If possible, Herag indeed wanted to obtain this reward.

Whether it's a hundred thousand Magic Stones or five hundred Contribution Points, both are urgently needed for him right now.

However, there are so many excellent Witch Array Masters here, and quite a few of them are Level 2 Witch Array Masters, his chances of winning are really low.

Even though he has Shenlan Assistance, it doesn't necessarily mean he can solve the problem faster than others.

As the spotlight focused on Goodwin, a circular open space appeared with Goodwin at the center.

A waiter pushed a small table out from the crowd, with a small pedestal placed on it.

On the pedestal, against a red cloth backdrop, was an irregularly shaped, crystal-clear stone.

"Time Shadow Stone!" someone in the crowd recognized the item and exclaimed.

Hearing this, Herag looked up and saw the object called the Time Shadow Stone.

He recalled hearing the term before and then had Shenlan perform a search in the database, finding an introduction to the object.

The Time Shadow Stone is a very special stone that can record the surrounding scenes over a period of time, capturing both images and sounds.

This type of stone is extremely rare and originates from the pollution zone.

Thus far, it's only been found in pollution zones, and it's unknown where the previous wizards got them from, or if they made them themselves.

However, based on existing data, no method of creating the Time Shadow Stone has been found.

Because the quantity of Time Shadow Stones is scarce, they are nearly impossible to buy, and only the leaders of various forces might have one or two pieces.

Anything that can be recorded by a Time Shadow Stone must be very important.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the Time Shadow Stone, curious about what kind of scenes it contained.

Goodwin approached the small table and said to the surrounding people, "I've been entrusted to invite all of you excellent Witch Array Masters here to help decode a Witch Array in a pollution zone. This Time Shadow Stone records specific images of that place, everyone can observe carefully and see if you can figure out any clues."

"That relic was discovered by our people from Serlandir, and with such complex personnel here, won't exposing those images cause any problems?" Herag asked Israel in a low voice.

Herag had been observing the surrounding people, noting that many here were not members of Serlandir, but rather from other forces or without any affiliations.

There were also many unfamiliar faces, whose backgrounds were unknown, making the personnel composition extremely complex.

What concerned Herag was the images recorded in the Time Shadow Stone, depicting the scenes of a relic in the pollution zone. If someone here quietly memorized the place and informed others of the location, it could potentially have some impacts.

Since so many people were invited to decode the Witch Array, it indicated that no one had yet entered the relic.

If some people directly reached this place, it's possible they could kill and seize treasures.

After all, in the pollution zone, everything is uncontrollable, and even the people of the Land of Dawn wouldn't know what happened.

Israel chuckled, "You're overthinking it. The pollution zone is very large, and it's difficult to even determine direction in many places. It's hard to pinpoint the location based on just a relic entrance, and determining the specific location is even harder. Even if the location is determined, reaching that place is very difficult, so there's basically no need to worry about this issue."

"What's more, considering Serlandir's strength, even if you come, you have to be able to get through us first."

Herag thought it through and agreed. Traversing the pollution zone itself poses great risks, and it's not even certain one could reach the relic alive.

Also, given Serlandir's personnel's strength, no one could confidently claim they could win in a confrontation.

In this situation, releasing images near the relic hardly impacts anything; it mainly stems from confidence in their own strength.

"Now, everyone observe carefully, and if you have any ideas, tell me immediately. After evaluation by several of us from the Witch Array Master Association, if there's a high probability of success, we'll immediately inform the Pioneers currently in the pollution zone. Upon successful experimentation, the reward will be issued immediately."

After Goodwin finished speaking, he touched the Time Shadow Stone, and an image appeared above the stone.

It was a revolving wheel.

The wheel contained eight rings of varying sizes, each rotating at different speeds and directions, with numerous complex runes on each ring.

The image only showed this endlessly spinning wheel, and nothing else could be seen.

After observing for a while, Herag thought, "No wonder they dared to release images of the relic entrance; it's almost impossible to locate the position just with this revolving wheel."

This revolving wheel seemed like a door; it was likely the entrance to the relic.

Only by decoding this wheel could one enter the relic.

Violent destruction of this option was directly ignored because such Witch Arrays are usually connected to the entire relic.

Violent destruction could likely trigger a protective mechanism, some of which might directly destroy the entire relic, or others might transport its contents elsewhere through Space Transmission.

In short, the probability of forcefully breaking in and obtaining things is very low.

It seems that the Pioneers of Serlandir are still at the relic entrance, waiting for the Witch Array Masters here to provide a decoding method.

Truly waiting online.

Although Herag didn't know how the Time Shadow Stone was delivered here or how the decoding method would be sent over later.

In the pollution zone, the Magic Net definitely cannot be used, and only some special communication methods can be used, like messengers.

After the image from the Time Shadow Stone was displayed, the scene immediately fell silent.

Everyone, whether they wanted the reward or not, was seriously observing this wheel.

Herag was also observing intently while having Shenlan begin to input the relevant data.

After watching for a while, he discovered that this wheel was nested with nine Witch Arrays.

Each ring contained a Level 1 Witch Array, and the combination of the eight Level 1 Witch Arrays automatically formed a ninth Witch Array.

Herag speculated that the relic's owner laid down the Witch Array in a hurry due to sudden events, unable to set up a higher-level array.

However, the relic's owner wanted to enhance the relic's security as much as possible, hence the layered Witch Array setup.

To decode this setup, one must insert the decoding runes when each ring rotates to a specific position.

These eight rings are interlocked; each ring affects the other seven.

Thus, one needs to observe the trajectory of the eight rings and their possible connections and influences on each other.

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