Wizard: My magic facility can be upgraded!

Chapter 98 Magic Energy Cannon Barrage

Commander Negan ordered everyone to take the elevator basket to the bottom of the mine. The mine was not as dark as Li Ang had imagined. There was a magic lamp at intervals on the ceiling to provide light. Although it was not as bright as outside, it was still possible to see the surrounding things.

The underground mine is very large and has several passages. In this situation, it would be more efficient for everyone to search separately.

But Captain Negan was unusually cautious; he ordered all members to maintain formation and advance slowly and steadily.

However, the only sounds along the way were monotonous mine cart tracks and scattered tools, and the mine was eerily silent except for their own footsteps and breathing.

After three hours of thorough searching, the results were still disappointing. No trace of fighting, blood, or magic was found; everything had been deliberately erased.

However, Li Ang felt that uncomfortable sensation becoming clearer, as if tiny needles were constantly stimulating his senses.

Just then, Captain Eric stopped in his tracks, his brow furrowed, and turned to Commander Negan:

"Commander, I don't know if it's just my imagination... but ever since I entered the mine, I've felt that there's something indescribable about the air that makes me very uncomfortable."

Upon hearing this, Commander-in-Chief Negan carefully sensed the surroundings and shook his head.

"I didn't sense any unusual energy fluctuations." He looked at the other two captains. "Martin, Natasha, what about you?"

Martin and Natasha both said they hadn't noticed anything.

A thought struck Li Ang, and he stepped forward:

"Commander-in-Chief, Captain Eric, I have a similar feeling. It's faint, but it's definitely there."

He pondered for a moment, "Perhaps...this is related to the perception of wind elements? I have an idea, maybe we can try to amplify this sensation to pinpoint its source, but I'm not sure if it's feasible."

Commander Negan looked intently at Li Ang and said decisively, "We can't let any clue slip by now. Go ahead and try."

"Yes." Li Ang no longer hesitated and took out the rhombus-shaped crystal [Gentle Breeze Barrier Lv5] from his pocket.

Seeing him take out this item, Negan and Eric both understood his intention with a knowing look in their eyes.

Li Ang placed the crystal on the ground and activated it with his mental power.

With a soft "hum", a pale blue light membrane rapidly expanded from the crystal, forming a spherical field with a diameter of about three meters.

In an instant, the air within the area became incredibly fresh and vibrant, with a rich, joyful flow of wind elemental magic.

Li Ang closed his eyes and focused all his senses on sensing.

With the boost from the [Gentle Breeze Barrier], his wind element perception was enhanced to the extreme.

Sure enough, the unsettling feeling instantly became crystal clear. It was no longer a blurry background noise, but rather like a murky undercurrent, slowly creeping through the air of the mine.

He slowly raised his arm, pointing towards the rock wall on one side of the mine, following the direction where the dark current was strongest.

"There... the source of that feeling, the point of strongest intensity, is behind that rock wall."

Li Ang opened his eyes and said with certainty, then put away the Breeze Barrier.

Commander Negan looked in the direction he was pointing, and there was a stone wall that looked no different from the other rock walls.

Captain Martin stepped forward, first pressing his ear to the rock face to listen carefully, then picked up a stone and tapped it rhythmically a few times, concentrating on discerning the echo.

After a moment, he shook his head: "The sound was muffled, and it didn't seem like there was a large cavity behind it."

Negan looked at Leon: "Are you sure this is the place? It looks like there's just solid rock behind here."

Before Li Ang could answer, Captain Eric spoke up:

"Commander-in-Chief, I feel the same way. Although I don't perceive it as clearly as Li Ang, this area is indeed particularly unsettling."

Commander-in-Chief Negan thought for a moment and then made up his mind.

He took out a red stone engraved with complex runes from his pocket. It was the same kind of positioning rune stone that had been distributed to the captains before. He held it tightly in his hand and poured his mental energy into it.

The rune stone immediately lit up with a dazzling red light, and a beam of red light shot out, hitting the rock wall that Li Ang pointed to precisely, leaving a clear and constantly flashing red mark.

"Attention all units," Commander Negan issued the order via his badge. "Immediately evacuate the mine via the original route, maintain vigilance! Repeat, evacuate the mine immediately."

Upon receiving the order, the team immediately took action and retreated quickly and orderly along the route they had come from.

After exiting the mine, Negan did not stop, but directed everyone to retreat several hundred meters further, until they found a solid rock to use as cover before stopping.

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Almost the instant Negan activated the locator stone, the Hunter, which was originally docked on the landing pad, received the signal.

The airship then took off. Inside the gunnery room, two red-clad loaders worked together to steadily embed a huge cylindrical magic crystal, requiring two people to hug it, into the groove behind the main cannon.

The gunner kept a close eye on the coordinates fed back from the receiver, his hands steadily maneuvering the aiming mechanism.

The order requires the most powerful artillery barrage to be launched in ten minutes, but it takes three minutes for the main gun to complete a full charge at maximum power.

He calmly calculated the time, and only after seven minutes had passed did he suddenly press the charging button.

The main cannon base emitted a deep rumble, and the runes around the cannon lit up one by one. A huge amount of energy was drawn from the magic crystal and gathered deep into the cannon barrel. The crystal below the muzzle refracted an increasingly dazzling light, as if it were nurturing a small sun.

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Behind the cover, Li Ang, like everyone else, held his breath and focused.

Suddenly, an indescribable beam of blazing white light tore through the sky, like a sword of divine punishment, and poured into the earth.

There was no deafening explosion in the air, only a high-frequency humming sound that made one's ears ring.

The rocks around the point where the beam of light hit were instantly vaporized, leaving a huge, bottomless hole with smooth edges. The rocks at the edge of the hole were melted into crimson magma, which flowed slowly.

The law enforcement officers were stunned by the devastating scene, and many of them showed excitement, feeling that with such strong support, the mission would surely be completed smoothly.

Li Ang was also shocked. The power of this cannon fire far exceeded his expectations, and the magical form of the cannon fire was extremely similar to the Reincarnation Spell he created, only its scale and power were magnified countless times.

Once the red light at the entrance of the mine had dimmed and the high temperature had subsided, Commander Negan ordered everyone to re-enter the mine.

They quickly returned to the previously marked location, only to find that the thick rock wall had been completely pierced, revealing a deep passage several meters in diameter.

Li Ang keenly noticed that in the newly appeared cave, only the rock about ten meters from the entrance had been melted through by the magic cannon; further in, the cave was an existing man-made cave.

Previously, the rock wall was so thick that Captain Martin's tapping test failed to uncover the hidden secrets behind it.