Wizards pursue the truth

Chapter 282 [282] Long Voyage, Conquest Laboratory, Conquest Fortress

Wang Ya stared blankly at his palm, a look of horror on his face.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and he even used his Eye of Truth to scan his surroundings, analyzing information in an attempt to find the cause.

That situation has occurred once again.

He stood at the foot of the hundred-meter-tall wizard statue, the Book of All Things still hanging high above the statue's arm.

It seems his touch was just an illusion.

Wang Ya knew very well that it was not an illusion; he had indeed encountered the Book of All Things and was preparing to take it down.

"Entering the entrance to the ruins will inexplicably place you here, and attempting to touch the Book of All Things will also cause you to appear here."

Wang Ya's breathing fluctuated slightly, and his eyes narrowed, something that only the power of rules could accomplish.

However, there was no fluctuation of any rule power, nor any particle energy acting on him. Everything was so calm and natural. Wang Ya stared deeply at the Book of Myriad Phenomena, then glanced in the direction of the ancient ruins.

Six black steel metal puppets were suppressed deep within the Foam Land. To be on the safe side, Wang Ya even took out the Dream Mirror to check the situation.

"What exactly is going on? This has happened four times already."

The builders of the ancient ruins possessed unfathomable methods, and it is understandable that Wang Ya could not comprehend their essence.

The entrance to the ruins is off-limits.

The Book of All Things is also forbidden to be touched.

A bad feeling inexplicably arose in Wang Ya's heart. He touched the yellow mirror with his finger, and a low, resonant sound echoed.

A surge of pure dream power erupted, engulfing everything around it and rapidly changing everything, including the hundred-meter-tall wizard statue, the ground, the seawater, and the surrounding environment, all of which were transformed back into a world of distorted colors.

Harak tore off some sticky, twisted colored lines, and his whole body shone with a bright white light, transforming into a flying griffin that dragged Wang Ya up.

The dream world stretched straight to the surface of the ice, its distorted colors carrying a bizarre, mysterious, and indescribable eeriness and unknown. Yet, Wang Ya felt inexplicably at ease; this was his world, the world he controlled.

boom!

Numerous blue lines transformed into a torrent, swept up by the momentum of the flying griffin, scattering across the sky.

Bright white lines reappeared in Wang Ya's eyes. The solid body formed by a large amount of external information signals interacted with his own bio-field, bringing a long-lost smile to his face.

Then the smile froze. The world before him was devoid of light, only a dark black and the blue-gray representing the river.

It's still to the point where even the pupillary reflex isn't detected by the nerves.

The hundred-meter-tall wizard statue in front of me belongs to the Great Wizard of Deep Blue, and it is also a huge treasure trove.

Wang Yasheng felt a wave of nausea and even wanted to melt down and burn the hundred-meter-tall wizard statue.

The Book of All Things emitted a faint light at that moment, seemingly displaying some extraordinary phenomena, before it went out immediately.

Wang Ya's face was frighteningly gloomy, and he didn't even care about the Book of Myriad Phenomena. He was certain that he was being locked down by some undetectable means.

As for what kind of method it was, even the Eye of Truth couldn't see through it, perhaps it's related to Wang Ya's own low strength.

If the methods used by the other party are from a knowledge level that Wang Ya has never included in his records.

The level of power exceeded the limits that the Eye of Truth could achieve.

It's not impossible to do such a thing.

For a low-level wizard like Wang Ya, it was too terrifying and too powerless.

Since the dream world cannot escape this place and is bound and restricted by some means, we can only use the other three methods.

Wang Ya subconsciously looked behind him, where a large, gleaming gate with a defined outline was gradually solidifying from the void.

[Log 1: Attempt at the fifth separation, using the fully-fledged fission nuclear energy body, reducing physical attacks by 95%, possessing some resistance to energy attacks, and having weaker resistance to mental attacks, relying on one's own extraordinary mental strength.]

[Details: The story involves breaking through from the seabed, leaving the ancient ruins in reality, entering the pitch-black ocean, and continuously rising, attempting to escape by ascending vertically.]

Result: Failure

[Author's note: My choice was wrong. I was already affected when I left the area of ​​the ancient ruins. When the darkness before me broke, it was not the expected light, but the familiar gloomy environment, and the hundred-meter-tall deep blue statue of the great wizard.]

[Log 2: Tenth attempt at escape, using the Dream Gap to try and enter the Bubble Land, thus leaving the 30,000-meter-deep seabed.]

[Details: By connecting to the Bubble Land through the Dream Mirror, they were able to escape.]

Result: Failure

[Personal statement: I've tried many methods, all to no avail. Even the most reliable Dream Mirror passage has failed. My patience is gradually wearing thin, and I've completely lost any desire for the ancient ruins. I feel I should leave. Continuing to delay will only worsen my condition, making me unable to cope with the malicious dangers of the Deep Blue Secret Realm.]

[Log Post 3: Attempt at escaping for the twelfth time, using the interdimensional portal to finally leave this awful and troublesome place.]

[Details: By entering the Ascended state, directly confronting the will of the Wizarding World, entering the interdimensional gate, and returning to the Wizarding World, one can complete the escape.]

Result: Failure

[Personal account: It failed. This is simply unbelievable, too exaggerated, incomprehensible. Even the interdimensional gate under the influence of the wizarding world's will failed. After opening the gate, it completely disappeared, and I lost all sense of the interdimensional gate.]

This is absolutely terrible. Even after trying to enter the Ascended state again, the Gate to Another World remains unresponsive. I have reason to suspect that I may never be able to open the Gate to Another World again.

[Log 4: On my fifteenth attempt to escape, I decided to use the last resort—a golden pocket watch that has never had any problems and is suspected to be a high-level rule power. Could its power return me to the state I was in 24 hours ago, the moment when I was undergoing dream infiltration on the ice?]

[Details: The deep-sea environment at a depth of 30,000 meters had no effect on the gold pocket watch; it remained functional. I placed the spare note inside the watch case, then turned the minute hand, and my body began to disappear.]

Result: Failure

[Personal statement: I have failed once again. After my body disappeared, I reappeared beneath the hundred-meter-tall wizard statue. The biggest reversal in 24 hours shouldn't have affected me. Just how powerful is this method? I may be facing the most difficult and desperate situation of my life. I might die in the Deep Blue Secret Realm.]

Wang Ya closed the golden pocket watch in his hand, his face expressionless. The particle energy in his body could still support the formation of the Burning Shield for 3 hours. With the addition of some things to restore particle energy, he could last even longer.

Enduring endless darkness and silent stillness, even the seawater is devoid of waves; any sound transmitted in such an environment would be inaudible to ordinary creatures.

This is a hopeless situation for any living being; they might simply collapse from it.

Wang Ya's eyes were filled with determination; he still hadn't given up.

Now, the only thing we can rely on, the only thing that offers hope of solving our current predicament, is our eyes.

Wang Ya's pupils shimmered with four colors, as all four layers of computing power, along with all his extraordinary spiritual power, were poured into them, scanning all the information before beginning to analyze the entire ancient ruins.

No matter where he was, he never gave up, constantly searching and trying to find the key to breaking the deadlock.

[Hint: Subtle fluctuations in the witch array detected; residual particle energy fluctuations detected; extraordinary metal detected; traces of a wizard puppet detected. Detected.]

Time passed second by second, and Wang Ya's face grew paler and paler. Going all out was taking a tremendous toll on his extraordinary mental strength and particle energy.

As for the willpower, it was almost like torture, but one could only endure it.

Sweat mixed with seawater, Wang Ya's hair had turned gray, and wrinkles had appeared on his face. The scale of the ancient ruins was enormous. He had been analyzing them with all his might using the Eye of Truth for seven days and seven nights, and he had just taken the last bottle of high-grade extraordinary potion yesterday.

That was also his last extraordinary resource.

The Bubble Land has also reached a critical point. Further deep conversion of dream power and particle energy could very likely corrupt Wang Ya himself into a dream creature, which would be irreversible.

When everything else is gone, all that can be used is one's own vital energy, biological energy, natural vitality, and even the immature neurons hidden within the bridge. These neurons, like seedlings forced to grow, provided precious extraordinary spiritual power, but also sacrificed their future and completely atrophied.

The price he paid was immense; Wang Ya, who was once a handsome young man in black, has now become an old, frail man, barely breathing and on the verge of death.

Even so, those eyes, Wang Ya's eyes, remained resolute, the four colors of light almost overflowing from their sockets, as if they were about to merge into one.

Finally, as the eighth night came to a complete end, Wang Ya had traversed, collected, and analyzed the last piece of floorboard on the surface of the ancient ruins.

Finally, the Eye of Truth yielded a result, and unprecedented hope burst forth in Wang Ya's eyes.

His aged face was flushed, and his aura suddenly seemed to have intensified.

[Hint: Analysis successful. The ancient ruins you are in are the 'Voyage of Conquest' laboratory, which successfully corresponds to some fragments of information found in the black tower.]

[Target: Long-Distance Expedition Laboratory]

[Details: This special laboratory, now in a state of dormancy, was a wartime temporary laboratory frequently used by high-level wizards in legendary times, also known as a fortress for conquering the world. It possesses the ability to traverse void planes and travel through outer space, contains a core of space-folding magic, perfectly replicates a high-level laboratory, and includes various containment spaces that simulate diverse ecological environments. It can transport large numbers of otherworldly slaves and resources.]

[Review: An essential item for every high-level wizard who conquers the boundless void and plunders the world; also a helpful tool for unearthing wealth, treasures, and resources.]

[Note: This "target" is in a dormant phase. Its internal core structure, energy structure, conduction structure, and various folded spaces are relatively intact, and it is in a phase where no spiritual or soul imprint has been left.]

This can be achieved by triggering the internal energy cycle of the fortress itself, activating it, and allowing entry into its internal space. The weakest point in the energy transmission has been identified; the specific steps are as follows:

Wang Ya dragged his old and weak body, his face showing unprecedented determination, and walked step by step toward a certain direction of the ancient ruins. With each step, his whole body trembled, and the intense pain was about to torment him to the point of collapse.

The only result of falling down is death.

He was unwilling to accept his fate; he didn't want to die. There were so many things left undone: Green Forest hadn't been resurrected, the wizarding path hadn't been followed, and he hadn't experienced the wonders of the wizarding world or the vastness of the boundless starry sky. Hope was now right before his eyes; he could grasp it, he definitely could, absolutely could.

Towards the end of the journey, only a fanatical expression remained on Wang Ya's face; what sustained him was only the purest, most instinctive desire to live.

And the words, almost murmured, went, "How could I let such a wonderful thing slip through my fingers? The world is so vast, yet my collection is so small. It's not enough, my collection isn't enough, my experiments aren't enough, I need more, much more!!"

The protective shield of burning energy on his body was almost a faint ripple. His body was so compressed by the water that it was about to break, and Wang Ya fell to the ground. But the fervor and excitement in his eyes were enough to shock everyone.

With great effort, he raised his right hand, the bones cracking with each lift, and blood mingling with the seawater.

He was smiling, and the curve of his lips revealed almost his entire oral cavity, with rotten, yellow teeth.

Chi Chi!

A faint reddish spark appeared in the palm of the raised hand.

It gradually evolved into a faint spark, as if it were about to be extinguished at any moment.

Witchcraft [Fearful Flames]

Then he slammed his hand down on the floor.

This was a fainter flame than the Fearful Flame released on the wizard's ship, yet it was like the last straw that ignited a spark.

Faint rays of flame pierced through the cracks in the floor, spreading throughout the ancient ruins, including the feet of the hundred-meter-tall wizard statue, where a ring of crimson energy flames ignited.

A single spark can start a prairie fire!

(End of this chapter)