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"What was at that convergence point?" Harry walked over to the map. "If there's no node there, no rune structure, then it's nothing."

"There's nothing there." Vivi's finger lingered over the blank area at the center of the map. "But the Eye of the Sand believes there should be something. They spent two years analyzing Node Seven's old rune structure, eight to nine weeks accessing Node Zero, then adjusted the orientations of both nodes at the same time to make them point toward that location."

"They wanted to open something there," Harry said. "Or activate something."

Vivi withdrew her hand from the map and turned to the people in the living room. "The Confederation Technical Group first needs to determine the convergence point's exact location. That blank region on the Magic Map covers several thousand square kilometers. The technical group needs more precise data to identify the specific site. Without exact coordinates, we can't go there to investigate. I suggest starting with Node Zero, confirming the state of the sealing layer's surface on site, and seeing whether we can infer the convergence point's location from it."

"What about the cave on the eastern bank of the Jordan Valley?" Pabbie asked.

"Let the intelligence team first confirm the cave's internal conditions in detail. We'll consider entering it after the investigation of Node Zero is complete," Vivi said. "The Eye of the Sand operated on Node Zero and Node Seven simultaneously, then withdrew. If they stored operational records in the cave, those records should tell us why they chose that convergence point."

Ms. Rosier's message had been delivered. Pabbie emerged from the kitchen carrying a tray with five teacups and a teapot on it. "How long will the Confederation Technical Group need to determine the convergence point's exact location?"

"That depends on