After making that bold hypothesis, Ian did not hesitate at all and immediately set out to verify it. His pair of Blink eyes shining with wisdom were filled with an almost paranoid fanaticism towards Truth.
He first connected his consciousness to deeply integrate his mental power with the etheric core, the core of the tenth-order floating city as magnificent as the stars. As the surging magic power surged through his body, he instantly turned on the "Magic Immortal Mode", trying to increase his perception to the highest limit that this plane can accommodate.
Under the blessing of omniscient and omnipotent perception, Ian began to cast a large number of detection spells. These spells included many new forbidden spells he had recently developed in Naruto World based on the principles of pupil magic of Sharingan, Byakugan, Rinnegan and Tenseigan.
He even did not hesitate to overdraw the computing power limit of Morgana, tilting all his computing resources to this experiment, and ordered that the experimental feedback be given priority, even if the interference of the insignificant Cosmic Will in this plane was temporarily ignored.
Finally, in the collision of countless data and the analysis of laws, the strange Source behind the damaged Ninth Tier Floating City was revealed in front of Ian like the tip of the iceberg.
"Is this... the essence of existence at Twelfth Tier and above?" Morgana's voice carried an unprecedented emotion that was mixed with confusion, awe, fear and strong desire.
"I'm afraid so," Ian exhaled a deep breath, and his eyes showed extremely complex emotions. He finally saw clearly: the real culprit that caused the city to be unable to be repaired by Time Rewind was the terrifying creature that once casually destroyed it.
The essence of the energy residue left by that creature has completely transcended the conventional concept of time and space, and even surpassed Law of Causality. In other words, it was a truly high-dimensional creature.
Every scratch it leaves on that city is "irreversible" at the causal level - at least, with the Time Magic level currently controlled by Ian, it is impossible to touch the edge of power in that dimension.
What makes Ian shudder the most is that this terrifying influence is not some kind of actively cast spell, but just some kind of "passive residual heat" emitted by the creature when it passes by.
"The road we have to take is indeed so long that there is no end in sight," Morgana sighed.
"Yes," Ian nodded firmly, "But one day, we will reach that height and eventually surpass it."
After classifying this top-secret information as Empire's highest security level, Ian did not indulge in unnecessary emotions. The repair work must continue, but he had to adjust the plan. Since the conventional Time Rewind failed, he decided to activate the second alternative - activating the city's self-healing mechanism instead of relying on external time reversal.
He still selected "World Source Force" as the energy source, because this nearly omnipotent energy can support the most extreme material reorganization.
Ian spent several hours carving out an extremely complex reinforced array in the ruins.
Utilizing the characteristics of Source Force, the wreckage of Floating City will be repaired Self at a speed that defies common sense of physics under the guidance of these magic circuits.
When Ian completed the array arrangement, he left less than five hours of the twenty-four hours left for Morgana to collect data. He originally wanted to see Tsunade who was resting, but seeing that she was sleeping deeply, he used the remaining time to start reviewing the research report submitted by Morgana.
"How do you feel?" Ian asked, looking at Morgana who appeared.
"A lot of data has been collected, but it is far from enough," Morgana shook his head, "The field of 'Authority' is qualitatively different from any knowledge system that Empire has come into contact with before."
"It doesn't matter, I have decided to completely use this plane as our experimental field," Ian said calmly, but with a chilling coldness, "We will complete all unfinished projects here."
Tsunade just woke up at this time. When she heard this, she hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Then... what will happen to the people of this world?"
"They will not die," Ian replied calmly. He has no habit of carrying out unnecessary killings. After all, killing without profit is meaningless to him. But he also knows very well that when a more advanced civilization decides to take over this place, these indigenous people will inevitably lose the home they rely on for survival.
Through the holographic light curtain, Ian observed this planet. It is mainly composed of two races: humans and Warcraft. After millions of years of competition, humans currently occupy an absolute dominant position.
Their civilization is similar to the Middle Ages, and their technical level is maintained at that level, but they have a unique extraordinary system-"Beast Tamer".
This is not the gentle domestication or contract that Ian imagined, but an extreme "Fusion profession". Human beings hunt down Warcraft and use some means to Fusion it with themselves, thereby obtaining the powerful physical strength and innate magical ability of Warcraft.
"If this is the case, their civilization should have profound knowledge of Life Code, bloodline evolution and even soul Fusion," Ian examined the screen, "But this does not seem to be the case."
"Indeed," Morgana curled his lips sarcastically, "Their power system is completely based on a poor imitation of the ruins of ancient civilization. They rely on formations, potions and pure luck to carry out Fusion, and their success rate is appallingly low."
Ian saw the Fusion attempt of a Fifth Tier warrior. With the blessing of medicines and formations provided by the so-called "Beast Tamer Association", the subject was unable to suppress the remnant soul of the Warcraft due to his will during the Fusion process, and eventually went crazy and turned into a monster that lost its mind.. The indifference shown by the instructor in charge of the ceremony shows that this kind of tragedy has long been commonplace.
In contrast, the success rate of those noble children is much higher because they master the "meditation method" that can strengthen the power of the soul, and have more accurate blood affinity records.
"Have you found out the reason for the decline of this civilization?" Ian asked.
"Yes, Master," Morgana called up an ancient document, "Judging from the data, this plane was once an outpost affiliated with 'Wizard Plane (Wizard Plane)', specifically used for bloodline Fusion experiments Later, for some reason, the wizards evacuated and completely abandoned this place. The indigenous people here discovered the incomplete experimental data left by the wizards, and then slowly developed the current 'Beast Tamer' system."
"So, their so-called civilization is just picking up the fragments left by the wizards," Ian frowned. He suddenly realized that the owner behind this experimental site may have extremely high scientific research value.
According to the information he obtained from the Star-Skin Tribe, there are six top-level planes recognized as the most powerful in this star field: Titan Plane, Calamity Plane, Wizard Plane, Heavenly Dao Plane, Abyssal Plane and Alkabula Plane.
"'Wizard Plane'?" Ian repeated the name in a low voice, "If we can locate the coordinates of that plane through the ruins here, the value of this world due to our presence will be doubled exponentially."
"But please be careful," Morgana reminded, "Wizard Plane may have more than one supreme powerhouse with the Eleventh Tier position."
"I know," Ian said with a cold gleam in Blink's eyes, "Since they are destined to be enemies in the future, there is no harm in finding out their details in advance. If we can use this to penetrate into their interior, that would be great."
In order to locate the coordinates, Ian originally planned to use these ruins as a medium to display the powerful "Causal Spell". However, Morgana quickly rejected this plan through simulation, believing that doing so would be easily detected by Wizard Plane's monitoring network, and the risks far outweighed the benefits.
"Actually, there is an easier way," Tsunade, who had been listening quietly, suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.
"Since those planes are so powerful and are invaders that are expanding everywhere, they probably don't even bother to hide their world coordinates. As you mentioned 'Abyssal Plane', as long as we make a little inquiry there, we may be able to directly obtain the coordinate distribution of these six top powers," Tsunade said.
Morgana was stunned for a moment, then nodded in approval. "She is right. These top powers have competed, traded and even fought with each other for many years, and each other's coordinates have probably been an open secret in their circles. Only those weak planes need to go to great lengths to hide."
"Send a message to Hermione immediately," Ian gave the instruction decisively, "Ask her to pay attention to these coordinate information at Abyssal Plane."