Chapter 156: Closing the Net
Chapter 156
In the vast permafrost resource area, on a stretch of silvery white wilderness, large-scale mechanical creations roar incessantly.
The deafening sound of metal rubbing against each other, the hissing of steam gushing out, and the low rumble of giant drills crushing the frozen soil are intertwined.
Lynn stood quietly on a makeshift platform, looking down at the frozen soil that was being mined.
His eyes were deep and his goal was clear in his mind. He needed military merit! This was the key to his monopoly of the frozen soil resources of World No. 13.
As long as he relied on his military exploits, he could naturally control everything here and make this piece of frozen land his own private mine.
However, before that, he did not forget to use his identity to "collect" some high-quality frozen soil.
After all, as the wizard guarding the castle, he has the right to allocate resources in this area - why not move some resources? Lin En moved his fingers slightly, and a faint space fluctuation flashed. There were many high-quality frozen soil resources with a strange luster in the space ring.
This was his masterpiece before the arrival of the great wizard Yode. After the other party came, he stopped these little tricks so as not to displease his boss.
Lin En cast his eyes towards the machine that was still busy running in the distance, then lowered his head, activated the Grey Eagle Armor, and began to calculate his own strength data:
"【Spiritual Strength: 115 points】【Physical Fitness: 10 points】"
"My mental strength has improved again..."
Lin En whispered softly, however, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he did not show much joy.
Because the potion used in the apprentice stage has completely lost its effect!
He originally held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that with Ivgrid's enhancement, he could at least increase his mental power to 118 or even 120 points.
But the reality gave him a wake-up call. His mental strength only increased to 115 points, and he could no longer gain benefits from the potions in his apprenticeship stage.
This was not because his body had developed a complete resistance to the potion.
But as mental strength grows, the enhancement effect that the potion can provide is decreasing at an alarming rate.
Just like the potions learned during the second-level apprenticeship period are of almost no help to formal wizards.
Now, the third-level apprentice potion is just a drop in the bucket for Lin En.
"The three stages of a first-level wizard..."
Lynn muttered, his eyes flickering slightly.
These days, he has communicated with Giroud many times and gained a lot of experience from him about formal wizard training.
Although Fengshu's training experience was still lingering in his memory, how generous was Fengshu's treatment back then?
All kinds of rare resources are readily available, and the path of cultivation is extremely smooth and cannot be replicated at all.
In comparison, Giroud's growth model is closer to Lynn. He also relies on his own accumulation of resources and continuous breakthroughs and improvements.
The training of a first-level wizard is usually divided into three stages: early, middle and late stages.
The initial stage is the first stage of practice for a third-level apprentice to break through to become a formal wizard and stabilize the explosively growing mental power.
During this stage, the wizard's mental power needs to be slowly cultivated, increasing from 100 points to 125 points.
When the mental power gradually fills the entire spiritual realm, the wizard will encounter a bottleneck in practice. If he wants to go further, he must break through to the middle stage of a first-level wizard.
In the middle stage, the wizard's mental power will no longer grow simply through the accumulation of quantity.
Because the spiritual realm that was broadened when breaking through from the apprentice stage to the official wizard has been filled up again.
At this time, the wizard needs to "compress" his originally loose mental power. Within the limited spiritual realm, he can improve the quality of his mental power through compression and break through to a higher level.
At this time, the wizard's mental power will increase from 125 points to 150 points, reaching the middle stage of a first-level wizard.
Once the mental strength reaches 150 points, it means that the wizard has broken through to the mid-level perfection of a first-level wizard.
But if you want to continue to improve, simply compressing your mental power is no longer enough to meet the needs.
At this point, the wizard must reach a higher level through meditation and other training methods.
Transform mental power from its original abstract state into a materialized gaseous state.
This process is called the sublimation of spiritual power.
In this stage, the wizard transforms the spiritual power from nothingness into gas, making all the spiritual power in the spiritual realm more condensed and concrete, and elevating it to a whole new level.
This is the late stage of training for a first-level wizard.
During this process, the wizard's mental power will increase from 150 points to 175 points, and the wizard's spiritual realm will be completely vaporized.
When a wizard's mental power reaches 175 points, it means that they have reached the peak of the first-level wizard.
At this time, the peak mental power value of a first-level wizard will reach one hundred and seventy-five points. At the same time, the mental power in their spiritual realm will completely turn into gaseous state.
Lynn once checked Giroud's mental power through the Grey Eagle Armor and found that the other party's mental power had exceeded 170 points, which was only a slight gap away from the standard of the peak of the first-level wizard.
In fact, there is a high probability that Giroud will accumulate enough resources in this war to break through to the second-level wizard and reach a higher level of cultivation.
Level 2 wizards not only far surpass level 1 wizards in personal strength, but more importantly, their status and influence in the wizarding world have also undergone dramatic changes.
The lifespan of a second-level wizard doubles, usually living to four to five hundred years, which is almost a huge leap compared to the lifespan of a first-level wizard.
In terms of status and position, second-level wizards also enjoy more favorable treatment.
Whether in the citizen assessment of the Mechanical City or in the treatment in other neutral cities, second-level wizards are highly respected and given priority.
Level one wizards still need to take an assessment test, but level two wizards are exempt from the test.
During the war, as long as Giroud broke through to become a second-level wizard, he would be immediately promoted to a middle-level manager, and the improvement of his identity and status would be almost unquestionable.
And all this depends on whether he can accumulate enough resources in this battle and break through to a higher level.
"Giroud should be in urgent need of military merit."
Lin En murmured softly. He recalled his original intention of calling Giroud over. He had planned to use his power to capture the members of the Star Hunter Society.
However, unexpectedly, the great wizard Yode suddenly showed up, allowing him, Giroud and Martha to just sit back and reap the benefits. The military exploits and resources were almost certain to be obtained, with no possibility of failure.
Lynn smiled slightly, thinking of Giroud once saying that he was lucky, but looking back now, maybe Giroud's luck is really the best.
This time, we can almost guarantee to gain a considerable amount of military merit and resources.
Moreover, as his personal combat exploits accumulate, by the time we meet again, Giroud may have already broken through and become a Level 2 wizard...
Just as he was lost in thought, his nose twitched suddenly, and his keen intuition told him that something seemed to have happened.
He raised his head suddenly, a trace of alertness flashing in his eyes: "Are the people from the Star Hunter Society here?"
Lin En felt that his back-up plan had been triggered, and guessed that it must be the Star Hunters who had been waiting for a long time.
To him, these people are walking military exploits one after another.
At this moment, Lin En suddenly received a message from the great wizard Youde:
"You guessed correctly. There is indeed a member of the Star Hunter Society who is above level 2 wizard. But this person is very cunning and did not approach directly. You and the two young wizards should pretend first, and I will take action when he approaches to a certain distance."
After listening to this, Lin En's eyes narrowed slightly.
Great Wizard Youde thought that Lin En had guessed that high-level members of the Star Hunter Society would arrive, but he didn't know that Lin En was not just guessing, but was quite sure.
Lin En knew in his heart that he had taken too many divine blood pills before, and it would not be a big deal if he did not come into contact with the civilization of gods for a long time.
However, the world he currently lives in has been transformed by the civilization of the gods, and is filled with people closely related to the civilization of the gods.
Coupled with his hostility towards the Star Hunting Society, the divine blood pills he had taken in the past became an extremely troublesome hidden danger.
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At this moment, he was like a lighthouse in the sea in the middle of the night, extremely conspicuous. Of course, this was not a good thing.
To the people of the gods' civilization, Lin En is a "blasphemer", an alien who has accepted the power of divine blood.
Once discovered, any member of the gods' civilization will take action without hesitation, treating him as someone who must be eliminated and never give up.
Lin En's eyes gradually turned cold. "If a member of the Star Hunter Society who is at the second-level wizard level is transformed into a mage, he must be at least a fifth-ring mage, or even a sixth-ring or seventh-ring mage..."
Lin En knew that a member of the Star Hunting Society at this level was definitely a big fish. Once caught, he would definitely contribute a huge amount of military merit.
Therefore, he contacted Giroud and Martha directly and asked them to approach him.
He had to first get involved, using his identity as a "blasphemer" to attract the Star Hunter member who was a level 2 wizard or above, and then let the great wizard Yode take action to deal with the opponent.
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Deep in the permafrost resource area, the land covered with ice and snow is vast and desolate. This is a desolate area that has not yet been developed.
The surrounding scenery was a vast expanse of blue and white; the sky and the earth were seamlessly integrated, stretching endlessly without a single dividing line between them.
The vast expanse of snow and ice buried everything completely, as if the whole world was plunged into endless silence.
There were no trees or plants, and even the sound of the wind was almost gone. Only the cold air lingered in this dead place.
At this time, a figure slowly walked into the frozen land. He was wearing a blue and white robe and his entire face was covered by a mask, making it difficult to recognize his true appearance.
The man stood still. There was a dead silence all around him. He spoke softly, reciting a complex language. It was a transcendent language unique to the civilization of the gods, with a certain mysterious rhythm and power:
"Dark clouds cover the sun!"
By using the unique methods of their Star Hunters, they can use this extraordinary language to transmit information and communicate.
When using this language, as long as some auxiliary means are used and the specific frequency and rhythm are adjusted, companions who are not far away can receive the information.
Next, the Star Hunter Club's contact password is:
"Dark clouds cover the sun, and the seven stars are shining brightly."
By convention, a password response is required.
If there is no response, it means that something wrong has happened and all members of the Star Hunters will immediately escape and retreat.
However, there was still no movement under the silent sky.
The snow-covered world is so silent that people can't help but feel an inexplicable depression. The coldness and loneliness in the air make people feel lonely.
Just when the spy in the blue and white robe was feeling a little uneasy.
Suddenly, the silence in the air was broken, and a faint ripple came from a distance.
The ripples spread in the air, like a circle of ripples gently touched by the water surface, with a faint but extremely clear fluctuation.
"Seven Stars Enlightenment."
The moment he heard the command, his brows finally relaxed slightly, and he felt relieved, confirming that everything was correct.
He took a deep breath, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, then he nodded and quickly adjusted his position.
A miniature communication device was triggered through the hem of his robe, which began to contact his accomplices in the distance and pass on the secret message of the Star Hunter Society.
There is almost no trace left when the information is transmitted.
However, at this moment, suddenly, a burst of snow-white light flashed in the distance, as if the cold light from the polar regions was breaking through the air.
Then, more and more blue and white figures descended rapidly from all directions like snowflakes, shuttling through this endless frozen land.
Every member of the Star Hunting Society quickly hid in the surroundings like a shadow, but their appearance did not make any sound, as if it was silent.
As these figures appeared one after another, the ice and snow began to be disturbed violently, and gradually, the number of Star Hunter spies standing on this vast frozen land had reached as many as ten.
"Where are the people?"
A spy frowned and looked around, but still did not see the contact person, and his doubts grew stronger.
At this moment, his eyes swept back and forth among the surrounding ice and snow, and he felt a strange atmosphere enveloping this silent frozen land.
However, just as they began to doubt, faint and unique fluctuations suddenly appeared in the air around them.
These fluctuations made the members of the Star Hunting Club's faces change immediately and their hearts suddenly tightened.
These fluctuations were not the breath of the gods' civilization that they were familiar with! These fluctuations actually belonged to the breath of wizards! The familiar and powerful fluctuations spread throughout the entire area in an instant.
At this moment, the waves in the air quickly gathered into a net and spread out rapidly, as if covering the entire space in an instant.
The Star Hunters' spies haven't reacted yet.
The next moment, one witchcraft formation after another suddenly opened up, flashing light, covering all of them in this huge net like thunder.
At the same time, three figures emerged from the formation first.
Behind them followed a third-level apprentice, and beside him were some sophisticated mechanical creations.
At this time, why don’t the members of the Star Hunters know that they have been exposed!
(End of this chapter)
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