"How long has it been?" Ian asked.
"Seventy-two years." Morgana replied.
"Has it been so long?" Ian was completely immersed in scientific research and did not notice the passage of time.
"How's the situation outside?"
"There are still two weeks until Bones Council's meeting."
"I understand. Then, we must deal with the current situation."
Ian walked out of the laboratory and began to inspect Empire. Only half a month had passed since he punished Guznader, but the relevant news was still a hot topic throughout Milky Way Galaxy.
At the same time, the recovery from the war has ended, and the government has shifted its focus to the effective governance of the vast territory and ensuring that all newly incorporated races and species can be integrated smoothly.
The number of Arcanist in the Empire is increasing day by day. With the characteristics of the "Black Clover" dimension, no matter how clumsy a race is in magic, it can gain magic power as long as it steps into it.
Then, they only need to kill creatures in the "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!" dimension to increase their magic power, soul strength and magical attainments to the Third Tier level.
With the emergence of such a large group of magic users, Empire the progress of magic and technology will further accelerate.
After Ian finished handling the affairs accumulated during this period, he asked, "Is there any progress on the news about the Sage Clan?"
"No, these guys are very good at Anti-Prophecy," Luna felt a little frustrated.
"Hermione heard some rumors in Abyssal Plane and rushed to verify it, but news came a few days ago that it was just a rumor. However, she has another clue and is following it."
"We found many archives, ruins and tombs of ancient races in Milky Way Galaxy," Rowena said. "We hope to find information from them. But we are still deciphering a lot of content."
"I understand. As long as there is progress. No matter what, we still have fifty years."
"There's not enough time," Olivia added, "But it's better than nothing."
Without the intervention of Klonai, Guardians would have directly arrested Ian, forcing them to fight back and flee. In the worst case scenario, many people may have died in the process.
"Are you leaving?" Rowena asked.
"Yes, I need to take a short trip to retrieve something from another world."
"Do you need someone to accompany you?"
"No need. This is really a short trip. I'll be back soon."
Time is tight, Ian doesn't want to spend too much time in another world, let alone waste resources to buy more Time Dilation props from Akashic Records.
After Ian briefly communicated with his family, he left in a Ninth Tier seat Floating City. Netheril Floating City still had to maintain the fog that shrouded Milky Way Galaxy to isolate it from the outside world.
When entering Void this time, Ian was extremely careful and prayed that he would not be unlucky enough to encounter a powerful creature like last time. What Luck had was that he did not encounter any trouble and quickly reached his destination and entered that world.
He immediately released the detector to check the environment and plane laws.
"It's not as bad as I thought," Ian muttered. Although this world is mainly based on technology, magic still exists, so his power will not be completely blocked, and it will not take too long to adapt.
"Have you found your target?"
"Yes, I found a few."
"Very good. Grab ten of them and pick out a few that are different for us to compare."
A few minutes later, Ian walked into a room in the city, where ten arrested individuals were held. They were all old men wearing white lab coats, blue shirts and green pants.
"Rick Sanchez, nice to meet you." Ian said.
"Asshole, since you know who I am, you should know the consequences of kidnapping me!" one of them, Rick, shouted.
"I know very well how capable you are," Ian nodded, waving his hand to seal their mouths. "Have you analyzed his memory?"
"Analyzed."
"The process shouldn't be simple, right?"
"You're right. This person's brain is like a maze, full of defenses and traps. It's almost as difficult to deal with as you," Morgana said.
"As long as we can get the information we want."
"Same."
"Scanning their brain structure and Life Code. Obtaining the genetic information of such smart people will be of great benefit to us."
Ian walked into another room, and a recipe appeared on the screen. He did not hesitate to start making the things on the drawing. Soon, Ian made a gun powered by green liquid.
"The method of achieving dimensional travel is really exquisite," he commented. He fired a shot at the wall, walked into the portal, and was transported to another dimension. Ian obtained many coordinates from Portal Gun who captured Rick. He tested the coordinates and traveled to several dimensions, parallel timelines, and different locations in the universe.
"After modifying the formula, I can use this technology to replace the curvature portal of the Empire."
Portals are being built for the Empire's newly conquered territories, connecting everyone together. In the future, any person on earth will be able to reach the edge of Milky Way Galaxy instantly through these portals. However, portals are expensive and require You need to be proficient in Arcanist of Space Magic to install it. And with Portal Gun of Rick, he can create newer, cheaper and better or even better portals.
"Not only that, I can also turn on my [Omniverse Gateway Project]."
After almost dying in Void, Ian has been planning to build a door that can lead from one universe to another without entering Void. At that time, he only needs to buy the coordinates from Akashic Records, and he can use the door of Omniverse to go wherever he wants to go.
Unfortunately, this technology was too advanced for him. Now, with this Portal Gun, he sees hope of success.
After the test, Ian returned to the city.
"How's it going?"
"Except for the slight differences between the two, everything else is the same."
There are two Rick who grew up in a dimension where humans had the appearance of frogs and lizards, so their genetic makeup is not exactly the same.
"The only question is whether the remaining Rick is different from Rick C-137."
<Rick and Morty> This animation tells the adventures of Rick C-137. So far, he is unique among all variants. Ian wants to know if his Life Code is also different from other variants.
"Okay. Continue to implement the plan."
Ian turned himself into Rick, and Morgana created a body similar to Morty. Then, they teleported to "Citadel" where Council of Ricks is. ".Ian's target is this Citadel. Rick C-137 used Citadel to create [Central Finite Curve], which is a wall surrounding Infinity.
Rick used technology to isolate an area of Multiverse and bind countless timelines together. In other words, he created a smaller Multiverse within the larger Multiverse.
In the smaller Multiverse, every variant of him is the smartest person alive. Ian's goal is to obtain Citadel's technology and build a wall around his own timeline to isolate it from his other variants.