Wizard: I'm leveling up by AFK in another world

"Hurry! Move faster! Don't let those golden treasures evaporate!"

While Silas deftly used a siphon to pour the golden life essence from the bottom of the pit into a specially made crystal bottle, he kept muttering to himself.

Bathed in that golden light, the usually arrogant fire elemental wizard apprentice now appeared somewhat devout.

"Be careful, don't spill it! Every drop counts!" Grote nervously rubbed his hands together. His rock-like hands were really not suited for such delicate work, so he could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

The atmosphere at the bottom of the pit was intense and tense.

Claire, however, did not join them, but instead wandered among the giant fungal fragments scattered on the ground outside.

He crouched down and gently lifted a piece of grayish-white tissue that was not yet fully carbonized with his scalpel.

"strangeness……"

Claire frowned, her pupils reflecting the slowly dissolving tissue.

According to his observation, this thing is essentially the same substance as the white fiber he obtained from the "Nest" fungus and the spore people!

However, it underwent some mutations due to Ronald's witchcraft attack.

Looking around, there was nothing on the ground except for these grayish-white tissues.

The "nest" fungal bodies and spore-forming individuals leave behind a pool of dark green pus, while the giant fungi produce golden life essence.

Claire felt a bit overwhelmed.

The same substance, without any alteration, but simply with different quantities accumulated, formed completely different organisms.

He couldn't help but recall Ronald's mention of "aggregate structures".

"Hopefully it's not knowledge that only formal wizards can know..." Claire murmured.

He collected some grayish-white tissue fragments, examined his own condition, and then paused in surprise.

There's an unread message on the panel that popped up not long ago. I probably didn't notice it because I was in the middle of a battle.

Claire had a sudden thought and unfolded it.

[Available Blueprint Detected: Primal Spore (Corrupted Spore World)]

[Description: The dominant species in this world, possessing the ability to self-reproduce and devour parasites]

Success rate: 95%

Manufacturing materials:

Parasitic spores (0/1000)

Life fluid (0/1)

After reading the message, Claire ran into the pit without saying a word.

"Leave some for me!"

"Why are you so late? Don't worry, we'll assign everyone together in the end..."

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Forward Base, Mission Hall.

Inside the newly completed building, numerous combat teams had already gathered, queuing to submit missions or returning wounded to replenish supplies.

With so many casualties on just the first mission, Kyle's complaint about faulty intelligence seems to have affected quite a few people.

Fortunately, the six of them were lucky in the end.

When bottles of life essence, radiating a mesmerizing golden light, were lined up on the counter, the surrounding noise immediately fell silent.

"Damn it, this is all life essence?"

"So many? Did they raid a three-digit number of tribes?"

Everyone stared wide-eyed, completely unable to believe it.

Before this, the highest record in the mission lobby was three bottles, and it was the norm to get nothing at all.

These six people brought back a full thirty bottles!

The clerk was also stunned.

When he finally realized what was happening, his hand, which had been releasing the identification spell, trembled slightly: "The activity is well preserved... it's qualified life essence!"

He paused for a moment, finally realizing the situation: "Please come to the room for a detailed discussion!"

Amidst the intense gazes of those around them, Claire and the other five were respectfully ushered into a room deep within the hall by the clerk.

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"So that means our contribution points have exceeded the standard threshold?"

"Yes."

Kyle took a deep breath, trying hard not to shout it out.

In interdimensional conquest, once the contribution points reach the standard threshold, it means that the combatant can cash out the conquest rewards, leave the combat sequence, and end the conquest.

To exceed the standard by completing just one mission... Kyle and the others, who had already participated in three interdimensional expeditions, had never even heard of such a thing!

That's normal. With the cautious Kyle leading the team, they only participate in small-scale world conquests with extremely low risks.

Most talented wizarding apprentices disdain this simple model.

Unexpectedly, they themselves turned out to be the geniuses!

"Do you want to cash in your profits now and end the campaign?" The clerk looked at Kyle with envy; it was the first time he had ever seen something like this.

"I think we need to discuss this," Kyle said.

The clerk had barely stepped out of the room when Silas couldn't help but say, "Captain, we've only been here a few days! This world isn't very risky, why don't we make a few more profits..."

Kyle didn't answer, but instead turned his gaze to Cecilia.

In the team, Grote is dull, Lina doesn't like to participate in decision-making, and Claire is a new member, so she's the only reliable one.

With the captain's instructions, Cecilia showed no mercy to her brother: "I believe we should end the war."

"We participated in three interdimensional expeditions, and the fastest we reached the standard was the second one. We completed a total of seven missions."

"And this time, let's take a look back."

"First, in order to understand the structure of the sarcoma, we dug down and unexpectedly discovered vital fluid."

"Next, it inadvertently awakened the large creature that resembled a 'priest,' whose body was covered in life essence."

"Finally, the summoned wizard was quite kind and generously gave us the life essence."

"In retrospect, we did almost nothing; this unprecedented performance in the campaign was entirely due to luck."

Cecilia calmly observed Silas, who hesitated several times before speaking: "Good fortune won't last forever. We must know when to stop."

His words left everyone speechless.

Even the most reckless Silas felt a chill run down his spine when he recalled the massive, all-encompassing fungal host.

Without Ronald, they could not possibly fight this creature.

And when Ronald wanted to keep all the spoils for himself, they couldn't utter a single word.

Claire remained silent, but Cecilia's words stirred a wave of emotion within her.

He remembered the blueprint information that had popped up on the panel at some point, which he had ignored.

Is it just good luck?

"Now that we've stated our reasons, let's proceed with the usual vote," Kyle said. "Raise your hand if you agree to end the campaign with cash."

Everyone responded enthusiastically.

"Fine, I'd like to go back and have a good drink too." Silas shrugged.

There were no further objections.

According to the previously agreed plan, the six people divided up the collected life essence and went to exchange it for the items they wanted.

"Remember to save 100 magic stones for the portal," Kyle reminded him. "Then, let's meet at the portal tomorrow morning? I'll treat everyone to a meal when we get back."

"Um," Claire smiled sheepishly, "I won't be going back with you for now."

"Huh?" Kyle was taken aback. "You're staying? Claire, don't be silly. Didn't you hear what Cecilia said?"

"Of course not," Claire quickly waved her hand, "I just found that there are some things here that might be useful when I'm making medicine in the future, so I need to go and collect them again."

"You know, potion masters can't refuse something like this."

Kyle stared at Claire for a while, then finally sighed.

"Alright, I understand." He patted Claire on the shoulder. "You'd better be careful. Although this world will probably be completely conquered by the Legion soon, there are always unexpected things that can happen in other worlds."

"We'd love to team up with you again next time!"

The other four also smiled kindly at the right time.

Although Claire didn't perform particularly well in this mission, the rewards were so great that everyone was in a good mood and found their new companions especially pleasing to the eye.

"Don't worry, I value my life very much," Claire said with a smile.

"Well then, barring any unforeseen circumstances, see you at the usual place in a month."

"no problem."

As she watched the five people leave, Claire let out a breath, clearly hearing her heart pounding.

He was quite looking forward to this third clone, which could self-reproduce and devour parasites.