Wizard's Journey

Chapter 596 The World of Media

"Green, what's going on?"

It turned out that Peranos and an unfamiliar Level 3 Archmage Dean had come in person, followed by a large number of mechanical puppets, guardians of the Two-Headed Serpent Academy, and formal wizards, indicating that the academy was in a state of war preparedness.

In just one month, the once-a-decade recruitment of wizard apprentices will begin, marking another clash in the War of the Schools.

At this moment, any slightest disturbance is enough to affect the entire nerves of the Nine-Headed Wrath Wizard Tower. This is the tragedy and helplessness of the weak, who cannot tolerate any negligence or mistakes.

Because we can't afford to lose anymore!

"Hehehe, the last hidden figure on the other side couldn't hold back any longer and has started a sneak attack on my young master, officially declaring war."

Xiao Ba was extremely excited, talking excitedly, showing no sign of worrying about Green.

Under the guidance of the senior wizards, the apprentice wizards left the classroom in an orderly fashion. Grimm slowly turned around, his eyes, beneath the mask of truth, revealing a thoughtful glint, and said, "No, this isn't a direct attack from a virtual world. This is a curse spell that summons the mysterious power of some virtual world—the world of words?"

After carefully examining the classroom, the dozen or so wizards shook their heads at each other, glancing sideways at Green with suspicion.

Peranos waved his hand, forcefully ordering the wizards and academy guardians to retreat and disperse.

How confident are you?

Peranos asked in a low voice.

Green remained silent. Until he understood the opponent's attack methods and devised a countermeasure, Green had no chance of winning and could only passively defend.

"After all, the opponent is a level three archmage. You should try not to leave the wizard tower these days. Let's make a plan after the academy has gathered enough intelligence."

Peranos sighed and left. Apart from Grimm, only two first-level wizards remained in the classroom, assessing the damage to the wizard tower and the matters of rebuilding the wall and repairing the magic circle.

……

In the dead of night, the magic lamp shines, and shadows sway.

"The chalk used for writing on the blackboard during the day did not contain any medium or unusual material; it was just ordinary chalk."

Frowning, Green removed the carefully ground chalk powder from the microscope from the glass slide.

Little Eight flew in from outside.

"Young master, the results are in. There were a total of fifty-seven wizard apprentices in class during the day. After rigorous testing and screening, there were no abnormalities. The problem is not with them."

Little Eight tossed a scroll in front of Green, which bore Peranos's signature. It was an audit report on fifty-seven wizard apprentices.

"Okay, I understand."

Green didn't look at the reel.

Compared to the other party's bizarre method of cursing, what Green urgently needs to know is how the other party obtained his body code. This body code is obviously not flesh and hair, because Green's mutation technique has long been completely immune to this kind of curse, and none of the materials he wears show any signs of curse infection.

Guilin is somewhat troubled.

As Grimm's level increased, he came into contact with more advanced curse magic. These advanced wizards developed all sorts of bizarre curse magic that utilized various mysterious powers, which were clearly beyond the comprehension of the conventional curse magic knowledge that Grimm had come into contact with.

"Hehe, young master, actually... I do have some impression of the feeling of that illusory world during the day. That old bastard Antonio discovered this illusory world a long time ago and even descended there himself."

Green, who was struggling to conduct material testing on the wall dust, was taken aback and looked at Xiao Ba in disbelief.

"Do you know what kind of world this is?"

"Gagagagagagaga..."

Little Eight smiled smugly, its two wings embracing each other as it said, "This is a mysterious and illusory world known only to a very few ancient wizards. Some people call it the transmission world, some call it the screen world, some call it the text world, and some call it the virtual world. The old bastard calls it the media world."

Transmitting the world? The world of the screen? The world of words? The virtual world? The world of media?

Green stared intently at Hachi, waiting for it to continue, wondering what the characteristics of this virtual world were.

"The old bastard's explanation is roughly this: if you transmit your consciousness and thoughts to another person through any means such as words, paintings, crystal ball light screens, etc., the other person's true understanding will be somewhat different from that of the original information sender. These discrepancies will be automatically corrected by the information receiver without them realizing it, forming their own understanding."

As he spoke, Xiao Ba deliberately lowered his voice, adopting a mysterious and oppressive expression as if he were telling a ghost story.

"The world of media is the illusory and mysterious world of information loss and error in any means of information transmission, such as text, painting, crystal ball, light screen, etc. It is a chaotic and distorted world that most material beings will never come into contact with or realize in their lifetime."

With his wizarding wisdom, Green naturally imagined such a fantastical world.

In the common people of the wizarding world, there is a word called "rumor." This word originated from the mouths of some bards and has become the most frequently used word in casual conversations among ordinary people.

Rumors are information that you receive from others through word of mouth, and the vocabulary you use when you tell it to others.

However, in this process, each information disseminator often adds their own understanding and imagination to the original facts, causing a loss of information authenticity. In the end, what is spread often forms one strange and unbelievable story after another.

Language is the medium through which this information is transmitted, and it is the foundation upon which the media world exists.

"etc!"

In a daze, Green suddenly had a flash of inspiration and stared wide-eyed at his trash can.

The trash can was filled with scraps of paper, on which were Green's drafts and conjectures about the sensory abilities of the black-and-white giant mosquito, as well as some advanced calculations about the poison-making formula of "Male Poison Body Refinement".

"Bring me Chanel!"

Xiang Nai is the wizard apprentice who is responsible for cleaning Green's room to earn magic stones. She is also the girl who was one of the two wizard apprentices, a boy and a girl, that Ni Lian saved earlier.

Green finally realized what the stolen life code was—it was the text on his own draft paper!

That hidden being is using his own writing as a medium to communicate with the mysterious power of the medium world, cursing and attacking himself!

This terrifying, secretive wizard...

"Hehehe, I'm going right now."

Little Eight flapped its wings and flew away. Green looked around the room at the magic books and murals on the walls. He felt as if these things were watching him coldly from another world. An indescribable energy of information aberration was overflowing from that illusory world and attacking him.

With a solemn expression, Green took a deep breath, and his right hand, horned skull magic staff, crackled with lightning. The light from several magic lamps distorted and was drawn into the black arc of electricity.

Green slowly took out a book with his left hand.

This is precisely the book of truth that Green spent nearly three hundred years writing the opening part of!

The entrance to the forgotten world sought by "The Book of Truth" should lie in the deepest part of the media world, in the most primitive lost memory of the layered and distorted information.

(End of this chapter)