"Leaving aside everything else, magic technology is really convenient." After walking around the room, Aya, who spent eighty percent of her time in the wild caves, was shocked. So magic can be used like this?

The wind magic array, combined with fire and ice magic, formed an air circulation system that could regulate the temperature. There was an automatic water outlet in the bathroom... This place was dozens of meters above the ground, how much magic power was needed to pump the water up?

"By the way, when do you plan to go find that friend of Xiao Mo's?"

Thinking about the main task, Aya poked her head out of the bathroom and asked Tiran, who had buried her head in the pillow on the bed.

In addition to the intelligence, Xiao Mo also gave Tiran an envelope before they left, saying that there was a prop inside that could be used as a token. With that token, they might be able to get help from her friend in Sorcery City.

At present, there was no clue about the whereabouts of Jiu Jiu and Hermes, so they could only hope to obtain some useful information from here.

"Oh, right."

Tiran nodded, lifted the pillow and sat up, took out the envelope that she kept close to her body, opened it, and poured out the contents into her hand.

A small metal plaque slipped out of the envelope and fell into Tiran's palm, giving off a slightly cool touch.

Aya leaned over and stared at the plaque in Tiran's palm for a while, showing a skeptical expression. "Why does this thing feel familiar?"

After thinking for a moment, Aya also took out a nearly identical metal plaque from her pocket - it was one of the several passes that the guide had given to the delegation before.

"Does this mean we have to go... to the underground research institute we were just at?"

Oh, no wonder, it turned out to be exactly the same. No wonder it looked so familiar... Wait a minute! What about the information broker? Shouldn't they be doing business in some shady place where they couldn't be seen?!

Complaining aside, since Xiao Mo gave them this token, they still had to go to the underground research institution in Sorcery City.

After informing Shuma, who was in charge of security, the two of them pretended to go sightseeing in the city and hurriedly boarded the special VIP train to the building where the entrance to the underground research institute was located.

There were still tall buildings on both sides of the track, but even Aya had gotten used to it after looking at it for a long time. After the special train arrived at the station, they got off, showed their passes, and then took the elevator straight down.

As the depth increased, the light outside the transparent glass gradually dimmed, leaving only the light from the magical lamps inside the carriage. The red numbers on the fluorescent screen on the right slowly jumped until they reached the bottom floor.

After getting off the elevator and entering the experimental area, there were fewer people around, but there were various mechanical operations and occasional explosions could be heard. Perhaps it was related to the fact that they had already entered the core area.

"You don't happen to know where to find that person, do you?"

Looking at the princess standing in front of the elevator door, staring blankly at the dazzling signs on the wall, Aya had a bad feeling in her heart. Oh no, please don't let it be true.

"I do know the place... A11 district, I just don't know how to get there..."

Tiran forced a smile and waved her hand, knocking on the sign on the wall with her right hand.

Oops, I forgot that this person has no sense of direction. Aya covered her face and walked up to the wall to study the signs and the map next to them, but then she became dumbfounded. What the hell is this supposed to be!

Ventilation ducts, energy transmission pipelines, various material transport tracks, and roads for people to pass through, all drawn in different colors on one map, making it dizzying. Oh my god, it seems that only abnormal people can stay in a place like this.

With a strong mental power inherited from the Dragon, Aya memorized the entire map with great difficulty. She then struggled to find the word "A11" among the dense lines.

"Anyway, let's give it a try... Let's go this way."

Along the way, they could see various laboratories and testing grounds on both sides. Since they were already in the core area, almost all the conveniences of life, such as magical communication, had disappeared. What they could see were all kinds of eye-catching and cool things.

"Wow! Aya, look over there! Is that a tank? It must be a tank!"

"Hey hey! Is that workshop building a battleship? A sky battleship?!"

It was probably like this... Aya felt a headache coming on. On one hand, she had to concentrate and remember the complicated routes on the map, and on the other hand, she had to listen to Tiran talking about this and that. Damn it, her brain couldn't keep up...

"Get out of the way!"

Immediately, a streak of light flashed past Aya, followed by a loud boom that pierced through two walls in front, creating a large crater. The red lights on the ceiling blinked incessantly, and various alarms sounded one after another...

"Hey! How did unauthorized personnel get in? Get out quickly!"

A guy wearing glasses broke through the wall that had been pierced, wearing a white coat as he walked out and glared at Aya. "Do you know that you almost died?"

Aya didn't say anything and shrugged indifferently. Although the attack just now was powerful, it still fell short of penetrating the scales.

"It's clearly your own clumsiness. Have some shame!" Tiran poked her head out from behind Aya and rudely flipped him off.

"How can you defame me like that!" The researcher widened his eyes.

Tiran was taken aback, but then she laughed and pointed to the ground with her hand. "Defame you? I just saw with my own eyes that your electromagnetic cannon misfired and left a hole in the ground."

The researcher's face turned red, and veins popped out on his neck as he argued, "An error in energy parameters is not clumsiness! Can scientific matters... be considered clumsiness?"

This was followed by a series of incomprehensible words like "failure is the mother of success" and "the dignity of the clumsy party," and "practice is the sole criterion for testing truth," which caused...

"What's going on here?"

A voice of confusion came from behind, followed by a familiar figure walking over, looking astonished at the three people standing next to the wall that had been blasted open.

"Chip?"

...

"So that's what happened. Are you here to visit?" After sending the researcher back and calling the construction team to start repairing the pierced alloy wall, Chip smiled and looked at the two of them. "Since that's the case, why did you have to wander around? Just say it at the front desk, and there will be a guide."

"Well... we forgot." Aya touched her head and laughed guiltily. They weren't really here to visit. They were looking for a friend of Xiao Mo's. How could they let a guide follow them? Who knows why an information broker would choose to hide in the Magic Technology Research Center.

"Since that's the case, the experiment on the magic-powered armor is still in the preparation stage. I have nothing to do, so let me continue to guide you two."

The two exchanged glances and could only nod. Chip had volunteered, and they didn't have a good reason to refuse, so they had to agree.

"By the way, what was that thing that pierced the wall just now?" Tiran casually asked.

"Huh? Your Highness didn't know? Didn't you just say it earlier? It's an electromagnetic cannon that uses a circular circuit forged with lightning magic to accelerate the barrel." Chip pushed his glasses and continued, "It generates thrust to launch projectiles using electricity and magnetism. Although it is inferior to magic cannons in terms of effectiveness and power, it has low requirements for technology and manufacturing materials. Given the opportunity, it could replace pure magic cannons as the mainstream weapons of war. It is also another mainstream research direction besides magic-powered armor."

The expression on the princess's face froze for a moment, and she slowly turned her head to look at the large crater that had been blasted open.

A deformed coin lay quietly at the bottom of the crater, and soon a researcher rushed over and carefully picked up the coin with tweezers, putting it into a transparent storage bag before hurriedly leaving.

It really was an electromagnetic cannon!

"The electric light that dances at your fingertips..." Tiran's face was full of confusion. These scientists really had wild imaginations.

"...is the belief that will never die in my life?"

Chip, who was walking ahead, paused for a moment and subconsciously continued the second half of the sentence.

"..."

The air in the corridor instantly became quiet.

Tiran widened her eyes. Did I just hallucinate?

That sentence was the secret code that the loli information broker had told her. When the princess heard it, she was also confused for three seconds, wondering why they would use something like that as a secret code.

And then something even more confusing happened.

"Sorry, what did you just say?" Tiran touched her ear to make sure her hearing was fine and decided to ask again.

"No no no, forget about that. Are you two planning to go to Sector A11?" Chip's expression was also quite interesting.

"Yes... uh."

Surprised, it's really you!

This information broker's style is completely different from that of Xiao Mo, who spends all his money on merchandise at the rundown tavern with leaks from all sides.

Are all the researchers in your country so talented and versatile?! They not only engage in scientific research but also work as intelligence agents!