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Lin Yi was somewhat disappointed by the question about the automaton, but still answered according to her thoughts.

Are you sure you want to know?

Upon suddenly receiving this "answer" that could hardly be called an answer, AR-15's first reaction was anger at being deceived, but it was quickly replaced by a different feeling as the "box" spoke again.

What if I said I'm not the 'Griffin' you think I am?

She will be afraid.

This means that besides the necessary entity "Griffin," the automatons have another individual who can freely command and control their behavior and will. Based on the brief experience before, this authority is almost identical to that of "Griffin" itself. In other words, even if "Griffin" tries to restore them to a normal state from the control of this individual, it will require a considerable cost.

However, what if we gave a different answer?

Similarly, what if I said I am 'Griffin'?

She will feel uneasy.

Because that would mean that all her previous judgments and perceptions about the existence of "Griffin" were wrong. "Griffin" is not a kind of "coexistence" generated by the self-judgment link of "Automaton", but something that can exist independently of "Automaton". However, if Automaton wants to maintain the status quo and not be like those mindless weapons, it must have the existence of "Griffin" - one-sided dependence will always make people uneasy.

What you need is not answers, but your own thoughts.

After leaving its last message, AR-15 could sense the disappearance of the "presence" inside the box—an instinct ingrained in its genes.

However, this was no longer her concern.

"My thoughts?"

A shout came from ahead; we've arrived at our destination.

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 728 Tulip Town

Tulip Town, a village located on the border of the Kingdom of Basel, is best described as having backward transportation and limited access to information. In the memory of the native inhabitant, Sir, a caravan only passes through the town once every two years (in Earth time), and that is only because of the various products from the Monster Forest. Otherwise, caravans that are only interested in pursuing profits would not bother to go to such a poor and backward place.

In the town of Tulip, the only thing that could be considered "big news" was the incident four years ago when a knight and his squire perished in the Monster Forest while accompanying a caravan. It was through the knight's deeds that Sil learned that there was a class in the Kingdom of Basel that existed between "commoners" and "nobles": knights.

Unlike nobles who are born superior to others based on their bloodline, knights do not distinguish between high and low bloodlines. According to the mainstream interpretation in the Kingdom of Basel, no matter how inferior your bloodline was in the past, as long as you become a knight, your bloodline is purified to a level only one rank above that of a noble. Therefore, there is no such thing as an "inferior knight".

In this way, being a knight was a reliable means for lower-class commoners to rise in social class and was highly sought after by the general public. However, being promoted to knight was by no means easy.

Although the reconnaissance team was unable to obtain much intelligence due to the excessive lockdown of Tulip Town, they still managed to confirm a considerable amount of information after several days of disguise operations. Among these, the information about the knights caught the team's attention.

Similar to the image described by Syl, a knight with an equipment mount does indeed have the ability to destroy Tulip Town, which has a population of three hundred. However, it is not in the way the reconnaissance team thought, but by killing a large number of people and driving out the natives.

The results may seem the same, but the abilities are worlds apart.

Putting aside other things, if a wizard were to take action, just a few fireballs would be enough to burn these wooden buildings to ashes, even if they didn't collapse in the impact. Not to mention, it's impossible for these frail farmers to mount an effective resistance against the destructive power of "high explosives".

According to the reconnaissance team's calculations, a formal wizard has the ability to destroy this town within ten minutes, while the black-robed wizard from before could raze this town of less than three hundred people to the ground in less than a minute.

But what about the knights?

According to the intelligence we've gathered, the knights of the Kingdom of Basel have three stages.

At first, they were squire knights—who had acquired the breathing techniques of knightly training. Outwardly, they were just a little stronger than ordinary people, and could be dealt with by a few brave peasants as long as they had weapons.

Then there are the formal knights—who gain superhuman physical strength through breathing techniques, giving them an overwhelming advantage over ordinary people in both speed and power.

Finally, there are the Great Knights. Information about the Great Knights in Tulip Town is just rumors and has no credibility. Even the strongest Great Knights cannot achieve the level of a formal wizard. At most, they kill some villagers through guerrilla warfare and then drive away the rest, thus indirectly destroying Tulip Town, rather than physically destroying it like wizards do.

"...That's true. If these knights were really the wizards we've encountered, or if they possessed similar abilities, how could this feudal kingdom, with its background so similar to medieval Europe, still be riding on their heads? It would have been overthrown and divided long ago."

After confirming the knight's information, Knox, who had his arm wrapped around his shoulder, breathed a sigh of relief. As one of the commanders who knew the terror and power of wizards, he deeply understood the qualitative change that would occur if individuals of the wizard's level reached a certain number. And the number of knights in the Kingdom of Basel alone already exceeded three thousand...

Fortunately, knights are knights and wizards are wizards. Knights are still within the reach of normal people, while wizards are legendary beings... at least for Tulip Town.

"The number of wizards should be far lower than we expected, and they are to some extent separated from the world of ordinary people, otherwise they would not only appear in rumors."

"Perhaps we can make contact with these feudal kingdoms? After all, the influence of wizards on them is not as strong as we imagine."

"We can try, but it's not a task we can accomplish right now."

After exchanging a glance, Knox finally spoke to the AR team, who were also communicating internally, "We've decided to retreat to base. What about you?"

Before the AR team members could respond, a sudden sound interrupted their plan of action.

If you don't want to die a meaningless death, stay here for now.

"what?"

Look at the sky.

Subconsciously, they raised their hands to look at the sky—for reasons of concealment and the possibility of various germs in this era, the reconnaissance team had been stationed at the edge of the Monster Forest outside the village, except for necessary intelligence gathering. When they looked up, they spotted a "black dot" moving in the sky.

"The base's drones!"

"Why are you here?"

Also for the sake of secrecy, the interdimensional expeditionary force only sent out reconnaissance teams after confirming the existence of human settlements in this area, and relied on ground operations to avoid exposing the reconnaissance teams. However, the appearance of drones has now given Knox an ominous feeling.

The next second, his premonition was confirmed.

A burst of fire suddenly erupted in the sky, instantly detonating the high-speed drone. A figure in a gray robe appeared to the side, seemingly noticing something, and swept his gaze downwards—

"hidden!"

The reconnaissance team quickly concealed themselves behind various cover, attempting to evade the aerial search.

After a while, a soldier who had noticed that there was nothing there wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was about to lean out to take a look when a voice came from behind when there was no one there.

“yaxita”

In the second before his consciousness slipped into chaos, the soldier instinctively pulled the trigger.

"Da da da--"

"We're under attack! He's spotted us—"

"Fight back!"

He's here—

Knox slammed his fist into the tree trunk, cursing the wizards' unreasonable reconnaissance methods, but he also had no choice but to point his weapon forward and fire.

To his despair, the bullets in his line of sight clearly hit the area in front of the target, but were "suspended" in mid-air by something unseen, leaving him to watch helplessly as another team member screamed and died.

"Get down!"

He instinctively lowered his body, and a sharp, tearing sound suddenly erupted.

P.S.: Fourth update, transition.

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 729 The Grey-Robed Wizard

The bullet, fired at ten times the speed of sound, struck the wizard's invisible "protective field" in 0.1 seconds. In the instant that the wizard's expression changed from astonishment to confusion, the bullet tore through the entire defense and pierced through his body with undiminished force, spraying blood and flesh from the half-body-sized "wound".

The inhuman vitality did not cause the wizard to collapse. Instead, it supported the body, which did not seem to belong to a "living being," as it intermittently chanted incantations of unclear meaning. However, the "protective field" that could withstand ordinary bullets on the surface disappeared without a trace. With the AR-squad firing salvo, he could no longer hold on and collapsed.

"Target Enterprise 23% Zero Deaths [q'i衤三寺] Elimination Completed."

"Stay alert, M16A1 and I will go over there, SOPMOD II and AR-15 will assist the wounded."

"learn."

"Ok!"

……

Three minutes later, after managing to collect the artifacts that seemed to possess a peculiar radiation field left behind by the wizard from a pile of wreckage, M16A1 and M4.A1 basically confirmed the wizard's death. At the same time, the casualties of the expeditionary reconnaissance team were officially tallied.

"Two dead, two seriously injured... If they don't receive treatment soon, the death toll will likely rise by two more."

"What should we do, M4? If we go back now, we're very likely to run into those wizards again. Our portable electromagnetic transmitter can only be used twice more."

Looking at the two people groaning unconsciously on the ground, the girl bit her lip: "Back to base!"

"Yes, sir!"

When Griffin has not issued an order, the captain has the highest authority, and unless there are special circumstances, the android will not refuse an order from the captain of the same squad.

M4.A1, who issued the return order, was far from as calm as she appeared. At least, she knew nothing about the situation at the base: "...I hope everything is alright."

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Three hours ago, at the portal base.

Dragging a batch of supplies for building the base, Xu Tonghua wiped his sweat as he observed his surroundings, pondering where he should hide if he encountered a battle later. Compared to the professionally trained expeditionary soldiers, he was at most a temporary logistics soldier. There were many logistics personnel like him, whose mission was not to fight to the death with the alien army, but simply to fill in when there was a shortage of personnel.

Not to mention that this time they were not facing the alien indigenous civilizations that had been crushed by Earth's civilization, but the bizarre and ferocious "wizard civilization." Even without having witnessed the wizards' power firsthand, the videos and battle reports they had seen before arriving here were enough to imagine their terror, not to mention the various battle traces around the base that had not yet been filled in...

Thinking of this, Xu Tonghua shuddered and decided that if a wizard really appeared, he would rush back to Earth on the other side of the portal without hesitation. Faced with wizards whose methods and abilities were completely unknown, only Earth, which they could not enter, could be considered safe.

"As a mortal, your thinking is clearer than that of most Muggles in this world; at least you're not arrogant enough to try to resist wizards with your laughable power."

The sudden sound chilled Xu Tonghua to the bone, not only in his mind but also in his body, rendering him unable to move, let alone "run" to the other side of the portal as he had just decided.

"Feel honored, mortal. To have your body controlled by a great wizard is the greatest fortune you can have as a mortal."

Accompanied by a soul-shaking "howl," the light in Xu Tonghua's eyes, who had been standing motionless, quickly dimmed, replaced by a more shrewd and cunning emotion.

"Chinese...is this the language of the natives of this other world?"

Speaking in a halting voice the language of another world, just as "Xu Tonghua" was about to continue trying, the urging voice behind him alerted him.

"Hey Lao Xu, what's wrong with you? You haven't moved for ages, are you too tired to do anything?"

"fine……"

Imitating the actions of the native soul before it was destroyed, even though he was a bit rusty, the "wizard" still managed to blend in successfully.

Over the next half hour, "Xu Tonghua" seemed to casually walk through most of the base, and except for those important areas that he could not enter due to his identity and authority, he roughly confirmed the structure of the base.

"Unbelievable! There are races around the wizarding world that have absolutely no resistance to magic. The same 'mind stealing' technique, at most, would only make other life forms in the wizarding world go mad, but it can completely steal the souls of these races that call themselves 'Earthlings.' And this is only level one magic. If it were level two magic, it could definitely do much more. Not only their language, but also their history and culture could be preserved. Even level three magic or the legendary level four magic cast by the Morning Star Wizard—could it completely steal the knowledge of this civilization?"

For ordinary races, even if wizards succeed in their invasion, they can at most plunder resources and people. After all, compared to the wizard civilization that has already waged countless wars of invasion, these backward and ignorant alien civilizations have no value in preserving them.

However, this civilization is different. Or rather, for the only large wizarding organization on the West Coast continent—the Dual-Striped Wizarding Academy—the foundation of this civilization has already reached a point that makes them covetous. Wizards have reason to believe that if they can completely occupy and seize all the foundation and knowledge of this other world, the Dual-Striped Wizarding Academy will surely be able to make further progress on the original basis, and it is not entirely impossible for it to give birth to a Level 3 wizard or even the legendary Morning Star wizard.

"This opportunity belongs to me, Patrick!"

Ignoring the shouts of "Xu Tonghua" from behind, the grey-robed wizard Patrick of the Two-Striped Wizarding Academy eagerly headed toward another area that the wizard had marked with special symbols in his memory.

Patrick, who is skilled in mind magic, has two missions in this mission of the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy. The first is to determine whether these invaders from another world civilization are as devoid of any magical resistance as other wizards have described—this will determine how the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy will treat them.

The second one is the "white-robed wizard" who was only glimpsed briefly in the illusion.

Once it is confirmed that there is no similar wizarding organization behind these "white-robed wizards," then the Dual-Striped Wizard Academy's counterattack and invasion will almost certainly be a done deal. After discovering this "opportunity" that belongs to him, Patrick quietly made a decision.

"Even if you really are a wizard sent by some wizarding organization, since you're blocking my opportunity, then I can only ask you to die!"

Amidst the shouts of several soldiers, when they were still more than two hundred meters from their "destination," Patrick chanted a mysterious incantation in a low voice. Accompanied by a chilling aura, the gray-robed wizard's spirit easily passed through the unsuspecting soldiers, "seeing" the "white-robed wizard" residing among them, and at the same time, also seeing the object in the "white-robed wizard's" hand.

"--No!!!"

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 730 The Third Base Operation

The gray-robed wizard did not conceal the fluctuations of his soul before his death, or rather, under the shadow of death, he had no room to conceal them.

The voice, carrying a chilling aura, spread throughout the expeditionary force's camp. Several guards, ignoring their stiff and cold bodies, rushed in immediately, only to find the same scene as always.

Just letting you know, the wizard might be coming.

After conveying a warning to these "collaborators" through the box, Lin Yi continued to focus his attention on the scattered souls around him.

Because he was only observing with the help of props and not actually present at the scene, Lin Yi was unable to capture the moment when the wizard collapsed upon seeing his presence. He could only watch as the wizard, in the end, turned into a mass of "soul screams" and disappeared without a trace.

However, this phenomenon alone reveals a lot of information.

Compared to what ordinary carbon-based life forms can observe, the wizarding community has access to significantly more.

For example, a monkey wouldn't react to seeing a gun aimed at it because it doesn't know it's a weapon that could endanger its life and kill it instantly. But a human would tremble and feel fear in the same situation because they know more, including that they have no way to dodge it and that it's being aimed at a vital spot, etc.

The weapon's lethality and destructiveness remain unchanged, both aiming to kill the target. However, the reactions of those being targeted differ. This is not because monkeys are braver or stronger than humans, but rather the opposite.

Because of its ignorance and powerlessness, a monkey will not feel fear even if it sees something that could kill it—if it were facing a tiger, it would probably run faster than anyone else.

Humans have witnessed the power of gunpowder weapons more than once in their evolutionary history, understood their destructive and lethal nature, and thus felt fear.

The same situation would probably apply to the gray-robed wizard and Lin Yi. Placing the box containing his "information" in front of the hunter Syle would only make him blindly obedient: he thought that was a wizard, but placing it in front of a real wizard would break him down.

What he was looking at was not the box itself, but what the box represented.

This cannot be described as mere chance or coincidence, given how quickly the wizard reacted.