Magic High School.

"There's something unusual in that direction," Xiaoye said directly.

"Sigh, didn't Li Ge say to wait here for the designated time?" Miss Fairy immediately sensed her confusion. At the same time, she looked in the distance.

That is……

She could only see a tiny dot; when she tried to look closer, the dot seemed to disappear into the background of the rounded ground beneath her.

Xiaoye also fell silent. Just now, she instinctively felt that there was definitely something unusual about that place, but then she thought of the location she had arranged with Li Ge.

If it were Li Ge, would he go in that direction?

“Yes!” Xiaoye said decisively. “If it’s Li Ge, who is most skilled at using the Golden Eye, he will definitely discover the problem there and move in that direction.”

“Because Li Ge is Li Ge,” Xiao Ye said.

In that instant, even without that person present, Miss Fairy felt as if she had been fed a mouthful of dog food, which even got stuck in her throat, making her feel a little choked.

"Let's go..." That was all she could say.

A fairy, a celestial horse, and a human—they flew off in that direction. Their speed was far faster than Li Ge's leisurely hot air balloon, if things went according to plan.

"Based on the speed of the hot air balloon, it will be delayed by about four hours..." Xiaoye said.

……

"It's been more than four hours longer than expected. Are there still enough oxygen cylinders?" Li Ge asked.

The parents gave a thumbs up. Although this unexpected trip caused them to consume a lot more oxygen, they checked their supplies and still had ten hours' worth left.

After all, they had prepared oxygen tanks for three people, but Li Ge didn't need them. Even at minus forty degrees Celsius and with a gas concentration of only about forty percent, it had almost no effect on him.

Spiritual enhancement, kid.

This ability is truly amazing. I don't know which predecessor developed it, but by simply installing a spirit particle into each cell, it can instantly transform it into a super cell, as if it has been given a magical boost.

It also provides a significant boost to the body, a comprehensive boost. The only drawback might be that prolonged use of the spirit particle enhancement state could gradually put a strain on the delicate internal organs.

But this brings us back to the gravity chamber training at the school. In gravity, every muscle and bone in the body is subjected to torture and super-gravity pressure, and under this pressure, they gradually receive super-strong training, including the internal organs.

Li Ge now realized that the gravity training he had undergone on his way here, which constantly increased the intensity of gravity, was actually for use in conjunction with the spiritual particle enhancement.

My first lesson in my new physical rehabilitation was weight training. Was that all for this purpose?

Feeling his own body, Li Ge felt that even at the edge of the atmosphere of a normal planet, let alone at this altitude where he could barely survive, he would have no problem surviving.

He even had the illusion that he could survive for a long time if he were thrown into space.

So this is equivalent to saving one person's oxygen supply.

More than four hours later, they finally approached the strange building. Only then could they clearly see every detail of it.

It's less of a building and more like a meteorite that was magically shaped into a tower-like structure.

At the bottom of the tower, Li Ge also sensed a dense network of spiritual energy lines extending outwards from its base.

Li Ge immediately began to observe and scan, and the system on her wristwatch started spinning wildly.

Li Ge could only say that without the system, most of them would probably be illiterate after they transformed into battle mages. However, the system perfectly compensated for their lack of basic magical knowledge.

In truth, both Li Ge and Abaddon realized that the battle mages of the Noble Phantasm Department occupied an unhealthy ecological niche. After all, the practice of converting all resources into combat power was done out of survival considerations. Li Ge had asked this question before, and the answer he received from his teacher was…

"Battle mages broke away from the traditional mage hierarchy and transformed into a separate hierarchy, which happened to coincide with the time when the God of Order set the lifespan limit."

In that instant, Li Ge understood everything. The upper limit of lifespan…

Because of the lifespan limit, even if everyone knows the advantages of traditional mages, as long as you master the basics of all spells, then everything in the world is something you can control at will, and you will truly become an absolute all-rounder.

Unfortunately, Li Ge also knew that he wasn't cut out for it. Perhaps if he were ten years younger, he would consider joining a traditional department.

The system immediately transmitted the results.

[Upon testing, it was found that although the procedure had minor modifications, it was entirely consistent with the school's "sacred protective shield" procedure, and the placement method and route were highly consistent with the school's formal education.]

Analysis suggests that this technique was most likely performed by faculty or students of our school, and there is also a possibility that it was performed by descendants or students of our faculty or students.

See, this is what professionalism looks like.

While this system can't compare to those entities that inexplicably grant you power, it can analyze 99% of matters related to magic. Compared to that, "Amazing Intelligence" is truly a different story—pure artificial stupidity.

Wait a minute, Li Ge's thoughts have suddenly drifted a bit.

The reason it possesses such astonishing wisdom is because the sea god itself didn't have much knowledge to feed it. But if it were fed a virtually inexhaustible knowledge base, would it evolve?

Who knows, the newly upgraded system might even come with its own evolved and astonishing intelligence.

Of course, that's a story for later. Li Ge quickly turned his attention to the base of the tower.

The hot air balloon was almost at the barrier, but it was firmly controlled, preventing it from making full contact. It was like hovering at the entrance without actually going in.

The entire tower appears to be the unit that stabilizes and powers this barrier. The tower's body is as if it were made from a completely melted meteorite, and traces of the meteorite can even be seen on it.

"After all these years, this thing still has energy and can stably provide a barrier? Where does its energy come from?" Li Ge asked in confusion.

Then, he saw a small meteorite in the distance crash directly into the barrier. The barrier then coalesced into a bubble-like structure, enveloping the meteorite and sending it flying at incredible speed, before it seemed to be swallowed up by the mage tower in an instant.

Li Ge: "..."

Wait, is this thing alive?

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For a moment, Li Ge had a strange feeling: the tower had no flesh and blood, and it was still faithfully carrying out its mission.

It erects a barrier that covers the entire world, using the interception of meteorites to provide itself with energy, thereby trapping all matter on the planet and killing it.

It had no flesh and blood, and it didn't grow any strange things like human faces or hands, but for some inexplicable reason, Li Ge felt that it was a living tower.

This feeling was strange, without any basis, merely something akin to a "sixth sense," yet it gave him a chill down his spine. Li Ge had a feeling that this thing was watching him.

"Is this the higher-dimensional life that trapped us?" Rean and the others also saw the strange tower and said this.

Li Ge thought this thing could be considered a gatekeeper created by higher-dimensional life forms.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ge found one of their empty oxygen cylinders and immediately threw it onto the barrier in the sky.

"Buzz!"

In the next instant, the barrier caught the thrown oxygen tank, enveloping it in a bubble and moving swiftly to the tower's side. The oxygen tank then merged into the tower in the blink of an eye, as if the tower had swallowed it whole.

This scene shocked the parents.

Li Ge also figured it out: the barrier's defense and counterattack were actually just the tower's predatory principle. It was like a spider, and the barrier was like its web; anything that fell into the web would be wrapped up and devoured, thus providing it with energy.

Previously, Xiaoye and the others reported that Daphne had been attacked, which was probably triggered by Daphne touching the barrier and thus the devouring mechanism was activated.

Li Ge took a deep breath; he felt ready to go.

If it were only this bad, then he would do it himself...

"field……"

"Personnel matching the identity detected. Defense restrictions have been disabled and security system activated." Suddenly, the tower emitted such a voice.

……

Meanwhile, in a different timeline, on Xiaoye's side...

Just as she was about to unleash her domain and break through the tower's barrier, the tower revealed a crack and announced, "Defense restrictions have been closed, security system activated."

"Wait, why is that? When I touched it before, it attacked me directly," Daphne asked, puzzled.

Xiaoye didn't know why this was happening. Was there any difference between their encounter this time and Daphne's last one?

It seems to be because of the difference between starting from their own domain this time and the fact that they were directly at the bottom of the tower this time.

However, she wasn't one to dwell on such things. All she saw was that after the barrier around the tower opened, a large hole appeared at the bottom, and inside the hole was a spiral staircase leading upwards.

"What should we do? Should we go in?" Daphne asked.

She always felt that once they entered, they were like rabbits trapped in a well.

She couldn't help but feel cautious. After all she had been through, her own strength was now practically negligible. She was indeed the weakest member of the team, while Valerie, after absorbing the gifts left behind by the archangel, had become the strongest.

"Hey, why did you go straight up there?" Daphne was still wondering when she saw Xiaoye run inside.

"Don't worry, I have my domain," Xiaoye said directly.

Daphne: "..."

No, you domain sorcerers just do whatever you want? Does that mean your domains have replaced your brains and your numbers have replaced your thinking?

She wasn't the only one who felt this way; it seemed like that arrogant guy, Li Ge, felt the same way after he acquired his domain. She had even asked him before, "Does having a domain make you feel so great?"

His answer was: "That's right, having a domain means you can do whatever you want."

Damn it, why can't I release my domain outside of my area of ​​effect?

She was a little annoyed and said, "Even with a domain, you can't act like this..."

“My domain can suppress everyone equally. I’ve tried it before, even the Sea God was no exception,” Xiaoye added again.

Daphne immediately shut up. She slowly walked in as well, and nothing happened.

……

Meanwhile, on Li Ge's side...

He stepped one foot into the tower. Behind him was his young mother, and bringing up the rear was his young father.

He had initially said that he would just go in and take a look, and that they didn't need to come in. But after a few minutes of persuasion, he had no choice but to let the two of them in as well.

The hot air balloon was tied with a rope to an uneven, protruding rock at the base of the tower, and the gas tank on it was set to the lowest energy consumption mode.

But Li Ge felt that the tower would probably devour the hot air balloon before they returned. It seemed to accept anything and everything: hot air balloons, space debris, meteorites, even people…

Everything that comes into contact with its barrier will be devoured by the tower, and it does indeed have a way of consuming it.

But this isn't a big problem. In the worst-case scenario, he can immediately deploy his domain to bring his parents inside, and then he can fall from the sky himself. Don't worry, they won't die from a fall from this height.

After all, falling from that height, with air resistance, his falling speed wouldn't even reach a third of the speed of sound. And for Li Ge, who frequently performs the Supersonic Rider Kick, this falling speed would be about the same as being hit by a lucky streak.

He'll be able to recover once he calms down.

The spiral staircase of the tower was very long, and the couple behind them were already panting. Their oxygen tanks were also being used up rapidly, and they didn't have much oxygen left to carry.

Once inside the tower, Li Ge felt the sensation of being spied on became even more pronounced.