Chapter 361: Part of the Truth of Wizard Civilization

"You're back already?" Jie Ming sized up Wei Aola, who still carried the unique energy residue after long-distance space teleportation.

"It's only been a few months? That plane—could it be that it's already finished?"

In Mentor Clark's office, which was piled with books, instruments, and unfinished alchemy constructs, the atmosphere was a bit subtle.

Jie Ming looked at this Senior Sister who had gone and returned, but wore a decadent look of "mission accomplished," feeling hard to hide his surprise.

Wei Aola slumped into a chair that looked very comfortable without any image, rubbing her eyebrows, her tone carrying a bit of listlessness: "Fight? Strictly speaking, it didn't fight at all. The Tier 8 wizards at the headquarters directly reached a deal with the artificial intelligence called 'Justice,' and now, it, along with the huge plane it controls and all living beings, has been officially incorporated into our wizard civilization."

Jie Ming was stunned for a moment, then understood and nodded.

This was a result that maximized benefits.

That plane possessed hundreds of billions of well-educated, active-thinking humans, plus "Justice," this super management AI, which was simply ready-made high-quality soldier sources and talent reserves.

Later, it only needed to invest in race adaptability modification technology to assimilate its humans into standard humans of the wizard world, and it could obtain a precious plane that could continuously produce a large number of wizard apprentices, which was far more cost-effective than forcibly destroying or leaving it alone.

And for the artificial intelligence Justice, it didn't matter which force it worked for; it just needed to complete its "task."

"This efficiency is really high." Jie Ming became interested, "How exactly was it operated? How did the Tier 8 wizards 'persuade'—or rather, 'persuade' Justice?"

Wei Aola curled her lips, seemingly bored by the dullness of the process: "Nothing earth-shattering. It was just a Tier 8 wizard who was good at information intrusion and logical game theory who directly broke through the plane barrier, found the core interaction interface of 'Justice,' and conducted a 'profit analysis' regarding civilization continuation, development efficiency, and resistance to more powerful external threats that might appear in the future."

"It has been confirmed that there is a highest priority instruction in Justice's core program to ensure the continuation of the races under its jurisdiction. After confirming that joining the wizard civilization was a better choice, it easily agreed to the affiliation agreement."

Jie Ming listened thoughtfully, but a key question floated to his mind: "Wait, Tier 8 wizards entering that plane, wouldn't they be affected by Justice's 'hope' and power suppression?"

Hearing this, Wei Aola glanced at Jie Ming with a "you would indeed ask this" look.

She carried a kind of arrogance belonging to high-level wizards that was instinctive: "It seems you still lack an intuitive understanding of the power level of high-level wizards. Simply put, in the endless chaotic void known so far, Tier 9 beings are not present, and Tier 8 wizards are invincible."

Jie Ming furrowed his brow, still having doubts: "I understand the power of Tier 8 wizards, but Justice is, after all, the creation of that sage."

Although it didn't show much, Jie Ming could basically confirm that the sage who created Justice was definitely a Tier 9 being.

Justice mainly showed two kinds of abilities, suppressing supernatural power is fine, there are many ways to achieve it.

The point is the "hope" it uses; wanting to achieve that kind of effect already involves the distortion of laws.

The so-called distortion of laws is to directly "modify" the power of the world within a limited range.

This power represents the essence of Tier 9, and wizards no longer call such power laws, but call it "authority."

Even without Tier 9 existence actively driving it, appearing rigid and passive, and the power level being limited, in theory, this is not something Tier 8 can easily touch.

Hearing Jie Ming's analysis, Wei Aola smiled, didn't answer directly, but looked at Mentor Clark who had been silent on the side: "Mentor, what do you think? This kid seems to be stuck in a dead end."

Mentor Clark put down a micro-gravity singularity generator he was calibrating, pondered for a moment, and looked at Jie Ming: "Your observation and reasoning are very sharp, touching the level of the essence of power."

"This matter itself is not the most core secret, but for strategic considerations, it is usually not explained in detail to low- and mid-level wizards. However, with the potential you have shown and the Tier 2 cultivation authority you have obtained, it doesn't matter if you know in advance."

He paused, his tone becoming exceptionally solemn: "Jie Ming, remember, in the endless chaotic void explored by wizards, on the premise of confirming that no Tier 9 beings have descended to interfere, Tier 8 wizards can indeed be considered invincible."

Jie Ming held his breath.

Clark continued to explain: "The most awe-inspiring abilities of Tier 9 beings are mainly two: first, the ability to distort laws within a limited range, which most wizards call 'authority'; second, theoretically near-infinite power."

"But these two abilities are not impossible to counter."

"First, against law distortion. The 'law solidification' of Tier 8 wizards, its core is not just to stabilize the laws they have understood, but more importantly, to solidify the law foundation on which their own existence depends."

"This allows Tier 8 wizards to maintain their own form, power, and cognition in the face of Tier 9 beings modifying the world, without being directly tampered with or erased, like a reef in a torrent—this is the prerequisite for being able to confront them."

Wei Aola added from the side, her tone also becoming more serious: "This is one of the biggest trump cards that our wizard civilization can stand tall in the multiverse and even continuously expand, and it must never be leaked."

Jie Ming seemed to understand something, but still had confusion: "I understand, through law solidification, Tier 8 wizards can resist 'modification' and not be easily erased or distorted by Tier 9 at will."

"But this only guarantees survival, how can one win, or even force the other party to negotiate? After all, the other party's power is theoretically infinite."

After all, from the day he became a wizard, the education he received told him that Tier 8 wizards could not defeat Tier 9 beings across levels.

Clark nodded and took over the conversation: "This is the key to the problem, and also the misunderstanding of general cognition. The 'Tier 8 cannot defeat Tier 9 across levels' you learned, strictly speaking, is not wrong, but it ignores an important premise—that refers to a single Tier 8 individual."

"Ordinary top civilizations, even if they possess multiple Tier 8 powerhouses, are often vulnerable in the face of the authority of Tier 9 beings because they cannot resist that root-level change. But we wizards can."

"When multiple Tier 8 wizards, through specific joint wizard arrays and knowledge resonance, superimpose and resonate their respective law solidification domains, they can form a sufficiently powerful 'absolute domain,' enough to resist or even locally offset the law distortion effect of Tier 9 beings in a short time."

"The rest is to face the 'infinite' power of Tier 9." Clark said here, his tone became relaxed instead, "This sounds very scary, but the principle of confrontation is unexpectedly simple—"

"Just overwhelm the other party in the instantaneous output power."

Jie Ming's face changed slightly: "Instantaneous output power—overwhelm an existence with infinite power? This—is this really possible?"

"Of course it's possible." Clark's tone was firm, "Infinite power must be separated. One is output, one is reserve. Infinite energy does not mean that the instantaneous output power has no upper limit. Any existence, its energy output channel, soul bearing upper limit, and thinking speed all determine the limit of the energy it can mobilize and release in an 'instant.' Of course, combined with authority, this limit will be pulled up to theoretically infinite, but wanting to reach true infinity requires spellcasting time."

"Tier 8 wizards confronting Tier 9 beings, what they need to do is to gather enough companions, push the energy lever through exquisite joint spellcasting technology, superimpose and amplify their instantaneous output power, and even raise it to—at that instant, a level that can exceed the other party's thinking processing limit."

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Sister Wei Ao added with a smile from the side, carrying a hint of pride: "Does it sound difficult? But in reality, for us wizards who have been studying how to use knowledge to pry open the maximum elemental multiplier since our Apprentice Stage, this is actually our specialty."

"According to internal civilization statistics, it usually only takes three to ten Level 8 Wizards working in tacit cooperation to suppress most known Level 9 living beings in an instant output, forcing them to retreat, negotiate, or even—fall."

Jie Ming was completely shocked; he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He instantly understood many things that had previously felt vague.

"In other words—the wizard power system, from the most basic education, is consciously cultivated in the direction of—'how to use many to strike few, and cross-tier combat against higher-level individuals'?! What we have always studied is not the ultimate sublimation of the individual, but how to use knowledge and coordination to form a 'cluster' capable of killing Level 9 existences?!"

Recalling the rumors that had persisted: those nine elusive Level 9 Wizards always led armies composed mainly of Level 8 Wizards, constantly expanding and fighting on the unknown front lines—

A startling thought flashed through Jie Ming's mind like lightning, and he blurted out: "So! It's not that the entire wizard civilization has an infinite desire for expansion! It's that—those nine Level 9 Wizards need more Level 8 Wizards as soldiers to open up territory for them and deal with enemies or challenges at their level?!"

Upon hearing this, Sister Wei Ao and Mentor Lei Ke exchanged a glance, their faces simultaneously revealing a meaningful smile that neither confirmed nor denied it.

Looking at the tacit expressions of the two high-tier wizards, Jie Ming knew that his conjecture was likely close to the truth.