Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 514 is on the news
The moonlight was as silver as silver, sprinkling on the balcony of the principal's office of the Endless Secret Academy.

Li Daoxian stood on the balcony, looking at the Revelation Tree that was growing stronger and stronger in the square not far away.

Catherine, wearing a light-colored dress, walked up to him with a gentle look in her eyes.

Li Daoxian turned around and said with a smile: "Why are you here? This robe is very beautiful. I remember you wore this when we first met."

"Thank you." Catherine looked at Li Daoxian with concern and asked, "Everything is going according to your plan, but you still don't seem very happy?"

Catherine originally came to congratulate Li Daoxian.

Even when the Shadow Society had directly declared war and Lafayette was at the gate of the academy, Catherine was not afraid at all, because she knew that Li Daoxian never did meaningless things, and as long as he chose to take action, the outcome was already determined.

She was very confident in Li Daoxian.

Now everything is going according to Li Daoxian's idea, but after getting closer, I found that Li Daoxian does not seem to be happy.

"Is it the candidate assessment for the Underground Parliament?" Catherine asked softly, with a hint of tentativeness in her tone.

During this period of time, the name of Snake Eye has spread from the Snake District to the entire Chaos Hub, and even other cities have more or less received some news that the original Emerald Thieves and Shadow will be merged into Snake Eye to form a behemoth.

Under normal circumstances, this size has exceeded the power of the normal underground parliament, and there is no need for the underground parliament to stop it.

After all, in this situation, their support is no longer needed. In fact, if Li Daoxian is not brought into the parliament, it will restrict and hinder them in many things.

"No." Li Daoxian replied softly, "The matter of the underground council has already ended. If I choose to cooperate with them, they will definitely give me a place."

"I just need to go over there for a while."

"I need some time, and they also need a guarantee. We both get what we need. I have done too much in Abisovor recently, and I need to calm down for a while. This is a good time to try to expand our influence outward."

"We just have to wait for a reply from the parrot and see if we can complete it."

Li Daoxian plans to expand the Snake Eye chain stores outward. Of course, if it is open to the outside world, it should not make a clear distinction between store functions like the Snake District, but present it as a complex.

The biggest advantage of the Snake Eye chain is its strong control over personnel and short employee training cycle. They only need to follow the steps prompted by the revelation tree step by step to complete the potion to the greatest extent.

After all, every employee has a constant ability called "Sinclair's Experience (Weakened)".

Now, Snake Eye has a steady supply of reinforcements. Even if there is a real shortage of manpower, there are players who can fill in. With the resources of both the Shadow Society and the Emerald Thieves, both the manpower and sphere of influence are sufficient to support external development.

The foreign bases of both parties can even be used directly to provide additional supplies on the basis of the original intelligence intermediaries.

These are all means that can achieve rapid development in a short period of time.

Catherine listened silently to the person in front of her, who was speaking slowly and calmly about his plan. Her gaze rested deeply on Li Daoxian's profile, her eyes burning.

It was just so calm, as if everything was under control, which made Catherine like it very much.

After Li Daoxian finished speaking, Catherine asked, "Since this is not the issue, is there anything else?"

Li Daoxian did not answer.

He rested his hands on the stone railing of the balcony and looked out at the central courtyard of the academy.

After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Catherine, you have also discovered it recently."

Hey?
Catherine was slightly stunned.

Li Daoxian continued, "As time went by, as my rank increased, or as time changed, I seemed to have some problems."

Catherine frowned. This description sounded like a sign of mental alienation.

However, as a top potion master, Li Daoxian should have an absolute understanding of mental alienation, and it is impossible for him not to know what it represents...

Li Daoxian continued: "Now my mood rarely changes, just like the past and the present, just like this night, just like the drink in this cup..."

Li Daoxian pointed at the wort in Catherine's hand. At this moment, there was no ripple in the cup, and it was as calm as a dead object.

Li Daoxian continued in a calm tone: "I seem to have lost the ability to empathize with my previous life, and I have also lost the ability to respond to many things."

"I now seem more comfortable and more appropriate with the same face."

Li Daoxian pointed to his own face.

"It seems that I just need to stay like this and keep this expression. Unless it is necessary, I need to use the sarcastic words I read in novels to squeeze the pure value out of them."

"Is that all?"

"Since when did this start?"

"I should be a very sunny boy."

"It was only a few months, but I felt like a long time had passed. I became like an old man."

"Tell me, is there something that is taking away my emotions bit by bit?"

Li Daoxian asked softly. Obviously, from his calm tone, one could sense that Li Daoxian had also been thinking about this question for a long time.

However, Catherine could not answer these questions.

Li Daoxian once thought that maybe he was affected by his "second sight", had seen too much fate and too much future, so he became as crazy as Trelawney.

He also thought that it was because he advanced too quickly and his spirit had not fully adapted, which led to some discomfort.

He also thought that perhaps it was because he had stripped away a part of his soul. Although this part of the soul built a place of value in another world and completed the "Seven Deadly Sins" by sublimating emotions, it also extracted the emotions of the original body.

He even doubted his own system...

But no matter which answer it is, it seems unable to fully summarize Li Daoxian’s current situation.

Li Daoxian sometimes has an obvious illusion that the whole world seems special.

"I can clearly see the trajectory of fate, but it seems that underneath the trajectory of fate, there is another set of logic that can be traced..."

Catherine listened to Li Daoxian speaking slowly, and suddenly she seemed to hear a clicking sound like gears in her brain, as if she heard the sour sound of gears disengaging.

She felt a strong threat, as if something deadly was approaching her. Her whole body was cold, and even next to Li Daoxian, she could still feel the strong shadow of death looming over her.

Countless inaudible whispers echoed in her ears.

Just then, a warm hand held her hand.

The increasingly heavy mumbling suddenly faded away, as if someone suddenly pulled her out of the cold sea.

Catherine came to her senses and found that the wort in her hand had fallen to the ground at some point and spilled all over the floor.

Li Daoxian asked with some concern: "Are you okay?"

Catherine shook her head: "I'm fine, I'm just too... surprised to hear this."

Li Daoxian laughed, and his smile was very gentle: "Did I scare you?"

Catherine shook her head repeatedly: "No, how could that be, I just feel sorry for you, you are not in a good condition now, but I can't help you."

Catherine was feeling a little down.

Through what happened just now, Catherine could confirm that Li Daoxian must have encountered something and what he said was not false.

However, Li Daoxian's progress was too fast, so fast that she couldn't even understand what he said. Even if she thought deeply about it, she would encounter great fear, and she couldn't help her.

Catherine's eyes dimmed.

Li Daoxian held him in his arms and said, "As long as you can listen to me, it's good enough."

Catherine leaned on Li Daoxian, her cheek against his chest, rubbing against him like a kitten, took a deep breath, and then said softly: "I can't help much, but if you really have any questions, maybe you can ask our mentors, Gordon or Maggie..."

Li Daoxian nodded: "I have the same idea, but not now. Once I have dealt with the matters at hand, I will go to visit Mr. Gordon in person."

The night wind blew again, and the moonlight was still cold, but to Li Daoxian and Catherine, nothing was more comfortable than now.

……

Blue Star.

Dayuan City Abnormal Handling Bureau.

The tense atmosphere seemed to freeze the air.

On the huge display screen, there are continuous reports of abnormal events in Dayuan City and even all over the country.

Red alerts flashed blindingly, and lines of data and analysis scrolled rapidly.

"The evil activity index has increased again." A technician spoke as calmly as possible, but still could not hide the worry in his tone, "and it is growing exponentially... There has never been such a fluctuation before."

On the other side, the sound of the communicator continued to be heard.

"Director, other cities have been asking us for support. How should we respond..." During this month, the frequency of various S-level anomalies has increased significantly. In Xia Country, S-level anomalies have appeared in eleven cities, including Dayuan City.

Abnormal events appeared like a blowout. Along with S-level anomalies, the originally rare A-level anomalies also became more frequent. As for the B-level and C-level anomalies that originally seemed fatal, they now seemed to be commonplace.

But in fact, Class B and Class C anomalies can already directly threaten the lives and safety of ordinary people.

Except for the anomaly in Dayuan City which has been resolved, other cities are trying various methods to fight against the seal and are still in the confrontation stage. All cities have suffered heavy losses.

Most cities turned to Dayuan City for help.

After all, judging from the current situation, except for the relatively safe green area within Dayuan City and the relatively safe yellow area in Kyoto mixed with small areas of green, all other provinces and cities are extremely high-risk red.

In other words, Dayuan City not only perfectly resolved this wave of abnormal incidents, but also maintained a level of safety within the region.

Before this, Zhuang Chenggong wanted to provide support and asked Wang Yu to control the place of value and allow players to carry out tasks across regions, but Wang Yu refused.

According to Wang Yu, it is not the right time yet.

It was precisely because of this incident that Zhuang Chenggong cursed Wang Yu, saying that he had become a running dog of the Values ​​and had completely lost his humanity.

However, facts have proved that Wang Yu's judgment was correct.

While other areas were still struggling with an S-level abnormal event, Dayuan City, which had just resolved the "Mirror World Devourer", suddenly experienced a new S-level abnormal event "Broken Truth".

The "Broken Truth" can gradually make the logic and physical laws in an area invalid, and it grows very rapidly. If it weren't for Wang Yu's warning, if it hadn't appeared in Dayuan City, the growing "Broken Truth" would probably have paralyzed everything in Dayuan City.

Even for the players in Dayuan City, it took nearly half a month to initially accommodate the "Broken Truth" into the "Place of Value", and it has not been completely sealed yet. The remaining part still needs the players to continuously consume and restrict it.

If it is not controlled in the first place, the consequences will be disastrous.

It is also because of this that now that the situation has worsened, other regions have requested assistance, and have repeatedly urged, and even Kyoto has called, Zhuang Chenggong also needs to ask Wang Yu for his opinion.

Zhuang Chenggong stood at the central command seat, looking at the data displayed on the screens in front of him, with a frown on his face. "Wang Yu, look, this is the light intelligence we have collected. The current situation seems to be much earlier than you expected."

Wang Yu stood next to Zhuang Chenggong, his figure tall and his face calm. After seeing the scene in front of him, countless scenes flashed through his eyes, and then runes appeared in his eyes and disappeared, returning to black.

"Changes have indeed occurred. The process of the evil spirit's revival has accelerated a lot, but fortunately, our strength has also increased rapidly."

Wang Yu paused and continued, "Our turning point is coming soon. We can also put the plan of supporting other cities on the agenda. You can decide who to support. However, we can only support two cities at most, no more."

"We have to ensure that we have enough power to respond to changing circumstances."

Wang Yu has long known that his simulator capabilities are not omnipotent. The future he sees is influenced by many factors, and Wang Yu is not yet able to distinguish which are the key factors and which are the secondary factors.

Therefore, the future he sees now may very likely change completely at some point in the future.

Wang Yu must observe possible changes in the future every once in a while.

Rescuing other humans is of course necessary, but ensuring the normal operation of the Place of Value is the top priority. Even if other areas are lost, as long as Dayuan City is still there, there will be a steady stream of power to conquer other areas.

However, once something goes wrong in Dayuan City and the Place of Value is taken over, it will not be easy to find another anomaly like the Place of Value that is relatively friendly to humans.

Zhuang Chenggong nodded: "I understand. I will negotiate with other provinces and cities."

Of course, the aid is not free aid. Naturally, some useful things need to be exchanged, such as containment objects, containment of abnormal events, data on special abnormal events, researchers, research data...

These are all quite valuable and can be used for exchange.

Just as Zhuang Chenggong was explaining to the staff nearby how to restore the rescue message, Wang Yu turned around and left, saying to Zhuang Chenggong, "Let's go."

Zhuang Chenggong was stunned and asked, "Where are we going?"

Wang Yu turned around and looked at him helplessly: "Of course it is an important force to see us return after completing our studies... Didn't you see it?"

The live broadcast room of the Value Platform has become a hot topic. Six of the top ten hot searches on the Internet about "Wizard Academy" are related to this. Even ordinary people know about it.

After being reminded, Zhuang Chenggong slapped his head and said, "Oh, look at my memory. I remember now. Today is the day off for the scholars of Wizard Academy."

"No wonder you said that we are able to support other provinces and cities. Indeed, with nearly a hundred elite players who have broken through to level 60, plus a few hundred elite players who are stuck at level 60, our lack of manpower will be alleviated a lot."

Wang Yu nodded slightly: "The most important point is that they are all scholars."

“The power that scholars can exert may be incidental to the knowledge they possess.”

"However, if you want to convince them to work for the Abnormal Handling Bureau, you may need to find a way yourself. According to what I see in the future, most players would prefer to act freely..."

Zhuang Chenggong thought for a moment and asked Wang Yu, "Will these players come back together?"

Wang Yu nodded: "At noon every day during these three days, the Revelation Tree will open the passage to the world. The location doesn't matter, it's probably the location before they entered..."

Zhuang Chenggong suddenly asked: "Can we let them appear together when they return?"

Wang Yu was a little confused and looked at Zhuang Chenggong. The next moment, countless scenes seemed to flash before his eyes. The next moment, he looked at the person in front of him with some surprise.

Unexpectedly, Zhuang Chenggong is really capable.

The number of scholar players working for the Abnormal Handling Bureau soared from 61% to 92%, and even the players who did not join mostly maintained their advisory status.

Wang Yu nodded and said, "Okay, your approach... is good."

"Understood." Zhuang Chenggong was greatly encouraged by Wang Yu's affirmative tone and immediately ordered the people around him: "Get ready, let's hold a grand welcome ceremony."

……

"Hello, viewers and friends. Today is Monday, February 2043, 2. Welcome to watch News World."

The male host looked straight at the camera with a smile on his face: "First, let's take a look at an important piece of news from Dayuan City. Today, Dayuan City held a grand ceremony to welcome scholars from other worlds, warmly welcoming the return of a thousand elite scholars from the place of value, Wizard Academy, to Blue Star."

"This event is of great significance, marking an important step for Dayuan City in its abnormal response and future development."

After the male host finished speaking, the female host continued, "The welcome ceremony was held grandly at Tuoxin Middle School. The huge tree-shaped projection in the center of the playground is the Revelation Tree, which is also an important means of transportation for this exchange and study in the other world. Our scholars will walk out from here in a while."

"At the scene, there are leaders of Dayuan City at all levels, members of the Dayuan City Abnormal Processing Bureau, and enthusiastic citizens who have spontaneously gathered together. They are all eager to pay tribute to these wanderers in the other world."

"According to the news, the scholars should return at noon. Now, we will connect with the on-site reporter Xiao Wo."

"Hello, Xiao Snail."

"Hello, host."

"What is the situation on the scene now?"

The reporter pointed behind him and motioned for the camera to shoot over there: "The venue is very lively right now. Everyone is paying attention to the Revelation Tree. The elite scholars of the Wizard Academy should appear from here soon..."

Behind him is a spacious stadium. This special stadium can accommodate nearly 10,000 people, and now, enough space is reserved in the middle.

The huge LED screens on both sides of the venue scrolled the six big words "Welcome Home, Wanderers".

The reporter looked at his watch and said, "It's getting very close to the estimated time. It should start soon..."

As he spoke, the shadow of the Revelation Tree began to shake, and the ball of light at the crown of the tree began to expand. Countless branches twisted and wrapped around it to stabilize the ball of light.

Then the ball of light expanded and became a portal with magical colors flowing.

The leaders, citizens and a large number of reporters and cameras present were all staring at this place.

There are shadows inside the portal.

The first player who walked out of the light gate was dragging an oversized suitcase in one hand, and holding the hand of a beautiful woman who was taller than him in the other.

He lowered his head and muttered, "Damn it, my credits can't be exchanged for materials for awakening the spirit..."

After walking a few steps, he found himself standing in front of an auditorium covered with a red carpet, with a banner that read "Heroes Return" hanging above his head and the camera lens facing him.

He froze for a moment, then forced a smile and waved towards the camera: "Uh... hello everyone, what is this? Am I in the wrong place?"

Then he quickly pulled the woman next to him behind him.

The leaders at the side walked up with a smile, headed by the mayor of Dayuan City, followed by the directors of various departments, including Zhuang Chenggong.

Reporters around also set up their cameras, ready to capture this historic moment.

The mayor said with a smile on his face: "Hello, little brother. Are you and your girlfriend both scholars of the Wizard Academy? It seems that you have a very good relationship."

Looking at the girl being protected by the boys, the mayor chuckled and said, "Girl, you don't have to be afraid. We are here to welcome you."

The "girl" behind the man said in a sweet voice: "Master, give me a kiss..."

The scene suddenly became quiet, and then the surrounding onlookers made noisy noises.

The mayor on the stage had a forced smile on his face, and could only pretend to be calm and say to his colleagues beside him: "Young people nowadays are open-minded..."

The boy's face flushed red, and he stammered, "Yes, I am a student of the Wizard Academy. This is actually a puppet made of magical materials. It is still in the making, so the language logic system is a little imperfect."

(End of this chapter)