Inside the laboratory, all kinds of alchemical equipment and rune engraving knives were neatly arranged.
"Can't completely copy the Wizard System's runes..." Benjamin picked up a mineral capable of absorbing energy, then took out a crystal sensitive to life fluctuations.
"Then I can only draw on the methods Immortal Cultivation System cultivators use to connect with external things..."
He engraved a rune for sensing life fluctuations onto the crystal, engraved a connection rune modified from the Immortal Cultivation System onto the mineral, then linked them with a conduction rune.
On the first attempt, the crystal cracked.
On the second attempt, the mineral emitted intense energy fluctuations, even more conspicuous than the life fluctuations it had detected.
"Seems like I'm headed in the wrong direction." Benjamin wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Although he had successfully established a connection with the crystal, the mineral itself did not know what "life" was. Even with a rune for sensing life fluctuations engraved upon it, it merely released detection waves outward.
To continue his research, he needed to find a method with greater discernment efficiency.
Benjamin went through the materials again and happened upon a theory on the Magic Network concerning "Plane Resonance." Though obscure and difficult to understand, it mentioned an idea—any substance, within the deep structure of a plane, would produce faint resonance with other substances, allowing them to sense one another.
A spark of inspiration flashed through Benjamin's mind.
Resonance!
What if, instead of actively sending out detection waves, he made use of this passive resonance?
"Resonance..." he murmured.
Perhaps he could combine the concept of "sensing" with a material capable of resonating with specific fluctuations, then use runes to capture and amplify that resonance. Another rune could store the amplified "information" within a Wizard Artifact, or transmit it outward in