The soul body inside was very weak and blurred. If he hadn’t been pressed against the glass, Saul would have even overlooked that there was life inside.

But this should be exactly the effect the Stargate Council was pursuing.

Hidden, and able to withstand starlight pollution.

After ignoring Meurich for a moment, Saul turned around to first look at the experimental data.

But as soon as he turned around, the first person he saw wasn’t Meurich with his telescope-like eyes, but Douglas standing further back.

Douglas was looking at Saul. Only when their eyes met did he nod nonchalantly and shift his gaze to the experimental data nearby.

Saul walked to the side naturally and began looking through the experimental data on the table, but he multitasked – recording each experiment’s process and results while speaking mentally with Nightmare Butterfly in the diary.

“Penny, was Douglas staring at me just now?”

[Ah? I didn’t notice.]

Penny seemed somewhat frustrated.

[I was also attracted by that big glass cylinder and forgot to observe the surroundings.]

“It’s fine.” Saul comforted her. “I also didn’t notice he was watching me.”

This statement surprised even Beth in the diary.

[Beth: You’re less than ten meters away from him, yet you couldn’t sense his gaze? Your current mental power is equivalent to a fourth-rank wizard’s!]

After the first four targets of Symphony of Fate took shape, Saul had received a large amount of destiny force feedback and could even advance to fourth rank immediately. But pursuing greater power, Saul had been suppressing himself.

Beth was initially surprised, then became somewhat excited.

[Saul, do you want to make him your fifth target?]

A powerful and mysterious third-rank wizard who hadn’t suffered any losses even when negotiating with the Stargate Council.

Indeed a candidate for a target.

“No rush.” Saul responded mentally. “This guy… I have a feeling I can’t quite control him. Let’s observe first, and preferably get his agreement to cooperate.”

For some reason, Saul hadn’t felt this uncertain even when selecting the imprisoned fifth-rank water sprite Floco.

His intuition neither told him there was danger nor that everything would go smoothly.

Facing Douglas, Saul always had a feeling that the person before him wasn’t actually there.

This uncertainty didn’t scare Saul away, but rather made him more interested in Douglas. He had even entrusted the initiative to cooperate with the Stargate Council to him.

It was difficult to protect one’s own interests in front of the advantaged Stargate Council, and equal cooperation was also difficult. But somehow Douglas had completed the cooperation agreement before he returned, without even revealing his trump card.

After thinking, Saul ultimately didn’t take out the Soul-Fixing Needle.

Since his temporary partner was so capable, he’d keep his trump card hidden.

Perhaps it would be useful in some unexpected place later.

No longer minding the seemingly harmless Douglas behind him, Saul continued reading the experimental materials on the table.

“So the Stargate Council really plans to abandon their human bodies.”

After reading the experimental data, Saul couldn’t help shaking his head. “With the elves’ example before you, you’re still planning to completely abandon your bodies. I can only say I admire your courage.”

But Meurich smiled and said, “The elves’ failure was because they didn’t have a stargate. Wanting to leave the wizard world but unable to find a way out, more and more soul consciousnesses got trapped in the world barrier’s interlayer. Until the numerous chaotic mental powers formed a gravitational field specifically targeting the elf race, causing the remaining elves to disappear overnight.”

“But we won’t make such mistakes.” Meurich continued, even walking very close to Saul’s side with a punchable smile on his face. “We have a stargate that can cross world barriers without consumption. We also have red worms to carry our consciousness, plus shells made by Faceless Ones with extremely strong concealment. Naturally we can safely leave this world without a future.”

Saul glanced at Meurich and suddenly swung out a semi-transparent gray tentacle.

The tentacle was extremely fast. Just as Meurich was about to dodge, all the lights in the room suddenly dimmed, changing from pure white to purple-red.

This purple-red light immediately bathed everyone in the laboratory in the same color scheme, but Meurich’s color was deeper and seemed to surge outward in waves.

Under the colored light’s illumination, the color on Meurich’s body ultimately couldn’t break through his body’s constraints.

Looking at Saul, although he had struck first, his body color was the same as others. Even his left hand that had transformed into a tentacle showed no abnormality.

“So it also suppresses mental power through fluctuations? But my transformations don’t require mental power!” After Saul finished speaking, his extended tentacle had already bound Meurich tightly.

“Saul, don’t kill our research partner on the first day.” Douglas leaned against the wall. Although his words were mediating, his body honestly didn’t move at all.

“He’s not our partner!” Saul continued waving his tentacles, tossing Meurich up and down like playing with a toy.

Almost no lethality, but quite insulting indeed.

Meurich went from initial surprise to anger, finally to grudging endurance. Only when he saw Saul lower his head to look at experimental data again with no intention of releasing him did he speak with suppressed anger.

“Lord Saul, have you had enough fun?”

Saul turned a deaf ear, and the tentacle’s movements became even faster. Meurich was being shaken so much in his hands that he was almost becoming a blur.

“Saul, do you want to shake Meurich to death and then become my assistant yourself?”

Finally, Alick’s voice, which hadn’t appeared, rang out from outside the laboratory.

Only then did Saul put Meurich down.

The latter staggered a step after landing, looking somewhat theatrical.

“I don’t have Wizard Meurich’s abilities.” Saul turned back to look at Alick walking in from outside. “I can only hope that the leftover materials you leave behind can help me survive in this world.”

When Alick appeared, Douglas also straightened up and smiled in greeting. “I thought the chairman wouldn’t have time to come out recently.”

Alick nodded to Douglas as well, obviously valuing this third-rank wizard highly.

“If either you or Saul is willing to join the migration plan, I can give you Meurich to play with.”

Douglas both waved his hands and shook his head. “No way, I don’t have your courage to dare leave before advancing to fifth-rank wizard.”

Douglas’s words also had some teasing meaning, but Alick didn’t mind at all. “There are also first-rank and even below first-rank existences in the starry sky. Like these red worms – if not for their special survival methods, how could they freely traverse the starry sky? We’re now using knowledge to change destiny.”

Alick finally looked at Saul. “Saul, your mental power is both strong and special. You’re actually more suited for the starry sky than all of us here. Won’t you really consider leaving with us? I can reserve a spot for you.”

Douglas’s eyes flashed, but he quickly lowered his gaze, hiding the light in his eyes.

Saul politely asked in return, “Your research on red worms is so effective against pollution, won’t you really consider staying to fight the black tide?”

Alick withdrew his gaze and stared at his feet. “Between known terror and unknown terror, I’d rather choose the unknown.”

(End of Chapter)

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