Chapter 323 Summary of Gains
After an unknown amount of time, Jemin naturally woke up from his deep sleep.
He opened his eyes, and the familiar runic lines on the laboratory dome came into view, a long-lost feeling of refreshment flowing through his body.
The fatigue accumulated over fifty years and the numbness brought on by killing seemed to have been washed away by this complete slumber.
He got up and stretched his stiff muscles.
Instead of immediately engaging in research, they first dealt with the backlog of tasks.
Through the magic network terminal, he quickly browsed and replied to the communication requests he had missed over the years, most of which were invitations to academic exchanges or routine notifications from the Norren Academy in the Erosian plane.
Afterwards, he carefully checked the operation of various facilities in the Erosian Dimension Laboratory and confirmed through a remote link that the development of the Purgatory Sulfur Dimension was proceeding normally. Only then did he finally relax.
After finishing all the trivial matters, he brewed a cup of invigorating herbal tea.
Sitting at the lab bench, I began to systematically summarize the gains from this fifty-year expedition.
First, let's take stock of the physical gains—Jermin shook his head helplessly.
Originally, in the battlefield of the Giant Spirit Realm, he had gained a great deal thanks to the outstanding performance of [Great Light Phase] and the Black Giant, as well as the discovery of that treasure vault.
Energy crystals, soul crystals, and rare materials are piled up like mountains.
However, the Bacterium Master's bizarre conceptual contamination shattered all of this.
In order to survive, all physical spoils of war were forced to be discarded.
When implementing the "purification protocol" later, the principle of "destroying but not acquiring" was strictly followed.
This resulted in him having almost no output in terms of resources and experimental samples.
In addition, there were the massive energy reserves consumed and the cannon fodder units lost during the war in the Giant Spirit Realm...
"Judging solely from the resources and military achievements gained, this expedition was a complete loss," Jemin muttered to himself as he took a sip of tea.
Despite saying that, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
A wizard's value does not depend solely on material accumulation.
His real gain was knowledge.
His thoughts sank into the space within his body, where a massive information package was stored, which had been personally "sterilized" and confirmed to be safe by the wizard Norn.
These are various kinds of knowledge that they copied down without containing sensitive coordinates when they were cleaning up those destroyed civilizations—from the metal smelting and symbiotic technology of the Giant Spirit Realm, to the mental network construction and illusion principles of the Mind Realm, to the biological structure and energy utilization of the cleansed Golden Baboon civilization and its related civilizations, and even the unique technologies of some special civilizations...
This knowledge is all-encompassing, chaotic yet invaluable.
They are considered useless byproducts when the "purification protocol" is implemented.
But for Jemin now, this is the most valuable asset of this expedition, an inexhaustible source of inspiration for future research.
Besides knowledge, there were military achievements.
Fifty years of information processing and cleanup work earned him approximately 500,000 low-level military merits.
This amount would be a fortune even for an ordinary level three wizard, but for Jemin, who possesses the patent for the [Self-Stabilizing Field Adjustment Protocol] and receives a huge share of the profits every year, it is merely icing on the cake.
The real surprise lies in the high-level military achievements.
Because this mission involved conceptual contamination and was extremely risky, the Star Ring Federation allocated an additional batch of high-level military merits as a special reward.
Normally, these military merits would only be distributed among three seventh-level wizards, including Dixon, and the wizard Norren.
However, during the battle in the Giant Spirit Realm, although Jemin did not directly discover the contamination of the Bacterium Lord, its abnormal state attracted Dixon's attention, indirectly leading to the early warning.
He was deemed to have "contributed to civilization" and was therefore awarded 100,000 high-level military merit points as a special reward!
If 100,000 high-level military merits are simply converted into various general resources at the official exchange rate, then their value is only about one million low-level military merits.
This figure is nothing compared to Jemin's annual patent revenue.
But the true value of high-ranking military achievements goes far beyond that.
This general equivalent, directly issued by the Star Orbit Tribunal, is jointly recognized by the other three top wizarding powers outside the Star Ring Federation: the Void Architecture Institute, the Anti-Entropy Alliance, and the Crimson Court!
This means that Jemin can use it to exchange for special resources, materials, and technologies that circulate within these forces and are never sold to outsiders.
More importantly, high-level wizards must consume advanced military merits if they wish to shorten the mandatory post-war rest period.
Due to the scarcity of high-level military merits and their status as a form of hard currency, many high-level wizards are willing to exchange their most treasured core technologies for them.
In other words, high-level military merit is the key to acquiring truly core knowledge that is simply inaccessible with low-level military merit!
Thinking of this, Jemin immediately recalled the [Divine Power Faith Network Technology] that he had been advancing in the Erosian plane, but which was progressing slowly due to a lack of key references.
Even though his mentor Clark had given him some of his research notes, he still found it difficult to deal with such a complex system involving rules, as if he were walking alone in a fog.
"Finally... I see hope!" Jemin was invigorated and immediately opened the magic network terminal, accessing the exclusive exchange interface for advanced military merits.
He first searched for 【Time and Law】 with anticipation.
The magnificent building that could reliably accelerate the flow of time tenfold on the battlefield of the Giant Spirit Realm without affecting the research results had always left a deep impression on Jemin.
This thing was produced by the Void Architecture Institute; he didn't even have the right to see it before.
The search results popped up. Jemin glanced at the long string of zeros following the results, his lips twitched, and he silently closed the page.
The smallest portable time-speed model is priced at ten million high-level military merits.
This is only portable!
The large, fixed type of equipment he used in the expeditionary force camp cost over a billion!
"I really didn't expect the wizarding civilization to be so ruthless in dealing with a threatening civilization..." Jemin clicked his tongue, completely abandoning the idea.
It seems that such a strategic facility is not something he can hope for right now.
He composed himself and began to seriously search for knowledge related to the core technology of the Divine Power Faith Network.
This time, the result did not disappoint him; in fact, it was surprisingly cheap.
A detailed explanation of the core principles and construction ideas of this technology, compiled by an eighth-level wizard, is priced at only 100,000 high-level military merits.
If it's the research result of a level six wizard, you can get it for as little as 10,000 points.
"So cheap?" Jemin was somewhat surprised.
Although this knowledge can theoretically be resold to multiple people, the price is indeed low relative to its potential value.
He pondered for a moment and made a decision.
He did not purchase the research on the eighth-level wizard.
The reason is simple: the divine power belief network is closely related to the characteristics of the plane, the indigenous races, and the source of the belief, and has a strong uniqueness.
While the research of an eighth-level wizard is undoubtedly insightful, his ideas and solutions may be too "specific," which could limit his own innovation.
What he needs is not to copy a template, but to refer to different ideas, absorb the essence, and ultimately forge his own path.
Therefore, he decisively spent 50,000 high-level military merits to purchase five sets of core research materials on the divine power belief network from different level 6 wizards.
These materials offer different perspectives and focuses, providing him with a wealth of references.
Once the exchange is complete, the data is instantly transmitted via an encrypted channel.
Jemin suppressed the urge to immediately immerse himself in the research, and instead browsed the other areas of the advanced military merit shop with curiosity.
The various exotic materials, advanced knowledge, powerful magical artifacts, and strategic buildings listed above broadened his horizons and made him eager to try them.
But looking at his remaining 50,000 high-level military merits, he ultimately closed the magic network terminal with a hint of reluctance.
"We have to take things one step at a time." Jemin took a deep breath and brought his attention back to reality.
The most urgent task is to properly digest the gains from this expedition, especially the massive amount of knowledge and the newly acquired research data on the Divine Power Network.
(End of this chapter)
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