I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 579 Uniqueness (4100)

“第一层秘钥D3A8F4B2C7E9A1D4F6C5B8A9F1。”

"Excellent, you've broken through!"

“第二层D4A9F5B3C8E7A2D5F6C9B0A1F9。”

"They've broken through too!"

“第三层A6A2F9B3C8E7A5D4F9C2B0A4F8。”

“第四B9A7F3C6E8D2A4F0C5B9A1F6。”

"The fifth floor..."

The pomelo's body shimmered with white light, and the silver liquid in the pool boiled again. The array server composed of tens of thousands of orange seed T25s was running at full speed, using virtual divination to break through the outer layer of encryption of the encrypted packet in the magic network fluctuation monitoring system layer by layer.

Each time Yu Zi revealed the password for a layer, Fang Yu's hand flashed with light as he channeled the corresponding magic into the encrypted packet within the Woking Mirror.

A represents Evocation, B represents Transmutation, C represents Life, D represents Enchantment, E represents Pyromancy, and F represents Prophecy.

The corresponding numbers represent the magical strength of the respective school of thought.

This requires an extremely high level of precision in the arcane mage's control over magic.

This encryption model has 13 layers and needs to be unlocked within 5 minutes. This means that the time allotted for each layer to enter the magic key cannot exceed 20 seconds. If the total time exceeds five minutes or any layer's key is entered incorrectly, the password will be reset.

It's fair to say that even a novice mage with a key generator wouldn't have the ability to crack this encryption model.

The precision and responsiveness of the magic manipulation are insufficient.

But now, the moment the corresponding key appears on the screen, it may be less than a second, and Fang Yu has already injected the corresponding magic into the silver pool.

"The 13th and final layer is a 256-bit password."

Yuzu's tone became more serious, and she seemed to take a deep breath. The corresponding key immediately appeared on the screen.

“F4A9B7C2D8E6A3F5C4B9D7F6A2E3C9D1A8B6F4C5E9A7B2C6F1D9A4F3C8B7E5A9D0C3。”

(Letters and numbers, no matter how many, only occupy one character, so they don't count towards the word count, but this line of explanation does.)

This time, after only a slight pause, Fang Yu, his hands brimming with magical energy, plunged them into the pool without hesitation.

"Now! Master! Quickly!"

Yu Zi shouted, but Fang Yu remained calm, his magical power surging around him, and the silver light in the pool increased dramatically.

But in just a fraction of a second, the silver light rapidly diminished, and the pool appeared to have turned into a clear pool of water.

Immediately afterwards, the section of the trench that had just been in motion snapped open, cutting off the entire circuit.

The indicator lights for the nearly 100TB of video memory in the array server flashed wildly for five or six seconds before gradually calming down. However, the fan speed automatically increased, emitting a slightly sharp whistling sound.
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In a hazy gray space, countless stars are scattered and dancing in the air. They seem to be unrelated to each other, but if you look closely, you can find that the movement of these stars has a peculiar rhythm.

"Are you there?"

Looking at these points of light, Fang Yu tentatively asked a question.

If someone starts by asking "Are you there?", they're definitely a simp.

"You're the real simp!" Fang Yu's face darkened upon hearing Youzi's thoughts.

If it weren't for the need for this ball to maintain a stable connection, it would have to be punished right now.

Upon hearing Fang Yu speak, the rhythm of the starlight dancing in the hazy space noticeably quickened.

"Adrian Akani? Is that you?"

Fang Yu probed again.

As soon as the name was uttered, all the starlight in the space seemed to be stimulated, and like a tornado of starlight, it began to spin violently around Fang Yu!
"Arcane Mage? What year is it? How did you find me?"

A woman's voice rang out in the space, ethereal and melodious.

The starlight gathered and formed a vague human figure, standing in front of Fang Yu.

“Young arcane mage, tell me, what is the situation outside? The Sorcerer Supreme has resolved the Calamity, has he?”

The woman's voice sounded somewhat urgent.

Dharma calamity? What is that? Does it refer to that unknown disaster?

“I don’t know anything about calamity, Master Akani.”

Fang Yu smiled and said calmly.

"You don't know what a calamity is?!" Adrian asked in surprise. "Has nothing happened in the prime plane? What time is it now? Which branch are you a member of?"

“I am also unaware of any changes in the Prime Material Plane, Archani Mage. I found you based on the information you left in the ‘Cozy Hut’ on the summit of Mount Omiz. It is now September 1, TR17330, which should be sixteen thousand years ago.”

"Furthermore, I should be the only arcane mage on Earth at present, but I only became an arcane mage because I obtained an arcane inheritance by chance."

Fang Yu stood with his hands in his pockets, his attitude neither humble nor arrogant.

"Sixteen thousand years!?"

Adrian seemed taken aback by the long delay and remained silent for over ten seconds.

"So, the Calamity really has occurred. You say you're the only arcanist in the world? What about everyone else?"

Upon hearing Adrian's reply, Fang Yu narrowed his eyes: "I don't know, but before this, I've never heard of arcane mages on Blue Star. Archani, what exactly is this 'Calamus' you're talking about?"

Adrian sighed: "Since you saw the message I left in the cozy cottage, you should know that I once studied Boson's divination techniques."

"This is a very obscure 7th-ring divination method. According to legend, the Boson Divination method can provide an 'ultimate answer' to any question."

"But this is just a legend, because Boson's divination has a 100% error rate and has almost never accurately predicted anything."

"Moreover, the Boson Prophecy can only predict the same event once. Even if variations are used to work around it, the Boson Prophecy will still fail and cause mental backlash to the caster."

“At first, I just thought it was interesting and wanted to study the spell, but I soon realized that the 100% error rate of Boson’s Prophecy was essentially an ‘observational act’.”

"Did you understand? Don't understand? It's okay if you don't understand. You just need to know that this 100% error is very important, especially for questions like yes or no, 100% error means 100% correctness in a sense."

"Therefore, through a series of complex designs and the Boson Prophecy, I predicted that the arcane civilization was about to be destroyed, and almost no arcane mage would be able to escape this calamity."

"I informed the Arcane Union of this discovery. The Arcane Union organized five large-scale divination sessions and even used the 12th-circle arcane facility 'Truth' to verify my divination results, but all of them failed."

"No form of divination can predict a catastrophe of the magnitude of 'civilization destruction'."

“But I am certain that my prophecy is correct; something will inevitably happen within a year. Therefore, I modified the magic network fluctuation monitoring system and sealed my consciousness within it to escape this catastrophe that will sweep across the entire arcane civilization.” “Now, tell me, young mage, why did you awaken me?”

Fang Yu's eyes flickered: "Respected Mage Adrian, since I have no mentor, there are many questions I cannot answer. I woke you up because I want to consult you about some problems I am currently encountering in arcane magic."

"Of course, young mage, please state your question."

Adrian spoke with elegance and his demeanor was natural.

"Thank you very much for your generosity, Mage Akani. My first question is that I've been stuck at level 8 for a long time. I'd like to ask how I can break through to level 9."

Fang Yu spread his hands, his face full of honesty: "My mental strength growth has stagnated, but it is obvious that my mental strength has not reached the Samuel Alden limit, nor have I sensed the 'disgust of the magic network', which means that this is not my bottleneck. I want to know what is going on."

The Samuel Alden Boundary is a fundamental concept in the field of mental power research, proposed by the archmage Samuel Alden, who lived five thousand years before the Great Arcane Age.

He created a growth curve function for the increase of arcane mage's mental power. By simply substituting one's own conditions into the function, one can obtain one's own growth curve. The extreme value of this curve is the Samuel Alden limit.

Upon hearing this, the humanoid starlight stretched out its hand and cast an appraisal spell on Fang Yu, then paused slightly in surprise.

Although his expression was unclear, it was clear that Adrian seemed to have frowned.

Something feels off about the way the spell is being cast.

Is it because I am in a spiritual state?
However, the condition of the arcane mage in front of us is more noteworthy than that.

This was the first time in his long life that he had ever seen such a situation.

"It's incredible. You're just a level 8 mage who recently became an intermediate mage, yet you have a life essence evolution comparable to a level 16 arcanist, even stronger than... my life essence before I entered the Magic Network Fluctuation Monitoring System."

Adrian maintained an elegant and proper demeanor, but his surprise could be sensed from his tone.

"Under these circumstances, your advancement should proceed without any bottlenecks up to level 17. Let me take a closer look and see where the problem lies..."

Adrian's starlight body circled Fang Yu twice.

"Legendary Uniqueness!"

A scream echoed through the hazy space, making Fang Yu's eardrums ache.

"You're just a mid-level mage, how could you possess legendary uniqueness!?"

Adrian's starlight body suddenly approached, almost touching Fang Yu's nose. His cry contained not only surprise, but also a hint of joy and anger.

Fang Yu bowed slightly and said humbly, "I'm sorry, Master Akani, as you know, I have no mentor. What is legendary uniqueness?"

Adrian remained silent for a long time before finally sighing with deep emotion, "Were you the same person a minute ago? Will you still be the same person a minute from now?"

"For many ordinary people, this is not the case."

"You are just you. You weren't you a minute ago, and you won't be you a minute from now."

"There are countless parallel universes in this world, and therefore countless versions of you. Whether it's a minute ago, a minute later, ten years ago, or ten years later, in any parallel universe, as long as his history exists in this time, then he is who he is in this time."

"And you, in your current spirituality, already possess a legendary uniqueness. In other words, you in all historical projections have now become 'you'."

"Furthermore, because your spirituality possesses certain 'legendary' characteristics... therefore, when you advance, your spirituality needs to advance in tandem."

Adrian explained, then, seeing Fang Yu's thoughtful expression, he was somewhat surprised: "You understood?"

This passage is shrouded in mystery, and even most high-level mages might not be able to understand these concepts.

Because most "legendary characteristics" can only be experienced, not described, even if they are explained in words, they are vague and difficult for listeners to truly understand.

Even he himself didn't truly understand the meaning of the concept of uniqueness when he first came into contact with it, but looking at the expression of the intermediate mage in front of him, it seemed that he really understood.

That's it!

Fang Yu suddenly realized what was happening and couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

I should have known better than to upgrade my divinity!

When Divinity is upgraded to level 2, one feels a closer connection between the spirit and one's body, gaining characteristics similar to Ultra Instinct from Dragon Ball Super, which allows complete control over all bodily functions and the ability to unleash the full potential of one's body.

But at the same time, my spirituality also underwent some indescribable changes.

Once the spirituality and body are more closely integrated and possess greater "uniqueness," the spirituality itself becomes a bottleneck for breaking through to level nine.

In other words, what I need now is to enhance my spirituality through divinity.

As divinity increases, so does spirituality, allowing mental strength to grow further!
Seeing Fang Yu's reaction, the humanoid figure made of starlight seemed to have some complicated emotions.

This young man's aptitude is indeed exceptional, making him the only arcane mage in the world.

If... wouldn't it be a bit of a pity?
No! I must obtain this body!

He now possesses legendary qualities; if I could obtain his body, I could recover to my prime within a few years!

By the time……

"Any other questions, young mage?"

Adrian's body shimmered with starlight, his breath flickered, and he even seemed a little nervous as he spoke.

Fang Yu smiled and said, "Of course, there are still many questions, such as what exactly is this so-called Arcane Calamity? Why do all the arcane mages disappear without a trace?"

"For example, how did you manage to reach the intermediate mage level even faster than the 'Child of the Magic Network'?"

"What is the current state of those legendary mages who have vanished into the astral plane? How much influence do they have over the material plane?"

"What exactly is being cultivated in the 'Great Confinement Array' in your life laboratory?"

"However, I'm more interested in another issue now than these."

Fang Yu looked at the human figure formed by starlight, raised an eyebrow, and smiled his signature smile.

"What question? I'll answer any question I can."

The starlight doll maintained its elegant posture.

"As a legendary mage, how were you sealed away by Adrian Akani?"

"The legendary figure of the great school of life sciences—Lysia LaFrenk."

With a deafening boom, the starlight humanoid figure exploded, and an unstoppable force swept over, instantly stripping Fang Yu of control over his body.
Fang Yu's body floated in mid-air involuntarily, forming the shape of the Chinese character "木" (wood), unable to move at all!
"Who are you?! How did you know?!"

The originally ethereal and elegant female voice was now filled with anger.

(End of this chapter)