Eldred and his accomplices conspired almost at the same time as Li Lin was studying the world runes in the underground palace of the Forbidden Stone Forest.
Since using “digital thinking” to discover the origin of the world’s runes was too mentally draining, Li Lin could only barely check the “Phase Rush” attribute of the cornerstone rune of the witchcraft system, and then he couldn’t hold on any longer.
After taking a short rest, Li Lin temporarily gave up researching the world’s runes.
With his current mental strength and physical fitness, there would be no problem if he used the world runes like Zoe said, but it would be a bit difficult to further study their origins.
This is true even with systematic support.
Li Lin is now basically certain that this “mechanic” system is actually the last gift from his mother planet to him, or a blessing from a small part of Rune Land.
When encountering the existence of the world origin of the same level or even a higher level, this system seems a little weak.
In general, even with a golden finger, Li Lin still has to rely on his own efforts to survive in this chaotic and dangerous world…
In the following time, Li Lin, who had regained his composure, informed Ryze of the classification of world runes of all colors, and then discussed the next plan.
He will send a group of battlefield mecha Skarner and aerial combat mech Storm to guard this place, so that when Ryze goes out to search for world runes, he doesn’t have to worry about his “home” being stolen again.
Ryze, on the other hand, went alone to find various world runes.
But unlike before, now he will use the teleportation of Hex’s Flying Gate to greatly reduce the time on the road.
If something unexpected happens, he will use the nano pendant Li Lin gave him to call for support.
This small accident in exploring the properties of the world’s runes exceeded Li Lin’s expectations. There are still several hours before dawn.
Originally, he wanted to ask Ruiz if he wanted to go to Xiongdu to rest for a night. This was also the old mage’s biggest wish after traveling for thousands of years.
But after careful consideration, Ryze’s ability to get close to the world’s runes was considered the biggest concession.
Now that he had his own aid, finding the remaining world runes was his biggest concern.
Subsequently, Zoe opened a portal to Ionia, and the destination was the Galin Province of Ionia, Sona’s hometown.
Although Li Lin had never stayed in Ionia, the familiar atmosphere still brought back memories in his heart.
After sighing inwardly, he looked at Ryze, “Is this where your scroll is located?”
“Yes, but the specific location… I only know that it is within this mountain.”
Ruiz pondered for a moment and pointed to the mountain in front of him.
“The changes here are completely different from when I came here before. I can feel that the war has disturbed the spiritual realm here. The mountain spirit has become angry. It is not a good thing to enter the mountain rashly.”
“The Sirana Monastery is on the mountain, right? It’s the sanctuary of Galin Province. The monks may be able to help you.”
Perhaps, you can also find Li Qing, the blind monk who summons the power of the dragon, in Shuoji Temple.
Li Lin added in his heart.
Then, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind, and his eyes turned to Zoe, who was lying in the air eating ice cream and humming an unknown melody.
“Zoe…”
As soon as Li Lin called out Zoe’s name, she swooped over to him, stuffed the remaining cone in her hand into her little mouth, and muttered, “I’m listening!”
“Don’t be too hasty when eating. What if you choke?”
After Zoe swallowed the ice cream completely, she wiped her mouth casually with her little hands…
Li Lin sighed, used the nanomaterials on his body to transform into a handkerchief, and wiped her mouth.
Zoe’s smile broadened.
“Can you sense where this world rune is?”
“The balance between the material realm and the spiritual realm in this area has been broken, and the wild magical power interferes with my perception.”
Zoe’s answer disappointed Li Lin.
“Wait… can she still sense the existence of world runes?” Ryze asked in surprise.
“Of course!” Zoe smiled proudly and said before Li Lin spoke, “The other world rune is not too far away from here.”
“Is there another rune nearby?!” Ryze’s expression became even more shocked, and then turned into excitement, “Where is it?”
Zoe made a face at him, “Slightly~~ I won’t tell you, that’s the gift I want to give to Li Lin.”
“Zoe…” Li Lin reached out and kneaded her smooth, soft and delicate face, “Tell Riz that it would be good for us to gather the world runes.”
Zoe rolled her eyes and raised a smirk on her lips, “Yes, you can, but you have to kiss me!”
“this……”
Li Lin glanced at Ryze beside him, only to find that he had already turned around, as if leaving enough space for the two of them to be intimate.
“…”
Li Lin was silent, not knowing how to complain.
Under Zoe’s expectant eyes, Li Lin put his arm around her slender waist and touched her pink lips.
Their intertwined faces separated, but she hummed softly in dissatisfaction: “Ugh! It’s not enough!”
“Why is it not enough? Today…last night to be precise, didn’t you just kiss me like this?”
“No, I suddenly remembered that you and Caitlin are not so close!”
“…”
Li Lin was silent for a moment, then looked up at Ruiz who had taken a few steps away, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
“Ahem…don’t worry about me.”
Ruiz’s hoarse and deep voice made Li Lin even more embarrassed.
“Zoe, don’t be so petty at this time…”
“Why are you being so petty? Aren’t we lovers? What’s wrong with kissing between lovers?”
What Zoe said was so reasonable that even she believed it herself.
“If you don’t kiss me, I will… I won’t tell you the location of the world’s runes!”
“Okay, little girl, you found this yourself!”
Li Lin lowered his face again and met Zoe, who closed her eyes.
After dozens of seconds, he separated from Zoe again, whose cheeks were flushed and she was a little out of breath.
“It’s so, so exciting…let me take a breath…”
She stood up straight again with Li Lin’s help, but her steps were a little shaky, as if her body was exhausted.
Of course, it is impossible to be like this with the physical fitness blessed by the Twilight Star Spirit. This is entirely a manifestation of Zoe’s psychological reaction.
Li Lin kissed her forehead again, “Okay, little clever guy, can you tell me the location of the world rune you know now?”
“Uh-huh!”
She buried her face in Li Lin’s chest lovingly, and looked up at him with love in her eyes.
“That world rune should be the cornerstone rune, but I don’t know what it is specifically.”
As soon as he mentioned the world runes, Ryze also turned around and returned to the two of them with a serious look on his face.
“It’s on an island across the sea from this island in the south. It should be very close to a human village settlement.”
“The island in the south is Wulin Province, where the terrain is rugged and the population is not large.” Li Lin added.
Ryze nodded. He had traveled almost all over the continent of Ionia, and he knew the Ulin Province quite well.
But Zoe blinked, her strange-colored pupils showing doubt.
“What surprised me most was that the world rune was very strange. The energy it displayed was extremely clear, and it was difficult for me to open the portal directly leading to it, as if it was interfered with.”
“It’s normal for a world rune to have such an ability. If it is what you said, I think it might be a cornerstone rune.”
Li Lin nodded and agreed with Ryze’s statement, “The cornerstone runes in the Land of the Newborn are probably the cornerstone of the witchcraft system.”
He turned to look at Ryze, who was in deep thought, “You really don’t need our help? Maybe we can just find the cornerstone rune and take it back.”
“No need. It is my duty to collect protection runes. I think it would be better for me to do it myself.”
“Fine.”
Li Lin knew that this “stubborn old man”‘s mentality had completely changed since the death of his apprentice Keegan Noho, so he didn’t ask for anything more.
“I have summoned a morning light filled with supplies. It is now at an altitude of 1,000 meters. It contains enough food for you to eat and drink for about two months.
“You can put the pendant on your temple and think of the word glasses, and it will transform into a monocle, showing you the morning light at high altitude. As for how to bring it down, I told you before.”
Li Lin quickly introduced the relevant supplies to Ryze: “When you go to a Hex Flying Gate Tower, you can call down the morning light and ask the staff to replenish supplies for you.
“Don’t worry about money. This account will be charged to me and will be included in my assistance to you.”
Ruiz took out the pendant, placed it on his temple as Li Lin said, and then closed his eyes.
Within half a minute, a familiar machine quickly fell from the sky and floated in front of him.
Ryze stretched out his hand to touch the morning light, and the cold mechanical texture returned to his fingertips.
For a moment, he felt mixed emotions in his heart, feeling inexplicably melancholy, “I don’t know how to thank you…”
Zoe has reopened the portal back to Xiongdu.
“No need to thank me.” Li Lin turned around and smiled as he stepped into it, “After all, our purpose is to protect this world… isn’t it?”
