pertwk Chapter 344 Early Warning
Chapter 344 Early Warning
Chapter 344 Early Warning
The top floor of the chalk tower and the stargazing tower.
This place has been transformed into a massive joint research center, with dozens of huge light and shadow screens floating in the air, displaying complex star maps, constantly scrolling data streams, and spectra of various colored energy fluctuations.
There were no fewer than thirty wizards gathered in the room, including four in purple robes and more than ten in black robes. Celia was among them, busy calculating something with some other wizards in blue robes.
When Li Ang entered the room, guided by a respectful apprentice of the White Chalk Tower School of Astronomy, almost everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.
Selena was the first to greet him, bowing gracefully and saying, "Lord Tower Master." In front of outsiders, she gave Li Ang, the new Tower Master, ample respect.
As she did so, the other wizards in the room, regardless of which tower they came from, all bowed to Li Ang in greeting: "Chairman."
Li Ang nodded slightly: "No need for formalities, everyone. How is the situation?" His gaze fell directly on Selena and an elderly man beside her, dressed in a white-painted purple robe, with white hair and unusually clear eyes.
Selena stepped aside and introduced, "Master, this is the head of the Chalk Tower School of Astronomy, Master Graham Weber."
He is also currently the most accomplished wizard in the fields of space observation and celestial magic. This joint research was primarily coordinated by Master Weber.
"Master Weber," Li Ang nodded to the old man.
Graham Weber returned the courtesy, but a deep, unyielding seriousness lingered in his eyes: "Chairman, after a month of dedicated effort, we have integrated the observation equipment provided by the Seven Towers and Avalon, and have initially established a space fluctuation monitoring network covering the main territory of the Alliance." He then took a deep breath.
"We successfully captured and recorded extremely subtle traces left in the spatial rift during the swarm's last teleportation."
Li Ang's spirits lifted: "What does this mean?"
"This means that, in theory, as long as they make another space jump of the same size, our monitoring network has a high probability of capturing the real-time space disturbance."
Weber explained, "By analyzing the characteristics, intensity, and source direction of the disturbances, and comparing them with previously recorded traces," we can potentially determine the approximate landing area within a very short time before they complete their jump and the entity descends.
This is already a remarkable development, from being completely passive and attacked to potentially gaining a few minutes of warning time, which has a completely different strategic significance, but Li Ang still feels that it is somewhat insufficient.
"Then," Li Ang pondered, "now that we can detect the disturbances, can we go a step further? For example, can we interfere with spatial fluctuations to force their teleportation to only occur at the locations we desire? Or—can we predict their actions even further in advance, say a few days?"
Graham Weber was taken aback, clearly not expecting Li Ang to come up with such a fantastical idea.
He shook his head with a wry smile: "Chairman, your idea is wonderful. But the former, which involves large-scale disruption of stable spatial fluctuations, is no different from trying to boil an entire ocean in a crucible. The energy required and the understanding of the laws of space are far beyond our current capabilities."
He then shifted his focus, pointing to a massive, complex instrument in the center of the room, composed of countless crystal mirrors and a mercury pool: "As for the latter—providing an earlier warning—there might still be a slight possibility."
Following his gaze, Li Ang's eyes revealed the following information:
Wide-Area Spatial Ripple Observation Instrument
[Can be bound].
"I'd like to hear more details," Li Ang gestured for Weber to continue.
"According to our joint research with the Elven scholars, the swarm's teleportation that ignores preset nodes is not without warning."
Weber walked to the observation instrument, tracing the key rune arrays with his finger. "Before initiating a large-scale jump, they send an extremely stealthy, high-frequency positioning and calibration signal to the target area." This signal is used to precisely lock onto spatial coordinates and pave the way for subsequent matter teleportation. "If we can capture and analyze this precursor signal," he said, "theoretically, we could know their target in advance, and even—estimate the time it will take for the teleportation to complete."
Li Ang's heart skipped a beat: "What's the difficulty now?"
"The difficulty lies in the fact that this signal is too weak and too hidden. It is mixed in with the constant natural spatial fluctuations, like a drop of ink falling into a rushing river."
Weber sighed, pointing to the eyepiece of the observation instrument. "Our current observation equipment has reached the technological limit in terms of precision, but it's still insufficient to clearly capture and separate that specific signal. Unless—"
"Unless what?"
"Unless the accuracy of the observation equipment can be increased several times over," Weber shook his head, clearly not holding out hope. "We tried using high-level incantations to temporarily enhance it, but unless a legendary wizard specializing in this art continuously casts the spell, the effect is simply not enough."
Li Ang remained silent for a moment, his gaze fixed on the observation instrument. Several times the precision? Perhaps—it's worth a try.
"Master Weber, is this the observation equipment you mentioned?" Li Ang asked to confirm.
"Yes, this is currently the core hub of the network, the most powerful one." Graham Weber nodded, somewhat puzzled as to why Li Ang suddenly asked this.
Li Ang stepped forward, gently placed his hand on the cool crystal casing of the observation instrument, and concentrated.
[Bind].
Link established.
【upgrade】.
This time, he held nothing back, fully activating the [Wisdom Mark], unleashing a torrent of spiritual power and inherited strength, pouring it all into it!
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When the clear chime that only Li Ang could perceive, signifying the completion of the upgrade, rang out, the observation instrument in front of him was completely renewed, its performance having been forcibly increased tenfold!
Li Ang withdrew his hand and looked at the astonished Graham Weber: "Master Weber, I might have a way to temporarily improve its performance. Now, please try again?"
Weber looked suspicious, but still walked to the eyepiece as instructed. The moment he connected his mental energy, adjusted the observation mode, and linked to the entire spatial fluctuation monitoring network, he was struck dumb, frozen in place!
"This—how is this possible?!" he exclaimed, his voice trembling with extreme shock. "Precision—sensitivity—signal-to-noise ratio—everything has been improved! And probably by nearly ten times! What—what kind of method is this?!"
All the wizards in the room turned their gazes toward him in surprise and disbelief.
Li Ang did not explain, but calmly asked, "Now, can we try to capture the lead signal you mentioned?"
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Graham Weber snapped out of his shock, his face lighting up with unprecedented excitement and focus: "Yes, it's possible! This level of precision is enough to try filtering background noise and searching for spatial ripples in a specific frequency band!"