I materialized a sci-fi fortress in a magical world.

Chapter 96 Advancement

Royo currently has a lot to do: sorting equipment, upgrading equipment, optimizing the automatic offering collection, learning new spells, investing in the town, renovating the mage tower, and so on.

But right now, the most urgent thing is to advance to the next level!

He had already bought the necessary medicine from the pharmacy owner, exchanged the money on the way, and the two even had a meal together.

During the meal, Luo Yue briefly talked about his experiences over the past month, which left the boss stunned. Then, the boss laughed heartily with satisfaction, saying that the rascal had finally made something of himself.

But a hint of melancholy lingered in her eyes, and she never mentioned the matter of marrying into the family to Luo Yue again.

Having gained the favor of the Great Witch and been granted access to the academy, his daughter was no longer on the same path as him.

After the meal, Luo Yue quickly returned to the mage tower, took out the things he had prepared in advance from his mind space, and set up a set of mystical magic arrays needed for advancement in the meditation room.

The entire advancement process requires him to enter a meditative state under the influence of the magic array, calculate a very complex advancement formula, and then exit the meditation to complete the mystical ritual calculated from the formula.

Finally, one more divination will be conducted regarding the future and destiny. If a valid conclusion is obtained, the advancement will be considered successful.

This divination is extremely important. Orthodox mystics find it difficult to glimpse a clear future. Only upon completing each advancement can they capture the trajectory of fate in a short period of time. Therefore, this divination is also known as "fate divination." A mystic can only perform it a maximum of 6 times.

The most crucial and difficult part of the entire advancement process lies in the advancement formula, which must be completed in one go, meaning that a long period of meditation is required. One hour is probably not enough; it often takes about 3 to 5 hours.

If it exceeds five hours, one's mind may become completely lost in meditation, so there is still a certain risk.

According to the normal advancement process, not only do you need to prepare some potions to enhance meditation and improve mental strength in advance, but you also need to ask someone to help protect you outside. Once the time limit is exceeded, you have to use other means to forcibly awaken yourself.

Luo Yue, naturally, had no one to protect him and could only rely on the hammerhead shark plush toy.

He wasn't short of medicine; there was plenty in the warehouse. But he still went to the pharmacy and bought the most expensive bottle, insisting on paying the original price.

Surely one can't cultivate oneself to the point of abandoning all human relationships and social interactions?

"The beautiful teacher said that the time required to solve the formula can further demonstrate one's aptitude and potential in mysticism, so don't rely on magical artifacts."

"She solved the ritual in just two hours, it was amazing! I wonder how long it will take me?"

Luo Yue considered these details in his mind, quickly set up the necessary magic array, and then opened his mind space to select three bottles of potions that would be needed next.

The quality of these potions varied, and the one bought from the pharmacy was rather poor, but that wasn't a problem for Luo Yue; he could just use some [spiritual energy] to improve its quality.

To his surprise, these potions could also be enhanced like powerful magical artifacts.

Even elixirs won't work.

The enhancement options aren't as fancy as those for magical artifacts; there aren't even any options or short videos. It's simply about further improving the potency and duration of the medicine.

Conversely, the consumption of [spiritual energy] was also reduced. Luo Yue easily enhanced it four times, and the consumption of [spiritual energy] was about the same as that of a magic weapon +3.

He decided to enhance it again to see what the legendary potion was like.

The result was still no option, only one more effect was added:

[Cognitive level increases by one level, lasting for 1 hour; repeated use only increases the duration.]

"Cognitive level? What does that mean? I've only ever heard of rank being able to elevate one's level, can it be broken down into separate parts?"

Luo Yue was a little curious, so he simply swallowed the potion to see what was going on.

The moment the medicine went down, he suddenly felt as if something had exploded in his mind, bringing a sense of clarity and sudden enlightenment.

Then, the previously chaotic thoughts in my mind were instantly cleared, and I suddenly entered a state of mental excitement.

But the most affected were the three jigsaw puzzles in my mind.

Previously, when Luo Yue looked at the patterns on it, he felt completely confused and had no clue what to do.

Now, he sees something different in these puzzle pieces: three strings of numbers and words.

【0—000】

【0-002, Spirit】

[0-003, Knowledge]

The three serial numbers correspond to the three types of puzzles he himself divided. One of the puzzles has a slightly off serial number, so perhaps it should be called the Type 0 puzzle?

Aside from the extra number, Luo Yue still couldn't understand the rest of the content.

But he vaguely found the key to understanding it—

Further elevate one's status and continue to improve one's cognitive level.

Luo Yue wasted no more time and quickly upgraded the remaining two bottles of potion to legendary level as well.

Sure enough, both bottles of potions also gained the effect of [enhanced cognitive level] during the fifth enhancement.

Unfortunately, this effect cannot be stacked; it only prolongs the duration of the drug's effect.

Naroyo didn't delay, and thus activated the specially made music box that served as the "switch" for the magic circle in reality.

This item was prepared for him by Celishina; it's a specialty of the New World. Following Celishina's instructions not to rely on magical artifacts, he didn't enhance it.

As the music box emitted a strange, non-melodious noise, Royo's advancement officially began.

However, just as he entered a meditative state, something unexpected happened—

The ball of light placed inside the upside-down clock tower became inexplicably excited and actually rushed out of the clock tower, arriving in front of Luo Yue like a shooting star.

"It's me who's advancing in rank, why are you getting so excited?"

Luo Yue was a little confused and didn't want to cause any trouble at this time, so he subconsciously reached out and grabbed it, trying to push it aside so it wouldn't get in the way.

But the instant his finger touched the orb of light, Luo Yue exploded—

To be precise, I felt my body instantly disintegrate into countless tiny particles, as if I had exploded and died.

But then, he felt his fragmented self rapidly traversing something, his current vision being severely stretched.

About three seconds later, he found himself stopped. His shattered body reformed and floated in a strange space.

Looking around, all around was a kaleidoscope of colors, with all sorts of shapeless lines converging haphazardly to form a bizarre and incomprehensible scene.

Soon, the light and lines gradually took shape again, evolving in a direction that Luo Yue could understand.

But he could roughly sense that it wasn't him understanding the scene before him, but rather that things were adapting to him, becoming something he could understand.

A few minutes later, a large white light suddenly flashed before Luo Yue's eyes, and he found himself in a mysterious palace.

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