In the main control room of Floating City, the arcane radiance slowly flows through the complex rune circuits, reflecting the slightly tired but still sharp face of Ian. Hermione stood beside him, frowning slightly, both of their eyes focused on the devastated wreckage of Ninth Tier Floating City in the holographic projection in front.
"We must repair it as soon as possible," Hermione's voice echoed in the silent hall, with an unquestionable sense of urgency, "Although Empire can still maintain the situation, Guznader's offensive is becoming more and more crazy.
If this core war weapon cannot return to the battlefield in the short term, the defense line formulated by Olivia is likely to face the risk of collapse."
Ian thought in silence for a moment, then flicked his fingers through Void, calling up a series of complex energy models.
"As for the repair plan, I have currently conceived two paths," Ian said slowly, with a deep and powerful voice. "The first and most thorough plan is to directly connect to 'Mana Network'."
Hermione's eyes lit up slightly. In the Arcane Empire's theoretical framework, Mana Network represents an energy supply close to that of Infinity.
Under the logic of the arcane system, the energy of Infinity is equal to the resources of Infinity in a sense. Through high-level "Transfiguration" or "Matter Transmutation", Ian can directly materialize the surging Aether energy in Mana Network into any required rare ores, magic alloys or precision components.
"You should be very clear that the enchantment circuits in certain core areas must be combined with specific magic minerals or Mithril Fusion to maintain permanent stability," Ian continued to explain, "No Otherwise, a spell that relies solely on energy maintenance will fail after a few hours or even days due to the dissipation of magic power. However, the energy level provided by Mana Network is large enough to ignore this loss, and it can forcibly maintain this unconventional physical state."
However, Ian immediately rejected this tempting idea.
"Unfortunately, although I used the knowledge gained from Akashic Records to forcibly cut off the Mana Network connection in the Milky Way Galaxy sector, successfully preventing hostile forces from accessing 'Cosmic Network', my current control over Mana Network is still at a very low level. We have not yet fully figured out how to safely and stably guide this huge energy that is enough to explode the galaxy."
Hermione sighed with regret, "If we had more time, this would indeed be the best solution to change the fate of the Empire. But the current situation is changing rapidly, and every minute of delay may lead to the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers.
Ideally, we should even start building the fourth Floating City immediately instead of patching up old ones here."
"In this case, we can only use the second option, although it is more like a temporary means of 'cheating'." Ian's eyes suddenly became extremely deep, and Blink's pupils were filled with silver light representing Space-Time Law.
He slowly raised his right hand, and the magic power around him began to oscillate at a strange frequency. At that moment, the space in the entire main control room seemed to be forcibly distorted, and a terrifying aura that transcended cause and effect and dimensions filled the air.
[Law spell: Time Clone!]
With a low shout from Ian, a group of silver ripples rippling like water waves suddenly erupted over the damaged city in the holographic projection.
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, a brand new, intact Ninth Tier Floating City, with even its surface runes exuding the most peak aura, slowly squeezed out of the ripples, and perfectly overlapped with the original wreckage at the spatial level.
This is a powerful force that transcends matter - Ian directly from the past node of the space-time continuum, forcibly dragged the image and entity of the city in its perfect state into the present world, and used it as a temporary "substitute" to cover the wreckage.
"This... how long can it last?" Hermione looked at the city that had regained its vitality, his eyes filled with shock.
"Seven days," Ian's voice was slightly hoarse, and this call across dimensions was by no means an easy burden for him now. "After seven days, this time and space anchor will fail due to causal repulsion, and it will turn back into that pile of ruins. This is just to buy us time for the final decisive battle."
"Enough, this is enough for us to complete that key deployment." Hermione exhaled heavily.
Ian put away his magic power and turned to look at Hermione: "So, regarding the exploration of 'Abyss', who can start now?"
"Currently, the war in the Empire's homeland is tense. Only Dumbledore and I can temporarily mobilize consciousness projections. Since I am closest to you and my spatial coordinates are more sensitive, this mission will be left to me." Hermione said as he began to adjust his spell-casting status.
Ian nodded slightly. "Be careful. The penetration depth of Guznader in Abyss is far beyond our imagination. These are the precise coordinates of the 'Ninth-Tier Plane' you found." He stretched out his hand at Void, and a ripple of will containing a massive amount of information sank into Hermione's forehead.
While Hermione was preparing to set off, Olivia·Armstrong, who had been the coordinator, walked up to the woman who had always remained silent and vigilant.
"I'm sorry for making our first meeting so hasty and chaotic," Olivia looked at Tsunade, and although his tone was cold, it carried a kind of frankness unique to soldiers, "I am Olivia·Armstrong, one of the top commanders of the Empire. The current situation is a bit out of control, and I must deal with the battle report first."
"I understand. In my world, the same is true when war comes," Tsunade responded. Although she tried to appear calm, her heart was still full of shock towards this completely unfamiliar "Empire" who was full of terrifying energy.
"I'm Tsunade," she introduced Self, "After everything calms down, I think we need more time to get to know each other."
Olivia nodded slightly, then turned his attention to Ian who had packed his bags.
"Are you ready?"
Ian did not answer immediately, but turned to look at Tsunade: "You can come with me too."
Tsunade was stunned for a moment and pointed to himself. "Am I going too? Where to go?"
"Go and witness the true horror of this world," Ian's eyes revealed an almost cruel sense, "Since you have decided to join Empire, you must adapt to the rules here in the shortest possible time. I don't need a queen living in a greenhouse, what I need is a female war goddess who can remain awake in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and can conquer the sea of stars with me. You should be mentally prepared for this."
Tsunade took a deep breath, and the timidity in his eyes disappeared in an instant, replaced by the determination of the fifth generation Hokage.
"Then let's go."
As a bright white light enveloped the two of them, Ian and Tsunade disappeared instantly into the main control room. The real counterattack of the Arcane Empire and the conquest of Ninth-Tier Plane, who was lost in the shadow of Abyss, officially opened the bloody and magnificent curtain at this moment.