Chapter 142

Golden Port, Jie Ming's former private mansion, was now waiting for the preliminary completion of the "Golden Garden."

The tens of thousands of residents outside the city, under strict planning, were sweating and gradually outlining the contours of the garden on the flat land.

And Jie Ming had "exiled" himself to the deep underground laboratory of the mansion.

This was his true paradise; the cold metal countertops, the mountain of rune scrolls, and various precise and complex alchemy instruments constituted the world he was most familiar with.

The research notes provided by David were now lying quietly on his workbench, becoming the new cornerstone for his in-depth research on the divine power faith network of the Aelossia plane.

David's research, although not as good as Jie Ming's in the in-depth analysis of the divine power faith network, provided a completely different perspective.

David's focus was on the underlying logic of mortal emotions, the essence of faith power, and how to efficiently incite and guide these powers.

This incisive analysis of the "source" made Jie Ming suddenly enlightened, as if opening a brand-new door.

Before this, his research focus on the divine power faith network was on energy transmission.

But in reality, the official name of the entire divine power faith network should be called the energy transmission and conversion system—besides transmission, there was also conversion.

This allowed Jie Ming's research related to the energy conversion system within the divine power faith network of the Aelossia plane to advance by leaps and bounds; like dry wood meeting a raging fire, he soon made astonishing results.

"It's here; adjusting it this way should be no problem—"

In the center of the laboratory, Jie Ming was focused on debugging a metal disc floating before him.

This was exactly the element storage-type rune wizarding tool he had manufactured before.

However, compared to before, there were some obscure and complex patterns of different colors on the metal disc.

These newly added patterns were the latest results Jie Ming had engraved after in-depth research on the divine power faith network recently.

They intertwined with the original rune system, like two different life forms coexisting in the same shell, producing a wonderful harmony.

The improvements he made, besides increasing the storage capacity of the element storage-type rune wizarding tool, most importantly, its recovery effect was greatly improved, and the difficulty of replenishing the element pool's reserves was greatly decreased.

You must know, if the previous element storage-type rune wizarding tool wanted to be full of energy, it had to have a specialized charging device, or rely on Jie Ming's own long-term guidance.

But now, after using the newly researched technology, it could completely rely on its own effects to continuously absorb elements from the outside world to charge!

This meant that this wizarding tool could almost detach from extra energy supply and achieve self-sufficiency.

Soon, Jie Ming debugged the metal disc, confirmed that all runes were activated, and the energy circuit was stable.

He carefully brought it to the depths of the laboratory, into a test field shrouded by multiple wizardry protective magic arrays.

This magic array was laid out by his own hands, used for high-risk experiments, and could isolate all energy fluctuations inside, preventing accidents.

"Self-charging mode, activate."

Following his command, the newly added patterns on the metal disc lit up instantly, radiating faint light.

The wizarding tool began to operate at high speed, emitting a low hum.

The next moment, the instrument clearly displayed that the elemental power within the test field was absorbed clean in an instant; the space that was originally filled with various elements suddenly became like a vacuum.

This phenomenon wasn't enough to make Jie Ming feel surprised; after all, other rune wizarding tools could achieve the same effect when firing.

However, a truly astonishing scene occurred!

The protective magic array barrier surrounding the metal disc also began to shake violently, and the rune light on its surface dimmed rapidly.

The protective barrier even became transparent rapidly to the naked eye, as if it would collapse at any moment!

Jie Ming looked at this scene before him, his pupils contracted sharply, and then he couldn't help but let out unimaginable radiance on his face.

"This... this is—" Jie Ming's brain operated at high speed, countless thoughts streaking across his mental sea like lightning.

He rushed to the monitoring instrument, looked at the various data displayed on it, and couldn't help but show an excited expression on his face:

"This element storage-type rune wizarding tool, after using the technology researched from the divine power faith network, in self-charging mode, actually forcibly plunders the elemental power condensed by the wizardry already formed in the surroundings?!"

This could no longer be called "absorption," but should be called "plunder"!

Ordinary absorption is just extracting free elemental power that hasn't been utilized from the atmosphere.

And "plunder" is forcibly pulling elements out of a wizardry structure that has already been bound and utilized!

Although the "plunder" effect exhibited by this rune wizarding tool at this moment wasn't very strong and couldn't truly destroy a powerful wizardry magic array,

but this already meant a terrifying possibility.

As long as it involves it, in self-charging mode, this thing could even create a decent-effect anti-magic domain in the surroundings!

Any wizard casting wizardry in its vicinity would face the risk of elements being extracted and power being weakened.

"This isn't right." After the excitement, Jie Ming's eyes instead flashed with doubtful light.

Although everyone hides their core technology, from some knowledge that can be purchased, it can be seen that up to now, no wizard should have researched this kind of "plunder" effect when researching the divine power faith network.

This is also a matter of course; after all, the divine power faith network is essentially an energy conversion and transmission system, not a plunder system; the two are essentially different from the start.

After thinking for a while, Jie Ming contacted Mentor Clark and ordered a standard model small element pool from the mentor.

The element pool itself is considered a quite standardized mass-produced product, and it also reserves many modules for customers to modify by themselves.

Jie Ming intended to use this as a control to further verify his conjecture.

A few days later, the standard model small element pool was delivered to Jie Ming through the teleportation array in the camp.

Jie Ming couldn't wait to dismantle it, then tried to add the same technology to the element pool.

Jie Ming carefully activated the modified element pool and conducted a tentative test.

After activation, it indeed strengthened the efficiency of charging from the elemental plane, and its energy collection speed was several times faster than before modification.

But this was exactly the expected effect, and it was similar to the research results of other wizard civilizations on the faith network.

However, it didn't have the astonishing "plunder" effect of his own element storage-type rune wizarding tool before.

The protective magic array was as steady as Mount Tai, motionless.

"Sure enough, there's a catch." Jie Ming's heart sank; this proved that the problem didn't entirely lie in the technology of the divine power faith network itself.

As for where the problem lay, it was naturally obvious—the internal structure of this element pool was a pure wizard civilization rune system, not mixed with any runes of the cultivation civilization.

And his rune wizarding tool itself, besides the runes of the wizard civilization, also had the runes of the cultivation civilization!

Combined, the two produced a wonderful chemical reaction.

"But why would such a result appear?" Jie Ming disconnected from the magic net, his brows locked, and buried his head in his runes and notes again.

He carefully retraced every research step, every source of inspiration, every detail.

After several days and nights of in-depth research without sleep or rest, finally, he found a relatively suitable explanation.

The main reason for this effect lies in the difference between the wizard civilization and the cultivation civilization in the utilization of power.

The wizard civilization relies on using mental power to manipulate external elements to obtain power.

They combine mental power with external elements by constructing precise wizardry models, and then through the amplification of the wizardry models, let the energy exert effects more effectively.

From the perspective of the power mobilized, the external elements manipulated by the wizard civilization with mental power, in terms of energy ratio, are roughly 1:1.

And the reason why the wizard civilization can stand out among the many civilizations of the multiverse lies in the wizards' fine manipulation and efficient utilization of energy.

Through the cognition of world laws and the accumulation of knowledge, using different methods, the effects produced by these elements are finally multiplied; simply put, wizards exert ten times the effect with one part of power, or even ten million times, ten billion times the effect.

And the cultivation civilization is completely different.

Cultivators mainly rely on using their own power to invoke the power of heaven and earth in the outside world, resonating with the power of nature in the outside world.

One part of their power can only exert one part of the effect.

However, every part of their power can resonate and invoke hundreds or thousands of times the power of heaven and earth in the outside world, thereby exerting the same effect!

That is to say, the strength of a cultivator lies in the resonance and mobilization of external power.

"This is my true advantage!" Jie Ming slapped the table sharply, his eyes radiating unprecedented brilliance.

The energy collection technology researched from the divine power faith network essentially improves the efficiency of energy transmission and conversion.

When this efficient conversion technology unique to the wizard civilization is combined with the powerful mobilization ability of the cultivation civilization's runes toward external power,

an unexpected "chemical reaction" occurred!

The runes of cultivation enhanced the "resonance" between the rune wizarding tool and external elements, enabling it to invoke energy in the environment at a deeper level.

And the conversion technology of the divine power faith network, on this basis, further improved the conversion efficiency and "aggressiveness" of this invoked energy, enabling it to not only extract from "free" elements but even forcibly "plunder" from energy structures that have already been "occupied."

This is not just a technological breakthrough; this is the most brilliant spark collided by two civilization systems on Jie Ming!

This finally made Jie Ming understand why the effect of his rune wizarding tool was so excessive.

Assuming a level-1 wizard can exert ten times the effect with one part of elements, a Foundation Establishment cultivator can invoke ten parts of external power with one part of power.

And Jie Ming's rune wizarding tool combines the advantages of both sides, equivalent to invoking ten parts of external power with one part of power while also exerting ten times the effect for each of those ten parts of power!