20demayo Chapter 155 Clues
Chapter 155 Clues
Chapter 155 Clues
Gorson said in a deep voice, "It seems that the source of the mixed energy used by the Ash Ring is more complicated than we thought."
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"Even these ancient people considered it a threat."
Rowling remained silent, his heart filled with even greater turmoil.
Observers' records show that the Purple Plague Stone interferes with the observation network nodes.
The Infernal Observation Tower is a node.
So, is the pollution deep within the Obsidian City mines and the Ash Ring's obsession with the observation tower related to this?
He took a deep breath, preparing to check the next log entry.
Just then, the console panel flickered a few times, the characters became blurry, and then a new, simpler prompt appeared.
The response unit barely deciphered the meaning: "Low-privilege access time is about to run out - connect to quiescent storage unit (number: K-7) to obtain more detailed data?"
Warning: This operation consumes additional energy and may accelerate the depletion of local system energy reserves.
Are there more detailed storage units?
However, it requires energy, which may affect the maintenance of this heritage site.
"What should we do? Should we connect?" Duden looked at Rowling, then at Ella and Gorson.
"We don't have much time to begin with, and the Imperial troops are still waiting outside," Ella reminded us.
"Furthermore, wouldn't accelerating the depletion of energy here cause the ruins to shut down completely, or even collapse?"
Rowling stared at the prompt, thinking rapidly. The opportunity was rare; this stagnant storage unit might contain more crucial information about the Corruption Source, the Purple Plague Stone, or even the Observer Network. But risks were also present.
"Connect." Rowling made the decision, his tone calm.
"We need to know more! As for energy consumption—we can try to find ways to manually turn it off or enter a lower power mode after acquiring the data."
"The observer's technology should take energy efficiency and maintenance into account."
With a slight thought, he confirmed the connection.
The console emitted a deep hum, and the light intensified noticeably.
The energy circuits on the walls surrounding the hall brightened, and the humming sound of energy flow became clearly audible.
On the ceiling, some areas that were originally dim have now lit up with fine lines.
The characters on the panel refreshed again, and a progress bar appeared with the words "Data retrieved from quiescent storage unit K-7" next to it.
Progress is slow.
While waiting, Gorson and Ella kept a closer watch on every corner of the hall and the six tightly closed metal doors, in case the system activation triggered other changes.
Duden took the time to record the details of the new loops that appeared in various parts of the hall due to the increased energy.
By observing the ring, Rolin closely sensed the energy flow throughout the hall.
Energy is indeed converging towards the console and a certain hidden direction, and the rate of consumption is accelerating, but the overall reserves are still enormous, and there shouldn't be any problems in the short term.
After about fifteen minutes, the progress bar finally came to an end.
A new interface pops up on the panel. This time, it's not a simple text list, but a more intuitive structural diagram, similar to a three-dimensional energy model.
At the heart of the structural diagram is a three-dimensional network composed of countless connected points of light, covering the entire outline of the scorching hell fragment continent!
Several nodes in the network were exceptionally bright. One was deep below their current location, another was in the Burning Mountains, and yet another was located even deeper in the Ash Plains, even deeper than their current entrance!
"A complete network view?!" Duden exclaimed in surprise, and quickly recorded it with an imaging crystal.
Even more shockingly, several obvious abnormal or damaged areas are marked on this three-dimensional energy network.
One of them, highlighted in a glaring dark red, is located near the Burning Mountains Inferno Observation Tower. Next to it is the deciphered text: "Node Tower-7 has been eroded by a high concentration of mutated energy sediment (Purple Plague Stone enrichment area), with 63% of its basic functions damaged. Deep scanning and long-distance communication are interrupted."
Another anomaly was an unstable vortex of turbulent energy, located in the same quicksand area they had traversed upon entering. It was marked as: "Entrance Plains - 3 External Defense, the concealment mechanism is overloaded for unknown reasons, the connection with the main energy network is unstable, and periodic energy leakage is causing environmental distortion."
The brighter node deep within the Ash Plains is labeled: "Regional Control and Deep Database Hub - 2, Status: Dormant (Energy below maintenance threshold), Basic protection mechanisms are functioning normally."
The place they were in was just an entrance and a front hall.
The real core, "Hydrome-2," is even deeper and more dangerous underground!
Just then, a line of small, flashing text suddenly appeared next to the label "Hub-2" on the console panel.
The reverberation unit analyzed fragmented information: "A faint external energy resonance was detected — frequency matching:"
Low — Source direction: Pointing to the hub — 2 periphery — Attribute analysis: Highly ordered, with a potential connection to the core database star map backup (incomplete) —
External energy resonance?
Pointing to the outer perimeter of Hub-2?
Highly ordered?
Star chart backup?
Luo Lin's heart skipped a beat!
An almost impossible guess emerged.
He immediately took out the gray stone slab rubbing that he had obtained from the market in Yaoyan City and always carried with him from his bosom!
On this stone slab, there is a fragmented mark that looks like an eye or a multifaceted crystal, surrounded by star-like engravings!
He held the rubbing close to the crystal panel of the control console, especially near the area displaying the "Hydrone-2" information.
Something incredible happened!
On the control panel, the small text about external energy resonance suddenly started flashing more rapidly!
At the same time, a comparative analysis sub-window automatically popped up in one corner of the panel.
One side of the window displays a blurry image of a mark extracted in some way from a rubbing in Rolin's possession.
On the other side, a clearer, more complete mark composed of light is displayed.
It was an eye-shaped emblem composed of precise geometric lines, with a multifaceted crystal at the pupil position and twelve stars surrounding it!
Contrast analysis shows an 89% similarity in outlines, with a weak match in residual energy features.
"This stone slab—it truly belongs to the observer!"
"Moreover, the residual energy marked on it resonates with something on the periphery of Hub-2!" Duden's voice trembled with excitement.
Luo Lin gripped the rubbing tightly, a sudden realization dawning on him.
It turns out that the clues had already been obtained in an inconspicuous way.
That scavenger ruin deep in the Ash Plains—it is very likely an auxiliary facility or entrance marker on the outskirts of "Nexus-2"!
And the stone slabs may have come from there!
The console prompt appears again: "Associated marker object detected — Do you want to attempt a low-power directional scan to confirm the specific coordinates and status of the resonance source?"