Chapter 164: Knowledge and Sign-up

A group of people surrounded Jie Ming, chattering and complaining.

Jie Ming looked at this group of wizards, the lowest being Tier 3 and the highest even Tier 5, and didn't dare to say much, only able to blankly let them stuff the slips of paper recording communication serial numbers into his hands.

It wasn't until Wei Aola, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, used all her strength to drive the group of people away that Jie Ming finally came back to his senses, looking at the handful of slips of paper in his hand somewhat blankly.

Wei Aola, who had been aggressive toward those wizards just now, turned her head, and her tone immediately became much gentler: "You were scared, right? I'm sorry, it's my fault. If I hadn't been so surprised, these guys wouldn't have been like this."

Jie Ming shook his head blankly: "I wouldn't say I was scared, but what is going on with these people?"

Jie Ming initially thought these people were looking for trouble, but listening to what they said, it seemed they were interested in his Eye of Omnipotence model?

Wei Aola saw his thoughts: "That's right, it has to do with your Eye of Omnipotence. This wizard spell is quite rare. After all, it is a purely auxiliary wizard spell. Because the conditions for construction are too harsh, almost no one can construct it autonomously."

"But this wizard spell is also the premier auxiliary wizard spell among research-type wizard spells, so it is very popular. However, because of the particularity of the Eye of Omnipotence, it is very difficult for many people to encounter an Eye of Omnipotence suitable for their own research. So that situation appeared."

Wei Aola curled her lips: "But you don't have to worry too much. Although those guys look strange, they are actually not bad people."

"I see their attire looks like they are from the same force—"

"That's right, those guys are from the Kemeili Society. Although the name sounds very domineering, it is actually a research-type wizard force specializing in the study of extinction-type wizard spells. The people inside are all research-type scholars, so they are easy to talk to."

"However, you have to pay attention to the people from the Hundunmi Sect. Those guys don't know what they are tinkering with all day long; you have to stay away from them!"

"Yes—" Jie Ming responded blankly.

"If your level is higher in the future, you can send your Eye of Omnipotence model to them and make a big profit from them! Don't look at those guys as research-type wizards; they are all rich!"

Wei Aola clenched her fists excitedly, as if it were her making money instead of Jie Ming.

Speaking of this, she suddenly reached out and hugged Jie Ming's shoulder: "Oh right, for the sake of me introducing so much information to you, remember to give me a cheaper price when your Eye of Omnipotence is updated in the future!"

"Definitely, definitely—" Jie Ming dealt with her somewhat awkwardly.

However, this also made Jie Ming understand the madness of wizards in the pursuit of knowledge.

"Looking at it this way, compared to things like points, knowledge is the true hard currency among wizards," Jie Ming thought silently in his heart.

Fortunately, after this episode, the relationship between the two became much more familiar.

Wei Aola finally remembered her task and carefully introduced the information about this intersection point to Jie Ming.

"This intersection point itself was jointly created by high-tier wizards from the three major forces."

According to Wei Aola's introduction, this piece of spatial debris was not formed naturally but was constructed by several powerful high-tier wizards together,

and stabilized with powerful wizard spells and spatial runes.

At first, it only served as a sign-up and issuance location for plane war tasks between the three forces.

However, as time passed, it gradually evolved into an area where wizards from the three forces could communicate, trade, and even live briefly, forming a unique "mobile market."

Jie Ming looked around; he had been too nervous just now to observe carefully.

Now that he had calmed down, he realized that this intersection point presented a "grotesque" scene.

The architectural styles here were different, without unified planning, as if they had been randomly "transplanted" from different planes.

There were workshop-style buildings standard to the Nuolun Workshop, standing adjacent to obsidian towers full of the aura of death belonging to the Kemeili Society, and there were also cave-style residences full of twisted and eerie runes from the Hundunmi Sect.

And besides that, the most numerous were those special buildings full of exotic customs, which one could tell at a glance were products of other planes.

The vast majority of these buildings were various shops selling strange and exotic things from other worlds,

from bone weapons engraved with ancient runes to strange plants emitting energy fluctuations from other worlds, from living exotic beasts imprisoned in energy force fields to energy essences contained in crystal bottles.

Everything a wizard needs, or is curious about, was available.

Besides wizards, this place was also filled with various slaves and wizard servants of different forms.

Some were giant savages several meters tall, bound by contracts to act as laborers.

Some were petite and cute humanoid creatures, hawking in front of shop counters.

There were even some exotic beings with multiple limbs and skin emitting eerie luster, wandering the streets as bodyguards or thugs.

Some of them had numb expressions, some had eyes flashing with wisdom, and some revealed terror.

Passing by a shop that looked like it had grown from an entire tree, Jie Ming looked in surprise at the energy light clusters that looked like jellyfish, organizing the shelves inside.

"Watch out."

Wei Aola's prompt came from his ear. After Jie Ming came back to his senses, he found that a straight "wall" had abruptly appeared in front of him at some point.

This wall appeared very abruptly; even Jie Ming didn't notice any signs, as if it had suddenly flashed in front of him.

After Jie Ming saw the true face of the wall, it made him feel even more peculiar—this was not a wall, but another road!

Gravity here didn't follow convention at all. He was standing on a wide street, but the road that looked straight ahead began to rise at a ninety-degree right angle inadvertently, which gave him the illusion of walking toward a wall.

However, this visual sense of strangeness did not bring the slightest discomfort.

Following Wei Aola, he lifted his leg and stepped onto the "wall." Jie Ming found that his body still maintained the feeling of standing normally.

The gravity under his feet seemed to adjust automatically, allowing him to stand easily on that "vertical" wall, as if it were originally flat ground.

The spatial area inside the entire space seemed to have been artificially twisted and adjusted, creating an inverted and chaotic visual effect.

However, for wizards who were used to it, this was just a peculiar landscape and would not affect their actions.

"This kind of spatial distortion design is also in line with the aesthetics of high-tier wizards," Jie Ming thought silently.

This kind of place is itself a display of power.

Wei Aola had long been accustomed to this peculiar environment. She skillfully led Jie Ming through those strange-looking buildings and various living beings, heading straight for a tall building in the very center of the spatial debris.

This building was the only one here with a unified style and appeared extremely majestic; it was clearly the joint administrative center of the three forces.

They walked into the hall; the space here was equally vast, and huge magic crystal lamps suspended from the top emitted soft light.

In the center of the hall, there were several tall counters, and behind each counter sat a creature responsible for task issuance and registration.

Wei Aola brought Jie Ming to one of the counters, behind which sat a handsome exotic creature.

He had ears as long and pointed as an elf, skin that was pale gold, and deep eyes in which peculiar rune light flowed.

"We are here to sign up for the plane war task; this is my friend," Wei Aola said concisely.

The handsome exotic creature raised his eyes slightly. His gaze swept over Jie Ming, seemingly performing some kind of invisible scan, and then he nodded.

He took out two crystals engraved with runes and handed them to Jie Ming and Wei Aola.

"Please inject your personal information and requirements into them," his voice was clear and pleasant.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola each took the crystals and injected their identity information and expertise into them.

Initial sign-up takes a period of time to process because the three forces will evaluate and record based on the wizard's level, expertise, and past performance.

While waiting for processing, Wei Aola explained to Jie Ming: "According to the regular frequency, a plane war task basically appears every month or two; if you are lucky, it even happens every month. You have signed up now, so you will have a chance to go to war soon. Before that, you can make preparations for the expedition in advance."

She pointed to the shops selling supplies around: "If you have any needs, you can purchase them here."

Jie Ming nodded to show he understood.

However, he had his own rune-wizard tool system and alchemy reserves, so he didn't have much interest in the goods here.

While waiting, Jie Ming wandered around the intersection point at will.

He shuttled between various peculiar shops, silently observing those exotic items with the "Eye of Omnipotence."

There were indeed many novel things here, such as a heart that kept beating even after leaving the body, containing violent life force.

Or fragments of gods that had fallen on some dead planet, emitting faint law fluctuations.

However, he soon discovered that all the goods here, whether they were rare treasures or practical supplies, were settled in high-level or low-level military merits.

Although Jie Ming also had high-level military merits obtained from manufacturing refined gold back then, and he could buy many of these goods, he didn't want to spend these precious military merit points here for the time being.

Finally, the two returned to the sign-up hall.

That exotic creature had already processed their sign-up application.

"These are your identity tokens." He handed two new crystals to the two. "At the same time, a terminal that can access the communication network of the three forces has been bundled. In the future, when tasks are issued, they will be notified directly through the magic network. Prepare for battle, Wizard."

Jie Ming took the magic network terminal engraved with the joint emblem of the three forces.

Its appearance was small, but its internal structure was abnormally complex, allowing him to seamlessly access the public magic networks of the Nuolun Workshop, the Kemeili Society, and the Hundunmi Sect, receive task information, query military merit points, and even conduct some basic communication. ===== CHAPTER 165 =====