Please be my partner.

Melen stopped hesitating and started thinking about the magic pattern secret language.

Almost instantly, he sensed several thoughts connecting with him, and at the same time, the knowledge base about the magic rune secret language was opened to him, allowing him to read it at will.

Chapter 192: Deciphering the Metal Booklet, God of Machinery?!

The effect of the mind field is even greater than Mellen's imagination.

In just a few minutes, Melen carefully reviewed the knowledge he had learned about the magic rune secret language, and then began to raise questions one by one and discuss with scholars from various countries.

With a huge knowledge base, the profound knowledge and active thinking of top scholars, problems were quickly solved and overcome.

The contents on the metal booklet gradually became clear.

Because of his strong spirit, Melen's thinking is also extremely tenacious. So while he focuses on the magic runes and secret language, he still has the energy to absorb some external situations. Occasionally, he will explore the thinking groups that interest him and learn from them.

In fact, the ones who gained the most in the field of thinking should be the students brought in from various countries. Although they are far from being able to compare with scholars in terms of knowledge accumulation, it is precisely because of this that they focus all their energy on absorbing new knowledge from each thinking group, and they all look very happy.

I believe that after this experience, these students only need to go back and settle down for a while before they can become knowledgeable and formal scholars.

This is the academic exchange meeting, which holds a high status in the minds of all scholars.

Gradually, Mianlu noticed something unusual. He withdrew his spare thoughts and looked at the huge compass in the center of the space.

After observing for a while, with his keen spiritual perception, Melen discovered that the flashing symbols and patterns on the compass were a little clearer than before.

This seems to be a kind of repair and also a kind of perfection.

But the key is not the knowledge produced by thinking, but the thinking of all scholars itself.

It seems that when the scholars' minds communicated through the thought field formed by the compass, the compass completed a certain collection and recording, obtained the information it wanted, and gained growth and completion from it.

Mellen did not panic, but began to examine his own thoughts, spirit, soul, and body through various means, and did not notice anything abnormal.

'Is this a win-win situation?'

This thought flashed through Melen's mind. Seeing that he had completed his study of the magic pattern secret language and could not obtain more useful information, he withdrew his thoughts, wrapped them with dream power, and waited for the end of the scholars' exchange meeting.

Although he didn't feel any danger, Melen decided to quit while he was ahead and not have any more contact with the Yuanluo Eye.

When time passed a certain critical point, the stable thinking field suddenly became a little disordered. The next moment, the scholars' minds were all shaken, and all the thinking groups were scattered.

The world around them began to rise, and in a daze, everyone returned to the real world.

The old wizard smiled at the lost scholars from various countries and said, "The energy of the Yuanluo Eye has been exhausted. It will take five years to recharge, so the next scholar exchange meeting will still be held in five years."

"This time, each kingdom's scholar team consists of 103 people. Next time, we can expand it to 108. It would be best to include some young people with active minds and wild imaginations."

"Then, I hereby declare that this scholar exchange meeting has come to a successful conclusion."

"As per convention, you can stay in Castle Amor until the 20th before leaving."

After a long moment, Professor Moss calmed down, let out a long breath, stretched his slightly weak body, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go eat something first, then go back to our rooms to rest. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."

The scholars immediately responded that those students might have absorbed too much knowledge in a short period of time, and they were a little dizzy when they walked, as if they had been drinking and socializing during the day for three consecutive days and then "cultivating immortals" all night long. The most prominent feature was their lack of restraint.

Mellen originally wanted to ask something, but seeing the state of everyone, he swallowed his doubts for the time being.

After returning to the room, Melen began to organize the findings and translate the metal booklet.

What made him happy was that he was able to decipher the contents of the second to sixth volumes at once. The last three volumes were a bit strange. The words in them seemed to be obscure and difficult to understand even in the magic code. It was like adding a paragraph of classical Chinese to the vernacular. Although he could understand that it was the magic code, he could not translate it at all.

Shaking his head, Melen withdrew his thoughts and decided to think about these things later.

There were nine metal booklets, the first of which he had already deciphered before. It was the cultivation method for the first to third levels of the Source Energy profession.

Melen looked at the five newly deciphered volumes...

The second metal booklet records a professional skill of the source energy user, called [Source Energy Fusion].

[Source Energy Fusion]: Multiple source energy creations can link with each other and merge into a more powerful individual. After merging, their attached source energy furnaces will be temporarily fused, greatly improving the output efficiency of source energy.

When the main source energy furnace carrier is fully mechanized, it can be added to the link fusion of source energy creations. After the main source energy furnace is fused with the subsidiary source energy furnace, it will be comprehensively strengthened to a greater extent.

This is actually the legendary fusion technique? ! ! !

Who can resist a group of robots that transform into an even bigger robot? ! ! !

Melen was very excited and wanted Garuru to learn this skill immediately.

The main energy furnace carrier mentioned in [Energy Fusion] is completely mechanized. If it is a human energy user, it usually needs to reach the legendary level to completely mechanize its own body.

But, Garuru itself is a mechanical dog!

In other words, as long as Garuru learns this skill, he can immediately enjoy the full effect of this skill.

Melen continued to look at the third metal booklet, and after he finished reading it, his expression became extremely excited.

After a slight hesitation, he looked at the fourth and fifth books. After finishing reading these two books, Melen frowned even more tightly. These three books talked about the same skill, or three ways of applying the same skill, and the skill was called... [Summoning Gaia, the God of Machinery]!

[Summon Gaia, the God of Machinery]: Consume source energy to summon the power of Gaia, the God of Machinery, who is sleeping in another dimension, to attack.

Level 3 and below can summon the breath of Gaia, the God of Machinery; Level 4 Legends can summon the projection of Gaia, the God of Machinery; Level 5 Saints can summon part of Gaia's body.

At different stages, the more source energy consumed, the more complete the breath/projection/body of the summoned Mechanical God Gaia will be.

Melen was a little dumbfounded, not understanding why the Source Energy User had such a strange skill.

Summon the Machine God?! Gaia?!

After pondering for a moment, he still couldn't figure it out. Melen looked at the last three metal books that he couldn't decipher, and had a vague feeling that the answer might be in them.

Focusing his eyes on the sixth metal booklet he had deciphered, Melen showed satisfaction after reading it. It recorded the content of how source energy could enable a profession to advance to the fourth-level legend.

With it, Garuru no longer needs to worry about his career path until he reaches the peak of legend.

At this point, Mellen's purpose of participating in the academic exchange meeting has been achieved.

However, he did not intend to just pack up and leave. After all, according to the tacit agreement between him and Professor Moss, the Princeton team would take him to the academic exchange meeting, and he would be responsible for protecting the team's safety.

Things must be done from beginning to end. Since we have brought the team out safely, we must naturally bring them back safely.

Anyway, there is no rush now. Mellen plans to return to the Kingdom of Crow. If he still hasn't found the news about the real body of the 'Swallowing Swamp', he will go to the Dusk Knights in the Sunset Mountains first, let Spike complete the test, and get the subsequent training method of the Branded Knight.

Melen couldn't help laughing when he thought about the wonderful expressions that the Branded Knights of the Dusk Knights might have when they saw Spike.

Melen glanced at the sky outside the window. It was just dusk, which meant that the academic exchange meeting lasted only about ten hours in total.

But this short period of time can allow a scholar to quickly complete a learning and research process of ten years or even longer.

July 7th, the second day after the academic exchange meeting ended.

The scholars from the seven countries did not leave immediately, but began to communicate with each other. Even for scholars who were not interested in communication, the library in Castle Amor could meet their needs.

What's more, they can communicate with the wizards of Yuanluo Eye. Although it is impossible to obtain their cultivation inheritance, just telling some fantasy and interesting stories is enough to open the eyes of scholars.

Mellen followed Professor Moss and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Moss, do you feel that the Eye of Yuanluo..."

Professor Moss smiled and said, "It's growing!"

"This is already the twelfth Scholars Exchange Conference held by Fort Elmore. The last time, there were 98 participants from each country, and the one before that, there were 93... From this, we can easily infer the growth trajectory of the Yuanluo Eye. It's not difficult, is it?"

"We were a little worried at first, but after much deduction, we've basically confirmed that what the Yuanluo Eye needs to grow is only the thinking mode of a highly intelligent person."

"The Yuanluo Eye School opens the Yuanluo Eye every five years. For scholars like us, we can complete decades of knowledge accumulation in one go. The price is just to let the Yuanluo Eye record our way of thinking. This is a very cost-effective deal."

Melen nodded slightly, then said, "What if the Yuanluo Eye School tampers with this?"

Professor Moss smiled and said, "Don't worry. First of all, the earliest scholar exchange meeting can be traced back to 60 years ago. Most of the scholars in that group have passed away, and they didn't encounter any problems until their death."

"Secondly, Aymor Castle is located in the heart of the Seven Kingdoms. If something were to happen and anger the Seven Kingdoms, they wouldn't even have anywhere to escape. Of course, given the strength of the Yuanluo Eye School, the Seven Kingdoms are unwilling to create this enemy for no reason."

"Fort Elmore has long reached a tacit understanding with the Seven Kingdoms. The Seven Kingdoms provide Elmore with a steady stream of knowledge and do not prohibit scholars from participating in scholar exchange conferences. In turn, Fort Elmore can help scholars gain more knowledge, solve difficult problems, and accelerate the development of the kingdom upon their return. This is a win-win situation."

Mellen nodded slightly to show that he understood, but at the same time he secretly gave a bad review to this 'win-win' situation where the same person didn't win twice.

Scholars from various countries did not actually stay in Castle Aymer for five full days. After they had recovered enough, they left one after another.

The team from the Kingdom of Crow also set off on July 7 and embarked on their return journey.

The journey was smooth and peaceful. The extraordinary life forms encountered occasionally in the wild could be easily dealt with by the team's guards, and there was no need for Melen, the "Star-Picking King", to take action.

When they passed through the border fortress of the Baiye Kingdom, a cold-faced officer appeared this time. After completing the routine inspection, he waved his hand and let them pass without making things difficult for them.

In the Howling Plains, the team quickened their pace and finally arrived outside the Hurricane Fortress in the middle of the night.

The guards of Hurricane Fortress had already confirmed the situation of the team through scouts, and also confirmed that there was no army from the Baiye Kingdom following them, so when they saw the group of scholars, they immediately opened the door and let them in.

After entering the Hurricane Fortress, many people in the team cheered. Even the older professors and scholars smiled, feeling like they were back home.

It was already late at night and the team was very tired and not fit to continue their journey, so the team rested in the Hurricane Fortress under the arrangement of the officers.

At the same time, a small team of guards and servants went to Cass City with Professor Moss's letter, contacted the local Steam Chamber of Commerce, and prepared the steam train back to Princeton in advance.

The rest of the journey was very leisurely. The team rested until noon the next day before setting off from Hurricane Fortress and arriving in Kas City in the evening.

There was still cheering, and it seemed even more enthusiastic than when they set out before.

After staying in Cass City for another day, Mellen and his friends boarded the direct train back to Princeton.

The team of guards and servants with the pack animals and carriages naturally had to walk back on their own in misery.

8 month 11 day.

The exchange team finally returned to Princeton and once again enjoyed the cheers of the entire city.

There were 103 scholars when they set out and 103 scholars when they returned. The escort and servant team also returned fully staffed.

At this point, the journey that lasted nearly two months came to a perfect end.

Mellen followed the team in a low profile. When the hustle and bustle was over, he found Professor Moss and expressed his intention to leave.

Professor Moss gave his farewell wishes with a smile.

After leaving Princeton, Mellen felt as if a huge stone had been lifted off his shoulders, and he felt completely relaxed.

In fact, he didn't dislike the atmosphere of the exchange team, but for some reason, he always felt a sense of alienation and unable to fit in.

This may be due to his own reasons, or it may be due to the team's reasons, but it doesn't matter now.

Melen reconfirmed the information and found no trace of the Devouring Swamp itself, so he stopped hesitating.

Next stop, Sunset Mountains, Dusk Knights.

Chapter 193: Entry Test and...Abyss Demon?

The Sunset Mountains are located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Kro. Its main ridge alone stretches for hundreds of kilometers. If you count the various branches, this number needs to be multiplied by ten.

The highest peak is said to be over 20,000 meters high. Even a third-level transcendent who specializes in physical training may not be able to climb up safely.

There are countless extraordinary lives in the Sunset Mountains. Legend has it that in the extraordinary era, a Warcraft Saint was born in the Sunset Mountains, which once put the entire world under pressure and made it breathless.

Fortunately, at the moment of crisis, a saint also emerged among the human race, and then united with powerful races such as dragons, elves, dwarves, and demons to resist the attack of the Warcraft saint, stabilize the situation, and the situation gradually improved.

The Dusk Knights are located deep in the Sunset Mountains, far away from human activities.

Of course, if you want to go there, there are still several relatively safe routes. If you follow the routes and are careful, the strength of the peak of the second level is enough to reach the headquarters of the Knights of Dusk through those routes.

This can be considered as an entry test. It is said that each path corresponds to a different school of Branded Knights. The path that Mellen knows is the path that Mentor Heb told him, which is exclusive to the School of Earth.

Mellen didn't intend to be too high-profile, but there was no need to be deliberately low-key. He planned to ride Golden Retriever directly to the entrance of the Sunset Mountains trail, and then enter the trail alone with Spike to accept the test.

Before leaving, Mellen returned to his home in Vero City to report his safety to Butler Morgan.

Although the phone is more convenient, golden retrievers fly fast anyway, so it doesn't take much effort.

After staying at home for a day, Mellen went out in high spirits.

Butler Morgan was not surprised by this. He seemed to have long been accustomed to the people he served, who would often embark on adventures.

After leaving Vero City for a distance, the golden-haired man let out a dragon roar, transformed into the form of a dark prison dragon dog, and flew away across the air with Mellen at a high speed.

Occasionally, witnesses would be stunned when they saw the huge figure passing through the sky, but when they described the scene to others, due to the lack of sufficient evidence, it was regarded as some kind of joke or legend.

It took Melen three days to travel thousands of kilometers to reach the edge of the Sunset Mountains.

This was because he did not rush on the road all the time, but stopped to eat and rest from time to time.

Melen stroked the golden retriever's head, which had transformed back into a dog, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

The golden retriever suddenly grinned and stuck out his tongue, and nodded his big head towards Mellen.

Spike watched the boy interacting with the golden retriever and curled his lips.

Spike: Humph! Childish!