Chapter 3224: Re-examination and Experiment

————The pain is unbearable, I'll make up for it tomorrow~

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While Xia Duo and his group watched with eager anticipation, Iolum's ritual reached a critical moment. Under Iolum's prayer, the mass of blue-white radiance he had summoned at the ritual site rapidly surrounded the deep pit, encircling it with blue flames.

Looking from afar, it was as if the pillar of light reaching toward the heavens had been plated with a layer of blue-white light. Although both contained blue components, the contrast made the difference quite distinct, allowing one to distinguish the boundaries at a glance.

Just like that, Iolum maintained this state for a quarter of an hour. As the radiance of the Holy Power gradually receded, Iolum did not take any further action but instead retreated cautiously.

"The situation is somewhat complex. Let's return to the camp first!"

Iolum wore a look of worry. Since he had said so, the others had no reason to object; furthermore, being so close to the deep pit was indeed making people feel uneasy.

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Soon, the group returned to the camp. At Feilifa's invitation, Iolum and Xia Duo arrived at the central tent constructed by the Eaerlann Elf, which was large enough to accommodate all the Alliance Observers.

Once the relevant personnel who had received the news arrived, Feilifa immediately asked impatiently: "Lord Iolum, what is the situation over there? Can you tell us now?"

"To repair the Magic Net there, one must first clear away this existence I call the Decay Field; otherwise, even if it is repaired, it won't have much significance. As for how to clear the Decay Field, for now, I have only thought of one method, which is to borrow the power of the Lady of Mysteries; perhaps you all might have better methods. As for those blue flames—"

But from ancient times to the present, there has never been a claim that the Magic Net does not have a ten-layer structure; perhaps because the magic systems are different, the claims might be different.

This is just like on Earth, where the same physical concept might have different names or even different numerical values within different reference frames or different systems of measurement, but the physical meaning it represents is consistent and will not change because its name or the literal way its value is written is different.

Speaking of this, Iolum took a deep breath, seemingly shocked by the conclusion he had just obtained through the Holy Power ritual, and he told the crowd—

"Simply put, that place is an extremely deep wound in the Magic Net."

But he had only just begun when he was interrupted by Feilifa:

Speaking of this, Iolum paused for a moment, his gaze shifting away from the crowd as if piercing through the tent to look toward the direction of the deep pit, and then he said slowly:

At the same time, the rules for the transformation of Magic Net Strings are also uniform; otherwise, if every Plane had its own rules, wouldn't Mages be trapped within individual, isolated Planes?

Iolum's words exploded in the hearts of the crowd like a thunderclap. The Mages present, even if they were not the top existences in the Main Plane, were at least ranked in the first or second tier.

"Although we may belong to different magic systems, they can all be classified under the Arcane Magic System, and our understanding of the Magic Net shares common ground.

Of course, this does not mean that Feilifa opposes thoroughly eliminating the Darkness Society, but his mission for this trip is to investigate the attack and seek a solution. As for how to deal with the Darkness Society, the home country naturally has other colleagues to do that. All he can do is bring back the most real situation here; otherwise, how could the Crown King and the Council back home make a firm decision!

"The direct cause is that a certain force between the Magic Net Strings within the range of the deep pit has been weakened, meaning it can no longer support the ten-layer structure. I speculate that the Darkness Society's attack triggered some unknown change, which in turn produced a special field capable of weakening Magic Net Strings. As long as this field exists for a day, even if it is perfectly repaired, it is impossible to return to the previous ten-layer state."

Feilifa believes that compared to discussing whether to increase the intensity of the strike and pursue the Darkness Society, how to handle the immediate trouble is more important. It is not a solution to keep it blocked like this; a way must be found to deal with it.

"Then is there any way to clear those special fields and then repair the Magic Net there? Also, are those blue flames the manifestation of the special field you mentioned?"

"The changes to the Magic Net at the deep pit seem not to affect Spellcasting, but in reality, they greatly affect the potential limit of Spells. In that area, one can certainly cast Spells equivalent to the 10th Circle or even higher, but the difficulty of Spellcasting is more than an order of magnitude higher than in a normal Magic Net environment!"

At this moment, hearing Iolum say that the Magic Net inside the deep pit lacks a tenth-layer structure, the shock was almost no less than that of Earthlings seeing the universe flicker, although it didn't go so far as to immediately cry out that magic was gone.

Iolum knew that such an answer certainly could not satisfy everyone present, so he continued: "I presume you have all seen scenes of a damaged Magic Net, but the damaged Magic Net scenes you have witnessed cannot compare to the deep pit outside.

But the Magic Net lacking a tenth-layer structure does not seem to have much of a gap from magic being gone.

Clearly, Iolum also agrees that this time they must get serious about the Darkness Society; otherwise, they might cause an even greater catastrophe, and by then, it would be too late to clean up the mess.

"In the deep pit outside, the Magic Net has already lost its tenth-layer structure. This means we cannot cast Spells above the 9th Circle there, just as we cannot cast Spells above the 10th Circle in a normal environment. All Spells lower than the 10th Circle are actually equivalent Spells.

"Generally speaking, we believe that in all known Planes and known Magic Net environments, the Magic Net has a ten-layer structure, and the damaged Magic Net scenes we have seen in the past, even if the Magic Net is damaged, do not change this essence. However—"

Just then, someone else asked a key question: "Then will this special field that can weaken Magic Net Strings spread?"

Besides, the Main Plane has experienced a prosperous period of the Magic Net, meaning the power that can be obtained from the Magic Net within a fixed range is from high to low; this is also the theoretical basis on the surface of the Northern Magic Restriction Treaty, in order to protect the Magic Net environment.

That the Magic Net has a ten-layer structure is, in their view, the most common of common knowledge, and almost no one would doubt this point, because as Iolum said, no matter where it is, perhaps due to Plane differences the Magic Net environment has certain differences, but the overall structure is consistent.

"The initial cause is already very difficult to confirm under the current situation, unless we catch the Darkness Society and understand the means they used when they attacked this place, but I have already learned the direct cause that led to the disappearance of the tenth-layer structure of the Magic Net."

The tent was silent for a while, and then someone asked in a low voice: "Then what exactly is the reason that caused such an anomaly in the Magic Net within the range of the deep pit? Can it still be repaired as before?"

"Those flames are not some Decay Field, but the most intuitive manifestation of the Magic Net's scars, and at the same time, they are a way for the Magic Net to save itself. If you are willing to invest a massive amount of Magic Items into them, perhaps you won't need to borrow the power of the Lady of Mysteries to let the Magic Net in that area complete its self-rescue."

"Currently, there are no signs of spreading, but it's hard to say for the future, especially since the Darkness Society seems to possess the ability to create this special field at will. Who knows, before this one spreads, more might appear in other places!"

In fact, it is just that there are many forms, but the essence is unique.