Lock looked at the projections of the various Lights of Mind on the chessboard. He swept his gaze around once, then nodded in praise. "I see."
"Every chess piece here is an aggregation of a Light of Mind."
Lock was not a wizard of the Mind School, so he did not know how valuable these Lights of Mind were within Mind School magic, or what quality they possessed.
However, he could recognize that these chess pieces had been condensed from the Lights of Mind of the citizens of the empire in the Silent Plane.
Nine of the chess pieces had been condensed from Second-Ring Lights of Mind. These pieces were on the same level as the emperor's piece within the Mind Network, but they seemed to have been sealed away for a very long time and had never been released by the emperor.
Lock walked across the chessboard. A full moon rose above it, indirectly controlling this Mind Network.
Nine chess pieces revolved around Lock, and the information represented by them entered his mind—the nine grand dukes.
Nine grand dukes.
In other words, this Mind Network in the Silent Plane contained nine positions. These nine positions should have appeared in this Mind Network, allowing nine Second-Ring beings to emerge in the Silent Plane.
At the same time, beneath these nine Second-Ring pieces were three hundred First-Ring chess pieces.
But now, these three hundred pieces were not connected to anyone either.
In other words, the emperor had completely hidden all the important chess pieces within this Mind Network, leaving behind only the piece representing himself—the emperor.
"This Mind Network is nothing more than a half-finished product. If this Mind Network were completed..."
Lock pondered. "It could increase the total Magic Pressure of the Silent Plane by more than ten times its