Chapter 274 Strange
The subsequent assessment of merit was unsurprising. Jeming was recognized as the first to make outstanding contributions, including being the first to discover and stabilize the space gate node, restraining the gods at the critical moment, and transmitting key coordinates.
Although the three fourth-level wizards were somewhat envious of the generous reward, considering that they each obtained a living fifth-level "indigenous god" as research material, they tacitly remained silent and did not raise any objections.
The massive amount of military merit points awarded as a first merit reward is enough to make even someone as wealthy as Benjamin feel good.
More importantly, the seventh-level wizard Dionysius Spencer personally made the decision and promised that all the knowledge collected in the Holy Continent from now on would be shared by everyone!
This is invaluable to wizards in their pursuit of knowledge.
Benjamin was very satisfied with this.
The next fifty years were the standardized process of plane conquest for wizard civilization.
resistance?
After losing the top gods, the collapse of faith, and facing the endless tricks of wizards, the remaining holy forces quickly melted like ice and snow under the sun.
The wizards swept across the entire Holy Continent with overwhelming force.
The only thing that made some wizards keen on exploration feel regretful was that the space gate connecting the Holy Continent with the outside world seemed to have shown some signs of instability because Dionysius Spencer had forcibly opened and maintained it. It was temporarily impossible to locate the coordinates of the other four alien worlds that the saints said they had conquered.
This potential expansion path has been temporarily blocked.
Fifty years later, after completing a mission to wipe out the remaining resistance forces, Jemin returned to the wizard's secondary camp established in the capitals of the four former empires of the Holy Continent.
Looking at the endless stream of holy slaves bound by rune shackles and being transported to various research sites or planes, there was not much joy on his face, but instead a hint of contemplation.
To be fair, the resources of the Holy Continent are quite abundant, but... it doesn't seem worth such a big fuss for a seventh-level wizard.
Even the indigenous gods are not worth taking action against. After all, the gods here only call themselves gods, and they do not truly have the "powers" of gods.
Moreover, through these fifty years of observation, Jermyn clearly felt that Dionysius Spencer always maintained an almost indifferent attitude towards the Holy Continent itself.
It seems that conquering this place is just a necessary process, not the ultimate goal.
He couldn't help but recall Dionysius Spencer's profound words fifty years ago, when the space gate was about to open: "...your true 'feast' is about to begin."
Could it be that neither the relatively resource-poor "Airspace Plane" nor this "Holy Continent" has ever been considered as a real target by the seventh-level wizard?
They... perhaps weren't even an appetizer for the wizard Dionysius Spencer?
But this speculation raises a bigger question: If neither of these two worlds is the goal... then what is the real purpose of Dionysius Spencer spending so much effort?
Since the space gate stabilized, the commander-in-chief seemed to have not made any eye-catching moves, which in itself was unreasonable.
Benjamin shook his head and suppressed this overly bold guess.
He knew that as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, all actions of Dionysius Spencer must be in line with the highest interests of wizard civilization. This was the iron law brought about by the contract.
Under this premise, the plan of a seventh-level wizard is far beyond the ability of a second-level wizard like him to question and explore.
This curiosity, after all, can only be his personal fantasy.
"Perhaps, this high-level wizard of the destiny system has already used the destiny of others and has been silently waiting for something..." Benjamin thought.
Glancing at his colleagues in the camp who were excited about their fruitful harvest and discussing their next exploration target, he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of alienation and... boredom.
Instead of accepting new missions, he set out alone and flew aimlessly over the conquered lands.
For the first time, you can truly look at this world trampled by the iron hoofs of wizards as an "observer" rather than a "conqueror".
However, the scene that came into view was not really a scenery.
Fifty years of extreme plundering have caused this plane to become morbidly exhausted.
Dionysius Spencer did not impose any restrictions, and the greedy nature of the wizards was fully displayed.
If "scraping the ground three feet" was an exaggeration in the airspace plane before, then here it is a true portrayal.
The organic-rich soil was shoveled away in large tracts to be used to cultivate biochemical beasts.
The mountains were broken down as a whole, and minerals and energy crystals were extracted.
Rivers and lakes dried up, and the water element was completely drained away...
The whole world seemed to have been eaten away, leaving only a hollow skeleton.
The fog in front of him gradually became thicker, and Benjamin realized that he had unknowingly arrived near the huge space door during his aimless flight.
Ever since the space gate was opened for a long time, the milky white mist containing weak energy factors, which is unique to the airspace plane, began to spread continuously to the Holy Continent.
Now, most of the Holy Continent is shrouded in this hazy mist.
After stopping for a moment, Benjamin moved his mind and passed through the stably operating space gate, returning to the airspace plane after a long absence.
Compared with the "liveliness" of the Holy Continent, the airspace plane at this time seemed much quieter.
The vast majority of wizards have moved to new battlefields where resources are more concentrated, and only a few research sites and puppets responsible for basic maintenance are still in operation.
The diffuse fog is still there, but the endless stream of light of the past is gone.
Benjamin floated freely in the empty space without gravity, his mind empty.
At this moment, a huge shadow slowly passed over him, blocking out the sky and the sun.
It was a giant beast that looked like a whale, more than a hundred meters long, floating leisurely in a zero-gravity environment.
It kept its huge mouth open, looking a bit ferocious.
However, when Benjamin saw it, his tense nerves relaxed.
He knew this creature that the wizards jokingly called the "Giant Fish of the Sky".
According to the research of some wizard scholars, the ecological niche of this giant beast is extremely special - their evolutionary direction is mainly "hard to eat" and "tough to beat".
It has thick skin and flesh, and is huge in size, but its meat is not only devoid of nutrition, it also contains some substances that most creatures - including the non-picky black giants - hate.
At the same time, they have extremely strong regenerative abilities and can slowly recover as long as more than 40% of their bodies are not devoured at one time.
They are filter-feeding creatures, swimming through the mist with their mouths wide open, devouring the diffuse, invisible tiny plankton and energy particles...
He suddenly woke up, his pupils suddenly contracted: "No!"
(End of this chapter)
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