Chapter 404 - 404: Return to the Danger Zone
The place where An Xinmeng mentioned Sun Tong’s downfall was previously a Professional University, and Sun Tong was the president of this university.
As a school taught by an Array Master, this university was indeed quite accomplished in the field of arrays.
In the history of human professionals, many early Array Masters came from this university. With more Array Masters being trained, naturally, Sun Tong earned the title of the Ancestor of Arrays.
A brief inquiry led Lin Ye to find quite a bit of information about this university.
Unfortunately, due to the passage of time, much of the information is hard to distinguish between true and false, and there are many conflicting parts in various pieces of information, making it difficult to believe entirely.
However, this is also a normal occurrence, as some people always end up treating wild tales as historical truths, muddling facts along the way.
Luckily, Lin Ye was not here for archaeology. He quickly found the coordinates of the Teleportation Array located at the site of this university.
These coordinates weren’t even officially recorded in the ruins’ directory of teleportation array coordinates because of the sheer antiquity of the location. Even if the area were reclaimed, these structures would surely be unusable and require demolition and rebuilding.
But Lin Ye didn’t mind; as long as the core of this teleportation array wasn’t completely destroyed, Lin Ye could forcibly teleport there.
This is something absolutely no one else could do; only he, a Space Mage with absolute control over space, had such ability.
Of course, if the core of the target teleportation array were severely damaged, even Lin Ye would have to find another way to get there.
Finally, Lin Ye was ready with all the supplies and information for this trip.
The area where the school was located was within the territory of a Hundred-Level Demon but on a relatively peripheral site. As long as Lin Ye didn’t make too much noise, he needn’t worry about attracting the Hundred-Level Demon’s attention.
Finding a secluded corner, Lin Ye discreetly opened a spatial passageway and leaped in, leaving Shenzhen without anyone knowing.
Soon after, Lin Ye emerged in a very dilapidated ruin.
“Luckily, the core of this teleportation array is barely enough to transport me here.” Lin Ye remarked while looking at the disfigured array under his feet.
After millennia of weathering, Lin Ye had anticipated that the core of this teleportation array would be thoroughly ruined and unusable, but the result surprised him greatly.
Although the teleportation array was damaged to such an extent that it couldn’t be restored or reused, its core remained largely intact, barely sufficient to transport Lin Ye himself.
This saved Lin Ye a lot of hassle, relieving him of several days’ worth of travel at least.
More importantly, getting directly to the destination via this teleportation array significantly reduced the risk of Lin Ye exposing himself to powerful demons.
Currently, looking around, the ruin of this teleportation array couldn’t really reveal the appearance of the original structure.
However, from some historical photos, it could be seen that this teleportation array was an open array, built on a platform about a hundred meters in diameter. It was the first teleportation array capable of large-scale troop transport in human history, designed and constructed by Sun Tong, the school’s president.
After this teleportation array, humans finally possessed the ability to rapidly relocate troops.
Unfortunately, at the very outset of the demon uprising, the array was directly destroyed by a Demon God, without a chance to demonstrate its true value.
Experience leads to wisdom gained from suffering; consequently, the subsequent human construction of such super large-scale teleportation arrays considered the possibility of assaults, incorporating various anti-strike measures.
Lin Ye looked at the cobweb-like cracks on the array. At the center of the array, there was a pit about ten meters deep, caused by one strike that destroyed the teleportation array.
After crossing the Abyss, still having such power, it was evident that significant efforts were made by the Demon Gods to destroy this array.
Yet even so, the array’s core wasn’t entirely annihilated since Sun Tong had already anticipated this, not placing the array core at the ‘visible’ center of the array.
This is what enabled Lin Ye a millennium later to avail himself of opportunity for direct teleportation here.
Though the core wasn’t completely destroyed at the time, the array evidently couldn’t function normally. Subsequent demon agitations certainly wouldn’t allow humans time to repair this array. During the successive demon upheavals, the array, along with the school and its settlement, had completely turned to ruins.
This array’s core, not fully destroyed at first, eventually lost any potential for repair through successive years of turmoil and weathering.
It was only a shade away from total disintegration, even lacking any value for reclamation.
“Roar…”
Just then, Lin Ye heard an unknown demon’s roar from outside.
This pulled Lin Ye’s thoughts from the dust-laden history back to reality.
“It seems there are adventurers nearby…” Lin Ye squinted slightly.
Adventurers always appear in dangerous places, being among the more elite of the professionals in terms of strength.
Generally speaking, less capable professionals only dare to loiter in Secret Realms. Even lesser ones could only be Secret Realm Miners in low-level Secret Realms.
Only those professionals confident enough in their abilities dare to show up in danger zones, confronting formidable demons directly.
Furthermore, in danger zones, one might encounter demons and even other adventurers, which is a risk not to be ignored.
To sum up, in danger zones, opportunities and dangers coexist. Without adequate strength, stepping into a danger zone at will can result in being unaware of how one met their end.
With a slight squint, Lin Ye took out a helmet obtained from the Tower Lord and put it on.
This helmet, since it can help the Anen Race block thought vibrations, naturally can also block others’ scrutiny.
Even when Lin Ye tried, he found that even his Demon Eye required careful focus to see through the helmet.
And for others, there was simply no chance of peering into any information under the helmet.
Moreover, due to its special material, the helmet’s protective capability is top-notch, with its only flaw being its slightly unattractive design.
With a slight preparation, Lin Ye flickered away from the teleportation array, vanishing without a trace.
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