Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 371 Array Genius
It's getting late.

To prevent any accidents, the three of them left the restricted area.

"It's a pity that the map we made before wasn't accurate enough, otherwise we wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble."

Under the dim light, Xu Shen sighed.

"It's not entirely useless."

Shaka circled several spots, mostly around the locations in the ground painting where there were gem-like eyes resembling strange birds, and said, "These places should be the key points. At our speed, we can probably replicate the restrictions here in about half a month."

half a month.

Xu Shen made a rough estimate.

Hiking from here to Mexico requires traversing Colombia, Panama, and the Caribbean. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, given the Nationalist team's pace, half a month should not be enough.

If all goes well, I might even be able to show off a bit at the Mexican pavilion.

Half a month later, Xu Shen and his team had explored all the places that contained similar objects to the Eye of the Nazca Line.

Sure enough, the grooves holding the gems were covered with dense runes.

These runes are invisible to the naked eye; they can only be sensed and replicated little by little using mental power.

Fortunately, with Shaka around, Xu Shen was able to easily make a copy of these runes and take it out with him.

But soon, new problems arose.

"These should be array patterns, but their meaning is quite different from that of modern magic arrays, so they will probably be difficult to translate."

As Shaka compared the ancient books with the patterns that Xu Shen had rewritten, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"How about we hire some outside help?"

"kindness?"

"My wife is a master of formations!"

Xu Shen looked proud.

Shaka recalled the gentle and beautiful woman she had met for the first time and was somewhat surprised.

As expected, the woman who became the wife of a six-star hunter master must be a woman of great talent and ability.

"Magic circles are susceptible to magical interference, and transmitting them via computer will result in distortion. So I'm planning to go back to my country. Shaka, do you want to come along and have some fun?"

To be honest, after not seeing each other for so long, he and his second brother really missed Yu Mian, as well as Sister Yue, Xue Xue, Xian'er, and Ru'er...

Shaka asked with some confusion, "Back to Shenzhou? Has your wife already gone back?"

Xu Shen was taken aback.

Suddenly, I remembered the lie I told Shaka when we first met, and I felt a little embarrassed.

"I have a little bit too much of a wife."

"Isn't China a monogamous society?"

"Well, to be precise, it's monogamy."

Xu Shen used a tired old joke, but it seems to have few followers.

Mo Fan shrugged and silently gestured a universe on his fingertips.

Saga looked slightly bewildered, opened her mouth but didn't know what to say, only feeling that the image of the handsome foreign man in front of her was crumbling a little.

The next day.

On the plane back to China, Xu Shen was all alone.

Shaka was somewhat cold towards him, and when they said goodbye at the airport, the smile that usually graced her lips was gone.

The girl, just beginning to experience love, had that bud nipped in the bud before it could even sprout. The intimate moments of whispering sweet nothings during those two weeks of flirtation are unlikely to return.

As for poor Mo Fan, with one wife in Greece and the other hiking in Mexico, he might as well stay here to earn money for Xiao Yan Ji's baby formula and save on airfare than go back to China.

By the early hours of the next day, after changing various modes of transportation, Xu Shen, whose buttocks were numb from sitting, finally arrived in Hangzhou.

Yu Mian and Tang Yue eagerly awaited, their radiant smiles washing away his weariness.

Needless to say.

When long-neglected flowers and a well-stocked watering can come together, they are bound to ignite a passionate fire.

Unfortunately, perhaps the hotel's soundproofing was poor.

The complaint hotline was dialed from the dead of night until the sun was high in the sky.

Xu Shen left behind tens of thousands of yuan in compensation and helped the two women, whose voices were hoarse and who were weak and powerless, back to the Tang family's island in the middle of the lake.

“These array diagrams…” Mianmian looked at them for a long time, then shook her head helplessly and said, “I can’t deal with them either.”

"It's alright. The Nazca Forbidden Zone has existed for hundreds or even thousands of years. There must be quite a few people who know about these array patterns. It's normal that they can't handle it."

Nestled in Xu Shen's arms, Yu Mian chuckled: "Silly girl, I only said I couldn't handle it, not that others couldn't!"

"Huh?" Xu Shen was taken aback: "Is there anyone whose array formation skills are better than my Mianmian's?"

"Wait a minute, I'll call her out." Yu Mian said, closing her eyes. A few minutes later, she opened them again.

His brown eyes were as calm as a lake, and even his demeanor became as serene as water.

Xu Shen found it somewhat unbelievable.

Is she now able to switch personalities freely?

Monk Xiuyuan seems to actually have some skills.

"You are... that formation genius?"

Yu Mian did not answer, but simply nodded slightly and picked up the array diagram on the table.

Her gaze was incredibly focused; she saw nothing but these formations.

Mianmian mentioned this personality before. It doesn't like to talk and only likes to study array diagrams. It seems to be one of the earliest personalities to appear.

Xu Shen stared blankly at her, becoming more and more reserved the more he looked at himself.

Her paws, which were originally positioned in a place not much higher than the arc of an airport, became increasingly uncomfortable.

I want to take it out, but I'm afraid it will bother her; I don't want to take it out, but I'm still afraid it will bother her.

I couldn't help but pinch it.

She glanced back at Xu Shen, a rare hint of annoyance flashing in her usually calm eyes.

Xu Shen gave an embarrassed smile and was about to pull his hand away.

"No need, just don't move."

Her tone was cold and aloof, which made him momentarily dazed, thinking that his Yu Mian had returned.

He remained in this awkward position until nightfall.

"Give me the map of the Nazca Lines."

"oh oh"

As Xu Shen spoke, he loosened his embrace, took out his computer, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

This mysterious array genius had an overwhelming aura, making him afraid to even breathe too much.

Yu Mian kept zooming in and out of the map, bringing up the drawing board, sketching out many auxiliary lines that Xu Shen couldn't understand, then erasing them one by one, repeating the process over and over.

The food got cold and was reheated, then cooled down again.

She didn't even glance at it.

I bet the chefs are about to start cursing.

Xu Shen quietly left, telling the people waiting outside to go back to sleep.

He knew that once he got into this situation, he wouldn't stop until he solved it.

The mage's constitution meant that she wouldn't suffer much harm even if she didn't eat or drink for three to five days, so Xu Shen let her be.

Two days later.

Yu Mian nudged the drowsy Xu Shen, her calm tone tinged with delight: "It's solved."

"so smart!"

Yu Mian slightly raised her chin. Although she still had the same expressionless face, Xu Shen could clearly sense a hint of smugness.

Is this the true nature of a genius in formations?
Xu Shen silently assessed the age of this personality, intuitively feeling that she couldn't be very old.

“The core of these geoglyphs should be here. With the array patterns here, the entire array can be reproduced,” Yu Mian pointed to a circled point among the dense auxiliary lines on the map and said, “Moreover, I feel that this place is not that simple.”

Xu Shen kept zooming in on this spot, which looked ordinary, just a barren plain, no different from the rest of the vast Nazca Forbidden Zone.

What could be here?

Yu Mian shook her head and said, "I don't know, there must be other hidden methods here."

Xu Shen hesitated before saying, "Yu Mian, I'll call you that for now. Would you like to come with me to the Nazca Forbidden Zone?"

The events of the Holy City are long past.

With the Painted Skin Ghost and the Deceptive Eyes present, Yu Mian could easily transform into another person.

Perhaps, going out more would be good for her.

Yu Mian nodded slightly, not rejecting Xu Shen's suggestion.

Some of these personalities appear more often, while others appear less often.

However, no one distrusted Xu Shen.

Xu Shen gently smoothed her long hair: "You've worked so hard for so long, let's eat. I don't know if you like these dishes."

The formation master shook his head.

A moment later, she excitedly threw herself into Xu Shen's arms: "Great! It's just a shriveled, fat intestine! Mianmian is saved!"

(End of this chapter)