I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 170 The Work of the Logistics Department (Part 1)

Rewind a bit, and Master Elwin transformed into a streak of light, retreating in a sorry state back to the "ship" dimension.

His robes were charred black, and his breathing was unstable, clearly indicating that he had suffered considerable damage.

Standing on the barren land, Jemin watched this scene, but couldn't help but smile.

He turned to Viola beside him and remarked, "As expected of a veteran wizard, her acting is superb; it looks like she really did lose by a narrow margin."

Upon hearing this, Viola's eyes also lit up with a smile: "This is the norm in interdimensional warfare. Lure the enemy deep into your territory, deplete their strength, and spread out the battle lines. Every shift in offense and defense is within the calculations of high-level wizards."

In fact, with the wizards' abilities, after encountering the fierce resistance of the natives of the Frostfire Plane, they quickly analyzed the current situation from the initial cannon fodder battles.

The most obvious point is that although the two races launched attacks on the wizards at the same time, their attack patterns and areas were clearly distinct, and they would occasionally restrain each other or even cause accidental injuries.

This reveals a cruel but important fact: the Lava Giants and Yetis should have been adversaries for a long time, even sworn enemies.

They joined forces only because of the common threat posed by the invaders.

"In this way, to completely conquer the entire plane, we need to consider the thoughts of both monster kings at once, as well as the subtle and complex hostile relationship between them."

Jemin stroked his chin and analyzed the current situation: "The best approach is to do what Master Elwin did, demonstrating strength greater than a single monster king, but slightly weaker than the combined strength of the two."

“Master Elwin fought two opponents alone, and although he seemed to lose narrowly, he successfully held off two level-six experts for several hours, causing them to exhaust themselves and retreat.” Viola agreed with Jemin’s statement.

"In this way, the natives of this plane see hope of defeating the wizards, but they will also be wary of the wizards' strength and dare not launch a mindless all-out attack. They will regroup after resting, but they will not risk going all out, which gives us wizards enough time."

"More importantly, the hatred between the two races will become our greatest help. They cannot truly cooperate sincerely, and every attack and every support mission may be delayed due to their mutual suspicion."

"This situation would give the wizards ample time to continuously weaken the origin of this plane and eventually take it completely under their control."

This is an open strategy, and even if the native level six powerhouses see through it, they would find it difficult to completely thwart.

As Jemin and Viola marveled at the high-level wizards' far-reaching plans and the complex art of interdimensional warfare, their respective magic network terminals simultaneously vibrated, receiving an urgent, pinned message to everyone.

The message was devoid of any embellishment, consisting of just a single, cold line of text:

[Important Notice: Commander Master Elwin did not intentionally retreat; he was genuinely no match for the combined attack of two Level 6 native warriors. All wizards are urged to be vigilant and act with caution.]

Upon seeing this message, all the wizards present, including Jemin and Viola, were slightly taken aback.

In an instant, everyone's eyes lit up!

The message was posted by Master Elwin himself, one of the commanders of this invasion.

The purpose was to sound the alarm for the wizards present, reminding them that the natives of this plane were indeed stronger than the average.

But the wizards' eyes lit up simply because they found more opportunities in the crisis.

The development of everything must follow a certain law. The fact that two powerful races can be born in a plane cannot be due to nothing.

This means that the resources of this plane itself must be extremely abundant!

Two level-six powerhouses capable of contending with level-five wizards mean that this plane possesses abundant resources to support their advancement, and may very well contain rare elements, fragments of laws, or even undiscovered mysterious mineral veins!

For wizards, powerful enemies often mean that a richer treasure is hidden behind them.

Having clarified the combat strategy and the value of the plane, the wizards' work efficiency reached its peak.

Now, thanks to everyone's efforts, the camp was quickly established.

The defensive walls constructed by alchemical golems and wizards quickly rose from the ground, the energy cores were buried deep in the earth, and the light of runic arrays flowed around the camp, forming visible protective barriers.

Although the fighting on the front lines continues—sporadic counterattacks by the natives and the wizards consolidating their lines—the scale has been greatly reduced.

Clearly, both sides are waiting for the right opportunity.

The logistics wizards took advantage of this valuable opportunity to immediately get into their more routine work processes.

Unlike his experience in the Erosian plane, where he was roughly thrown into the battlefield and had no experience of the work of a proper logistics wizard.

In the early stages of a planar war, logistics wizards rarely engage in direct combat. Their primary role is to analyze elemental data relevant to the plane, as well as various resources and intelligence brought back from the front lines.

Each newly invaded plane is an unimaginable treasure trove for the wizarding civilization, containing unknown and vast resources and information.

In just a few days, with the frontline troops clearing the area around the landing point and the samples brought back by the reconnaissance wizards through the spatial rifts, Jemin himself has already analyzed a variety of unique resources.

One of them is a peculiar plant from the blazing sun realm.

This plant, named the Fiery Light Grass, resembles a leaping flame and grows in the crevices of volcanic rock.

Although the plant itself is relatively fragile, much like ordinary grass, it has an extremely amazing resistance to fire and high temperatures.

By using his "all-seeing eye" to analyze its internal structure, Jemin discovered that the cell walls of this grass could spontaneously condense fire elements to form an ultra-miniature barrier.

After a series of tests, if we disregard issues such as physical shockwaves or spatial tearing, this plant can even withstand a level three wizard's fire attack without any damage!
This is simply an incredible defensive feature.

Although the time was too short, Jemin had not yet fully figured out how to refine it into the corresponding magic potion to achieve a permanent defensive effect that could be integrated into the wizard's body.

However, through some special methods, he has initially succeeded in using it as a raw material to make a thin film.

Simply covering your body with this radiant grass film can achieve a similar effect in a short time.

For wizards or cannon fodder bio-beasts who need to engage in close combat, this is undoubtedly an extravagant passive defense material.

There is also a unique mineral from the Frost Dark Realm.

This mineral is called ice burst crystal. It looks like an ordinary transparent crystal and does not react under normal circumstances.

However, after analysis, Jemin discovered that as long as it is exposed to a high-temperature environment—especially lava or extremely high-temperature flames—its internal ice element structure will be violently disrupted, instantly unleashing unimaginable destructive power!

The destructive force generated by the backlash from the collision of extreme elements is even enough to destroy a small hill.

This means it is both an extremely dangerous material and a potentially powerful weapon.

After Jemin discovered the properties of this material, a group of wizards from the Tower of Annihilation immediately approached him.

After paying for a portion of the knowledge, the wizards left the camp in high spirits and headed deeper into the Frost Dark Realm.

Watching the wizards leave in high spirits, Jemin didn't know what to say for a moment.

“You’ll get used to it. The wizards of the Tower of Annihilation are best at all kinds of annihilation magic. Ice Explosion Crystals like these are practically their natural casting materials.” Viola popped up from the side.

Jemin was puzzled: "Isn't this for research materials?"

Viola spread her hands without any regard for her image: "I think you've been spending too much time in the logistics department of Norn Workshop and think that all wizards outside are like this."

"Ok?"

Viola sighed and explained carefully: "It's not that they won't study it, but there are only a handful of logistics wizards in the Tower of Annihilation who are good at research. Although materials like Ice Burst Crystal have good properties, they are not on the research list... Before conducting in-depth research, this thing will most likely be used directly as a casting material for witchcraft."

"Huh? Why is that?" Jemin was taken aback.

Viola shook her head: "I've already told you, you've been spending too much time at Norren Workshop. Being a logistics wizard isn't easy."

"With the increasing amount of knowledge available today, many people already find it quite difficult to learn it all. It's almost impossible for them to study the principles behind this knowledge and develop further. You should know that Norren Workshop is named after a workshop, yet even so, the proportion of logistics-related wizards is only about 2%."

"The disparity in numbers between logistics and combat wizards in other wizarding factions is even more pronounced. As far as I know, the ratio in the Tower of Annihilation is as low as 1%, while the Chaos Cult is almost entirely composed of combat wizards, except for a few founding members and their successors."

Seeing that Jemin finally looked enlightened, Viola shook her head and pouted at the research area marked out in the camp:
"You can tell by the number of people here."

Jemin glanced subconsciously at the somewhat empty research area.

He hadn't really paid much attention to this before, since for Jemin, although the area was spacious enough, it was still quite cramped compared to his own laboratory.

Not to mention the lack of various experimental equipment; if it weren't for the construction of the all-purpose eye, Jieming's research progress might not have been so fast.

But now Jemin realized that the spaciousness here was not only to give each of the logistics wizards enough room, but also because there were really not many logistics wizards.

(End of this chapter)