"This is a spatial tear?" Suyass could also see it. Facing this kind of untraceable yet incomparably dangerous trap, the newly advanced Archmage didn't dare to be negligent. He had already cast True Sight, and as the spatial tears appeared, Suyass' expression became more and more serious. "There are a total of seven spatial tears, how could they be so concentrated …"
"It should be man-made." With his previous experience from the two alchemy puppets, Lin Yun was already mentally prepared for the strangeness of this laboratory. Although the seven spatial tears were sinister, it wasn't enough to make Lin Yun worry.
As the two talked, a few magic marks were already released, marking the seven spatial tears one by one. This was for the convenience of Solomon and Fran. The two of them were High Mages, but their mastery of True Sight was far from Suyass' level of being able to see through all falsehoods. Moreover, they didn't have a Magic Conducting Rune like the Magic Array, so they could only rely on the magic marks given by the two to guide them.
With the two's magic marks, passing through the lobby wasn't much of a problem. Soon, the group of four passed through the pitch-black corridor and started walking up the stairs to the 2nd floor of the stone tower. They didn't encounter any danger on the way, and they occasionally encountered a few array traps, but they were all broken by Suyass one by one.
The space of the stone tower had clearly been expanded by an array. The stone tower that looked like it was only a hundred meters wide on the outside turned into an incomparably vast world after Lin Yun and the others reached the 2nd floor. There were five libraries that were several hundred meters wide, and there were also abandoned workshops on the east and west sides, as well as all kinds of storage rooms and laboratories. The entire 2nd floor was almost as big as the Victorious Return Street.
Unfortunately, the second floor had clearly been abandoned for many years. Whether it was the library or the alchemy workshop, they were both covered in dust and cobwebs. The four of them spent a lot of effort to scavenge some books and materials, not to mention the storerooms and laboratories. They were all empty, and even if they got rid of the dust, they would still be covered in dust.
"How could Vaughn be so stingy …" This gap was a bit too big. An esteemed Artisan's laboratory was actually this poor? Solomon couldn't accept it.
"This might not necessarily be because Vaughn is stingy …" Lin Yun was not surprised at all.
Starting from the maze array, they had encountered two alchemy puppets, and there were also these empty storerooms. Lin Yun already had some conjectures regarding the situation of the entire alchemy laboratory, but it wasn't convenient to say these conjectures before confirming them.
"Alright, stop complaining. Let's go up to the third floor first. I think you'll be shocked when you reach the third floor …"
"Really …" Saruman looked doubtful. It wasn't that he didn't believe Lin Yun, but after seeing the empty second floor, it was really hard to have any expectations for the third floor …
In the end, when the four of them reached the third floor, Saruman was indeed shocked …
"What … What is this place?"
The entire third floor was a huge alchemy workshop. Just the huge Magic Iron Forge in the center occupied no less than a hundred meters, and there were several dozen workshops producing different components, like stars revolving around the Magic Iron Forge. Production lines crisscrossed each other, connecting these several dozen workshops together. Every post had an alchemy puppet, some in charge of welding, some in charge of assembly, and some in charge of monitoring.
This huge alchemy workshop was undoubtedly used to produce alchemy puppets, and it was on a scale that the four of them had never seen before. It could be imagined that if an alchemy workshop of this scale started working at full speed, it would be able to produce a huge puppet army overnight.
But unfortunately …
There was not a single spark in the huge Magic Iron Forge, and the production lines had already stopped working. The alchemy puppets guarding their posts had already exhausted their last wisp of mana.
The huge alchemy workshop was in a state of shutdown.
"Now you know why the 2nd floor is empty …"
"This scale is truly frightening. If production resumed, wouldn't they be able to take down Thousand Sails City with just the alchemy puppets?" Saruman was dumbstruck. Just looking at an alchemy workshop of this scale was frightening.
"Three Thousand Sails City wouldn't be enough …"
Just as the two were talking, Fran suddenly showed a painful expression. "I … I feel a bit dizzy …"
"What's going on?" Suyass frowned. Although he usually didn't have a good attitude towards this fellow disciple, they were both from the Mercury Tower. Seeing Fran like this, Suyass suddenly felt a bit nervous. After carefully examining him, he sighed in relief. "It's not a big problem, it might be that he can't stand the radiation of the magic metal. You should find a place to rest, don't get too close to the Magic Iron Forge."
"Oh …" Fran nodded. As he left, it could clearly be seen that his steps were a bit unstable, and he was stumbling a bit.
"Master Alchemist Fran's body needs to be strengthened …" Lin Yun looked at Fran's departing back and said with a smile.
"Yes …" Suyass helplessly shook his head. Now that Fran had left, some things could be said openly. "When Fran was young, he had a few conflicts with the Merlin Family, and he was seriously injured once. He hasn't been able to completely recover, and he is still having a relapse from time to time because of this. Because of this, he has always been hostile towards the Merlin Family. Merlin, if Fran offended you this time, I apologize on his behalf. Please don't lower yourself to his level …"
"Haha, it's a trivial matter …" Lin Yun replied with a smile while looking at Fran's departing back.
Once Fran's silhouette completely disappeared, Lin Yun turned around and discussed with the other two. "You two should have seen the scale of this alchemy workshop. If I'm not wrong, the resources in the 2nd floor's storeroom should be gathered here. How about we split up and see what we can find?"
"Alright, we'll meet here in an hour like before."
"Then I'll do the same as before …"
Solomon really kept his word. The three of them separated for a few minutes before this 9th Rank High Mage came back. Seeing Lin Yun rolling his eyes, Solomon straightforwardly said, "Just like before, you can pick the rest for me …"
"You are quite ambitious …"
"Don't think that I don't know that you are in such a hurry to send Suyass away because you must have found something!" After working together a few times, Solomon had long since understood that regardless of the situation, he just had to follow this young Great Mage. Even if he only picked up a few leftovers, the final harvest would definitely far exceed his expectations.
"Then you guessed wrong …"
"Impossible!"
"It's true, I was planning on following Master Alchemist Fran this time …"
"Fran?" Solomon suspiciously looked at Lin Yun. "Didn't Fran go rest?"
"No way, you actually believe that? An esteemed 5th Rank High Mage couldn't stand the radiation of magic metals? I thought that this excuse could only deceive Suyass, I didn't expect that it could even deceive you … "
"…"
Fran had already walked very far away as the two of them were talking.
After leaving the three's line of sight, the pained expression on his face disappeared without a trace. His footsteps became brisk once again as he followed the crisscrossing production lines towards the center of the alchemy workshop.
"Hmpf, Mafa Merlin …" As he got closer and closer to the Magic Iron Forge, a smile gradually appeared on Fran's face.
In order to ask for help from the Mercury Tower, Fran had written a letter to Nolan. In the letter, he mentioned that after researching some information, he had discovered that this place was actually Vaughn's alchemy laboratory. At the time, both Nolan and Karon felt that this was an excuse for Fran to ask for help.
But only Fran himself knew.
He had truly researched some information …
But that was a very long time ago. At that time, Fran was only a Great Alchemist, and under a very coincidental circumstance, he had obtained some incomplete information.
The author of this piece of information had once participated in the construction of a stone tower, but he had been killed right after the tower was completed. This incomplete piece of information had somehow managed to circulate through some unknown channel, and then it just so happened to fall into Fran's hands.
Thus, Fran learned some secrets regarding the stone tower.
But finding a stone tower that had never appeared before was easier said than done. Fran had only paid attention to it when he had obtained the information, but he hadn't paid attention to it after that.
But he hadn't expected that he would stumble into Vaughn's alchemy laboratory. Moreover, this alchemy laboratory was a stone tower floating in the sky. Thus, Fran naturally started paying attention. After entering the stone tower, Fran shockingly discovered that everything in the surroundings was exactly the same as recorded in the information.
This discovery made Fran ecstatic.
However, Fran had always been a cautious person. After discovering this shocking fact, he didn't tell anyone about it. Just like that, he endured from the first floor to the second floor, and from the second floor to the third floor. After that, Fran knew that he had to find an opportunity to act on his own, because the most important thing recorded in that document was on the third floor of this stone tower …
Thus, he used the dizzy excuse.
But unfortunately, Fran didn't know …
Fran wasn't the only one who had seen that information.
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