"Our time is running out," Saine said after Zi You left, summoning Gongsun Wudi, Wall-E, and the others before him.
Saine was very interested in the Purple Demon Flames Zi You wielded.
But that interest was limited to using his Flames of Ash to fuse with and absorb those special Purple Demon Flames.
It did not extend to having his Ash Power replaced by her purple demonic energy.
The mages of the Wizard World were all research-oriented talents, but they still had hard bones.
Even those vicious Black Magicians had never been known to defect to the enemy in large numbers.
Saine was naturally no exception!
The pressing lack of time forced Saine to devote even more energy to the experimental research ahead.
In particular, projects such as mechanical fusion and fortress fusion—projects that could greatly increase his strength in a short time—would be the foundation upon which Saine would secure his life.
Of course, Saine had also made other arrangements as contingencies.
Though he himself did not know how much use those preparations would be, it was still better than doing nothing.
For Saine, the good news was that after Zi You had appeared before him once, she had quickly left to attend to other matters.
And for a long time afterward, there had been no sign of her return.
That had bought Saine some additional time.
—Because Zi You attached special importance to Saine, the other Abyss World creatures within this Civilization Relic did not dare press him too hard.
Fifty-Seven years later.
Deep within the Source Energy Civilization Relic.
Vast mechanical workshops rumbled with operation, "Rumble!" "Rumble!"
Some of these mechanical workshops had originally existed in the Source Energy Civilization Relic and had been activated by Saine over the past few years.
Other workshops and technological