I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Eli lowered his voice slightly, and after making sure no one else could hear, he continued:

"The term I'm about to tell you is one you must never tell anyone else. In our empire, imperial regulations strictly forbid any discussion of other empires."

Lu Yuan nodded solemnly. He could roughly understand why the Imperial Regulations explicitly prohibited discussion of other empires.

After letting out a soft sigh, Eli continued:

"To the northeast of our empire lies an empire called the Vesalian Empire," Eli said, his expression turning grave.

"We are separated from it by a desolate snow-capped mountain, so nothing has happened so far. The Dead Land is our defensive line against the Vesalian Empire. Its function is not only to guard the border for the empire, but also to prevent the Vesalian Empire from invading."

"It is said that the Vesalian Empire did indeed send an advance team across that almost insurmountable snow-capped mountain to our border. But after that, we established the Dead Lands and the Dead City on the border."

However, Eli didn't say anything more at the moment.

But Lu Yuan also knew in his heart that for the empire to take the initiative to touch the taboo, and even sacrifice students at all costs, one could imagine the extent to which the withered land had become. What was this all about?

At this point, Eli added:

"With the strange riots happening over there, the city of the dead under attack, and other empires becoming increasingly active, I suspect that some friction may be brewing between the empires soon."

Lu Yuan frowned, deep in thought.

If that's the case, does it mean the friction is already close to becoming a reality?

Otherwise, why send a fourth-tier knight like the Blue Knight?

Since the Dead City has been guarding the border for so long, it must have a very large number of people on its side.

However, instead of deploying a figure of the caliber of Grand Knight Commander, they sent the Blue Knight.

In other words, things haven't gotten to the point of no return.

The Blue Knight's involvement is most likely unrelated to the Dead Lands.

Lu Yuan was thinking about it.

"However, compared to these, the things we need to face are relatively minor," Eli said, changing the subject.

"According to the Grand Knight Commander of the Astronomy, the main reason for this mobilization is that there seems to be someone smuggling goods in the North. People have already been sent to investigate."

"Smuggling?" Lu Yuan was taken aback. He had never expected that it would involve smuggling.

"If we are to be involved, it will most likely be related to a smuggling case, so the danger is actually not too great, and there is no need to worry too much."

As Eli spoke, he sighed first: "But you also need to be careful about your own safety, because you never know what some people might do."

Lu Yuan frowned. If what Eli said was true, then what they would face next was pretty obvious.

Because of the uprising in the Deadlands, the rampage in the Dead City, and the increase in the number of refugees, some people took the opportunity to smuggle goods.

Then the fieldwork is probably to investigate smuggling.

But who knows what someone capable of such a thing might do next?

Lu Yuan sat there, his brows furrowed. In the end, he realized he was just too weak.

Lu Yuan's current combat strength is actually somewhat lacking, because he is not good at prolonged battles and is only suitable for defeating opponents in a short time. If he encounters a more difficult opponent, he is very likely to be defeated or forced to run away.

Therefore, if you really want to get involved in this kind of case, the best way is to improve your combat power as quickly as possible, and the fastest way to improve combat power is to create strange props.

However, given his current financial resources and strength, he cannot actually support Lu Yuan in making and experimenting with a large number of bizarre props all at once.

However, Lu Yuan doesn't know how, but someone else does.

But I still have Oden on me, right? I also happen to have some Knight's Tokens and a bunch of weird materials on me. It would be a waste not to use them to make weird props.

Furthermore, preparations for this matter need to be made in advance. If we really have to go to Watchtower or other cities to investigate smuggling, there will definitely be a battle.

Therefore, you should try to keep the cracks in the sea of ​​knowledge half-open. Ideally, you should know the information of those involved in smuggling, know their names, and then drag them all in one by one.

Sigh, thinking of this, Lu Yuan recalled the passive stargazer who popped up yesterday, a heretic summoned by the stars.

At this moment, Lu Yuan really wanted to figure out why he had come and why he was called a heretic.

But to figure these things out right now, he at least needs to survive and become stronger.

This path is related to astrology, to the stars, to the Grand Knight of Astrology, to the Astrological Society, and to Eli.

Therefore, we must make adequate preparations in advance and avoid being as passive as before.

"Thanks." Lu Yuan stood up and said goodbye to Eli. Eli watched Lu Yuan stand up, turned to a new page in his book, and waved in response.

It was still early when we left the library.

Lu Yuan was walking down the street when he casually called out to Auden.

"Oden, Oden, get up! If you don't get up, taboo studies will go bankrupt."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Oden's voice was still a little groggy, as if he had been dragged out of bed.

As Lu Yuan walked, he briefly explained the current situation.

The riots in the Dead Lands have led to a surge in refugees, and the neighboring Empire is eyeing the area covetously. There is also the possibility that some people are taking advantage of the refugee crisis to engage in smuggling, which may lead the Academy to send students out on field missions.

Oden's voice was much clearer, but tinged with seriousness:

"I didn't expect you to travel all this way here, hoping to find a few days of peace." Oden paused, then clicked his tongue.

"So what do you mean? You've run into this mess again. What are you going to do? Get involved and wipe them all out?"

"My initial thought is to first ensure we have the ability to protect ourselves. Since they dare to smuggle these things, they must be quite powerful, and it must be an organized operation. With so many refugees and the chaos in the outside world, there's a high possibility of a large number of strange occurrences emerging. So, we need to ensure we can protect ourselves first. As for the rest..."

Lu Yuan's voice was slightly deep.

"I'd like to hear your advice."

"If it's a conflict between empires, you must be very careful," Oden added after a brief pause.

"Because friction between empires leads to the deaths of many people and breeds a great deal of strangeness and corruption. At that time, heretics will definitely infiltrate and become active in such places. I have suffered greatly from this before."