The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1246 - 369: Void Realm First Exploration, Idyllic Scenery!

The entire hall had turned into the scene of a concert, and as Miller chanted, the mages all began reciting spells.

With everyone's combined efforts, a torrent of magic power emerged in this viscous space, swirling around the stone pillars like a vortex!

Suddenly, the surging magic power started converging towards the center of the magic array.

Under Taufu's astonished gaze, the complete and continuous space-time was torn open into a rift as tall as two meters!

At the moment the rift was torn open, the humming sound from top to bottom suddenly vanished, and the distorted space-time rift abruptly settled down.

The mages standing on the magic array altered the rhythm of their casting, with arcs of magic power weaving in the air, polishing the unstable rift into a lens with a regular shape, gently rippling like water waves.

Through that lake-like mirror surface, everyone saw the scene behind the 440th Void Realm—a picturesque pastoral view.

The sky was azure, with the clouds lazily drifting by, field paths crisscrossing to divide the lush grassland and sparse crops, and in the distance, windmills and chimney smoke could be seen.

Their "viewpoint" was situated on a towering boulder, as tall as a five-story Mage Tower, overlooking the entire field.

Seeing this scene, all the mages breathed a sigh of relief, their faces showing the joy of a job well done.

"Is this... a success?" Luo Yan stepped into the magic array, casting an inquisitive glance at Miller.

The latter nodded excitedly and said in an enthusiastic voice.

"Yes, Master! We've not only succeeded but exceeded our expectations!"

Luo Yan asked with interest.

"What do you mean by exceeding expectations?"

Miller smiled shyly and replied rapidly.

"The last time Master Keynes opened the rift, our viewpoint happened to fall on a windmill's blade... You can't imagine what we went through; almost all the researchers involved in observation went back and threw up quite messily!"

Luo Yan hadn't heard of this before but still keenly caught the amount of information in that sentence.

"Is each opening of the Void Realm's 'viewpoint' different?"

Miller hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Uh, not exactly. Sometimes it's the same, sometimes it's different. Moreover, with our interference in the Void Realm, or waiting for the environment inside the Void Realm to evolve naturally, our viewpoint can change as well... There's a significant element of luck involved."

Luo Yan pondered for a moment and said.

"Would the change in viewpoint affect research? For instance, in the case of the Aus Continent... this time we opened in the countryside of the Holy City, and the next time the rift opens, it's in the Northern Wilderness."

Miller smiled and said.

"That's not the case. Spatial changes are actually beneficial for us, as each viewpoint can gather only a limited amount of information. Refeshing the viewpoint allows us to capture more information about the world behind the Void Realm from other perspectives."

Luo Yan nodded in understanding and continued to ask.

"But what if the viewpoint refreshes in a place without any living creatures?"

Miller shook his head and said.

"That hasn't happened yet. The Source Magic School's view is that the existence of a 'viewpoint' is inseparably linked to living beings—or rather, souls. Only 'tokens' imbued with immense spiritual power can serve as the medium to establish a connection with the Void Realm. And in desolate places, such a medium is almost impossible to exist."

At this point, he paused for a moment, then continued to add.

"In fact, compared to spatial changes, it's time that severely disrupts our research. I don't know if Professor Hector has mentioned it to you, but the flow of time inside and outside the Void Realm is not uniform. It's only when the Void Realm passage is opened that time on both sides synchronizes."

"And if the connection is severed, the time on both sides immediately diverges from parallel tracks. By the time of the next reconnection, maybe days have passed on our side, while only a few minutes have passed in the world behind the Void Realm. Of course, it might be that only seconds have passed on our side, while years, or even centuries, have gone by on the other side, or it's impossible to calculate... because even the races active behind the Void Realm have undergone immense changes!"

At this point, Miller's tone suddenly became heavy.

"Previously, Professor Keynes, who was in charge of this project, attempted to use 'source power' to create a 'container' capable of housing his soul behind the Void Realm and explore it, only to have the connection abruptly sever during deep exploration, resulting in part of his soul being entirely lost behind the Void Realm, cast into time beyond our knowledge."

Luo Yan gave him a surprised look.

"He stayed in the Void Realm?"

"To be precise, part of his soul remained in the Void Realm," Miller said in a low voice. "In fact, we aren't sure what's happened to him now... I heard his body is currently lying in the care facilities of the Tower of Great Sage, perhaps one day he could wake up."

When saying this, Miller, the assistant, clearly did not harbor any optimistic thoughts, because who would spare the effort to save a mage who had crippled himself?

His 'legacy' was almost entirely divided up; letting him wake up wouldn't bring any benefits, only a mess of trouble.