Chapter 486: Probing and Limitations
The other ministers came to Han Shi under the pretense of dining, intending to probe and monitor the restaurant. However, Yao Hongchen's purpose for coming here was completely different from theirs.
As the Hall Master of Mingde Hall, Yao Hongchen not only had to focus on his own cultivation and research of spirit tools, but also manage the many affairs within Mingde Hall. At this time, Spirit Engineer legions across the Sun Moon Continent—both large and small—were secretly preparing for a potential future war between the two continents. Many of the core spirit tools required for this preparation were being produced by Mingde Hall.
In addition, Mingde Hall—similar to Sea God's Pavilion—was the core institution of the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Engineer Academy. As the Hall Master, Yao Hongchen also had to spend time coordinating the academy's internal affairs.
Taking all of this into account, Yao Hongchen was actually very busy.
In his opinion, tasks like surveillance and testing could simply be left to the other ministers. As the Hall Master of Mingde Hall, he had his own responsibilities and saw no need to personally come along.
So if his father hadn't urged him repeatedly this time, he truly would not have planned to visit Han Shi for a meal.
Since he was already here, however, Yao Hongchen was quite curious about how Han Shi—coming from the Douluo Continent—had managed to bypass the Life Detection Spirit Tool. He decided to take the opportunity to see whether he could discover any clues.
From his observations so far, the Han Shi owner named Qi Han, who had been treated with caution and suspicion by the ministers during the morning court session, appeared to Yao Hongchen as nothing more than an ordinary young man in his twenties, even somewhat approachable in personality.
Whether this was genuine or merely an act didn't really matter to Yao Hongchen.
After opening the menu in his hands, Yao Hongchen briefly skimmed through it, and soon a hint of surprise appeared on his face.
The prices of the dishes weren't cheap, and many of the dishes listed were things he had never even heard of before.
Thinking of his father—who was extremely fond of fine cuisine—Yao Hongchen couldn't help but smile.
The dishes in Han Shi were certainly quite unusual. If their taste was also good, his father would probably like them very much.
"I'll take one serving of Dragon Whisker Noodles, and one serving of Fried Pork in Scoop," Yao Hongchen said after flipping through the menu for a while. He then closed it and ordered the food he wanted.
When it came to eating, he wasn't nearly as particular as his father. Most of the time he simply ate something casually to fill his stomach. The food at Mingde Hall was naturally good enough, and as long as it satisfied hunger, it was fine. So at this moment, he simply chose two dishes that sounded slightly more interesting.
After all, from the morning court session until now, he had been so busy that he still hadn't eaten anything.
Coming to Han Shi, Yao Hongchen had two goals:
The first was to see whether he could probe the method Han Shi used to bypass the Life Detection Spirit Tool.
The second was to pack a portion of food for his improper old father…
Oh, right.
Yao Hongchen spoke up, "Can the food here be packed to take away?"
"Yes, it can." Although Qi Han found the request a bit strange, he still explained honestly, "However, the takeout container needs to be returned afterward for recycling."
Food delivery services obviously didn't exist on the Sun Moon Continent, but providing takeaway packaging was still possible.
"The container has to be returned?" Hearing this, Yao Hongchen frowned slightly. He didn't have the spare time for something like that.
But then he thought about it again—if the food at Han Shi wasn't particularly good, there would be no need to pack anything to bring back anyway. With that thought, he didn't continue worrying about the issue.
Better taste it first.
Seeing that Yao Hongchen didn't say anything more, Qi Han assumed he was just asking out of curiosity. He then turned around and headed toward the kitchen.
After Qi Han left, Yao Hongchen first glanced around the overall layout of Han Shi's dining area. Then his gaze drifted slightly upward toward the ceiling.
There was another floor above…
Could someone be up there?
Thinking of this, a faint gleam flashed in his eyes. With a flip of both hands, a disc-shaped spirit tool about the size of a palm appeared in his grasp.
The round spirit tool had an intricate and magnificent core formation engraved on it—so complex it resembled a starry sky. It looked extraordinarily profound and carried a faint air of mystery.
A Level 9 Life Detection spirit tool.
Under normal circumstances, once a Life Detection Spirit Tool reached Level 9, its straight-line scanning range could reach 9,000 meters, which was an extremely terrifying detection radius.
However, the one in Yao Hongchen's hand was a specialized Life Detection Spirit Tool recently developed by Mingde Hall. Its scanning range had been reduced from 9,000 meters to only 200 meters, but its detection precision had increased countless times.
It could not only detect living beings, but also collect data from non-living objects, and its scanning fluctuations were extremely subtle and nearly impossible to detect.
This kind of detection spirit tool was typically used inside the command tent of a Spirit Engineer legion as the final defensive measure.
At this moment, Yao Hongchen had taken it out to verify whether Han Shi possessed some method capable of evading life-detection scans.
If something truly existed that could evade the scan of this specialized Level 9 Life Detection Spirit Tool, it would mean that the same method could potentially break through the final defensive barrier protecting the heart of a Spirit Engineer legion—the command tent.
The consequences of such a possibility would be extremely serious. Yao Hongchen might even have to consider using extraordinary means to interrogate the other party.
Although the scanning distance of 200 meters was short, it was more than enough to cover the entirety of Han Shi.
Staring closely at the Level 9 specialized Life Detection Spirit Tool in his hand as it slowly lit up like countless stars, forming an image in the air, Yao Hongchen suddenly froze for a moment.
This image…
Why did it only show the dining area where he was sitting? Even the kitchen where Qi Han was didn't appear at all.
However, before he could fully figure it out, the image produced by the spirit tool shifted again. Just like when it had been used before, a 200-meter spherical scanning range appeared clearly, with all kinds of life information detected in detail.
Seeing this, Yao Hongchen let out a slight breath of relief.
Hmm…
The detection spirit tool must have experienced a tiny malfunction just now.
"I'll need to check it when I get back, maybe some part of the structure isn't precise enough."
He then looked at the image showing the second floor of Han Shi.
There were no signs of life.
If someone had managed to evade detection by this spirit tool, the generated image would inevitably contain a void-like blank spot where the undetected person should be.
But no such anomaly appeared.
Which meant that this Han Shi restaurant didn't seem to have any problem.
Thinking this, Yao Hongchen felt both somewhat helpless and somewhat relieved.
Although he hadn't discovered any clues, confirming that the specialized Life Detection Spirit Tool in his hand worked normally and wasn't being countered greatly reduced the pressure he had been feeling.
. . .
"Phew… good thing I reacted quickly and disabled the restaurant's detection-blocking function in time."
Inside the system space, Ru Yi patted her small chest and let out a sigh of relief.
Unlike Qi Han, she was not completely ignorant about the situation in the Sun Moon Empire. If that spirit tool's detection had been accidentally blocked, Yao Hongchen might have become suspicious or even desperate enough to take action in the restaurant and interrogate Qi Han directly.
That would have triggered Han Shi's defensive mechanisms, and things would only escalate further from there.
Then she crouched on the ground, shaking her head with a miserable expression.
"Why can't I tell him about the situation in the Sun Moon Empire?"
In the past, all missions had been issued voluntarily by Ru Yi, so there were naturally no restrictions on her.
But this mission was very different. Not only did it impose various requirements on Qi Han, it also secretly restricted Ru Yi from revealing information about the Sun Moon Empire to him.
"Hehe~ Since he has become my inheritor, the missions naturally need to be a bit more difficult."
A voice carrying a mischievous chuckle faintly echoed, making Ru Yi's expression grow even more bitter.
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