Chapter 71: Starfall Legacy

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Starfall Legacy

The exchange meeting began. The apprentice named Karen Mercury was the first to speak.

He extended a finger, drawing a rune in the air. Golden lines lingered momentarily before slowly dissipating a few seconds later.

"Everyone, this is a dynamic rune array I’ve been working on recently," Karen said. "I wanted to carve it onto an energy body, but the problem is that the energy decays too quickly. It can only last for a few seconds. Does anyone have any ideas?"

Meryl looked up. "Is the stability of the energy body itself sufficient?"

"The rune structure is correct, and the energy input is sufficient," Karen replied, "but it simply cannot retain it."

Victor pushed up his glasses. "Then try forming a closed rune loop. It might be able to retain energy to a great extent."

Karen thought for a moment and frowned. "That would require major modifications. I’ll go back and give it a try."

Solem suddenly spoke up, "Have you tried changing the gravity environment?"

The crowd froze for a moment and turned toward him.

He explained, "I’ve recently been studying the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force. The opening Chapter mentions that in different gravitational fields, many energy structures will change accordingly.

"For example, artificially creating fusion requires extremely high temperatures and ultra-dense plasma... But natural stars only need a tenth of that temperature to meet the requirements. Moreover, the greater the gravity, the lower the corresponding conditional requirements..."

Karen sighed. "But the problem is... the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force isn’t that easy to master. The complex basic principles, the headache-inducing number of chained rune arrays, and the dynamic calculation formulas..."

His words struck a chord with the others around him.

Only Chen Shang wasn’t quite clear on the situation, as he hadn’t yet met the basic requirements for cultivation.

Lina looked at Solem. "How is your cultivation progress on the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force?"

Solem shook his head. "No progress at all. I originally wanted to accommodate the Thunder Titan bloodline to assist my cultivation, but the effect was mediocre.

"There are no shortcuts for this witchcraft. One must solidly master the relevant knowledge, and very few can succeed."

Following this remark, the atmosphere of the discussion became somewhat heavy.

Chen Shang couldn’t understand everyone’s disappointment. "Everyone, even if you can’t master the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force, wouldn’t it be fine to just take other paths? Wizards aren’t limited to a single direction."

Meryl smiled. "Chen, you’re a few years below us and don’t understand the situation yet. This Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force isn’t that simple. It is the prerequisite for the Starfall Laboratory’s legacy witchcraft."

Chen Shang remained silent, listening to her continue.

"The Starfall Laboratory recruits a large number of qualified individuals every year. The vast majority of them will become wizard apprentices, or even official wizards, but very few truly join the Starfall Laboratory."

"So what? After becoming an official wizard, even if you don’t join Star Fall, can’t you just establish your own laboratory?" Chen Shang asked.

"Of course you can," Meryl retorted, "but the question is, what about going even higher?"

Solem took over the conversation. "The Wizard World’s public education will at most support you up to the level of an official wizard. Beyond that... of course there is a path. After all, there are countless geniuses in the Wizard World.

"But even someone with the highest level of talent wouldn’t mind standing on the shoulders of giants first, right? Star Fall is a laboratory that possesses a relatively complete legacy."

Meryl pointed to herself, then at Evelyn. "Both of our elders are official wizards, but we didn’t study at home. Instead, we came to the Starfall Laboratory just to obtain this legacy."

Chen Shang was somewhat surprised. "Does our Star Fall have such a big background? I’ve been burying my head in the laboratory and rarely pay attention to these things."

Meryl laughed. "It definitely has a significant background. Or rather, not just Star Fall—every third level wizard capable of opening up a half-plane has a significant background.

"Every once in a while, the Core Layer of the Truth Continent dispatches many third level wizards to open up half-planes everywhere within the bounds of the Wizard World. Star Fall is just one of them.

"This kind of half-plane is equivalent to an academy, recruiting nearby qualified children to popularize wizard education... Of course, descendants of low-level wizards like us can also enroll."

Chen Shang understood. Wasn’t this just volunteer teaching? After all, the Wizard World was too vast and heavily populated; it was impossible to gather everyone together for education.

Establishing half-planes everywhere to recruit nearby children could also prevent talent from going unnoticed. Ultimately, the entire Wizard World was happy to see more people join the wizard system.

Meryl sighed longingly, "If one could learn the Repulsive and Attractive Dual Force, and then further cultivate the Star Force Field, perhaps they’d have the opportunity to study in the Core Layer of the Truth Continent!"

Seeing her look of yearning, Chen Shang asked, "Is the gap between the Core Layer and us that huge? Are there geniuses everywhere over there?"

Solem shook his head. "That depends on how you define a genius."

"What do you mean?"

Solem explained, "The Core Layer has more advanced wizards, and the descendants born to them possess even higher spiritual power talent. There are even some little monsters who are born inherently mastering elements. Logically speaking, they are indeed more talented than the average person.

"However, within the wizard system, this physical talent can only allow you to progress a bit faster; it cannot guarantee that you will go further."

Someone added, "And that’s limited only to the early stages. After all, through years of accumulation, certain wizards have a chance to trigger exponential evolution in the later stages. By then, natural talent is the most insignificant thing.

"Knowledge, after all, cannot be passed down through bloodlines. Take our Starfall Secret Technique for example—it’s placed right there. As long as your constitution meets the requirements, you can learn it. The laboratory would even be thrilled if more people learned it..."

As the several wizard apprentices spoke of this, they showed no signs of lamenting unfairness or harboring envy and jealousy. Clearly, they didn’t believe they were inferior to others; they were merely marveling at the sheer difficulty of the Starfall Legacy.

Chen Shang nodded. "I understand. Although talent isn’t the most important thing, there are more advanced wizards in the Core Layer, making the probability of encountering advanced knowledge much higher. It’s basically equivalent to having better educational resources."

"Exactly. That’s exactly how it is."

The discussion continued.

Meryl shared a combat potion she had recently improved. It could instantly boost a person’s condition significantly while simultaneously reducing side effects.

Lina showcased a mechanical spider smaller than a fingernail, capable of performing certain precision repair tasks, though she complained that the micro energy core’s battery life was too short.

Others shared knowledge regarding illusion techniques, curses, and souls, which thoroughly opened Chen Shang’s eyes.

At the same time, a thought arose in his mind. He should try his best not to fight anyone from the wizard system, but if he had no choice, he would use the most powerful means to eliminate them as swiftly as possible.

Afterward, everyone engaged in free exchange.

Solem directly approached Chen Shang. "Chen, I want your plant armor and the Heaven and Earth witchcraft rune. This is what I’ve prepared. See if you can trade them for it."

He drew a longsword from his waist and placed it on the table. "Thunder Sword. The material is Thunder Pattern Steel from the Thunder Abyss World, carved with the runes of a Thunder Titan."

Immediately after, he took out a fist-sized little object entirely covered in sparks from his space book and placed it on the table.