The trip to Longmian Holy Land was like a boulder thrown into Linde Heart Lake, creating not just ripples, but waves that reshaped the entire lakebed.
The alliance with the dragons, the insight into the true nature of Tiorantis, and the backing of Amatherak's ancient and weighty power have fundamentally changed the nature of his position.
Upon returning to Blackrock Territory, Lind did not act immediately. He needed time to digest his findings and translate his new strategic ideas into practical tactics.
He first shared the information about the core compilation node of the "Eye of Magic," also known as the "Weave of Fallen Gods," with Astaire, Naruse, and Dean Luli (representing the secret faction of the Royal Magic Academy), who had been secretly summoned, at the highest level.
As expected, this intelligence brought a huge shock, but it also quickly unified thinking. The objective became clearer than ever before.
Next came the intensive preparations:
In-depth analysis of the "key": Linde devoted almost all his energy to the in-depth cracking of the "source code" inside Tris's body.
With the aid of ancient knowledge shared by Amazelak regarding the underlying rules of the world, the efficiency of [Deconstructing the Halo] is greatly improved.
He was no longer satisfied with understanding its structure, but began to try to perform extremely subtle and controllable "simulated activation", like running a piece of high-risk code in an isolated sandbox to observe its interaction and rejection reaction with the current magic network system.
This process was extremely dangerous, causing several small-scale law disturbances and energy storms, all of which were contained within layers of barriers.
Forging the "Data Blade": Based on his understanding of the "source code", Linde began to modify [The End of Annihilation].
He no longer regarded it merely as a physical weapon for killing gods, but rather reforged it into an "intrusion interface" and "permission virus carrier" at the level of laws.
He used the power of light veins as the order and the power of shadow abyss as the guide, like etching circuits, to engrave the structure of the extracted "source code" into the microscopic level inside the spear, so that when it hits the target, it can not only cause physical and conceptual damage, but also forcibly inject specific "instructions" or "interference".
Constructing the "Landing Pod": The key challenge is how to safely reach the core of the "Eye of Magic" and break through Tiorantis's multiple defenses.
After repeated deductions, Lind, Amarsera, and the dragon elders finally determined a bold plan—to use the weak but essentially identical connection between Tris and Tiorantis as a "beacon" and "disguise," with Amarsera burning a portion of his primordial divine power, combined with Lind's own light and darkness laws, to create a brief, transdimensional "stealth passage" to directly "send" Lind to the core area.
This is tantamount to launching a suicidal airdrop into the enemy's main control system by exploiting a tiny system vulnerability.
Stabilizing the "rear area": Black Rock Territory and Starfire Base have entered a state of maximum combat readiness.
Astaire oversaw the overall operation, while Naruse's intelligence network operated at full capacity, monitoring any unusual activity on the continent.
On the dragon side, elders like Kel'Thuzad began mobilizing the dormant dragon legions, preparing to provide external support when the final operation began, to draw Teolantis's attention, even if only for a very brief moment.
Time flew by amidst intense and meticulous preparation, each minute and second like a fully drawn bowstring.
Finally, the decisive moment arrived.
On this day, the sky above Blackrock Territory was cloudless, yet the sunlight appeared cold and chilling. Inside the secret laboratory deep within the lord's mansion, Linde made his final preparations.
He wore a specially made crystal armor with flowing light and dark runes, and the [End of Annihilation] (already modified) was carried on his back, his aura as deep and unfathomable as an abyss.
Before him lay Triss, still asleep in her life support capsule.
The embodiment of Amatherak's will—a miniature, dark-gold dragon shadow made of light—hovered to the side, radiating a reassuring ancient majesty.
"Are you ready, Child of the Outcast?" Amazelak's aged voice rang out.
Linde nodded, his purple eyes devoid of any emotion, only a cold resolve.
He glanced one last time at Alice, Nazra, Leonis, and the children who were watching through the magical images. He said nothing, but that one glance contained everything.
He reached out and pressed his hand on the specific interface of the life support capsule. The [Deconstruction Halo] was running at full power, precisely capturing and amplifying the "sensation" within Tris's body that connected her to the distant origin.
"start."
Amazelak's dragon shadow let out a deep, resonant roar, as if from the beginning of the world.
The entire laboratory, no, the entire magic network surrounding Blackrock Territory, trembled violently!
The vast and boundless ancient divine power was mobilized, intertwining and entwining with the light and darkness laws rising from Linde's body.
Space began to distort and fold, and everything in front of us became bizarre and surreal.
Linde felt himself being enveloped by an irresistible force, falling rapidly along an extremely fragile and dangerous "thread" woven from Triss's "sensory perception" towards a "depth" whose distance could not be measured!
This feeling is far more dangerous than crossing the Shadow Abyss or the Dragon Portal; it's as if you're traversing an endless void filled with data storms and chaotic rules along a spider's web.
He could sense that Teolantis's cold, vast will was omnipresent like background radiation, and countless detection and defense mechanisms were like patrolling venomous snakes, which could trigger annihilation if he was not careful.
He was able to sneak through this dangerous "domain" entirely thanks to Triss's sense of shared origin as a disguise, and the isolation layer formed by Amarsera's divine power and his own light and darkness.
I don't know how much time passed; perhaps it was a moment, perhaps it was eternity.
At the end of the "passage" ahead, a glimmer of light appeared.
The light was initially faint, but then it rapidly expanded, eventually transforming into an enormous ball of light, composed of countless flowing magical runes and chains of rules, pulsating like a heart!
This is the core of the "Eye of Magic"! The compilation server room for the "Weave of Fallen Gods" of Tiolantis!
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