In Sumeru, pretend to be a scholar

Navia nodded: "I still have faith in the scholars of the Order of the Church."

Wang Yan: "..."

So you called me here just to be a witness?

However, Wang Yan did not refuse: "Okay, then I will write the contract."

After obtaining their consent, Wang Yan took out paper and pen and wrote a commission agreement.

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"Alright, the contract is settled. Now, please give me the money, Mr. Sangge Mahabay. Also, please provide me with your contact information. I will arrange for people to start the investigation as soon as I get back. I will contact you as soon as I have any leads."

Navia made money, and her smile became even brighter.

Despite the large size of the Rose Guild, they are short of money, especially since Navia likes to help the people of White Song Town and some residents of Grey River.

With Dolly's money, at least Navia will have some financial sustenance.

Dolly looked a little downcast. It wasn't that she felt she had been cheated, but she was just unhappy that the money had left her hands.

"Come with me, there's cash on board."

Before long... several men in black carrying a heavy little wooden box followed behind Navia, walking 'lightly'.

Dolly still looked dejected: "Five hundred thousand Mora! How much stuff do I have to sell to earn that back!"

Wang Yan glanced at her but ignored her.

The lunar torque materials, mechanical parts, and possibly even other goods that Dolly might not even know about on the spaceship could easily cost more than this amount of money if she just took out a little bit.

Don't be fooled by Dolly's sadness; she's just obsessed with money and doesn't actually lack it.

"Alright, stop looking so sad. You paid us more than this amount of taxes back then, didn't you?" Wang Yan said irritably.

Dolly: "How can this be the same? The taxes I pay to you guys aren't even as much as... cough cough, that's right, I'm losing money paying taxes to you guys."

Wang Yan rolled her eyes at her: "I'm going to read a book. You can play by yourself."

After saying that, Wang Yan returned to his cabin.

After seeing Navia, he was too lazy to go out for a walk again.

……

On the other side.

Navia arrived at a coffee shop with the money and the people.

Two people were already seated here.

One is purple, and the other is red.

“You’re half an hour late, Navia,” the purple figure spoke.

“I remember sending someone to tell you that I would be late,” Navia said with a smile. “But, are you two, one from the Shadow Chaser’s Court and the other from the Special Patrol Team, really that free? You’re even managing to rest together.”

“To be precise, it’s not a rest, but a special trip to see you,” Xia Worei said from the side.

"Oh, you were looking for me?" Navia became slightly more serious and sat down beside the two. "Something happened at Grey River?"

After saying that, without waiting for the two people opposite to answer, she contradicted herself and said, "No, if it's the Gray River, Xia Worei can solve it."

Chavore also lived in Grey River, and she knew Grey River's rules very well.

“It’s a transnational case,” Claurind said. “We received an alert from Liyue that there seems to be someone smuggling weapons between Liyue, Maple Leaf, and Nordkalley.”

"Hmm? So I'm the one who needs to assist you with the investigation?" Navia was very familiar with this process.

The Rose Society has assisted the authorities in apprehending criminals on more than one or two occasions.

“We have official investigations in both Maple Leaf and Liyue, but we haven’t established effective diplomacy with Nordkalley. However, I remember that Rosewood has funded some Maple Leaf people who went there,” Clarind said.

"Understood, you need the assistance of the branch to conduct your investigation, right?"

"That's right, especially since there will be an exhibition in Nordkalli in a while, and these arms smugglers are likely to strike again."

"We might be going to Nordkalley, would you like to come with us?"

Xia Worei extended an invitation.

"Hmm? To Nordkalley? When? I just took on a job, so I might not have time." Navia hadn't forgotten about helping Dolly investigate the mastermind behind it all.

"Around April, the exhibition starts at the end of April, but we need to get there in mid-April to conduct preliminary investigations," Clarind said.

“April? Okay, I have time then,” Navia agreed.

Xia Worei nodded, then asked curiously, "What commission did you accept? The people from the Rose Society just said you left with a Sumeru scholar. Was it this scholar who gave you the commission?"

Navia shook her head: "It wasn't commissioned by a scholar, but by a Sumerian merchant. You should have heard of him, the Sumerian Sangge Mahabay."

"Dolly? I've heard of her. She's supposedly a super-rich merchant from Sumeru. What kind of commission could she possibly give you?" Clarinde had clearly seen Dolly's information.

Navia recounted the cause, process, and outcome of the incident.

Clarind frowned slightly: "Smuggling clockwork machines... attacking caravans..."

"Just how many self-governing agencies have been outsourced from Mero Petersburg?" Xia Wore said helplessly.

“It doesn’t necessarily come from Mero Petersburg. After all, in Maple Leaf, many craftsmen and researchers have mastered the technology of making spring-loaded mechanisms.” Navia shook her head.

Within the Order of the Church, technology is still subject to restrictions; at least some dangerous technologies are classified as taboo and are not permitted to be researched.

But in Fengdan, science has no limits; otherwise, the spectacular scene of the science academy's explosion wouldn't have happened.

Therefore, many unaffiliated craftsmen and researchers in Fengdan possess the means to manufacture clockwork mechanisms and even more dangerous weapons.

It can only be said that the saying "There are many gods in Maple Leaf, gods in Inazuma, and gods in Sumeru" is absolutely true.

"Hmm? Clorind, what are you thinking about?"

Navia suddenly noticed that Clarinde had stopped talking and seemed to be thinking about something.

“I’m wondering… if a group can operate in Liyue, Maple Leaf, and even Nordkalley, why would they ignore Sumeru?” Chlorind murmured.

"What do you mean?" Xia Worei's expression turned serious. "You think the two cases are related?"

Clarind nodded: "A clockwork mechanism is also a type of weapon. Being able to transport a clockwork mechanism from Maple Leaf to Sumeru is itself a definition of arms smuggling."

“Navia, did that old man Dolly give you any information? For example, who is she trading with in Fengdan this time?” Xia Worei immediately reacted and asked Navia.

Navia nodded: "Of course."

Dolly entrusted her with chores, and naturally, she still provided the necessary information.

Dolly gave him all the information that was useful for the investigation, including the person he was dealing with, the clothes and accent of the middle-aged man in the formal dress, and so on.

“Okay, give me a copy later, and I’ll check it for you,” Xia Worei said directly.

"Sure, with the special training team helping out, it'll save you a lot of effort."

Navia naturally didn't refuse and readily agreed.

After finishing their business, the three of them began their tea party and enjoyed desserts.

Chapter 160 Elemental Amplification Device

On the other side.

Wang Yan was unaware that Feng Dan had already connected the two cases.

After all, he didn't really care about the case; he just made up an excuse to talk to Navia.

At this moment, Wang Yan is in the core power room of the spaceship, studying the element amplification device.

It must be admitted that Nasita's ideas combined with Kavi's technology make this thing truly amazing.

Wang Yan has been studying the element amplification device for several days now, but he still hasn't fully grasped its technology.

This cannot be blamed on Wang Yan, since the technology of the Element Amplifier comes from the Heart of God.

The Xingqi is not only a symbol of ruling power, but also a super element amplifier.

The elemental amplifiers compatible with the spaceship are certainly not as good as the Heart of God, but the technical concepts should be the same.

Of course, Wang Yan had never seen the Heart of God, so he could not be sure whether the two techniques were completely identical.

However, based on his research on the element amplifier these past few days, its multi-layered supernatural material composite forging, with a jewel-like core, contains a strange prism and thousands of miniature rune arrays. These runes are not simple element guiding patterns, but rather form a precise [elemental resonance cavity] in a three-dimensional nested manner.

This [elemental resonant cavity] is where the amplifier actually works.

This amplification is based on the [Elemental Resonance Superposition Effect], which is the knowledge of the Elemental Theory. Fortunately, Erosan taught Wang Yan, and with his understanding of runes, he was able to understand some of it.

When external elemental force is injected, the basic runes in the resonant cavity first tune the frequency of the element, making its fluctuations more synchronized; then, twelve sets of spirally arranged amplification rune rings will gradually superimpose the tuned elemental fluctuations, thereby continuously amplifying them.

The entire process does not involve brute force to enhance energy, but rather it involves replicating and reconstructing the "information structure" of the element's essence through rune arrays.

One of the key techniques is tuning.

To amplify elemental forces, the disordered elemental forces must first be harmonized, transforming them from disorder into order.

Only elements of order can be driven by the array of amplifiers, and then continuously amplified through layer upon layer of superposition.

To be precise, the element amplifier does not increase the number of elements, but rather amplifies the power of one unit of elemental force into twelve units, or even more.

"Tuning..."

Looking at the dense, intricate runes within the core, a flicker of memory crossed Wang Yan's eyes.

When it comes to tuning, the first thing that comes to mind for Wang Yan is Sunday and Robin next door.

But if he remembers correctly, there was also a civilization about tuning in Teyvat.

Beneath the town of Maple Dan Petrique lies an ancient civilization, the Remurian Dynasty.

This dynasty is also somewhat related to Mount Sumeru. The demon god who established this civilization was Remus, a demon god who escaped from Mount Sumeru.

During the War of the Demon Gods, the three gods of Sumeru formed an unbreakable alliance. The powerful Red King cleansed the entire region, and all the demon gods either submitted to Him and became His subjects.

They would either be killed directly by the Red King.

Remus belongs to the third category. The Red King did not kill him, but he fled Mount Sumeru in order to refuse the Red King's invitation.

After leaving Sumeru, Remus encountered a demoted angel named Sibyll in Maple Leaf.

This is also one of the very few angels who have retained their wisdom.

Although this angel was demoted, he still retained some of his divine qualities.

[Golden Bee] Sibyl tells Remus a prophecy, roughly meaning: You will build a great empire, but your empire will also be destroyed, and people will suffer a tragic end.

Then it asked Remus if he wanted to continue the journey.

As we all know, Remus chose to continue and intends to change the future so that civilization can prosper forever!

Thus, the disqualified angel and the homeless demon hit it off and established a civilization called the Remurian Dynasty in the Maple High Sea.

And they defied the future, their fate intertwined with the heavens, and together with Remus, they created the great symphony, the Phoebus.

In the planning of the disqualified angels and the lost god of the land, the wishes of the imperial people will be transformed into music and integrated into [Phoebus].

In this way, with the help of [Phobos]'s power, a small destiny system belonging to Remuria can be formed to counter the destiny system planned by [Fatuna].

Of course, the plan failed.

The Phoebus is essentially a lower-spec version of the Fatuna. Even the Fatuna itself is not perfect, let alone this lower-spec version.

Ultimately, influenced by a large number of negative desires, he completely went mad.

But in short, this at least illustrates one point: tuning is a technique brought by angels, which should be the wisdom mastered by the heavens.

Now, looking back, although the Heart of God was made from the remains of the Third Adventist, the technology used to make it must have been that of Sky Isles.

Therefore, it's not surprising that both involve tuning techniques.

"Then, can I decipher these runes and use them on myself?"

Controlling runes and tuning elements is an extremely difficult task, even for the holder of the Eye of God.

The reason is simple: although the holder of the Eye of God can control elemental forces, that ability is based on the fragments of authority within the Eye of God. It does not mean that the holder of the Eye of God necessarily has a stronger understanding and learning ability of extraordinary knowledge.