Chapter 442

Arriving in front of the office door of Mentor Clark, which looks simple but has an internal space that has been folded and expanded multiple times, Gao Jie Ming knocks lightly.

"Enter."

A plain voice comes from inside.

Gao Jie Ming pushes the door and enters.

The scene inside the room is almost unchanged from his memory.

Piles of ancient scrolls and flickering data light screens coexist harmoniously, and the air is filled with a faint scent of a mixture of parchment and energy ink.

Mentor Clark is sitting behind a wide desk, still in that slightly tired scholar look with a worrying hairline, and the gray robe on his body is so simple that it is almost old.

He is staring intently at a light screen in front of him that is so complex it makes one dizzy, with symbols and formula streams that Gao Jie Ming cannot understand at all flowing on it.

Hearing Gao Jie Ming's footsteps as he enters, he just raises his eyes slightly and nods.

"You're here."

The tone is as plain as greeting a student he sees every day.

"Mentor, the time has come." Gao Jie Ming respectfully performs a wizard's salute.

Mentor Clark gives an "um" in response, his fingers sliding quickly on the light screen a few times, as if completing a certain verification node, and then he casually closes the light screen.

He stands up, tidies up his sleeves which actually have no wrinkles, and turns his gaze to Gao Jie Ming.

"Let's go."

There is no pre-war discussion, no special preparations seen, and not even the slightest sense of tension.

That plain posture is as if he is not going to deal with a living plane that could threaten multiple high-tier wizards after going out of control, but just going out to the cafeteria for a meal, or going to the library to check some information.

Gao Jie Ming is already used to this, and his heart is even more settled.

He knows his mentor's character very well.

Indifferent and taciturn on the surface, but extremely rigorous in action.

Beneath this appearance of "no preparation," he must have already completed all necessary deductions and prepared all contingency plans and trump card arrangements.

Mentor Clark will not do things he is not sure about, and even less will he risk his student's safety.

"Yes, Mentor."

Gao Jie Ming doesn't ask another question, just nods respectfully, follows Mentor Clark's footsteps, and steps into the small permanent teleportation array in the office.

Light flashes, space transforms.

When the view becomes clear again, the two are already in an unfamiliar environment.

This is a standard metal room, with walls, floors, and ceilings all made of some kind of matte silver-gray alloy, with fine and regular energy-conducting patterns etched on the surface.

The air is slightly cool, carrying the unique freshness of a circulating purification system, as well as a trace of extremely weak void radiation after being isolated.

Gao Jie Ming subconsciously releases detection wizardry and instantly perceives the energy flow and structural information around him.

"This energy operation method... not a fixed base... it's a mobile vehicle." A flash of surprise in his eyes, he probes more carefully, "The energy core is located in the middle and rear, the power is amazing... the outer wall structure combines at least seven different characteristics of defensive materials... the internal space folding coefficient is very high... and it has a standard shipboard gravity field and ecological maintenance system..."

He can't help but click his tongue in wonder in his heart.

He has already recognized it; this is a warship capable of long-term navigation in the endless chaotic void!

And judging from the perceived energy level and structural complexity, it is by no means a mass-produced item, but definitely a high-end custom or modified boutique.

"Senior Sister Wei Wei Aola... really spent a fortune this time." Gao Jie Ming sighs inwardly.

The value of such a void warship is probably not cheaper than a relatively barren small plane.

It seems that the importance she attaches to this operation far exceeds what is shown on the surface.

Just then, a spherical silver construct glides silently in front of the two, emitting a soft neutral electronic voice: "Lord Clark, Lord Gao Jie Ming, Lord Wei Wei Aola is waiting in the control room, please follow me."

The construct leads the way in front, and the two follow behind, passing through metal corridors of the same style.

Along the way, one can occasionally see other constructs with different functions performing maintenance tasks; the entire interior of the warship is orderly, but almost no living crew can be seen, and the degree of automation is extremely high.

Soon, they arrive at the control room located at the front of the warship.

The heavy alloy door slides open to both sides, and a wider space appears before their eyes.

Directly in front is a huge curved observation window... or rather, some kind of higher-level porthole display system.

The sides and rear are filled with layers of consoles, light screens, and data stream display panels.

Gao Jie Ming opens his terminal with some doubt, and the light screen immediately projects a set of extremely complex, exquisite three-dimensional wizardry models that make one dizzy.

Countless tiny runes are embedded in multi-dimensional energy circuits like stars, nested layer by layer, circulating back and forth, emitting a strange and gentle meaning of "vitality" and "enlightenment."

Just the static model gives people a feeling that it is about to "come alive."

"This is..." Gao Jie Ming identifies the structural details of the model carefully.

Wei Wei Aola has been with Star Fall longer and is more familiar with her friend's research style and rune preferences.

She looks at it intently for a moment, a flash of understanding in her eyes, and looks up at Star Fall: "This is... the core wizardry you used to vitalize the plane?"

"That's right!" Star Fall Wizard nods vigorously, with pride and the joy of sharing on her face, "I named it 'Star Fall Enlightenment Technique 1.0'! It is the core achievement of the series of wizardries I independently developed after deeply studying the characteristics of the 'fantasy elements' provided by Gao Jie Ming, combined with my own understanding of spiritual laws!"

She explains: "Its effect is to allow things that originally had no consciousness or chaotic consciousness to obtain clear intelligence through specific energy resonance and information injection without relying on 'fantasy elements'!"

"Of course, the strength and orientation of intelligence depend on the foundation of the target, the complexity of the injected information, and the intensity of the energy. If the corresponding array is arranged grandly enough and the energy supply is majestic enough, it can theoretically be used for plane vitalization!"

"However, this thing is just the roughest initial version; if it is arranged too large, the probability of going out of control will also increase significantly, so it is best not to think about vitalizing the plane as much as possible in the short term."

Gao Jie Ming looks at the exquisite "Star Fall Enlightenment Technique" model on the light screen and clicks his tongue in wonder in his heart.

He is not surprised that Star Fall Wizard can reverse-deduce the technology to achieve "enlightenment" without spiritual energy from the spiritual energy (fantasy element) samples he provided.

After all, absorbing the strengths of other civilizations to strengthen oneself is the foundation of the wizard civilization.

They may not fully understand the underlying principles of exotic energy like spiritual energy, but as long as they can record all observable "structural changes" at the material, energy, and information levels caused by that energy when triggering a certain phenomenon, and find a way to "reproduce" this structural change within the wizard system, they can achieve similar or even identical effects!

This is a pragmatic technical route based on phenomenon observation and structural imitation.

First achieve "can use," then slowly explore "why can."

When Star Fall thoroughly understands the deep principles behind this "structural change" in the future, her "Enlightenment Technique" will truly be complete.

By then, perhaps as envisioned, she will be able to point at all things with a wave of her hand and catalyze a legion composed of living planes!

"This is my thank-you gift." Star Fall Wizard looks at the three and says sincerely, "The first batch of Federation aid funds and resources hasn't been approved yet, and I'm so poor now that I only have this bit of research left. I can only use knowledge to pay off the favor of you risking your lives to come and help this time. I hope you don't mind."

The three of Gao Jie Ming look at each other, both seeing satisfaction in each other's eyes.