"It's the latest urgent military information about 'Sage Clan'." Olivia strode into Ian's top-secret core laboratory. The cold face of the Empire's top military commander was now covered with a layer of frost, and she would Blink's holographic battle report with the top secret red light was thrown directly into the air, "The latest detection data of the Intelligence Bureau shows that these guys who are being monitored in secret by us have successfully developed the Ninth Tier weapon Dark Matter!"
"So fast?" A hint of surprise flashed through Ian's deep silver pupils, but it soon turned into a knowing sneer, "However, considering the current interstellar environment, this kind of technological explosion, which is like sitting on Rocket, is also reasonable."
In the vast history of cosmic evolution, it would be difficult for any civilization to complete the leap from the First Tier th position to a higher level.
This kind of underlying civilizational jump often requires millions or even tens of millions of years of trial and error and accumulation, and the failure rate is extremely high.
The most perfect negative teaching material is Elves and Starborn who once ruled Milky Way Galaxy. These two ancient races with profound heritage have been stuck between seventh and Eighth Tier in their civilization level for countless epochs in the past. They are like a pool of stagnant water and have never made any substantial breakthroughs.
On the other hand, Sage Clan, in the heyday of their civilization, tried their best to develop anti-matter weapons of Eighth Tier level.
However, within just a few months after their proud civilization was mercilessly destroyed by Undead Calamity, this group of remnant defeated generals, like divine help, directly crossed the chasm and touched the threshold of the Ninth Tier position!
"This kind of technological leap that goes against common sense was not something they realized by themselves at all. It was definitely some high-dimensional existence, or simply those superior gods, who secretly provided them with technical guidance and knowledge instillation." Ian pointed out the conspiracy behind this.
"Then what do you plan to do with these chess pieces?" Olivia crossed his arms and looked like a knife, "Are we just going to watch them continue to develop and wait?"
"There's no point in waiting." Ian leaned back slightly, leaning on the throne-like chair, with a coldness in his tone that regarded all things as stupid dogs, "There is no way those gods who are manipulating the secrets would be so merciful as to allow them to get their hands on Tenth Tier weapons that can kill gods. Among all Divine Eye, Sage Clan is just a group of cheap cannon fodder used to confuse the current war situation. Therefore, our wisest tactic now is to attack Law of Thunder immediately, forcefully take over the gods before they officially use this chess piece, and harvest all Dark Matter technologies into the Empire's database!"
"Yes, the military will immediately start formulating a plan to close the network." Olivia nodded, and then turned the topic to another key project under the supervision of the Empire, "So, what about the 'Cosmic Energy experiment' going on on that planet? Does the military need to get involved as well?"
"No, there is no need to intervene in that project. Let them explore and develop on their own." Ian waved his hand, with a calculating look in Blink's eyes. "We only need to set a monitoring threshold: once someone on that planet successfully breaks through to Sixth Tier and has the ability to physically cross Void, we will contact them again."
Ian paused, and a more ambitious arcane puzzle was outlined in his mind:
"If the natives of that planet can really rely on their own talents to create an extraordinary system that can be perfectly promoted to Sixth Tier with just 'Cosmic Energy', then directly extend an olive branch to them and invite them to join Arcane Empire." As long as they are included under your command, and then cooperate with the Empire With 's vast knowledge base and endless resources, it is entirely possible for the Empire to deduce this "Cosmic Energy system" all the way to Tenth Tier! By then, Arcane Empire's existing magic technology tree will surely undergo an unprecedented and crazy expansion!
"Understood. The military affairs report is over. Do you have any other instructions?" Olivia asked businesslikely.
"Actually, I should be the one to ask this question." Ian rubbed his eyebrows, and his originally cold tone suddenly softened a bit, "How is Tsunade's recent situation? Is she still adapting to the Empire's life?"
As soon as these words came out, Olivia, who was originally on business, did not answer immediately. Instead, he stared at Ian with a dangerous, even murderous look.
"Don't look at me like that, don't tell me you don't know anything." Ian spread his hands helplessly.
In Ian's huge harem, the vast majority of wives have no interest in the Empire's political games and power struggles - but Olivia is definitely an exception.
As the pinnacle of the imperial military, she not only firmly controls the most terrifying military machine in the empire, but also has huge power in the political circles.
Throughout the Empire, from the frontline battle situation to high-level personnel changes, almost nothing could escape her eyes, including the daily movements of several other imperial concubines.
Therefore, if Ian wants to know about these trivial household matters, the fastest way is to find this female marshal with great hands and eyes.
"She is doing very well." Olivia snorted coldly and reported the report in a stiff tone, "She took the initiative to apply to go to the front line and is currently serving as a field medic in the Medical Department team."
"What level has her strength returned to now?" Ian asked.
"Sixth Tier bit edge."
"Is she using the Aether magic system or her original Chakra System?"
"Chakra." Olivia frowned, and a trace of long-suppressed impatience finally appeared on that cold face, "Ian·Bones! When did I, Empire, the supreme military commander, become the disciplinary committee of your harem and responsible for helping you maintain the harmony of your ridiculous harem?!"
"Don't be so angry. If I don't ask you, who else can I ask?" Ian started practicing Tai Chi confidently.
"Are those all-pervasive Ghost Shadow Guards under your control just decorations?"
"With all their courage, they wouldn't dare to point their surveillance probe at the core members of the Imperial Family."
"Excuse!" Olivia snorted mercilessly, not bothering to listen to his excuses anymore, and directly cut off the holographic communication resolutely.
"Why do you have to provoke her like this?" Blink, House-elf Morgana appeared out of thin air on the holographic projection table with a burst of purple light, looking at their boss with a speechless face.
"I don't have to worry about other people's mentality. But she... is different." The cynicism on Ian's face faded instantly, replaced by the emperor's bottomless palace and calculations.
"It's different? She doesn't look like the kind of stupid woman who would make trouble unreasonably just to get jealous." Morgana was a little confused.
"Of course she is not. But I must take precautions before it happens." Ian's gaze became extremely profound, "Ever since I brought Wiz and Tsunade back to the Empire, I have been keenly aware of an extremely subtle shift in the aura of Olivia. In this protracted interstellar war, as the commander-in-chief, she has made great achievements and has overwhelming power. I am extremely worried that this unprecedented huge power and the war dividends of consecutive victories will go to her head and make her do something stupid that crosses the line when it comes to dealing with these 'new members'. Therefore, my seemingly boring inquiry just now was actually a slap and warning to her."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Morgana looked up and down at Arcane Emperor with a look of extreme contempt, "Boss, if you could take better care of your lower body and stop provoking those women from other worlds, how could you, damn Empire, have so many troubles?"
"Go, go, please stop meddling in adults' affairs." Ian waved his hand angrily, forcibly changing the awkward topic, "Recall Tsunade's security arrangements immediately. The front line is war-torn, and I will never allow her to have any accidents there."
"Don't worry, the security specifications are of the highest level." Morgana immediately returned to work and called up a star map, "The military has secretly arranged for a Eighth Tier dead soldier Ghost Squad to provide her with all-weather personal protection. This is In addition, her station was deliberately arranged near the Floating City defense zone of Dumbledore. Once there is a sudden crisis that even the Eighth Tier dead soldiers cannot handle, Dumbledore will definitely be able to tear apart the space and rescue her as soon as possible."
"This configuration... doesn't seem to be safe enough." Ian's morbid persecution paranoia broke out again, and he frowned slightly.
"Oh my God, this isn't enough?!" Morgana flipped Byakugan exaggeratedly, "Just in case, we even backed up her in the Empire's top secret Soul Casket A wisp of [Soulfire]! Even if she is really blasted into cosmic dust on the front line, as long as this wisp of soul fire remains, you can use Life Alchemy to perfect her Resurrection at any time. So, what are you still worrying about?"
"It's good to have soul fire backup." Ian finally nodded with relief, completely letting go of this worry.
After eliminating all distracting thoughts, Ian once again poured all his soul computing power into the ultimate hacker-style cracking of [Aether Mana Network]. As long as this enchantment technology can be completely conquered, Arcane Empire will directly insert the straw into the energy artery of the universe!
After two full months of sleepless and extremely high-intensity calculations and deductions, Ian finally found the culprit that caused his frequent failures in this endless maze of microscopic laws!
"It's just as I expected! Someone has forcibly placed their own exclusive imprint on the underlying operating logic of Mana Network! It is this firewall-like imprint that locks Mana Network tightly, preventing any unauthorized outsider from drawing even a trace of magic power from it!"
Ian Close your eyes tightly, your essence Divine Power turns into an extremely sharp scalpel, carefully touching the secret imprint of the law, trying to decipher the identity of its owner.
He secretly prayed in his heart that this must not be the backdoor left by Ancient Magekind, otherwise it would mean that the terrifying race that was overwhelming the universe still had a fatal backdoor in this "Cosmic Faith Plane"!
Fortunately, when his sperm Divine Power really touched the mark, the worst case did not happen.
On the contrary, what bounced back from the brand was a strange energy fluctuation that, although unfamiliar to him, was extremely familiar in nature.
"This kind of strange coercion that is full of superiority and contempt for mortals..." Ian suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of realization flashed in his silver pupils, "This is clearly coming from the depths of the soul of the gods [Divine Radiance]!" This unique fluctuation is exactly the same in underlying logic as the Divinity data he recorded when he dissected the Demigod body of Herpo!
"This is going to be interesting." The corner of Ian's mouth curved with interest. Facing this divine firewall blocking Truth, his instinctive reaction as a top hacker's was to immediately use computing power to brute force it and completely erase it.
But he resisted this impulse. A crazier and more profitable plan suddenly flashed in his mind - follow the cause and effect line of the brand, hack directly in reverse, and have a "cross-dimensional real-time call" with the god behind the brand!
"Since the gods in the sky are destined to become Empire's mortal enemies to dominate the star sea, then getting to know the details of these old opponents in advance is definitely a sure-profit deal." Ian was thinking coldly in his heart.
Of course, this face-to-face soul interaction is an extremely dangerous double-edged sword. While spying on the enemy, there is a high probability that his own coordinates and part of the information will be locked by the opponent.
But after careful risk assessment, Ian confirmed that this tiny risk is completely worth a try.
"However, before going to this appointment with the gods, you still need to have one piece of body armor."
Ian decisively cut off his own magic power cycle and directly transferred Soul Link to the highest control center of Tenth Tier Floating City "Netheril". After his clone successfully transferred the Tenth Tier After Energy Core was compressed and upgraded to [Super Solid State], the computing power and defense capabilities of this war fortress have experienced a qualitative leap. With this national machine capable of killing gods as the backing of computing power, Ian is fully confident to face the unknown god.
"In fact, the most perfect and least likely way to expose the coordinates is to let Klonai come forward to forcibly decipher the brand. But this will expose the alliance between the Empire and Cosmic Will. It is better to hide the trump card."
Ian gave up the idea. He took a deep breath and made seals with his hands in Void at a dizzying speed. An extremely complex reverse traceability magic array suddenly took shape in the center of the laboratory!
Accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness that felt like his soul was being torn apart, when Ian opened his eyes again, he found that his consciousness had descended into an extremely vast and empty hall of nothingness.
And in Void, less than a hundred meters away from him, there was a woman standing quietly.
She was a woman so beautiful that it was suffocating. She had long black hair as deep as the night sky, and in her eyes as bright as molten gold, there was a kind of supreme Divinity that looked down on all living beings and held Truth in charge.
She wore an extremely luxurious ice-blue divine robe. The edges and hem of the robe were densely embroidered with countless ancient runes that exuded the brilliance of the law.
"Mortal, who are you? How dare you follow Godhead's line of cause and effect to spy on me?" The woman spoke first, and her voice was ethereal and majestic, as if it sounded directly in the depths of Ian's soul.
"This beautiful lady, out of politeness, I should ask this question first, right?" Ian was not affected by the pressure of Divinity at all, but calmly responded to the guest's request.
The woman's pure golden eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was a little surprised by this mortal's arrogance.
Seeing this, Ian did not continue to provoke. Instead, he stroked his chest extremely elegantly and performed an impeccable noble etiquette. "I am the supreme ruler of Ian·Bones, Arcane Empire."
"So that's it, you are the Arcane Emperor who has stirred up troubles in the lower world recently." A glimmer of understanding flashed in the woman's eyes, and her aloof posture did not change at all. She said in an oracular tone, "Listen up, mortal. Standing in front of you is Delilah Magister - the supreme goddess in charge of [Magic], [Knowledge] and [Communication]!"
"Delilah... This is really a name as charming as poetry." Ian's deep and charming blue eyes instantly released a charm that was more dazzling than the stars. He naturally switched to the face of a gentleman who had been invincible in countless worlds.
"I wonder if I have the honor to invite the great goddess to drink a cup of hot tea together? Although I don't know what kind of magical brew the gods who live high in the Divine Kingdom usually drink, but I firmly believe that a cup of good tea with a long aftertaste is definitely a universal drink that can transcend dimensions and classes."
Hearing this ridiculous invitation, Delilah's beautiful face finally showed a trace of astonishment. "Tea? I haven't tasted that kind of mortal drink for thousands of years... But if you want to drink a cup of good tea that is truly worthy of the status of a god, your memory must go back to the ancient times."
The corner of her mouth raised an interesting smile, "Human, you'd better pray that what you take out won't insult the taste buds of the gods."
"The products produced by me, Ian, have never disappointed any lady." Ian smiled confidently.
As soon as he finished speaking, he casually typed an extremely crisp the Snap in Void.
"Buzz--!"
Accompanied by the terrifying power of the words, this originally empty and dead palace of nothingness was forcibly rewritten in an instant and the concept of reality was forcibly rewritten! In just the blink of an eye, the cold space turned into an endless green grassland with a gentle breeze!
In the middle of the green sea of grass, a white jade round table with exquisite carvings appeared extremely unexpectedly. On it was placed a set of top-quality bone china tea sets that exuded a faint fragrance.
"Under the Temple of the Goddess, please take a seat." Ian turned slightly sideways and made an extremely standard gentleman's gesture of "please". There was nothing wrong with the elegance and calmness of his gestures.
Seeing this reality-changing miracle in front of her, even Delilah, who is Goddess of Magic, couldn't help but feel a hint of imperceptible admiration in her eyes. She did not refuse the invitation, but instead gave an extremely gentle and charming smile.
However, just this understatement triggered an extremely terrifying Law Resonance!
The moment Delilah showed his face and smiled, this virtual space forcibly created by Ian seemed to be injected with a real soul in an instant!
The virtual sun in the sky suddenly burst out with more brilliant but less dazzling sunlight. The grass underfoot instantly became green and full of vitality. Even the surrounding air that was originally simulated by data flow was completely purified by some indescribable holy power at this moment, becoming refreshing!
'Is this a god who is superior to mortals? It is truly a miracle.'
Ian appeared calm on the surface, sitting elegantly opposite the goddess, but deep down, his sophisticated brain had already begun frantic dissection and analysis.
'Just a natural expression of emotional fluctuations, the natural charm and law affinity exuded by every gesture can reach such an incredible level. Even if Pheobe pushes her [Veela charm] to the extreme, it still seems so deliberate and eclipsed in front of this god's natural temperament.'
Looking at Goddess of Magic, Ian opposite, who was holding a teacup and sipping tea elegantly, a trace of extremely dangerous scientific research enthusiasm quietly flashed through the depths of Ian's eyes:
'I have to admit that from an extremely microscopic evolutionary perspective... this group of gods who have stolen faith and Authority can indeed be called the flawless and ultimate life forms in this universe.'