Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 713 Obtaining a Great Magic

Locke looked at the various projections of spiritual light on the chessboard, scanned them, and nodded in praise, "I see."

“Each chess piece here is a polymer of the light of the soul.”

Locke was not a wizard of the Mind School, so he did not know the value of these Mind Lights within Mind School magic, or their quality.

He could recognize that these chess pieces were formed from the spiritual light of the subjects of the Silent Dimension's empire.

It has nine chess pieces formed from the light of the mind at the second ring level. These chess pieces are at the same level as the emperor's chess pieces in the mental network, but they seem to have been sealed away for a long time and have never been opened by the emperor.

Locke moved across the chessboard, and a full moon hung above it, indirectly controlling this mental network.

Nine chess pieces rotate around Locke, and the information represented by these pieces enters Locke's mind—the Nine Dukes.

Nine Grand Dukes.

In other words, the mental network of the Silent Plane contains nine positions. These nine positions should appear in this mental network, allowing the Silent Plane to have nine more beings at the second-ring level.

Meanwhile, beneath these nine level two flags, there are three hundred level one chess pieces.

But now these three hundred chess pieces are not pointing at any one person.

In other words, the emperor completely concealed all the important pieces within this mental network, leaving only himself as the piece representing the emperor.

'This mental network is only a half-finished product. If we were to complete it according to this mental network…'

Locke pondered, "This would increase the total magical pressure of the Silent Dimension by more than ten times."

"The Silent Dimension is very likely to undergo a dimensional upgrade."

Locke saw the access space of the Mind Network, a chessboard that was extending downwards, spreading countless rays of light and connecting billions of mortals in the Silent Dimension.

These flashes of inspiration converged and coalesced into chess pieces, but at this moment, the entire present world had already been emptied by him.

Therefore, this turned the mental network into a tree without roots.

“Your Majesty, this mental network was originally intended to gather the spiritual light of all beings in the entire plane and concentrate it on these corresponding chess pieces. But it seems you have tampered with its permissions, trying to gather all the spiritual light on yourself.”

Locke turned to look at the Emperor.

Beneath the armor, the emperor seemed somewhat guilty, stubbornly declaring, "By gathering the power of the entire civilization and concentrating it all on me, I can ascend to higher realms. I can lead civilization to greater heights, therefore I am the 'One-Man Civilization'."

Locke shook his head slightly. "Don't try to fool me."

"You are not the creator of this mental network at all, so you know what the mental network is but not why it is."

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t have failed to discover the true purpose of my spiritual retreat. I was just trying to test you, but you didn’t react at all to my test. That’s when I knew you weren’t the builder of this spiritual network.”

Locke pointed to the chess piece representing the Emperor and said, "You want to gather all the light of the soul towards yourself. But you simply can't do it. You've been working on it for years, but you haven't gathered much light of the soul at all."

"Emperor, you have usurped this system."

"Or perhaps I shouldn't call you Emperor, am I right, Grand Duke of Westminster!"

The emperor, beneath his armor, shuddered.

One of the nine chess pieces corresponding to the Grand Duke of Westminster suddenly broke free from Locke's control and flew toward the Emperor.

Locke reached out, and a World Stone fell into his hand. "This mind network is an immense form of magic."

"Your Majesty, this mental network was a powerful magic created by a wizard. But its master died, and this powerful magic became a magical object, which means it could have a new master. And you are its second master."

Locke was in a state of "doing whatever he wanted without overstepping the bounds," understanding things instantly and comprehending everything he was told.

He keenly sensed the connection the Emperor was trying so hard to conceal—his connection to the Grand Duke of Westminster—and directly used his special state to summon the Worldstone from within this immense magical core.

The World Stone that the emperor searched for for over two hundred years but could not find.

The emperor looked at the World Stone in Locke's hand and exclaimed in surprise, "I have been searching for that World Stone in this restricted space for over two hundred years. I still haven't found it."

Locke snapped his fingers, and the entire Mind Chessboard began to rise.

The emperor asked, "What do you want to do?"

Locke said, "I want to see the truth of this world!"

Very few wizards should be able to find this access space.

Given this emperor's personality, unless he needed me to provide him with energy and maintain the existence of his mental network, he probably would never have opened up the access space of his mental network and revealed his greatest secret to the public.

Upon entering this mental space, I immediately understood something.

This mental space was created to solve a problem.

I've probably never seen the true face of the Silent Dimension!

As the mind chessboard rose, the emperor panicked and cried out, "Wait! It can't rise any higher! It can't exceed the canopy set by the mind network..."

The next moment, it was as if some kind of limit had been broken.

The mind chessboard rose higher and higher, and then Locke saw the true sky of this world, the true sky beneath the dark clouds.

First, there were dark clouds caused by industrial pollution, and then above the clouds was a patch of yellowish-brown sky, resembling a sea of ​​sulfur.

The sky was filled with ever-changing clouds and shapes, and the sun appeared right in the center of the sky.

The whole scene resembles an abstract painting by Van Gogh.

This is not a normal sky at all.

Or rather, the Silent Dimension simply doesn't have a normal sky.

Previously, the sky that Locke and the other contestants saw was all a manifestation of the mind network.

That yellowish-brown sky appeared to be a mixture of various highly toxic substances.

When the emperor saw the true face of this plane as seen by Locke, he immediately lowered his head and removed his helmet, revealing a face so corroded it was unrecognizable.

"This is the work of that sky. Long ago, our world had a normal sky. But later, it is said that during the formation of our world's sky, a relatively large cometary plane passed by our world."

"That comet plane swept across the surface of our world, disrupting certain concepts in our sky, so our world no longer has a normal sky."

“Strange things often flowed in from that brownish-yellow hole in the sky. My face was disfigured when I tried to block those things flowing down from the sky.”

Locke looked at the brownish-yellow sky, "Light particles of pyrolysis element?"

The emperor asked, "What is that?"

“A kind of gaseous pollution,” Locke pondered. He had witnessed this gaseous pollution element when he fought against the Nightmare of Life in the Emerald Dream.

I never expected to see the Silent Grail again.

Therefore, the sky of the Silent Dimension was inherently flawed during its formation stage, similar to maldevelopment.

This creates a hole in the sky, from which uranium particles flow down.

Tritium particles, a highly polluting element, will produce corresponding polluting compounds when they combine with anything.

Even ancient trees of war and ancient trees of life can be polluted.

The nightmare of life was once contaminated.

At this very moment, the sapling of the ancient tree of life at the center of Locke's forest sanctuary was transmitting to him a profound and unforgettable fear.

It was as if I felt extremely frightened after seeing that brownish-yellow sky.

Therefore, the Mind Network is a project to mend the sky.

Locke instantly understood this immense magic: using the present world of the Silent Dimension as a foundation, continuously raising the mental network, erecting a barrier in the sky, and creating a second sky with the energy of the light of the mind.

This gives life in the silent dimension the possibility of seeing blue skies and white clouds.

It also blocked the pollution of the uranium element flowing down from the real sky from being contained within the mental network canopy.

Although the pollution is still there and is increasing every moment, it's like the pollution has been thrown into a room by the emperor, and no one can see it. As long as the room doesn't fill up, the pollution is considered solved.

It's somewhat similar to an ostrich burying its head in the sand, but it's definitely a last resort.

That's probably why the emperor was so flustered when he saw him raise the Mind Chessboard.

Ironically, the Mind Network was created so that people in the Silent Dimension could see the blue sky and white clouds.

As a result, the people of the Silent Plane developed industry, causing the sky to be filled with dark clouds and coal dust, so the blue sky and white clouds could no longer be seen.

Therefore, this world is bound to perish because the mental network, this celestial canopy, will one day be crushed.

Will the people of the Silent Dimension one day have to face compounds contaminated with tritium?

wrong.

'First of all, if that's all there is to it, even if in the previous Silent Grail War, the participants were only focused on the competition and no one noticed that the true nature of this plane itself was being hidden.'

'But the Silent Witch shouldn't have failed to notice.'

Secondly, even if deuterium particles contaminate the compounds and ultimately collapse the mental network, at most it would cause a mass extinction; it's uncertain whether it would wipe out humanity. Therefore, this shouldn't be the reason for the inevitable destruction of this world.

Locke pondered, "Furthermore, ecological extinction, the downgrading from a life-bearing plane to an ordinary plane, is entirely different from plane destruction."

'While tritium pollution is extremely damaging to the ecosystem, it's impossible to destroy this entire plane. Therefore, the destroyer must be something else.' 'It's just that this real sky is indeed a very troublesome thing.'

Locke pondered, "The sky created by the mind network can only provide temporary isolation. Like an ostrich, it pretends to have solved the problem, but the problem is still hanging over everyone's heads."

He did a quick mental calculation and concluded that, based on the emperor's method of operation, the theoretical limit of the mind network could last for about three thousand more years.

But if the emperor is willing to open up all the chess pieces formed from the light of the mind hidden within the mental network to everyone.

That's different.

This mental network can last for at least 10,000 years.

For many civilizations, this is already the best final solution.

Because many civilizations have histories that don't even exceed ten thousand years.

More than 10,000 years is enough for many civilizations.

It even encompasses their beginning and end.

Locke assessed the level of this mental network. 'This doesn't seem to be a nascent Great Magic. Even with the Emperor's suppression, its sheer size still surpasses the Great Magic of myself, Edgar, Smith, and Georgina.'

During the Evolution Month, Antoine and the Preston Witch are orchestrating a powerful magic for Locke.

The Preston Witch was astonished; the true nature of the Silent Dimension was completely different from what she had seen before.

Because she was previously above the crystal wall system, she couldn't see the yellowish-brown sky hole when looking down from above.

After entering this world and the earth came into existence, one could only look up and see the canopy constructed by the light of the soul, so one never saw the real sky.

Only within the realm of the Light of the Mind, because Locke raised the height of the Mind Chessboard, was she able to see the true face of this world.

However, Antoine suddenly spoke up at this moment. "Locke, this mental network is a powerful spell at the Star Forging level."

Locke closed his eyes and communicated with Antoine within his immense magic: "Star forging... that's virtual forging."

"This is the second time that a great magic has been forged. It's hard to believe that the person who forged this great magic back then was just a native of the world who had inherited part of the wizarding civilization of the Enlightenment."

Antoine disagreed. "The wizarding civilization is not just the civilization of the wizarding world, but also includes all those who have inherited our civilization. Even if he was once alone, fighting alone in places we don't know, he is still a wizard."

“We are one of them. And there are many, many more like us in the endless void.”

Locke asked, "But Antoine, how can you be sure this is a major Starforging spell, and not just a minor Starforging spell with a large capital flow?"

Antoine said, "The reason why secondary forging is called virtual forging is because it adds something called [currency] to one's great magic."

"Before a powerful spell has its own 'currency,' it is extremely cumbersome and inconvenient to use as an asset. But once it has 'currency,' the energy dissipation will decrease further, the instantaneous doubling of magical pressure output will increase, and energy compatibility will increase further."

"The other five indicators will also generally improve."

"For Great Magic, currency is a power system. That is, within one's own Great Magic, one proposes one's own power system, which is compatible with and linked together the power of all individuals under one's Great Magic, and compatible with and linked with one's own power, the power of the world, and all internal powers, turning them into a whole."

"And this process is called reforging."

"Before that, a system of Great Magic was complex, chaotic, and its energy was very disordered. Therefore, a wizard needed to add four spells with Great Magic runes to his Great Magic to patch it up."

"Another wizard is needed to find more individuals within the natural phenomenon of Great Magic and reduce its energy dissipation... Another wizard is needed to summarize his own magical discipline, and use a symbolic system to design a power system to unify the various individuals within his Great Magic, further reducing the energy dissipation of this phenomenon."

Antoine said, "This is virtual forging."

“Locke, in a typical colonial world, even one larger than the Silent Plane, there might not be a power system that reaches the first ring level. But the Silent Plane actually has a second ring, and this second ring is not even an isolated existence, but rather it has a corresponding power level system.”

"In other words, this set of genetic locks is the currency within this mental network."

Locke nodded. "I see."

He remembered the Dark Cave Scorpion Woman of the Great Wizard Sura, and told Antoine about the enormous magical prototype that the Great Wizard Sura had created.

Upon learning this, Antoine remarked, "This sorcerer Sura must have had a distinguished lineage."

"At least a Sun Ring Wizard. His construction method is very interesting. That mage system is essentially the foundation of a virtual forging. Although, that power system is ambiguous and not a true power system."

"To complete the virtual forging, one must be able to produce a crystallization ring within one's own power system."

"This is the standard for virtual forging."

"The spell system created by the Grand Wizard Sula can't even go beyond the first level. Moreover, it's not actually a true power system. Rather than saying that those mages are using magic, it's more accurate to say that the Grand Wizard Sula gave them a portion of his magical authority, allowing them to use the Grand Wizard Sula's magic."

Locke said, "In other words, the mage system I saw in the mage plane cannot be considered a true power system."

Antoine said, “That’s true. It’s not that just because you can use certain powers to cast spells, you’re part of a power system. There are enough standards for power systems to fill many books.”

"But I still say that Sura's ancestors must have been of some importance. Otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed his descendants to develop the habit of laying the foundation for second-level forging when constructing great magic. It's just a pity that his descendants don't seem to be very capable."

Locke nodded. The Six Towers Land was indeed not doing well; it had declined overall.

The Preston witch looked at Antoine in surprise; she rarely saw Antoine so serious.

Is this still the same Antoine?
Antoine, who was speaking to Locke, seemed like an old scholar, so serious and earnest, his personality resembling that of a retired cadre.

There is not a trace of his former arrogance and haughtiness left.

Inside the Moon of Evolution, Antoine said to Locke, "Locke, I can work with you to reverse-analyze this mental network. This will give you a greater advantage in this match, and even if you win, we can still benefit from it."

"This is beneficial for both of us. After all, it's rare to have the opportunity to so casually analyze a set of extremely powerful magic that has completed the initial forging."

"This can help us make rapid progress."

"But Locke, could you ask that native for me what became of the wizard who created this immense magic? I'm really curious about where this fellow countryman, who struggled alone in that deserted corner, went afterward?"

Locke nodded. "I'm curious about that too."

The Preston witch finally found a chance to interject. "It probably died of old age. Even second-circle wizards have a lifespan limit."

"In the wizarding world, you can find someone to help extend your lifespan. But in the Silent Plane, if you're alone, you have to rely on yourself for everything. Life on a deserted island after leaving civilization is very difficult."

Locke opened his eyes, looked at the emperor's true face, and asked, "Grand Duke of Westminster, I ask you, where is the true builder of this system, or rather, the original emperor?"

At this moment, the chess piece corresponding to the Emperor's spiritual light suddenly broke free from his control, leaving the Emperor with only his true position within the spiritual network, the position his own mind pointed to.

It was the Grand Duke of Westminster's chess piece formed from the light of his soul.

When Locke realized that he was not the first emperor at all, he immediately understood that within this system, the position of emperor could be changed.

Moreover, the Grand Duke of Westminster never truly held the position of Emperor.

Locke looked at the Emperor chess piece that had appeared in his hand and shook his head slightly. "Grand Duke, you've completely altered this piece."

"It seems plausible, but you've never truly mastered it."

The surface of the Emperor chess piece cracked, revealing its true form: a silver-white figure of a king holding a blank scroll.

The Duke of Westminster, on the other hand, modified the Emperor's chess piece, giving it a terrifying and cold appearance, complete with black armor.

However, the light of the emperor's soul was never modified by him much.

Because this is the core of this system.

The Duke of Westminster dared not make any changes, as it could lead to the collapse of the system.

Because he couldn't understand it either.

Locke was now aligned with the Mind's Light of this piece, meaning he had become the Emperor within this system.

Because the original owner of the Mind Network was dead, it had become a magical item, so Locke gained a second, greater magic by using the magical item.

However, I don't know if it's because this system has been neglected for a long time, or because it was too ravaged by the Duke of Westminster, but when I took this system, I only gained an extra level of initial forging.

Currently, I am a second-circle wizard with two initial forging levels.

Although it sounds strange, this is indeed a characteristic of the Second Ring Road.

That is, levels can be stacked together, and different forging times can be stacked together.

The second ring road can be continuously expanded in terms of levels, not only upwards, but also downwards, and even to the sides.

Locke originally only wanted to use the Moon of Evolution to control the Mind Network, but he did not expect that it was not a crude contraption made by the natives, but a powerful magic that had been transformed into a magical object.

This is better.

He can then directly control this immense magic.

If we include the world-class Dharma realms he indirectly controls, he possesses three initial forging stages.

Indeed, he can be called the strongest in the world (specifically referring to the Silent Dimension)!
Locke looked at the emperor, his hands behind his back, his expression becoming inscrutable. "Grand Duke, although you have stripped me of my title, I, Duke Schiller, am now the emperor."

"Tell me, who was the first emperor? How did you acquire this mental network?"

"If you refuse to answer, then you are a traitorous and disobedient subject who defies imperial orders!"

The Duke of Westminster trembled, clearly deeply shaken.

Shameless!
Beast!
Is there anyone more shameless in this world?

(End of this chapter)