The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

After receiving Bai Ye's analysis report from the main building, Xiao Fan instructed Cheng Xiushi to adjust the patrol team's patrol area to a small area in the southern part of the Rust Rift Valley.

After several days of patrolling and observation, the source of the disturbance was identified: a small team had been operating on the edge of the area for several days. They traveled back and forth along the same route, neither crossing the border nor revealing their identities.

Master Cheng archived the observation records and waveform data. On the fourth day, the expedition team left the area, and the life detection array no longer recorded similar signals.

In his report at the end of winter, Master Cheng added a new entry: a record of the regular fluctuations captured by the magic array.

After winter, the sensory range of the forest dwellers remained relatively stable, and their sensitivity did not decrease due to the low temperature.

The waveform data synchronization between the array room and the Silverfrost Sword is also stable. After the depth correction is completed, the previously collected scattered waveforms are archived and merged, some duplicate records are compressed, and new data collected during that period are supplemented.

As the snow melts in spring, the signals emitted by the life-sensing array are much stronger than in winter.

As the soil thawed, the roots of the Gale Vine began to grow, expanding its sensing range. The array room received even more real-time data than in winter.

The Rockskin Clan's earth-resonance stone laying project also commenced in full swing after the start of spring. Data from the first test sample was transmitted as soon as the resonance stones arrived at the tower.

Meanwhile, the second batch of Resonance Stones was also delivered to the collection point in the Rust Rift and installation began. After completing the two installation sites, the Rockskin craftsmen added some smaller positioning blocks and made minor adjustments to the flag bases.

In early spring, Xiao Fan led Bai Ye on a walk around the pipes and discovered that the fluctuations throughout the entire White Tower area had changed significantly.

The fluctuations in spiritual energy within the pipes showed a significant decrease. With the resonance stone and life-sensing array operating simultaneously, the daily stability of the pipe network also improved.

Earlier, the patrol reported from the north tower that they had found strange footprints on the patrol marks on the north side of the tower. The footprints were small and few in number, and they disappeared quickly after walking in the direction of the buried pipes.

After receiving the report, Xiao Fan did not immediately begin patrolling. Instead, he compared the size and spacing of the footprints with the regular fluctuations recorded by the life sensing array, confirming that the time and length of the footprints were the same.

It was as if the same person was tracking the resonating stones around them. He didn't change his patrol route, nor did he send in more men.

In late spring, a man claiming to be a "spiritual material merchant from the middle section of Aurora Plains" arrived at the walls of Twin Realms Platform with two followers, claiming that he had discovered a batch of Rock Skin Clan ores and special plant fibers near the Silver Plains.

I've heard that Shuangjietai is very active in this area and wants to exchange their ores and fibers for a batch of refined parts samples processed by Shuangjietai.

Xiao Fan welcomed him into the main hall.

The merchants were very polite and made it very clear that they were "very interested in the manufacturing method of Galevine Fiber and the psionic frequency of the Resonance Stone," and repeatedly asked whether products made from Galevine Fiber could be circulated in the central part of Aurora Plain.

As they spoke, Xiao Fan noticed that the two merchants' attendants had been standing there the whole time, glancing at the array room every now and then, and then at the staff.

He confirmed with the merchant that the cooperation between the two parties was limited to the exchange of samples, and that the Wind Vine and Resonance Stone techniques would not be circulated to outsiders without the permission of the Forest Dwellers or Rock Skin Clan.

The businessman didn't insist; he took the samples and left.

After the merchants left, Bai Ye walked out of the magic array laboratory and said, "The spiritual material merchants in the middle section of Aurora Plains don't store ores and fibers together. These two items are mined in different seasons and transported in different ways. Storing them together will only increase costs, not profits."

Subsequently, the patrol battalion tracked the caravan's route and confirmed that they had left the controlled area of ​​Shuangjietai and had no further contact with the area between the central Aurora Plain and the Silver Plain.

Before the arrival of summer, Shuangjietai conducted a comprehensive review of its technical cooperation.

The four collaborative projects—Rock Skin Clan components, Resonance Stone, Forest Dweller Clan Life Sensing Magic Array, and Gale Vine cultivation technology—have stabilized their respective production processes after nearly a year of joint operation.

Bai Ye used the Silver Frost Sword to check the accuracy of the life sensing array's signal. Until the end of spring, the spiritual energy resonance frequency of the resonance stone had not decreased.

As early as this summer, Pei Laohun had already completed a comprehensive review of the Longbow series of processes and extended it to the three-party collaborative process system, forming a complete descriptive framework.

Xiao Fan wrote a simple technical announcement outlining the results of this collaboration, which was then disseminated throughout Tiezhenji, Baituo Ridge, Qingluzhuang, and other places.

The notice outlines the current technical cooperation framework and basic content between Shuangjietai and the Linju and Yanfu tribes, and states: "Each party retains its own technical route, and Shuangjietai shall not monopolize the output of the three parties' technical achievements."

The reaction was faster than expected.

After receiving the notification, the young master of Qinglu Manor sent someone to inquire whether the seedlings of the Gale Vine could be directly transplanted to Qinglu Manor. Old Master Pei confirmed that the seed interface and seed instructions were ready.

Ironforge's Cold Ironforge sent people to investigate the trading price and delivery time of Rockskin Clan parts.

In the next report, White Camel Ridge added that the Rock Skin people had received the first feedback from their new settlement near the Silver Plains, and two small tribes were already inquiring about prices.

Master Cheng compiled everyone's questions into a list, which included what he wanted to exchange and items that had already entered the testing phase.

The array flags at the four corners of the wall slowly illuminated the entire platform under the summer sun. The task bar maintained its normal refresh rate, and the red crystal in the array room was undergoing its final resonance test.

The Earth Core Golden Mane Beast rested by the wall, its golden mane gleaming softly in the afternoon sunlight.

In the third week of summer, the life-sensing array detected an anomaly: at the collection point in the Rust Rift Valley, about two kilometers away, regular fluctuations of spiritual energy appeared.

The fluctuations were concentrated in the second half of the night, and although they were not strong, their location was fixed, which was neither consistent with the mythical beasts in nature nor with seasonal changes.

After receiving the report from the array room, Master Cheng ordered the patrol team to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area.

Investigators found a small bronze disc in the area, half-buried in shallow soil. The disc was about the size of a palm, with extremely fine markings engraved on it, and faint spiritual energy fluctuations still lingered around its edge.