Chapter 122: The Beginning

“…” The various big shots who had just settled down looked at the wrecked Alchemical Puppet and a strange device in front of them. The head of the Alchemical Puppet had been completely corroded by mana when it was destroyed, and the same went for the thing flying in the sky that worked with the puppet to project images and sounds!

The person who made them was sneaky. They left a self-destruct device inside these things. The self-destruct device was a very thin anti-magic layer wrapped around a stored Corrosion spell. Once these things were attacked, if the impact exceeded a certain level, it would break that thin anti-magic layer, triggering the Corrosion spell inside. This caused irreversible damage to the Alchemical Puppet and strange machine, which were only made of ordinary materials!

Just like the pipes recovered earlier, these were made from extremely common materials. At least those iron pipes had been enhanced with Enhancement Magic. Although they would later be damaged by mana erosion, their hardness was greatly increased for a short time. But these two didn’t even have Enhancement Magic—only the self-destruct feature.

Again, they found nothing. Even the Mages who were interested in these two things couldn’t discover or decipher anything from the pile of heavily corroded waste that showed no original shape. They only knew that these two unremarkable things, emitting extremely low Mana Fluctuation, had created the “shocking” images and sounds that appeared in the sky earlier.

A novel principle.

After calculating the number of people who had been tricked to death this time, the group of big shots discussed it. Today, they shouldn’t think about resting well. They should focus on staying alert. Since the troublemaker could continuously produce things that caught them off guard like this, there might be even more absurd stuff later.

“What should I do next?” Zheng Yichen scratched his head. Both the fireworks and the film screening had achieved great results. However, good things come in threes? Not necessarily. These two disruptions succeeded because those people had no understanding of his actions beforehand.

Now it was different. The two disruptions surely killed off those with overwhelming curiosity. Those left would be smarter to some extent. At least, after being convinced that looking up would mean certain death, even if Zheng Yichen turned the sky upside down… well, if he could really turn the sky upside down, he wouldn’t need to rack his brains here.

In short, even if he thought of more novel methods next, they might not be very effective unless they could threaten the lives of the people in the Campsite.

Ways to threaten their lives? Bombardment!

Unfortunately, he had such thoughts but couldn’t make them happen. In the end, it was due to limitations in resources and manpower. The poor can’t wage war. Zheng Yichen felt that living alone could be considered comfortable, but in this large-scale battle with tens of thousands, he was truly poor…

With enough wealth and manpower, he was sure he could assemble a rocket launcher convoy in two months and give everyone here a thorough bombardment. But now, he could only watch eagerly and think of ways to pick them off one by one.

The next day, as dawn broke and the Black Moon convoy faded away, those who had been nervously on guard all night temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. They finally didn’t have to worry about when some strange occurrence would suddenly appear in the sky again. However, even though they made it through the night, they didn’t have much time to rest during the day. Although they could be sure that the Witch’s Power would go out of control at night,

being in the Witch Restricted Zone during the day was still unpleasant. The Witch’s Power would erupt when it went out of control, and before the eruption, the Witch’s Power was also chaotic. The Black Mist in the Witch Restricted Zone grew thicker and thicker—that was the manifestation of the Witch Power!

Just by looking at that vast Forbidden Zone, one could see how immense the Witch’s Power was. Those chaotic forces would occasionally break away from the Forbidden Zone and scatter to other places. If no one was there, it was fine, but if people were present… touching the Witch’s Power would cause rapid decay and weathering.

The Campsite was far from the Witch Restricted Zone, but just as one could be struck by lightning in clear weather, here in the Witch Restricted Zone, being hit by precisely targeted, scattered Witch Power from afar was just terrible luck.

No one wanted to lose their life silently while distracted or resting. So, even after staying up all night and feeling very tired, they couldn’t rest properly during the day.

Zheng Yichen, who observed all this, got another idea. In that case… let’s give these people some excitement at night!

However, while his idea was good and he even designed a plan, the result frustrated him. He ran out of time. As night approached, the Black Mist shrouding the Witch Restricted Zone completely went Berserk, like a deathly tornado, devouring all creatures it touched.

The Black Moon in the sky grew darker and more profound, and the light of the White Moon completely turned blood-red.

Even Zheng Yichen, who didn’t know the specific scenes of the Witch Power Berserk, could see certain signs, let alone those experienced people led by the Sanctuary Church. They had already started taking action a while before the drastic changes in the Witch Restricted Zone occurred.

“It’s begun.” Dan Marina looked toward the Witch Restricted Zone, her expression somewhat complex and with a hint of faint anticipation. “Little Dragon, I haven’t thought about hoping for such things, but… I hope you succeed.”

She couldn’t trace any information about Zheng Yichen, which meant her Tracing Magic also couldn’t directly affect him. Indirectly… that would involve others connected to him, but in this situation, that method was useless.

As for using it on Loris, it would naturally be fine if things went badly. For good outcomes, due to her Contract with the Sanctuary Church, she couldn’t intervene, especially in this situation. Not even indirectly was possible; she could only be a bystander.

“Achoo! This wind is really annoying.” Zheng Yichen rubbed the tip of his nose. Under the red light of the White Moon, the wind blowing at night seemed tinged with red. The whole world looked filled with red moonlight, which undoubtedly affected people’s moods. In such an environment, it was easy to become irritable and angry.

The best way to deal with it was “out of sight, out of mind.” Late at night, who cared what color it was outside? Hurry up and sleep! Wake up the next day to another sunny day!!

The Alchemical Puppet hidden by Zheng Yichen, covered with Camouflage Cloth, began to move. Inside this thing, Zheng Yichen had mixed anti-magic metal wires, which could effectively block some magical detection. Of course, due to this repellent nature, experienced people could easily notice something wrong in advance, but pinpointing it was definitely not possible.

This batch of Alchemical Puppets, Zheng Yichen planned to see if they could mix into the enemy ranks during the chaos once the fighting started…