My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Along the southern coastline of the Western Continent, there are a few scattered fishing villages that make a living by fishing.

A group of fishermen returned in high spirits, shouting and cheering, attracting the attention of their relatives and friends, who all gathered around to witness the great catch on the fishing boat.

A macadamia fish, about two meters long with a bulging belly, occupied most of the fishing boat.

Experienced fishermen asserted that this pregnant macadamia was in its spawning season, with many translucent little eggs inside. These were a favorite delicacy of the city's noblemen, and could fetch a large sum of money.

Just as the fisherman picked up his sharp hook to gut the pregnant macadamia, the fish's abdomen split open first, spraying out a large cloud of seawater carrying tiny red fish eggs.

The sudden spray of seawater was unusually rapid and turbulent, knocking all the surrounding villagers to the ground and pushing aside other fishing boats moored nearby.

The small red fish eggs were washed away by the seawater inside the fish's belly, burrowing into the villagers' noses, mouths, and ears, and covering the nearby ground.

Three seconds later, the amount of water coming out of the fish's belly decreased rapidly, with only two trickles flowing out from the cracks in its belly.

The villagers, whose bodies had been burrowed into by small red fish eggs, stood up stiffly, their expressions blank.

They moved their hands, feet, and arms a few times, and their movements became more fluid and natural.

Suddenly, they looked at each other, gave each other a wicked smile, and then picked up the harpoons, hooks, and nets at hand, tending to the beach covered with small red fish eggs like normal fishermen.

The same scene unfolded in fishing villages along the coastlines of the Western Continent.

A hidden, imperceptible force is secretly infiltrating the Starry Night Kingdom.

It will follow the caviar delicacies favored by noble lords throughout the kingdom, spreading to every corner of the kingdom.

Chapter 51 Prediction Bias

Starry Night Kingdom, Pimos City, "Golden Emerald Ore Shop".

After the shopkeeper mysteriously disappeared, the shop selling metal ores was designated as a restricted area by the resident sorcerer.

Apart from the resident sorcerer in charge of tracking the case, no one would linger here, but uninvited guests would inevitably break through the security array outside the shop and sneak in quietly.

In the dead of night, a tall, dark figure slipped into the backyard of the shop under the cover of darkness and stopped in the empty alchemy room.

"Another missing informant..."

A hoarse voice echoed in the dark room; his Temple Common was not very fluent and sounded somewhat awkward.

"All of Inster Heguman's informants in the Starry Night Kingdom have disappeared..."

Another short, dark figure slipped into the alchemy chamber and spoke in the same strangely pronounced Temple Common:

“My lord, I’ve made inquiries. About 20 days ago, more than a dozen disappearances occurred on the same night in several cities across the kingdom. The missing persons were all alchemists recognized by the academy. Inster Heguman’s informants are all on the list of missing persons.”

“Someone is preventing us from mobilizing the people Inster Heguman has planted,” said the tall, dark figure who was the first to arrive. “He anticipated our actions and eliminated our intelligence sources in advance.”

The second short, dark figure who arrived shook his head. "The missing persons list also includes informants from other factions within the Temple. I suspect they are spies planted by the Holy Mark Department, the Inquisition, or the Demon Hunter School. Clearly, the mysterious person who kidnapped Inster Heguman's men isn't targeting us."

The tall, dark figure looked at the other person and said, "Think about it again."

The short, dark figure was silent for a few seconds. "Oh, we might have encountered a formidable opponent. Luckily, you reminded me. If this person eliminates all easily accessible intelligence personnel within the kingdom, we'll have to penetrate deep into areas protected by the academy's magic to reach those who possess the intelligence. This will significantly increase the difficulty of our intelligence gathering and hinder our operations."

"Hmph." The tall, dark figure chuckled coldly. "It's quite impressive that you reacted in time. Can you guess who's stopping us?"

The short, dark figure seemed stumped by the question, racking his brains for half a minute but still unable to find an answer.

“How foolish! How could the archbishop let someone like you follow me?”

The tall, dark figure said with a mocking remark:

"Only the old fogies of the August family could pull off something like using humans from the Western Continent as bait to mobilize our army."

"I've already heard about the division between the old and new generations in the August family. The old fogies and the younger generation can't stand each other and think the other is out of their mind."

"Using the humans of the Western Continent as bait is clearly contrary to the style of August's younger generation."

"Now, tell me, who has the ability to use time-space magic to foresee our actions and eliminate the spies in the Starry Night Kingdom in advance?"

The short figure bent down and said humbly:

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord Grandsabech."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the work of Test August, the young leader of the August family. Only his strength in the laws of spacetime could possibly penetrate your spacetime veil and glimpse our actions in advance."

“Hmm, not bad.” Grandsabech approached the short figure and pinched the other’s delicate cheek. “In the temple’s territory, we’ll use the temple’s name, Ilona. You’ll have to call me Lady Swaden.”

“Yes, Lord Swaden,” Ilona replied respectfully.

"Now prepare a list for me."

The head steward of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons, Gersbech, personally took action, transforming himself into a human nobleman named Swaden.

He paced slowly in the alchemy room, saying:

"Before dawn, I need to know who in the Starry Night Kingdom has access to the information we need, and who isn't under special protection."

“I must warn you, Ilona. Be careful of Test August’s traps. Don’t get caught by him before you find a suitable target to spy on.”

"Yes, Lord Swaden, I will be extra careful." The short figure bowed and left through the crack in the alchemy room window.

After Ilona left, Gronzabech uttered a strange sigh:

"Oh ho ho~ August. I wonder if you'll ever see your family split apart... How delightful..."

...

The secret base in the western mountains of the Western Continent.

Midnight.

The forests on the surface were silent, but the underground base was bustling with activity.

The loyal blood magic golems, having received their master's orders, restarted the heavy weapon forging production line, which had been intended to be put on hold, and worked overtime to manufacture controlled products for their master.

Xia Zuo snapped out of his state of predicting the future, his eyes glazed over as he looked at the fading rainbow of light on his body.

The results of using the [Spacetime Phase Simulator] to predict the future left him completely bewildered.

The situation is like this:

From Beatrice's discussion of the Western Continent's calamity to Little Golden Bauhinia's tears and subsequent coma, everyone's behavior made Xia Zuo feel that the Western Continent was about to be littered with corpses.

However... the future timeline in the [Spacetime Phase Simulator] shows a completely different situation.

Xia Zuo reviewed a total of 390 future timelines.

The so-called massacre occurred in only 10 future timelines.

In addition, in more than 30 future timelines, the Starry Night Kingdom was half destroyed, many people survived, the plan of the Otherworldly army to harvest life force was thwarted by the arriving Temple army, and even the gates of the Starry Night Academy were not breached by the Otherworldly demons.

The remaining approximately 350 timelines are even less significant, and can be described as all talk and no action. While some demons did indeed invade the Starry Night Kingdom and replaced a group of nobles who had limited access to secrets with blood magic, they were all eliminated by the garrison mages and the Demon Hunter school who acted swiftly upon hearing the news. Ultimately, the Starry Night Kingdom spent a month or two in relative peace.

On the contrary, the Wild Hammer Kingdom is very unsettled.

Of the 390 future timelines, at least 300 depict a turbulent and chaotic Hammer of Desolation.

The demons somehow found a way to bypass the underground defenses of the Hammer Kingdom, blasted the top foundation of the geothermal magma belt, and triggered a massive earthquake that caused half of the Hammer Kingdom to collapse and disappear overnight, creating a spectacular canyon, like a hideous scar carved into the earth.

Based on the predictions, the Kingdom of Desolate Hammer should be the one to undergo dramatic changes in the future, not the Kingdom of Starry Night... So why are Beatrice and Little Golden Bauhinia so sad?

Xia Zuo scratched his head and sat back down at his desk, feeling somewhat mentally exhausted.

Beatrice and Little Golden Bauhinia's descriptions form one clue, while the future timeline deduced using the [Spacetime Phase Simulator] is another. These two clues, which should have converged and pointed to the same conclusion, have instead diverged drastically…

Based on Xia Zuo's experience in his previous life, this situation indicates that there is an unknown blind spot between the two clues, and it is a very important blind spot that can interfere with the entire course of the event.

Xia Zuo wanted to figure out what this blind spot was.

He gently touched the culture jar a few times, waking up the little golden chaste tree inside the glass cover.

"What's wrong... Xia Zuo..." Little Golden Thorn Flower rubbed her "eyes" and woke up. "Did you use your future-prediction magic to see the future of the Starry Night Kingdom? Did you find a way to turn things around?"

Xia Zuo spoke frankly, "I made a prediction, but I see the future differently than we thought. It will be the Wild Hammer Kingdom that suffers, not the Starry Night Kingdom."

"Ah?" Little Golden Thorn Flower trembled, quite surprised. "How could this be? Elder Natalie's predictions are always very accurate..."

Xia Zuo crossed his arms and pondered, "You mean, what you said earlier, you heard from Lady Natalie?"

“That’s right.” Little Golden Vitex rested her “chin” on her leaf. “How strange. Elder Natalie couldn’t be wrong… Let me think… This has happened before, with a significant difference between the predictions of spacetime magic and logical analysis of reality… What did Elder Natalie tell me back then…?”

Half a minute later, Little Golden Bauhinia clutched her head. "Oh no! I remember now."

She looked up, slightly alarmed. "Xia Zuo, are you being watched?"

"What?" Xia Zuo frowned. "What do you mean?"

The little golden vitex didn't answer Xia Zuo's question. Instead, it put its "hands" behind its back like a person, pulled its roots out of the soil, and paced back and forth in the cultivation pot, mimicking Xia Zuo's pensive manner, muttering to itself:

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is. No wonder Elder Natalie didn't dare to say more..."

Looking at the little golden chaste tree, which seemed like a riddle, Xia Zuo became even more confused.

Just as he was about to ask further questions, the little golden chaste tree immediately stopped moving and held up a leaf in front of the flower bud:

"Shh~ Xia Zuo, don't ask any more questions. Do you remember why I couldn't tell you the exact location of the Faceless Man?"

Xia Zuo's eyes widened suddenly, a flash of understanding appearing in them:

"I remember! You mean..."

"Shh~ Shh~ Don't say it." Little Golden Thorn quickly stopped him, lowering her voice:

"This situation is more serious than when you asked about the exact location of the Faceless Ones. Our opponent is extraordinary and extremely powerful. The fact that your prediction was flawed is the most direct proof of this."

Xia Zuo kept his mouth tightly shut and nodded solemnly.

"You should keep a low profile from now on, try not to contact people, and spend more time observing the future. Elder Natalie once said that as long as you collect enough information, you will always be able to detect clues."

The little golden jujube flower curls up a leaf, making a fist-pumping gesture:

"I believe you can do it! Keep it up!"

“Okay!” Xia Zuo nodded heavily. “You can continue sleeping. I’ve settled things at the academy, and I’ll check the future I’ve observed right away.”

"Okay~ I'm going to sleep now." Little Golden Thorn pointed to the alchemy pouch, indicating that Xia Zuo should pour himself a few potions.

Chapter 52 That tastes pretty good