Chapter 259 Target and Betrayal
Jermyn did a quick mental simulation and came to the same conclusion as Levin Mills: "This way, the area we need to search will increase exponentially, and we won't be able to advance in the same formation as before."
"So I decided to divide the wizards into two teams." Levin Mills expressed his idea.
"The wider, higher area above will be searched by our more coordinated teams."
"As for the relatively narrow area below, it will be up to you (referring to the recruited wizards) to search it."
After hearing this arrangement, Benjamin and the others had no objection.
Although it is obvious that the wider area is more likely to have more resources.
But... first of all, the strength of these people is weak. They can protect themselves, but their ability to cooperate in combat is almost zero.
Secondly, as recruits, their most important task was to complete the task of searching for the 'Lost Wizard', not treasure hunting.
And given their strength, instead of dispersing themselves, it would be better for most of them to cooperate and take care of each other.
In that case, we might be able to search faster in this narrow area and perhaps even obtain more resources.
So Levin Mills' proposal was finalized without any objection.
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The next day, the two teams of wizards began to move forward separately according to the plan agreed upon yesterday.
Because Benjamin was the strongest among the recruited wizards, he was elected as the temporary captain.
He led the remaining ten wizards who were also recruited, and together they explored along the predetermined route below the space.
This space below the distorted area is much smaller than imagined compared to the empty and silent area before.
After careful exploration, they confirmed that the width of this space may be only a dozen kilometers.
So the wizards simply stopped dispersing and gathered together, forming a battle formation and moving forward together.
This way, at least we can take care of each other.
As soon as Benjamin entered this area, he felt something was clearly different.
Perhaps it is because of this special "inverted trapezoidal" spatial form that a large amount of matter is able to gather at the bottom.
The clouds and mist beneath their feet finally changed from their previous vague and illusory state to a slightly more "substantial" form.
Although this soft "ground" is of little use to wizards who can fly freely.
But at least they have a stable place to stay when they rest.
After searching the area for a few more days, Jemin found that the area they were searching was getting smaller and smaller.
The width of the entire space has increased from the original dozen kilometers to several kilometers now.
As the space continued to shrink, the originally pure white ground beneath their feet became denser and denser, and even various other colors began to appear.
This means that the material density in this area has become extremely enriched, and there is even "extra" material to produce "pigments" that can absorb specific light.
Naturally, the various biological and mineral resources here are becoming increasingly abundant.
They encountered more and more biological communities along the way, and of course the strength of these biological communities was gradually increasing.
However, at this time, the benefits of gathering these recruited wizards together became apparent.
The team combat effectiveness that a wizard team can demonstrate is not comparable to that of a single wizard.
Even if they occasionally encounter some special species that are difficult to deal with, knowledgeable wizards will quickly find their weaknesses and develop ways to deal with them.
The only pity is that with the increase of material resources, the amount of pure energy resources has been greatly reduced.
Jemin speculated that the high-value energy resources in this area should mainly appear in the high altitude where there is a lack of matter.
Therefore, Jack and Levin Mills should have harvested more of these resources.
However, according to the news from Jack, their search area has also changed.
In contrast to the situation on Jermyn's side, the area that Jack's team needed to check above became wider and wider as they went deeper.
In order to conduct a more thorough inspection, Levin Mills and his team had to significantly slow down their forward pace.
So, unknowingly, there was a speed difference between the team searching in the sky and the team advancing rapidly below, and they formed two gradients with a huge gap between them.
After discovering this situation, Benjamin felt a little uneasy.
But he had no reason to describe his uneasiness, and through the mosquito network, Jermyn observed that Jack and his team were indeed working very hard, so he didn't say much.
On this day, the wizard team led by Jemin was surprised to find that the size of the area they were exploring was shrinking rapidly as they continued to move forward.
Soon, a space was formed with solid cliffs of clouds on both sides, which was as "narrow" and deep as a "canyon"!
Correspondingly, the vertical height of this space is rising rapidly as if there is no end.
Soon, it exceeded the limit of Jemin's perception range.
All the wizards became cautious.
He sent out all the "fireflies" under his control to search the surrounding area carefully.
However, they found strangely that this area, which seemed so suitable for the survival of living things, strangely did not find any trace of any living things.
Benjamin couldn't help but open his all-purpose eye, risking damage to his soul, and carefully observed whether there was any ambush nearby.
But the results were the same as the previous investigation, and there was indeed nothing found.
After drinking a bottle of soul-healing potion, Benjamin looked at the others and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Everyone looked at each other, and after confirming that the surroundings were indeed safe, they decided to move on.
I don’t know how long I spent in this seemingly endless canyon, but suddenly Benjamin felt that some of the "fireflies" flying in the front seemed to have entered an extremely open area!
With his current mental strength, he tried his best but couldn't even get the firefly to explore the boundary of that area.
Most importantly…
"Strange, it seems like there is something blocking the way ahead. Is it the spatial barrier of this distorted space?" Benjamin felt a little confused.
The other wizards also sensed this through shared perception and shook their heads in confusion.
Without much hesitation, the group walked quickly in that direction.
After arriving at the huge space discovered by those "fireflies", everyone was shocked by the scene before them.
After leaving the narrow misty canyon, there is a white and barren land under your feet, as flat as a mirror, with no end in sight.
On both sides of the farthest reaches of the earth, there was extremely thick white fog that stood vertically as if it had been split by a giant axe.
The white mist formed a magnificent terrain like a mountain range, like two giant walls connecting heaven and earth!
Everyone prepared for battle and continued to move towards the area that the reconnaissance worms could not break through.
After a long time, they finally arrived not far from that area.
But when their sight broke through the layers of white fog and they saw the scene clearly, everyone was stunned.
Because behind the "space barrier" that they could not penetrate, there was a wizard who looked injured and in a miserable state, sitting there weakly.
Benjamin couldn't see the other person's blood-stained face clearly, but he could still feel the breath coming from him inadvertently.
Feeling the breath as vast as the abyss, Benjamin couldn't help swallowing.
Because from his perception, the person in front of him... is actually a fourth-level wizard!
The arrival of Benjamin and others also alarmed the wizard who was healing.
Or rather, the fireflies had already alarmed him before.
Seeing the unfriendly look in the other person's sharp eyes, Jieming was just about to step forward to say hello and express the purpose of his visit.
Then he saw the wizard suddenly raised his hand to all of them!
"careful!"
"avoid!"
There were noisy shouts coming from beside me!
Seeing the wizard's obvious aggressive action, the other wizards reacted quickly, either holding up shields to be on guard or using magic to hide their bodies.
Although there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, everyone was still subconsciously preparing to resist or dodge the attack that was about to be launched by the fourth-level wizard on the opposite side!
Only Benjamin was stunned for a moment, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he decisively turned on the "acceleration"!
Then, he turned around quickly with the extraordinary reaction speed brought by "acceleration"!
A huge shield was deployed towards the empty direction from which he came!
Boom!!!
Accompanied by a deafening roar, just as Benjamin turned his head and put up the shield, he saw a series of attacks coming from the direction he came from.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and all the attacks hit the shield that had just been deployed!
At the same time, the terrifying attack from the fourth-level wizard behind him had also fallen silently!
But his target was not Benjamin and the others.
But it was Jack and his group who had just attacked Benjamin and the others and had arrived here at some point in time!
As the fourth-level wizard clenched his hands, a large area of space began to distort wildly!
By relying on the changes in the shape of the surrounding white mist, Jieming could clearly see the large area of space distortion covering the entire sky!
However, this attack, which was powerful enough to kill a third-level wizard instantly, failed!
Levin Mills and the others seemed to have anticipated this. As soon as the fourth-level wizard's attack landed, they all retreated, accurately avoiding the range of the space distortion.
Benjamin slowly stood up from the aftermath of the explosion.
His gaze pierced through the distorted space and stared at Jack with a cold expression in the sky.
(End of this chapter)
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