Chapter 419 - 218: Don’t Ask, It’s Just Inspiration
"You’re not interested in my story at all?"
Lu Cang said, "I don’t intend to ask about it."
’Truthfully, I already asked during a preview.’
This guy killed someone from the City of Peace to get revenge on an enemy... and was captured by the city’s Divine Officers.
He didn’t kill them inside the city, so he wasn’t hit with the backlash from its Rule.
The Rule is actually quite limited... You only suffer a backlash if you kill someone from the city while you’re also inside it.
But if you were to attack from outside, even if you destroyed the entire city...
...you wouldn’t face any backlash at all.
Ultimately, the Rule was certainly powerful—so powerful that even Lu Cang had to abide by it.
But its limitations were far too severe.
’However...’
Although it couldn’t harm people outside its walls, the City of Peace still had corresponding regulations.
If someone from outside the city were to kill a resident within it through some means, they would still be hunted down and arrested by the Divine Officers.
Regardless of their reasons for doing so...
’Heh, this rule.’
’Is it really a City of Peace? It feels more like a criminal’s paradise. After pulling off a big job, they can just run to the City of Peace and live beyond the reach of the law.’
’Even if their enemies hate their guts, there’s nothing they can do.’
Not everyone was as powerful as Lu Cang, capable of single-handedly destroying a nation.
Capable of ignoring the Church and the authority of the Kingdom.
The vast majority of ordinary people—no... even a Level 6 Reincarnator wouldn’t dare to lightly provoke the Church’s authority.
The City of Peace in Zuoyu had Level 6 Divine Officers stationed there as well—and more than one.
Tang Rui asked, "Aren’t you afraid I’m some kind of villain?"
"That by freeing the wrong person, you’ll bring about untold suffering."
Lu Cang said calmly, "Tang Rui, you may have misunderstood a few things."
"I’m not asking you, but it’s not because I don’t know. It’s because I don’t need to hear it from you."
Tang Rui fell silent for a moment before saying, "It seems you don’t wish for us to have any further conversation."
Lu Cang smiled. "Actually, if you just want to be friends, I’d be happy to."
"But right now, your Root Magic is more important to me."
Tang Rui looked at Lu Cang’s youthful face.
’He’d already made his judgment.’
’Lu Cang was a Mage who was utterly fanatical about Root Magic.’
’It made sense. To become Lorren’s Chief Mage at such a young age, he must have a profound obsession with Magic.’
Tang Rui said, "This isn’t a good place to talk."
"Let’s go somewhere else."
...
Lorren was vast, with plenty of places suitable for conversation. The two found a quiet room and began their discussion about the Source.
Lu Cang was now gradually learning to restrain his fervent passion for researching Magic.
He no longer got so engrossed in conversation that he would go for days and nights, forgetting to eat or sleep.
After talking with Tang Rui late into the night, Lu Cang took his leave, scheduling a time to continue their discussion.
Then, Lu Cang returned directly home.
He began a new round of projections.
「Future Preview—March 24th」
This was the day before the teleportation.
It was also the final deadline for his research. When he opened his eyes, he was at home.
WHOOSH—
Lu Cang casually reached out, and several sheets of paper covered in writing appeared in his hand. The script was incredibly blurry, however, making it impossible to discern what was written.
Ever since acquiring the Future Preview Talent, Lu Cang had developed the habit of constantly leaving records, even when it wasn’t the Forgotten Moon.
He did this so that during a preview, he could see the information he had left for himself in the past.
Reading this information was like catching up on old news.
’The key points and difficulties of the Root Magic, Origin Rebirth.’
’Projections for the Seventh Combat Skill.’
’The Life Church... still no movement? Strange. Are they planning to make their move after March 25th?’
’Even with Kumironi’s level of authority, he isn’t privy to the Church’s plans?’
’Politically, Luo Tedan has actually started spreading news of an impending disaster?’
’Is he trying to accelerate unification this way?’
’What a fanatical leader.’
Lorren was undoubtedly fortunate. It was lucky enough to be preserved intact through the random teleportation.
Everything from the past ten-odd days had been recorded, condensed into key takeaways like notes for an exam.
After reading through his notes, Lu Cang headed to the Lorentz Magic Research Room.
As far as he could see, the final draft for the Magic Array was complete.
The final set of schematics had grown to an astonishing twenty-five thousand pages.
It wasn’t just that ten thousand new pages had been added; the original fifteen thousand had also been modified.
The corner of Lu Cang’s mouth twitched at the sight.
’Iz, you really are insane.’
’Even for me, memorizing twenty-five thousand schematics in one go is no easy task.’
’This isn’t like memorizing words, where you just need to get the pronunciation and meaning right.’
’These are diagrams.’
’Even the slightest difference could cause a massive change in the overall result.’
’Never mind adding or removing something.’
’If just a few of the tens of thousands of basic Runes on a single diagram were off by a single degree, the Effect could be completely different.’
’Sigh.’
’Sometimes, just copying the homework is a headache.’
’Copying things from the future to the past...’
’...but with no way to record it by any external means. I can only rely on my own brain to memorize it all.’
’Sigh. Complaining is useless.’
Lu Cang placed a leaf from Kumironi’s Tree of Enlightenment in his mouth, and his Spirituality began to surge.
He began to focus, committing the completed schematics to memory.