Chapter 159: Chapter 158: The Academy Store

Tang San's visit this time was not necessarily to gain something; what mattered most was to clear up the situation inside the academy store. Reconnaissance was his top priority. He would never act rashly to alarm anyone; if he had to risk being discovered, it must be for the most precious items to be worthwhile.After observing for a while, Tang San utilized Leopard Flash to blink twice in quick succession, hiding himself in a darker corner within, where he curled up and did his utmost to conceal his presence.

With the help of the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye and his powerful spiritual power, even the Titan Ape Monster patrolling the store with its Eighth Stage cultivation base would be unable to detect him.

After the Titan Ape Monster had finished its patrol and exited the academy store, locking the door behind it, the only one left inside was Tang San himself.

Slightly relieved, Tang San stretched his body, and with a flicker of white light in his eyes, he peered into the store with his Spirit Rhinoceros Eye.

Under the gaze of the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye, the cabinets behind the counter suddenly became colorful, with different colors representing different properties; the richer the radiance, the more obviously precious they were.

Tang San quietly approached the counter, his eyes scanning the display cabinets behind it. Just as he had anticipated, nearly all cabinets glowing with intense light were protected; the protection might seem like just cabinet doors, but they were certainly connected to the alarm system. This he could perceive clearly through the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye.

With his current cultivation base, he was not capable of countering such an Alarm Formation, at least not silently. However, his purpose in coming here was to observe the alarm system closely. With his experience as a former Godking, given enough time, breaking this magic array would not be difficult.

It seemed that different areas had varying levels of defense. For example, the cabinets in the weapons, replenishments, and medicines areas were all metallic and had doors.

Areas for daily necessities and plants were open-style. Naturally, the plants were not particularly precious treasures from heaven and earth; they were common things one could use every day, including some fruits and vegetables that could be eaten directly.

After inspecting the outer counter area, Tang San moved to the back.

The counter area outside the academy store was the biggest, while the back housed a number of safes. Each safe was cast from heavy metal. When Tang San touched them with his hand and used the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye to observe, he could feel that beyond at least an inch of the tough metal, there was certainly an even more intricate alarm system inside. For a God level strong person, silently breaking through the defenses and taking the items inside would be nearly impossible.

The internal and external defense of the store were indeed tight! There were in total six safes, presumably storing different types of rare items. Even the students of Jiali Academy probably did not get to see them usually, and could only select from a catalog.

Undoubtedly, the items inside these safes were the real treasures, and they were Tang San's ultimate target.

To open the safes, it was essential to understand the defense magic arrays inside, especially without triggering the alarm system. As long as the alarms were not set off, there was a chance.

Tang San started with the external alarm system. The first thing he needed to find was the core of the alarm formation system within the academy store.

From his observations during the week he had been working at Jiali Academy, the Monsters were actually quite average in their magic array skills and lacked the ability to construct particularly complex formations. Compared with the Monsters' terrifying talents, there was a world of difference. This was precisely the most important reason why Tang San was confident of success.

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Speaking in more detail, even the massive defensive system of the Jiali Academy is actually a single magic array. Although the scale of the array is large and consumes a lot of energy, it's not very intricate. There isn't even a nested magic array. Basically, it's the simplest kind there is.

Tang San, once a Godking, would delve into research on energy variations and how different energies could be combined for greater effect when there was nothing much to do in the Divine Realm. Often, this was achieved through the use of magic arrays.

The research into magic arrays on Soul Land, where he once resided, was even more thorough, having developed to a high-tech era. The transition from cold weapons to firearms was essentially a breakthrough in energy magic arrays, and moving into the high-tech era from the age of firearms required highly complex arrays.

In his previous life in the Divine Realm, there had been a long period when it was impossible to monitor Soul Land. By the time he returned, Soul Land had undergone tremendous changes. However, during that time, he did not truly return because he was maintaining his wife's life and giving her hope for recovery; instead, he always kept a watchful eye on the world's changes from a distance. With his powerful divine consciousness, learning such knowledge couldn't be easier. seaʀᴄh thё nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Compared to the realm of Soul Land, Falan Planet had far superior energy, resources, and life rank from a simple standpoint. It was a planet whose energy intensity could rival that of the Divine Realm. But when it came to technology, there was quite a gap to bridge.

Hence, after carefully examining the Protection Array of Jiali Academy, Tang San knew that as long as he had enough time and could locate the core magic array to observe thoroughly, even the Academy's entire Alarm Formation would be as good as nonexistent to him.

But this would require time, and the core magic array had to be located. Surely the Alarm Formation of Jiali Academy would be safeguarded by strong individuals in the most vital areas of the Academy. It wouldn't be difficult for him to find it, but to enter and closely observe would be challenging. He would have to wait until his Spirit Rhinoceros Eye advanced further, becoming capable of more subtle observations of energy fluctuations from a distance to deduce the status of the arrays.

However, the situation with the stores was different—the defense arrays within the academy stores were entirely separate, and locating the core magic array inside wasn't arduous.

Under the scrutiny of the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye, the energy fluctuations inside the six vaults were vividly displayed before Tang San.

With a hint of amusement, he realized that the defense and alarm formations of all six vaults were identical. Even more curiously, none employed a dual defense system of physical and magic array combination, but were solely constructed of magic array defenses. This meant that the vault locks themselves were magic arrays, not physical locks.

This indicated that the Monster race likely placed great significance on their rather "simplistic" arrays, confident there would be no flaws. It was a reflection of this plane's lack of meticulous energy research.

In that case, things were even easier. Once the core magic array was cracked, everything here would be virtually open to Tang San.

Tang San took out paper and pencil from his storage bag and observed the energy fluctuations within the vaults, deducing the location of the core magic array based on the patterning of these fluctuations.

It took roughly an hour, but he found it.

Jiali Academy was somewhat clever in this regard—the core magic array was located within one of the six vaults. In other words, to break the core magic array, one still had to enter a vault.

The opening of the vaults likely required something akin to an Energy key in the form of a magic array. This was beyond Tang San's ability to deduce.

This posed a difficulty for him, but he did not rush. He started over from the display cases behind the counters. Places that housed more valuable items were also protected by Alarm Formations. These were not the same as those in the vaults; each showcase had a separate one, yet the types were very similar. This was probably to save on costs or because they couldn't manage interconnected nested arrays.

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