The others were curious as to what Lin Yun was doing, but no one dared to disturb him. Just by looking at the large amount of paper, they knew that Lin Yun was doing something important. Even William followed him and didn't let anyone get close.
For three days, Lin Yun could be said to have walked through every inch of the Radiant Fort before stopping his seemingly aimless stroll.
"This is actually an array! The entire Radiant Fort is an array!"
After three days of calculations, Lin Yun finally calculated every corner of the Radiant Fort, and the result was exactly as he had guessed. The Radiant Fort itself was an array!
Now, Lin Yun somewhat understood why the Radiant Fort seemed to be built differently from ordinary Raging Flame Beastmen's forts. At least it looked a bit sturdier, and the materials used were somewhat more precious.
The simple and crude walls of the Radiant Fort weren't just made of thick logs, but also some hard black stones unique to the Raging Flame Plane.
The entire Radiant Fort formed a huge array, and its biggest function was to cross planes and absorb Abyssal power!
Without opening the Abyssal Gate, it would not be easy to obtain the power of the Abyssal Abyss for a long period of time. It might even be spied on by some Abyssal powerhouses and provide coordinates for the Abyssal Demons to descend.
Moreover, absorbing too little power wouldn't have much effect, but too much would inevitably be exposed.
The only way was to turn the entire Radiant Fort into a huge array that could suppress these fluctuations. Only by not opening an Abyssal Gate would they be able to absorb a large amount of Abyssal power for a long time without opening an Abyssal Gate, and they wouldn't be spied on by some Abyssal powerhouses.
The biggest function of absorbing power was to support that powerful barrier. The power needed to maintain that powerful barrier covering the entire Radiant Fort wasn't something that could be provided by one or two mages.
Apart from that, it was even more useful in helping the Black Iron Beastmen increase their power.
Half of the Black Iron Beastmen's bloodline came from that Greater Abyssal Overlord, so they could also absorb abyssal power. Through an ancient ritual, the abyssal power absorbed by the array could speed up the advancement of the Black Iron Beastmen.
Just like the importance of arrays that increased the density of mana for mages, this array was equivalent to staying in a place with extremely dense mana for the Black Iron Beastmen.
This was also an important reason why the Black Iron Beastmen were so powerful. Very few adult Black Iron Beastmen had the strength of an Expert Swordsman, and the proportion of powerhouses among them was frighteningly high.
Lin Yun had already deduced this result on the first day, but he felt that something wasn't right. Because according to his calculations, the barrier maintained by this array was definitely stronger than the barrier he had seen before.
Moreover, the power extracted by the array wasn't poured into the ground, but rather scattered throughout the entire Radiant Fort. Thus, the Abyssal aura was extremely thick.
Looking at the constantly flipping draft paper in front of him, a trace of understanding flashed in Lin Yun's eyes.
"Yes, sure enough, there really is an array hidden here!"
After a careful comparison, Lin Yun discovered that this huge array that used the entire Radiant Fort as an array was hiding a hidden array that would have been overlooked if he hadn't been careful.
Calling it a hidden array wasn't too accurate, because that hidden array was truly a part of the Radiant Array, and it had the same effect as the original array.
But the person who set up the Radiant Fort used a very ingenious method to combine a part of the original array into another array.
The same node might be a part of two arrays, and the two arrays wouldn't affect each other. They could even be seen as two sides of the same array.
This was the most brilliant part of this array. If it had been an Artisan with extremely high attainments in the field of arrays, they would have been able to see that the entire Radiant Fort was an array if they were a bit more careful. They would have even been able to see the effect of this array.
But it would be very hard to find that those parts that seemed to be part of an ordinary array had actually formed another array after being combined!
Everything here was very clear, there was nothing hidden, and thus, it would be even more difficult to find that hidden array.
The person who set up the array not only had frightening attainments in the field of arrays, he wasn't far from being a Saint Alchemist, but more importantly, he had a perfect grasp of the psychology of alchemists.
Any alchemist would not pay attention to those things that were placed in the most obvious places. Instead, they would look for those things that were hidden.
By the time an alchemist found the so-called hidden clues, the most obvious clues would be ignored.
And this hidden array was the most important part of the array, Lin Yun felt!
Because this hidden array's only function was to extract a portion of the Abyssal power extracted by the array and pour it into the Radiant Fort's underground!
After all, this huge array was extracting a huge amount of Abyssal power. It was far from the power of an Archmage.
That power was not only used to maintain the Radiant Fort's defenses, but it was also used to support the Black Iron Beastmen's Aura cultivation and increase the power of their bloodlines.
The mana consumption simply couldn't be calculated, but at least 30% of it was intercepted and poured into the ground. Could it be that there was something underground that needed that 30% of power?
It looked like it was only 30%, but if that power was converted into spirit mana crystals, the amount of spirit mana crystals consumed every day would be enough to make the Black Tower unable to support itself. In less than a year, the entire Black Tower would go bankrupt.
Lin Yun sank into contemplation. When he first came to the Radiant Fort, it wasn't because he was willing to trade, but rather because he recalled some matters regarding the Radiant Fort.
In fact, if he hadn't heard the Radiant Fort's name and learned about the Black Iron Beastmen, Lin Yun really wouldn't have remembered it.
In the decaying library, he hadn't seen the Radiant Fort's name, but rather the place known as the origin of the Raging Flame Radiance.
When others talked about the Radiant Fort, he learned that this desolate place was the place the Raging Flame Beastmen called the origin of the Raging Flame Radiance.
This place was recorded because, at the peak of Noscent, a powerful historical mage had researched that this place was related to the secrets of a powerful Peak Heaven Mage. They even researched that the ruins left behind by that Peak Heaven Mage were here.
But because of an accident, no one had the opportunity to excavate the ruins of that powerful mage.
That powerful Heaven Mage named Bill George!
He had been a prince of the 3rd Dynasty, a person of the same era as Barov, but the first half of his life hadn't been very good. As a prince, he wasn't very powerful and was bound to be a tragedy.
Thus, for some unknown reason, he lost his status as a member of the royal family. There were no records of this, and after losing his status, he was exiled from Noscent.
Bill George thoroughly disappeared from Noscent for many years before suddenly returning. When he returned, he was already a powerful Heaven Mage.
After returning, Bill George didn't look for his status as a member of the royal family. Instead, he established a force in the current Sten Kingdom.
Now, Lin Yun confirmed that there was something going on in the Radiant Fort. Whether it was the hidden array within the huge array or the 30% of the power pouring into the ground.
It all showed that the unconfirmed records in the decaying library were most likely true!
Lin Yun didn't think that besides a powerful Heaven Mage, who else could have left behind such a huge array? Moreover, it wasn't a coincidence that they found the ruins of another Heaven Mage.
Those Black Iron Beastmen whose brains were made of flesh and lava wouldn't be able to make such a huge and exquisite array in a few hundred thousand years.
Moreover, after coming here and meeting Wagner, Lin Yun had some doubts.
Because of Wagner's surname!
George!
In Noscent, there were countless people with the surname George, but there was only one family with the surname George that could be called a family, or even a peak mage force's family.
Although the George Family was currently in the Odin Kingdom, Lin Yun had investigated and found that their family had started in the Sten Kingdom. Although they had been in the Odin Kingdom for many years, their starting place was in the current Sten Kingdom.
Wagner should be Bill George's descendant. After all, his surname was George, and only Bill George could leave behind such a powerful family. Even the surname George was something Bill George had changed after returning to Noscent.
He used the most ordinary surname, but it became the most obvious and unique surname.
Because of the surname George, Lin Yun tacitly agreed to Wagner shamelessly following him.
If this was really Bill George's ruins, then Wagner might be useful again.
After confirming that there was indeed a ruin under the Radiant Fort, Lin Yun started gathering people to start excavating. After some calculations, he deduced that the passage to the ruins should be in the center of the Radiant Fort.
There was an altar of the Black Iron Beastmen there, and the altar was firmly suppressed there, making it impossible to find a way in.
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