Chapter 549: Intelligence

Jie Ming stepped back a few paces after checking the wizard before him, making room for the wizard beside him.

Retiring to the side of the chair he had made with alchemy, Jie Ming did not sit down.

His gaze swept over the silenced wizards on the stretchers around him, finally landing on the pure white perfect sphere in the sky.

He was mainly concerned about another problem in his heart now.

If the record just now was correct, it was "Heart of Ash" Martin who led the high-tier wizards to invade this plane first, and the Level 7 Wizards and Level 6 Wizards also fell into the trap one after another.

Even Level 7 Wizards fell into the trap.

Was this plane really something that wizards of their level could touch?

Obviously, he wasn't the only one thinking about this problem.

The elite wizards around who had reacted now had expressions that had changed from initial excitement to solemnity.

Some were talking in low voices, some were frowning and deep in thought, and some were staring at those silenced wizards without saying a word.

The voice of "Heart of Ash" Martin sounded again, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

"We haven't fully figured out the operating logic of this kind of attack yet," he paused. "But one thing is certain: according to the feedback from survivors, the attack intensity borne by wizards of different levels is different."

A data analysis chart appeared on the light screen behind him.

"Subsequent research speculates that the intensity of this attack depends on the amount of information on the target. The so-called amount of information is speculated to be positively correlated with every wizard's strength, means, knowledge level, etc. The more information carried, the stronger the attack received. Conversely, as long as the information processing capability breaks through a certain threshold, one can resist this attack."

Jie Ming frowned slightly.

Amount of information?

He subconsciously thought of his internal cave heaven, and the Fate system that had just been built and was always in contact with him. The internal cave heaven stored five hundred Level 6 Black Giant priests, as well as automated factories, Level 5 elemental pools, and even the Level 7 Black Giant leader Rong Shan—do these count as "information"?

The Fate system was in connection with him at all times; would it also be counted as part of the information, and would it attract a stronger attack? "Should... be able to hold on... right?"

Jie Ming muttered to himself, but his tone wasn't particularly certain.

The information processing capability of the Fate system was indeed strong, but after all, it was just a speculation, and the attack intensity of the enemy was not determined.

If the other side counted the Purgatory Sulfur Plane as part of the "amount of information" through his connection with the Incense God Dao... Jie Ming had no bottom in his heart. He sighed.

If only this Level 8 Wizard "Heart of Ash" Martin could test it himself.

Unfortunately...

Jie Ming looked at the Level 8 Wizard Martin floating in mid-air, knowing clearly in his heart that this was unrealistic.

It wasn't to say that "Heart of Ash" Martin was arrogant and unwilling to assist.

In terms of researching the unknown, the attitude of every wizard was the same.

The point was that "Heart of Ash" Martin couldn't help even if he wanted to.

It was very obvious from the images recorded earlier that the Level 8 Wizard's "Law Solidification" ability made him naturally immune to this attack. But the problem was right here.

Level 8 Wizards were too strong, so strong that many attacks fatal to low-level wizards were like a breeze to them, and because of the Law Solidification ability, they couldn't even perceive them.

So they couldn't judge the specific intensity of this attack, nor could they test out the defense threshold for low-level wizards.

This was also why, in many cases, plane wars were not led by high-tier wizards entering the field, but by low-tier wizards going first.

On one hand, it was to avoid letting powerful auras stimulate the enemy, forcing the other side to be driven to a corner and directly detonate the plane origin to self-destruct.

On the other hand, it was the current situation.

Let low-tier wizards step on the pits, and high-tier wizards could observe, analyze, and find countermeasures from behind.

The analysis capability of high-tier wizards was definitely stronger than that of low-tier wizards; if anything happened, under such an arrangement, the possibility of low-tier wizards being saved would actually be higher.

Jie Ming withdrew his thoughts and continued to listen to Martin's introduction.

On the light screen behind him, a new image began to play.

A team of high-tier wizards advanced in the pure white light sea; the entire information plane seemed to have no physical matter, only such an endless light.

That light sea looked gentle, but Jie Ming knew that it was this seemingly harmless environment that caused over one hundred thousand of the expeditionary army to fall into a trap.

In the image, the wizards soon encountered the target.

Those were several creatures composed of light—their bodies were constantly squirming, without a fixed form, like some kind of condensation of light. They swam in the light sea, and after noticing the wizards approaching, they took the initiative to greet them.

The battle broke out instantly.

To be precise, it was a one-sided slaughter.

The spells released by the high-tier wizards hit those light creatures, and the other side's body instantly disintegrated into countless light spots, dissipating in the air. After the battle ended, there was absolutely no war loot: no corpses, no soul residues, not even energy residues.

The image switched, and Martin took action himself.

The Level 8 Wizard's power instantly enveloped a light creature, attempting to imprison and capture it.

That creature struggled in the imprisonment for a few seconds, then actively dissipated.

Jie Ming, seeing this, his expression sank.

A Level 8 Wizard taking action must have considered everything comprehensively; if it were an ordinary creature, it wouldn't even be able to commit suicide.

But the situation of these creatures in the information plane meant that it could perhaps choose to "exist" or "not exist."

The image on the light screen froze.

"Dissection, soul extraction, bloodline purification," Martin's voice was calm, but the content of his words made the hearts of all the wizards present sink. "These means we are proud of have all failed here."

Jie Ming narrowed his eyes.

No corpses, no souls, no research samples available.

This meant that conventional parsing means were completely ineffective.

The image continued to play.

This time it was a low-tier wizard team fighting.

The light creature opposite them released some kind of attack—no, not released, but "perturbed."

The spells released by those wizards, whether fireballs, ice cones, or energy rays, or some unique spells, all disintegrated silently in mid-air.

It was like the spell model constituting these spells was tampered with, and then they lost the foundation of their existence.

A chill rose behind Jie Ming's back.

This kind of combat method...

"Speculated to be a perturbation of underlying information, thereby affecting reality," Martin's voice sounded at the right time. "Our spells, from constructing the spell model to release, are essentially multiple transformations of the information layer, energy layer, and material layer. If the enemy can take action directly at the information layer, our spells are destroyed before they even form."

The scene was silent.

Jie Ming quickly deduced in his mind.

If this were really the case, then most of his conventional means would fail.

Energy attacks would be disintegrated, material attacks would be tampered with, and even defense might be directly erased by the other side from the information layer.

The image was still continuing.

This time it was the action of a Fate-system wizard.

In the image, a Level 6 Fate wizard fully activated the Law, attempting to interfere with the "fate trajectory" of those light creatures.

And then...

Large swaths of garbled code appeared on the light screen.

Those garbled codes spread like a virus infection, the originally clear image became fragmented, and finally went completely black.

"The enemy's ability to manipulate information far exceeds our Fate-system wizards," Martin said. "Our interference reaches them, only to be processed by some kind of algorithm, turning into garbled code."

Jie Ming took a deep breath.

This was no longer a tricky problem.

This was completely unable to take action!

Martin finally finished introducing all the intelligence.

He waved his hand, and beams of light flew from his hands, precisely sinking into the Magic Net terminal of every wizard present.

"More detailed intelligence has been sent to you," Martin's voice remained calm. "The legion will not launch an attack for the time being. Your mission is also very simple: find a way to break the situation as much as possible; any idea can be tried."

After speaking, his figure disappeared on the spot.

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, then instantly became lively.

Wizards checked their Magic Net terminals one after another; some discussed in low voices, some frowned and thought, and some sat cross-legged and began to deduce. Jie Ming also opened his Magic Net terminal.

The light screen popped up, and an extremely detailed intelligence appeared before his eyes.

Not only did it contain the content Martin just introduced, but also the specific process of each team encountering the enemy, time, location, and even what spells each wizard released at the time, and what the enemy's reaction was.

Jie Ming looked through it carefully, one line after another.

He watched very slowly, stopping to ponder over key information.

Two hours later, he finally looked up, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

The intelligence revealed two key points.

First, the four basic elements could still produce effective damage to the enemy.

Fire, wind, water, earth—these four elements were the cornerstone of the wizard world.

Not just matter and energy, even things like time, space, and causality were all composed of the four elements when traced back to the source.

The other side could indeed destroy spells by affecting the information of the spell model, but if the information complexity of the spell model itself exceeded the enemy's short-term computing power limit, it could indeed be released—just like those high-tier wizards.

And for low-tier wizards, they could also choose to directly mobilize the four elements.

Although the output multiplier was relatively low, it could still cause considerable damage to the enemy.

Jie Ming was lost in thought.

If there was a chance, he could try to see if the Li Fire Extinction Divine Light could be useful.

Second point, information manipulation-type means were also effective.

This point could be seen from the encounter of those Fate-system wizards.

They did indeed fail, but the reason for failure was not that the means were ineffective, but that they "couldn't compete."

The enemy's ability to manipulate information was stronger, so they could turn their interference into garbled code.

But what if, conversely, the information manipulation capability was stronger than the enemy's?

He subconsciously looked at the altar in the internal cave heaven.

Jie Ming knew very well in his heart that he didn't necessarily have to rely on the Fate system to solve the enemy; he could completely use the Fate system to protect himself, and then use the violent output of the four elements to solve the problem.

Jie Ming turned off the Magic Net terminal and looked up at the perfect white sphere in the sky.

The wizards around were still discussing, and some had already begun to form teams to discuss the next action plan. ===== CHAPTER 550 =====