Chapter 1175 (1/2)

Chapter 1175: 367. Unexpected

The Metal Ancestor Dragon was making contact with metal objects that had been assimilated by itself.

Street lamps shining light on the streets, garbage cans that had become homes for stray cats, swaying manhole covers, the gently vibrating tracks as trains passed by, and the coins tucked inside the pockets of ordinary people such as travelers, residents, soldiers, and merchants.

All these metal objects opened up their perspectives to the Metal Ancestor Dragon, allowing it to observe, listen to, and feel everything around it from their own angles.

From the marketplace and Fountain Square at the city’s center to the train platform located on the outskirts, to the taverns, horse barns, and workshops outside the city, the Metal Ancestor Dragon had its eyes everywhere.

The Metal Ancestor Dragon saw the myriad faces of mankind: whispers, moans, revelry, the crying of infants, the sighs of exhaustion, the melancholy of loss, and the smugness that came after careful calculations.

The emotions of human beings could not influence the Metal Ancestor Dragon.

After arriving in the Inner Cosmos, it had seen far too much of mankind’s ugliness at the renowned Baldur’s Gate.

The sights now before the Metal Ancestor Dragon’s eyes, intense as they were, still could not spark the Metal Ancestor Dragon’s desire to watch, being far less stirring than Baldur’s Gate.

Its hands stretching towards the city slowly clenched into fists, and the buzzing sound from all directions grew fiercer, yet the common people and wizards within the city could not hear it.

All metal objects assimilated by the Metal Ancestor Dragon vibrated rapidly with tiny amplitudes, projecting dense shockwaves into their surroundings.

“Buzz buzz buzz————”

The shockwaves seemed endless, each resonating with the others.

Soon, a vast surveillance Technique enveloped every area aboveground, underground, inside, and outside the entire City District.

Everything, large as the load-bearing columns inside buildings and as small as the emerging mice and cockroaches, became crystal clear in the Metal Ancestor Dragon’s mind.

Even those secret agents who had achieved Invisibility through spells or scrolls were left with nowhere to hide.

The Metal Ancestor Dragon saw undead spies tiptoeing underground, Light Wizards cloaked in Invisibility Magic searching for the Gem Box on the streets, and Earth Vein Wizards rapidly moving through the soil using Earth Rock Magic.

The Metal Ancestor Dragon effortlessly grasped many secrets, but still did not find its Gem Box.

“I have to take back my previous comment. This isn’t a despicable thief, but rather a skilled thief with despicable methods,” the Metal Ancestor Dragon muttered to itself.

“Nyrephale, I have to admit, the assistant you found via the paths of destiny does indeed have some skills. I can’t find any trace of the Gem Box inside or outside the city.”

The Metal Ancestor Dragon knew clearly: