Ian looked at the token in his hand carefully, not missing any detail. The token was simple in shape, cast from an unknown material, and had two strange characters engraved on the front. There was no trace of magic enchantment on the token, but the density of its material was extremely astonishing.
Ian cast a Divination spell in an attempt to translate the two unknown characters, and the result was very simple and clear: [Astral Realm Library].
"Finally found a clue." Ian muttered to himself, and then he cast a multi-dimensional communication spell to contact Luna who was far away in the Empire Prime Universe.
"How is the progress over there Council?" Luna's holographic image appeared in front of Ian.
"Everything is going according to plan. But that's not why I'm looking for you. I got a clue about [Scholar Race]. I need you to mobilize Netheril's computing power and use this token to Divination all relevant information as much as possible."
"Really? Pass it to me quickly."
Ian opened a miniature portal and sent the token there. Next, just wait patiently.
Divination The process lasted for more than half an hour, and Ian kept waiting quietly.
Finally, Luna's communication was connected again.
"How's it going?"
"There is some good news," Luna hui reported, "I used this token to track a weak connection to another dimension. However, this connection is too vague, and it will take me a lot of time to accurately locate the final destination."
"I understand."
"I have contacted Hermione and asked her to use Abyss's power to see if she can find any information about Astral Realm Library. Now, we can only wait for the news."
"Can you use Divination to find out the whereabouts of this token in Prime Universe?" Ian asked, and Luna immediately understood his intention.
"Yes. If I can find multiple identical tokens in different timelines, I can build a more stable Divination medium." Luna pondered for a moment, "Give me some time."
Ian nodded. Ever since he got the relic of [Wizard Race] from G-334, he had this idea. He wanted to verify whether there were any differences in these ancient relics in different parallel timelines.
A few minutes later, a response came from Luna: "Found it, it is in a galaxy not far from us."
"Since the distance is not far, it shouldn't be a problem for us to sneak in quietly and get it without alerting the gods." Currently, many Tenth Tier Ancient Gods are still entrenched on the periphery of Milky Way Galaxy, forming an encirclement of the entire galaxy. Therefore, if Empire wants to explore the universe, they must remain highly vigilant at all times.
"Give me an hour or two and I will make a token detection radar. You can take it to other timelines and it will point you to the specific location of the token." Luna suggested.
"No, there is another matter to deal with before I go back. You select an elite team from Time-Space Aurors and let them handle this matter." Ian ordered.
"What happened?"
"A few days ago, Time-Space Aurors headquarters reported to me that the agent sent to monitor the Charles timeline has lost contact."
"Charles? Charles·Wentworth? That guy who also traveled from Primordial Earth?"
"That's right." Ian nodded.
"Do you think he discovered the whereabouts of the agents and then did something dirty?"
"It's unlikely. After all, the agent is Eighth Tier Arcanist, and Charles won't be that easy to deal with. But nothing is absolute, and I can't be 100% sure."
Ian knew very well that variables like Charles, who were also "travelers", could never be measured by common sense. Therefore, he decided to go there personally to ensure that the situation was still under control.
"Then you must be careful."
After ending the call, Ian quickly handled the remaining affairs of Council. In the past few days, he had traded several new magic languages with others and planned to integrate them into his own Arcane Rune System.
Although his next research focus will turn to Primordial Rune, he will never give up the magic system he created. In addition, he also collected some interesting Magical Theory, Potions formulas and black technology.
After everything was ready, Ian boarded his Omniverse spacecraft and left with C-137.
C-137 will soon become one of his most "precious" experimental subjects. Of course, he will not kill C-137 yet, because he still needs to control Council's Enforcement Department.
As soon as he left the timeline where Council was, Ian immediately activated Law of Curse to completely erase the contract curse attached to his body.
"Much more comfortable." He let out a long breath. As for the restrictions on soul and bloodline in the contract, he needed to slowly resolve them after returning to Prime Universe.
Soon, the spacecraft arrived at the timeline where Charles is located. The spacecraft turned on the highest level of stealth mode and quietly hovered in the lunar orbit.
'Oh? He has actually established colonies and outposts on the moon?'
Although there are only a few buildings at present, the development speed of Charles has greatly exceeded Ian's expectations. He then scanned other planets in Solar System and found no traces of human activities.
Ian teleported directly to the streets of London. He immediately noticed the huge changes in the city.
In the sky, countless wizards were riding various magic broomsticks or flying machines, while on the ground, some Muggles were looking up at them with complex eyes that were a mixture of awe and extreme envy.
At the corner of the street, an absent-minded Muggles accidentally bumped into a wizard. Muggles's face was instantly full of panic, and he bowed and apologized repeatedly. Although it was dark, Ian was still keenly aware that the Muggles's body was shaking violently uncontrollably.
The wizard glared at Muggles with great disgust, snorted coldly, and spat directly on Muggles's shoes.
Ian ignored this incident and flew straight to a secret wizard commercial street similar to Diagon Alley. As soon as he landed, he witnessed a shady illegal transaction in a dark alley not far away.
Two wizards were confronting a third wizard, and a huge magic carriage was parked behind the third wizard. Of the two wizards opposite, one was a middle-aged man and the other was very young. Ian heard someone call the middle-aged man "Edison".
"Has the money been counted?" Edison asked in a low voice.
"No problem, the goods are yours." The buck-toothed, freckle-faced wizard smiled sinisterly, and then Apparition left.
"Is... is this really good?" The young wizard next to Edison seemed hesitant, "Purchasing Muggles for in vivo experiments is a serious felony."
"As long as we are not discovered, Ministry of Magic has nothing to do with us." Edison said coldly.
"But..."
"Don't you want our research to make a breakthrough? If we fail, our research funding will be revoked and we will become the laughing stock of the entire Wizarding World!"
The young wizard fell silent.
"Think about it, as long as we succeed, what huge rewards we will get! We can save enough points and qualify to enter [Arcane Emperor's Library]!"
Hearing the three words "The Library", the young wizard's eyes burst out with fanatical desire. It is the holy land that all wizards dream of - a supreme treasure house that is said to contain all the knowledge in the world. In this era where knowledge is power, no wizard can resist such a temptation.
So, he gritted his teeth and nodded heavily. "Okay, I'll do it."
The two drew out their wands, cast a Space Folding spell, and put the "goods" in the carriage into a pocket cast with Undetectable Extension Charm. Then Apparition disappeared into the night. Ian watched all this with cold eyes, and then continued to explore other areas of the commercial street.
Finally, he decided to visit the secret base of Time-Space Aurors first. According to the operational guidelines of the Empire, agents performing long-term latent missions must establish a mobile secret base so that in the event of an accident, the successor can quickly obtain relevant information.
Ian used Empire's unique encrypted tracking method and finally found this stronghold in a hidden corner of Peru.
After confirming that there were no traces of invasion in the pocket dimension where the base was located, he entered the base using the correct verification method to avoid triggering the self-destruction program.
The interior of the base is empty, with only a simple living room, a bed, a small bookshelf, a kitchen and a dining room.
Ian casually released a cracking spell, and the scene in the room changed instantly. Countless mysterious runes emerged in mid-air, and then quickly condensed into a Blink shimmering "seed". Ian knew that it contained all the intelligence files on Charles that the agent had collected since infiltrating this timeline.
He immediately read the information.
Hope this agent is still alive.