Chapter 579 Uniqueness (4100)
"First level secret key D3A8F4B2C7E9A1D4F6C5B8A9F1."
"Great, a breakthrough!"
"Second floor D4A9F5B3C8E7A2D5F6C9B0A1F9."
“Breakthrough too!”
"The third layer is A6A2F9B3C8E7A5D4F9C2B0A4F8."
"The fourth B9A7F3C6E8D2A4F0C5B9A1F6."
"Fifth floor..."
A white light flashed on Yuzu's body, and the silver liquid in the pool began to boil again. The array server composed of tens of thousands of Orange Seed T25s was running virtual divination at full speed, breaking through the outer layer of encryption of the encrypted package in the Magic Network Wave Monitoring System layer by layer.
Every time Yuzi reported the password for a layer, Fang Yu's hand flashed with light, and he injected the corresponding magic power into the encrypted package in the Woking Mirror.
A stands for Evocation, B for Transmutation, C for Life, D for Enchantment, E for Incantation, and F for Divination.
The corresponding numbers represent the magic strength of the corresponding school.
This requires the arcanist to have very high precision in controlling his magic.
This encryption model has a total of 13 layers, and all 13 layers of encryption need to be unlocked within 5 minutes. This means that the time left for entering the magic key for each layer cannot exceed 20 seconds. Once the total time exceeds five minutes, or the key for any layer is entered incorrectly, the password will be reset.
It can be said that if you are just a junior magician, even if you have a key generator in your hand, you will not be able to decipher this encryption model.
The magic control is not precise enough and responsive enough.
But now, the moment the corresponding key appeared on the screen, perhaps in less than a second, Fang Yu had already injected the corresponding magic power into the silver pool.
"The 13th layer, the final layer, is a 256-bit cipher."
Yuzu's tone became more cautious, and she seemed to take a deep breath, and the corresponding secret key immediately appeared on the screen.
"F4A9B7C2D8E6A3F5C4B9D7F6A2E3C9D1A8B6F4C5E9A7B2C6F1D9A4F3C8B7E5A9D0C3."
(No matter how many letters and numbers there are, they only take up one character, so they do not count towards the word count, but this line of explanation does.)
This time, there was only a brief pause. Fang Yu's hand was filled with magical power, and he inserted it into the pool without hesitation.
"Now! Master! Quick!"
Yuzi yelled, Fang Yu's face was calm, magic power surged around him, and the silver light in the pool increased.
But in just a few tenths of a second, the silver light quickly weakened, and when I looked at the pool again, it seemed to have turned into a pool of clear water.
Immediately afterwards, the groove that had just been moving made a snap, and the single end tilted up, cutting off the entire circuit.
The indicator light of the nearly 100TB video memory in the array server flashed wildly. After five or six seconds, it gradually calmed down, but the fan speed automatically increased, making a slightly sharp whistling sound.
——
In a gray space, countless stars are scattered and dancing in the space. They seem to have nothing to do with each other. If you look closely, you can find that the movement of these light spots has a strange rhythm.
"Are you there?"
Looking at these spots of light, Fang Yu asked tentatively.
If you start from here, you will definitely be a bootlicker.
You are the fucking bootlicker. Fang Yu couldn't help but frown when he heard what Youzi was thinking.
If it weren't for the need for this ball to maintain a stable connection, it would have to be punished now.
When Fang Yu spoke, the rhythm of the flying stars in the gray space obviously quickened a bit.
"Adrien Akani? Is that you?"
Fang Yu tried again.
As soon as this name was spoken, all the starlight in the space seemed to be stimulated by something, and began to spin violently around Fang Yu like a tornado of starlight!
"Arcane Mage? What year is it? How did you find me?"
A woman's voice rang out in the space, ethereal and pleasant.
The starlight gathered into a vague human figure, standing in front of Fang Yu.
"Young arcane mage, tell me, what's going on outside right now? The Supreme Mage has resolved the magic calamity, right?"
The woman's voice sounded a little anxious.
Dharma calamity? What is that? Is it referring to that unknown disaster?
"I don't know what a calamity is, Master Akani."
Fang Yu smiled and said calmly.
"You don't know what a magic calamity is!?" Adrian asked in surprise. "Hasn't anything happened in the main plane? What time is it now? Which branch are you from?"
"I'm not aware of any changes in the main plane, Master Akani. I found you based on the information you left in the 'cozy cabin' atop Mount Omiz. It's September 1, TR 17330, so sixteen thousand years have passed since your time."
"Also, I'm probably the only arcane mage on Blue Star right now, but I only became an arcane mage because I obtained an arcane inheritance by chance."
Fang Yu put his hands in his pockets, with an attitude neither humble nor arrogant.
"Sixteen thousand years!?"
Adrian seemed frightened by the length of time and did not speak for more than ten seconds.
"So, the magic calamity has really happened. You said you are the only arcanist in the world? What about the others?"
Hearing Adrian's reply, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes: "I don't know, but before this, I have never heard of an arcane mage on Blue Star. Mage Akani, what exactly is the magic tribulation you are talking about?"
Adrian sighed. "Since you saw the message I left in the cozy cottage, you should know that I once studied the Bosen prophecy."
"This is a very unpopular 7th-ring divination technique. Legend has it that Bosen's divination technique can provide an 'ultimate answer' to any question."
"But this is just a legend, because the error rate of Bosen's predictions is 100%, and it has hardly ever accurately predicted anything."
"Furthermore, the Bosen Prophecy can only predict the same event once. Even if a variant is used to make a workaround, the Bosen Prophecy will fail, causing mental backlash to the caster."
"At first, I just thought it was interesting and wanted to study this spell, but I soon realized that the 100% error rate of Bosen's predictions is essentially an 'observational act'."
"Do you understand? Don't you? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You just need to know that this 100% error is very important, especially for questions like AND, NOR, or yes or no. In a sense, 100% error means 100% correct."
"Thus, after a series of complex plans and through the Bosen prophecy, I predicted that the arcane civilization was about to be annihilated. Almost no arcane wizard would be able to escape this disaster."
"I informed the Arcane Union of this discovery. They organized five large-scale divination sessions and even deployed the 12-ring arcane facility 'Truth' to verify my predictions, but each attempt failed."
"No prophecy can predict a disaster of the magnitude of 'destruction of civilization'."
"But I am certain that my prophecy is correct. Something will inevitably happen within a year. Therefore, I modified the magic network fluctuation monitoring system and sealed my consciousness within it to avoid the catastrophe that swept across the entire arcane civilization."
"Now, tell me, young wizard, why did you awaken me?"
Fang Yu's eyes flickered. "Respected Mage Adrian, since I don't have a mentor, I have many unanswered questions. I woke you up to consult you about some of the problems I'm currently facing in the arcane arts."
"Of course, young mage, please state your question."
Adrian's tone was elegant and his attitude was natural.
"Thank you very much for Master Akani's generosity. My first question is, I've been stuck at level 8 for a long time. I'd like to ask how I can break through to level 9."
Fang Yu spread his hands and said frankly, "My mental strength has stagnated, but it's clear that my mental strength hasn't reached the Samuel Alden limit, nor have I sensed the 'disgust of the magic network'. This means that this isn't my bottleneck. I want to know what's going on."
The Samuel Alden Limit is a basic concept in the field of psychic research, proposed by the Archmage Samuel Alden five thousand years before the Great Arcane Age.
He created a growth curve function for the arcane mage's mental power growth. He only needed to substitute his corresponding conditions into the function to obtain his own growth curve, and the extreme value of this curve was the Samuel Alden limit.
Upon hearing this, the human-shaped Starlight stretched out his hand and performed an identification spell on Fang Yu, then he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Although I couldn't see his expression clearly, I could feel that Adrian seemed to frown.
Why does casting a spell feel a little off?
Is it because I am in a spiritual state?
However, compared to this, the condition of the arcane mage in front of him is more worthy of attention.
This was the first time in his long life that he had seen such a thing.
"It's incredible! You're just a level 8 mage who recently became an intermediate mage, yet you possess a life essence evolution comparable to that of a level 16 arcanist. It's even stronger than... my life essence before I entered the magic network fluctuation monitoring system."
Adrian maintained an elegant and decent posture, but one could sense his surprise from his tone.
"Under these circumstances, your advancement should be smooth sailing until level 17. Let me take a closer look at what's going on..."
Adrian's starlight body circled Fang Yu twice.
"Legendary uniqueness!"
A scream came from the gray space, making Fang Yu's eardrums hurt.
"You're just an intermediate-level mage, how can you be legendary unique!?"
Adrian's starlight body suddenly approached, almost touching Fang Yu's nose. In addition to surprise, there was also a hint of joy and anger in his cry.
Fang Yu bowed slightly and said modestly: "I'm sorry, Master Akani, you know, I don't have a mentor. What is the uniqueness of legend?"
Adrian didn't speak for a long time. After a long while, he sighed with emotion: "Was you you a minute ago? Is you still you a minute later?"
"For many ordinary people, it's not."
"You are just you. You were not you a minute ago, and you will not be you a minute later."
"There are countless parallel universes in this world, and therefore countless you. Whether it's one minute ago, one minute later, ten years ago, or ten years later, no matter which parallel universe, as long as his history exists at that time, then he is himself at that time."
"And you, now in your spirituality, have already possessed legendary uniqueness. In other words, all the you in all historical projections have now become 'you'."
"And because your spirituality possesses certain 'legendary' characteristics... therefore, when you advance, your spirituality needs to advance simultaneously."
Adrian explained, and seeing Fang Yu looking thoughtful, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Do you understand?"
This passage is very vague, and even most high-level mages may not be able to understand these concepts.
Because most "legendary characteristics" can only be felt but not described, even if they are explained in words, they are specious and difficult for the listeners to truly understand.
Even I, when I first encountered the concept of legendary uniqueness, didn’t really understand what it meant, but looking at the expression of the intermediate wizard in front of me, it seemed like he really understood it?
I see!
Fang Yu suddenly realized and couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
I should have known not to upgrade my divinity before!
When the divinity was upgraded to 2, he felt that his spirit and his body were more closely integrated, and he gained characteristics similar to the Ultra Instinct in Dragon Ball Super, which was a poor addition. He could completely control all the functions of his body and maximize the strength of his body.
But at the same time, some indescribable changes occurred in my spirituality.
As the spirituality and body become more closely integrated and more "unique", the spirituality becomes the bottleneck for one to break through to the ninth level.
In other words, what I need now is to enhance my spirituality through divinity.
As divinity grows, the strength of spirituality will also increase, and mental strength will be able to grow further!
Seeing Fang Yu's reaction, the human-shaped figure made up of starlight seemed to have some complicated emotions.
To be able to become the only arcane mage in the world, this young man is indeed very talented.
If... wouldn't that be a pity?
No! I must have this body!
He now possesses legendary characteristics. As long as I can obtain his body, I will be able to recover to my prime within a few years!
By then...
"Any further questions, young mage?"
There was a twinkling of light around Adrian, his breathing flickered, and he even seemed a little nervous while speaking.
Fang Yu smiled. "Of course, there are still many questions. For example, what exactly is the magic calamity you mentioned? Why do all the arcane mages disappear without a trace?"
"For example, you were able to reach the intermediate level of magician faster than the Son of the Demonic Web. How did you do that?"
"What is the current status of those legendary mages who escaped to the astral plane? How much ability do they have to interfere with the prime material world?"
"What exactly is being cultivated in the 'Great Confinement Array' in your Life Laboratory?"
"However, compared to these, I am more interested in another issue now."
Fang Yu looked at the human figure made up of starlight, raised his eyebrows, and curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing a signature smile.
"What's the question? I'll answer it for you as long as I can."
The starlight figure still maintains its elegant posture.
"As a legendary wizard, how did you end up being sealed by Adrian Akani?"
"The great legend of the School of Life—Lysia Lafrenk."
With a loud bang, the starlight figure exploded, and an unstoppable force came over, instantly depriving Fang Yu of control of his body.
Fang Yu's body involuntarily floated in the air, forming a "wood" shape, unable to move at all!
"Who the hell are you!? How did you know that!?"
The originally ethereal and elegant female voice was filled with anger.
(End of this chapter)
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