It took Dyon 16 years to reach the peak of the comet level. During the monotonous 13 years he spent killing hundreds of thousands of beasts in his third trial, his mind was constantly reflecting upon the [Dao of Array Alchemy]. Still, he was simply too far from the planet level.
His first task should have been to find the location symbols of the array, but the moment he tried to, he realized that planet level arrays were organized very differently than what he was used to.
Every symbol was actually built upon each other like a complex, interconnected puzzle piece. To alter a single portion, one had to have enough knowledge to bypass the other layers without disrupting them.
The worst part was that this array was inextricably linked to 20-30 others, maybe more. This made it even more difficult to change the location symbols than Dyon had previously thought. For context, it was already wildly impressive that Dyon realized even this much.
These arrays were meant to teleport to a very select few locations, this was how it was able to keep its energy use so low. After all, there was no way a 98th quadrant had the necessary energy stones to power a planet level array.
Dyon's eyes reddened and involuntarily began to bleed. Analyzing an array far above his abilities was taking too much of a toll on his mental energy. It had been less than a minute, but he was already fatigued beyond belief.
"Big Brother!" Little Yin and Yang called out.
The two of them wanted to help, but there was nothing they could do. However, they knew they had to stop Dyon. Him pushing himself like this wouldn't accomplish anything.
Unwillingly, Dyon turned his gaze away, holding his head in hopes of squeezing away the pain.
Dyon took deep breaths, trying to calm himself. He definitely didn't withstand all of that humiliation just to fail here.
He even had half a mind to start a rampage. If it wasn't because he was so sure that the fail safes Soul Market had in place would put the lives of the soul slaves in danger, he wouldn't have done any of this to begin with.
'Wait… The planet level arrays came from this quadrant's ancient era, but the fail safes couldn't have?... right?...'
Dyon shook his head. That was simply wishful thinking. Even if Soul Market didn't exist back then, that didn't mean that this quadrant didn't have a reason to have fail safes for other things. They might very well be just as powerful as these teleportation arrays.
'Hold on…' Dyon's eyes brightened. 'For other things? That's it!'
"Little Yin, Little Yang, what's the history of this array?" Dyon asked expectantly.
"The history?" The twins asked in confusion. They could check the history of any inanimate object, but what was the purpose here?
"Yes, quickly!" Dyon pressed, slightly agitated.
The twins blinked but still did as Dyon said. Their eyes glowed as they scanned the array and its surroundings.
"This array was constructed 3 563 782 years ago by the 24th White Mother." The twins spoke in unison. "It is an array of the compound theory branch, built as a single piece of a 1000 array large set.
"The original purpose was to act as a gift to the Sapientia family who needed easier transportation around their quadrants. However, the 24th White Mother, due to suspicions for the family, created an extra 30 as a fail safe.
"To keep this fact hidden from the Sapientia, the 24th White Mother created a new array theory, breaking from the original formula to create a set of 1030 arrays. This made what should have been a 2nd stage planet level array into an array as complex as a 5th stage planet level array.
"Unlike the 1000 original arrays, the extra 30 are known as Master Key Arrays. The original arrays cannot connect to them, but the Master Key Arrays can monitor and locate the original arrays at will. The Master Key Arrays can also shut down the function of the original 1000 at any time as well as causing them to set off a violent chain reaction capable of destroying a planet to ash.
"The function of the Master Key Arrays was entrusted to Soul Rend Peak before the Celestial Beast Clan went into permanent seclusion. The control mechanisms for all 30 arrays were entrusted to the head master of Soul Rend Peak.
"The arrays lied dormant and without use for more than 3.5 million years until the construction of Soul Market 534 years ago where it then became a center piece of their business, used to easily transport tens of millions of people at once.
"Using the master keys, the master key arrays are also capable of creating 10 relay stations each of which have been placed among the 100 universes of this quadrant. What they are used for is outside the scope of this arrays history, but it is presumed to transport captured infants and babies from their homes to Soul Market.
"The 10 relay stations can only teleport to and from this single master key array. However, the master key array can teleport to any other master key array as well as the 1000 original arrays.
"The core of this array is powered by an origin crystal. More than 99.99999999 …%"
"Alright, that's enough." Dyon said with bright eyes, stopping the twins before they went into excruciating detail.
No matter how cool and collected he was normally, his heart couldn't help but palpitate when he heard the words 'origin crystal'. That wasn't a power source that was meant to be on this plane of existence, it was no wonder it could power such an array for such a long time yet still have more than 99% of its power remaining.
What Dyon found more interesting was the Sapientia family's role in this array's history. And what did the twins mean by said "their quadrants"? Didn't the Sapientia family only control a single quadrant?
When he asked the twins though, they said that it was outside the scope of the arrays history, so they had no idea. It was frustrating, but Dyon could only let it be.
Dyon just assumed it was another anomaly of the Epistemic Tower quadrants. For example, there were 5 True Gods of the Drago-Qilin quadrant, yet there should only be one key wielder per quadrant. Since only key wielders could take God level trials, how the hell did the 2nd ranked quadrant have five of them alone?
Dyon shook his head, focusing on what he'd just learned. 'I can use this.'
Think about it. Soul Market was constructed far after these arrays were created, yet these arrays were perfectly placed for Soul Market?
The arrays were originally entrusted to Soul Rending Peak, so how the hell did they end up in the middle of nowhere, floating around in an asteroid belt millions of miles from Planet Cathedral?
The answer was obvious: they were moved!
If a mere 98th quadrant could move arrays, why couldn't Dyon? If he moved the auction's array to a massive space within the Demon Sage Tower, all of the teleportations would end up with the soul slaves directly entering a safe environment.
Dyon's body flashed away, reappearing in the room the twins were in. At the moment, they were still consoling the two beauties, but, for obvious reasons, that wasn't going too well. Would you allow someone shipping you off to your death to tell you everything was going to be okay? What a joke.
Of course, it also didn't help that the soul strength of the two girls were too powerful for the twins' bewitching technique to work. So, their diseased skin was completely exposed before the two of them.
"We're sorry," The twins cried along with the two girls. "We're too weak to help you. The truth is that we'll probably be sold off after all of this is over too…"
It was true, Bella and Mia were the most talented youngsters in The Cathedral and the White Mother didn't like them at all. That black hearted woman would definitely sell them off too…
The two girls didn't have the heart to hate the twins, nor be disgusted by the cracked, blistered and puss filled skin. They had been here their entire lives 13 to 14 year old lives… Their mental makeups were too pure and untainted to feel anything other than pity. But, that didn't make them stop crying.
"Are you going to keep crying? Or are you going to do something about it?"
