Chapter 631: The Progenitor's Gift (20)

That should be the structural diagram of the Seal Land; blue lines formed a complex three-dimensional model with regularity. Before Luo Qi had time to distinguish the orientation or make sense of the layout, Du Zhengyi had already rotated the structural diagram at an angle and started examining some details.

Luo Qi looked on blankly, then turned his head to see Zhao Jiaozhu staring in awe at the structural diagram in front of Du Zhengyi, murmuring, "The scale here is even larger than I imagined."

Judging by the complexity of these lines, the scale here was indeed massive. If the small cubes formed by the crisscrossing grid represented a room, this place might be more complex than a typical shopping mall building. Just at this moment, Du Zhengyi pondered and lit up a point in the blue three-dimensional figure, and that point began to flash with green light.

The already complex grid suddenly underwent a change; they seemed to be falling toward the flashing green point, blue lines streaked past rapidly, and the original cubes continuously unfolded their details. Luo Qi suddenly realized that the map was unfolding, which meant that one of the original small cubes did not represent a room; it represented a building. The Seal Land was even larger in scale than he had thought. This was not a building; this was a building complex.

Suddenly, Luo Qi thought of Wusu's paintings. When they were resting in the He Gu, Wusu had been constantly drawing eerie illustrations, and the background of those paintings was this very area. He seemed to be creating based on what he saw before him, but those paintings were eerie and real—real as if the artist were merely recalling what he had seen in years past. He was drawing a city, perhaps a city that had once existed in the ancient era. If that city had once existed, then the Seal Land was like a part of that city, or rather, the Seal Land itself, buried deep within the mountain, was like a small city.

He could not help but turn to look at Wusu. This young Venerable Mage from Wushan did not focus his attention on the floating architectural structural diagram like the others; he was quietly watching the rooms that were continuously becoming enriched before his eyes. Those Wushan eyes were naturally full of emotion, and for a moment, Luo Qi realized he did not understand what had stirred such sentiment in him at this moment.

Amidst his chaotic wandering thoughts, Luo Qi heard Liu Ziyi ask, "How did you do that?"

She was asking Du Zhengyi, and her excited emotions scraped across Luo Qi's Yajian senses like static electricity, "crackle."

"I didn't do anything," Du Zhengyi said slowly. "I was just thinking that I wanted something like this."

Luo Qi suddenly thought of the Highland Mage's encampment; when they wanted to find a restroom, as long as they concentrated their attention on wanting a restroom, the door to a restroom would appear. Looking at it this way, it seemed as if the basic structure of the Highland Mage's encampment and the Seal Land were consistent.

However, this was reasonable to begin with; the Progenitor Mages had bestowed gifts upon them and the Highland Mage branch respectively. They had obtained the sealed animals, while the Highland Mage had obtained the sealed plants. Even the Highland Mage's Magic had moved toward another branch on the Magic tree, inconsistent with theirs, although their heritages could all find shadows from the ancient Progenitor Mages. Specifically, Luo Qi could be certain that Du Zhengyi's direct ancestor, the one among the three Progenitor Mages, also seemed to be the progenitor of the Highland Mage lineage.

Returning to the building, Luo Qi looked around; the previously empty rooms were being gradually filled. On both sides of the corridors, walls that previously only had decorative colors now featured functional recesses, and the doors of any rooms where someone was standing nearby had already opened automatically.

Through the door closest to him, Luo Qi saw a row of tables or consoles extending along the wall. Luo Qi could not be certain of their specific use, but he could see that the patterns on the edges of the tabletops were exceptionally archaic and exquisite. On the wall on the other side of the room, a niche-like object appeared. Luo Qi did not have the chance to walk over and look closely, but he still noticed that the patterns on it also matched the style of this place. One side of the niche was inlaid with a row of Crystals; even just a rough glance, the amount of Crystal used here was so bold that it made Luo Qi marvel. The total number of Crystals used here must be truly astonishing; even for the Qionglin, this was no small resource. Every Mage who could harden their heart to directly destroy the Seal Land must have faced a very difficult trade-off.

Luo Qi could not imagine what these rooms had once been used for. This place did not look like a living space, but even with the niches, there was no mysticism-related solemnity or eeriness; this place was certainly not used for rituals either. Luo Qi's imagination was not enough, which had never been a good thing in Luo Qi's experience.

On the other hand, relatively speaking, perhaps because times had changed, the Highland Mage's encampment was much simpler than this, and its functions were drastically compressed. In the Highland Mage's empty houses, you could imagine whatever you wanted, but only the most basic needs, like a restroom, could be satisfied.

"Can I try?" Liu Ziyi said to Du Zhengyi, full of anticipation. "Can I use it too?"

Du Zhengyi nodded. "This place has already been opened; try imagining what you want and how to use it."

Liu Ziyi's speed in getting the hang of it was much faster than Luo Qi had imagined. To Luo Qi, this mass of lines was like a cat looking at a ball of yarn, but Liu Ziyi stared at the structural diagram confidently. She did not concentrate her thoughts; she used a more direct method. She commanded the Seal Land, "Display fault areas."

The structural diagram did not change. Liu Ziyi said "Oh" with full confidence, simply modifying her command, "Display energy consumption."

This time, the structural diagram changed immediately, and countless ancient incantations appeared in the form of icons.

"Pause." Liu Ziyi halted the change in data. "There's no way to see this clearly like this. Display by color; I like yellow, from light yellow to orange-yellow, with the level of brightness indicating the amount of energy consumption."

This time, the data on the structural diagram disappeared, and different colors flashed in different areas. Liu Ziyi said with satisfaction, "Display the brightest areas in detail."

"Can this place understand modern Chinese?" Guan Xinyue asked in a low voice.

"I don't think so," Liu Ziyi replied. "It's just that speaking out loud definitely helps me concentrate my attention better; what I say out loud is, of course, my most urgent thought."

Luo Qi could not deny that what Liu Ziyi said made a lot of sense. When Liu Ziyi used Magic, she would also use gestures as an aid; although it looked a bit clumsy, in reality, Liu Ziyi always had the fastest way to achieve her goal.

"Very good," Liu Ziyi said. "Display the energy map in the top-left corner, the life detection map in the top-right, moving object capture in the bottom-left, and the heat map in the bottom-right."

Luo Qi felt as if a bunch of fireworks had exploded before his eyes; he was so dizzy he was about to pass out. He couldn't even understand one model diagram, and now there were four diagrams spinning constantly before his eyes. He didn't know how Liu Ziyi's brain was wired to be able to see these things clearly; he was already feeling motion-sick. Amidst the dazzling confusion, Luo Qi thought of that place that had brought him such bad luck. At the time, he thought it was an abandoned site that had been cleared out; now that he thought about it, perhaps it just hadn't been activated, because the replica of the female Progenitor Mage had always occupied that place.

(End of chapter)