Chapter 1356 - Biochemical Lab (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

There was no doubt about the sampling accuracy and computing power of the MDT. Except for the Crapple Research Station, CARS, Hao Ren could not find any other data processing instrument that could rival that of the MDT. So Hao Ren completely trusted the results: space and time within this enclosed ruin space had been standing still.

“You mentioned that the Ancient Magic Empire had not mastered the technique of time manipulation?” He looked at Master Hymer with a somber face.

Hymer was slightly surprised. He may have been the one who made the assumption that time stood still in the ruins, but he found it incredible when his hypothesis was confirmed correct. “Supposedly. The history of the Ancient Magic Empire may be incomplete, and most of it has become mere legend. However, our mage guild has always focused on historical material collection. So we have more materials on the Ancient Magic Empire than most people. From the materials we have, the mage emperors had indeed not studied about time. There isn’t the slightest mention of it in the historical materials.”

“Such an important technology couldn’t have emerged out of thin air. Since all the historical materials have no mention about it, I’m afraid that the ancient mage emperors indeed could not control time,” Vivian said. “And if they could, then they would not have been that helpless when it came to fighting the First Born—at least not destructed entirely.”

“So there must be some other reason that time had stood still.” Hao Ren said as he walked toward the rooms around the hall. “Let’s check around the place. We might be able to find some clues since time flow has just resumed here.”

Hao Ren rued he had come a little too late. Had he received information when the Holletta investigation team found the ruins, he would have come immediately and seen the moment when time flow resumed. But a few days had passed; many clues might have disappeared.

For example, the magic circle and alchemical containers that Hymer described as still running when he opened the door but now stopped.

Even so, Hao Ren could still see from the signs of time had once stood still.

Every inch of the chamber was spotless. The ground and the furnishings were as clean as a new pin. Had they been abandoned for 10,000 years, then even if there were no weathering, there would have been at least a thick layer dust. Hao Ren opened some un-locked rooms and saw the well-preserved furnishings inside. They were so clean as if the occupants had just left and would return soon.

Only a few messy bits and pieces and papers that could somehow make the place look “abandoned.”

Hao Ren also saw the experimental equipment that Master Hymer had mentioned. The machines had just stopped and still retained some residual heat or magic reaction, which was evidence that was even hard to ignore.

“Don’t you feel they look familiar?” In a large laboratory in the southeast corner of the chamber, Hao Ren pointed to the contents of the room and asked, “Those jars and connectors, and the two culture containers. They are too familiar.”

It was a rectangular laboratory, light-year more advanced than the current alchemical technology of Holletta. There were strict safety inspection, dust removal, static elimination, and air filtering from the lab entrance to the laboratory area. These things were incredibly advanced, both technologically and conceptually. The so-called “alchemy hut” on this planet seemed like a toy in front of this advanced facility. On the glass passage in the dust-removing zone, Hao Ren even saw a detailed work procedure, which marked in words and pictures the rules that the laboratory personnel must follow, including changing of clothes, removing metal belongings, and prohibiting sick staff. Next to this work procedure was a thin crystal plate on where green text was floating, detailing some person names and times. Perhaps it was the last record of personnel working in the labs.

The MDT had checked; the crystal plate used magic power to store data. Maximum data retaining time was no more than half a month: this again confirmed the fact that time had stood still here.

The familiar things that Hao Ren was talking about was a heap of sophisticated equipment in the center of the lab.

Several drums made of metal and glass stood in the recesses in the ground in the center of the lab. About one-third of the mysterious liquid was visible in the vessel. Complex tubes and cables connected the drums to the equipment and magic circle not far away. On the experimental benches next to this equipment were some metal tables. These tables, on which magic circle floated, looked like some monitoring instrument. There several sealed metal cans, each with a tag stating the serial number and seal time, near the wall of the room.

“I remember it.” Vivian frowned. “The style of these things look like the Sacred Relic of Origins.”