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Chapter 356 Protective Magic Array

Ling Ye stood in the open space, his gaze sharp as he scanned his surroundings. His eyes moved slowly, scrutinizing every detail, carefully examining the open area to see if it was suitable for inscribing a magic array.

After confirming that the fourth one was indeed very suitable for inscribing the magic array, Ling Ye took a deep breath and calmed herself down.

He reached for the small bag at his waist, skillfully untied the drawstring, and then gently slipped his hand inside.

The small bag seemed to contain a lot of random things. Lingye's fingers rummaged through it, making soft sounds. Soon, he had several items in his hand.

These items are things that Ling Ye carries with him every day. As a combatant in the psionic center, he frequently uses various magic arrays, so he is very familiar with these materials.

Lingye placed these items one by one on a small open space in front of her, and soon the small area was filled with various materials.

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Ling Ye said to Lin Xiyue.

His attention then became completely focused on the materials, as if he were thinking about how to use them to construct a protective magic circle.

"I don't use this type of protective magic array very often."

As Lingye spoke, she fiddled with her terminal.

He was operating the terminal rapidly, and various complex patterns and data were constantly flashing on the screen.

Perhaps because such magic arrays to prevent objects from being dangerous are not commonly used, after searching for a long time, Lingye finally projected a magic array pattern on the ground.

The pattern stood out prominently on the open ground, its intricate lines seemingly containing some kind of mysterious power.

What are you doing?

Lin Xiyue's voice suddenly came, and she walked over curiously, her gaze falling on the projected pattern.

As she asked, she reached out and carefully touched the pattern.

The moment her fingertips touched the pattern, she realized that this seemingly mysterious pattern was just an ordinary projection, without any special function.

"What's the point of projecting this out?"

Looking at the projection marks on her hand, Lin Xiyue looked at Ling Ye with suspicion and asked.

"Uh... well... actually it's because I really couldn't remember how to draw this magic circle. Luckily, we always have a projection function inside, so I quickly turned it on."

Ling Ye was clearly embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before stammering an explanation.

"What?! You guys have such a convenient feature! Can you guarantee it will definitely work?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiyue's eyes widened in disbelief.

She spoke very quickly, clearly surprised by the unexpected discovery, and a barrage of questions poured out of her mouth like a machine gun.

"This magic circle can be used, but it can only be used for simple magic circles that do not require energy to be injected during the drawing process. This kind of magic circle needs to have the pattern drawn in advance and then distributed to everyone, that's all."

"It is mainly for the convenience of those who are on duty and need to use magic arrays to protect others, but who cannot remember the magic array pattern at all."

As Lingye explained, she squatted down, picked up a piece of red chalk, and carefully traced the projected pattern on the ground.

Ling Ye's movements were incredibly skillful; his hands seemed to be one with the chalk, each stroke landing precisely on the ground, perfectly replicating the pattern.

"Look, like this, after drawing the pattern, place the array eye, and then input energy, and this magic array can operate normally."

As Lingye spoke, he demonstrated, and in no time, he had drawn the entire pattern perfectly on the ground.

"Now, all I need to do is place the corresponding items in each of the reserved empty spaces, and then input energy, and the magic circle will be complete."

Lingye smiled and began placing items in each of the reserved empty spaces.

It's worth mentioning that the projected pattern clearly indicates what item should be placed in each empty space on the magic circle. Not only that, but there are also corresponding pictures and even text explaining what can be used as a substitute if the item is unavailable.

This tutorial is so simple that anyone could easily complete it.

Hey, system, system! Come out here!

Lin Xiyue called out to the system in her heart.

[Huh? What? What happened?! Boss Mo is here?!]

Upon hearing Lin Xiyue's shout, the system was terrified and frantically inquired about Lin Xiyue's identity.

It doesn't always pay attention to Lin Xiyue. Lin Xiyue said that it even needs to write reports and such, so it's quite busy.

Just now, it thought that Meros had suddenly found them and wanted to settle the score with it for mocking Lin Xiyue before!

The system's voice trembled slightly, clearly indicating that it was quite frightened.

However, after the system looked around, it found that Meros was nowhere to be seen.

There were still only Ling Ye and Lin Xiyue in the room; no one else had joined them.

No, I wanted to ask you, why didn't you give me something like this when I was learning about magic arrays!

Lin Xiyue looked at the system, pointing at the magic circle and projection drawn by Ling Ye with a face full of dissatisfaction and doubt.

The system only noticed the magic circle at this moment. It had no idea what it was doing before, and it was quite startled when it suddenly saw it.

[Wow, that's way too simplistic and crude! How can that work? You absolutely can't take shortcuts when you're learning! If you don't believe me, ask other people; this method is only used by those who just can't learn anything no matter what they try, and who even drive their teachers crazy! And this is just the most basic level; you definitely can't do anything more complicated like this!]

However, when Lin Xiyue asked the question, the system remained confident and answered without hesitation.

Um... actually, I know this isn't a good idea. But I really want to be lazy!

I studied those magic arrays so diligently for so long, but in the end, I never used them even once.

Those magic circles not only have all sorts of variations, but you also have to draw them one by one and adjust the amount of energy they output according to their different meanings. It's just too troublesome and tiring! Most importantly, they're completely useless!

[○?｀Д′? ○]

Hearing the system say this, Lin Xiyue felt a little uneasy, but she still argued with some dissatisfaction.

[Who says it's useless? When you actually need it, are you going to cram at the last minute?]

The system's voice clearly carried a hint of anger, seemingly expressing some dissatisfaction with Lin Xiyue's attitude.

Lin Xiyue was startled by the system's reaction; she hadn't expected the system to be so angry.

However, thinking about the system's sullen appearance, Lin Xiyue suddenly found it somewhat amusing, but dared not laugh out loud and could only suppress it.

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