Chapter 167: Departure and Information

Until now, when truly facing these high-tier wizards from other forces who had not deliberately restrained their power, Jie Ming suddenly realized how huge the gap between himself and high-tier wizards really was.

That is a chasm, a gulf between mortals and gods.

And he, at this moment, is just a tiny existence on the edge of this chasm.

Jie Ming's inner palpitations were unknown to anyone. During the time he was stunned, that Tier 6 wizard had already descended above the crowd.

Wizards are one of the most rational and cold-blooded biological species in this multiverse.

All their behaviors are based on the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and resources.

Under the general training system of wizards, wizards know clearly why they fight and also know deeply what they are seeking on this trip.

Therefore, the large-scale expedition of wizards is different from the living beings of other races.

There is no long and impassioned pre-war mobilization, no sentimental oaths, and no spiritual slogans common in the armies of mortal living beings—everything is simple and efficient.

This time was the same.

When that Tier 6 wizard with intimidating pressure appeared, he didn't have any extra nonsense, just introduced himself simply and calmly:

"I am Augustinus from the Kemeili Society, one of the people in charge of this expedition."

His voice was low and powerful, and under the resonance of spiritual power, it penetrated the clamor of tens of thousands of wizards, clearly echoing throughout the hall.

He didn't say a word of encouragement, nor did he describe the picture of future victory, just issued an order simply and directly after introducing himself: "All participating wizards, board the ship within a quarter of an hour. Depart!"

Once the order was given, tens of thousands of wizards surged toward the exit of the hall like a tide, flying toward the huge desolate continent in the sky.

They either cast their respective skilled flying wizard spells, with elements flowing around their bodies, turning into streams of light.

Or they sat on flying mounts of various shapes they had tamed, such as giant vultures, demonic beasts with wings on their backs, roaring and rushing into the high sky.

Even more, they controlled various peculiar vehicles, such as simple-looking spaceships, floating platforms carrying alchemy puppets and biochemical beasts,

or were even carried by their cloaks.

Even without anyone commanding, the wizards still rose into the sky in an orderly manner according to the order of front and back.

Above the intersection point, it instantly turned into a wizard torrent that blocked out the sun.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola also rose into the air with the crowd.

The floating cannon array silently circled behind Jie Ming, flying along with him.

Wei Aola sat lightly on a long-handled staff emitting faint light, her posture elegant.

She turned her head to look at Jie Ming, a trace of a smile flashing in her eyes.

"Don't be nervous, it's just taking a 'ship'; the truly exciting part is yet to come," she said softly, but a trace of imperceptible excitement was hidden in her tone.

Jie Ming nodded; he could feel the blood in his body accelerating, and adrenaline rising.

This was not because of fear, but excitement in the face of the unknown and challenges.

As the altitude continued to climb, when Jie Ming and his party broke through a certain critical point, Jie Ming clearly felt that the gravity around him had undergone a subtle change.

The familiar gravity pulling downward disappeared, replaced by a potential energy of falling upside down with his head down and feet up.

They were no longer flying toward the sky, but falling slowly toward a broad, independent continent.

Jie Ming reacted instantly, adjusted his body posture, and controlled himself to land gently and stably on that scorched and desolate "ship." This eerie change in gravity was an intuitive experience of spatial laws being twisted, representing stepping from one "world" of physical laws into another independent "world."

The desolate plane was extremely vast, the surface was uneven, everywhere was scorched rock and cracked land, and the air was filled with a trace of sulfur and dead silence.

When the last wizard landed steadily, Augustinus, that Tier 6 wizard of the Kemeili Society, saw the light around his body suddenly bloom. He hovered in the sky of the plane, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Massive spiritual power surged out like a tide, instantly connecting to the origin core of the desolate plane.

He was not manipulating the plane rules, but like a skilled captain, branding his will carrying the corresponding spatial coordinates into the depths of the plane "ship."

"Set sail."

Augustinus's voice was low and grand, as if it had merged with the humming sound emitted by the plane itself.

Following his instruction, the huge desolate continent covering the sky of the intersection point suddenly reacted. In the eyes of the wizards and alien shop assistants who were still staying at the intersection point, the desolate continent originally covering the sky suddenly contracted inward like a rubber band pulled to the limit!

The entire plane began to twist and fold from the edges at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the originally flat spatial structure became like a piece of paper crumpled into a ball at this moment.

Then, accompanied by a silent roar, that huge continent actually disappeared instantly in the sight of everyone.

As if it had never existed, leaving only the chaotic void background that had restored above the intersection point.

Such a spectacular scene that exceeded the imagination of mortals was like a common daily routine in the eyes of the wizards and alien races within the intersection point.

They just looked up twice more, confirmed that the "ship" had left, and then returned to their busy lives and noisy transactions.

After all, such plane shifting had happened countless times and was no longer surprising.

Inside the plane, ordinary low-tier wizards didn't have much feeling.

Because Jie Ming had the Eye of Omnipotence, he could observe that the various coefficients of this plane were changing rapidly.

"This is the power of high-tier wizards; they can manipulate and drive planes," Wei Aola said softly standing beside Jie Ming, her gaze carrying a trace of yearning.

As a Tier 3 wizard, she was already qualified to come into contact with spatial power and could more clearly feel the changes in the plane.

Inside the "ship" plane being moved by Augustinus, although tens of thousands of wizards were gathered.

But relative to a complete plane, it appeared extremely empty.

Wizards found their footing on the vast desolate land one after another, each busy with their own things.

Jie Ming observed and found that this emptiness was not accidental, but something wizards did deliberately.

He saw many wizards, after landing, without any delay, began to continuously take out all kinds of biochemical beasts or magic golems from their respective space equipment.

These artificial creations were of various forms, with giant beasts that were thick-skinned and fleshy, construction machinery wearing metal armor, and humanoid puppets emitting eerie energy fluctuations.

After they were summoned or released, they immediately lined up into cold legions according to instructions.

Clearly, these artificial objects like biochemical beasts were the first wave of cannon fodder for invading other planes.

They are numerous, tireless, fearless of death, and are the tools most suitable for consuming the enemy's strength or even directly crashing open the enemy's plane defense line.

Secondly, it is the formal combat-type wizards who break through the enemy's front line.

Jie Ming and Wei Aola, as logistics-type wizards, didn't need to make these preparations before the battle.

Their tasks were more inclined toward mid-term battles and clearing, transformation, and resource management after the breakthrough. In the initial battle, they needed to protect themselves more.

Just after settling down on the "ship" plane, Jie Ming couldn't wait to take out his magic network terminal.

On the terminal interface, information about the plane to be conquered this time had been updated.

However, the amount of this information was very small, but the depth was very strange.

All the information was just two short points:

First point: This plane itself has two Tier 6 living beings. Second point: This plane itself is very peculiar; among the four basic elements, fire elements and water elements are extremely active, but the remaining two elements—earth elements and wind elements—are very calm, even to the point of being called inert.

Besides this, there was no information about the race information, terrain distribution, living conditions, or even a simple plane map within the plane.

There was no information at all.

This made Jie Ming feel somewhat wrong.

"How was this information obtained? Didn't they detect it deeply?" Jie Ming couldn't help but ask Wei Aola beside him.

Wei Aola obviously expected him to ask this question, and she carefully explained the reason: "These pieces of information represent that the Tier 6 wizard who discovered the plane did not truly enter the plane. He just observed from a long distance in the chaotic void through the external manifestations of the plane."

"Just as I told you before, the so-called plane is actually a miracle produced by certain elements with specific laws gathered together by coincidence. Every plane, its internal elemental composition, energy circulation, and even law operation, will eventually be manifested through the plane barrier."

Wei Aola continued to explain: "From the outside, that is, in the chaotic void, one can naturally observe the elemental composition of this plane—for example, its fire elements and water elements are particularly active; these are the manifestations of plane characteristics on the surface."

Jie Ming understood this point, but then he was confused about another key information: "Then why can we know the strength of the living beings in the plane? For example, those two Tier 6 living beings? This shouldn't be something that can be known by pure external observation, right?"

Wei Aola nodded: "You asked the point. This is indeed not something that can be mastered by pure external observation. This involves the traits of high-tier living beings."

She paused, her tone becoming somewhat cautious: "Tier 6 living beings, whether they are wizards, gods, or living beings from different planes, naturally communicate with the plane origin."

"Their existence is itself deeply bound to the plane laws, and their power will penetrate into deeper levels of the plane, resonating with the plane origin. This resonance makes them appear more conspicuous in the chaotic void, just like two hot lighthouses in the pitch-black night sky."

"Of course, I don't know the specific mechanism too well; after all, this is already in the knowledge category of Tier 6 wizards or even higher levels," Wei Aola added.

Jie Ming couldn't help but fall into deep thought. ===== CHAPTER 168 =====