Witch Special

However, the reality was that Lin Zhenxi was too optimistic, because when she walked into the spiral staircase leading to the underground library, she was stopped shortly thereafter.

"Ah, this..." Lin Zhenxi was in a dilemma as he looked at the black water that had completely submerged the spiral staircase.

In Lin Zhenxi's memory, although the Bavaru Library was located below the Scarlet Devil Mansion, it had never leaked water. However, it now appeared that the Bavaru Library was flooded at the current difficulty level, making it impossible to advance any further.

What kind of walk is this? Lin Zhenxi just didn't want to go into the water, so she asked the water slime to go down to the fog lake to deal with the owner of the giant tentacle. Who would have thought that now she has to go into the water to enter the Bavaru Library.

So, let’s just leave it at that?

I feel a little unwilling.

Do we have to go into the water?

The risk is too high, and it doesn't seem necessary.

So, is there a way to get down there without having to go into the water?

It seems not.

But Lin Zhenxi came up with an idea, maybe it could be worth a try.

Thinking about the architectural structure of the Bavaro Library, there seemed to be only a vertical spiral staircase leading to the Scarlet Devil Mansion above. Lin Zhenxi immediately constructed a physical model in his mind with the upper part closed and then inflated.

While the exact location of the leak was unknown, the water level inside the spiral staircase was significantly lower than the Lake of Mist outside the Scarlet Devil Mansion. This indicated that there was no connecting vessel between the two sides, and the water flow at the leak point was likely low. If aeration were used to drain the water, at least this spiral staircase could be emptied.

As for what happens next, let’s talk about it after we finish the current things.

So Lin Zhenxi drew a magic barrier to seal the gate of the passage, and then opened a hole in the magic barrier that only allowed people to go in but not out. He then used local materials to flatten the barnacle shells on the walls and floor, and drew a series of magic circles to generate airflow, which were connected in series and finally flowed into the small hole.

The connected magic circle began to work, and the entire passage was immediately filled with wind directed towards the magic circle. Lin Zhenxi's Eye of Truth, which had been left in the spiral staircase, also began to work, running to the surface to observe the water level dropping.

Well, not ideal. But that's to be expected, since lowering the fluid level by inflating the tank is a bit of a hack.

But Lin Zhenxi couldn't think of a better way. After all, she had no way to drain the water...

Wait, why not? If you don’t want to touch the black water, then use a contactless method to discharge it.

As his mind opened up, Lin Zhenxi's mind instantly flashed with a slew of ingenious ideas. No matter how filthy or polluting the Deep Chaos was, it couldn't possibly corrupt the magic circle. At most, it would distort and render it ineffective. The contamination primarily targeted living things, not inorganic matter.

It's impossible that even stones can mutate and grow tentacles and eyes, giving life to purely inorganic matter. Those followers of gray probably don't have such a great ability.

Lin Zhenxi quickly took care of the front and back ends of the deep water pump, and innovatively used the space gate mechanism. As long as the magic circles on both sides were activated at the same time, it was equivalent to connecting the two magic circles, so that the water at the front end would be sucked into the magic circle and then sprayed out from the back end.

So, where should the drain pipe of this water pump be placed?

Anyway, it is impossible to put it directly into the Mist Lake. The water below is most likely seeping in from the Mist Lake. She has to drain the water to a place that has nothing to do with here.

Got it! Lin Zhenxi immediately thought of the Old Hell. Such a big pit, let alone the Mist Lake, even if all the water from the Wind God Lake upstream was drained, it would probably not be able to fill up the Old Hell.

By the way, Lin Zhenxi could use an extra-large space gate to cut off the stream between Jiutian Waterfall and the Mist Lake, pour all the water flowing from upstream into the Old Hell, and then place a giant space gate at the bottom of the Mist Lake, with the exit also set in the Old Hell. By using this two-pronged approach, she might be able to drain the Mist Lake.

Damn, it’s really exciting when I think about it this way.

Of course, this was just a thought, as Lin Zhenxi hadn't yet figured out how to construct a portal of such a large area. Especially not inserting a portal directly into a riverbed, completely blocking a fast-flowing stream. Even if the portal's shape was perfectly aligned and the magical configuration was easy to construct, Lin Zhenxi didn't have the magic power to pull it off.

No matter how ingenious the magic, it ultimately needs the power to support it. The same is true of science: no matter how ingenious the design, if the materials and parameters are substandard, it will ultimately be for nothing.

However, Lin Zhenxi felt that he could still make a deep water pump to drain the water in the Bavaru Library.

Using Apparition, Lin Zhenxi brought the back end of the space portal directly to the large hole in the old hell. Because there were no puppet soldiers following him this time, the entire world was completely dark. Lin Zhenxi could not see anything and could only roughly determine the location of the crypt through mental perception.

Darkness can inspire fear in people. In any case, Lin Zhenxi was still very scared in this completely dark environment, so she fixed the magic circle right above the dungeon and immediately left without staying for even a second.

After Apparating back to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Lin Zhenxi felt reassured by the glow of the puppet soldiers around her. This was the way it should be. People should live in bright, bright places. Those who prefer to set up their base in dark, damp places are no different from cockroaches.

Next, Lin Zhenxi hung the magic circle at the front end of the space gate on a flowing slime, and then gave the flowing slime an instruction: "Just crawl to the deepest place, no matter how deep it is." Then he threw it into the water in the spiral staircase.

Because the slime was engraved with a magic circle drawn by Lin Zhenxi herself, she could sense the state of the circle to confirm the slime's current location. It was obvious that the slime was sinking quite quickly, and in a short while, it had swum down several dozen meters.

However, the location of the Bavaru Library is much deeper than this. Every time Lin Zhenxi climbed that spiral staircase, he would get dizzy. He only remembered that he had been climbing for a long time and had completely lost track of the distance.

The slime continued to dive, and Lin Zhenxi waited for another two minutes before he felt that the slime was no longer moving vertically, but was moving horizontally instead.

It's the end! At least this spiral staircase has reached the end. Lin Zhenxi immediately activated the magic configuration of the space gate remotely.

Although invisible, a circular space tunnel with a diameter of approximately five meters was opened at the location of the water slime. Due to the huge pressure difference, the surrounding water began to rush into this space tunnel frantically, pouring towards the old hell on the other side of the space gate.

Lin Zhenxi also devoted some of his attention to the magic eye in the spiral staircase, monitoring the water level inside the staircase.

This time, she finally saw the water level inside the spiral staircase begin to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a short while, it dropped several meters. This efficiency was many times faster than the previous method of inflating the spiral staircase.

That's right, hang in there.

With the space gate fixed, its connection with the water slime was terminated, so Lin Zhenxi didn't know whether the slime was dead or alive. She could only judge whether there were enemies attacking the space gate from below by the existence of the space gate.

However, I don't think that's the case, because the space gate is now just a drain. The water near the space gate is flowing at a terrifying speed, and nothing can remain stable under the pull of that water. Unless something huge blocks the space gate completely, it will be difficult to destroy it.

The classic tactic in fantasy novels is to place the coordinates of a teleportation scroll on the seabed, and then use the high-pressure water jet released when the scroll is opened to kill the enemy. The current space gate is just a "hole" that continuously sprays high-pressure water, and this hole is about five meters in diameter. Blocking such a space gate would be extremely difficult.

As the water level in the Bavaru Library drops, the water pressure on the other side of the space gate will also decrease, and it may eventually become a large floor drain, only able to drain water slowly. However, by that time, there should be little water left in the library, and Lin Zhenxi can use some special means to enter there without touching the water.

For example, a particularly large bubble head curse.

The magic bubble released by the Bubblehead Charm is impervious to sharp objects, but maintaining its shape requires mana. As the bubble's diameter increases, the mana required increases exponentially. Therefore, maintaining a large bubble under high water pressure is extremely difficult, and mana consumption is as rapid as releasing water from a sluice gate. However, as the water pressure decreases, the external pressure on the bubble decreases, and the mana consumption naturally decreases.

It was supposed to be magic, but it turned out to be all physics problems...

The next step was to wait. It seemed the space door below was very stable and functioning normally. About an hour later, Lin Zhenxi's magic eye finally reached the bottom of the spiral staircase and saw the two large wooden doors that Lin Zhenxi was very familiar with, which led to the Great Magic Library.

Although there is still some water on the ground, it is estimated that it is only up to the calves. This depth of water will not cause much impact on traffic.

After all, Lin Zhenxi and the others can fly, so there is no need to step on the black water with their feet.

Lin Zhenxi controlled the magic eye and entered the library again. He walked around and found that it was empty. However, he saw the space door that was still draining water. It was tightly attached to the ground, like a huge black hole, still swallowing the black water around it.

Well done, Space Gate.