Chapter 908
Summer Prosperity and the Concept of Atavism
Chapter 908 Summer Prosperity and the Concept of Atavism
Locke was deep in thought. The Russell Throne had only shown him the basic data of the Golden Spell. To obtain the subsequent data, he would need to reach some kind of agreement.
For every gain, there must be a sacrifice.
The key question is, is it really necessary to obtain this golden curse?
Locke recalled the golden spell once again. The main idea of this spell was to utilize the unchanging nature of gold. Other magical powers always rise and fall, changing unpredictably, but the power of gold magic is constant. By strengthening this characteristic of "constant gold nature", it is possible to summon the gold magic power hidden in the magical plant.
The overall framework is complete and will definitely have an effect on the magical plants.
The key issue is that to strengthen this aspect of the golden magic of constant gold, it is necessary to obtain the sun's trajectory at the boundary between darkness and light over hundreds of years.
Moreover, taking the past data is useless; we need to obtain the latest operational trajectory from the last few hundred years.
Two trajectories appeared in Locke's mind: one was the trajectory of the sun at the boundary between day and night in the past, and the other was the trajectory of the sun at the boundary between day and night in the present.
When the two trajectories overlap, it is the moment when eternal power descends and awakens ancient golden magic.
This can also be interpreted as sacrificing future changes to reinforce the unchanging aspects of the past.
Therefore, the key points are twofold: first, the trajectory of the sun at the boundary between day and night; and second, it must be the current trajectory of the sun.
That means we need to collect the data again.
As Locke pondered, he suddenly frowned, for the sun in his mind vanished, replaced by the landscape of the boundary between light and shadow that he saw from his wizard airship.
Locke looked at Russell's throne with a strange expression and asked, "Your Majesty, in the distant past, was the boundary between light and darkness located on the sun?"
A look of surprise appeared on Russell's face.
"You can actually see this illusion."
“I don’t know. I am also a third-circle wizard who has grown up in the last thousand years. That history is too far away. This illusion... I can also see it, but I don’t know if it’s real or not, or rather, I don’t know its specific meaning.”
Locke lowered his head in thought. If the Wizarding Land at the Boundary between Darkness and Light wasn't even on the ground, then its current location wasn't in its ancient position at all.
At least not all of them are there.
Locke thought about it more and more and felt that the boundary between darkness and light in ancient times was probably not on the sun, but in the sky, because the current location of the Star Sea is also the highest point in the entire eastern boundary region.
Because it is too high, and lacks the kind of gradual increase in magical tide concentration that was envisioned in the Starfield Sea, with wizarding lands as steps, it is now extremely difficult to travel to the Starfield Sea.
This is not just a matter of planar distance, but also a matter of vertical space.
The Starfield Sea and other Wizarding Lands may appear close together on a flat map, but in reality, the height difference between them is extremely large on a three-dimensional map.
So the former boundary between darkness and light must have been located at a very high position.
At this moment, a stone pillar suddenly fell from the sky in the old corridor. It was seen that in this corridor made of spirit macros, old spirit macros were connected to each other, and then a new spirit macro was formed. That spirit macro summoned a large number of spirit macros to gather, and then formed a special spirit macro stone pillar.
The stone pillar was a giant eye with a bunch of mechanical gears on its back, and Locke took a closer look at it.
The stone pillar quickly crumbled into pieces, revealing the golden brilliance within, transforming into a pure gold pillar.
The mechanical gears inside the mechanical eye of this pillar are still turning.
Locke said, "Could new things related to golden magic from the boundary between darkness and light appear in this corridor of the past?"
Russell said, “Indeed. But only those things that are truly qualified can be displayed in this corridor.”
"It seems that the alchemist geniuses in the border area between darkness and light have invented another special symbol that can represent golden magic."
Locke looked toward the Russell Throne, wanting to decline the invitation.
The reason is simple: although he hasn't fully figured out the direction for his special grant application, using golden magic to enhance atavism sounds good, but like the magic plant crystallization technology, it's something someone else told him about—something that sounds good.
Therefore, for me, the difference between the two is not significant.
I am still thinking about how to further improve the atavism and create a more perfect atavism, rather than the current atavism that feels so cobbled together.
Once it's created, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to one's Evolution Moon and even the Tree of Prosperity.
Locke pondered, as the Moon of Evolution and the Tree of Prosperity appeared simultaneously behind him.
Atavism is an evolutionary mode that can rival surging evolution, but its perfection is not yet sufficient in my own hands!
If this can be completed, it might allow one to forge their immense magic to a new level.
At the same time, evolution and prosperity are like the relationship between vertical and horizontal dimensions.
The flourishing of the Tree of Prosperity in spring is built upon the first type of Mysterian power, which drives the cycle of the four seasons, resulting in an extreme abundance of energy. Each cycle not only fails to reduce energy but actually enhances it.
Within this cycle, a miraculous vision of the Three Holes World is inserted into the cycle of the four seasons, stopping the cycle in spring, thus creating the prosperity of spring, that is, eternal spring.
This is also why his own body failed to create the Tree of Prosperity in the Three Caves World using the power of the four seasons and the power of Mister.
Because when I used the power of Mister to simulate the four seasons, I forgot that in some regions, the four seasons are not distinct, but rather a single season prevails.
His own half realized that he could not understand the truth of the prosperity of the four seasons by directly starting from the overall picture of the four seasons according to his own ideas.
Therefore, he decided to start with spring. He combined the dimensional response system of the three worlds to create a miracle of spring, using the image of the miracle to keep the cycle of the four seasons in spring and create eternal prosperity.
It's not about keeping the cycle of the four seasons forever in spring.
Rather, in the process of maintaining the energy cycle of the four seasons, each moment of the cycle presents the generative power and prosperous attributes of spring.
This was originally difficult to do, but his own half spent more than a thousand years figuring out how to use the principles of the completed Investiture of the Gods in the Three Caves World to create a miracle singularity, and thus accomplished this.
If there are only four seasons, how can it be called a tree of prosperity?
It is precisely the prosperous scene of the Three Caverns World without gods that redefines the season of spring, enabling every moment of the energy cycle to maintain a state of spring prosperity.
Of course, having only one season is unreasonable; this is merely a preliminary step in the pursuit of a truly perfect four-season prosperity.
Because of its unique dimensional characteristics, the Three Cavern Plane has only one season—spring. However, based on the results of my own investigation, the total biomass of plants in the Three Cavern Plane has not exceeded the total biomass of plants in the wizarding world, which has four distinct seasons, despite the eternal spring.
This shows that eternal spring is not true prosperity.
Locke closed his eyes, and countless phantoms of golden magic flowed past him. In this place, his supernatural abilities seemed to be pushed to their limit.
His superhuman intuition is a bloodline ability of the World-Destroying Dragon.
At this moment, the Golden School's foundation at the boundary between darkness and light is so powerful, and he is standing on the corridor of the past. Therefore, Locke's super intuition is so strong at this moment.
He immediately realized that the moment when he fully completed the atavism equivalent to the Moon Cultivation Method and unearthed the Summer Prosperity of the Tree of Prosperity would be the moment when his great magic was forged a second time.
He himself will become a Star Ring Wizard.
Therefore, the special funding should either focus on ancestral evolution or on the prosperity of the Xia Dynasty.
Furthermore, the atavism seems to be somehow related to the prosperity of the Xia Dynasty.
Just as Locke was about to explicitly refuse Russell's throne, Russell's throne suddenly waved its hand, and the spirit of the mechanical eye on the golden pillar materialized and appeared in front of Locke.
"There are some things I want to confirm again," said Throne Russell. "Also, you need a deeper understanding of golden magic before you make your choice."
"This golden structure might help you recognize the golden magic more easily."
Russell Throne whispered an incantation, and instantly countless golden magical energies converged into the beholder construct. Laws constructed from golden magic entered the construct, transforming into strands of gold, assisting the golden beholder construct in materializing.
The three-headed golden retriever, not far away, silently stood up and moved away from its original position.
The three-headed dog glanced sideways at Russell's throne and thought, "Lord Russell... is still the same as before."
At this moment, after being enhanced by some kind of golden holy magic, the golden-eyed demon construct was transformed from its original spiritual form into a real, physical entity.
The countless gears inside the construct turned, and a [Golden Sight] spell, modified from the second-circle spell model [Powerful Petrification Spell], shot towards Locke.
Locke immediately summoned a Golden Eye Grass to shield himself, but the next moment, the eye grass turned into a piece of gold after being illuminated by that gaze.
Locke looked toward Russell's throne.
The Russell Throne smiled and said, “Rest assured, all the battles that took place in the Corridor of the Past only occurred within the Spirit Realm. They did not exist in reality. You are not in mortal danger, nor have you suffered any financial loss. I am the Grand Judge of the Boundary Between Darkness and Light; I know the law.”
"I won't do anything illegal."
Locke was immediately relieved. He also wanted to test the depth of the golden eye demon's construct. Suddenly, a four-winged, large-leafed dragon bird appeared behind him, rotating around the golden eye demon's construct. Immediately, the mechanical gears inside the golden eye demon started turning, continuously firing the [Golden Vision Spell] outwards.
A golden gaze spun in place, and the moment it touched the corridor of the past, it turned everything in that corridor into gold.
"Hmm? This is..."
As Locke circled the construct, he prepared to wait for it to recharge or stop attacking, so he could seize the opportunity to counterattack.
This so-called new symbol of the boundary between light and darkness, yet another product of the alchemists' genius class, I myself have the desire to confront it.
Fighting these constructs is equivalent to understanding their structure, and understanding their structure is understanding the designers' thinking.
By engaging with these ideas, you can accumulate your own insights.
Locke paused for a moment. As he flew around the construct, a question suddenly occurred to him: the special nature of gold magic caused the gold element to remain unchanged.
Therefore, the energy output of a normal object fluctuates, but the construct created by the golden magic... does not. Multiple waveforms reappeared in Locke's mind. These waveforms overlapped with each other, their peaks and troughs overlapping and canceling each other out, becoming eternal.
Golden Magic possesses the characteristic of continuous and stable output.
“Permanent defensive force field… This is a characteristic of the permanent defensive force field. These constructs contain extremely sophisticated golden magic, and they also have the characteristic of being permanent.”
Locke immediately realized that the technology of the permanent defensive field used by first-ring wizards naturally contained some core elements of golden magic.
In other words, all wizards receive the gift of golden magic when they become first-ring wizards.
'Boom~'
The four-winged Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow behind Locke was swept into a corner, and from that corner onwards, the entire Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow turned into gold.
'Oops. '
Locke was immediately knocked down.
The gear structure inside the golden construct of the Eye Demon immediately began to rotate and change, fine-tuning and transforming the spell model of Golden Vision.
That beam of golden light was instantly transformed into countless scattered golden rays of light, which locked onto him and attacked him.
The next moment, Locke took out the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow from his Astral Ring.
During his fall, he suddenly soared upwards, avoiding all visual attacks.
The speed of the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow far surpasses that of the Four-Winged Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow. Therefore, those golden gazes were unable to keep up with Locke's speed and collided with each other, being completely annihilated in the air.
The gears inside the eyeball of the golden construct of the eye demon turned, and then it immediately changed the spell model structure of the golden gaze, and began to fine-tune it. The golden gaze continued to disperse into smaller ray-type attacks, locking onto Locke's aura and constantly attacking Locke.
'I see. This bewitching construct is essentially a special kind of golem. It's probably some kind of war machine, at least a tactical weapon of the second ring.'
'It possesses the power to instantly suppress the enemy on the battlefield and turn the tide of battle. This golem is most unique in two ways: first, the entire golem is a born demonic eye, capable of locking onto an enemy's aura, analyzing their movement trajectory, and actively modifying its internal spell model based on the enemy's state.'
'I estimate that it has many internal functional modules, so it can adjust these modules according to different situations to actively modify its main attack method, the [Golden Gaze Spell].'
'The second characteristic is that it's a permanent construct. While I don't know how it's achieved, it should be something only golden magic could accomplish.'
Locke took out the Araceae plant Pinellia ternata, chanted a spell, and used the Summer Grass Firework spell. Instantly, a magical spark appeared and rolled towards the golden construct of the Eye Demon.
The golden construct of the Eye Demon immediately adjusted its spell model, and a golden gaze pierced through the sparks of the spell model, turning them into gold.
The next moment, Locke appeared behind the Eye Demon construct, holding a second-ring sea gold sand in his hand. The second-ring sea gold sand transformed into a golden fern spear, about to pierce it.
At this critical moment, the eye demon actually rotated in place by turning its internal gear mechanism, shifting the direction of its gaze and looking directly at Locke himself.
"Hmm? This beholder's fighting style is very flexible."
"Is the area where darkness and light meet heading towards alchemy?"
The golden-eyed demon unleashed a massive beam of golden light from its pupils, attacking Locke.
It had anticipated that Locke would suddenly appear behind it and attack it, so it set up a trap in advance, waiting for Locke to appear behind it and attack it with the golden ray.
Just as the golden magic was about to hit Locke, the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow behind Locke suddenly unleashed a burst of dragon fire. He instantly and swiftly shifted to the left, dodging the attack.
Upon seeing this, the Russell Throne nodded slightly, acknowledging that the Great Crying Dragon Sparrow's movement speed was indeed very fast.
This speed even exceeds the adaptability of the Golden-Eyed Demon construct.
This meant that no matter how many modules the Golden-Eyed Demon Construct was replaced, it could not keep up with Locke.
The Golden-Eyed Demon construct, through the meshing and rotation of its internal gears, looked at Locke and launched a new attack. But at that moment, Locke's pupils suddenly dilated.
Within this corridor of the past, his golden magical talent seemed to have been elevated to an incredible level.
Uncontrollably, the golden magic displayed inside the golden-eyed demon construct just now kept appearing in his mind.
'The construct's spell model is open source? Yes, an open-source spell model requires the fewest alchemical modules to construct. To hide the spell model, many misleading elements need to be added. For the Golden-Eyed Demon, a pure construct, to cast its spell model, alchemists need to forge the corresponding magical artifacts beforehand, assemble these artifacts into modules, and then activate them.'
'Due to cost considerations, this Golden Vision Spell will only be available as an open-source resource.'
Locke immediately began chanting a spell. While flying, he also chanted the Golden Vision Spell. His left eye instantly transformed into a golden eye, and a golden gaze erupted from within it, colliding with the golden gaze of the Golden Eye Demon Construct.
The two sides remained deadlocked for a while.
But in the end, the Golden-Eyed Demon construct's vision was superior.
Seeing this, Russell's throne finally confirmed one thing.
"This guy really has the ability to learn on the spot and remember everything he sees. The level of his golden bloodline is higher than I thought. It's unbelievable, even surpassing my talent in golden magic when I was young."
"Unfortunately, he has already been imbued with two other powerful spells, making it impossible for him to change course. If I had met him earlier, I could have guided him onto the right path."
"His talent in golden magic is now being wasted."
Once Throne Russell realized this, he immediately abandoned his plan to trade Locke to the Red Dragon Throne at all costs.
Of course, he would also do it if he could acquire Locke at a slightly higher price.
Locke threw out the second-ring sea gold sand in his hand, and the sea gold sand immediately turned into a bolt of lightning and fire, which landed on the body of the golden-eyed demon construct.
'Boom~'
The Golden-Eyed Demon was knocked down by his own attack, and a large number of mechanical gears and parts flew out.
The next moment, however, the internal structure of the Golden-Eyed Demon construct rotated, and despite being overturned by itself, it turned its pupils through the planetary gear system, aiming them at Locke who was flying towards it.
A golden gaze swept over.
In the next instant, Locke summoned a Golden Eye Grass. Surprisingly, the Golden Eye Grass did not immediately turn into gold after being illuminated by the Golden Gaze.
Locke touched the Golden Eye Grass with his finger, and the Golden Eye Grass actually reflected the magic back!
Golden Eye Grass has the ability to deflect energy attacks.
The Beholder Golden Construct was originally a second-circle construct, and its Golden Gaze would not normally be able to be deflected. However, after Locke learned the spell model of Golden Gaze, it became possible to intercept some of its energy and deflect it back.
'Boom~'
A heightened golden gaze was deflected back.
The golden construct of the Eye Demon was struck right in the center, and it was immediately severely damaged. Countless parts flew off, and with a bolt of lightning, the Second Ring of Sea Gold Sand completely destroyed it.
Russell's expression was strange, because according to those in the Alchemist Genius Class, the development of the Beholder Gold Construct was intended to be a construct that could still play a key suppressive role and form a dominant force on the battlefield, even when surrounded by five second-circle wizards of the same level.
This will become a new super item list for foreign military sales in the border area between the obscurity and the light.
The Corridor of the Past also acknowledges the Golden-Eyed Demon construct, making it one of the symbols of golden magic at the boundary between light and darkness.
However, he was defeated by Locke in such a humiliating way.
This was mainly because Locke's golden magic talent was too high; he actually used a first-ring magic plant to reflect the golden gaze back.
I wonder what expressions those genius alchemists would have if they saw this.
Russell looked at Locke from the throne. 'Indeed, choosing him for the Golden Spell project was the right decision.'
Locke looked at the Golden Eye Grass in his hand, which had completely turned into gold, and fell into deep thought.
In the brief moment of the battle, although my Golden Eye Grass was still turned to gold, before it turned into gold... the Golden Eye Grass was actually strengthened.
Golden magic can enhance magical plants.
In Locke's mind appeared the Tree of Prosperity, a magical tree designed by his own half over a thousand years and supported by golden magic as its framework.
[Support] is one of the characteristics of Golden Magic.
Locke immediately recalled the golden magic that Russell Throne had cast earlier. That golden spell mainly utilized the immutability of gold, similar to the golden construct of the beholder he had just fought.
Locke immediately realized that it was feasible.
The battle with that bewitching construct made me realize the potential that gold magic could be developed.
I have a plan now, based on what I just saw in the battle.
Locke looked at the Russell Throne and said, "Your Throne, I'll take over your project."
Russell smiled with satisfaction.
“I knew that a genius like you wouldn’t make up your mind unless you saw it with your own eyes and tried it yourself. After all, the more talented a wizard is, the more confident he is in his own judgment.”
"This crystal ball contains all the key experimental data from my seven students, but it is still missing at least 55 years of data on the sun's movement at the boundary between light and darkness."
"You'll have to figure that out yourself."
"I believe you have a way to solve this," said Russell. "After all, you are the expert in this field, having completed a preliminary atavistic evolution of the golden wheat."
(End of this chapter)