Chapter 509

Two days passed quietly in the repair of his soul.

On the metal platform, Jie Ming slowly opened his eyes; deep in his pupils, a gentle, jade-like spiritual light flowed quietly, then faded away.

He felt the completely different state in his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook upward.

"Soul strength detection complete." The flat synthetic voice of the silver construct sounded at the right time, "Current soul completeness: 62.7%. Conclusion: The main subject's soul has completed key remodeling, and the missing part is self-healing at a stable speed."

Sixty-two point seven percent.

This number sounded like it was still incomplete, but Jie Ming knew best the transformation within it.

This sixty-two percent of recovered soul, its "volume" and "density," were almost equivalent to the entire soul of his peak period before he was injured!

This meant that under the drive of the Body Tempering Method's almost barbaric "adaptive evolution," his soul didn't simply "heal," but in the process of breaking and then establishing, it was forced to absorb, compress, and transform more nourishment from his physical essence and environmental energy, completing a dual leap in quality and quantity.

The strengthening of his soul also caused his mental power to rise accordingly.

He faintly had a feeling that once his soul was completely healed, his mental power might really be able to barely keep up with the physical strength that had been repeatedly hammered by the Body Tempering Method and had long since exceeded the conventional scope.

More importantly, the stability of his soul's main framework allowed him to escape the fragile state of potentially "leaking" at any time.

Before, his soul was full of cracks, like a wooden bucket covered in holes; no matter how much repair energy converted from "essence, energy, and spirit" was injected, the retention efficiency was pitifully low.

But now, the bucket body had been repaired firmly, and what remained was just to pour water into the bucket, letting that missing thirty-plus percent slowly fill up.

This process, even without external drug assistance, would become faster and faster just by relying on the conversion efficiency of his own "Qi Refining Method" for life essence, as well as the continuous energy supply from his powerful physical body.

"That's enough." Jie Ming sat up from the metal platform, his movements smooth and natural, no longer having the stiffness and pain from before. "I don't think I need to occupy the intensive care resources here anymore."

The construct didn't object, just issued a confirmation command, and then the light of the magic array around the metal platform gradually dimmed and extinguished.

"Treatment program aborted. It is recommended that the main subject avoid high-intensity soul load and extreme energy impact within the next three to five days. Routine activities are fine."

"Understood."

Leaving the treatment room full of energy echoes, Jie Ming was arranged into a relatively quiet single rest room equipped with a basic meditation auxiliary magic array.

Although simple, it was enough for him now.

His thinking was no longer interfered with by severe pain, becoming clear and sharp again, even more agile and active than before he was injured; this comfortable feeling made Jie Ming particularly happy.

It was impossible for him to really wait idly for the last bit of injuries to heal naturally—that was too much of a waste of time.

"Just right, I can take a look at those two 'rewards'." Jie Ming took out two crystal-clear memory crystals emitting different faint lights from his portable spatial equipment.

These were the technical materials gifted to him by the pair of Level 5 Wizard partners he had saved while executing his reconnaissance mission earlier as a thank-you: "Multi-layer Barrier Nesting Optimization Algorithm" and "Water Element Shaping and Energy Compression Technology."

At the time, the battle situation was urgent, and he had only taken a hurried glance, confirming they were of great value, before putting them away.

Now, with a clear head, and since the remaining rest time wouldn't be too long, it was just right to study these technologies.

Jie Ming first read the content about the Multi-layer Barrier Nesting Optimization Algorithm carefully.

"A bit interesting... this isn't purely barrier studies, but more toward the system optimization thinking of large-scale composite rune arrays." Jie Ming read with great interest.

This technology itself wasn't at an extremely high tier, but the "system integration" thinking it contained, as well as the exquisite design of energy flow paths, gave him quite a bit of inspiration.

Next, he activated the second memory crystal: "Water Element Shaping and Energy Compression Technology."

This technology was more "specialized."

It delved into the plasticity limits of the conventional material forms of water elements and their variants, and provided a series of extremely exquisite microscopic control models.

Under normal circumstances, the part most worthy of attention in this technology was indeed this part.

But Jie Ming didn't care about this; instead, after looking at the overall situation, he subconsciously focused his attention on the other aspect of this knowledge.

"Shaping... compression..." Jie Ming muttered to himself, the light in his eyes getting brighter and brighter.

Water elements weren't his area of expertise, but the core thinking of this technology: extreme form control and energy density management, was like a key, suddenly opening a door in his mind that he had never been able to fully push open.

He immediately put down the memory crystal and paced back and forth in the rest room, his thinking running at an unprecedented speed, his fingers unconsciously drawing complex trajectories in the air.

"Like this... that's right, that's right... although there's still a slight mismatch, it can be fully adjusted, that's right! Very good..."

Jie Ming's breathing became slightly rapid.

He sat back on the meditation mat, eyes closed, his massive mental power crazily deducing, modeling, and colliding in his sea of consciousness.

Time passed second by second.

In the rest room, there was only the energy micro-light that occasionally flowed over Jie Ming's body, as well as the complex rune structure and energy flow simulation diagram outlined by pure mental power in the void in front of him, constantly changing and disappearing.

Two days later.

When Wei Aola learned through the construct network that Jie Ming's injuries had basically healed and came excitedly to the door of his rest room.

Before pushing the door, she keenly perceived a strange fluctuation mixed with the residue of high mental activity leaking from the door crack.

She raised her eyebrows and pushed open the door.

She saw Jie Ming with his back to the door, standing in the center of the room, lost in thought while looking at a three-dimensional model composed of a large number of runes slowly rotating in the air.

The model structure was exquisite, nested layer by layer, and carried a kind of harmonious and dangerous beauty as the light flowed.

Hearing the door open, Jie Ming turned around.

Wei Aola was surprised to find that the excitement flush that hadn't completely faded remained on her junior brother's face, and a pair of eyes were shockingly bright, as if stars were burning in them.

"Junior brother?" Wei Aola walked in, closed the door behind her, and looked at him curiously, "You are... did you encounter any good things?"

Jie Ming blinked, seemingly taking half a second to fully pull his attention back to reality from the deduction in his mind.

He let out a long sigh, trying to calm his agitated mood, but the smile at the corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

"Senior sister, you're here." His voice was slightly hoarse, but full of vitality, "Nothing, just... didn't I save two people before? They gave me two technologies as a reward."

Wei Aola understood immediately: "Oh? Looks like you researched some results? The gains aren't small?"

"More than not small!" Jie Ming couldn't help but get excited again when he heard this, nodding vigorously, "Initially, I thought they were just two relatively special technologies. But after in-depth research, they... helped me solve a big problem that had troubled me for a long time!"

He faced Wei Aola, his eyes flashing with determined and confident light: "Now, the last link of my combat system has been filled!"

Wei Aola looked at Jie Ming's heartfelt excitement and confidence, was slightly stunned at first, and then laughed.

She understood this feeling too well.

On the path of a wizard, many times it is precisely those seemingly inconspicuous "low-level" knowledge from other fields that accidentally trigger inspiration and become the key piece that fills in one's own power puzzle.

"Congratulations." Wei Aola said sincerely, "Then, the complete combat system needs actual combat to test and grind, right?"

Jie Ming clenched his fists vigorously upon hearing this, his eyes cast toward the window of the rest room.

"That's right!" His voice was firm, "It just so happens that my injuries have healed, and my state has been adjusted to the best. I plan to go and accept reconnaissance missions immediately."

He looked at Wei Aola, his fighting spirit burning slightly: "I'm going out to find someone to practice with!"

(End of chapter)