Chapter 97: Battle Behind the Scenes
Battle Zone Headquarters, Chief Commander's Private Office.
While Richard was recovering his body, he was also using his spiritual power to review the battle zone data prepared by the Great Wizard of Absolute Zero.
He had been in battle with the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor for three months, a period sufficient for the Great Wizard of Absolute Zero to organize all the data.
Beside him, the Great Wizard of Absolute Zero stood respectfully, his face as if it were made of ice crystals, full of respect.
Outsiders watch the excitement, insiders see the nuances.
Ordinary wizards could only see that Richard was strong, but only wizards like him, who had become a Great Wizard and had been one for many years, could discern it.
Richard's strength was not just strong, it was terrifyingly strong.
"Seems decent, have the Staff Department prepare a reorganization plan." Richard said, turning to the Great Wizard of Absolute Zero, "Additionally, notify the Abyss Army at the rear to head to this world.
Now that the passage between the two civilizations has been opened, trade should also commence."
Although the Subhuman Wizard plan could solve the issue of wizard shortage once and for all, before it's widely implemented, the Abyssal Mercenaries and the Heroic Spirit Army are still necessary.
Moreover, promoting the Abyss environment in this world is also an advantage for Richard.
Though he didn't know what exactly the Truth Council was planning, since he had participated in the scheme, he surely considered his actions after losing his memory.
So everything he did was certainly within the plan.
"Yes, Crown Throne."
"Also, promote the new tactics. You should know what the new tactics are."
"I know, I will take care of it immediately."
Hearing this, the Great Wizard of Absolute Zero silently retreated, leaving Richard alone in the enormous office.
"Phew, although this battle was a bit tragic, the harvest was still quite good."
Richard looked down at his body, although externally it appeared problem-free now.
In reality, it was merely an empty shell.
The benefits of a strong physique brought not only advantages; even though Richard's two core hearts were undamaged, restoring his body required a tremendous amount of resources.
However, as one of the seven Crown Thrones of the Wizard Civilization, the resources needed to restore his body were nothing significant.
After all, he was not a Dominator, and although the consumption of restoring his body was substantial, the required materials were not rare.
Compared to the damage to his body, the injuries on his soul were even more severe.
In the final confrontation, even though his soul had the body as armor, it was still largely torn apart by that strike.
Without the Soul Essence as an aid, it would take at least decades to restore to a peak state.
However, having reached Crown Throne status, Soul Essence naturally had no restrictions, at most the delivery time would be slower, but the quantity would surely be sufficient.
As for venturing into the Illusionary Dimension... the experience of being blocked by the Dominator of Mayfly within the Dimension was still vivid, and he didn't plan to explore dimensions until he became a Dominator.
Once the losses were calculated, the next step was to reap the rewards.
In this battle, Richard's Bloodline integration progress improved significantly, from the original twenty-five percent to nearly thirty-five percent.
And with just this progress, the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor already lacked the strength to kill Richard.
When he reaches fifty percent, among Level 6 Creatures, only those like the former Great Wizard Jialong, who had nearly completed the Path of Truth with the Illusionary Dimension already taking form, could match him.
Once he completes the integration, perhaps there would be no rival under the Dominator.
Coupled with the Illusionary Dimension prototype, even a Dominator could exchange a couple of blows.
"Speaking of which, the Illusion Rule Seed the Sect Leader gave me, I should be able to use it now, right?" Richard muttered to himself.
The Illusion Rule Seed, the greatest gain Richard had in the Immortal Country world.
He privately searched through materials in the Wizard World for the uses of this item.
According to the records of the Alchemy Crown, the Illusion Rule Seed is an extremely special existence.
It is a relic left after a creature that broke through the limit of Level 6 Creatures but did not become a Dominator died.
Each one is extremely rare.
Even the Alchemy Crown only heard about it from other Illusion Creatures during starry explorations.
The sole use of these seeds is to help Level 6 Creatures quickly condense an Illusionary Dimension prototype, allowing them to step halfway into the Dominator Realm.
Without such seeds, one would have to, like the Physique Crown, spend tens of thousands of years to reach a consensus with many wizards and thus form their own Illusionary Dimension prototype.
Finding the Illusion Rule Seed in the Dimension Space, Richard began trying to form his own Illusionary Dimension prototype.
The moment he took out the seed, the Miracle Furnace provided the information.
[Ingredients: Illusion Rule Seed, unnamed Forth Level Rule]
[Fuel: None]
[Melting Difficulty: Fifth Level]
[Estimated Time: ∞]
[Melting Result: Unknown Illusionary Dimension]
"Melting time is still infinite? Seems I'm missing something."
Richard touched his chin, pondering whether to first spread some Miracle School among the Subhuman Wizards.
After all, even though the Illusion Rule Seed doesn't require a nearly formed School, it at least needs the basic structure of a School.
One cannot just claim to have a School and then actually have one.
Placing the Illusion Rule Seed back into the Dimension Space, Richard began his experiments on the rule development learned from the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor.
He saw the Rule Power circulating within his body, and under the effect of the Transformation Rule, a mass of Energy in Richard's hand kept changing shape.
Finally, it transformed into a mass of ghostly green Energy.
"Indeed, with the help of the Transformation Rule, I can easily create this special Alien Energy."
Richard looked at the ghostly green Energy; suddenly, the Rule Power within him moved again.
Under the influence of Power, the ghostly green Energy began to change shape again, and in just a moment, the Energy looked deep and ocean-like.
Richard touched the Energy with his unprotected hand, and the next moment, his Flesh began to rapidly proliferate and deform, even causing the Energy itself to start proliferating.
"The Transformation Rule is really useful." A smile appeared on Richard's face.
With the help of Power, he could save countless hours of research and directly use Rules to change the basic structure of Energy.
This Life Deformation Energy was something the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor studied for many years, yet he was able to mimic it using Rules after just getting hit, and he could even derive a stronger version from this basis.
"Ah, there's so much to learn, and time is really tight." Richard suddenly sighed.
He now needs to research Miracle Witchcraft, practice Physique, enhance Combat Instincts, and study Energy; he truly doesn't have enough time.
But sighing doesn't help; objective facts won't change just because he sighs.
"One thing at a time, since my body hasn't recovered yet, let's start with Alien Energy research. Miracle Witchcraft... can wait until I return."
...
The end of the battle between Level 6 Creatures didn't ease the war.
On the contrary, both sides began pouring massive armies into this world, quickly escalating the war to the intensity of the previous 2456 world.
The Great Wizard and King of Mayfly fought behind the curtains, while ordinary Mayflies and ordinary Wizards fought on the surface layers.
Countless Threads Of Destiny converged and tangled in this world, resembling a giant yarn ball when viewed from the Net of Destiny.
Countless Threads Of Destiny crisscrossed and interfered with one another, making it even impossible for the Curse Crown to foresee the direction of this war.
Deep within the Endless Dimension, the Civilization Devourer grew larger under the nourishment of war. Although weak compared to its prime, its strength was now revitalized compared to when it first broke free.
In its compound eyes reflected the scene of the 3612 world; upon seeing Richard, countless tentacles suddenly extended from its body.
These tentacles each connected to a Thread Of Destiny, intertwining them together like the strings of a harp.
The vibrations of the Threads Of Destiny were cleverly gathered by it, then channeled into the giant yarn ball that was the 3612 world.
This vibration traversed through the yarn ball without being counteracted by the destiny turbulences within, instead causing the Threads Of Destiny within to resonate.
In this world, entangled with countless lives, the vibration began to magnify until, eventually, the whole yarn ball began to tremble.
Buzz!
A terrifying destiny vibration echoed through the Net of Destiny.
The tentacles of the Civilization Devourer were almost completely annihilated by this vibration, vanishing abruptly like files deleted from a computer.
As if they never existed.
Its aura weakened significantly at this moment.
But all of this was worth it.
Five thick Threads Of Destiny slightly shifted under this vibration—just enough to link with the Thread Of Destiny attached to it.
Richard's Thread Of Destiny, in the face of this sudden change, began to tremble incessantly.
Along with it, the future became unclear and fuzzy.
The Civilization Devourer fell into silence; it had done everything it could, leaving only waiting ahead.
...
"It has acted as expected."
In the Endless Dimension, the Curse Crown's colorful eyes gazed into the Void, surrounded by incessant flows of Power of Mystery.
"Is it confirmed?"
Beside the Curse Crown, the Scarecrow Dominator spoke.
"Is the chosen one yours?"
The Curse Crown followed the mark, feeling Richard's Thread Of Destiny.
Upon noticing its tremor, he slightly nodded: "It should be him."
The Scarecrow Crown let out a small sigh: "Ah, it looks like it will be a world for you Wizards in the future."
"Let's get through this first." The Curse Crown said solemnly, "That fellow used the destiny vibration to link the Threads Of Destiny of five Dominators of Mayfly Galaxy to the Thread Of Destiny."
"If we don't act, I'm afraid that Thread Of Destiny will be torn apart by those five Threads Of Destiny."
The eye in the Scarecrow Dominator's chest turned a circle, then shot a stream of Power of Mystery from the pupil.
"I've notified those guys, there's no way we'll let that Thread Of Destiny be torn by it."