Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 288 Obtaining a Special Research Project
Locke observed the area and discovered that there were many dangerous creatures inside the swamp.

First, inside the swamp, there is a magical creature called the Swamp Mud Monster. This giant swamp creature is extremely dangerous and must never be attacked with fire magic, otherwise it will cause a chain reaction of explosions throughout the swamp.

Of course, these swamp creatures are extremely powerful, and under normal circumstances, wizards will not be able to hit them with fire magic.

In addition, there are some special dangerous magical plants at the bottom of the swamp.

A swamp creature appeared behind Locke. It crawled out of the swamp, raised its enormous hand, which was still dripping mud, and roared as it slammed its hand down on Locke, who was standing on the rock.

But the next moment, three Rotten Earth Aromatic Kings appeared behind Locke. Driven by the spell model of [Mayfly Flower Cannon], the three Rotten Earth Aromatic Kings fired three shots at the huge swamp creature behind Locke, directly blasting it apart.

A rain of mud fell behind Locke.

Locke raised an eyebrow. "Indeed, this swamp is a natural isolation facility guarding a top-tier research project. No wonder no one has discovered the location of this research institute after all these years."

Locke looked up at the research institute in front of him, which floated in mid-air like a series of pyramids.

These pyramids vary in size.

Locke used the Great Blue Owl Banana to fly directly to the platform of the largest pyramid-shaped building floating in mid-air, and placed his palm on a diamond-shaped crystal on the platform of the largest pyramid.

As soon as he placed his palm on the rhombus-shaped crystal, a series of magical lock projections appeared in the air. Locke slid these magical lock projections according to his memory, combining them to form the correct magical lock pattern from the fragments of Foucault's memory.

The instant he completed the magic lock pattern, the surface of the pyramid-shaped building floating in mid-air shimmered with magical light, and countless green magical vines climbed onto the surface of these pyramid-shaped buildings, and these magical vines bloomed into magical flowers of various colors.

A magic door opened on the surface of the pyramid-shaped building.

“Very good. The magic lock hasn’t been damaged after all these years, and the unlocking code is correct.” Locke’s eyes were full of satisfaction as he stepped into a magic door that had opened in the main body of the pyramid-shaped building.

As soon as he entered, he saw that inside the building were many life-sized culture tanks filled with unknown liquids. Inside these semi-transparent culture tanks, some contained magical plants, some contained magical creatures, and some contained... embryos. Some of the culture tanks even contained humanoid creatures, such as humans, elves, and dwarves.

Clearly, more than 500 years have passed, and some of the institute's internal facilities are still in operation.

A certain mechanism still exists within this research institute.

Locke even saw some living humanoid creatures in some of the culture tanks, and these creatures had obvious life characteristics.

They are still alive, but their current state is very strange, so Locke doesn't dare to take them out casually. It's very likely that these people will face death as soon as they come out, so it's better for him not to do anything.

He walked through the dimly lit corridors and rooms of the research institute, and entered the central control room, where he tried to activate the magic lamps.

To my surprise, the magic light system in the central control room could still be activated.

One by one, the magic lights in the entire central control room lit up, illuminating the entire room.

Locke began to peruse the remaining documents in the central control room.

The data in the central control room was scattered haphazardly, perhaps because five hundred years ago, when Foucault and others had to deal with a sudden inspection by the White Wizarding Association and relocate the research institute, everything was in a rush.

Half a day later, a look of joy flashed in Locke's eyes. "These materials are very complete, almost detailing their research ideas and the progress of their results step by step." "This trip was worthwhile."

"Five hundred years ago, wizards Levi and Foucault attempted to develop a magic that could reorganize and alter their own permanent defensive field. This magic was called the Forest Sanctuary, a combination of Transfiguration and Botanical magic, and referenced from inherited magic arrays."

Locke paused for a moment, because he remembered that the inherited witch array technique did not exist in the southeastern corner region. It must have been obtained by those two wizards in another region.

Locke read the documents and discovered that the idea behind this magic was actually to record the basic spell models of the Forest Sanctuary at the level of the magical pressure structure of his own soul. These spell models were just the constituent structures.

Apart from the structural components, the other spell models are external interfaces, which are used to retrieve a portion of the spell models stored on external objects. This is a special design inspired by the traditional witch array.

In this way, the wizard's own basic permanent defensive aura is just a layer of ordinary natural energy shield. To increase the special effects of the [Forest Sanctuary], spell models need to be inscribed on other objects to enhance the magical effects of the Forest Sanctuary.

Originally, wizards Levi and Foucault intended to place the external spell model in a forest, creating a special connection between that forest sanctuary and the wizards, just like the connection between a inherited spell array and a wizard.

The forest is part of the wizard's power, and it can also be placed in a ring of magic called the "Druid's Ring" using a special magical device, so that it can be carried with you without affecting its convenience at all.

It can also be placed in a certain place for a long time, like a traditional witchcraft array, to guard the area and more easily absorb the surrounding natural energy.

During battle, this wizard can invoke spell models hidden in the forest at any time, making it possible to use multiple permanent defensive force field spells in a single battle.

But that's where the problem lies.

The original magical connection between wizards and magical plants is not as close as the connection between wizards and the inherited magic array, so the external part of the Forest Sanctuary magic cannot be realized.

This entire magic became a castle in the air, a tree without roots.

It is not possible to achieve this.

Locke pondered, "That's equivalent to inscribing the most basic, permanent defensive field into one's own soul, and then the remaining advanced parts are determined by the external spell model, which can be enhanced later, or even a series of repeated and superimposed enhancements."

"Its function is not simply to allow the use of multiple permanent defensive fields in a single battle, but to superimpose multiple permanent defensive fields onto a single permanent defensive field in a single battle. This raises the upper limit of a first-ring wizard's permanent defensive field."

"According to this theory, establishing such a permanent defensive force field could even increase the combat power ceiling and future potential of a first-ring wizard."

Locke said, "This magic has a truly grand ambition."

"However, because the problem of closer connections could not be solved, the entire project basically failed to produce any usable results."

Based on the information, Locke looked at a spell model platform device in the central control room, which was built specifically for this project and was used to attempt to establish this spell model.

“Perhaps this device can still be used.” Locke’s eyes were subtle. “Neither Foucault nor Levi’s wizards have ever succeeded in a single simulation; they just can’t solve the last problem.”

"If I succeed, I can try using this magic to become a formal wizard. If I fail, then forget it, I'll just use the Life Field magic to become a formal wizard."

Locke pondered.

(End of this chapter)