Chapter 1352: Chapter 219: What the Heck? A Black Hole?!
"If he doesnât attack me and doesnât want to recruit me, the result will inevitably be that I will be recruited by another Fifth Energy Level. Whether I want to or not, I must eventually choose a side to join; I absolutely cannot continue to be a free person like I am now... This is a situation Axel does not want to see, and his attack is essentially to help me out?"
"Moreover, his hidden mentality is actually âItâs better for Mahdi to become the Fifth Energy Level outside the Empire than within the Empireâ!"
"What kind of mentality is this? Would rather send a genius like me away than keep him in the country?"
Even Ian, a prophet who never misses a calculation, felt a bit overwhelmed: "He would rather let a being like me become an enemy of the Empire than become part of the Empireâs power?"
"Yisen, can you sense if thereâs a part in the Solar Phoenix Bloodline that affects personality?"
"Huh?"
Yisen was startled for a moment, then actually began to explore the bloodline, but Ian interrupted helplessly: "Iâm just griping here... Surely the Fifth Energy Level inheritance would affect the psyche, but I need to figure out the reason..."
"After all, itâs only Mahdi being driven out, whatâs it got to do with me, Ian Silverpeak?"
"If I donât understand Axelâs true intentions, I might also step on a landmine in the future."
With that said, Ian suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Actually, it wasnât inspiration but a very simple matter.
The Unyielding Fortress... This name originated from the âImperial Capitalâ.
And the Imperial Capital is a biological facility whose main body is a âsupermassive biological architectural organismâ.
Yes, in Ianâs projections, the Unyielding Fortress was probably used by Inega II back in the day to operate this âImperial Capitalâ... because the burden of the Fifth Energy Level capital is enormous, and without extreme reinforcement like the Unyielding Fortress, it simply cannot be borne.
The Unyielding Fortress was essential for the great enterprise of Inega II... and what exactly this enterprise was is undisclosed by Hiliard, and Ian still doesnât know; probably only the Emperor himself knows this secret.
And now, the Emperor no longer needs the Unyielding Fortress.
This implies... the Schaltar royal family no longer needs someone to operate the Imperial Capital... they have other plans for the Imperial Capital.
They might have even developed another method of control.
If so, the Unyielding Fortress, which could operate the Imperial Capital and might have key secrets related to operating it, becomes an unnecessary, even burdensome presence.
The Imperial Capital no longer needs the Unyielding Fortress.
Thinking so, Ian squinted his eyes. Although he hadnât figured out the most crucial reason, he felt he had caught a hint: "This is the core plan of the current Empireâs Royal Family â the Dark Key has been proven to be a destructive plan related to Thousand-Star Beast and Yisen, so is the Imperial Capitalâs plan the âPure White Sky Towerâ?"
"Itâs possible, but not certain. The Dark Key is a plan that had already started in the Era of Ennea; Axel didnât pay much attention, and perhaps the Pure White Sky Tower is the same... even if it is related to the Unyielding Fortress, it isnât Axelâs current plan, but was originally implemented by Inega II."
"The Pure White Sky Tower... the beam of the Planetary Shield is indeed pure white and indeed reaches the sky... thinking this way, indeed there is a connection, operating the Imperial Capital with the Unyielding Fortress is the foundational condition in Inegaâs mind for the Pure White Sky Tower."
"But the issue still lies with Axel â what is his true purpose?"
The information is insufficient; no matter how he thinks, he canât figure it out.
Ian shook his head, turned around, and seriously said to his friends: "No matter what, we should move on."
"To the Ice Dragonâs Nest. Anfa, when we reach the Ice Dragonâs Nest, restart your Marks, and let us be âdiscoveredâ!"
"Alright."
Anfa responded, and Ian also used his authority to activate the Subspace Labyrinth, and the group entered it.
And in the end, Ian turned his head slightly, looking at the Qiang Steel Dragon Godâs body behind him, his expression complex.
"In any case, this is no longer a situation I can control."
The young man thought, letting out a heartfelt sigh: "Without power in this world, one cannot carry out their will â and without oneâs own conviction, even power cannot be obtained."
"True Dragon... What is the belief hidden behind the âtreasureâ you created?"
"I really want... to know."
At the same time.
Above the Firmament.
Ian shifted his perspective from the fourth floor of the Exotic Species Research Institute back to the outer space orbit.
Now, Ian felt very peculiar.
His consciousness and thoughts hadnât split into two independent minds but rather extended across space-time in an extraordinarily peculiar way, controlling two bodies located in different places simultaneously.
Simply put, itâs like drawing a circle with one hand and a square with the other, but itâs billions of times more complex while also countless times simpler.
Is this what the Dragon Soul feels like? Ian thought so, recalling Anfa controlling his prosthetics and Sio controlling his prosthetics and body... The Dragon Soul possesses such power, although it does have its focus, but essentially, it is the same soul; what the prosthetic thinks, the body can synchronize one hundred percent.
However, Ianâs ability is even stronger than the Dragon Soul.
Sioâs Dragon Soul can be shielded, captured through various means, and even threatened the whole â yet Ian understood that his thoughts wouldnât be blocked, even the fourth floor of the Exotic Species Research Institute, which a Fifth Energy Level couldnât directly scan, couldnât obstruct his soul signals.