Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 63: From Basic to Advanced: The Qualitative Change in the Staff Core

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"It's done..."

With a magical light swirling in his eyes, Wang Ji seemed to suddenly understand everything about the magician.

Just today, he raised his magic output level to [10], which is the threshold level for a high-ranking sorcerer.

This process actually took more than five years.

If this is a mod that Wang Ji has played, then he really needs to start questioning the author's rationale. After all, as a mod, it takes several years to reach the late game. Even the most extreme modifications are this extreme.

Hmm... no, actually not necessarily.

If you convert 20 minutes of in-game time into a day, and think about some of those torturous mods, it seems about the same.

There are also some RPG servers where, without spending money, it can take months to reach the later stages of the game...

Shaking his head, Wang Ji stopped thinking about it and opened the interface for the Mystic Arts Master to check the new changes.

The moment I reached level 10, I had completely mastered the mystical theories of this world. Not to mention the spells I had seen before, even the runes on the Four Towers of Miracles in the capital seemed incredibly clear to me now.

Back then, Ryder could only understand a small part of the basics.

But Wang Ji seemed to understand most of it at this moment.

It feels like you've just finished studying a occult notebook and unlocked new knowledge. Before, when you scanned it with a magic lens, it felt like there was a barrier between you and something you couldn't understand no matter what. Now, with just a quick scan, you can analyze the specific elements that make it up.

A sudden enlightenment.

Having grasped most of the existing mystical theories in the world, the remaining gaps in the progress bar were filled, and I gained a few more knowledge points.

Over the years, the progress of our understanding has actually been very slow, mainly because we have already understood most of the existing theories and technologies in the world. Only new breakthroughs can lead to further growth.

But making new breakthroughs is no easy feat. There are only so many cutting-edge research talents, and many new things are still researched by Wang Ji himself.

However, now, with more and more people graduating from the Alchemy University and the interns in the lab becoming familiar with various practical operations, they are all throwing themselves into cutting-edge experiments, and this huge community is finally starting to exert its power.

Many previously overlooked talents have been unearthed thanks to the educational model of the Ideal Community, giving them the opportunity to showcase their abilities.

After more than five years of specialized training, this group of people finally reached the forefront and began to innovate.

Furthermore, the thousands of low- to mid-level magical arts cultivated through potential development have also begun to advance to higher levels, broadening the scope of mystical theories.

Nowadays, every short period of time brings new breakthroughs in alchemy or new discoveries in mystical theories.

Wang Ji's cognitive progress also increased rapidly with these new things.

And this is just the beginning.

In high spirits, Wang Ji sat in a chair, waved his hand to have the puppet brew a cup of tea, and leisurely took a couple of sips.

"What module should we materialize next...?"

"There are still spells available; we can start trying to build level 10 spells now."

Wang Ji casually created two level 10 spells, simulated their effects, and was suddenly startled.

"Wow... this energy level is truly world-destroying."

He upgraded the effects of the Flame Staff Core and Frost Spell Core from the Mystic Age to level 10, only to find that one turned into Meteor Shower and the other into Rapid Fire Ice Meteor.

The Shock Staff core's effect became Thunderstorm, and the Mysterious Craftsman's expansion module's 'Shadow Bundle' core directly became a super-powerful penetrating frame-damage laser, reminding Wang Ji of the 'Ultimate Prism' in Terraria, only a dark version.

There are also the Staff Cores: Telekinesis and Twisted, which are even more powerful as they both originate from the Mystic Artisan module.

The former goes without saying; it's a very versatile spell that, theoretically, could move the world if its output power was high enough.

The latter is a defensive spell that creates a distorted spatial barrier that warps or even bounces back anything with a trajectory.

After the spell output energy provided by these staff cores was increased to 10, they all underwent a qualitative change due to the quantitative change.

It became very strong.

Extremely powerful. After conducting several tests, Wang Ji recalled the particularly arrogant and foolish special envoy sent by the Empire not long ago.

The envoy made a whole host of outrageous demands, such as immediately surrendering all his territory and abilities, going to the capital to kneel before the emperor, and even being granted a noble title...

It can only be said that we didn't kill him on the spot, which was based on the principle of not killing envoys in times of war.

However, there's a reason why that special envoy was so arrogant.

Wang Ji frowned at the thought.

According to our informants, there are seven high-ranking magical arts masters in the empire.

In the ideal community, there are only two high-level combatants who can rival it.

One is Wang Ji himself, and the other is Mo Lin. However, Mo Lin was overtaken by Wang Ji a year ago and is now only at level nine, still a step away from the advanced level.

However, with the endless energy of the magic network at their backs, they can also wage a war of attrition.

As for the others... there are actually some talented people who, with sufficient resources, have become mid-level in just a few years, but the vast majority are still low-level.

Even though the progress of the ideal community is ten or a hundred times that of the empire, the development time is still too short, which makes it somewhat inadequate.

drop--

Just then, a message marked 'urgent' suddenly arrived, and Wang Ji immediately opened it to check.

"Two high-level magic users set off from the capital northward at an astonishing speed. In addition, a legion was formed in the capital and followed closely behind the two high-level magic users."

Wang Ji's heart tightened, and he immediately asked, "What about the other high-level ones?"

"Two are stationed in the capital, while the other three have gone to the south to suppress the insect plague. There are reports that a new large individual has appeared in the south, which is extremely brutal and cannot be stopped by conventional troops."

A brutal Zerg individual?

Recalling the docile giant insects in the breeding center that could only gnaw on rocks and were too lazy to move, and the small insects that would hop and jump around the giant insects, Wang Ji really couldn't imagine how brutal these things could be.

"Is the news accurate?"

"The information comes from high-level officials in the capital. According to multiple investigations and verifications, this information is consistent with the actual actions taken in the capital and is highly credible."

Ugh--

Wang Ji sighed, his feelings complicated.

Unexpectedly, these subterranean insectoids actually did me a great favor.

The ideal community was completely exposed because of their uprising and could no longer remain hidden, but now the pressure has been greatly relieved because of them.

It's hard to say whether it's good or bad at the moment.

I don't have time to think too much.

Urgent situation.

Wang Ji immediately opened the magic network to edit the message, and out of caution, issued a natural disaster warning directly to all regions of the entire Ideal Community.

That's right, it's a natural disaster warning.

The higher-level ones are humanoid natural disasters.

In the face of an existence of this caliber, conventional combat power has become meaningless; the best option is to hide and not become a hindrance.

The news spread instantly to all territories, and people dropped their belongings and ran out of their homes. Local authorities, such as community representatives, immediately mobilized and began organizing evacuations.

Since the last earthquake, the Community Territory has built many shelters and convened meetings to propose many contingency plans for natural disasters.

Those shelters were either built of bedrock or of the equally indestructible Guardian Glass, making them code-level solid.

It also has a simple food recycling system, making it suitable for long-term living.

This is exactly the time it comes in handy.

(End of this chapter)