Chapter 137 The Path of a Wizard
Chapter 137
The sixth floor of the Mechanical City is where many major forces gather. It is also the floor where the official citizen assessment point of the Mechanical City is located.
As an official wizard, after Lin En expressed his intentions to a mechanical wizard apprentice on the fifth floor, he was taken to the assessment point on the sixth floor.
As there were many powerful people on the sixth floor, in order to avoid trouble, Lin En compressed Ivgrid's "Echo of Vitality" to a very small and thin size, and covered it with his own "Being Void and Keeping Quiet".
So from the outside, people would only regard Lin En as a first-level wizard, and would not mistake him for a second-level wizard.
The citizen assessment point is a magnificent hall, with complex mechanical runes engraved on the surrounding walls and the air filled with the smell of metal.
In the center of the hall, a heavy door was closed, as if separating the world inside and outside.
There are also many benches near the hall, and at this moment there are official wizards sitting on the benches, waiting for something.
"Master Lin, please wait a moment... This morning's assessment will officially begin at 10:30... Someone will come to register for all the wizards at 10 o'clock..."
Hearing this, Lin En nodded slightly. He had already understood this before coming.
After the mechanical wizard apprentice finished speaking, he bowed to Lin En and then turned and left.
Lin En turned around and looked at the wizards in the hall.
It was already half past nine, and there was only an hour left until the official assessment, so there were quite a few wizards in the hall.
"After all, the Nightmare Rift is a very famous force. Whether it is black wizards or white wizards, there are obviously many official wizards coming and going here... There are also many wizards who want to become citizens..."
"It's just that citizens of the Mechanical City need to have a certain level of research in mechanics... so even if you're a formal wizard, the chances of passing are not very high..."
After all, not everyone is like Lin En, who has a strong learning ability and can learn anything...
Lin En murmured to himself, this citizenship test is not difficult to understand, just like the language requirements for immigration.
Of course, if you don’t meet the “language” requirement, you can still immigrate through wealth as long as you have enough money.
In the Mechanical City, you can also take the "wealth immigration" route. As long as your strength reaches that of a level 2 wizard, you can enter without taking an exam.
Lynn sat quietly on the bench, closing his eyes and letting his thoughts flow slowly through his mind.
Time passed quietly until exactly ten o'clock, when the door in front made a low "click" sound on time, breaking the silence of the hall.
As the door opened, several figures walked out slowly.
The wizards all looked up, their eyes unconsciously focused on the gate.
The official wizard walking in front was wearing a layer of exoskeleton armor, which tightly covered his face, leaving only a pair of sharp eyes exposed.
From a distance, he looked like a steel giant, exuding a sense of oppression, like a cold and ruthless fighting machine.
"Wizards who wish to take the citizenship test, please come and fill out the form and pay the test fee."
The official wizard's voice was low and cold, as if it was an echo coming from the depths of steel.
As soon as his voice fell, the air around him seemed to vibrate.
Lin En felt strong mental fluctuations surrounding the wizard.
Although mental power is invisible and intangible, all wizards and apprentices can clearly sense it at this moment.
The wizard's mental power has materialized, like an invisible existence, emitting an oppressive force.
"The materialization of his spiritual power is so high! I'm afraid he has already gone very far in the realm of a first-level wizard..."
Lin En was secretly shocked, his eyes narrowed slightly.
After the official wizard demonstrated his wizarding strength, the entire hall suddenly became quiet.
In the wizarding world, strength is paramount, no matter where you are, even in the Mechanical City in the Nightmare Rift.
There are many different paths for wizards to practice, such as blood wizards, natural wizards, mechanical wizards, etc. These are all different paths of practice, each with unique research fields and practice methods.
However, despite the ever-changing paths, there is always a common core - spiritual power!
Regardless of which path they choose, all wizards must eventually improve their spiritual power.
Mental power is not only the cornerstone of a wizard's practice, but also the foundation of all witchcraft.
Of course, some paths of cultivation have special requirements in other aspects besides spiritual power.
For example, bloodline wizards need strong bloodline power to further stimulate their potential...
The official wizard is the first major breakthrough in the wizard system. It marks that a human practitioner has broken through the limits of the flesh and entered the realm of immortality.
At the moment of successful breakthrough, the wizard's spiritual realm will undergo large-scale expansion and growth, and the breadth and depth of his spiritual power will be unprecedentedly enhanced.
The practice of a first-level wizard is to gradually allow the spiritual power to fill the entire realm on the basis of constantly consolidating his own spiritual realm.
This process can be divided into three stages.
The first stage is to allow the mental power to spread throughout the entire spiritual realm, like the surging sea, filling every corner.
The second stage is to compress the spiritual realm, expand the mental power again, and strengthen the density of the mental power so that it covers and occupies every inch of space in the entire realm.
The wizard at this time is experiencing repeated cycles and extreme challenges of his mental power, until his mental power gradually shows signs of materialization.
The third stage is to fully materialize the spiritual power, allowing it to condense from an invisible airflow into a more tangible force.
The materialization of spiritual power can be divided into three levels: vaporization, liquefaction, and crystallization.
These three correspond to the ranks of wizards, namely level one wizard, level two wizard and level three wizard.
Therefore, the highest realm that a first-level wizard can reach is the transformation of spiritual power into qigong, which is also an important node in the wizard's practice.
When a formal wizard is surrounded by wisps of spiritual energy, it means that he has completed the first two stages of practice.
All that’s left is to transform all of your mental energy into gas, then you can try to break through to the second-level wizard.
The official wizard in armor was obviously a leader among the first-level wizards.
In comparison, Lin En has just broken through to become a first-level wizard and is still in the stage of rapid expansion of his mental power. It will take at least half a month to a month to completely stabilize his spiritual realm.
After all this is stable, he can enter the first stage of a first-level wizard - completely filling the entire spiritual realm with mental power...
If the two of them fought, even if Lin En had the second permanent witchcraft mark of Ivgrid, he would definitely not be the opponent of the official wizard. At most, he could only hold on for a while longer...
However, the people who came here now all wanted to pass the citizen assessment and successfully join the Mechanical City.
If they can successfully pass the assessment, they can become "their own people" and be on equal footing with the wizards of the Mechanical City in the future.
Therefore, the mechanical wizard just gently released a breath to suppress the atmosphere in the field, and his attitude was not too harsh.
After all, the purpose of the assessment is to give wizards a chance to demonstrate their strength, not to put them under too much pressure.
One by one, the official wizards registered and handed in the examination fee of one hundred magic stones.
Lynn glanced at the registration list and found that the content was extremely concise, with only the most basic information, and it could even be said to be very broad.
In sharp contrast, many wizarding forces, especially those in the White Wizard and Black Wizard territories, often require candidates to fill out detailed information and even submit their soul aura and pay some price.
The more powerful the force, the more stringent the requirements.
Although the Mechanical City is also a powerful force, it has almost no cumbersome requirements, and the assessment process seems extremely relaxed, which is in line with its "absolute neutrality" attitude.
After completing the registration, Lynn and the other wizards were led to a huge door and entered a more spacious space.
The group walked along a long road. The walls on both sides were covered with various pictures, which showed wizards who had made outstanding contributions in the field of mechanics.
Each painting is accompanied by a brief introduction, revealing the brilliant achievements of these wizards in mechanics.
This scene reminded Lin En of the corridors where he went to school in his previous life, which were also hung with photos and awards of various scholars and scientists.
After walking for a distance, the team came to a smaller hall filled with various workbenches.
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There are different test questions on each workbench, and candidates are required to complete them within the specified time.
Since everyone’s test questions are different, it is almost impossible to have situations like “copying answers”.
After each wizard stood still, the mechanical wizard spoke in a calm tone:
"I'll give you ten minutes to think. After ten minutes, the test will be timed. Of course, if you already have an idea, you can start right away."
As soon as he finished speaking, many wizards fell into deep thought, starting to think about how to solve the problem at hand, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.
However, at this moment, a faint light suddenly flashed, and then "ding" and "ding" sounds like the movement of a pointer were heard.
The test questions have just been distributed, how come someone has already started taking the test? !
Not only those wizards, but even the mechanical wizard who served as the examiner looked up and found that it was a handsome young man in a white robe who had picked up various tools and started to do the questions.
"You are very skilled and your thinking is so fast, which shows that your foundation is very solid..."
The mechanical wizard commented and thought so, then he stretched out his hand and motioned the wizard apprentice to hand over the man's information sheet.
"Lynn Cole..."
Glancing at the registration form, he looked at a frame that had been built on Lynn's desk.
"It should be a test related to the fist module of the third-generation Falcon Armor. Judging from his proficiency, he will most likely succeed."
Thinking of this, the mechanical wizard had a smile on his face.
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While Lynn was taking his citizenship test, the atmosphere in the Mechanical City seemed a little unusual.
An urgent message spread quietly among the top officials of the Mechanical City, quickly causing a huge disturbance.
A huge studio is filled with various semi-finished mechanical creations.
In the center of the workbench, some precious materials and resources are neatly displayed.
Although the citizens of the Mechanical City can use the virtual world to create mechanical creations, conduct training and research.
But for real high-level wizards, the virtual world still has many imperfections.
Although it can provide various data and materials, since it is still in the development stage, relying on the virtual world to polish advanced technology is not completely reliable.
Many mechanical wizards, especially powerful wizards, still prefer to use real materials for their research to ensure the accuracy and quality of the results.
At the workbench, a man about thirty years old, with an ordinary face but gloomy eyes, was concentrating on processing materials.
His fingers nimbly moved between various precision instruments and parts, as if he was the omnipotent master in this mechanical world.
However, at this moment, a sudden message was transmitted via the citizen token.
"This... this is a really big change..."
The man's eyes flashed and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He casually manipulated the citizen token and quickly sent a message.
He took off his lab coat, revealing a set of gorgeous and comfortable clothes, and turned to leave the laboratory.
In the corridor, two mechanical puppets were alertly monitoring the movements around them. He ignored them, walked straight through the corridor and entered the living room downstairs.
Not long after he sat down, a third-level female apprentice with a hot body and wearing a short skirt came over and poured a glass of wine for the man.
There was a hint of tenderness in her eyes. However, just as she was about to leave, the man casually reached out and pulled her into his arms, his hand quickly reaching under her clothes.
A blush instantly appeared on the female apprentice's face, and she gasped slightly. There was a hint of struggle in her eyes, but she also seemed to have found some kind of indescribable satisfaction in the process, and her face flushed.
However, just when all this was in full swing, the sound of hurried footsteps broke the atmosphere at the moment.
A tall and burly man hurried over. Seeing the scene in front of him, his face changed slightly, but he quickly lowered his head, not daring to look any further, and asked in a hurried tone: "Master Marco, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Marco, this man is actually the second student of the Warhammer Master and is considered a senior executive in the Mechanical City.
"From now on, the Mechanical City is under martial law. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Everyone is requisitioned... I'll give you the authority. Go to the fifth floor now, go to my damned junior brother, and requisition Lin En... Wait a few days and send him to the battlefield directly. Just find a few people to kill him..."
His tone was cold and full of contempt. "Daven has been in the Mechanical City for three months. Apart from the citizen named Martha, there is only one non-citizen named Lin En who can be considered his friend..."
He sneered, "I want to see how a mortal fights me."
There was a hint of murderous intent in Marco's eyes. The hatred between him and Daven was like a dead knot that could not be untied.
So, Davin's friends, no matter who they are, are his enemies.
As a citizen, Martha is not easy to deal with, but Lynn is not a citizen of the Mechanical City, especially at this special moment.
The Mechanical City was under martial law and all people were forcibly requisitioned, which gave him a perfect opportunity to kill Davin's allies.
"As you command, Master Marco!"
The burly man was also shocked, not by the trivial matter of killing Lin En, but by the martial law in the Mechanical City and the requisition of all the people inside.
Because according to what Lord Marco said, the entire Mechanical City will enter a wartime phase in a few days...
(End of this chapter)
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