The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 822 Possession of Civilization
The last resistance of the Star River World was extinguished, but instead of falling silent, the Star River World became noisy.

The black slime spread across the land until it turned the entire world into a black ocean.

Until all life in this world becomes a part of oneself.

This process is slow, and from a sufficiently large perspective, the spread of the slime looks as if it were actually a clump of slime slowly expanding.

However, when it comes to the actual scene, the speed at which this slime spreads is faster than even a wizard's war airship.

Within an hour, all the creatures in the entire Star River Great World became part of this black ocean.

In order to protect itself, the origin of the Star River World had no choice but to choose to slumber.

But He still underestimated the power of this slime.

After covering the entire world, the Black Sea began to devour the matter of the Star River Great World. As it devoured, countless black tentacles, like IV tubing, pierced the ley lines of the Star River Great World.

But unlike IV tubing, the sole purpose of these black tentacles inserting into the earth's veins is to absorb the abundant energy within them—

Even civilization devourers cannot survive without energy while possessing a physical form.

As the earth's ley line energy was extracted, a grand lament echoed throughout the vast galaxy world.

That's the Star River World crying.

But crying can't stop anything.

After the energy from the earth's veins began to be extracted, the black ocean suddenly began to churn.

One by one, blasphemous runes emerged in the Black Sea, which was actually using a world as its base to activate a massive summoning array, or rather, a guiding array.

Because the being that is about to appear in the present world is not coming at the call of God, but rather choosing to come to the material world on its own initiative.

The summoning circle operated silently, and a huge rift slowly opened up in the Star River Great World.

Behind that rift, an ineffable and magnificent being slowly squeezed into the material world.

……

"Damn it, what have you guys done?!"

Richard sensed the gaze of the civilization devourer, his entire body tensed instantly, and the Miracle Fire erupted like a volcano, spewing towards the mayfly dimensional avatar.

As the Miracle Flame approached, the Ephemeral Dimensional Avatar shuddered, barely managing to break free from the state that felt like it had been possessed.

"Alas, fate is truly cruel," the mayfly dimensional avatar murmured.

Upon hearing this, Richard felt his blood rush to his brain, and his whole body turned red.

"Damn it, stop with the riddles! What have you done?! How did you get involved with the civilization devourers?!"

"He planted hidden devices among the relics we were studying. Just now, those hidden devices were activated, taking advantage of the moment when all the rulers were away."

The voice of the mayfly dimensional avatar sounded very calm, as if the matter was not a big deal.

"The Star River Great World has fallen, and all living beings within it have become part of that dark hand. Moreover, it is still expanding, swallowing up mayflies from other worlds along with it through wormholes."

"Um!?"

Richard was stunned when he heard this.

Damn it, with something this serious happening, how can you just sit there like that? You were almost possessed just now!
Seemingly sensing Richard's thoughts, the Ephemeral Dimension avatar continued, "The situation is beyond repair. The pollution has already spread throughout the Ephemeral Dimension, and there's no use in being anxious or angry."

Such a crucial matter concerning the continuation of the race cannot be rushed.

"Irreversible?"

Richard's heart sank upon hearing this. He tried his best to calm himself and let reason take over his mind.

"So what happened?"

"First, some relics were stripped of their disguise. They were originally part of the civilization devourers, but the civilization devourers deliberately disguised them as relics and placed them in the ruins of previous civilizations."

The Civilization Devourer used this part of the body to destroy our research institute and devour the researchers within. It also used the Quasi-Emperor to transmit a memetic curse into the Mind Web.

The rest is self-explanatory.

Richard shuddered.

It goes without saying.

The meme curse spread rapidly along the web of the mind, quickly infecting wave after wave of mayflies.

After the infection was complete, the meme curse broke out, and the entire world was submerged by the limbs of the World Eater.

The dimensional avatar of the mayfly looked at Richard, and suddenly an extremely intense fluctuation of dimensional power emanated from its body.

"Wizard, you are the prophesied spark, the one who will slay the mastermind behind the war. Though we were enemies in the past, the Milky Way Mayfly still holds value."

I have a deal: if you agree, I will give you a rare treasure.

Richard felt a chill run down his spine; anything that could be traded at this time was definitely not something simple.

"what do you want?"

The dimensional incarnation of the mayfly solemnly declared: "The Milky Way mayflies need to continue. The Milky Way mayflies can be used as cannon fodder or as food, but they must never become extinct."

I need you to lead the Star River Mayfly to continue. As long as you live, the Star River Mayfly can continue to live normally in this world.

If you agree, then I will give you the spirit of the mayfly, which is not yet fully formed.

The spirit of the mayfly?

Richard retrieved the name from his memory.

The Spirit of the Mayfly is a legendary figure among the Star River Mayflies. The Star River Mayflies believe that all deceased Star River Mayflies enter the Supreme Lake and become part of the Spirit of the Mayfly, thus protecting the Star River Mayflies' survival. This is also the reason why the mayflies contribute this ability.

The mayfly's contribution is a blessing and protection from the spirit of the mayfly.

"A civilization treasure born from mythology and dimensions?" Richard thought in astonishment.

He never expected that the Star River Mayfly would reach a level of strength capable of nurturing the most precious treasures of civilization. If it weren't for the rise of wizards, the day the Star River Mayfly swallowed up the entire wizard civilization would have been the day the Mayfly Spirit was born.

Judging from the abilities displayed by the dimensional avatar of the mayfly, this spirit of the mayfly probably possesses all the dimensional abilities of the rulers of the galactic mayflies, all the combat skills created by the galactic mayflies, and almost infinite dimensional power.

With such a terrifying existence, the Star River Mayfly, if not invincible, would certainly be among the strongest in this world community.

“I agree,” Richard said in a deep voice.

"I swear by the sea of ​​my soul that as long as I live in this world, mayflies can live normally in this world."

The mayfly dimensional avatar, imitating the wizard's etiquette, bowed slightly to Richard.

May the spirit of the mayfly protect you on your journey.

After saying that, the lower half of the mayfly dimensional avatar suddenly swelled up, and a mayfly egg was expelled from its body.

The moment Richard saw the egg, he felt threatened. But that threat quickly turned into a sense of warmth.

Because the dimensional incarnation of the mayfly gave the egg to Richard.

"This child possesses the abilities of all rulers except for the swarm of insects, but if he can be nurtured with enough dimensional power, he will definitely become a terrifying being in the future."

At that time, He will regard you as His father and mother, and become your most capable subordinate.

Richard solemnly accepted it and placed it into his own dimension.

The dimensional avatar of the mayfly said softly, "Fate is fickle. The world and the workings of nature wanted to challenge fate, but in the end, they were defeated by it."

Wizard, go and snatch the person from that monster.

I have severed the connection between the mayflies on your side and the dimension, and told them to surrender to the wizard.

Every mayfly you manage to catch represents your strength.

After saying that, the body of the mayfly dimensional avatar vanished like a falling flower.

Li watched as his body disappeared, then looked at his palm.

Unbeknownst to him, the mark left by the cursed crown had been activated.

He said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you didn't last long enough."

……

The Wizarding World.

"Damn it, what are these things?"

The Day and Night Guardians watched as the black slime spread before them, attempting to forcibly envelop it with earth elementals and banish it from the wizarding world.

But this clump of slime seemed to have its own spatial anchor; no matter how he used spatial methods, the slime remained in place and continued to expand.

The Forest Guardian emerged from the void, his face extremely grim.

“Day and night, similar things have been found in other places as well. The source of these things seems to be the remains of some ancient civilizations that we have not yet discovered.”

"An ancient civilization's ruins? The wizarding world still has these things!?" the Day and Night Guardian exclaimed in surprise. "I thought these kinds of things had all been discovered during the Enlightenment."

"These ruins must be dangerous ruins with no value, so no wizards have explored them."

The Forest Guardian felt a surge of irritation as it watched the viscous liquid expanding and devouring the earth element.

This is not his emotion, but the emotion transmitted to him by the origin of the world.

The Wizarding World hates this thing.

"Sure enough, something like this has appeared here too."

A voice suddenly rang in the Guardians' ears. The two turned around and saw that Richard's clone had somehow crossed space and arrived beside them.

As he examined the mucus, a miraculous fire suddenly ignited on his body.

"Go find out where these things are, I'll handle this."

"Yes, my lord."

"By the way, everyone who sees this thing must be quarantined. This is an order from the Council of Truth, and it applies to everyone."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The guardian disappeared, and Richard looked at the sludge in front of him, casually tossing out a ball of Miracle Fire.

Under the burning of the Miracle Fire, the black viscous liquid that had seemed capable of devouring everything just moments before shrank rapidly as if it had encountered its nemesis.

Richard's eyes flickered slightly upon seeing this.

"Hmm? This isn't the same slime as last time. If not... wouldn't this slime be a contingency plan left behind by the civilization devourers?"

Based on the origin of this slime, Richard was almost certain that these things were definitely arrangements left behind by the civilization devourers before they were sealed away.

If that's the case, then wouldn't that mean...

Richard's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately traversed space to arrive at the City of Eternal Truth, where he found the archive containing relics of a previous civilization.

Among the many relics of previous civilizations, a small clump of black asphalt liquid trapped in the air by a stagnant force field stands out.

(End of this chapter)