?Chapter 1196: 375. Clear conscience


    No, no, no, that’s not how it is.


    Just considering Soul Energy, opening the Pollution Zone indeed requires 2 billion points.


    However, if using living creatures as sacrifices in a ritual, then only about 1 million life creatures are needed to open the Pollution Zone.


    Nnd Lee didn’t have a deep understanding of the ritual to open the Pollution Zone, but he knew that the Undead Cult and the Metal Ancestor Dragon could indeed achieve this through a ritual.


    “Knowing these things and then looking back at Tatis’s Revival Festival…I can only say that there is something fishy about the ministers in the Emperor’s cab,” he mused.


    Nnd Lee sighed in his heart. <div>


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    He had be aware of the conspiracy of the Undead Cult and the Metal Ancestor Dragon, but hecked any evidence to prove it all.


    To convince Morster to strenuously prevent the Revival Festival based solely on his own worries and conjectures was like talking in one’s sleep.


    It was not Nnd Lee’s style to just watch a disaster unfold, especially since he had previously promised the Assassin Angel to dy the opening of the Pollution Zone as much as possible.


    He had to do something to report to the Assassin Angel who would appear in the future.


    After some thought, Nnd Lee had a covert n in mind.


    That night, after finishing dinner with Morster, Nnd Lee didn’t return immediately.


    He and Nolin each controlled about a dozen Mechanos and rapidly explored along the railway of Revival City.


    In this era, the main transportation tool within the Tatis Empire was the train.


    If the railway was destroyed, then the speed of personnel movement would be greatly reduced.


    How to destroy the railway in such a way as to avoid suspicion and not cause any casualties was an art that required meticulous nning.


    The thirty-odd Mechanos dispersed along the extensive railways and flew toward the hearnd of the Empire.


    This exploration journeysted most of the night, and finally, as the sun was about to rise, Nnd Lee and Nolin found suitable ces to sabotage the railways.


    These ces were all located in mountainous areas.


    The railways passed through the foot or the waist of the mountains.


    A smallndslide could make the nearby railways impassable.


    But one should not underestimate the power of the Empire’s workers; at most, it would take three days for the boulders on the railway to be cleared and the twisted tracks reced with new ones.


    Topletely sabotage the railway due to natural disasters for an extended period of time, Nnd Lee had to control the destructive power so that the tracks could not be repaired.


    This required him to use Earth Rock Magic to alter the foundation under the tracks.


    An Underground Hollow created by vibration and rainwater erosion could lead to widespread copse at any moment, undoubtedly putting an entire railway line into a state of crisis.


    Nnd Lee spent three days altering the soil beneath six railways, creating six Underground Hollows.


    Throughout the process, he used the “Veil of Different Worlds” to cover his actions, avoiding detection by anyone.


    With the rumbling sound ofndslides, the tracks of six railways were buried under huge rock fragments within five days; train drivers pulled the emergency brake upon encountering the obstacle on the route, their souls shaken as they stared at the boulders blocking the way, sweating cold sweat.


    The workers who hurried to clear the debris and repair the tracks discovered the Underground Hollow beneath the tracks, and then, the railway was shut down until the hollow was manually refilled.


    Within five days, six railway lines were taken out of service.


    The rate of iing poption to Revival City suddenly slowed.


    Technical officials attributed the natural disasters that urred in quick session to the pressure on the railway’s capacity, meaning they believed it was the overly frequent train transportation that caused the Underground Hollows.


    Nnd Lee was satisfied with the oue; it was the result he had deliberately sought to achieve.


    It’s worth mentioning that he didn’t paralyze all the railways.


    Those responsible for transporting soldiers, supplies, and medicine were not affected.


    The paralyzed railways were only those used for trade and transporting passengers.


    Nnd Lee simply wanted to prevent the poption from concentrating toward Revival City and did not intend to doom it entirely.


    Just when Nnd Lee thought his n was a great sess, an unexpected change left him astounded.


    The Emperor, who had always been vehemently opposed to wizards entering the Empire, had uncharacteristically sought magic reinforcement from the Ulnas Circle.


    A support teamposed of Earth Vein Wizards and foreign Metal Wizards quickly arrived at the Empire through the Teleportation Gate, starting to repair the train tracks and fill the underground hollows in ce of mortalborers.


    After all, a Wizard is a Wizard.


    Following meticulous exploration and detection, they concluded that these hollows were artificially created, and that someone was intentionally sabotaging the train operations.


    Fierce editorials appeared on the front-page headlines of various newspapers, harshly condemning the actions of the Undead Cult in sabotaging the train.


    Nnd Lee couldn’t help but feel a tinge of amusement at the fact that the Undead Cult was taking the fall for him, but he couldn’t truly enjoy it…


    He was struggling without evidence to prove the malevolent intentions of the Undead Cult, the Pure Light Court, and the Metal Ancestor Dragon. He could only resort to disrupting the train operations in an effort to mitigate a future disaster.


    Now, he was regarded as a potential enemy by the Empire.


    “Is this what they call a thankless task?”


    Looking at the characters in the newspaper, Nnd Leeughed at himself:


    “Forget it. Since I can’t prevent the disaster, I might as well take care of myself. After all, I’ve tried, and I can say I’ve done my part with a clear conscience.”


    After some thought, Nnd Lee wrote an anonymous letter to Morster, warning them that the polluted Underground River beneath Revival City could be the source of a disaster that swallows the entire city.


    Having done this, Nnd Lee couldn’t be bothered with Morster’s reaction anymore andpletely set aside the matters of Revival City.


    Now, all he needed to do was continue working on the Mechanos and patiently wait for the emergence of the “Steel Forest of Mortal World.”


    Time passed by swiftly with busy work, and before he knew it, another month had gone by.


    In the Fifth Underground Level of Ind 33, various kinds of Magic Energy appeared in the weakly glowing Energy Storage Array.


    A staggering amount of 300 billion units of Magic Energy lingered there, stirring up an energy fluctuation in the air that was faint yet sent shivers down the spine.


    With a single misstep, the ce could be ignited by a “Mars,” sting the entire ind into the sky.


    Nnd Lee had to quickly arrange for these Magic Energies to be taken care of, lest he end up as the headline of the Ulnas Circle newspaper and be talked about as a magic lunatic.


    That night, when it was deep and silent.


    Nnd Lee came alone to the Fifth Underground Level designated for ceremonies and teleportation and started setting up the ceremony to connect with the Escape Core of the ne.


    Thest time he performed the ceremony, Nnd Lee used fewer active magic materials from Outer Space, but this time he had as many as fifteen.


    Selena managed to get them for Nnd Lee through her connections, even at the risk of drawing the Department of Magic’s attention.


    Of course, if they were discovered, it wouldn’t be a big deal, as they would simply pay a fine to clear the charges.


    Nnd Lee ced the sticky active materials into the Array and stepped into the center of the Array, activating the Soul Gem at his feet.


    The murky Soul Energy swiftly flowed along the Array’s Magic Chain.


    Nnd Lee looked up.


    The ceiling overhead gradually became transparent under the influence of the ritual array, revealing a dazzling starry sky before his eyes.


    He focused his attention, staring intently at the starlight at the edge of the Starry Sky.


    The energy fluctuation of the ritual array grew intense, and all other stars vanished, leaving only the one observed by Nnd Lee.


    The familiar tadpole-shaped body in his field of vision erged, and Nnd Lee felt a calling from it.


    He rxed his mind, letting his consciousness drift from his body and float toward the star.


    After passing through the purple-ck mist, Nnd Lee saw the Escape Core of the ne, with which he had a prior encounter.


    “I’ve noticed the Magical Energy and Soul Energy around you, very abundant,” it said.


    “The energy needed to cast into the Sub-Dimensional ne is ready. I will draw away the energy around you. After this ceremony, you will be able to observe the existence of that Sub-Dimensional ne by watching the stars.”


    “I have set a ne Lock in the Sub-Dimensional ne that only allows your entry, but this won’tpletely prevent other Extraordinaries from entering. If the Wizards of your world are powerful enough, they might enter the Sub-Dimensional ne before you and take control of it. So please enter the Sub-Dimensional ne as soon as possible and then seal it off.”


    The way the “Escape”municated hadn’t changed, still conveying several pieces of information to Nnd Lee at the same time.


    No sooner had Nnd Lee finished one message than the next, written in an unknownnguage, appeared, one after the other.


    Meanwhile, the Magic Energy on the Fourth Underground Level of Ind 33 converged towards the ritual Array on the Fifth Underground Level.