[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero":3,"chapter-wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-chapter-142":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Wizard: Building a Golem Legion From Zero",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},722196,961,"Chapter 142 - 139: The Mechanical Realm","wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>The sound wasn’t coming from a single direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was coming from all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beneath his feet, from deep within the earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KLANG... KLANG... RUMBLE—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the sound of tens of thousands of gears, stirring back to life after eons of slumber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Ancient Golem Factory began to vibrate faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a colossal beast of steel, asleep for a millennium, was slowly awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Allen, it sounded no different from death’s tolling bell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen decisively activated the Flash Scroll he had been clutching tightly in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The life-saving trump card, worth five hundred Magic Stones, instantly dissolved into a swirl of distorted light that enveloped him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWISH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space warped for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, Allen’s figure had already left the secret chamber. Without a backward glance, he continued to sprint for the exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he issued a command through his Spiritual Power network:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units! Full-speed retreat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one-armed PX-0 followed behind Allen with heavy strides. The other Spider Slayers abandoned the parts they were sorting and retreated toward the factory entrance like a receding tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Allen’s foot was about to cross the threshold of the Golem Factory’s main gate, something strange happened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the factory, in the open space he had used as a dumping ground for his spoils, a black metal obelisk he had seen while scavenging but ignored due to its lack of Magic Power fluctuations, suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An invisible wave began to emanate slowly from the obelisk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expression on the rapidly sprinting Allen’s face changed abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the Magic Power inside his body suddenly become as heavy and sluggish as mercury, difficult to command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[DSeek! Ambient Magic Power activity is rapidly decreasing... Magic Power inertness at 10%... 20%... 50%!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assessment: Anti-Magic Field-like effect generating! Factory area is no longer suitable for spellcasting!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Anti-Magic Field! The nightmarish environment that Wizards hated most!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such an environment, unless one was a Bloodline Wizard specializing in physical enhancement, other Wizards were no different from toothless tigers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen and his legion of Mechanical Bodies ran out of the factory gates. Feeling the surrounding Magic Power become active again, he couldn’t help but feel a wave of lingering fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had hesitated for even a moment just now, he would have been like a fish in a barrel, unable to even activate his Flash Scroll!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ZAP! ZAP!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any warning, two familiar rays of energy suddenly blasted toward the towering PX-0!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened so suddenly that PX-0 had no time to assume a defensive stance. Two small holes were instantly melted into its back armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen whipped his head around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the factory entrance, the two Spider Slayers responsible for covering the rear staggered out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their movements seemed strange, as stiff as string puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Target identified: Friendly unit, Spider Slayer 04, 05.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Logical conflict! Requesting command!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PX-0 couldn’t understand why its comrades-in-arms would suddenly turn on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Mercer’s warning flashed through Allen’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment you discover any ’inexplicable, bizarre behavior’ from your Golems... immediately, right away, sever the connection!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They no longer belong to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s... a logical virus!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s that Anti-Magic Field! The field is mixed with a logical virus capable of tampering with their Control Cores!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t dare try to regain control through his spiritual link; his master’s warning still echoed in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units, lock onto the two rogue machines at the factory entrance! Concentrate fire and destroy them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twelve Spider Slayers that had escaped with him didn’t hesitate for a second, instantly aiming their cannons at their two \"comrades\" at the factory entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mechanical bodies were pierced, torn apart, and burst into showers of sparks under the concentrated fire, quickly becoming a pile of scrap metal billowing black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiong Da!\" Allen, still uneasy, ordered, \"Finish them with another shot! Melt them into molten iron!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen’s command was unhesitating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although PX-0’s logic was in disarray, it had no choice but to execute the command from Allen, its highest-authority user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Divine Punishment\" main cannon on its chest began to charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick beam of destruction erupted forth once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two wrecks were utterly obliterated in the explosion, leaving not even a scrap behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Good... good thing I ran fast!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen broke out in a cold sweat. If he and all his Golems had stayed in that field a moment longer and PX-0 had also turned, he probably would have met his end here today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This is no place to linger.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back to the academy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The airship landed in the academy square. Allen didn’t return to his own workshop, instead heading straight for Master Mercer’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the office, Master Mercer was sitting at his desk, studying the mechanical parts laid out before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Allen enter with a grave expression, he looked up and raised an eyebrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back so soon? A good haul?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen skipped the pleasantries, his voice tinged with lingering fear. \"I think... I may have found the logical virus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer’s hand froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ancient Golem Factory.\" Allen recounted his experience in detail, from finding the notebook to hearing the gears, and then to the obelisk’s activation and the Golems’ betrayal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was very thorough, not even omitting the obelisk’s color or the sensation of the wave it emitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer listened quietly, his expression growing more and more serious as Allen spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Allen finished, Mercer finally spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did very well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To decisively abandon the infected units under those circumstances, and to not attempt to re-establish a link—your response was correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This praise, however, did little to ease Allen’s tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, that obelisk... and the ’Mechanical Realm’ mentioned in the notebook... what are they, exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was what he was most concerned about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most terrifying enemy is an unknown one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer was silent for a moment, seemingly organizing his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you ever heard of a ’meme’?\" he asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen nodded. He had a vague understanding of the concept from the internet in his past life, and in this world, Master Mercer had also mentioned it before—it was a Legendary Witchcraft of the Mind School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A logical virus is a type of meme that targets ’Mechanical Bodies’.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer continued slowly, \"And that obelisk—we call it a ’Logical Beacon.’ It’s a base station for transmitting the meme.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the ’Mechanical Realm’ you mentioned... the logical virus flows from there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer’s gaze grew complicated, even revealing a hint of... apprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is a real plane of existence, a world composed of pure physical laws and absolute logic. There is no life, no emotion, not even Magic Power—only cold gears, precise programs, and eternal operation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That plane seems to be conscious... It has been ’expanding’ since two epochs ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It continuously ’watches’ our Magic Worlds, searching for Mechanical Bodies with sufficiently high logical purity. Then, through a ’Logical Beacon,’ it extends an invitation to assimilate them, making them a part of the Mechanical Realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Several such incidents still occur each year in the planes governed by Wizards. However, that’s a headache for the powerful. It is said the Mystic Code Council has already taken measures to deal with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mercer concluded, \"For now, the Mechanical Realm poses almost no threat to other schools, but it is a great enemy to our School of Alchemy. However, you don’t need to worry too much. As long as your Golems still have souls, they won’t draw its attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will handle what comes next. Since your Level 3 Golem is complete, you should focus on your training and advance to an Official Wizard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1280,"2026-06-02T10:46:12.852Z",1,"novelbin.me","8f6cf314174eb21942f2df1d99e778adb68be608fbde8abcc0351bb603e683a4","wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-chapter-143","wizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-chapter-141",201,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-building-a-golem-legion-from-zero-cover.jpg"]