn't be seen, but there was light sprinkling down.
The ruins of buildings were silent in this wasteland. The weeds were lush, but it was filled with a deathly stillness. It was as if these ruins were already dead. Everything, including the elements and the air, was filled with a deathly stillness.
Seeing the ruins of these buildings, Lin Yun instantly judged that these ruins definitely didn't belong to the Nesser Dynasty.
After entering this wasteland, he saw pillars carved with magic beasts and alchemy patterns. The pillars were still emitting a faint radiance, and there was a wisp of mana connection between each pillar.
And at the bottom of the pillar, it looked like a magic beast that had buried its head into the ground. The magic beast's tail was coiled around the pillar. This was a Crouching Moonlight Beast. Just by looking at its long and peculiar tail, Lin Yun could recognize this famous magic beast.
The Crouching Moonlight Beast was a rare dual-attribute magic beast. It could drill into the ground and use the power of the earth, but it could also devour the power of moonlight. Especially during the full moon, the Crouching Moonlight Beast's strength would increase by at least one small rank.
And this kind of guy had gone extinct along with the Silvermoon Elves at the end of the Nesser Dynasty. When the 3rd Dynasty overthrew the Dragon Throne, this kind of magic beast was quickly exterminated due to its peculiar effect.
This kind of thing was the hunting dog of the Silvermoon Elves, the beloved of the Silvermoon Elves. Almost every Silvermoon Elven family would raise a Crouching Moonlight Beast to guard the door.
During the Nesser Dynasty, the status of the Crouching Moonlight Beast was very high. It could be considered one of the few magic beasts with the highest status, comparable to a unicorn.
In the Nesser Dynasty, if a Crouching Moonlight Beast carelessly killed a race that wasn't a Pureblood Elf, even if it killed someone in a city, as long as it had a master, it wouldn't suffer any punishment. The master would only need to compensate a bit.
Thus, carving a Crouching Moonlight Beast on a defensive totem and then inserting it into the ground to draw the power of the earth was simply impossible in the Nesser Dynasty.
And those puppets he had just seen were from the peak of the 3rd Dynasty to the end of the Nesser Dynasty.
He could now rule out the Nesser Dynasty, this was the ruins of the 3rd Dynasty!
He found a few places that should have been inhabited before. The houses were built in a kind of artistic style with an ash-gray exterior. But it could be seen that they should have been the color of snow at the time.
The buildings and furnishings were also very simple. Apart from the decaying wooden bed, there was only some furniture full of artistic aura.
After going through a few places, they lost the protection of the arrays. They should have been the residences of some people with low status. Most of them had this style.
And when he came out of a relatively large building, Lin Yun suddenly saw a shrine erected on top of the entrance. The statue inside had already been destroyed and the shrine had become dilapidated.
He walked out and flew into the air to check the general layout. The places that had lost the protection of the arrays were all in the west, while the east was still under the protection of the arrays.
Lin Yun landed on the ground with a pensive look.
The 3rd Dynasty believed in the Haiba Dragon God, and the statue of the Haiba Dragon God was always looking east. It was rumored that the Haiba Dragon God was in the mysterious Endless Sea.
And the east was the most honorable direction in the 3rd Dynasty, while the west was the worst. The buildings in the west that had lost the protection of the arrays should have been the residences of people with low status.
Moreover, there was no statue of the Haiba Dragon God, nor was there a temple, and the buildings weren't luxurious. This showed that this trend hadn't become popular yet.
The one who could build these ruins was definitely a powerhouse, an existence that guided the trend of the 3rd Dynasty. There was no sign of it, which meant that the 3rd Dynasty hadn't been at its peak when the ruins were built.
Moreover, the shape of the building and the furnishings were full of artistic aura. There was also the shrine placed on the entrance of the house.
This showed that people were still active here during the early stages of the 3rd Dynasty.
With the destruction of the Dragons and the Pureblood Elves, the remaining Elven Subspecies went into seclusion and disappeared. The works of art that the Pureblood Elves were most proud of became precious collections during the early stages of the 3rd Dynasty. Even the shape of the buildings inherited many designs of the Nesser Dynasty.
Moreover, the shrine was placed on the entrance of the house and could only be seen after entering. This was even more clear.
This kind of custom only existed during the early stages of the 3rd Dynasty's instability. It was to let the Gods keep an eye on the house and protect the owner. Even if there was an intruder, the Gods would silently look at the intruder from behind, implying that the intruder would be cursed by the Gods.
With all these signs, Lin Yun quickly confirmed that this was a ruin from the early stages of the 3rd Dynasty, and it was built during the unstable early stages of the 3rd Dynasty.
'How could such a powerful guy build ruins during the unstable early stages of the 3rd Dynasty?'
The other parts of those puppets had the techniques and style of the 3rd Dynasty, but the energy system was too advanced. It even had the embryonic form of the most powerful energy system of the future.
More importantly, the location marked on the letter from the Merlin Family was here, and there was also the symbol of the Reedpush Plate. The difference between them was too great.
After all, the Reedpush Plate hadn't been modified when the Shelter Tower was built in Noscent and could be used directly.
Lin Yun pondered, but he couldn't figure out what was going on. What was going on with these ruins? Who built these ruins?
It was impossible for an alchemist with that kind of strength to not leave his name in the long river of history. But the fact was that when the Reedpush Plate was used in the future, those crazy mages who dug up all the tombs of the Nesser Dynasty and the 3rd Dynasty couldn't confirm who designed the Reedpush Plate.
After thinking for a bit, Lin Yun turned towards the east where the arrays were densely covered. Since he confirmed that this place had been built during the unstable early stages of the 3rd Dynasty, then the valuable things could only be in the east. Moreover, the easternmost area should be where the master of these ruins was.
After walking a few kilometers to the east, he couldn't go any further. All the paths in the vicinity were covered by arrays, and he had to crack them before he could move forward.
Lin Yun took out a crystal pen and a bottle of Star Ink. He controlled the Mana Hand and held four crystal pens at the same time to write runes on the ground. As for Lin Yun, he held his Draconic Staff and vigilantly looked around.
On his way here, he had already seen a few destroyed puppets in a few damaged buildings. These puppets were the same as the ones he had encountered before.
The overall design and technology were very backward, but the power system was very powerful. Even if it was destroyed, it was only the power system that was destroyed. Most of the parts were still in good condition. With just a little maintenance, they could continue to be used.
In front of the land shrouded in light, Lin Yun controlled the four Mana Hands and used less than a minute to tear open a stable entrance on the array.
But a glaring light instantly rushed out of that entrance. An arm-thick ray of light instantly rushed out of the entrance and evaporated Lin Yun's two Mana Hands and crystal pens.
Lin Yun took a step to the side and instantly appeared a few meters away. That thick ray of light rushed over two hundred meters and thoroughly pierced through the ruins of a building before disappearing in the dust.
Then, a three-meter-tall puppet walked out of the entrance, its scarlet crystal eyes flickering with light as it stared at Lin Yun.
One of his arms was a 30-centimeter cannon muzzle that still contained intense mana fluctuations, while the other arm was a combination of eight smaller cannon muzzles.
The moment it walked out of the entrance, the puppet raised its left arm and those eight smaller cannons kept spurting out blazing Firebolts. The Firebolts contained a huge amount of compressed mana before bursting out in one go.
The terrifying Firebolts turned into crimson lasers that swept towards Lin Yun. As the Firebolts hit the ground, the silent array on the ground started shining. In less than three seconds, the ground within several hundred meters shone with a faint light.
Lin Yun frowned. Each of these Firebolts was comparable to an 8th Tier Spell, but their casting speed was a few times faster than the casting puppets they had encountered before. Moreover, the Firebolts coming out of those thicker cannons were comparable to 9th Tier Spells!
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