But he wasn’t in a hurry to leave this place.

Saul jumped onto a large tree, found a sturdy trunk, and sat down leaning against the main trunk.

He raised his hand, and the diary appeared in his palm.

The dark red hardcover book floated quietly as usual.

But when Saul’s thoughts stirred slightly, the hardcover book automatically opened, pages rustling as they turned from the golden first page all the way to the last black page.

Saul stared at this diary turning from beginning to end, but didn’t discover the slightest connection related to Kismet.

“When Kismet’s soul fragment was hidden in the diary, I discovered it right when the diary first acknowledged me as master.”

“That soul fragment was also indeed completely returned to Kismet, with no residue whatsoever. But why can’t the fate lines on Kismet accept the connection of Symphony of Fate?”

Kismet hadn’t let Saul examine his body, causing Saul to only be able to guess blindly at many places during his current review.

Although there was no evidence, Saul always felt that what happened to Kismet was related to the diary.

He closed the diary, “If Kismet won’t work, I can only switch to another target. Should I consider the half-elf?”

After thinking for a moment, Saul abandoned this idea.

Elves were ultimately different from other races. His current foundation was still in this wizard world. And elves had already been erased by the world’s consciousness.

Connecting fate lines with elves would be opposing the entire world’s will.

This would be equivalent to hindering his own development – more loss than gain.

However, he could still help the elves in other ways.

After all, besides separating Byron from the elf, Saul was also very interested in some characteristics displayed by the half-elf.

Now he had also discovered that the half-elf could not only see red worms, but seemed to be able to control red worms, which was…

Too useful!

With the fifth target failing, Saul temporarily had no other targets and could only return to Byron’s rented house first.

But before he could enter, he saw Douglas, who had just come out from next door.

During these days of coming and going at Byron’s place, Saul had also seen Douglas once, though he hadn’t initiated conversation.

The other party had no red worms on him, and Saul currently had no mood to discuss academic knowledge with other wizards.

When the two met, they would just glance at each other – not even nodding.

However, this time Douglas actively called out to Saul.

“Hello there, are you also helping the Stargate Council research red worms?”

Saul’s steps toward entering the house paused. He turned back to look at this man emanating third-rank wizard mental power fluctuations, “Hello, Mr. Douglas. So you also know about red worms.”

Knowing about red worms but having no red worms on him – among those Saul knew, including himself, there were four people, and now Douglas made five.

Saul was immediately in no hurry to go back. He walked down from the porch steps and came to the low fence between the two villas.

“Actually, people like us aren’t rare, but there aren’t many who haven’t been persuaded by Chairman Alick.” Douglas rested one hand on the fence, “I initially thought you had also joined the Stargate Council’s research, but recently I discovered you don’t seem to be in cahoots with them.”

“I don’t think highly of their plan.” Saul shrugged.

“Indeed.” Douglas lowered his head, his expression unclear, “When you’re young, you always think home isn’t good. Only after going outside do you realize how vicious the world can be.”

Saul’s eyes flickered slightly, then quickly returned to normal.

“I’m the same.” Saul followed Douglas’s words, “If we can’t even protect our own world, even if we go outside, it’s a dead end.”

“Then it seems our views are consistent.” Douglas smiled with satisfaction, but quickly turned to sighing, “Unfortunately, the Stargate Council appears open but is actually domineering. They simply won’t listen to other people’s ideas.”

So he has ideas?

Saul believed that Douglas suddenly appearing when he returned and actively striking up conversation was definitely not because he really wanted to complain to him about the domineering Stargate Council.

So now he should reveal some real purpose, right?

However, Douglas didn’t recklessly discuss his ideas outside. He invited Saul to his home to continue their exchange.

Saul readily agreed.

Douglas’s house was the same as Byron’s, with multiple layers of isolation facilities to prevent outsiders from spying on internal information through magic or other means.

Following Douglas into the neighboring house and then underground, seeing what was in the room, Saul asked somewhat unexpectedly, “You’re secretly conducting red worm experiments?”

It turned out Douglas had set up a special laboratory in the basement.

Here gravity was nullified, and almost everything was fixed to the walls.

The only things not fixed were red worms.

There were three red worms in the room, not large in volume – the longest was only about one meter.

These three red worms all floated quietly in the air. Saul quickly recognized that these were all deactivated red worms.

Saul flew around the red worms in a circle and found they were the same as the one Alick had given him.

This at least showed that Douglas already possessed the same ability as the Stargate Council to create deactivated red worms.

Considering that the other party might only have one or a few people, Saul once again realized that the person before him was truly a very capable third-rank wizard.

When the other party mentioned the Stargate Council just now, the disdain in his words made Saul vaguely feel the other party wasn’t simple. That’s why he was willing to exchange more with him and follow him into the laboratory. Google seaʀᴄh 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝙣𝙚𝙩

He felt he might be able to obtain some useful inspiration or information from Douglas, but he didn’t expect to directly see experimental results.

Saul couldn’t help but turn back to look at Douglas at the door, “Mr. Douglas, you actually caught up with the research results of hundreds of people from the Stargate Council with your own strength. That’s really amazing!”

Douglas just smiled lightly, not looking particularly proud, “I have two companions. This is the result of our joint efforts.”

“Oh? Where are your companions now? I can hardly wait to discuss these magical species from the outside world with you all.” Saul asked eagerly.

“I’m afraid that’s not possible recently. After researching deactivated red worms, our experiments hit a bottleneck. The two of them went separately to seek breakthroughs. Without new ideas, they probably won’t return in the short term.”

“I see. But seeing such impressive experimental results is still exciting. I’ve just started looking for methods to create deactivated red worms myself. These days I’ve been going outside to find live red worms. I didn’t expect that I’ve just started while you’ve already reached the finish line.”

Saul was completely generous with his praise.

“This hardly counts as a finish line.” Douglas remained calm, “Although we obtained deactivated red worms, we haven’t found suitable methods to control them.”

Douglas spread his hands toward Saul, “We’ve been stuck at this step for a long time. The reason I boldly called out to you is also to see if you have any new ideas.”

“After all, we all want to find methods to counter the Abyssal Eye by researching these powerful red worms from the outside world.”

(End of Chapter)

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