Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Lynn nodded in satisfaction before turning and walking toward the largest room in the fortress.

This place was originally supposed to be the living quarters and laboratory of the resident wizards, but it has obviously been badly damaged by Hoy and his two companions.

The furniture was overturned, the lab bench was covered in dust and unidentified stains, and waste paper and empty bottles were scattered on the floor.

Lynn frowned and raised his hand to cast a [Magic Trick].

An invisible current swept through, sweeping all the filth and debris into a corner, where it piled up.

He then took out a few spare pieces of furniture and experimental equipment from the Ring of the Dead and arranged them simply.

In the center of the room, on the floor, is engraved a circular magic circle with a diameter of three meters.

This is a standard negative energy gathering array, which can gather the death energy in the mine to assist necromancers in their cultivation.

But for Lynn, that was far from enough.

He crouched down, took out the various materials he had previously purchased from the skeletal ring, arranged them in a certain position, and then grayish-white death energy emanated from his fingertips as he began to modify the array patterns.

Delete single-attribute guide rune —

Add a star guide loop—

Embedded Earth Vein Resonance Nodes —

Weaving a space-stabilized framework —

Harmonizing the Soul Anchor Sequence —

......

With all thirty workstations fully operational, the [Analysis] ability disassembles, analyzes, and reassembles every detail of the Spirit Gathering Array.

Lynn transformed into a rune sculptor, using death energy as his chisel and the ground as his canvas to create his own "Five-Element Composite Spirit Gathering Array".

After one hourglass, the magic circle was modified, and the new magic circle presented a strange five-colored flowing state.

The core of the array is a deep gray-black (death), radiating outwards silver-white (stars), earth-yellow (earth veins), transparent ripples (space), and soft milky white (souls).

Under the precise control of runes, the five energies not only did not conflict, but instead formed a subtle symbiotic cycle.

Lynn stood at the center of the array and activated it.

"Buzz—"

A deep, resonant energy sound arose.

It was as if a rift had opened in the void above, and faint starlight was being drawn down.

A steady pulse emanated from the earth beneath my feet, and earth-elemental energy surged forth.

The surrounding space was slightly distorted, and the sparse spatial energy was gathered.

The dense aura of death within the mine surged forth as if summoned.

Lynn's own soul power, acting as the "regulatory center" and "final container" of all this, slowly operates.

Five energies, like five streams of different colors, flowed into his body, guided, transformed, and harmonized by the initial model of the "Myriad Phenomena Meditation Method".

Although the efficiency of absorbing a single attribute is not high compared to other advanced meditation methods, this step is of great significance.

The combined cultivation speed of the five elements far surpasses that of other meditation methods!

And this... is only the initial version of the "All Things Meditation Method".

Lynn sat down cross-legged, the light of the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array flowing steadily around him, but his consciousness was not fully immersed in meditation.

There are still three "exes" to deal with.

Within the isolation layer of the Ring of the Dead, Hoy and his two apprentices' souls were sealed by [Soul Imprisonment], like three faint, ghostly lights.

Lynn's divine sense first probed into the souls of the two third-class apprentices, casting a soul-searching spell.

Their memories were fragmented and pale.

There's fear and dependence on Senior Brother Hoy, greed and extravagance for resources, uncertainty about the future, and a lot of mundane daily life in the mine...

However, there is almost no crucial information about that batch of "missing resources".

All they knew was that Senior Brother Huo Yi would occasionally leave the mine with a batch of resources, supposedly to "grease palms" or "exchange for cultivation supplies," but they knew nothing about the specific details.

When Hoy comes back, he'll give them a little "treat," that's all.

That small amount of "sweetness" amounted to only about one-thirtieth of the "gray income," yet it made the two fools incredibly happy.

"As expected of a nobody, he didn't gain much benefit, but he took the blame very well."

Lynn withdrew his divine sense, and the souls of the two apprentices became even dimmer and nearly disintegrated after the soul search.

He casually stuffed it into the spirit world to see if it could naturally transform into a ghost or a vengeful spirit.

Next up is the main course—Hoy.

The soul state of this person who forcibly advanced was very unstable, like a glass container full of cracks, containing violently churning desires, resentment, fear, and a large amount of mixed and undigested energy memories.

Lynn's divine sense penetrated even more cautiously, fearing that his powerful divine sense might accidentally shatter him.

Hoy's memories began to flash:

Three years ago, his mentor, Maurice, left in haste, leaving behind only vague instructions and a group of standard undead miners.

After the initial fear and unease, a growing ambition gradually arose as he watched the dark-glowing iron ore being mined.

The tension and excitement of secretly intercepting a small batch of "Wailing Crystals" for the first time and exchanging them for magic stones on the black market.

The secret delight of finding no one paying attention led to even bolder probing.

He bribed and intimidated two accomplices to provide cover for him and steal more resources.

Large amounts of resources were sold in batches through the Northern Black Market and a few traveling shadow merchants, in exchange for piles of magic stones and expensive potions and auxiliary materials used to forcefully break through the barriers.

Memory is like fast-forwarded footage, mostly repetitive greed and anxiety.

Lynn quickly sifted through the information, searching for clues about "hiding places" and "unsold resources".

Several scenes from his memory caught his attention.

Hoy hid several bulging space bags in a crevice in an abandoned mine shaft and covered them with rubble.

The location is at the end of the abandoned area of ​​the 13th branch of the main mine roadway.

The screen changed again.

A few months later, Hoy returned there and took the space bag. More than half of the magic stones were gone, but several rare materials had been added.

On the eve of his advancement, Hoy returned to the abandoned mine, but this time he did not hide the items in the crevices of the rocks.

The memories here are somewhat hazy and confused, as if some kind of one-time concealment artifact was used to hide the last batch of "family assets" in a "deeper and safer place".

The exact location is shrouded in a layer of gray fog in my memory, making it difficult to see clearly. I only know that it is still within the area of ​​that abandoned mine.

"A deeper, safer place?" Lynn withdrew his divine sense, lost in thought.

Hoy's memories of the final hiding place were deliberately blurred, making it impossible to directly read the precise location.

However, the area has been locked in – the abandoned area at the end of the 13th branch of the main mine tunnel.

"Shadow Swarm." With a thought, Lynn issued a search command to the five hundred scattered Shadow Flying Insects deep in the mine.

The abandoned mine is only so big; even if the five hundred Shadow Flying Insects explore inch by inch, it won't take them long.

The search command was instantly transmitted to the consciousness of every flying insect.