Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 634 Dune Plane and Research Content of Group 2

There were some wizards patrolling the peach orchard, as well as various types of peach tree spirits keeping watch.

The moment Locke and the other three wizards approached, a patrolling wizard at the first stage of crystallization unleashed a beam of magical light at them.

Once Locke received the application form from the witch Catherine and unleashed a corresponding magical radiance towards the patrolling wizard, the slight wariness in the wizards' eyes vanished instantly.

The patrolling wizard leader nodded to Locke, Mason Witch, and the others who had landed, and said, "This is the top of Little Peach Mountain, Little Peach Mountain Garden, which is under the management of the Security Department."

"It's just that our captain... Lord Paul, the second-circle wizard, has something urgent to attend to and has to give a lecture at the Seven Colored Nursery, so he's not here."

“The four of you, with your application forms in hand, can pass through Gate 31, the Peach Tree Gate, to enter the colony you are going to.”

"Please handle all specific security matters yourselves; they are no longer the responsibility of our security department."

"However, all the worlds here have been specially treated. They are not unexplored unknown worlds, so the world principles of each world are not hostile to us wizards. The entrances to those worlds that pose a direct threat to our lives will not be opened here."

Locke nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for the reminder."

The Security Department is dominated by the patrol deacons, so most of the wizards in this seven-person patrol team must be from the patrol deacons.

Jinmian Mountain is a large and powerful family with many factions.

Locke, Mason Witch, and others entered the Peach Garden of Little Peach Mountain and went inside. They found the gate of the thirty-first peach tree. The branches of the peach tree in front of them bent downwards and fell to the ground, forming an archway formed by the twisting of the peach tree branches.

The magic seal on the application form in Locke's hand automatically emitted a magical glow, and suddenly a scene of yellow sand filling the sky appeared behind the peach tree archway.

Clearly, this peach tree archway has connected to another world.

Locke led three wizards inside, and as soon as they passed through, they found that the peach tree archway behind them had disappeared, replaced by a sky full of yellow sand.

The sky was filled with yellow sand, and the earth was covered in yellow sand; the whole landscape was filled with yellow sand.

As soon as Mason Witch opened her mouth, it was filled with sand, and she immediately started coughing.

Locke glanced at her, and a permanent defensive force field and life force field appeared on his body, enveloping all four of them within them.

The swirling yellow sand crashed against the life force field, producing a series of violent impacts.

After finally managing to clean the yellow sand off her body, Mason Witch was able to speak: "What's going on with this world? How come it's a desert as soon as we enter? And there's not a single living thing here!"

Freya the witch frowned and said, "And the sunlight is so harsh!"

She quickly took out a box of potion-making ointments from her astral ring and applied them to her skin.

"The sun in this world is too big. Team leader!"

Locke looked up at the sun in the sky, only to see that the sun in this world was not a sphere hanging high in the sky, but rather like a mountain range located in this world. It was huge, and the scorching heat burned the earth. There was no atmosphere, no clouds, and no water vapor.

The entire land was covered in yellow sand, and in some parts of the desert, large amounts of glass had even appeared.

Just how awful is this world?

It's like a third-class wizard apprentice arriving in this world, facing the risk of being killed by shards of glass mixed in with the sand within an hour.

Or even earlier, they would be scalded to death by the intense heat. Locke even suspected that even a first-class wizard apprentice would die here from the high temperature.

It's just a matter of how long it will take.

Locke stretched out his palm and found that the entire world was almost devoid of magical tides. Therefore, once he entered it, his magical power could not be replenished from the outside world, and he could only rely on the magical energy remaining in his own body.

Clearly, Mason Witch and the other two had also noticed this.

However, Locke was different from the other three because he had a demiplane entrance in his right eyeball, which contained a five-thousand-acre forest sanctuary. When he ran out of magic power, he would use the magic power within that forest.

Once the forest's magic is depleted, it can absorb the magical tides from that demiplane.

The entire forest sanctuary has completed its energy self-circulation, like a magic tide production engine that never stops day and night, so there is no need to worry about not being able to replenish magical power.

"This is practically a dying plane," Barrett the wizard whispered. "What are Group 2 doing here conducting research?"

Locke tossed a Shadow Eye Grass high into the air, protecting it with his life force field, then closed his left eye, connecting his gaze with that of the Eye Grass.

Suddenly, as the eye grass rose higher, the entire world below came into Locke's view. "Barrett was right. It's not that this region is a desert, but that the whole world has turned into a yellow sand, or a pile of broken glass."

"In some areas, raging magma is spewing out from the cracks in the earth, it's like this plane is bleeding."

"There are almost no plants, and no buildings remain. The plant communities themselves are important sources of magical energy, so the magical energy of this world has almost disappeared. Only a portion of the magic energy leaks from underground replenishes the magical energy of this world. But the problem is that the sun, which is too close, has damaged the atmosphere of this plane, so even though a large amount of magic energy leaks from underground, this plane cannot be preserved..."

"The magic is leaking out continuously from the holes in the atmosphere."

As the Shadowwolf grows taller, the emerald green life force barrier begins to distort under the damage of the high temperature.

The eye-grass flipped upwards and saw that there was a huge atmospheric hole in the sky above this plane.

Moreover, the elemental barriers that originally protected the plane and isolated it from void energy and external energy have been damaged with many large holes.

The sky in this dimension is already fragmented and incomplete.

In many places in the sky, the elemental barriers of the plane are directly exposed, rather than the sky resembling yellow sand.

The edges of the eyewort that has grown too tall, especially the green leaves, begin to curl.

Locke looked down at his feet with his right eye and saw a small cactus ball growing there. "Hmm... but this world isn't entirely dead. I didn't expect there to be some small plants struggling to survive in these little corners. It's quite surprising."

As soon as Locke finished speaking, a huge storm caused by the sun's high temperature hit them.

Because the entire world had turned into a smooth desert, a sudden gust of wind blew in, triggering a massive sandstorm.

The scale was unimaginable.

In his previous life, in the wizarding world, Locke had never seen such a large-scale sandstorm, thousands of meters high, seemingly capable of destroying everything.

The sandstorm, taller than the mountains, crashed down on the four of them like a mountain.

Any living organism would be pulverized in the face of such a natural disaster, or at least blown away by the gale and shattered by countless grains of sand.

However, the four of them were not worried about this.

The sandstorm before us, though vast in area, contains no magic...

This level of attack is terrifying even for a first-class wizard apprentice, or even for an ordinary first-level wizard.

However, for the four wizards at the first stage of crystallization, it was like a small ripple, just a bit troublesome.

So far, Mason the Witch and Freya the Witch have only found this place rather troublesome.

An incredibly powerful sandstorm struck down on the four of them, instantly burying them all. However, all four activated permanent defensive force fields around their bodies.

They are like alloy metal in the ocean waves, unaffected by the size or magnitude of the waves.

Instead, it pierced through the sandstorm and flew through the air.

Mason Witch's permanent defensive field is the Cherry Blossom Dragon Barrier, with a cherry blossom tree dragon wrapped around her body, shielding her from all wind and sand.

The Sakura Dragon Barrier also has the ability to fly.

Therefore, she simply flew straight upwards, piercing through the exaggerated sandstorm at a height of 1,500 meters.

Barrett Wizard's permanent defensive force field is the [Bamboo Sea Sword Formation], with five bamboo swords surrounding him, blocking all sand and dust.

He didn't react in time and was temporarily buried by the sandstorm and quicksand.

Freya's permanent defensive force field is the Water Cloud Barrier.

She was surrounded by a landscape where clouds and sky met, a scene as beautiful as a traditional Chinese ink painting, a blend of water and sky.

Furthermore, this water-cloud barrier also possessed the ability to fly automatically, directly deflecting all approaching sandstorms back. Freya the witch and Mason the witch looked at the rolling quicksand beneath their feet, and Freya the witch laughed, "It seems the team leader and Barrett are buried in there."

Mason Witch nodded. "The team leader went to rescue Barrett. Barrett didn't use flight magic immediately. That guy Barrett, sometimes his reaction is just slow."

Freya the witch laughed, "I originally wanted Barrett to crawl out from under the sandstorm himself. I figured he'd have to crawl about two thousand meters. Then I could laugh at him mercilessly."

"Who knew the team leader was such a good person? He actually went to save him."

Mason the Witch and Freya the Witch exchanged a smile.

The next moment, a giant axe imbued with the power of Myster cleaved out from the sea of ​​sand below them.

Suddenly, the sea of ​​sand split in two, creating a great canyon.

All four are wizards in the wizarding world at the first stage of crystallization.

Their power was godlike and demonic for this medium-sized, half-destroyed world.

Therefore, Locke used the power of Mister and changed the terrain with a single axe stroke. Locke then used the Plant Mimicry Charm: Green Dragon, and flew into the air with the wizard Barrett.

Barrett the Wizard glared at Mason the Witch and Freya the Witch. "Well, you call yourselves good friends? When we were in danger, neither of you, except for the group leader, came to my rescue. I thought I was going to be swept into the earth by a sandstorm."

Freya the witch chuckled a few times. "It's just a sandstorm in an indigenous world, what danger is that? At most, it'll just leave you covered in dust. With the permanent defensive force field, you have nothing to be afraid of."

Mason Witch nodded in deep agreement.

Locke knew they were telling the truth.

The Permanent Defense Field is the most unique part of the wizards' first stage in the various worlds of the Endless Void.

As first-level life forms, wizards with permanent defensive fields possess greater defensive and endurance capabilities, enabling them to travel to various dangerous special worlds.

For example, the sandstorm that just hit the sky posed a terrible danger to other creatures in the first ring.

However, for a wizard whose passive ability is their strongest defense, and whose strongest defense can be maintained for a very long time with almost no cost, it is just a minor skirmish.

Wizard Barrett scoffed. "The team leader is still the best to me. You two both want to see me make a fool of myself. If I get swept into the underground currents, let's see where you'll find me and save me!"

Barrett the wizard was furious as he watched the sandstorm sweep away into the distance.

The dust storms in this world have formed a wall of dust that sweeps across the globe, because there is almost no resistance.

The whole world is a desert.

That would naturally create a super sandstorm wall that would never disappear and would move across the desert surface.

The wizard Barrett disliked the sandstorm in the distance. He raised his left hand, gave a thumbs up, and extended his index finger, which was adorned with a small parasitic tomato ring, forming a pistol gesture.

Then, he whistled, while mentally calculating the combined forces within the sandstorm.

The next moment, the middle part of the entire sandstorm was directly pierced, creating a huge vacuum. Then, the remaining sandstorm lost its proper support and fell to the ground like a giant beast whose skeleton had been removed, forming ring after ring of sand dune ruins.

In an instant, the wizard Barrett disrupted the combined forces within that exaggerated sandstorm.

“That’s it.” Wizard Barrett breathed softly. “My Howling Tomatoes were indeed quite good. I spent 100,000 magic stones to buy them.”

"The accompanying botanical magic is the Wind Howling Firework."

Mason Witch kindly reminded him, "Barrett, it's very difficult to replenish magic here. How could you... use up about half of your magic just to dispel a sandstorm?"

Barrett the wizard said, "Anyway, I can replenish my magic power with potions. I..."

Locke smiled and said, "There's no need to waste a vial of potion. I have a cheaper and simpler method."

With a wave of his hand, the magical energy he had drawn from the Forest Sanctuary descended like rain.

Emerald green raindrops fell all over Locke.

Immediately, the wizard Barrett frantically absorbed this magical energy, quickly replenishing his lost magic power.

Mason the Witch and Freya the Witch were taken aback.

The witch Freya said, "I almost forgot, the group leader's forest sanctuary itself contains an astonishing amount of magical energy. Even in this wretched place, it can replenish its magic power. This relieves our worries."

Mason Witch said, "It's not just that. Locke's Forest Sanctuary is itself a magic generator..."

"It can continuously produce energy for us."

At this moment, a fifth wizard approached, carrying the magical pressure of a second-ring wizard. It was none other than Sith Wizard, the leader of Group 2.

The Sith wizard said, "Really? I didn't expect you, Locke, to have such a unique skill."

At that time, the Sith wizard came from afar, and behind him was also a bunch of banana tree wings, except that the banana tree branches formed three pairs of wings that mimicked avian magical creatures.

The Sith wizard looked at Locke and said, "I could feel your magical pressure from a great distance. I was just about to come and take you to my research institute when... cough cough, you guys destroyed a sandstorm here. You young people are truly energetic."

Barrett the wizard smiled sheepishly.

Locke said to the Sith wizard, "Lord Sith, my teacher asked me to lead my group here to help your group 2 with your research."

The Sith wizard nodded and said, "It was my suggestion to His Majesty the Throne that made this possible. It's just strange that His Majesty the Throne agreed so immediately. However, no one can fathom His Majesty's thoughts."

"Locke, it's great that you've come. My second team needs someone like you."

The Sith wizard glanced at the remaining three people, feeling it was impolite to say it that way, and added, "And the other three talented individuals in your group."

"Anyway, come with me. You all should have botanical magic for long-distance flight, right? My research institute is quite far from here."

"For some reason, our research institute moved to a new location."

Locke nodded slightly. At that moment, all four of them used flying magic to follow behind the Sith wizard. The Barrett wizard also summoned a peach-type magical plant, which formed a magic carpet made of peach petals under his feet, allowing him to ride the wind.

This is a botanical magic spell: the Peach Blossom Flying Carpet.

Both Mason Witch and Freya Witch possess permanent defensive fields that grant them the ability to fly.

On the way, Locke saw the endless yellow sand and asked the Sith wizard, "Teacher Sith, how did this plane become like this?"

The Sith wizard chuckled, “Nothing special. This medium-sized plane was originally just a normal life plane, with lush green grass, teeming with life, tropical rainforests everywhere, and a beautiful blue sky.”

"But that was a long time ago. Now all that's left is a dried-up ocean and land full of sand dunes. However, some plants and animals still survive."

"We call this the Dune Plane."

"The Dune Plane became like this because it was too close to the Sun Plane in the void and was captured by the Sun Plane's gravity."

"Although the Dune Plane was captured by the Sun Plane's gravity, it was still resisting because its own gravity had not disappeared. It was not completely swallowed up."

"It's just that the sun is too close to here, so it baked everything here and destroyed the structure of this world itself."

“Mount Jinmian has made certain dimensional modifications to this, so the dune plane will only rotate around the solar plane and will not be completely sucked into it. This void trajectory is of great research value to Mount Jinmian.”

"For our group 2, the greatest research value is not here, but this special environment. Our group 2 is to study how to create a plant ecosystem that can adapt to survival in this extremely harsh environment. Of course, you can understand it as us trying to control the desert here, to turn the desert into an oasis in this harsh environment."

"There are three main objectives that can be achieved through this research."

"First: Improve ecology."

"Second: Cultivate various drought-resistant plants."

"Third: to verify the impact of plant communities on this world, and to see if magical tides can be recreated through plant communities. This is extremely useful for our wizarding world and basic research."

(End of this chapter)