After entering the area protected by the array, Lin Yun saw a three-story building. The architectural style was clearly that of the early 3rd Dynasty, and it was relatively well-preserved. There were a few damaged puppets inside, and apart from a few components, they were no longer useful.
After entering the building, Lin Yun saw that many small arrays had already lost their mana and were scrapped. Most of the things couldn't withstand the corrosion of time and would loudly collapse with a single touch, turning into fragments on the ground.
He found a messy diary with two different prophecies mixed on it. The owner of the diary was a leader of the ruins and was in charge of many things.
But most of the things in the diary were worthless. Today, he had taken a fancy to a female mage a dozen kilometers away, and tomorrow, he would show off that a powerful mage from the east had sent him on a mission.
Most of the diary had already been damaged, but Lin Yun found the only valuable piece of information inside. That guy had a map of the ruins.
In order to prevent the people in the ruins from accidentally intruding into a place they shouldn't have and getting killed by the automatically operating arrays, the leaders had a map of the ruins. The people in charge of the ruins and the puppets had a strict range of activities.
After reaching the 3rd floor, Lin Yun quickly found a strange place. He knocked a hole in a corner of the wall and inside was a wooden box made of Black Patterned Iron Wood.
The wooden box perfectly fit the hole. If one didn't know in advance and used a spell to search, they definitely wouldn't be able to find out that there was a hidden compartment. Black Patterned Iron Wood had a very strong mana resistance, and anything placed in a box made of Black Patterned Iron Wood wouldn't be discovered by mana. Moreover, mages trusted their own mana the most.
Opening the box, there was a crystal ball the size of a fist, inside of which floated the phantom of a small island. Injecting a trace of mana into the crystal ball, Lin Li's mental strength focused on a spot on the island, and the image inside rapidly enlarged, turning into a three-dimensional image.
A narrow passage extended from the void and connected to the island. This was the passage Lin Yun had used to come in.
With the input of mana, the image inside the crystal ball constantly changed. Many places were marked with names, and most of the names were red, representing danger and uncrossable. The owner of this crystal ball could only control the surrounding buildings.
This was a place where many spare parts were produced for puppets, and there were also some places where more important parts were produced. But these places were all marked in red.
Through the map, Lin Yun glanced around. Most of the areas marked in red were now protected by intact arrays. When he adjusted his line of sight, it looked like he was looking at the entire ruins from the sky.
And when he adjusted the time in the crystal ball to the easternmost part of the ruins, he found out that there was a huge array. Apart from some array items, he couldn't see anything else. He couldn't see any buildings inside.
As for the other places, it looked like they were covered in a layer of dense fog. He could vaguely see some things, but he couldn't see the easternmost area. On the map, a large area in the easternmost area was marked in red, "Don't peek, don't approach."
After pondering for a bit, Lin Yun put away the crystal ball. He had come here to find the Reedpush Plate, and based on the map's markings, it should be in the easternmost area completely covered in arrays.
The Reedpush Plate was definitely where the owner of the ruins was located. He had to go there, but he had to take a look at other places first.
One of the areas was marked as the area where the puppet's energy system was produced, while the other area was marked as the area where the battle system was produced.
According to the map, these two areas were the largest and had the highest level, higher than the area where the weapon system was located.
Suddenly, Lin Yun froze. He shrunk the map and looked at the overall distribution. He felt that he had seen this distribution somewhere before, it was very familiar. After shrinking the map and looking at the distribution of all the areas, Lin Yun suddenly remembered.
The huge puppet base in the Natural Demiplane had a similar layout, but that base had been a low-level base, so he had overlooked this issue.
Now that he thought about it, it seemed to be the case. That base was a huge puppet base, and the energy system was the most important. It was located in the easternmost area of the base, while the production line was located in the westernmost area. When he first entered the base, he entered from the westernmost area.
Moreover, every part and every system was separated into a separate area, and no one interfered with each other. It was exactly the same as the puppet base.
This wasn't something all puppeteers did, everyone had their own style. Now that he thought about it and compared the two, Lin Yun discovered that this ruins seemed to be closely related to the puppet base.
That kind of random sword puppet was a bit more advanced than the sword puppets of the puppet base, and the style of the casting puppets was more or less the same.
Lin Yun frowned. He suddenly felt that this place was related to the puppet base in the Raging Flame Plane.
He followed the map and took a relatively safe route, but he still encountered a few awakened puppets. After disassembling all of them and comparing them with the previous parts, he shockingly discovered that most of these parts had been produced by the production line. Almost all of them were exactly the same, the ratio of materials and the molding method were completely the same.
These were clearly parts produced by the production line and then assembled into puppets. They were purely prepared for the puppet army.
As he recalled the puppets manufactured in the puppet base, they seemed to have similar flaws to the puppets in these ruins.
But the puppets here seemed to have very powerful battle systems. Or it could be said that once the number of puppets reached a certain level, the battle systems would become even more powerful.
Lin Yun had just tried to crack the puppets' battle systems, but he discovered that these puppets' battle systems were very strange. Most of them were ordinary battle systems, but there was a part that he couldn't crack for the time being.
The cracked content was also meaningless. Lin Yun didn't believe that there would be meaningless and chaotic runes in the battle systems.
After spending over a day, he reached the area where the energy system was located and Lin Yun started rapidly cracking the arrays there. Surprisingly, after cracking the arrays, there weren't many puppets that could move.
There were still many mana reactors left, but they didn't have any mana inside, as they hadn't been used yet.
These mana reactors would be transported to other areas to be filled with pure mana. Each step would be done in a different place, and each area would be separated from each other.
He put away this batch of mana reactors and waited to go back to study them.
But the other thing he discovered made Lin Yun even more confused. There was an assembly line in this area, and many puppets that had lost their mana were silent.
This kind of method and habit wasn't too different from the puppet base. Although there was a slight difference, Lin Yun could conclude that these things were definitely of the same origin.
Even if it wasn't that Legendary Alchemist himself, it was definitely related.
He once again followed the markings on the map and found a safe route to the large area where the battle systems were located. He found many things, and this made Lin Yun certain that this ruins was definitely related to the puppet base in the Raging Flame Plane, and that it wasn't just a shallow relationship.
After putting away many of the remaining puppets, as well as many completed battle system components, Lin Yun prepared to head to the easternmost area of the ruins.
But just as he came out of a building, Lin Yun instantly took out his Draconic Staff and looked into the distance with a serious expression.
The light of the array and some faint dense fog covered his line of sight and most of the mana fluctuations, but Lin Yun suddenly felt that there was a very powerful guy approaching.
A wisp of radiance appeared on the surface of the Draconic Staff as the Purple Dragon Incarnation flew out and floated next to Lin Yun. The Book of Death appeared in Lin Yun's left hand, and the intersecting shackles snapped. The power of the Element Chapter blossomed and buffed Lin Yun.
The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel slowly condensed from a phantom. Anderfa controlled the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel and solemnly looked at the dense fog. The Ten Thousand Spell Wheel slowly revolved and mana fluctuations slowly appeared.
On Lin Yun's left, the Book of Mantras also appeared. The flames on the Book of Mantras converged into a pair of eyes that were also staring at the dense fog in the distance.
"Merlin, be careful, there seems to be a powerhouse appearing. It's so far away and there isn't a powerful aura, but I can feel a powerful pressure. The person coming is at least a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage, and a relatively powerful one."
Anderfa's perception of this kind of danger was a bit stronger than Lin Yun's. As a Magic Tool Incarnation, his perception of danger came from mana. The mana and elements in front of him were actively avoiding him. This showed that the other side definitely wasn't a powerhouse that had just advanced to the Heaven Rank, it was at least a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage.
Lin Yun had a solemn expression. He didn't know if it was a living person approaching or a puppet. But after advancing to the Heaven Rank, there wasn't much difference between a living person and a puppet.
Especially when facing this kind of pressure. The puppet was at least level 42. After awakening wisdom, a puppet of that level wouldn't be as stupid as a human, it might even be more cunning. With its strange abilities, it might even be stronger than a 2nd Rank Heaven Mage.
Feeling the increasing pressure and the other side getting closer and closer, the Purple Dragon Incarnation transformed into a huge Purple Dragon's shadow and appeared behind Lin Yun. The wheel shadow also appeared and the Purple Dragon hugged the wheel in its bosom. In an instant, it was as if the two had fused into one and the elemental radiance floating within the wheel sharply increased.
Within the dense fog, a middle-aged Heaven Sword Saint with a longsword on his back was looking ahead with a solemn expression. He was wearing a set of armor and had a resolute expression. His eyes were blossoming with fighting intent. He didn't release his aura, but the huge pressure already forced the surrounding elemental power to take the initiative to avoid him.
The radiance of Aura slowly spread out and a very thin Battle Armor condensed on the surface of the middle-aged Heaven Sword Saint's body. The longsword wrapped around his back automatically flew out and fell into the hands of the Heaven Sword Saint.
The pitch-black longsword was only 1.6 meters long, it was a bit shorter than the greatswords used by ordinary swordsmen. It was also a bit narrower and didn't have a single wisp of light. Even when Aura was poured into it, the radiance of the Aura seemed to be absorbed by the longsword. It looked very ordinary, just like an ordinary blackened iron sword. But the dangerous aura it emitted was rapidly increasing.
Standing on the other side of the dense fog and facing the radiance of the array for a while, Laibo frowned and his expression became more and more serious.
'The other side's aura is getting stronger and stronger. No, the feeling of danger is getting stronger and stronger. The other side's mana fluctuations aren't intense, but their penetrative power is extremely strong. They can pass through a layer of array's light, they are definitely a true powerhouse.
'Could it be a powerful puppet that awakened wisdom?
'The other side is standing there motionless, but he is releasing his aura to wait for me. He must have already discovered me …'
Laibo softly took a deep breath and suddenly blossomed with the radiance of his Aura. The gray radiance blossomed, but it didn't give off any feeling of stillness. On the contrary, it gave off a glaring feeling like a scorching sun. The vigorous Aura seemed to contain formidable vitality. Low Level Undeads would be directly burnt to ashes just by relying on this Aura radiance.
Laibo softly walked forward, but the pressure was getting heavier and heavier. Every step seemed to cause the surrounding space to faintly tremble. It didn't feel like he was stepping on the ground, but rather the surrounding space.
On the other side, Lin Yun's gaze became even more solemn. There was even a trace of fighting intent and pressure in his eyes. This kind of battle that could make him feel a sense of crisis was what Lin Yun needed the most right now. His opponent was a powerhouse that could make him go all-out. This was more worth looking forward to than the previous battles.
Lin Yun raised his Draconic Staff and his magic robe suddenly shook. Berserk mana erupted like a volcanic eruption and the fierce mana fluctuations transformed into waves spreading in the air. The surrounding arrays immediately reacted and activated one array after another.
The silent defensive arrays also shone brightly as Lin Yun's mana fluctuations spread. In an instant, the power of the earth under his feet seemed to condense and no matter how much mana washed over it, it couldn't shake the earth.
The power of the two collided with each other, separated by a layer of array's light. As the power of the two kept rising, the Aura's radiance carried a berserk power as it attacked the layer of light emitted by the array. On the other side, Lin Yun's mana fluctuations were like surging waves, mixed with berserk aura, and also fiercely attacked.
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