The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Chapter 1323 - 388: Contamination from Chaos (Part 2)

As for Miller and the group of assistants, they naturally could only rely on guesses. They interpreted that light as a special kind of magic capable of destroying the runes on the "metal golem".

In terms of results, interpreting it this way wasn't necessarily wrong.

Watching the successive victories of the Gray Man troops, a strong curiosity flashed in Luo Yan's eyes. Especially when he thought of his own players, who seemed to possess similar abilities.

They could exchange in-game intelligence through out-of-game communication by logging out, and recently this tactic seemed to have been mastered quite well.

They would even agree on log-in and log-out times, using time measurements to maintain smooth information flow.

"Miller."

Looking at the assistants who looked at him with anticipation, Luo Yan finally spoke.

His voice was as calm as ever, yet carried an undeniable authority and charisma, inspiring involuntary respect from everyone.

"From now on, we're going to adjust the focus of our work."

"I need you to closely observe the Gray Man's spiritual network and figure out what exactly it is."

"And also, how we can leverage insights gained from the Void Realm for our own use."

Miller's expression was unprecedentedly solemn, not at all inferior to any of the Demon Generals under Luo Yan's command, and he respectfully saluted.

"Venerate, Master!"

Luo Yan nodded, turned, and stepped into the shadows of the stairwell.

"Notify me when there is new intelligence."

...

The war behind the 178th Void Realm continued, and the skirmishes between synthetic soldiers and spiritual power users had just evolved from small-scale conflicts into fully-fledged warfare, with further developments yet to be observed.

But what is certain is that the lifespan of the Gray Man Federation had reached its foreseeable end.

Starting from the moment Jon died.

Or rather, from the moment he met the new god Colin.

The sparks had finally gathered into a prairie fire, and the once unshakeable High Towers began to collapse, one after another…

Just as the towers of the Gray Man began to crumble, the Tower of Great Sage finally received Prince Colin's second "heavy bomb".

It was the latest paper published in the "Sage Report", the contents of which shocked all the eagerly anticipating scholars.

No one expected that this Void Realm Resource, which had been depleted in Master Merk's hands, could really be revived!

In the fifty-year history of Void Realm research in the Academic State, there had never been a precedent where a Void Realm passage, decayed to such an extent, could be stabilized again!

Historically, for those passages about to be severed, the general consensus among Sages was to try every way possible to extract the last bit of remaining value.

Yet now, Prince Colin's research provided a brand new and infinitely promising line of thought for professors troubled by unsustainable development of Void Realm resources!

"This is simply a miracle!"

In the Apprentice Dining Hall, a bespectacled mage couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, sharing the latest findings from the "Sage Report" with fellow mages who were equally interested in academic frontiers, drawing envious glances from surrounding preparatory students.

Even though few apprentices had access to Void Realm resources, that didn't stop them from feeling proud of the breakthroughs in Void Realm technology.

And they truly admired, from the bottom of their hearts, those senior students who could understand the papers.

Barrett silently made up his mind; he swore that one day he would reach the edge of the Void Realm just like his seniors!

He bit into his piece of bread hard, chewing vigorously.

Recently, his roommates had been ignoring him, and he had no other friends; striving hard was all he could do for now…

In the dining hall, discussions abounded about this; Prince Colin's name seemed to permeate the hall.

Kurs walked through the chattering crowd with mixed feelings.

Ever since he fell out with Ilana, he rarely mentioned Prince Colin's name, but occasionally the preparatory students still recalled that the esteemed Mr. Kurs was the "first" senior to praise Prince Colin's extraordinary qualities.

Being well-informed often implied having a strong background, and in the Academic State, which was even more opaque than the Holy City, people could only satisfy their curiosity about the top of the High Towers through guesswork and hearsay.

Kurs also leveraged this fact to satisfy his vanity, deliberately creating an image of himself among the apprentices as someone who was "in the know".

Especially since they knew nothing about what happened that day in the library, their impression of him remained stuck on his previously good relationship with Ilana.

So, in the mouths of some fools, the story inexplicably morphed into—Ilana, under Senior Kurs's recommendation, became an assistant to Prince Colin.

Later it was simply dumbed down to him recommending Ilana to the Prince.

If it were a few months ago, Kurs might have responded with an inscrutable smile and said, "Low-key." But now, hearing this only made him blush with anger and shame.

It was like gifting his goddess to someone else.

But the worst part was—

He couldn't stand up and refute it.

After all, those rumors only circulated in private; taking them too seriously would ruin his "informed" persona and also seem odd to others.

Enduring those love-hate-filled gazes of admiration, he sat down within his little circle.