Chapter 77: Go Ahead and Ask!
“Don’t rush! Tomorrow’s still quite a bit away, right? Today, we haven’t even reached noon yet. We have plenty of time to prepare.”
Weirafiya reassured Aierjisi not to be so impatient. There was still plenty of time.
“Yes. Oh right, I almost forgot to ask. You’ve been inside their Base Camp, haven’t you?”
Aierjisi remembered she had a lot of questions for her. First and foremost, she needed intelligence about the enemy’s Base Camp. The main objective of this operation was to break into the enemy’s Base Camp to rescue Ailin. For that, she needed information from Weirafiya, who had entered the Base Camp.
“Indeed, I’ve been inside. What? You want to know about the conditions inside?”
Aierjisi asked herself that same question—of course, she wanted to know about the inside! If she could understand the layout, their chances of success would skyrocket.
“Yes. If you know anything, please tell me. This information is crucial for rescuing Ailin.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t know much about inside. I escaped less than a minute after entering. However, I can tell you that the environment there isn’t very favorable for us. How should I put it… Once I was inside, my body felt significantly heavier. Breathing was difficult, so I ran out immediately.”
She had no information to give her. She wasn’t aware of the internal layout, but she knew that the environment was definitely not suitable for beings like herself.
“Mm… Is that so? Then it looks like we need to prepare more for this operation. The heaviness could be because of the high gravity there, and the breathing difficulty might be due to the low oxygen levels… Hm…”
Aierjisi noted down the two points mentioned earlier; it was indeed necessary to prepare accordingly.
“One more thing I want to ask. Do you have any information about the Teleportation Gate they used to come to this world? We plan to use the Teleportation Gate that Diablo took to get here for a reverse incursion. But the enemy won’t just leave the Teleportation Gate open, so we plan to force it to stay open. However… we have no information about our team’s Teleportation Gate, so if you could…”
“About that, I do have some knowledge. I once asked Gabriel about it. Since it seemed complicated, I wanted to see if I could give it a try myself. And then…”
“And then what? Don’t keep me in suspense, just spill it!”
“Then… although we can make a Teleportation Gate, the destination it teleports to is random! It could send you anywhere in the world, and if luck’s really bad, you might end up in outer space!”
Weirafiya’s hard-earned Teleportation Gate turned out to teleport randomly! Even with the same gate, entering at different times would lead to different places. You could say it was a failed invention.
“Oh, I see. No worries. As long as we have the info on that Teleportation Gate, that’s enough. Come with me, I’ll take you to meet someone.”
“Who?”
“Just follow me. He needs your knowledge!”
Aierjisi grabbed Weirafiya’s hand and led her to the laboratory where Ouxs was.
“Ouxs, are you busy? I have something really important to discuss!”
She knocked on the door and called out. She wasn’t sure if Ouxs was still inside.
“What important matter?”
Before long, Ouxs opened the door and looked at the two little ones outside.
“Weren’t you lacking information about that Teleportation Gate?”
“Yes.”
“Well, good timing! I’ve brought the person who knows about that Teleportation Gate!”
“Where are they?!”
Hearing that someone had information about the Teleportation Gate, Ouxs excitedly grabbed Aierjisi’s shoulders, shouting where that person was. If he could get the information from her, he could perfect the invention of the Teleportation Gate!
“Ouch, ouch! Can you please let go?”
Aierjisi felt pain as Ouxs squeezed her shoulders. Seriously, was this guy really a clerical officer? How did he have so much strength?
“Ah, sorry, sorry! I got a bit too excited just now and squeezed too hard. So, that person who knows about the Teleportation Gate…”
“That’s me. I know about the Teleportation Gate.”
Before Ouxs could finish, Weirafiya raised her hand to indicate she knew.
“It’s you? Great! What do you know about the Teleportation Gate? Please tell me everything!”
Ouxs immediately pulled Weirafiya into the laboratory, leaving Aierjisi standing alone outside.
“Uh… Should I wait here for her to come out? Or should I just go back?”
Aierjisi stood there dumbfounded, not expecting to be locked outside…
Meanwhile, inside the laboratory.
“The Teleportation Gate is made from special particles, like these. I imagine that in your human kingdom, the technology for this Teleportation Gate has long been lost.”
Weirafiya released a portion of particles and created a small-scale Teleportation Gate.
Considering that most human transportation relied on vehicles, and the remaining mages mostly used magical circles, they probably wouldn’t use Teleportation Gates at all. This technology might have vanished from human realms long ago. Or maybe it never existed in the first place?
“Mm. These particles… I’ve definitely never seen them before. Fascinating! I can’t believe there’s something in this world I’m unaware of!”
Ouxs immediately started collecting some particles from the Teleportation Gate to begin his analysis.
If he could uncover the secrets of these particles and control them, his great invention would be complete!
“Uh… Can I leave now? It seems like my part’s done here.”
Watching Ouxs obsessively study the particles she had just released, Weirafiya felt there was nothing for her to do anymore. It might be best to just leave. Besides, for some reason, this guy gave her a really dangerous vibe.
“No way, you can’t leave yet! I have plenty more to ask you!”
“Huh? What do you want?”
“Everything. All the information you know about those guys, you must tell me. I need to prepare to deal with them!”
“Then go ahead and ask! You’ve been fiddling with those particles I just released without asking me anything, and it’s really awkward for me to just stand here!”
“Ah, cough cough! Sorry, I got a bit too focused on my research just now. I forgot about this matter. Okay then, I’ll start asking you questions right now. Please answer them well.”
Looking at Ouxs’s serious expression, Weirafiya felt an increasingly strong bad premonition. She sensed that this man was anything but simple…
