What kind of fuel is the best fuel?
Efficient? Clean? Or renewable?
Today was the first time Saul had witnessed someone using wizards as fuel.
âCity Master Ophelia, although youâre a fourth-rank wizard, arenât you afraid of suffering backlash from using true wizardsâ corpses to refine fuel?â
Saulâs tone remained relatively calm, without righteous indignation.
âYou misunderstand, Wizard Saul. I didnât kill these people. They died from various accidentsâI merely processed them, recycling waste.â
Opheliaâs voice still came from overhead; she still hadnât appeared.
Saul thought of the scene heâd witnessed when first arriving at Sky City.
âThe disappearing corpses I saw on the road were transferred here by the whisper flowers? What is this place?â
âA group of people not worth revivingâwhat do they care what happens to their corpses?â
Saul fell silent for a moment.
The disappearance of corpses had become an accepted rule in Sky City.
But those people probably never imagined what their bodies would ultimately become.
âIf you have no other questions, letâs begin the third connection experiment now.â
Saul shrugged. âThen Iâll trouble the City Master to activate the core.â
He vaguely guessed what this place was.
This massive fuel furnace was probably the lower half of Sky City wrapped in clouds.
Ophelia said this was the core of the Mechanical Heart, but it should be more than that.
The energy radiating from outside the entire fuel furnace was extremely powerfulâthis was probably the power source keeping all of Sky City flying in the air.
For the sake of improving the connection experimentâs success rate, the other party hadnât hesitated to bring Saul to Sky Cityâs core, which showed considerable sincerity.
Following the previous experimental steps, Saul began setting up the magical formation.
But this time, the formationâs third core had to be placed on the fuel furnace. Since Saul didnât understand the fuel furnace well enough, he naturally couldnât properly connect it with the formation.
However, after two experiments, Ophelia had completely mastered the formation Saul had set up, so she connected the fuel furnaceâs equivalent supply to Saulâs formation.
Only during the connection, Ophelia still didnât appear.
Or rather, her head didnât appearâwhat appeared was a pair of pale, slender arms stretched a hundred times longer.
The arms had no eyes but perfectly connected the formation with the fuel furnace.
âIâm ready on my end.â
Once the formation was complete, the arms directly detached, blown into the fuel furnace by an invisible wind, immediately igniting like silk paper and turning to ash.
Todayâs Ophelia had a sense of⊠isolation, as if she was unwilling to have any connection with Saul.
Saul observed all of this without saying anything, only indicating he was ready.
When the white figure containing Peiâer and Nerelaâs souls also fell from overhead, landing precisely in the magical formationâs corresponding position, Saul reminded, âYour Excellency, the formation still needs you to assist Peiâer in channeling mental power. Do you still refuse to appear?â
Opheliaâs voice carried amusement. âAfter the previous two connection attempts, I believe the Prismatic World is too dangerous and donât want to establish direct contact with that side.â
âYou old witchâŠâ
âPeiâer!â
After pacifying Peiâer who was about to curse, Saul waited for Opheliaâs next words.
He knew that although the other party was withdrawing midway, since she had specifically brought Saul here, she definitely wouldnât watch the experiment fail.
Sure enough, Ophelia continued, âIâve already separated out mental power and placed it on the puppet. After you activate the formation, it will complete the channeling in my place.â
âSo Your Excellency Ophelia plans to just observe throughout?â
âIâll give you a hand when you encounter danger,â Ophelia laughed charmingly.
âThen thank you. Weâll begin now.â
âSaul! Youâre agreeing to let her withdraw midway?â Peiâer was obviously still angry about Opheliaâs sudden change of mind.
Saul waved his hand, and the gesticulating puppet immediately quieted down.
Seeing Nerela control Peiâer, Saul didnât hesitate further and immediately activated the formation.
Flames from the nearby fuel furnace suddenly sho.0t out, flame tongues licking the formation on the ground without causing any damage.
The formation touched by flames instead activated the magic crystals on it.
The entire formation lit up bit by bit, finally converging at Peiâerâs position.
Saul slowly closed his eyes, allowing the world to become pitch black.
He skillfully touched Peiâerâs fate line beside him and guided it, exploring toward unknown directions, searching for another mental power in complete synchronization.
Perhaps due to Opheliaâs sudden change of mind, or perhaps due to the fuel furnaceâs powerful backup support, Saul had a mystical feeling that this time, he could find the Peiâer of the Prismatic World.
The fate line traveled through lonely darkness for an unknown duration, with only Peiâerâs stable mental power fluctuations accompanying Saulâs consciousness, preventing him from losing his sense of time in the darkness.
Finally, Saul suddenly felt a familiar fluctuation transmitted from some unknown direction, connecting with his fate line and forming the same frequency fluctuations as Peiâerâs mental power.
âItâs Peiâer! Itâs the Peiâer from the Prismatic World!â
Saulâs spirit lifted as he extended his fate line again.
The other partyâs mental power seemed to become a lighthouse in the ocean, guiding Saulâs direction.
Finally, Saul sensed a semi-transparent thread appearing ahead, so conspicuous in the boundless darkness.
Two constantly fluctuating curved lines worked hard to approach each other, transforming the space that could accommodate several worlds into a reachable distance.
The next moment, Saul only heard a âbuzzâ in his brain, as if crossing temporal and spatial barriers to reach the worldâs end.
He âopened his eyesâ and began receiving information from the new world.
This place was filled with constantly changing numerous colorsâeven with Saulâs current knowledge, he couldnât distinguish how many colors there were in total.
This was the Prismatic World where first through sixth-rank intelligent entities coexisted!
âPeiâer?â
Saul tried to call out to Peiâer.
After all, the other partyâs mental power had guided him hereâperhaps the Peiâer of this time had already awakened.
However, what responded to Saul was another familiar voice.
âYouâve come again.â
The twisted thread cluster of the Prismatic World didnât seem surprised to âseeâ Saul again.
Saul immediately respectfully transmitted his message.
âHello, may I ask if Peiâer has awakened?â
âThe time she needs to awaken is not something the current you can understand. If you want to communicate with her as soon as possible, you can return here. This way, you can see the independent Peiâer before the next consciousness is born.â
The words of the Prismatic World consciousness were somewhat difficult to understand.
âIâm sorry, I donât plan to return for now.â
âThen you shouldnât come here frequently. Each deepening connection will make your coordinates involuntarily slide toward us.â
Saulâs heart tightened, and the thread cluster he had transformed into contracted into a small ball.
As if wanting to use such a closed posture to protect his safety.
But soon, the thread cluster slowly scattered again, entering a dispersed state.
âPerhaps someday I will return, but I hope that by then Iâll have sufficient knowledge reserves to face this Prismatic World.â
(End of Chapter)
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