Wizard's Journey

Chapter 624 Knowledge Development

time flies.

For wizard apprentices, the clash between Nine-Headed Wrath and the Thousand-Eyed Shadow Academy every ten years felt like an impending catastrophe. But for a witch-hunting wizard like Grimm, an experiment might take decades or even centuries, so a mere ten years was far too short.

Now, the war between Nine-Headed Wrath and the Shadow Thousand-Eyes Academy has been fought six times, which means sixty years have passed.

Nine-Headed Wrath Academy stubbornly persists, and the source of magic shows no sign of drying up.

With the support of a large number of missions issued by the Wizarding Academy using a large number of magic stones, the academy's teaching work proceeded very smoothly, and the overall strength of the wizarding apprentices was still barely enough to put up a localized struggle against the Shadow Thousand Eyes Academy.

The seventh academy war is about to begin, and on this day, Grimm's fourth phase of the Truth Project has made a breakthrough.

In front of Green's test bench, there is a black and white giant mosquito with a wingspan of 37 centimeters.

This black and white giant mosquito has a body divided into five parts: head, thorax, abdomen, wings, and legs. Each of its wings is 18 centimeters long and has transparent scales. The head, thorax, and abdomen are 22 centimeters long and are covered with black and white scales. Its mouthparts are piercing-sucking type and have evolved into a long, thin proboscis, which is used to pierce the skin of other creatures and absorb their blood.

However, the real secret to this black and white giant mosquito's perception lies in its six legs and a pair of antennae!

Its mode of perception is to sense the breathing of living beings.

Respiration refers to the process of exchanging gaseous substances and energy between the body and the external environment. The respiration of most flesh-and-blood organisms includes three interconnected links.

1. External respiration: pulmonary ventilation and pulmonary gas exchange.

Second, the transport of gases in the blood.

Third, internal respiration, the gas exchange between body tissues and blood.

In the wizarding world, the normal lung capacity of an average adult is between 2,500 and 4,000 milliliters, while body-refining wizards generally have a lung capacity of over 15,000 milliliters.

Living organisms inhale beneficial elements, energy, and gaseous substances from the world through respiration, while exhaling waste products that the body has finished utilizing.

These waste materials are the clues that the black-and-white giant mosquitoes use to detect biological traces, and they are also the reason why the wizard Grimm's Robe of Appearance's invisibility ability was ineffective against these black-and-white giant mosquitoes!

Under a high-powered microscope, one can observe that the six legs and tentacles of the black-and-white giant mosquito are covered with densely packed sensory tentacles. These tentacles can sense the breathing of nearby organisms based on changes in the surrounding airflow patterns, and thus locate their prey.

In other words, once Grimm thoroughly studies these sensory tendrils, the fourth phase of the Face of Truth project will naturally proceed. Grimm's Face of Truth's ability to pierce the veil between appearance and truth will be further enhanced, bringing him one step closer to the epic-level artifact that Grimm once hoped for.

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Seven days later.

Research on the black-and-white giant mosquito has temporarily come to an end.

The remaining task is for Green to improve and add the function of the Face of Truth based on his research findings. This will involve some knowledge of artifact rune conversion and magic circles, which will require a lot of time for setup and calculation.

So, at this point...

Grimm arrived at another laboratory, which was empty except for a huge vessel in the center covered with dense magical runes of energy conservation sealing magic. This was the most common auxiliary experimental equipment in the wizarding world, and it was even being used in the ancient laboratory that Grimm discovered in the Black Tower Secret Realm.

"Young Master, this Sacrifice-Communicator Void Creature is quite interesting. In the future, we can also become Sacrifice-Communicators to lure those alien world beings to make life sacrifices and summon us to descend into the past, hehehehe."

Xiao Ba's words made it seem that the abilities of the Sacrifice Communicator were somewhat similar to those of evil demons in biographical novels.

They lure others to fulfill their desires, leaving only clues to summon them when the other party is on guard. When the other party encounters problems that cannot be solved temporarily but is desperately eager, or when their life is in danger, they will eventually think of them and fall into the abyss of depravity.

Green smiled slightly and shook his head without responding.

After taking out the Book of Truth, Grimm silently recited a sorcery incantation, and a large amount of wizarding script floated out of the book. As the gate to the Forgotten World opened, dozens of sweaty hands pulled a void creature, gradually releasing it little by little from the gate to the illusory world.

"Wizard, let's talk this out, don't do this! Sealing me won't do you any good. My void energy is of no help to you material beings. What do you want from me? Just say it..."

The enormous void creature, revealing only a glimpse of its massive physique from the illusory world, struggled desperately, trying to break free from the pulling and sealing power of those sweaty little hands, while pleading with Grin.

The decades-long sealing of the Forgotten World truly instilled in this Void Being a fear of its desolation and decay.

How is this different from death?

Beneath Green's seemingly gentle smile lay a greedy excitement at the prospect of his test subjects obediently cooperating.

"Knowledge! For a wizard, knowledge is the true priceless treasure. What knowledge can you give me?"

After a pause, Green added in a chilling voice, "If you can't offer me knowledge that excites me, then you yourself, as an experimental specimen, will become my source of knowledge."

Xiao Ba chuckled mischievously and added, "Hehe, there's also Void Treasure! Any substance that can resist the power of the void is a Void Treasure!"

The void creatures, hearing the hope of leaving the Forgotten World, became excited.

"Knowledge? Respected wizard, I call myself the Sacrificial Wanderer, and you may call me that too. So, what kind of knowledge do you desire?"

Smiling and nodding, Green said in a deep voice, "The way you use the trader's power is the knowledge I want."

Without any hesitation, the void creature patiently and slowly explained how its innate abilities worked, as if a human in the wizarding world were explaining how to eat, defecate, and urinate.

It took Green two whole days to figure out the principle behind this ability.

However, because Green lacked the ability to perceive the time gaps in the void tide, he could not conduct experiments using it.

"Oh, so this is how the soul works? As expected of a void being, their perspective on the world is indeed very different from that of life in the material world."

Green nodded in satisfaction, seemingly acknowledging the void creature's explanation of knowledge, and then said, "Tell me in detail about all the material worlds you've visited. It's alright, I have plenty of time."

Then, the void creature began to recount its experiences of traveling through sixteen worlds...

(End of this chapter)