Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 881 Learning from History
The 201st Historical Response Department was established on the afternoon of Xia Shou's arrival. It was a temporary department specifically designed to counter the historical counterattack of the Scar Era. Bai He and Jiang Wengao, who were stationed at headquarters, were naturally assigned to serve as reserve combat personnel.

Everything was arranged in a rush, but when the department was finally established, Xia Shou still felt that there were too few people. Apart from the coffin-carrying priest and the death-fighting bandage, who were two external aids and level-five finishers, the people in this temporary department were basically employees of the Jiangbo branch.

A huge bronze mirror was carried in, displaying numerous images that were magnified onto a white wall by a modern device.

Soon, many cinematic projection screens covered the entire wall.

There are five projected images in total, each depicting a different historical period, including the Blood Dynasty, which Xia Shou once visited.

"What is this? Remote monitoring and recording that can span across time?" Jiang Wengao asked curiously.

"The sealed item [Learning from History], here, take a look for yourself." Xia Shou handed the other person the tablet in his hand, which contained information about this sealed item. Xia Shou had already finished reading it a few minutes ago.

Sealed artifacts that can connect across time and space are extremely rare, but not nonexistent. Just as some creatures can coexist in multiple historical periods, some sealed artifacts also possess extraordinary powers that transcend the limitations of time. This "Learning from History" is one such example.

This sealed item appeared in the Tang Dynasty and was a bronze mirror style found in the Tang court. This is because Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, once said: "Using bronze as a mirror, one can straighten one's clothes; using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of dynasties; using people as a mirror, one can understand one's gains and losses."

This phrase fits the effect of the sealed item, hence the name "Learn from History".

It was not kept by the Jiangbo City Branch Bureau. It was only because of the emergency that the bronze mirror was specially transported here. Also transferred was "this bronze mirror" from the past.

The effect of "using history as a mirror" is very simple: it allows us to see images that also exist in other historical periods.

This mirror has been passed down from the Tang Dynasty to the present day, so in every cycle of history from the Tang Dynasty to the present, there must be a complete sealed object, and any mirror can see the image reflected in other mirrors.

Of course, there is a delay in the presentation of the images, the cause of which is unknown. The reception of images from all mirrors has a delay of about one hour, so communicating with mirrors is also very difficult.

But in any case, it's still faster than sending someone to climb the "ladder" to deliver the message.

Of course... there are some situations where sending messages is even faster, such as when there is a huge difference in the speed of two historical events.

For example, right now, Xia Shou can see a historical segment playing at almost hundreds of times the speed.

In order to ensure that the viewers could see the images clearly, the equipment department specially brought in recording equipment to slow down the playback.

To those living in the present world, the scenes of that era on the other side were so fast that they were simply impossible to see.

Meanwhile, the employees on the other end, who were responsible for using the bronze mirrors, saw these modern people as being many times slower than sloths in their movements and reactions.

Furthermore, this bronze mirror is not for communication; it is only to allow those of us in the present world to know as quickly as possible what is happening on the other side, so that we can respond as promptly as possible and adjust the course of action for the members of the subsequent historical events.

Next to the images projected onto these bronze mirrors, there is a remote monitoring projection from the Möbius Canyon, a place that is currently in darkness, but the image is illuminated by searchlights as bright as day.

Remote monitoring revealed countless fleshy red bridges crisscrossing the massive canyon, some thick, some thin, just as described in the data. It was upon seeing this scene that Xia Shou learned the mission the minister had sent Su Yue to undertake concerned the Heart of the Rending King. Apparently, the Heart of the Rending King's activity had increased thirtyfold, and its anomaly index had reached an unprecedented peak, hence the dispatch of personnel. Su Yue wasn't part of the main force; she was only sent to observe the target because of her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

In the video, Su Yue and the others are sitting on the edge of the cliff near the camp, looking very relaxed.

But this is not a time to rest; it's a time to observe.

It is said that Su Yue's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can indeed see the lines of certain death on the Heart of the Rending King, and there is more than one of them. However, each of those lines is very thin and moves very actively.

In Su Yue's words, it was "dazzling, and with her current swordsmanship, she had no confidence in cutting through the Heart of the Rending King along the death line."

The branch office over there hadn't yet devised a plan for dealing with the Heart of the Rending King, and then Xia Shou brought back intelligence about the Ghost King's attack. To prevent any accidents, the branch offices responsible for controlling the canyon dispatched a large number of cleanup crews to conduct intensive patrols around the canyon in case of unforeseen circumstances.

Xia Shou stared at the images projected on the wall, his brows furrowed, a deep unease spreading through his chest, making him extremely agitated.

The frequent activity of the Heart of the Rift clearly indicates a close connection with the Scar Age.

But it wasn't just the Heart of the Rift King; Xia Shou could also sense the growing agitation within his own shadow. The door imprisoning the Rift King's beloved dog was probably becoming even more unstable, and he didn't have time to devour the desire to collect and mend it.

He didn't understand why the fall of the underworld into the Scar Age caused the seal on the door to Merlin's House to weaken, and the activities of the Heart of the Rending King to become more intense.

There must be a connection between these things, but why? What exactly is the Heart of the Rending King?
That thing couldn't possibly be the heart of some Rift King, at least not in the history after the Scar Era, the Control Bureau didn't find any records related to the Rift King's heart in the historical records.

The corresponding history of how the Earth was twisted from a flat strip into a Möbius strip has not yet been found. At least, there is no clue to the ladder leading to this era on the convenient path from modern times to the Scar Era.

For the Control Bureau, the relationship between the Heart of the Rending King and the Scar Age is unclear, but it does not affect the unfolding of the operation.

Because the Control Bureau is pragmatic, it will not delve into things it does not understand at the moment, but will focus its energy on solving the most pressing problems.

The current goal is clear: to prevent Sprite from taking over and hold out until the Scar Era is reset.

"Alright, let's see how it goes from here." Shangguan Yan sat down behind the long desk in the office and arranged the documents in front of her in order. She looked calm and composed, as if what she was about to do was not a major task, but a trivial daily matter.

Seeing this, Jiang Wengao leaned close to Xia Shou's ear and whispered, "Why isn't the minister worried at all?"

"What are you whispering about?" Shangguan Yan asked.

After being discovered, Jiang Wengao scratched his head sheepishly and frowned slightly, saying, "Um... I heard from Brother Bai that if this matter is not handled properly, it might lead to the destruction of the world."

(End of this chapter)