Anwen’s face turned pale. It didn’t take much wisdom to understand what this terrifying debt meant. Even if he were to successfully become a great lord in the future, it would take at least a century to repay the debt.
“You can’t do this!”
“Of course I can, and I’m not joking.” Not a trace of a smile could be seen on Prattick’s face.
Anwen frowned, “What have I done wrong?”
“I’m more than willing to help you, but if you continue to communicate in this manner, there’s nothing I can do. At the very least, after spending so much of the council’s funds, you have an obligation to explain the whole situation clearly. At the very least, let me understand the purpose of building this tool. I believe you have a way to make me understand.”
Anwen calmed down, thought for a moment, and said, “The significance lies in giving us a completely new and vastly more efficient method to explore our world. Once constructed, it won’t just be used for calculating the forms of primal energy; it can be applied in various fields. For instance, it can support the result analysis of the Destiny Grid, simulate the movements of void primal energy, and even predict the weather and disasters on different continents. In short, wherever analysis and calculation are needed, it can be put to use. To achieve this goal, I continuously adjusted the design and expanded its scale. With it, my personal computational ability can increase by a hundredfold or more. And in the future, it can be further improved and enhanced.”
Facing Anwen’s lengthy discourse, Prattick closed his eyes and pondered for a moment before saying, “If it truly achieves the effects you described, it means the council will comprehensively surpass the human race in technology. Perhaps in a few centuries, with our technological advantage, we can completely offset the human race’s advantage in cultivation. At the very least, our main cannons on the warships can be updated by two generations.”
Anwen sighed, “It can certainly optimize ballistic trajectories, but I don’t want it to be overly used for slaughter. Compared to killing humans, exploring the world and the void is far more meaningful.”
“What is meaningful is not for you to decide. Maybe in a hundred years, when you have the authority to make significant decisions, you can say such things. For now, I need to see the effect of your tool.”
Anwen thought for a moment and said, “It’s already mostly completed. Calculating celestial disasters might still be a bit difficult, but assisting the Destiny Grid is well within its capability.”
“Good, I’m about to make a new prophecy. Begin once you’re ready.”
Anwen dashed back to his room and started the wondrous machine with a series of dizzying movements. The startup process was exceedingly complex, involving hundreds of gears and switches.
Prattick patiently waited for Anwen to complete the preparations and then activated the Destiny Grid. Compared to Anwen’s hurried actions, Prattick’s movements were calm and effortless. With a wave of his hand, a hundred different dark primal energies flowed into the Destiny Grid, landing on predetermined nodes.
The Destiny Grid in the void emitted a faint light, and the multiple arms of the grid instantly changed their movement. At the center of the grid, faint flashes of light appeared.
To Habus, these lights seemed like meaningless dots and bands, but each flicker subtly responded to the pulsation of his blood core.
Habus slightly frowned, feeling that this fate prophecy might be related to the blood race.
After Prattick activated the Destiny Grid, his pupils dilated, filling his entire eye sockets. In this state, he could glimpse the changes in the river of fate.
This was Prattick’s unique talent, the reason he could become a new generation’s great seer. Even though fate was ever-changing, Prattick could still grasp the flow of fate in a brief moment.
Beside him, Anwen also closely watched the changes in the Destiny Grid. Countless data flowed from his hands, transforming into bands of light and continuously being fed into the machine. Each gear, lever, and crystal flickered, generating data that, in an incomprehensible manner, was processed and fed back to Anwen. Thus, two streams of data continuously flowed between Anwen and the machine.
While observing, Prattick had enough composure to explain to Habus, “The primal energy I directed into the Destiny Grid was specifically selected and prepared for the desired prophetic results. Different energies at different times and nodes represent certain factors influencing fate. Many factors collectively guide the flow of fate. In reality, the factors affecting fate are endless, and I can only simulate them as accurately as possible. When the main factors are present, the Destiny Grid may reveal the true face of the future.”
Habus suddenly asked, “Am I also a factor here?”
“Yes,” Prattick replied expressionlessly.
Habus immediately understood. This was a bit of private interest on Prattick’s part. Every activation of the Destiny Grid was immensely costly, and even as the overseer, he couldn’t use it as he pleased. However, the current situation was changing rapidly, and the blood race was at the center of the turmoil.
Prattick, whether from a premonition or hearing something, wanted to include Habus in this fate prophecy.
Habus did not refuse. The Destiny Grid was already halfway through its operation, and it was too late to reject. On the other hand, as Prattick worried, as the Crown of Fire, using this method to peek into fate suggested that the future might indeed bring factors capable of destroying Habus.
Seeing Habus remain silent, Prattick breathed a sigh of relief and focused entirely on the Destiny Grid.
The primal energy on the grid gradually diminished, and soon the light faded, returning to its original form.
In just a moment, Prattick’s face turned pale, and his breath became unstable. Peering into fate clearly came at a cost.
He furrowed his brow and said, “This time, the fate is extremely chaotic, with many changes. Regarding the blood race, it’s even more uncertain. It seems that in the near future, the blood race’s fate will undergo several turns, but the ultimate direction…”
It appeared that Prattick couldn’t unravel the blood race’s fate. Indeed, predicting the fate of one of the four races, especially with the Night Queen presiding over the blood race, was beyond Prattick’s capabilities.
At that moment, Anwen suddenly exclaimed, “The River of Blood is moving away!”
“What?” Habus was shocked.
Prattick’s face darkened, “The River of Blood has been moving away for decades. It’s nothing new. Didn’t you know?”
But Anwen said, “No, it’s not like that! Although the River of Blood has been moving away, it was still following its own trajectory and would eventually return. But just now, I suddenly noticed that it has changed its course and jumped to another track! And this track only leads away, never to return!”
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