Chapter 177: Wizarding Society and Acquaintances

Originally, Benjamin had little interest in their argument.

This kind of meticulous contribution did not have much appeal to him.

He was just about to concentrate his mind and think about how to efficiently process these fresh lava giant samples.

But suddenly, a strange look appeared in his expression.

He felt that the talisman deep in his dantian, which was used to collect the energy of the mortal world, had unexpectedly begun to vibrate faintly without him noticing.

He immediately focused his mind, channeled his spiritual power into his dantian, and carefully sensed the talisman.

Jieming soon discovered with delight that the surface of the talisman had actually collected some thin earthly energy!

"How...is this possible?" Benjamin felt unprecedented surprise.

He had previously guessed that the earthly aura came from the interaction between the strong emotional fluctuations of living beings and the concept of "society".

And in the Eloshia plane, that energy can be found almost everywhere.

But among wizards, especially those in orthodox wizard civilization, the earthly aura is extremely rare, even almost non-existent.

The daily interactions of wizards are filled with rational rules and cold data.

They are not easily angered, do not get deeply emotional, and do not pursue worldly warmth.

Therefore, he was unable to collect almost any earthly energy from the wizard.

He subconsciously cast his gaze towards the wizards who were still arguing fiercely nearby, then expanded his mental power to sense the scattered auras of other wizards in the distance who were counting the spoils.

Although those wizards were trying their best to keep a calm expression, their emotional fluctuations were clearly visible in his extremely sensitive perception system.

There is anger, reluctance, greed, cunning, and even a hint of repression due to suppressed selfish desires.

In an instant, Benjamin's mind suddenly became clear and everything became clear!

He finally understood!

It is difficult for wizards, who are almost extremely rational creatures, to produce worldly energy because most wizards are very rational.

In daily life, it is difficult to argue with others, let alone engage in social interactions that are full of worldly concerns.

All their communications revolve around knowledge, power, and utility, lacking the fierce collision of mortal emotions.

but!

When faced with real issues of interest, when fighting for resources that are crucial to one's own growth, even wizards will argue for their own interests like ordinary people!

Their rationality still dominates at this moment, but they will take action, they will curse, and deep in their hearts, the hidden greed, competitiveness, unwillingness, and even those dark emotions that cannot be seen in the light are fully aroused at this moment.

These seemingly insignificant emotional fluctuations are precisely the source of the earthly energy!

Jieming took a long breath, and an unprecedented enlightenment came to his mind.

This confirmed his years of speculation about the "Red Dust" and completely overturned his stereotype of wizard civilization.

He originally thought that wizards were completely detached from the mortal world, but it turned out that "rationality" only suppressed the expression of their emotions, rather than eliminating their existence.

In the face of certain core interests, tiny cracks will appear in the wizards' cold, rational shell, revealing the "mortal heart" hidden within.

No wonder wizard civilization has endless wars!

No wonder the wizard civilization has such a strong desire for external conquest!

He had previously wondered why these beings, who pursued eternity and ultimate rationality, were so fanatical about conquering external planes.

Now he understood that the entire wizarding civilization had been alienated long ago.

For this civilization, real "social" interactions and games between individuals are no longer limited to a stable life, but have been cleverly transferred to the battlefield!

Through plane wars, resources are acquired, spoils and merits are distributed through war. Through these most direct and primitive distributions of benefits, the most fundamental "seven emotions and six desires" of individual wizards are stimulated - greed, killing, competition, control...

These emotions that were once suppressed by reason were not only released on the battlefield, but also became the internal driving force for them to continuously improve their strength and pursue eternity.

This is a civilization that is extremely cruel, yet also extremely efficient!

It transforms all negative emotions into motivation for war and directs all personal desires towards external expansion.

Benjamin looked at the fierce debate over the spoils in the distance, and the quarrels among the wizards in his ears seemed to have a special rhythm.

He once again felt the faint but inexhaustible trace of earthly energy from the wizards in his dantian.

Yes, this is the wizard's "society." Only in this battlefield of scrambling for interests, where you fight to the death, can the most essential flame of wizards as living beings be truly ignited.

Blooming bits and pieces of light belonging to the "mortal world".

"Hey...what a pleasant surprise." Looking at the scene in front of him, Benjamin couldn't help but grin.

However, he himself did not realize that his smile was no different from that of the wizards present, and was also full of greed.

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Jemin stood in mid-air, watching the other wizards continue to chase the defeated indigenous army.

The distant sounds of chasing and fighting no longer had anything to do with him.

After this round of fighting, Benjamin did not choose to continue hunting with the others.

Unlike other wizards who still need to fight for military merit and resources, his gains are already enough.

This time, a large number of precious living lava giant captives were obtained, enough to saturate Jemin's subsequent research work.

"It's time to go back." Benjamin whispered to himself, turned into a stream of light, and rushed towards the wizard camp without looking back.

For him, simply killing or capturing people is far less important and valuable than dissecting and analyzing them and gaining knowledge from them.

Besides, he has another research target - the snow monster in the Frost Dark Realm.

After returning to the wizard camp, he did not go directly back to his temporary laboratory, but went straight to the "resource trading area" designated in the camp.

The place is brightly lit, and even in the intervals between battles, it is filled with the whispered conversations of wizards and the collision of energy fluctuations.

Countless wizards came here with their spoils, either to sell, exchange, or look for the raw materials they needed.

The air was filled with the scent of various alchemical potions, elemental materials, and magical ores, noisy and orderly.

On his way back, Benjamin applied for a stall through the magic network terminal. Now he followed the instructions of the terminal and stopped in front of his stall, carefully taking out several of the best-condition second-level lava giants.

These living lava giants were bound by rune arrays and lay quietly in specially made confinement boxes, with traces of burning heat still rising from their bodies.

They were the ones he carefully selected from the thousands of defeated soldiers. Each one of them has complete life activity and a powerful elemental core, making them rare research samples.

"Living Yeti urgently needed!"

Jemin did not shout out his demands. He simply posted his needs through the magic network terminal and clearly listed the items he could exchange - high-quality living lava giants and some copies of exclusive research materials on lava giants.

Sure enough, in just a moment, several logistics wizards who specialized in biology and elemental affinity gathered around.

Level 2 living lava giants are still in great demand, especially the ones on Jemin's stall are in very good condition.

"Your lava giants are really good. I have a few newly captured level 2 snow monsters with strong vitality. What do you think?" A biology wizard's eyes lit up.

In his confinement box, several snow monsters bound by ice-blue rune chains let out low whimpering sounds.

These snow monsters are covered with long white hair. They are slightly smaller than their lava giant counterparts, but they also exude a strong breath of life.

After a brief bargaining, Jemin successfully exchanged part of his own living lava giant body, as well as several "high-frequency sound wave suppression" data models and witchcraft formulas verified by the magic network, for several living snow monsters.

He put them back into the space ring with satisfaction. These fresh samples were enough to support his research progress for a period of time in the future.

After the transaction was completed, Jemin went straight back to his temporary laboratory without stopping for a moment.

He couldn't wait to begin a more detailed study of the yeti.

As representatives of the two poles of the plane, the elemental composition and physiological habits of the Yeti must be completely different from those of the Lava Giant, which contains a huge treasure trove of knowledge.

Benjamin placed a living snow monster into a special ice crystal confinement box on the dissection table, and used the "Universal Eye" to preliminarily explore its body surface and external energy flow.

This snow monster is obviously more adapted to the extremely cold environment. The ice element is highly active in its body, and the long white hair on its body can even condense ice crystals to form natural armor.

It was subdued by witchcraft and fell unconscious. Even so, every breath it took was extremely cold, causing the surrounding air to condense into white frost.

However, just as he was about to conduct a deeper investigation, the magic network terminal once again issued a rapid and solemn prompt sound!

However, this time it was not a combat alert, but a top-priority notification for a new mission.

This type of notification is usually directed to all combat personnel or a core functional department.

Jieming's idea moved him, he stopped the research at hand and opened the terminal.

Sure enough, this is a task instruction synchronized with all logistics wizards, and even some outstanding combat wizards.

The publisher was Master Alvin, and another fifth-level wizard whom Jemin had not yet met.

The tasks are clear and concise:

[Important and urgent task - the demotion and popularization of targeted destructive witchcraft]

Mission 1: Downgrade and transform the "targeted destructive sorcery" (codename: Lava Annihilation) against the Lava Giant.

Led by Master Alvin, all relevant research wizards must cooperate closely.

Goal: To change the wizardry model so that its structure is simpler and easier to understand.

Requirements: Lower the level of witchcraft and change it into different levels of witchcraft models from 1 to 5 for combat wizards of different strength levels to learn and use.

Key point: Ensure that combat wizards can understand the modified witchcraft and master it in a short time.

Mission 2: Dimensional transformation of the "targeted destructive witchcraft" (codename: Frost Soul Disintegration) targeting the Frost Dark World Yeti.

Led by Master Roland Vanal, all relevant research wizards must cooperate closely.

Requirements and goals are the same as tasks.

Benjamin's eyes quickly scanned the task list. He had anticipated this task.

After all, targeted destructive witchcraft requires the highest level of knowledge among witchcraft of the same level. If you want to popularize it among the wizards who go into battle, especially considering those combat-oriented reckless men, you must simplify it as much as possible.

This is a good opportunity for Benjamin. After all, if he accepts this task, he must provide relevant research data on the development of this witchcraft. This knowledge is very useful to Benjamin.

"But...Roland Vanel?"

Looking at Task 2, Benjamin looked at the master's name and couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Strictly speaking, this person was a semi-acquaintance. When he signed up at the intersection, he was among the group of wizards from the Tower of Annihilation who surrounded him.

The other party is also one of the only three level five wizards in this junior high school mission.

"They are all acquaintances..."

(End of this chapter)