The Divination division who left this sentence Prophecy belongs to a special race. They seem to be born from the concept of "destiny" itself.
Seeing this description, Ian couldn't help but think of the concept of "Innate Beings" in the immortal novels he had read before.
'If I remember correctly, those Ancient Godss in my plane were also Innate Beingss created by Klonai at the beginning of the universe to help her stabilize the world. So, is this Divination master also a Ancient Gods from an unknown plane?'
There is not much information about this Divination division. What Luck has is that the Library contains records of the language of his home planet.
So, Ian downloaded the information he needed and planned to keep it for later use; in such a mixed place, he did not dare to learn and decipher the sentence Prophecy on the spot.
His instinct warned him that someone had been spying on him ever since he asked the administrator for the original language of Prophecy.
Ian took a deep breath and kept himself at the highest level of vigilance. He did not leave immediately, but continued to look up knowledge in various fields in the Library as if nothing had happened in the next few days.
To outsiders, he is not here specifically for Scholar Race, but an ordinary visitor who is full of curiosity about all kinds of things.
After doing all this, Ian left this plane calmly and returned to his spaceship.
"Someone is following us." Morgana said.
"I know."
"Should we arrest them and interrogate their origins?"
"No need, let's get back to the Empire as soon as possible."
With his order, the spacecraft disappeared instantly, getting rid of the pursuer. Without stopping at all, Floating City quietly returned to the Arcane Empire.
Ian did not leave, but devoted himself wholeheartedly to learning the unknown language, striving to be more proficient than the aborigines.
The learning process went very smoothly because the materials he downloaded from Astral Realm Library contained all the elements needed to learn this language.
"I think I know where Scholar Race is hiding." Ian muttered to himself.
"That's right, it's at the Quantum Realm." Morgana nodded in agreement.
[The invisible world is hidden under the smallest things.] Ian immediately became suspicious when he heard this sentence Prophecy, but he needed the last word [thing] as conclusive evidence. In this original language, this word can also be translated as [particle].
In other words, this sentence Prophecy can be translated as: [A world hidden under the smallest particles.]
"So, how do we get into the Quantum Realm?" Morgana asked, "I doubt that conventional Space Magic can get us there at all. Are you going to invent Pym Particles?"
"There's no need to go to so much trouble. Shrinking Magic is enough."
Empire's highest-security prison was shrunk to a size smaller than an atom, so Shrinking Magic's technology is already quite mature. As long as he takes some time to make some adjustments, he should be able to use it to enter Quantum Realm.
"That's true, so our only problem is how to find Scholar Race in the Quantum Realm." Morgana nodded.
"Luna will have to come with us. Hopefully her Divination abilities won't be affected there."
Ian frowned and sent a message to Luna, asking her to prepare for this operation.
"You should be relieved now." Morgana said.
"Finding them is just the first step. The real test is whether they have the knowledge we need, and if they do, whether we can successfully get it."
"Since Klonai reminded you to find them, they must have what we want," Morgana comforted, "As for whether you can get it, don't forget that you are Arcane Emperor."
"You're right, there's no need to scare yourself before finding them." Ian nodded and started to make preparations. His plan was not just to shrink himself, but to shrink the entire Floating City and bring it in. He didn't know how dangerous Quantum Realm was, so it was best to bring some self-defense means.
Ian retrieved all Empire's literature and research data on Shrinking Magic, conducted in-depth analysis, and finally created a Composite Enchanting Array that could send him to the Quantum Realm. The whole process took more than a week.
"Are you ready?" Ian asked.
"Everything is ready. I have set the anchor point of Prime Universe. If an accident occurs, we can force a return at any time."
"Very good," Ian nodded, "But let's do a few tests first."
He first sent out several clones and let them shuttle back and forth between the Quantum Realm and Prime Universe. The whole process went without any problems, except for one thing - he could not read the memories of these clones during the process, nor could he record what they saw.
"This is so strange." Ian commented, "Is this some kind of natural defense mechanism of the Quantum Realm? Or is it because they are just clones with fundamental flaws in their souls?"
Now is not the time to delve into this problem. He first took some special protective measures to ensure that his memory after entering would not be affected. Finally, Ian and Luna continued to shrink themselves until they entered Quantum Realm.
The journey was extremely bumpy. When they arrived at their destination, Floating City's anti-gravity system suddenly failed, and all other flight systems were paralyzed, causing the entire city to crash directly.
"What happened?" Luna exclaimed.
"Morgana, conduct a comprehensive self-examination immediately."
"Executing." House-elf replied. A few seconds later, a holographic screen appeared in front of Ian.
"Our energy cores and all of our magic enchantments have malfunctioned. No, 'malfunction' is not quite the right word - they are now operating at minimal power."
Ian nodded, and Morgana continued to report, "This situation is very similar to the process that every time we travel to other universes, we must spend time adapting to the local physical laws."
"This explains why I feel like my magic is a little out of control." Luna said.
"Any other discoveries?" Ian asked.
"I found that your body is automatically adapting to the Quantum Realm environment, but Floating City and the other magic Divine Artifact we brought do not have this ability to adapt," Morgana continued. "In this case, we may no longer be able to rely on the power of Floating City for the rest of our journey."
"Oh? Haven't you found a solution yet?"
"I have been trying to adjust the output frequency of the energy core to adapt to the environment here. However, we currently have too little data. Unless we are lucky, this process may take decades or even hundreds of years."
This was not the news Ian wanted to hear. He looked at Luna and asked, "Can you still use your abilities now?"
"My power has been suppressed to the Second Tier th level, and my ability has been greatly reduced."
"I'm not much better, I only have the strength of Third Tier." Ian sighed, "Morgana, calculate how long it will take for us to return to our peak condition."
"Okay, sir." She scanned Magic Core and Soul Dimension in their hearts. "According to my analysis, you need to wait for more than a month."
"It's not too long. We can use this time to understand the surrounding environment first." Ian nodded, and then began to repair Floating City. He wanted to see if he could speed up the city's adaptation process through manual intervention. However, a month later, the situation became worse.
"Our power recovery has stopped." Luna frowned. When their power returned to Fourth Tier, no matter how hard they tried, they could not improve it.
"It seems that Quantum Realm has some kind of legal restrictions." Countless research topics immediately emerged in Ian's mind: such as Quantum Realm's impact on soul, magic, aura, and spells; its changes in the bodies of humans and other races at the genetic level; its mechanism of action on Soul Flame and Soul Dimension; and even how it affects the growth and development of hormones, etc.
Unfortunately, now is not the time for scientific research.
"I think we might have to take a risk and go out to explore without the protection of Floating City." Luna suggested.
"You're right."
Ian is cautious by nature, but he also knows when to strike decisively and cannot let his persecution paranoia affect his judgment. So, after making some preparations, the two left Floating City.
They have already had a general understanding of the surrounding environment through detection equipment, but now, it is time to get out of the small map they drew and explore the unknown world.