Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 260 Obtaining the First-Ring Wizard Traits

Because he had used archaeology magic on himself, Locke immediately saw a series of deciphered Mordor languages ​​appear in his mind.

At the same time, the three-eyed tiger-eye cat's innate magic eye automatically opened on his forehead.

Within the naturally born demonic tiger's eye, a scene from ten thousand years ago was reflected.

Countless swarms of insects flew around the cold, black sun of the underground world. This ruler of the underground world was so powerful, the apex of the entire underground ecosystem, but at this moment, this apex was plunged into extreme fear.

The entire bee colony seemed to be facing an insurmountable enemy, or rather, a large-scale disaster.

Because the entire underground ecosystem collapsed on a large scale due to this disaster.

The bee colony is just one member in the face of this devastating, large-scale geological catastrophe.

Just like the three-eyed tiger cat's situation back then, a huge disaster that could not be shown on screen changed the world, causing this unknown underground bee colony to die one after another.

As deathly and fearful psionic pulses continue to be emitted, this underground bee colony is constantly giving birth to warrior-type underground bees, commander-type underground bees, reproductive underground bees, survival-type underground bees, and so on, in order to continuously take measures to combat this disaster.

But in the end, all attempts failed.

A certain disaster seems to be constantly approaching the cold, black sun, and the swarm of bees is fighting against the disaster to protect the cold, black sun, but the fight is in vain.

The final scene shows the queen bee's terrified glance before the image abruptly cuts off, indicating that the queen bee, as the center of the hive's psionic network, died in an instant.

Just when Locke thought that this was like last time, because there were no negative energy particles to bear the disaster, so he couldn't see anything further, suddenly the last image entered his brain.

That disaster could not be preserved by any negative energy particles.

However, bee colonies possess special spiritual energy, which is the energy of spiritual communication deep within the soul of a living organism.

At the last moment, the queen bee used her brain's psychic energy—that is, her bloodline passive psychic magic—to store some information about the unseen disaster.

Although the queen bee's lifespan was too short, the psychic information she preserved was very incomplete. Moreover, this incompleteness became even more pronounced with her death and the passage of time. Furthermore, the spirituality preserved in her brain during that period was lost and altered due to the creation of the potion, making it even more incomplete.

However, Locke still saw a detail of the disaster on the level of [psychic energy].

"What is this thing?" Locke asked in confusion, because the last psionic information preserved by the Queen Bee was not any sound, text, or runes.

It is not any kind of energy.

Instead, it's a pattern of a tree.

Or rather, a tree-shaped diagram.

Locke looked at the tree diagram from left to right, but couldn't see anything special about it. Most importantly, through the queen bee's memory, he clearly saw that the queen bee was trying to describe the enemies they encountered before she died.

Or rather, information about that disaster.

As a result, the information it painstakingly preserved was nothing more than a tree diagram consisting of circles and straight lines, and this tree diagram was even incomplete.

Locke pondered, "Perhaps even psionic energy cannot preserve information about that disaster, since I haven't found any negative energy particles that have preserved that disaster."

"It's as if that disaster couldn't be preserved by any means. The tree diagram that the queen bee recorded before she died is already of great research value. It's the only diagram I can access that is related to that disaster itself."

Locke quickly sketched the tree diagram with his pen. Looking at the incomplete diagram, Locke began to think: "It's too abstract, and it's not even any magical script. Even the most ordinary magical script, if I wrote it out, would definitely cause some element in the air to vibrate slightly."

“Magical script is the script that evolved from the runes of spell models. No matter how you look at it, this tree diagram looks like a child’s scribbles, but it is indeed information about the disaster that the Queen Bee preserved with her psionic energy before she died ten thousand years ago.”

Locke said, "We can check the library to see if there is any relevant information, or we can try to get some information out of McCarthy to see if he has any related research."

Locke recalled the scene he had just witnessed: the underground swarm had stood guard over the black sun until it completely collapsed, and the unknown disaster was directed at that black sun.

If I'm not mistaken, the reason the Swarm Consciousness Potion is so precious is because the queen bee, which is the main ingredient, is an ancient insect, and ancient insects are now completely extinct.

In other words, the Swarm Consciousness potion is a potion that cannot be reproduced, which is why it is so precious.

Of course, the fact that I was able to obtain this potion as an apprentice also shows that although this potion is precious, it is not yet extremely rare.

Perhaps it was a warehouse of some ancient wizarding organization that was unearthed by wizards in the southeastern corner of the region. It just so happens that it contains a lot of brain tissue of this ancient insect queen. Therefore, although it is rare, there is still a considerable stock.

Although this potion is useful to all first-ring wizards, it only plays a supporting role. Some first-ring botanical wizards probably don't like this distributed mental energy, which is why their apprentices are able to get a turn in some competitions.

"From the illusion, we can infer that the swarm of bees is guarding the black sun, which may be related to the so-called 'guardian' responsibility of some ancient creatures."

Locke shook his head. "I wonder if, after becoming a first-ring wizard, I will be able to establish a special connection with the natural plane again, allowing me to have the responsibility of guarding it. Perhaps last time was just an accident."

"Never mind, that's all for the future." Locke's eyes showed a hint of interest.

The duty of a wizard is to explore the unknown and pursue the truth, which is why Locke is very interested in the ancient biological bloodline system.

He even has the idea of ​​developing ancient breeding science in the future, although it is just an idea at present.

In any case, becoming a first-ring wizard is the most important thing for me right now.

Locke spent some more time testing the so-called mind-brain psychic tentacles. This special psychic organ could connect itself to magical plants that had formed a magical graft with it, creating a small ecosystem centered around the individual wizard.

Because the ability arose from taking a first-level potion, Locke strongly suspected that this psionic network was a permanent first-level bloodline spell ability granted to him by the potion.

Because the psychic energy was obtained by taking a magic potion, its strength has nothing to do with the strength of one's own magical pressure and mana. One cannot use this psychic energy to do anything; one can only build a psychic energy network.

Locke believed, after reading relevant books, that if he took a second dose of the Swarm Consciousness Potion, he could increase the psionic energy in his psionic pool.

But at present, firstly, it's unnecessary, and secondly, there are too many unknowns.

It's best if he doesn't take the second bottle of Swarm Consciousness Potion without permission.

Enhancing the psionic energy in one's own psionic pool is not very meaningful.

My current psionic energy is sufficient to complete the construction of my own distributed psionic network and build a small-scale magical plant ecosystem.

"So, I guess I've got a first-line characteristic now?" Locke chuckled.

"I never expected that I would also possess the qualities of a wizard seed, and have my own first-ring characteristic. This means that I am very close to becoming a first-ring wizard."

(End of this chapter)