Illusory Spacetime Lighthouse

Buzz—

A palm-sized communicator on the table began to vibrate, the words "Control Bureau" flashing across its screen.

"Hmm?"

A hand picked up the communicator and pressed the answer button.

"Anderson, what is it?"

"Sir Richard, we've discovered something strange here and need your assistance."

"Something strange?"

"Yes. It's a crystal sphere. According to the information we have, it's a relic left behind by an ancient dynasty known as the 'Supreme Being.' But based on our experts' observations, this thing does not appear to be a creation of our technology."

"...The Supreme Being!?"

Bang!

Richard's brows furrowed slightly. The communicator in his hand had already been crushed into a lump of scrap by his loss of control.

"I didn't expect to run into a relic of the Supreme Being here too."

Richard casually burned the scrap to ashes, a faintly excited smile on his face. Though he already possessed quite a few Precursor Relics, no wizard would ever complain about having too many of them.

After tidying up the items on the experiment table, Richard took a step and appeared outside the karst cave. His body moved again, and within a few breaths, he had arrived at the Control Bureau.

After finding Anderson, Richard's abrupt appearance made Anderson immediately rise to his feet. He handed a document to Richard and said respectfully, "Sir Richard, this is our information."

Richard opened it and was instantly drawn in by the records within.

"A whole team vanished?"

"Yes." Anderson replied carefully. "According to the field agents, an expedition team hired by the Hermetic Society shared the same target and arrived at the site before them.

But just as the two teams met, that crystal construct suddenly erupted with a chaotic, multicolored light of indescribable hues. Every member engulfed by the light vanished from