At the moment, these areas were still quite desolate.
Aside from the 88 small magic circles being guarded, the 28 large magic circles were completely uninhabited.
But that didn't matter.
In Lan Qingyou's view, once the auction concluded, everyone would realize the benefits of the Abandoned Land. Once people chose to stay, they could build those places up themselves.
Truth be told, Lan Qingyou even felt a bit envious of the members of the witch group stationed at the small magic circles.
Alone, unsupervised, doing whatever one wants, with all meals and lodging provided...
Back on Blue Star, countless people would have fought tooth and nail for a job like that.
For the members of the witch group, being able to leisurely brew potions, read books, and conduct research in their own little world was simply wonderful.
So, when Lan Qingyou assigned them this task, everyone raised both hands in favor.
Some even claimed they didn't need food or drinks delivered, as they could handle it themselves.
Ridiculous.
If no one kept an eye on them, who knew what they would get up to? As the progenitor of witches, how could Lan Qingyou not know her own kind?
Who among them hadn't gone into seclusion for a week straight for research without ever stepping out the door?
Thus, Lan Qingyou eventually returned here alone. Now, her task was to activate the entire magic circle system.
On the terrace outside the Typhon City Consul’s office on the outskirts of the shelter, Diana and the rest of the management team watched Lan Qingyou, who stood upon the Yin-Yang fish in the distance.
Their duties were essentially finished. Now, only the most critical issue remained: the magic circle. This would determine whether Typhon City could accommodate a large population in the future.
Indeed, they had no idea what Lan Qingyou had actually created this time.
Lan Qingyou and the witch group hadn't told them a thing.
The only thing they knew for certain was that this magic circle was likely incredible.
To create a large-scale Five Dragon Reincarnation magic circle, Lan Qingyou and 88 witches usually only needed a few days.
Something that took over a month to complete was bound to be extraordinary.
Time ticked by, second by second.
The mana turbulence outside remained as wild as ever.
When midnight arrived and the moon hung directly overhead—in a state of 'bright moon above, no shadow below'—Lan Qingyou floated a meter above the ground. She closed her eyes and spread her arms, palms facing upward as if she were lifting something.
At the same time, the 88 witches across the Abandoned Land stood ready at their respective posts.
"@%#&%...*##%..."
Ancient syllables, much like those used by Aina, spilled from Lan Qingyou's lips.
"What is that?"
"A summoning?"
"Probably not. I'm not entirely sure, but the mana concentration in the area is rising."
The high-ranking members on the office terrace looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lan Qingyou had never displayed this kind of ability before, and since those were summoning incantations unique to the summoning-type, they were all quite confused.
What was she trying to summon?
Aside from a rat and an owl, they hadn't seen her with any other summoned beasts.
However, just as they were wondering, a storm gradually began to brew in the night sky.
"Hmm?"
Every witch couldn't help but look up.
They were currently inside the magic circle—a place that even mana turbulence or a mana tide couldn't penetrate. It should have been impossible for a storm to form.
This could only be some trick Lan Qingyou was pulling.
The storm gathered from wild winds, eventually forming a massive, milky-white vortex.
At the very center of this vortex was the bright moon.
As the vortex formed, milky-white, droplet-shaped objects began to 'detach' from the moon within the vortex, falling into the channels before Lan Qingyou.
One drop, two drops, three drops...
The droplets fell faster and faster, eventually forming a thin line, then transforming from a line into a pouring stream.
"This..."
When they saw the channels of the entire magic circle being filled by these milky-white droplets, both Diana, the Witch of Knowledge, and Bei Adolis, who was known as the 'erudite king of ideas,' fell silent.
No... it wasn't just them.
Every witch who witnessed this was speechless.
As mentioned before, witches were extremely sensitive to changes in the surrounding mana.
Almost the instant the milky-white droplets fell, they had already guessed what they were.
If soul crystals were the materialization of souls, then these milky-white 'droplets' were undoubtedly the mana materialization.
Furthermore, they were mana droplets of one hundred percent purity.
Currently, the small rivers formed by these droplets had filled the magic circle's channels and were even showing signs of overflowing.
Right then!
The 'lines' in the sky suddenly multiplied.
What started as one became two, then three... and then more and more, like a falling galaxy too numerous to count.
This celestial phenomenon was clear enough that even transmigrators who hadn't evolved yet could see it plainly, let alone the witches with their powerful Magic Eye-level mana sensing.
Of course.
Seeing it was one thing; feeling it was another.
These were things formed from high-purity mana. The terrifying aura alone and the pressure descending from the sky were enough to make anyone with mana in their body tremble with fear.
Even people in the regions connected to the Abandoned Land, and even those further away, were shocked by this stunning sight.
These additional rivers of mana were, of course, the result of the 88 members of the witch group exerting their power.
The fact that they started at different times wasn't because the magic circle required a specific sequence, but simply the result of technical verification.
Theoretically, using a summoning ritual to borrow mana directly from the infinite ocean of mana in outer space would certainly produce unpredictable phenomena.
That was why the members of the witch group only began to act after Lan Qingyou's own celestial phenomenon appeared.
Unlike other spells or skills, this massive protection magic circle required a significant amount of mana.
Even just starting it required an enormous amount of energy.
This was why Lan Qingyou had researched a magic circle she named the 'Inlaid Starry Sky Mana Summoning Art' to be embedded within the large-scale protection magic circle, allowing it to continuously draw energy from the stars.
Exactly.
In principle, it wasn't entirely new; it was similar to the star patterns around the Yin-Yang fish that borrowed stellar energy.
However, because this version was so aggressive that it actually achieved mana materialization, the risk of backlash if it failed was also very high.
That was why Lan Qingyou had tested it herself first.
Only after she succeeded did she allow the members of the witch group to proceed.
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