Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

"You said that the professor lost contact soon after he entered Sagazaki City? How did you communicate with him?"

Li Ang directly pointed out the core issue.

The Eastern Kingdom is located in the northeastern corner of the Terra continent, surrounded by two behemoths, Ursus and Great Yan. The geographical location is very awkward. If you want to enter and exit the Eastern Kingdom, you will inevitably have to deal with these two countries.

However, Dongguo exists like the back garden of Yanguo. Generally speaking, people enter Dongguo through the Longmen, Yanguo’s window for foreign exchanges, and take the official route to enter Dongguo.

Even the Letanians cannot avoid this step.

As we all know, without ultra-high-power signal base stations on Terra, it would be almost impossible to establish long-distance communication between cities.

If there is no way to clearly explain the source of the information, then the Leitanians are definitely lying.

"This……"

Robert seemed a little hesitant, but after only hesitating for two seconds, he had already made his decision and said, "To be honest, we actually contacted each other through advertising in newspapers."

"We have dedicated personnel stationed at Longmen who can buy Dongguo's previous day's newspapers."

Although there is a lag of one to several days in transmitting messages in this way, other than that, there seems to be no economical and affordable method.

Of course, there must be another completely different way of delivering the truly important information to Letania.

"According to our initial plan, after they arrive at their destination, they will place an advertisement in the newspaper for contact purposes every once in a while."

"But... they haven't had any new news for a long time."

"Is it possible that it was affected by the war in the East Kingdom? I remember that the situation in the East Kingdom does not seem to be particularly stable?" Li Ang guessed.

The Eastern Kingdom is one of the few countries that cannot even unify itself internally. The entire country is divided into two parts, the north and the south, and is in a state of civil strife all year round.

But who said Yan Guo was protecting them?As long as no other country intervenes, no one will take care of it even if it's a fool's errand within Dongguo.

If Professor Valk is a bit unlucky, he might get caught in the civil war in the Eastern Kingdom and be arrested.

"It's absolutely impossible."

Who knew that as soon as Li Ang finished speaking, Robert denied it without thinking.

He thought for a moment and then said, "I don't know how much you know about the tower warlocks, but as long as they are not stupid enough to go to the most intense place of the Civil War, it is impossible for some stragglers to harm them."

"You must have seen the tower warlock who accompanied the professor to the Eastern Kingdom, sir. He was Lin En Warlock who was responsible for stopping you at that time."

"He was punished by the tower for deliberately letting you go, so he was sent to perform this task." Robert spread his hands and said, "You have also seen the strength of Warlock Linn. Do you think ordinary people are his opponents?"

Lynn...the tower warlock who created the Salon Scroll to remind them to leave Leitania immediately?Is he actually the one accompanying Professor Valcke?There are really acquaintances everywhere...

With Linn's strength, most of them are indeed no match for him.

Even in an open environment, Lin En can still exert greater strength. The number of people does not mean much to him. Only those who are overwhelmed by individual strength can defeat him... There are obviously not too many such people. Professor Valk and the others shouldn't be so unlucky, right?

"They didn't encounter the war in the Eastern Kingdom, so what do you think they encountered?" Li Ang asked, "It's impossible for two living people to disappear out of thin air, right? Don't you have any other clues?"

"This...actually there are some clues, but...I don't know how to explain it. There may be some problems with the clue..." Robert took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and looked quite Said with some embarrassment.

"Let's talk about it first." Li Ang knocked the table hard twice with his knuckles and said, "As for whether there is a problem, I will judge it myself."

"Okay...actually it's like this."

Robert reorganized the language and began to tell Li Ang the specific story in detail, "Actually, the cooperation between Gaota and Professor Valk was facilitated by a third party - the old president of William University came to us, and then facilitated for this collaboration.”

"So? What does it matter?"

"So the Tower didn't attach much importance to this cooperation," Robert's voice sounded a little embarrassed, "Professor Valk basically collected all the clues alone, and the Tower only gave him certain permissions. , and no one verified whether the clues reported by the professor were true."

"When he applied to go to the Eastern Kingdom for field investigation, the tower quickly approved his request. As for Warlock Linn... he actually went to the Eastern Kingdom for a public trip."

"Lynn is a promising tower warlock. He is very young and has not made any irreparable mistakes. In fact, there are many people like him who sympathize with the infected. The tower originally wanted him to go to other places temporarily. To avoid the limelight, I didn’t expect such an accident.”

"After confirming that they were missing, Gaota immediately verified the information reported by Professor Valk, and contacted Dongguo for verification. As a result, he got an unexpected answer..."

"Sagazaki City... does not exist."

"Doesn't exist? What does this mean?" Li Ang's brows jumped and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Literally, there is no mobile city named 'Sagazaki' in the Eastern Kingdom," Robert said with a wry smile, "Neither the Kogan clan nor the Komoto clan would deceive Letania on such a trivial matter. And there’s no way to deceive this kind of thing, just send someone over and find a map of the Eastern Kingdom.”

The Guangyan clan and the Guangyuan clan were the people in power in the northern and southern parts of the Eastern Kingdom. After the contact with Lin En was interrupted, Gaota immediately contacted these two families, but what they got was this result.

"...They didn't find Sagazaki City?"

"No, I think they should have found the city."

With that said, Robert handed a cut newspaper to Leon, "This is the last communication they sent. This is the interpretation method and code book of the secret message."

Perhaps because of the emergency, Robert directly told Li Ang the interpretation of their contact codes and asked him to personally confirm the authenticity of the information.

The encryption method is not complicated, it is a variant of the Caesar cipher. What is important is the codebook.

After comparing the code book with the advertisement published in the newspaper, Li Ang deciphered the true meaning of the advertisement.

[Everything goes well, we have successfully arrived in Sagazaki City, and the next regular contact will be in three days, complete. 】

However, three days later, the tower's contact person stationed at Longmen did not receive any communication from them.

The two of them entered a non-existent city and were never heard from again.

Chapter 7 Plans Can't Keep Up With Changes

"..."

This kind of answer is a bit outrageous no matter how you think about it. Even if Letanya wants to lie to him, she should make up a more reasonable excuse. This kind of thing that sounds a bit unbelievable actually proves that what he said may be true.

"Tell me this, what do you want me to do?" Li Ang asked.

The reason why they told him these things was that the Leitanian side must have some plot against him, but they just didn't know what purpose the Leitanian people wanted to use him to achieve.

"We mainly want to find out, do you know any clues related to that city? Isn't Miss Nauman here?" Robert asked with some expectation, "Professor Valk and the others are going to investigate the traces left by Professor Nauman. Yes, you should have other clues in your hands, right?"

"...She is not here now." Li Ang frowned and replied, "I will talk to her about this later."

"Do you have anything else to add? It's best not to let go of any clues."

"Give me a moment," Robert said.

Then he got up and left the living room, heading towards the second floor of the villa.

After a while, he came down from upstairs with a large bag of things and placed the pile of things in front of Li Ang.

"These are the clues that the tower has collected recently. They are basically all here. They should be able to provide you with some help."

Li Ang took the pile of things over and checked them. They were basically some information about Dongguo. Li Ang didn't see half of the news about 'Sagazaki City'. Instead, there were a lot of messy and unclear rumors. .

It seems that the tower did not find anything useful. Among them, the only thing that helped Li Ang was the map about the East Kingdom.

"It seems you really take it seriously."

"... To be honest, the attitude of the tower is that it doesn't matter what the professor is, but Warlock Linn must be found. I think... you don't want to see this happen, right?"

Although Robert's words were a bit unpleasant, there was actually nothing wrong with them.

Compared with an old professor who has reached his twilight years, a promising tower warlock is indeed more valuable, and Li Ang will not be angry because of this trivial matter.

"Hmph...that's all you have to say, right? Then I'll leave first. If anything happens, I'll come back to you again."

"If you want to go to Dongguo, then I hope you can leave as soon as possible,"

Robert hesitated for a moment, but he still urged, "It has been almost two months since they lost contact. If it drags on any longer, I'm worried that something bad will happen."

"I make my own decision on this matter and it has nothing to do with you."

"Then...if you want to go to Dongguo, we can also provide some help."

Hearing what Robert said, Li Ang didn't know what to say.

Does this mean he is a fool?They also provide some help... No matter how honest Robert is, they are now in a hostile relationship. I am afraid that if Li Ang accepts their help, a group of tower warlocks will surround him.

"No, I can't trust you."

"That's it...Then I have nothing to say." Robert looked a little regretful, "I will stay here until I find the whereabouts of Warlock Linn. If you have any need, you can also directly contact the high-level officials through me. Contact us and hope to hear your good news as soon as possible."

Without any more nonsense with the messenger, Li Ang turned around and left the villa where he was imprisoned.

During this period of time, Ma Enna had been waiting outside. Seeing Li Ang come out of the villa, Ma Enna went up to greet him and asked, "How is the situation? Have you finished talking to the messenger?"

"The talks are over...but the situation is a bit troublesome." Li Ang rubbed his brows with a headache.

Gaota obviously had no choice in this situation, so he could only seek medical treatment urgently, and sought help from Li Ang. And the most helpless thing was that Li Ang really couldn't ignore it.

Professor Valk is really a very old man. If he doesn't just stay at home and take care of his old age, why is he running around?Now if something goes wrong, Li Ang needs to save it.

Well... Professor Valk really can't be blamed for this. With a tower warlock accompanying him, most situations are safe, but who would have thought that such a weird situation would happen?

"Your return home for retirement may have to be delayed for a while. I will make a rough development plan later. Then you and my newly recruited assistant can arrange the company's affairs according to these plans."

In this situation, we cannot have a showdown with the Supervisory Commission. It seems that Ma Enna will only have to work harder for a while.

Fortunately, Li Ang's plan at this stage is nothing out of the ordinary. He is basically steadily advancing the construction of Lot Zero, so even if it is handed over to Xintraya for execution, there will not be any big surprises, let alone supervision. That sensitive nerve.

"What happened?" Maena raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Next, I may go to Dongguo. One of my elders... encountered an accident in that country and will probably be away for a long time." Li Ang replied with some helplessness.

Li Ang was already prepared for a big fight, but he didn't expect this situation to happen.

Maybe... Li Ang is destined to have such a hard life, and he cannot stay in any place for too long.

"Dongguo? That's really far away..." Ma Enna sighed casually, "Do you need help?"

"I need you to help me prepare the route to Dongguo, and I also need you to use the channels of the Supervision Commission to help me collect intelligence there. Other than that, I can solve it myself."

He couldn't completely trust the information that Letania gave him. What if the other party deliberately buried a trap?

"No problem, when are you going to set off?" Maena agreed, which in itself was just a small matter.

"Just wait for two more days, I still have some things to solve."

"Then I'll help you make arrangements first. Not many people go to Dongguo. I'll let you know when you're about to leave."

"Just do it."

"Then what should we do with this messenger? Should we send him back?"

"No, he will stay here,"

Next, Leon will go back to Rhode Island to tell Adele the whole story and see if there are any relevant clues in the newly translated contents of the notebook.

Sarah and Ren were also recuperating in Rhode Island, and Li Ang felt it was necessary to tell them.

He had just left Rhode Island in the morning, and now he was going back...

The plan really can’t keep up with the changes...

Chapter 8 A Day in the Life of Adele 1

Adele was awakened from her sleep by the sound of soft music.

With the soft announcement of the radio, the entire Rhode Island seemed to come alive, full of the breath of life.

"Ugh..."

Yawning, Adele rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked towards the other side of the bed.

There was nothing on the other side of the bed. The quilt had been folded neatly and placed at the end of the bed. Only the dent marks on the sheets showed that there was a person lying here not long ago.

"It's already gone..."

With a slight sigh in her heart, Adele patted her cheek and slowly climbed out of the bed.

Li Ang had left before she woke up, but Adele didn't get too entangled in this matter. She also had a lot of things to do.

In fact, during the month she stayed in Rhode Island, Adele had no time to spare at all. She was even busy when she was studying for her doctorate.

[Are you awake? Let’s get ready quickly. Didn’t that Blood Demon say that Sakaz, who understands that kind of writing, will be back today?Today’s study can be suspended for a day. ] Angma's voice sounded in Adele's ears like a fixed alarm clock.

"Okay, teacher." Adele replied softly.

After returning from Lot 21, the Witch King naturally accepted Adele as his student.

Although there was no explicit agreement, Li Ang and the Witch King had already developed a certain tacit understanding. The Witch King taught Adele the knowledge he had preserved in his mind in exchange for his 'borrowing' in Adele's corner. .

During this period of time, they got along pretty well, at least there were no more conflicts.

This should be a good thing. Being able to accept the guidance of one of the strongest warlocks in the world is something that most people dare not even think about, but for Adele, it is not entirely a problem. A good thing.