Chapter 1369: 449. Have some conscience_2

Noland Lee switched observation perspectives around the engineering guardian ship.

Eventually, he pinpointed the root of the problem.

There was nothing wrong with the equipment or personnel on board, but there was an anomaly in the ship’s hull itself.

A spacecraft forged from metal materials caused an unsettling tremor in Noland’s mind, and the answer was self-evident.

“The Metal Ancestor Dragon, Tarsali. The odds are nine out of ten that the reason for my unease is that the Metal Ancestor Dragon is hiding on this ship.”

Noland’s facial features tensed, not daring to slacken in the slightest.

He asked in his mind:

“Heart of Magic, is there a way to detect whether the willpower of the Metal Ancestor Dragon exists within metal objects? Ideally, this method would work in conjunction with the ‘Veil of Different Worlds’ to prevent detection by the Metal Ancestor Dragon.”

Merely judging by the degree of mental unease, the willpower of the Metal Ancestor Dragon hiding on the engineering guardian ship should be weak, or else Noland’s experience would have been more than just a slight mental tremor.

But regardless, it would be best to go undetected, so as not to disrupt his own plan to sabotage the Metal Creation Group’s headquarters.

After a brief search, the “Heart of Magic” provided a response.

[Suggest using “Otod’s Metallic Detection Spell.” This magic simulates common electromagnetic radiation to detect the target.]

The Magic Array Blueprint appeared in Noland’s mind.

He tried it a few times in the Dean’s Office Room, following the blueprint and the written explanation from the “Heart of Magic.”

An invisible, intangible, silent wave of the spell spread from Noland’s fingertips, enveloped by the “Veil of Different Worlds,” and struck the Metal Magic Cube on the table.

Noland nodded in satisfaction.

“Otod’s Metallic Detection Spell” itself possessed superb concealment properties.

Used in combination with the “Veil of Different Worlds,” it was sure to deceive the perception of the Metal Ancestor Dragon.

Noland immediately directed the magic puppet near that particular engineering guardian ship to cast “Otod’s Metallic Detection Spell” towards the spacecraft.

Soon, the feedback results from the detection spell converged in Noland’s mind.

At the same time, the unsettling feeling at the Mental Level did not intensify.

This meant that the detection was successful, and it had not alarmed any possible will of the Metal Ancestor Dragon.

Upon opening the detection results and quickly scanning them, Noland nodded slowly, and thought to himself, “Case closed.”

The ship indeed harbored a metallic lifeform with an exceptionally high lifeform boundary but weak strength.

The exceptionally high lifeform boundary matched the status and life form of the Ancestral Dragons.

The weak strength of this metallic lifeform suggested the Metal Ancestor Dragon had only concealed a very small portion of its will within the hull of the ship.

At this point, Noland was ninety-nine percent certain that the Metal Ancestor Dragon was on this guardian ship.

The subsequent two problems caused Noland to fall into deep thought again.

Why did the Metal Ancestor Dragon appear here?

And how should he deal with this ship?

These two questions really gave Noland a headache, as uncomfortable as a fishbone stuck in the throat.

“Shh, whoosh–”

Noland took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

“Regardless, I still need to lay the bombs I came to lay. I must not let the appearance of the Metal Ancestor Dragon delay my actions.”

Noland hesitated no longer.

He directed the magic puppets to place Magic Bombs in locations other than the special engineering guardian ship.

After some consideration, he decided to inform the Command Plane’s Core of the suspected appearance of the Metal Ancestor Dragon to prevent any unforeseen surprises.

Through the Game Interface provided by “Command,” Noland wove the message into words and sent it off.

It wasn’t long before “Command” replied.

“Thank you for the warning. I just discovered some abnormalities here, which I was about to share with you.”

“Oh? What’s happened?” Noland typed back with his thoughts.

“Command” responded:

“While observing the Soul Constructs on the Transport Ships, I detected an unexplained fluctuation coming from the Quantum Leap Computer on Transportation Ship BX3. From your description, I believe the fluctuation I sensed is similar to the will of the Metal Ancestor Dragon you mentioned.”

Noland raised an eyebrow.

Since he had agreed not to bomb the Transport Ships for “Command,” Noland had not sent magic puppets to board them, and therefore had no way of knowing whether there was any presence of the Metal Ancestor Dragon on them.

After thinking for a moment, Noland typed:

“I’ll send a magic puppet to board the ship and check it out.”

“Okay,” said “Command.”

Noland glanced through his Magic Vision and selected a magic puppet closest to Transportation Ship BX3 to rush to the destination.

After successfully entering the ship from the drone’s cargo bay, the magic puppet arrived on the lower deck.

No sooner had it set foot in the area brimming with power engines, Quantum Leap Engines, and other heavy machinery, Noland felt a similar mental disturbance.

Correct.

There was a scent of the Metal Ancestor Dragon here as well.

But it was just a scent, with no will of the Metal Ancestor Dragon present.

The extremely faint degree of the mental disturbance Noland felt was almost negligible.

This indicated the Metal Ancestor Dragon had indeed been here, but after leaving behind a trace of its presence, it had departed.

Noland continued to control the magic puppet to move forward, rapidly navigating through the iron-gray metal corridors.

Before long, the Quantum Leap Computer Room appeared ahead, the very place where the essence of the Metal Ancestor Dragon was detected.

From outside the door of the Quantum Leap Computer Room, Noland carefully sensed the anomalies within.

Gradually, Noland noticed something strange.