Chapter 453: Normal Day With Auric

Auric poured his chaos energy into the ground and let it form a shield, using the Extreme Bridge Management.

Usually, this technique was used to isolate the area so that the energy from the material could flow to a specific area within the body, which would be useful for evolution.

But with the help of the chaos energy, he could ensure a complete shield that isolated all the different elemental energies from the ground.

As soon as he patched things up, the ruins underwent a small change.

"!!!" Mathias widened his eyes.

Even Song Xue stopped and looked up.

Li Si gulped. "The energy is gradually increasing?"

"You don’t have to be an evolution master to sense this increase." Song Xue gasped.

However, the energy dispersed one more time, which startled them.

"What? It disappears now?" Li Si panicked. "Did the ruins recover earlier?"

Auric stood back up while brushing off the dust on his palms.

All eyes shifted to Auric, who looked back at them with an innocent face.

"Ah! That wasn’t supposed to happen, wasn’t it? Ahahaha..." Auric let out a hollow laugh. He was just wondering what would happen if he fixed the leak. It turned out to be enough to repair the temple.

In a way, he had figured out that the temple was indeed a magic item, and he could actually repair it.

However, the energy density in the area had decreased significantly. Even if he repaired it, the ruin would remain weak.

At best, it could produce a few more artifacts before it disappeared completely.

In a way, this place was amazing to last so long after the elemental turbulence.

Auric figured out a bit more about the temple, but it looked like Li Si and Song Xue were ready to devour him.

Mathias’s heart skipped a beat. Even he didn’t expect Auric to be able to do something to a collapsed ruin, but the fact that he restored it just for a brief moment showed that Auric wasn’t joking when he mentioned artificial ruins.

Of course, he heard it from Arnie instead of Maya since Maya kept her promise to Auric to keep his secret.

Seeing that Li Si and Song Xue were about to react, Mathias rushed toward Auric to stop them. "Back off. What are you both trying to do?"

"That’s... this place is restored. How did you do that?" Li Si was in disbelief.

Song Xue was more direct. "You... Do you want to join the Song family? You can get everything you want."

What did it mean to restore the ruins? There was a possibility that Auric could create ruins in the future. This meant there would be a constant supply of artifacts.

Obviously, as the former head of the family that became the main distributor in the country, there was no way Auric would let them have Auric. The Relesha family was supposed to be the one to have him.

"He is under no obligation to disclose anything to both of you. Back off!" Mathias glared at them.

Auric couldn’t help but think, ’Did I mess up?’

Lindwurm heard him and said, "I think so. Did your impulsive thoughts get the better of you?"

’Well, I thought being able to see what kind of place this temple is after fixing the leaks would allow me to gain a deeper understanding of the temple.’

"So did you get what you wanted?"

’Not really. All I know is that the temple is like a magic item. Its function is to regulate and trap energy on this land. In a way, it’s actually like an artificial heart method. It’s pulling the energy and concentrating it with the temple at the center.

’And this magic item is creating a barrier, which I still don’t understand, especially the principles. How can it make a dome out of it? How does it fuse energy?

’Even though I can see the flow of energy, I still don’t understand anything about it. The fusion doesn’t happen above ground. It happens underground. More likely, I can find out if I can just dig this place up, but I don’t think it’s possible.

’More importantly, as soon as I stop the leakage, the movement of the energy becomes weird. I have never noticed it before, but now that I have become Rank 3 and get closer to the truth, I come to realize one thing.

’The energy flowing in this area is quite distinct. No, should I say that the energy in all ruins is different from the energy flowing outside?

’In other words, this temple creates a barrier, changes the flow of the energy in the air, and regulates the element. The first one is obvious since the barrier is the foundation for trapping the energy, but I don’t understand how it is made yet, even with my special eyes.

’The second one is a bit confusing. However, I think I understand its purpose. This is how the ruins give birth to artifacts. Some are underground. Some are above ground. Basically, it looks like a turbulence flow, which makes it unpredictable where the artifacts will be born.

’In the Kaufa and Delimore families’ facility, the energy over there is laminar, which they don’t understand. That’s the biggest reason no artifacts will be born from that facility, not just the fact that the energy is not fusing with itself.

’In that case, I have another question. If the energy is fusing and sticking to an artifact, why does it become a single type of energy? The temple fuses multiple energies into one, which makes the fused energy denser. But after sticking to the artifacts, it will become the normal version of that fused energy.

’Then, the last one is to regulate the element. If we’re talking about temples of the past, the barrier is like prison bars instead of windows. There are gaps between them, but because of the density, they’re pulling the energy that is trying to escape back into circulation.

’More importantly, the energy here needs to remain as passive energy. If I think about it, the gods might actually be using this passive energy to empower themselves, like the fusion technique.’

Lindwurm nodded in understanding. "Interesting thoughts."

’Unfortunately, these are the only things I can figure out right now. I still haven’t figured out the rest, and I don’t think this place has the answer. Still, that makes me think about something.’

"What is it?"

’When you found the Mysterious Cave ruins, did you actually find them through the flow of energy? You mentioned it was because you were looking at the world by utilizing my senses to their maximum limit. That wasn’t the whole story, though, right?’

Lindwurm paused for a moment. "I guess you understand more than that."

Auric never thought this was the answer. Even though the barrier contained the energy, it was shaped mostly like a dome. Since the barrier sucked in the energy that tried to escape, it also created a pattern outside the barrier.

It wasn’t noticeable in the past, but if he singled out all the elements except for a few that made up the barrier, he could definitely find the Mysterious Cave ruins as well.

The problem was the fact that Lindwurm was able to find it despite being only a Rank 2 human.

Auric still didn’t have the power to single out all these elements back then.

The more he talked to Lindwurm, the more he realized he hadn’t pushed his senses to the absolute limit. The God Mode had let him take a peek at that state, but it wasn’t enough.

More importantly, it didn’t seem he could continue his thoughts any longer because Li Si and Song Xue became impatient.

They were arguing with Mathias since they wanted an explanation about what Auric had done earlier. Meanwhile, Mathias was protecting Auric for his own reasons.

Auric simply looked up and said, "I didn’t expect much, but I guess this place has just become more interesting than I originally expected."

Song Xue was rather speechless. She definitely couldn’t miss this opportunity, so she had to figure out something.

...

Outside, Stella was, as she said, playing around with the flying sword.

A few soldiers and passersby couldn’t help but stop and take a picture or video of her flying with a sword.

However, she suddenly stopped when there was an energy fluctuation coming from the ruins.

"!!!" Stella was startled and looked at the ruins for a few seconds before rushing back to the ground. "Something just happened."

"You don’t say."

"We felt it too."

Katarina and Maya nodded in understanding. In fact, the people in the area actually felt the same fluctuation.

For the locals, they thought the researcher was doing something, which caused that fluctuation. It was normal, and the soldiers were there to ensure that no one trespassed on the facility.

The soldiers were curious since they had been guarding this area for months or years but never actually felt that kind of fluctuation before.

So they became alert and ensured the security of the facility.

However, Katarina, Stella, and Maya were looking at each other as though they knew what each other was thinking.

"I don’t exactly want to say this, but..." Stella had a wry smile as she scratched the back of her head. "That’s definitely Auric, right?"

Katarina just let out a long sigh. "When you follow him for so long, you start to think that a normal day is a weird day. If something doesn’t happen when you’re with him, then something must have gone wrong. It is your job to investigate what happens."

Maya looked away. "Normal days with Auric."