Free Web NovelChapter 1035: Chapter 897: The Road Revealed
"Lilu asked him to use a bit more strength."
Hearing Kane’s voice echoing once more inside the laboratory, Lilu waved her hand and then continued to sit at the table, lost in thought.
Her eyelids were slightly drooping, and her head was nodding off.
Then she suddenly jerked awake.
Seeing Kane still using the enemy for experiments, Lilu couldn’t help but ask.
"Kane, how much longer? Lilu has been here for several days already."
Without turning his head at Lilu’s words, Kane replied.
"Almost done, there’s just one left. Once he’s exhausted, this experiment will naturally come to an end."
Hearing Kane’s words, Lilu looked toward the bishop in front of Kane, who seemed powerless even without needing to be controlled by a handcuff, and nodded.
It seemed like this bishop wouldn’t last much longer.
As for those three disciples, they had long been spent.
Those at the gold level couldn’t withstand some of Kane’s experiments.
In less than half a day, they were completely drained by Kane.
Only this bishop persisted till now.
More than half a day had passed.
It seemed like the bishop in front was about to perish.
Kane sighed and said, "Forget it, let’s grant you relief. But even in death, you’ll need to give me some residual warmth."
Upon hearing Kane’s words, the bishop in front of him barely lifted his heavy eyelids. The clouded eyes could not express what he wished to convey.
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Kane directly killed the bishop in front of him, and his hand reappeared with the lamp he had made at the start of their action.
Taking advantage of the bishop’s death, he wanted to experiment with his previous ideas once more.
The surrounding was once again covered with protective hexagonal modules.
This time, compared to the first, there was more equipment, and different ideas, consequently, even the skills for manipulation became more proficient.
The enemy’s soul and the remaining silver-gray light all gathered into the lamp.
Sure enough, the bishop was much more useful than the previous disciples. This was Kane’s first success.
Looking at the lamp emitting silver-gray light, Kane showed a contented smile.
This was the greatest achievement.
A bubble appeared in his hand, completely sealing the lamp inside and threw it into the space equipment.
"Let’s go, Lilu, we’re going back."
Upon hearing his words, Lilu, who was dozing off, immediately disappeared from the spot, appeared on Kane’s shoulder, and stretched lazily.
"Finally going back. I’m not going out with you again next time."
"Don’t say that, this time couldn’t have been done without your help. Let me make you a little something."
As he spoke, magical mechanical creations began to materialize in Kane’s hand, more technically advanced than those he made before.
These were the things that could enter Lilu’s Fairy Tale World, adding a touch of brilliance to her world.
The two of them walked through the mist toward the fortress in this way.
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"You two finally came back. If you took any longer, I’d have to send someone to find you. So, how was it? Was there any breakthrough this time?"
As soon as Kane and Lilu returned to the fortress, they were met by Kreya, who was defending inside the fortress.
Seeing Kreya, Kane went up to her, gave her a hug, and touched cheeks.
"There’s been some progress this time, as for whether it can be transformed into results, who knows."
Kane smiled and then asked in turn, "What’s the situation with the fortress? Has something happened?"
Kreya nodded.
Then she led Kai An to the third floor of the fortress.
Standing on the front-facing balcony, looking at the distant, surging mist like a sea.
"According to the patrol’s report, the enemy has started gathering troops, and the vanguard has spread out to begin reconnaissance work on the front lines."
"We’ve already organized people to clear these dispersed reconnaissance vanguards in the mist."
Upon hearing Kreya’s words, Kane squinted slightly, with golden light flickering in his pupils.
Looking at the expansive white mist in front.
Already could see a few enemy patrols about seven to eight kilometers away from the fortress.
The patrol configuration was no longer in small groups but was formed with teams of ten people.
This required more human resources on their end to prevent the enemy’s advancement.
Seeing such a scene, Kane gained a certain understanding of the current situation.
"As expected, every time they have a hunt, they attack the fortress as revenge for us hunting them. For coming this late, they surely suffered some injuries."
Facing this attack, Kane didn’t show the slightest hint of melancholy, instead, he teased with a smile.
However, Kreya spoke with a serious expression.
"Although the enemy suffered heavy losses and attacked us late this time, based on reconnaissance, the enemy also increased in number. There are two more powerful figures we’ve never seen before, stronger than the Shadow Twins."
Upon hearing Kreya’s words, Kane nodded, his expression still showing no signs of worry.
Instead, he smiled and turned to look at Kreya.
"I’ve not been casually researching during this time. I’ve integrated a lot of the God of All Machines’ findings."
After speaking, he turned to gaze at the white mist in the distance.
With his hands behind his back, his tone was calm and slow as he said.
"Speaking of which, the Cardinal responsible for dealing with us in Area 1 hasn’t been changed in all these years. His subordinates have been replaced two or three times, he should be due for a change too."
Hearing Kane’s words, Kreya looked at him and smiled: "It seems your gains this time were significant."
Then she solemnly asked, "Is it soon?"
Hearing Kreya’s question, Kane nodded.
"Another two years, at most two years."
Upon hearing Kane’s words, Kreya’s eyes widened with surprise, and then she eased her emotions.
"No wonder you’re so eager for the God of All Machines."
They were talking about Kane’s advancement to the seven-color stage, and Kane already had a premonition that with up to two more years, he could promote to the seven-color stage.
The knowledge of the God of All Machines was just as he imagined, allowing him to completely see the road leading to that door, and he already held the key to open the door in his hand.
He only needed to spend a brief time walking towards it now.
One could even say the knowledge within the God of All Machines’ mind exceeded his expectations, making his path more solid than he imagined.
And easier to traverse.
This was a mechanical lifeform, accumulated over thousands of years at the five-color stage.
It’s knowledge that Kane, even if he spent a thousand years, might not be able to accumulate, how exaggerated.
This also made Kane exceptionally grateful they were sufficiently cautious in hunting the God of All Machines.
Even missing a single link might not ensure the success of their hunt.
At that moment, Kane thought aloud: "How long until they arrive?"
"Just in the next two days."
"Then these two days, I’ll leave it to you all, I’ll go make preparations, this time we must severely damage them, causing a dramatic change in the enemy roster in Zone One."
With that, Kane walked into the room.
Soon, Kane’s figure disappeared directly inside the room, only to reappear in the sealed space.
At this moment, the sealed space was completely transformed into a research facility built closely against the space wall.
Rather than calling it sealed space, it was more like Kane’s personal research lab, allowing him to conduct interesting research anytime, anywhere during leisure.
Various strange mechanical devices operated automatically without human intervention, as intelligent cores drifted through the space, conducting detailed operations and scans.
The head of the God of All Machines that once occupied most of the space was completely disassembled into parts.
Only a solitary, extremely intricate core remained floating there.
Surrounded by a large pile of magic stones of gold, silver, and copper hues, supplying energy to this core.
With the escape of the God of All Machines’ most crucial soul, the energy within the head began to dwindle.
The loss of autonomous function forced Kane to externally recharge it.
The energy consumed daily was exceptionally astonishing.
If not for the invasion by the Light of the Abyss and Kane’s accumulation over decades,
it may not be feasible to sustain its appetite.
Kane approached the edge, beside a large, sturdy pillar, Yoyo was embedded in the pillar, conducting operations.
"Yoyo, input the information and accumulated knowledge researched during this period into my mind."
"Yes, Master."
As the voice fell, countless magic runes resembling data appeared beside the pillar, directly crashing into Kane’s body.
Kane closed his eyes, beginning to furiously absorb this knowledge.
Although the abundance of this knowledge was enormous, it wasn’t enough to make Kane feel discomfort or overload.
Very easily, he received all the findings Yoyo had explored during this time.
After all, Kane still needed to be busy and conduct research externally; it wasn’t feasible to spend most of his time collecting and memorizing knowledge.
So he delegated this work to Yoyo and these mechanical and intelligent cores.
Then followed a half-day of stagnation.
During this half-day, Kane fully stored or absorbed this knowledge, purifying his mind.
Finally, Kane exhaled and opened his eyes.
This time, the knowledge obtained was exceptionally important.
Kane opened his right hand, a large, ancient-looking book appeared in his palm.
This was his foundation, allowing him to rapidly advance to the five-color stage, the Book of Adventure.
Then he couldn’t help but sigh, shaking his head.
"Just a bit more, and I can fully master the Book of Adventure."
Kane couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful.
He truly thought he’d seen the door and would be able to completely master the Book of Adventure as he advanced to the seven-color stage.
Now it seemed that last bit still had to wait until the seven-color stage.
But this was enough.
Now he nearly fully mastered all permissions and functions of the Book of Adventure.
Thinking this, Kane swiped through the air.
Dense runes of various colors began to manifest from the air, creating a rift amidst the air.
Looking towards the rift.
It was a place with a stormy, tumultuous sea-like appearance.
And what surged like a tsunami was not seawater, but layer upon layer of runes.
These various runes intertwined and entwined.
Looking further, the materials of these runes varied.
Some were like stone plates, some like iron plates, some like gold, some like crystal stones.
And they all resembled the Skill Stones Kane once possessed.
Indeed, this was the Star Realm, the place collecting all skills.
The Tide of Knowledge.
Kane connected to this place through the Book of Adventure.
The permission to connect to the Tide of Knowledge was limited, and now Kane had successfully gained this permission by mastering the Book of Adventure.
