Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 745 The Strategy Gradually Becomes Clearer (5k)

Faced with her teammates' expectant gazes, Celia racked her brains, and then a brilliant idea struck her—she finally knew what to say.

"You...you guys, do you think it's possible that the things that disappeared were actually transported to other mirror worlds?"

Actually, Celia intended to just say it directly and then attribute it to divine revelation... but now she was a little hesitant to do that in front of Benovia, fearing that Benovia would press her for details.

Sometimes, the way Benovia looked at Celia made her feel as if her favorite toy was about to be taken away.

Although information about gods isn't exactly a toy... Celia subconsciously didn't want to simply and bluntly call it a divine gift.

“Other mirror worlds?” Celia’s speculation drew everyone’s attention.

Just as she had expected, Benovia's eyes lit up and sparkled.

Celia clenched her hands as if to hold onto Ross, and said as calmly as possible, "Well, it was just a sudden flash of inspiration that made me think of this possibility."

Benovia's eyes lit up: "Isn't this a divine revelation?"

“No.” Celia stubbornly lied.

“Oh,” Benovia said meaningfully.

However, the others didn't notice Benovia's emotional change; they were more focused on the reasoning behind Celia's speculation.

“Does Celia have any evidence to prove this?” Anko asked.

“No.” Celia shook her head. “It’s just speculation. But since we’ve lost so much stuff, we can ask the other team from the Holy See when we get back this evening.”

Doris said, "I don't know if Bishop August has told the expedition about the streetlights, but let's rest for a while and then continue looking for the remaining metal spheres."

Although this mirror world is made of metal cubes, she's already used to calling it a metal ball, since they're all similar things anyway.

"Are we still looking? We can't take this thing out of the house anyway," Phil said.

She was more interested in the experiment inside the streetlight than in finding the metal cube.

“The fact that we can’t take it out means it’s an important item from the ruins. Only important items would be like this.” Doris stood up and looked outside.

By this time, the mycelium outside had mostly receded, and she called out, "Let's go! Today's goal is to find five metal spheres!"

Time passed slowly as we explored.

The Saintess Squad was even more efficient this time than yesterday, having already conducted five waves of exploration by evening.

After the fifth wave ended, the crowd gathered in front of the streetlights.

Doris took out four metal cubes and took a deep breath: "Excluding the possibility that they are empty, there should only be four of these special metal spheres in each mirror world, which is good news."

Celia said, "These little balls can't be taken out, and we don't know if they'll reset or stay in place if we put them outside. Why don't we put them inside the streetlights? Maybe we'll see them next time we enter another mirror world?"

“Yes, but I think we should look for a device to hold this ball before we leave,” Benovia said.

After saying that, everyone in the Saintess Squad looked up at the four lifelike statues on top of the lampshade.

There are four small balls here, and four statues on a special street lamp. What a coincidence!

The group flew up and first arrived at the statue facing the sea.

Doris distributed the metal cubes she had received, put her hands on her hips, and said, "I'm giving you one last task: find out if this statue is the device that activates the metal sphere."

Celia rolled her eyes, picked up the metal cube and started comparing it, while the others dispersed to the other statues.

Doris, meanwhile, controls the puppet to defend against the attacks of the monsters that continue to harass her.

A few minutes later, everyone returned, and from the expressions on their faces, it was clear that their guess had failed.

Celia said, "I searched the whole body but couldn't find a groove to put the ball in. The ball could have been put into the statue's mouth, but unfortunately, nothing happened."

Others nodded.

Doris said, "What if it's hidden inside the statue?"

Benovia said, "We've checked, and there's nothing there."

Phil said, "The feeling of being watched didn't change after the small ball was inserted. This statue shouldn't be a device for placing the small ball..."

“Alright.” Doris looked disappointed. “Then let’s do as Celia said and put it in the streetlight.”

After putting everything away, Phil hesitated for a moment, then put down the last bit of food.

"If what Celia said is true... Miss Aimo should be in some mirror world. I hope she can receive the supplies I placed there."

As a white light appeared, the Saintess Squad left the ruins and appeared in the camp of the Holy Magic Academy.

Katherine had already prepared dinner for them. Seeing them appear, she smiled and said, "It's so late today. It seems you've had a good haul. Let's eat first. We'll report back after dinner."

"Alright! I'm hungry too."

The aroma of the food made the girls' stomachs rumble.

Although Phil carried food with her at all times in the ruins, it was either sealed or raw. During the exploration, they did not have the idea of ​​relaxing to eat. Only now that they relaxed did they think about eating.

After dinner, Catherine informed August to come and hear the report.

As the team leader, Doris summarized today's findings and told Katherine and August, along with Celia's speculations and what they did when they left.

August nodded: "The possibility that Celia is speculating is very high."

As he spoke, he pulled out a recording crystal and said, "This is about the type of giant city that devours pollution. You can take a look; it might be helpful to you."

The projection showed another type of pollution encountered by a Holy Court expedition.

Before they learned that streetlights could eliminate pollution, their expeditions basically involved leaving when the pollution was close to the critical point, resting for a while, and then coming back in. This situation was almost always different each time they encountered it.

However, the more you go in, the more likely you are to encounter the same type of person.

So they recorded this situation.

Doris watched intently, occasionally making notes in her adventure journal.

After all the recorded footage had finished playing, she unfolded her exploration notebook and said, "According to these records, there are twelve types of pollution in Giant City, manifesting as blood, mist, vines, mycelium, decay..."

"In addition, there are many different styles of special metal spheres: spheres, cubes, rhombuses, cylinders, triangles..."

The rhombus and cylinder shapes are what another team specifically went to look for today, while the triangle shape is from previous data, data from other expeditions.

Other expedition records also contain traces of spherical metal spheres.

Celia said, "Looking at it this way, each form of pollution corresponds to a form of metal sphere, mycelium corresponds to a cube, vines correspond to small spheres... What exactly is the basis for this correspondence?"

No one knows.

August said, "Currently, there are six teams exploring Giant City, including yours. According to publicly available information from other teams, if you enter at the same time, you will enter Giant City with different types of pollution. The number of mirror worlds in this area may not be many, maybe only twelve."

"If twelve teams enter at the same time, and you speculate that the street lamp can teleport items to other mirror worlds, then perhaps the key to breaking through the second phase lies here."

"Do we need multiple teams to work together to clear the game?" Celia felt that this might not be the real way to clear the game, but it didn't seem impossible.

Doris frowned and said, "But where did all these teams come from?"

Benovia said, "Perhaps we can try splitting it into five teams, which would make ten teams. Although we're still short two teams, it's not impossible to explore in all directions."

"Do we really have to separate?" Doris couldn't help but glance at Celia, her expression extremely reluctant.

Celia replied nonchalantly, "Whatever, I'm fine with anything."

An Ke said, "Me too, either way is fine."

Phil whispered, "I... I'm not good at exploring, and I'm not good at fighting..."

Celia glanced at her.

Not good at fighting?
That's so outdated.

Don't think I don't know you've mastered the power of death.

If you're not using death spells in combat, are you going to use them to save people?
Perhaps she wasn't good at it before, but Celia didn't believe that Phil wouldn't be good at fighting under Ross's tutelage; at most, she just didn't like fighting. Seeing Doris's reluctant expression, August pondered for a moment and said, "How about this? We'll try it for one day the day after tomorrow. We'll scatter everyone into five teams. As for your new teammates, I'll gather them by tomorrow. I'll match you with teammates based on each person's strengths. If you find anyone disobeying you, you can punish them as you see fit; the Holy Court will support your punishment."

"As for tomorrow, I suggest that you follow the same path as the other teams, returning every two hours or so to check with the other team and see if they have received your items. At the same time, we will also have the other team place items in the streetlights to ensure that you can receive them as well."

"OK then."

Doris nodded, indicating her agreement with August's idea.

“Before that, why don’t you go and meet with them? You’ll have more opportunities to communicate later. By the way, I haven’t told them the full details about that special streetlight. You can decide what to do,” August said.

Doris tilted her head: "What have you been hiding?"

"They concealed the fact that the streetlight could reduce pollution and erosion."

"Then why hide it if you didn't say anything?" Doris asked, puzzled.

Katherine said, "Because the team leader is not one of our people, but a member of the royal family, telling her is equivalent to making it public. This information is quite important, and we haven't decided whether to make it public yet."

"That's it."

Doris didn't understand those intricacies; she felt it was much more difficult than navigating the ruins.

Guided by August, Celia met a group from another Holy Court that was also exploring the Giant City.

"Let me introduce you. This is our captain, Jasmine, and these are Claudia..."

After introductions and handshakes between the captains, August smiled and said, "Given the unique nature of the Giant City ruins area, your subsequent explorations may require some special cooperation. Let's get to know each other first, and you can share your experiences and observations from the ruins..."

After a friendly conversation, neither team revealed any information they possessed, and that was the end of it.

Doris couldn't figure out what August wanted them to reveal, so she simply kept quiet and let August tell them himself.

The next day.

The Saintess Squad is ready to go.

"Today we'll learn from others, go in for an hour or two and come out, and focus on whether we can run into them on the streetlights or see what they left behind."

Phil raised his hand: "We'll see if we can run into Miss Amor."

Doris pouted: "Phil, why are you so concerned about her? Is she family or a friend of yours?"

Phil shook his head: "No, it's just that I can't bear to see someone trapped and unable to get out, and I want to rescue her."

“Compared to your kindness, we are completely out of place,” Benovia laughed.

Phil blushed slightly: "No, you guys are very kind. I was just a little overly worried."

While playing around, the girls had already entered the ruins.

In this exploration, they first placed objects inside streetlights, then went on a killing spree, while also searching for and recording the locations of the corresponding metal balls. When the time was right, they came out.

This was repeated three times in a row.

On their third entry into the ruins, they finally saw a different color appear in the streetlights.

It's Aimo!
There was even food placed under the streetlights!

Both Celia's side and Jasmine's side chose food and fresh water as their signal.

Because Aymo was there, she lacked food.

Aimo also saw Celia and the others inside the streetlight.

She stood up and waved vigorously at the girls.

"Here here!"

When they arrived, Aimo breathed a sigh of relief: "Great, I'm so glad to see you all again."

"I'm so glad you're alright, Aimo." Phil happily took out a huge pile of food from his spatial ring, almost filling the lamppost.

Amore waved his hands repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you Miss Phil, this is enough, it's enough for me to eat for months."

Celia asked, "Have you encountered any other teams in the past two days?"

Aimor shook her head: "It's strange, I haven't encountered any other teams besides you. It's just that when I occasionally come back here, I see supply boxes that inexplicably appear here, with food inside... I was wondering if you put them there, and now I see that it really was you. Thank you, thank you, Miss Phil."

Phil smiled.

This sincere gratitude is what she likes to hear most.

Celia asked, "Miss Aimo, have you discovered anything these past few days?"

"We've found this."

Aimo took out four rhombus-shaped metal blocks.

“I’ve searched the entire Giant City, and excluding those enormous things, the magical fluctuations emanating from these four are completely out of place in the rest of Giant City. I suspect they are key items for clearing the second stage, or at least related to clearing the stage.”

"Rhombus-shaped?"

Benovia pondered for a moment and said, "Is the form of contamination Miss Aymo has encountered always the form of blood?"

Aimo paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

Benovia continued, "During this time, Miss Aymo, have you been exploring tirelessly, never stopping, never allowing the blood-form contamination to completely disappear?"

“This…” Aimo thought for a moment and said uncertainly, “It should have completely disappeared at some point, but I’m not sure. Only last night can I be sure that it completely disappeared, because I couldn’t hold on any longer last night and chose to rest.”

A fourth-tier mage can work at high intensity for three days and three nights without sleep, as long as their magic power remains, there won't be any problems.

However, it varies from person to person; high-intensity combat can still cause rapid fatigue.

There is only day and no night in the ruins, but Aimo can know the time outside by the time on his bracelet.

Celia looked at Benovia, a look of understanding on her face. Benovia was also looking at her and smiled, "It seems Celia has thought of that too."

"What came to mind?" Phil tilted his head, his long, silvery-white hair hanging straight down.

“I’ve figured out why we haven’t been able to meet Miss Aimo,” Celia said. “The reason is that Miss Aimo has never completely eliminated the pollution, nor has she ever ‘reset’ the ruins. She has been ‘activating’ the mirror world, and those of us who come in from the outside will only appear in the mirror world that has been restored to its original state. That’s why we haven’t seen Aimo these past few days.”

"Is that so?" Aimo was also taken aback. "When I came back, I would occasionally find things here. I thought you were bringing me things but didn't want to see me."

“Not at all, we hope to see you every time we come in,” Phil said.

Celia said, "At the moment, there is still one uncertainty, which is whether Miss Amo will be able to run into other teams."

"Well... if it were another team, I probably wouldn't have come out," Aimo admitted.

It was clear that she had been deeply hurt by Emilia's team and was now somewhat afraid to interact with others.

Benovia said, "Tomorrow we will split into five teams. If possible, we hope Miss Aimo can cooperate and see who you will encounter. This is very important for getting you out of here."

Aymo nodded without hesitation: "No problem. Starting tomorrow, I won't do anything, I'll just wait for you to come."

This is the safest way, and you can see other people's methods. If you leave the streetlights to enter the battle, you will most likely be alone again.

Is Aimo only able to exist in the mirror world in the form of blood?

Or will it, like those supplies, enter other mirror worlds?
Nothing is known.

At this point, Benovia proposed an idea: "What would happen if we did nothing and just stayed here, letting the ruins outside change freely?"

"It's best not to do that."

As she heard Ross's voice, Celia blurted out, "It's best not to do that."

"Why?" Benovia looked at her.

“Because…” Celia paused for a moment, then said, “Waiting for the ruins to reset might prevent us from leaving here, just like Miss Amor did.”

This is a reminder from Ross.

(End of this chapter)