Chapter 217 Return and Accident

Time always flies for wizards immersed in research and work.

Before I knew it, fifty years had passed.

After a magnificent plane war and the subsequent tedious and complicated development and organization, the early development of the Flame Frost Plane finally came to an end.

And Benjamin is also preparing to return.

Benjamin stood in the bustling temporary airport of the Flame Frost Plane, looking at the Flame Frost Plane Core in the distance, which was imprisoned by countless rune chains but still exuded a heart-pounding aura. He couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

He didn't expect that he had only accepted an ordinary plane conquest mission, but now he was in another plane and such a long time had passed.

All of this was mainly caused by the Living Flame Frost Plane.

Its unique life form and the broken continent left behind after its defeat brought huge troubles to the subsequent statistical work and resource organization, and cost the wizards countless time and manpower.

Because of his busy work schedule, Benjamin has spent the past fifty years either conducting ecological surveys on the broken floating island or analyzing and organizing data in a temporary laboratory.

There wasn't even any real sense that "fifty years had passed", as if this long period of time had just passed in a flash.

However, the reason why he chose to return at this time was because of a reason that was crucial to him - he was about to be promoted to a second-level wizard!

Over the years, apart from completing his heavy workload, Benjamin has never interrupted his meditation and practice.

His mental strength had already completely filled the "Ring of Truth" and reached the standard for promotion!

He can perform the promotion ceremony at any time as long as he wants.

In addition, Augustine relied on the huge "magnet" of the living plane to attract more and more wizards from various planes, including many senior wizards who came with their students and assistants.

The Flame Frost Plane was bustling with people coming and going, and Benjamin collected a considerable amount of "Red Dust Qi" as a result.

However, in the past decade or so, as the development of the Flame Frost Plane has gradually gotten on track, this plane war has come to an end.

Many wizards gradually left the state of "war" and returned to "normal".

For the outlier wizarding civilization, this means that wizards have returned from "normal society" to "abnormality".

Therefore, the amount of worldly energy that Jieming could collect became less and less.

However, the accumulation of these decades is enough for him to produce enough "Red Dust Potion" to pay off all his remaining debts.

This also put his mind at ease.

Before leaving, Jemin made a special trip to the temporary research center led by Mentor Clark, which was set up in the core area of ​​the Flame Frost Plane.

He planned to say goodbye to his mentor and senior Viola before leaving.

Inside the temporary research center, all sorts of strange rune instruments were humming, and the air was filled with the unique mixture of cold and scorching breath left after the surface material of the Flame Frost Plane collapsed.

When Jemin found Instructor Clark, he was recording data on a piece of dark red flesh that was constantly wriggling.

The robe was covered with unknown stains, but it still had that classic look that could turn a "wizard" into a "hobo".

"Teacher." Benjamin greeted.

Teacher Clark looked up and saw that it was Jie Ming. A light shone through his cloudy eyes: "Oh, it's Jie Ming. Are you leaving?"

"Yes, the war here is over, and we are preparing to return to Elosia to rest for a while." Benjamin said respectfully.

At this moment, a weak voice came from the side: "Have a safe trip, junior brother... Remember to send me some magic potions when you return to the academy, preferably something that can refresh the mind and fight fatigue. I feel like I'm about to be drained dry by this crappy data..."

Benjamin turned his head and saw that Senior Viola was almost embedded in the huge light screen, with obvious dark circles under her eyes, and she looked as if her body was hollowed out.

Even with the dazzling title of a sixth-level wizard, he still exudes a strong "cow and horse" aura at this moment.

"Okay, senior sister, I'll definitely do it next time." Benjamin replied while suppressing his smile.

Instructor Clark glanced at Viola with disdain. "You're useless! You're complaining about such a small workload?! Also, you're too slow. Don't even think about taking a break if you don't finish this data today!"

"You might as well just tell me I can't rest for a week!" Viola complained weakly.

Clark ignored him, who had already become like a salted fish. When he turned back to Benjamin, his tone softened considerably, and he patted Benjamin on the shoulder: "Alright, go back and have a good rest. You are almost ready to advance. I look forward to seeing you promoted to level two when I return."

He paused, then casually said, "As for me, I'm likely to be stuck here for the next few dozen or even hundreds of years. The mysteries of this living plane are enough for me to ponder for a long time, so I won't be able to return to the academy anytime soon."

"So," he glanced at Benjamin, "there's no rush to pay off that debt you owe me. Take your time. That large-scale seventh-level elemental pool won't be completed in a short time anyway. When I finish my research and return to the academy, you can pay it off in one lump sum, including principal and interest. For now, focus on improving yourself. Everything else is just empty talk."

Benjamin felt warm in his heart.

How could he not understand the hidden meaning of his mentor's words?

Mentor Clark was clearly worried that due to an accident in this plane war, the "raw materials" he earned would not be enough to refine the "Red Dust Potion", but he couldn't say it directly, so he found a roundabout reason and gave him an extremely relaxed buffer period.

This means that if his harvest this time is insufficient, he can make use of this precious time to venture into other dimensions, and come back to "repay his debt" after accumulating enough resources.

Benjamin kept this thoughtful care in mind.

He did not try to point it out in a pretentious manner, but simply restrained all expressions and bowed solemnly and deeply to Teacher Clark.

"I'm leaving now. Please take care of yourselves, you and Senior Sister."

"Alright, alright, get out of here and don't delay my research!" Professor Clark waved his hand impatiently and turned around to fiddle with the squirming piece of meat again.

Jieming stood up and said to Viola who was still "struggling" in the light curtain: "Senior sister, I'm leaving."

"Yeah... Bon voyage... Remember my potion..." A vague response came from the light screen.

Jieming smiled, no longer hesitated, turned around and set foot on the road leading to the teleportation array, leaving the Flame Frost Plane that had carried him for fifty years.

With a flicker of light, Jemin first passed through the inter-dimensional space teleportation array that had been set up in the Flame Frost Plane and returned to the strategic intersection between the Noren Workshop and the other two wizard forces in the void.

He didn't stop and went straight to the management hall at the intersection.

There, he sold all the unimportant but large quantities of materials he had collected in the Flame Frost Plane over the past fifty years - such as high-purity ice and fire energy crystals, various strange biological materials, and even all the body materials of the fourth-level lava giant he "picked up" except for the core - and exchanged them for military merit, the common currency among wizard forces.

Finally, Benjamin did the math and if he didn't add the corpse of the fourth-level lava giant, all the resources he had painstakingly collected over the past fifty years would only be worth a few hundred thousand military merits.

Including the income he earned from completing various tasks over the past fifty years, the total amount was only more than 200,000 military merits.

This number is already very good for a first-level wizard, and can even be called "getting rich overnight"!

But after thinking about it, Benjamin realized that this amount was not as much as what he had earned by sneaking into the Yeti city and "picking up bargains" when the high-level Yeti was away.

Benjamin once again confirmed a truth in his heart - as expected, in wizard civilization, intelligence and knowledge are the most valuable things.

Pure hard labor, even at the risk of one's life, has limited benefits.

Only by mastering information gaps and core technologies can we achieve a leap in wealth.

After dealing with all the miscellaneous items, Benjamin felt relaxed and boarded the teleportation array at the intersection leading to the Elosia plane.

Brilliant light enveloped him, space began to distort, and a familiar feeling of weightlessness came over him.

In his mind, Benjamin was silently thinking about the things he needed to deal with immediately after returning to his laboratory.

The first step is to organize the various materials and knowledge needed to be promoted to a second-level wizard.

Secondly, he used the collected Red Dust Qi to start refining the "Red Dust Potion".

Finally, I need to sort out all the gains from this trip to the Flame Frost Plane and transform that valuable knowledge into my own foundation...

However, just as he was immersed in his future plans, he suddenly discovered that the teleportation light surrounding him became violently unstable!

The originally stable and bright light now flickered wildly like a light bulb with poor contact.

The positioning of spatial coordinates also became chaotic in an instant!

"What's going on?!" Benjamin was shocked, and a sense of crisis instantly surged in his heart.

Before he could react, an irresistible repulsive force suddenly came from the chaotic space turbulence!

Then, Benjamin was like a stone shot out by a slingshot, and was forcibly "bounced" out of the transmission channel!

Everything was dark before his eyes, and he felt weightlessness and tearing at the same time. Benjamin almost lost consciousness.

After being "bounced" out by the chaotic and violent force of space, Benjamin rolled awkwardly several times in the air before he stabilized his body with his strong body and exquisite control of energy.

He was suspended in mid-air, surrounded by unfamiliar mountains and forests, and the air was filled with the faint elemental fragrance unique to the Eloshia plane.

"Damn it! How could the main teleportation array at the junction point have such a malfunction?" Benjamin frowned, feeling a little unhappy.

This level of transmission accident is enough to be recorded as a level 3 security incident.

(End of this chapter)