Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 19: High-Level Magician
Regardless of whether Ryder knew any magic or was a sorcerer, Wang Ji was certain of one thing: his uncle's knowledge far surpassed his own.

And he has more than Ian.

"It's unbelievable how much you've changed in just one month."

Ryder was genuinely shocked.

In his memory, Wang Ji was still that innocent seven-year-old child. How come he has changed so much in such a short time?

“I feel like you’re even an adult, Wang Ji.”

What could have happened to cause such a dramatic change in a child in less than a month?
Ryder was puzzled, and Wang Ji didn't answer either, but simply led the two of them out.

On the other side, Ian stared at Wang Ji, also unsure of what to say.

He had practically watched Wang Ji grow up from birth; he had observed the child's behavior throughout...

No, not necessarily. This child seems to have always been quite mature and has never been naughty or caused trouble.

'I don't seem to know him at all.'

In conclusion, the outcome was positive.

"They've gone to jail; we're probably going to be exposed soon."

Behind the wall, watching a group of guards run towards the cells, Ryder gave a reminder.

Wang Ji asked, "What will be the consequences of being exposed?"

“I can take on as many guards as they come. If there are only these people in the manor, we can simply break out from the front.”

"No, don't do that."

Ryder immediately intervened, explaining, "These guards are merely 'servants' responsible for daily patrols and maintenance; they don't even qualify as regular combat forces."

"The truly terrifying people haven't been alerted yet; we'd better slip out quietly."

Wang Ji nodded in agreement, "Then we'll take the tunnel."

The main one is to listen to advice.

"A tunnel?" Ryder asked, sounding somewhat puzzled.

Before Wang Ji could explain, Ian spoke up to Ryder from behind, saying, "I saw it when we were escaping. Wang Ji can dig wide tunnels extremely quickly, and they won't collapse."

Ryder asked curiously, "Then why didn't you run away with us?"

"I'm just a little worried about things here."

Upon hearing this answer, Ryder opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

The operation is ongoing.

In no time, Wang Ji had dug out a very long tunnel.

Underground, the three could occasionally hear some commotion above, much more chaotic than before, clearly indicating that the escape of the two had been discovered.

Ryder broke out in a cold sweat for no apparent reason and said, "I have a bad feeling. Can we go any faster?"

Wang Ji said helplessly, "I didn't bring any good shovels when I came. These shovels were just made and can only dig this fast. To speed things up, I have to keep digging down to the rock layer. I can dig a little faster with a pickaxe."

"However, digging deeper would be safer."

Ryder immediately said, "Then let's dig down."

Then Ian added, "His intuition is always very accurate."

"Ok."

Wang Ji changed direction and began digging diagonally downwards.

He hadn't dug very far when suddenly, Wang Ji's heart skipped a beat—no, it shouldn't be said that his heartbeat became heavy, but rather that the surrounding environment suddenly changed. Something invisible suddenly enveloped him, blocking his sight, hearing, and touch, preventing them from dissipating.

Like being in water.

My ears were ringing, and the sounds inside my body became exceptionally clear.

Can't see clearly.

Blindness: 15 seconds

[Slow: 15s]

[Senses dulled: 15s]

"what's the situation!?"

Wang Ji shouted, but there was no response, and he couldn't hear his own shouts.

The next moment, he felt a weight on his shoulder; a hand was on it. The touch was familiar; it was Uncle Ian's hand. In the village, he often patted his shoulder gently like that to show encouragement.

Now Wang Ji felt more confident.

Although I'm not sure what happened, it's good that everyone is still here.

He continued digging, digging and digging, and the constant feeling of his hands on his shoulders confirmed that his two uncles had not left.

As the excavation continued, the three ventured deeper into the earth and soon reached a layer of rock.

Here, Wang Ji immediately switched to the Lower Realm Alloy Pickaxe and began to dig downwards at a rapid pace.

For some reason, he also began to feel tense at this moment, as if something bad would happen if he dug too slowly—that was nonsense, because something bad had already happened, and the three of them were now like cripples, unable to feel anything.

All Wang Ji could do was dig as far away as possible to get out of there. He figured out that these negative effects wouldn't disappear unless he left, because the duration of these buffs on the panel kept refreshing.

Clearly, there's a beacon somewhere that's continuously exerting its influence, and as long as you don't leave its area of ​​effect, you'll continue to suffer like this.

"This is a boundary seal! It's a high-level sorcerer! A high-level sorcerer! Run! Run!!!"

Ryder shouted with all his might, but no matter how hard he tried, not a single sound came out.

The vibrations in the air were blocked by something.

above the ground.

A figure hovered in the air, its gaze fixed on the ground directly below, or rather, somewhere beneath the ground, and asked the person beside it:
"They're digging deeper and deeper. Hasn't the application for the use of large-scale magic within the capital been approved yet?"

"Not yet, there are a few people from the colleges blocking it."

"A bunch of annoying nerds."

"It's approved!"

Just then, someone in the distance shouted to come back.

Almost simultaneously, the person flying in the air raised his staff and pointed it towards the sky.

The sky suddenly darkened.

The person began chanting incantations that ordinary people could not understand.

However, anyone who has studied advanced magical languages ​​will realize that he is defining the attack range.

"A small-scale penetrating explosion will occur 100 meters in front of me, vertically downwards, level six."

"Launch an attack."

Magic began to drain from his body in waves, and the pre-set spells burst forth, using the staff as the output terminal and medium.

An oval-shaped, bright spot of light appeared out of nowhere, then exploded with a deafening roar, bombarding directly downwards.

Earth and rocks flew everywhere, and a large crater with a radius of more than ten meters was immediately blasted into the ground.

At the very center, we could see the rock—and a square opening, clearly carved out by hand.

Repeat the previous spell.

The second chant was much shorter.

Boom!

Wang Ji's hand holding the pickaxe trembled, and he suddenly looked up.

Something is wrong, nine out of ten is wrong.

This familiar feeling is an explosion.

Something exploded overhead!
pat pat pat.

Noticing that Wang Ji had stopped, the hand on his shoulder behind him patted him quickly and gently.

When Wang Ji turned around, he found it was Ryder.

"Huh? I can see it clearly now."

"Go quickly, go quickly!"

Ryder's voice finally came through.

But it was too late.

Boom!

As a nearby explosion rang out, all three were thrown to the ground, with Wang Ji, who was closest to the explosion, even losing a drop of blood.

Even with so many layers of protection, he was still losing health; the two behind him were in even worse shape.

Seeing that Ian was starting to gag and Ryder's chest was heaving and his breathing was intermittent, Wang Ji's heart tightened. He quickly continued digging at the rocks, but instead of digging deeper, he expanded the space in place.

Then he took out the obsidian and started building the door frame.

Even a single shockwave from the explosion was enough to take down the three of them, and Wang Ji knew he couldn't stay there any longer.

An ominous premonition surged within him once more. Ryder took a deep breath and said:
"Don't worry about us, Wang Ji. Go on your own. And remember, never hate anyone in this world..."

Ian, seemingly out of nowhere, said, "Alright, now we can all go to the grave together, and no one can talk on anyone else's grave."

"Stop talking nonsense, you two meddlesome uncles."

pat.

The portal to hell was quickly set up. Wang Ji immediately activated the portal with a flint and steel, then picked up the two men and threw them inside one after the other.

Wang Ji breathed a sigh of relief as the two disappeared.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness others can get in too."

Then he jumped in as well.

Almost immediately, an explosion reached underground, destroying everything there.

The portal to hell was immediately shut down due to the blast wave, and several pieces of obsidian on it were blown off.

(End of this chapter)