Chapter 553: Mission

Jie Ming stood on the spot, watching those high-tier wizard figures disappear rapidly everywhere in the Ship Plane.

In the distance, the roaring sound of energy disorder still came, as well as the exclamations and roars of wizards in other areas.

It looked like the scope of the attack just now was wider than he had imagined.

"The expeditionary army shouldn't have encountered this scale of invasion before."

Jie Ming withdrew his gaze, analyzing quickly in his heart.

If this had happened before, the Ship Plane's defense couldn't have reacted so flusteredly.

Those high-tier wizards wouldn't have rushed to support until now.

And the time they encountered the attack was also too coincidental.

This meant...

Those information creatures had premeditated this time.

Jie Ming looked down at his hand, as if a wisp of gorgeous mist still lingered on his fingertips.

That was accidentally contaminated by the Incense Poison just now; it had been cleaned up by the Fate system, but that strange aura still made him remember it vividly. "Why is the effect of Incense Poison so good?"

Jie Ming frowned.

The essence of Incense Poison was just garbage information formed by the mixture of evil thoughts, obsessions, and resentments of billions of living beings.

In terms of complexity, it was indeed higher than ordinary information turbulence, but weren't the creatures of the information plane best at processing information?

Just a pile of garbage data, was it worth such an intense reaction?

To be honest, Jie Ming used Incense Poison more just to vent his anger and disgust the other side.

But judging from the other side's reaction, it was a bit too intense.

"Interesting."

Jie Ming kept this question in his heart, deciding to study it in depth when he had the chance later.

But now was not the time to think.

He turned and walked toward the core area of the camp.

Along the way, there were busy wizards everywhere.

Some were repairing damaged

Jie Ming extended his spiritual power and began helping to repair the tampered runes.

His attainments in alchemy and runology were not low, so repairing runes was a task he could handle with ease.

One by one, the chaotic runes were straightened out by him, and those energy circuits that had been flashing wildly gradually stabilized.

This kept him busy for the better part of a day.

When all the magic arrays finally returned to normal, Jie Ming stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff neck.

Then he heard a number that made him frown.

"Another three thousand seven hundred Silencers."

A wizard responsible for the statistics reported this number with a grim expression.

Jie Ming glanced at the newly added medical pods at the edge of the camp—the quantity was practically dense.

The wizards lying on them were breathing steadily with calm expressions, but everyone knew that it was impossible for them to wake up in the short term. The atmosphere became unusually solemn.

Just then, a wave of pressure descended from the sky.

A Level 6 wizard hovered in mid-air, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"From now on, all probing actions must be conducted within the designated areas."

He raised his hand and swept it through the air, unfolding a huge light screen marked with a detailed map of the Ship Plane.

Several red circles were marked, scattered throughout the Ship Plane.

"These areas will be equipped with specialized defensive magic arrays. Anyone who wants to continue probing can only release cannon fodder units within these areas. The arrays will isolate signals the moment they encounter an intrusion to prevent another incident like today's."

After speaking, the figure of this high-tier wizard disappeared.

Jie Ming looked at those red circles and found that one of them was not far from his current location.

At the same time, Jie Ming's magic net terminal also received a mission regarding the construction of the relevant magic arrays.

Without a word, he flew directly toward that direction.

By the time he arrived, many wizards were already busy there.

Runes were being carved on the ground, and massive energy nodes were being erected.

After landing, Jie Ming immediately joined them.

He led several Black Giant priests and began to set up the defensive structures he excelled at within that area.

While busy, a wizard suddenly walked up to him.

"Lord Jie Ming? Lord Martin requests your presence."

Jie Ming looked up, somewhat surprised.

He handed his current work over to the Black Giant priests and left with the wizard.

Passing through several temporarily erected energy barriers, Jie Ming was brought to a relatively quiet area.

Martin stood in front, his back to him, looking at the huge black crack in the distance.

"You're here?"

Martin turned around, a rare, faint smile appearing on his face.

"Wizard Martin..."

"No need for formalities." He raised his hand to stop Jie Ming from bowing. "Clark and I have some history, so you can just call me senior."

Jie Ming nodded: "Senior Martin."

Martin looked at Jie Ming with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

"You did well in that attack just now."

Jie Ming did not act humble, just listened quietly.

Martin continued: "I noticed your method for enhancing computational power. It not only helps you resist intrusion but can also easily connect to the computational systems of other wizards."

Jie Ming's heart stirred.

He roughly understood why Martin had sought him out.

"Can this method be popularized?"

Martin asked straightforwardly.

"If more wizards could possess this ability, we could stack everyone's computational power together. When that time comes, we won't be as passive as we were today when facing those information-based lifeforms."

Upon hearing this, Jie Ming thought quickly in his mind.

Popularizing the Fate System... it was indeed feasible.

In fact, the difficulty was not high; without needing the core technology, he only needed to set up receiving altars at key nodes and grant wizards within a specific range temporary access to use part of the Fate System's computational power.

The benefits of doing this were obvious.

Wizards advocate equivalent exchange; although this "Heart of Ash" Martin did not explain in detail, Jie Ming knew very well that if he could solve this problem, he would certainly receive many rewards.

Things like various intelligence, low-level military merits, materials, and so on went without saying; he might even obtain high-level military merits.

Secondly...

Jie Ming couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

The Fate System was only initially constructed; to continue improving, it needed constant algorithm updates and architectural optimization.

And when those wizards borrowed the Fate System's computational power, their algorithm logic, usage habits, processing methods, and algorithm choices when dealing with various situations would all be silently recorded by the Fate System.

In other words...

The more people who used it, the more the Fate System would learn.

"I can."

Jie Ming looked up, meeting Martin's gaze.

"However, it will take some time to set up."

Martin nodded: "If you need any resources, just ask."

"I will arrange a batch of Level 6 logistics wizards to assist you."

Jie Ming: "Yes!"

The two exchanged a few more details about the setup, and then Jie Ming took his leave.

By the time he returned to the red circle area, more than a dozen Level 6 wizards were already waiting there.

"Lord Jie Ming, Lord Martin sent us to assist you."

The leading female wizard bowed respectfully.

Jie Ming nodded, skipped the pleasantries, and began assigning tasks directly.

"An altar needs to be built here. This is the general structure and the required materials; find people to build it."

"You few, be responsible for building the energy nodes."

Soon, this area became a hive of activity.