Chapter 616

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Purgatory Sulfur Plane, Core Laboratory.

Jie Ming sat in front of the huge workbench, his fingers tapping the desktop unconsciously.

On the projection page spread out in front of him, it was densely packed with records about the Dao Integration Stage.

Dao Integration.

These two words represent countless legends in the Cultivation World, and also represent countless tragedies.

The so-called Dao Integration is to merge oneself with the laws of heaven and earth, letting the essence of the cultivator's existence resonate with the operating laws of the world.

Once successful, the cultivator is no longer "borrowing" the power of the laws, but "becoming" a part of the laws.

Every move and action naturally follows the will of heaven, and every word and deed conforms to the rhythm of the Great Dao.

Of course, the most important thing is that a cultivator in this state no longer needs to rely on aptitude to understand the Great Dao, but turns it into their own instinct.

But the problem is, the fusion is two-way.

While the cultivator is merging with the laws, the laws are also merging with the cultivator.

If the cultivator's will is not firm enough and their Dao heart is not stable enough, they will be assimilated by the laws, lose their self-consciousness, and become a rule force in heaven and earth without any autonomy.

This is Daoization.

Jie Ming recalled the records about the risk of Daoization in the "Great Dao Book Pavilion," and his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Those failed cases were shocking.

Most cultivators suddenly disappeared during the Dao Integration process, as if they had never existed.

They turned into the embodiment of some natural phenomenon, repeating the same laws day after day.

"Even if the Void Refinement Stage changed the life form, the risk of Daoization is still very high." Jie Ming touched his chin.

The true body of Void Refinement perfection can indeed reduce the risk of Daoization to a certain extent, but only to a certain extent.

Conversely, the risk of Daoization still exists.

Jie Ming closed the projection, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes to think.

The "Great Dao Book Pavilion" recorded various means to reduce the risk of Daoization: special elixirs, auxiliary magic tools, specific state-of-mind cultivation techniques...

He would prepare these, but he always felt it was not enough.

After all, these means are mainly aimed at cultivators who integrate with the Dao in the Cultivation World; the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, the operation mode of the laws, and the interaction mode between the cultivator and the world are all naturally adapted.

But this is the Wizarding World.

The presentation mode of the laws, the interaction logic, and even some underlying rules have subtle differences from the Cultivation World he knows.

He cannot apply the experience of the "Great Dao Book Pavilion" one hundred percent.

"I need more reference objects." Jie Ming opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the cultivation tank in the corner of the laboratory, "Preferably those creatures that are naturally integrated with world rules or have similar characteristics."

Studying their body structure, energy circulation mode, and existence form might find new ideas to reduce the risk of Daoization.

Jie Ming stood up, walked to the communication station, and called up his mission records.

As an elite combat unit, he enjoys a double rest period.

From the end of the last mission to now, it has been less than four hundred years, and his rest period is quite abundant.

But in the current situation, there is no point in resting any longer, so it is better to end it early and prepare early.

"End the rest period early." Jie Ming operated a few times on the communication station and submitted an application to the logistics department of the Nuolun Workshop.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the reply came.

"Application approved. Elite combat unit Jie Ming, the remaining time of the rest period has been cleared. You can accept missions through the magic net terminal at any time."

Jie Ming nodded, turned and lay on the comfortable sofa, his spiritual power connecting to the magic net terminal.

Various systems related to elite combat units have become extremely perfect after thousands of years of development.

Among them, in terms of the magic net, the plane recruitment of elite combat units has also become more and more standardized, and not long ago the magic net also launched an application called the Recruitment System.

He called up the recruitment interface.

A simple but information-heavy page appeared in his consciousness, on which various recruitment missions were scrolling: there were plane expansion missions released by the Federation, assistance missions applied for by various wizard forces, and private bounty missions released by high-tier wizards.

Jie Ming didn't rush to filter, but first browsed the system's documentation.

"Elite Combat Unit Recruitment System, officially launched seventy years ago..." He quickly scanned the content of the document, feeling secretly emotional in his heart.

This system went from barbaric development to the present, and it took thousands of years to truly perfect.

The earliest elite combat units were almost the "consumables" of the Federation, stuffed wherever there was a hard battle, dying if they died, and continuing to the next battle if they survived.

Later, the system was slowly improved, and rest periods, treatment standards, mission grading... were added one by one.

But the most troublesome thing about the implementation of the elite combat unit system was never the system itself, but how to let high-tier wizards know about the existence of this system.

After all, the wizard's concept of time is completely different from that of mortals.

For high-tier wizards, any casual closed-door research could be thousands or tens of thousands of years.

In this case, the difficulty of wanting to convey information like the "Elite Combat Unit Recruitment System" to the entire high-tier wizard group can be imagined.

So the elite combat unit system couldn't use this recruitment system at all very early on, and it was enough for the Star Ring Federation to directly assign missions.

The turning point appeared nearly a thousand years ago.

Jie Ming called up a public news record, which clearly wrote: "Wizard Star Fall obtained a level-one cultivation agreement by virtue of the Enlightenment Technique."

Level-one cultivation agreement.

Any wizard knows the weight of these few words.

That is the highest-level technical support policy of the Federation, meaning that the Federation will pour massive resources to support the development of this technology.

There are only a handful of technologies in history that have obtained a level-one cultivation agreement, and each one has completely changed the landscape of the wizard civilization.

This news was like a heavy bomb, causing an uproar among the upper echelons of the Wizarding World.

Countless high-tier wizards in closed-door cultivation came out one after another, wanting to figure out what the background of this technology was and why it could obtain a level-one cultivation agreement.

And after coming out, they took the opportunity to understand the changes that had occurred in the outside world over the past thousand years.

And as more and more people understood, the elite combat unit system became more and more perfect.

After all, there were suddenly more "customers."

Those high-tier wizards who came out of closed-door cultivation discovered that what they missed during their closed-door cultivation was not just news, but countless opportunities to deal with tricky problems.

Those difficult enemies, weird planes, and tricky abnormal phenomena could many times be solved directly by looking for elite combat units.

The recruitment system truly started running at that time.

Jie Ming withdrew his thoughts and began to set search conditions.

"Target type: plane-level abnormal creature... law fusion characteristics... energy level above level five... mission type: private bounty or Federation recruitment..."

He entered a long string of conditions and then clicked search.

The result came out almost instantly.

Zero.

Jie Ming sighed, not too surprised.

The kind of creature he wanted that was naturally integrated with world rules was extremely rare, and with various condition restrictions, it was normal not to find it.

After all, before this, the similar creature Jie Ming encountered was that "Fungus Lord."

But a rule creature of the Fungus Lord's level was too dangerous, so it was better to have a lower level.

He didn't close the page, but locked his spiritual power on the refresh button and began to refresh continuously.

The missions on the recruitment system were not released all at once.

High-tier wizards could release new bounties at any time, and the logistics department of the Federation would also release new recruitment missions from time to time.

Sometimes if you are lucky, a new mission will appear the moment you refresh.

Jie Ming kept refreshing like this, and by the way, split a part of his attention to pay attention to other released missions.

An hour passed.

Two hours.

Five hours.

Jie Ming didn't change his expression, his spiritual power steadily executing the refresh operation.

This level of repetitive operation was no burden to him.

Ten hours later, a red prompt box suddenly jumped out next to the refresh key.

New mission.

Jie Ming's spiritual power almost instinctively exploded, instantly capturing the newly appeared information.

"Private bounty: released by level-eight wizard 'Void Weaver' Auston. Mission target: assist in dealing with a plane law abnormality. Required quota: 1000 elite combat units. Reward: negotiable."

Level-eight wizard.

Jie Ming was a bit excited when he saw this.

After the recruitment system expanded, many high-tier wizards also released missions on it, but the ones truly worth noting were still the missions of level-eight wizards.

After all, a level-eight existence is already one of the people standing at the top of the pyramid in this world, and the private bounty they release definitely has a high gold content.

And the keyword "law abnormality"...

He quickly clicked on the mission details and scanned the plane description.

"The target plane has a large number of native creatures deeply integrated with world rules, with energy levels ranging from level three to level six. One of my 'Miniature Glazed Gardens' was also affected by these rule creatures due to improper operation, and needs to be cleaned up in time..."

Jie Ming's heartbeat accelerated by a beat.

Native creatures deeply integrated with laws.

Isn't this the reference object he wanted?

He didn't hesitate, his spiritual power directly slammed into the "Apply" button at the bottom of the mission interface.

At the same time, he could feel countless strands of spiritual power also surging toward that button at the same instant; clearly, other elite combat units that were refreshing also saw this mission.

There were only 1,000 quotas.

And the number of applicants far exceeded this number.

Jie Ming's spiritual power exploded with astonishing speed at this moment.

His reaction speed and concentration far exceeded conventional level-five wizards—in fact, after multiple reinforcements and technique blessings, his nerve reaction speed was no less than that of a level-six existence.

His consciousness was like a bolt of lightning, touching the application button among all competitors along with the first batch of other applicants with the fastest speed.

The system feedback came almost simultaneously.

"Application successful. You have obtained a mission quota. Mission details and assembly coordinates have been sent to your private channel."

Jie Ming opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

1,000 quotas, he grabbed one.

He stood up, stretched his shoulders, and walked toward the exit of the laboratory.

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