"Your Majesty, a large amount of orderly source matter has appeared outside Chanyi City Fortress."
Pavilion Second Floor.
Purple Rain pushed open the door to the secret chamber and entered the Furnace Divine Domain, where the Empress was flipping through ancient books from the shelves.
"Mm."
Lin Lei gave a quiet acknowledgment.
As the true ruler of the Northern Continent, she never left the pavilion, yet news from every direction still flowed into her ears.
It was not merely because of the Deep Sea.
It was also because the Investigation Corps, the Five Continents' largest intelligence organization, rested in the palm of her hand.
The Northern Continent had established an intelligence network independent of the Deep Sea. This network existed alone within a sealed mental sea, untouched by the Main System of the Deep Sea... Truly important and covert information was transmitted through this private network, whose core was the "Furnace."
Her Majesty the Empress had separated a portion of the Divine Power of the Fire Seed to ensure the mental stability of this sealed network.
A'liuer was her Apostle.
In fact, every Transcendent who used the Furnace network was equivalent to her Apostle.
She had bestowed a certain degree of "divine authority" upon these people...
When it came to loyalty, no one could compare to the soldiers of the Northern Continent legions.
Purple Rain continued, "Silver Fox has taken Gu Shen and Bai Xiu north aboard a Source Energy Airship to investigate."
Seeing that the Empress still showed little reaction,
Purple Rain said seriously, "I know you learned this news long ago... The orderly source matter at Chanyi City could very likely signify an invasion by Transcendent lifeforms. This is no trivial matter. Rustbone and White Lizard have already set out to provide support."
"Yes, it is a major