Wizard: I Have a Nightmare World

Lynn stood at the cave entrance, his gaze fixed on the black column of smoke shooting into the sky on the horizon.

The rumbling sound was coming from the direction of Crimson Rock City. Although it was far away, the vibration still penetrated the ground and reached the soles of his feet.

"They acted so quickly, Du Wei and his team are really efficient."

He muttered something to himself, but he didn't have the impulse to run and join the fight.

His current task is not to charge into battle, but to elevate his strength to a new level before Du Wei and the others return.

He could choose not to go to Crimson Rock Fortress, but he couldn't stay hidden behind the squad forever for the next battle, the next fortress, or even for that second-ring totem master hidden deep within the Holy City.

Lynn withdrew his gaze, turned around, and walked back into the depths of the cave.

Amber fell from the sky, landing on his shoulder, and watched him take a book out of his spatial ring and place it on the rock.

The book had seven characters written in dark red ink on its yellowed cover.

The Magic Foundation Building Method

Turning to the first page, dense text and illustrations come into view, along with some annotations written in different colored inks. These are the Bloodvine Wizard's notes from his youth, with handwriting that was more powerful and flamboyant than it is now.

"The relationship between magic circuits and spiritual power is like the relationship between a riverbed and the current."

"Without a magic circuit, mental energy is like a flood that overflows without a purpose, which is not only inefficient but also backfires on itself."

Lynn read aloud a passage of annotation in a low voice and quickly became engrossed in it.

The approach to constructing the magical circuit in this method is not complicated and can be summarized in eight words: from point to surface, step by step.

The first step is to find the core node of the spiritual crystal in the consciousness space, and then extend nine initial loops outward from this center.

Once all nine loops are completed, they will automatically intertwine to form a complete energy cycle network.

At that time, not only will the absorption rate of free elemental particles outside the body increase significantly, but the efficiency of magic circulation within the body will also undergo a qualitative change.

Lynn looked away from the pages of the book, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness sink into his mental space.

The spiritual crystal slowly rotated deep within the space of consciousness, crystal clear and radiating a soft, silvery-white light.

He could clearly see the faint, naturally formed patterns inside the crystals, the natural magical pathways that every third-class apprentice possessed.

This natural loop can also work magic, but it's inefficient, like the difference between a country dirt road and a proper road.

"If you want to run fast, you have to build good roads first."

Lynn took a deep breath, and his mental energy surged out like a tide, covering the surface of the mental crystal.

Following the instructions in the Dharma, he began searching for the key node known as the "Source Point" at the core of the crystal.

He found it in no time.

At the very center of the crystal, a silvery-white dot, brighter than all the surrounding patterns, is slowly pulsating.

It's like a crystallized heart; with each beat, a faint energy fluctuation spreads out, permeating the entire space of consciousness.

"Nine initial loops originate from the source point and cover nine directions on the crystal surface."

Lynn's mental energy condensed into a needle tip as thin as a hair, and he carefully touched the source point.

The moment they touched, a powerful suction force surged from the source, drawing his mental energy into it.

He did not resist, but instead went with the suction force, guiding his mental energy from the source to the crystal surface.

The first loop begins to be constructed.

The moment his mental energy left the source, a strong sense of tearing surged through Lynn's mind, as if he were dragging a massive boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds with a fragile thread.

Fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead, but his hands remained steady, his teeth clenched, and his mental strength did not waver in the slightest.

He guided the thread of spiritual energy forward slowly and precisely along the predetermined route.

One inch, two inches... It didn't feel like drawing lines, but like carving words on steel with your fingertips.

It was a full three minutes later when the first loop finally extended from the source point to the southern edge of the crystal.

Lynn opened his eyes, let out a long breath, and found that his back was soaked with sweat.

"At this rate, it will take at least an hour to complete all nine loops."

He glanced at the sky outside the cave and estimated the time when Du Wei and the others might return, feeling a slight sense of urgency.

But he didn't rush. He closed his eyes again and began to construct the second loop.

The process of building it is extremely tedious. Each guidance requires complete concentration to maintain a stable output of mental energy without any fluctuations.

The path of each loop must be extremely precise, without the slightest deviation. If there is even the slightest deviation, the entire loop will collapse on the spot, and you will have to start all over again.

The third loop failed to build and collapsed, so it was restarted.

The fifth loop was successful.

As the seventh loop crumbled in its final, almost-completed phase, Lynn smiled bitterly and started all over again.

As he completed the eighth loop and prepared to make a final push for the ninth, he suddenly remembered a problem he had overlooked: the black crystal core.

The black crystal core brought back from the Nightmare World, the ancient totem energy contained in its fragments, although its energy circulation is completely different from that in "The Basic Method of Magic Construction", can we learn from its logic and replicate the compatibility of that energy to increase the upper limit of the magic circuit itself when constructing the magic circuit?

Once the thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed.

Lynn stopped, picked up the cracked black crystal core from the velvet cloth, held it in his palm, closed his eyes, and gently probed it with his spiritual power.

That ancient and immense energy surged forth once more, but this time he did not passively accept it. Instead, he actively guided his spiritual power to travel along the energy loops within the crystal core.

He originally only wanted to refer to the design logic of the energy circuit, but when he really delved into the interior of the crystal core, he was shocked to find that the energy circuit structure inside the crystal core was far more complex than it appeared on the surface.

It is not just a simple mesh loop, but rather an extremely tiny vortex-like structure embedded at each node of the mesh loop.

These vortexes act like a buffer, absorbing the impact when energy suddenly bursts forth, preventing the circuit from collapsing due to energy overload.

"That's the key!"

Excitement gleamed in Lynn's eyes.

He then carefully studied the operational logic of several vortex-shaped nodes, then withdrew his mental energy, took out the Bloodvine Wizard's manual, and quickly flipped through the chapter on "Magic Circuit Node Processing".

The manual only records the most basic node connection methods and does not mention any concept of "buffer zone".

However, the vortex structure inside the black crystal core can just fill the gap in the method.

That's a natural impact-resistant design.

If he incorporates this buffer structure into his magic circuit, the stability and shock resistance of his magic circuit can be increased by at least 50%.

Lynn came up with a solution almost immediately.

Instead of building the ninth loop from scratch, he used the vortex structure inside the black crystal core as a blueprint and redesigned an improved version of the loop node in his own consciousness space.

Although time was tight, his movements did not become hasty; on the contrary, they became even more composed than before.

Half an hour later, the ninth loop slowly took shape under the guidance of the origin.

The moment he connected with the first eight loops, all nine loops lit up at the same time. The energy surging from the origin spread out along the nine loops simultaneously, and the entire consciousness space trembled violently.

An unprecedented feeling of fullness surged through his entire body like a tide.

The magic loop is complete!

Lynn didn't stop; he immediately began testing the operation of his newly added buffer structure.

Spiritual energy was injected into the origin, and magic surged out along nine concentric paths.

He could feel that when the magic flowed through those vortex-like nodes, the originally turbulent magic was like a tamed wild horse, its flow suddenly slowing down, becoming more stable and more controllable.

When he pushes his magic output to its limit, those nodes open immediately, and a continuous stream of magic gushes out from them.

The efficiency is at least three times higher than the previous natural loop, and the stability is far superior to ordinary magic loop.

"It's done! Not only has the magic loop been built, but it has also been optimized and upgraded."

Lynn opened his eyes, a satisfied smile appearing on his lips.

He had just stood up, wanting to stretch his muscles, when he suddenly felt a violent wave of dizziness wash over him.

The space of consciousness suddenly trembled, and the newly built magic circuit seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand and then twisted violently.

A sharp, piercing pain exploded in his mind.

His mental energy was forcibly dispersed by the shock in that instant, the light of the magic circuit flickered, and those newly built vortex nodes were like small boats hit by a tsunami, teetering on the brink of collapse under the violent energy impact.

Lynn groaned, clutching his head, and knelt on one knee, veins bulging on his forehead.

Amber, who was standing nearby, screamed in fright, dropped the fruit in her hand, and quickly landed in front of him. She grabbed his collar tightly with her two little hands, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Lynn, what's wrong? Don't scare Amber!"

"Your energy is chaotic, your magic and mental power are in disarray! Something's wrong with your consciousness!"

Lynn gritted her teeth and endured the tearing pain, closed her eyes, and sank into her consciousness.

He saw that in the magic circuits he had just built, three vortex nodes in the circuits were spinning at an abnormal speed, frantically devouring his mental energy like runaway windmills.

The devoured spiritual power was not transformed into magic power, but was intercepted by some kind of mixed energy in the node and eroded in the opposite direction.

He immediately understood the problem: his improved node absorbed the memory fragments from the black crystal core fragments, but those memory fragments were not completely absorbed by him; some remained in his magic circuit node.

They are backfiring.