Chapter 1125 - 877 Crystal Demon Technology

"Solis!" Long Yi called out to Solis in his mind. At this point, the one who had taken over Solis’s body was a God Chaser. Ever since Long Yi had left, he had been unable to make contact with Long Yi. Although Long Yi had later set up a series of spies, he had not informed the God Chaser, so the God Chaser was completely in the dark. Suddenly feeling the call of Long Yi’s contract, the God Chaser was overjoyed!

"Master!" the God Chaser exclaimed excitedly. Long Yi’s Divine Status made the God Chaser recognize him as the only god, and it also filled the God Chaser with pride. It was almost certain that it was probably the first worm in the entire multiverse to have found god!

"What has been happening with Elma recently?" Long Yi asked.

"Yes, master, Elma has performed Crazy Demon enhancement surgery on himself, turning completely into a Crazy Demon. His strength is now greater than before, and at the same time, he is colder than ever. In our struggle for power, I have fallen behind, and I am no longer his match in terms of strength. I once tried to infest his mental power, but the fully-Crazy Demon has developed a remarkable resistance to my infestation. I failed, and nearly exposed myself, but fortunately, he did not become suspicious. Now, I can only try to restrain myself as much as possible, only by doing so can I serve you, the great master, better!"

Most of this information was similar to what Long Yi already knew; it was clear that Elma’s security measures were very solid, and even the God Chaser didn’t know the most secret matters.

"What are you doing here today?" Long Yi inquired.

"This is Elma’s order, to continue mining crystals here. He is crafting a batch of enhanced Crazy Demon warriors, but the strength of ordinary Crazy Demon warriors is too weak, and they would be easily destroyed by the powerful you. Therefore, they have decided to strengthen the Crazy Demon warriors, to create a batch that could truly stand against you," said the God Chaser.

This was indeed new information, but Long Yi was not particularly worried. What he wanted to know the most were still two things: the key to open the Teleportation Gate and the memory of Landers.

These were also the issues Long Yi was most concerned about, but the God Chaser couldn’t provide any answers. And it seemed that no one other than Elma himself could clarify these matters.

Ending his communication with the God Chaser, Long Yi once again began to summon Belle. In fact, the moment Long Yi arrived here, Belle had already sensed the contract. The Crystal Demons had an extraordinary sense of perception—they could even project their consciousness across planets and planes. To them, sensing a contract was quite simple.

Belle’s consciousness entered Lingling’s body, and after a brief greeting, Long Yi, pointing at the Ancient Mage Tower in front of them, asked Belle, "Do they come here often?"

Belle nodded. "Yes, ever since you mentioned this matter to me last time, I have been keeping an eye on this place. I even specially dispatched a squad to monitor it. Here are the records."

As she spoke, a crystal column grew out of Belle’s palm. Long Yi took it, and a series of records appeared on the crystal column, including videos taken at the time. The Ancient Mage Tower would return here about every ten days, each time they would mine some crystals as quickly as possible and then leave swiftly.

"Why don’t they mine more crystals at once?" Long Yi asked Belle.

"Perhaps because they cannot maintain this spatial rift for too long," Belle speculated.

"Possible." Long Yi nodded.

Seeing that the Ancient Mage Tower was here, if he didn’t make a move, Long Yi always felt that it was somewhat a waste. But what to do?

Charge in?

Although it felt exhilarating, if that old bastard would rather die than comply, taking the key and the memory of Landers with him as he self-destructed, then things would really get tricky. Especially relying on Landers to research the Reverse Summoning Magic again—such a thing was highly unreliable.

Send a spy?

So far Long Yi had positioned some of his own people, but within the Ancient Mage Tower with its strict hierarchy, it was difficult for those with low status to access confidential information. And those with high status, even if they could encounter Elma, he would never bare his heart to them.

"Perhaps I could arrange for a few warriors to load Avatars and disguise themselves as Crazy Demons to infiltrate their ranks," Belle suddenly suggested.

"That would work?"

"Of course that would work, after all, they are completely unable to distinguish Crazy Demons from Crystal Demons, and changing our form is a piece of cake for us," said Belle.

"Isn’t there a risk of danger?"

"No, by having the warriors enter with their consciousness loaded, their actual consciousness still remains on the original planet. Even if they do encounter danger, we can disconnect the loading at any time, and that body will immediately explode and collapse," said Belle.

"That sounds pretty reliable!" Long Yi also became excited.

"Hehe, these are just fake Crazy Demons, and we have been dealing with Crazy Demons for far longer than them!" Belle said with a laugh.

Belle immediately summoned three warriors to get ready. Now that Belle had become the Empress of the Crystal Demons, her orders were absolute. The three warriors promptly got ready, concealing their consciousness beneath the crystals. The moment those Crazy Demons made contact with the crystal, their consciousness was instantly loaded and took over this new body. The three controlled Crazy Demons simply trembled slightly and continued working as if nothing had changed, and not a single Crazy Demon noticed that these three were no longer the same Crazy Demons as before.

"All is going well; the self-consciousness of these Crazy Demons is extremely weak. The longer they have transformed from people into Crazy Demons, the weaker their consciousness becomes. Now, they are merely a bunch of obedient tools, so my warriors took over their bodies quite effortlessly," said Belle.

"But what if the Ancient Mage Tower wanders off and leaves your range of consciousness?" asked Long Yi.

"Hehe, the Ancient Mage Tower is not even on the same plane as us!" Belle said with a smile, "The warriors who have already loaded their consciousness can independently carry out various commands, just like avatars. When they re-enter the range of our consciousness, synchronization will occur again, so we will be able to know what they have been doing for the past period of time."

"I see! Just don’t get discovered while at it," Long Yi said, somewhat worried.

"Don’t worry, if it’s just about disguising as a Crazy Demon, I doubt there’s any being in the entire multiverse more skilled than us. After all, there’s hardly any difference between our structure and that of the Crazy Demons!"

Just as Belle said, these Crazy Demons successfully completed the task of mining the crystals and swiftly evacuated the area, returning to the Ancient Mage Tower without anyone discovering any flaws. Because they replaced the Crazy Demons’ previous consciousness, they had no issues in mimicking how to receive and carry out instructions flawlessly. Once inside the Ancient Mage Tower, all the Crazy Demons were ordered to gather in a small storeroom, and they all obediently entered, which was unguarded.

As the Ancient Mage Tower left and the spatial rift closed, Long Yi suddenly remembered something, "My heavens, I forgot to leave!"

Belle couldn’t help but cover her mouth and giggle. Long Yi scratched his head in bewilderment, wondering what to do. Blast open a rift with energy? Wouldn’t that give him away? Look for another rift? But who knows what’s on the other side of that rift?

"Might as well just wait honestly for their next visit. It’s only a few days away," Belle suggested.

"That’s the only option," Long Yi said helplessly.

"Great, I’ll take you on a tour of our Crystal Demon Empire!" Belle said excitedly.

If one were to talk about the size of the empires Long Yi had seen, the Crystal Demon Empire would certainly be at the top. The unique methods of propagation and survival through Crystal Poison allowed the Crystal Demons to expand at an extremely fast pace. So far, the Crystal Demons had occupied over a thousand planets and were still expanding at a minimum rate of at least one planet a day. These planets weren’t chosen haphazardly but were carefully scouted to avoid those already teeming with life. Approximately one month after a planet was infected with Crystal Poison, it would become completely crystallized, and this fully crystallized planet could serve as a relay station for the consciousness of every Crystal Demon.

This meant that across the entire Crystal Demon Plane, it wouldn’t take more than five seconds for the most distant planets to communicate with each other. Even using light to cover the distance would take several hours.

"Now, with our photon, spatial, and cosmic travel technologies, we dare say we are the most advanced in the entire multiverse," Belle said, inviting Long Yi to visit the science institute and showing him the prototype of the latest type of photon disintegrator cannon. Despite this prototype being somewhat bulky, a single shot of its disintegrating beam could instantly dissolve any material weighing under one ton. Yes, this disintegrator cannon was hardly affected by Mana or Fighting Aura, and the only thing that affected its lethality was the mass of the material. Long Yi realized that the principle behind this device was likely based on the use of Kela particles.

The spatial technology involved the use of those crystalline planets as relay stations for teleportation, an artifact compared to most teleportation spells that consume one’s own energy. However, it was still uncertain whether it could be used on beings other than Crystal Demons.

Long Yi was fascinated by a large battleship that Belle showed him.

In fact, the Crystal Demon tribe didn’t need such things as battleships; when they wanted to travel long distances, they could fully grow themselves into a Shuttleship using crystals.

This crystal battleship was almost entirely the whim of the Crystal Demon scientists. It looked like a Giant Sword gliding through space, with completely straight lines, and the bottom even had structures like sword edges.

"We’re planning that if we make a head-on collision with someone’s battleship, we should be able to slice the enemy right in half! Hahaha!" several Crystal Demon scientists said, laughing. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)