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As more and more cavalrymen fell on the charge, some of the knights behind began to notice something was wrong: the successive deaths did not push them forward, but instead made them retreat. The killing speed of weapons from the industrial age had exceeded the charging speed of the knights. Faced with those stable and efficient barrages of "fire tongues", even the hardest armor and the strongest body were meaningless.

As more and more people fell, the survivors gradually calmed down from their irrational madness. Only then did they realize what a hellish environment they were in. No matter how strong their fear of the wizard was, it was nothing compared to the death that was about to befall them. As the first knight began to retreat unconsciously, the entire formation that was charging forward began to collapse.

Even though the hastily arrived wizard apprentices killed several retreating knights, it was to no avail. Compared to the killing efficiency of the "metal chariots" from afar, the wizard apprentices' killing efficiency was clearly far inferior.

"Damn Muggles, get back to where you are! It's an honor for you to give your lives for wizards!"

As the wizard apprentice watched helplessly as the formation crumbled, he fell to the ground. A long-awaited spell instantly froze a dozen or so knights who were trying to escape. In his mind, these mortals, after witnessing the power of the spell, would immediately kneel down and beg for his forgiveness, just like before. He would then be able to send these scattered and fleeing mortals back to the battlefield to wear down the enemy—even if they were only wearing down some insignificant things.

However, something unexpected happened to the wizard.

Admittedly, the witchcraft that killed more than a dozen knights in an instant did cause panic among the knights. However, the chaotic crowd did not stop there. Instead, they fled with even more agility. Several knights were even pushed and shoved towards the dumbfounded wizard apprentice, trampling him to the ground in his bewildered and incredulous gaze.

"retreat!"

"Those are demons, not enemies we can defeat!"

"The wizard is just sending us to our deaths—"

Deeply ingrained class consciousness prevented these knights from speaking disrespectfully to the wizards. However, the anger at being betrayed and the fear of facing death forced them to make a choice. Perhaps they would suffer the wizards' relentless revenge later, but at least for this moment, they were no longer willing to face that "barrier" that they could never break through.

……

The main god space.

Watching the two battles erupting inside and outside the expeditionary force base, Lin Yi seemed to realize something: "A polarized form of civilization, huh?"

If the Earthlings facing wizards were being slaughtered unilaterally, then the knights facing Earthlings were also being slaughtered unilaterally. The reason for this situation was the difference in the "power" wielded by the two sides.

If we assume that the power wielded by humans on Earth is a value of 1, then the power wielded by a knight is 1- and the power wielded by a wizard is 1+. The subtraction has a lower limit—it will never be negative, just as even the weakest knight may be able to kill a human soldier with a wielding blade. However, there is no upper limit to the wizard's "+".

This resulted in two almost completely separate classes within this wizarding civilization, and a highly differentiated form of civilization.

In this civilization, mortals are insignificant; they can be consumed and discarded at will. No matter how many there are, they can only become objects of the wizards' breeding. The only possibility of escaping this fate is to possess the qualifications to become a "wizard".

While wizards, who have mastered the concept of "+", are far fewer in number than mortals, their 0.03% proportion, coupled with the scarcity of resources, means that wizards can never reach even 1% of the proportion of mortals. But even so, this civilization is not a "knight civilization" or a "feudal civilization", but a genuine "wizard civilization".

"Then what was it that allowed a wizard, who was once just a mortal, to transform and master the concept of the '+' sign?"

The gaze shifts to another battlefield.

The battlefield of the automatic humanoid.

P.S.: Fourth update

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 737 Wizard Tower (Part 1)

The wizards never intended to hide their existence, at least not when they decided to build this wizard tower.

A gray-white tower rises abruptly from the flat terrain, visible even from a great distance. The productivity that is out of step with this era has produced this magnificent circular tower, a spectacle unparalleled even in the 22nd century. Its height of over 800 meters allows it to overlook the entire plain. Coupled with the various detection and early warning devices on it, describing it as a "dragon's den and tiger's lair" would not be an exaggeration.

This alone makes it virtually impossible for any large-scale march to get close without being detected. Fortunately, even with an extra "assistant," the 404 squad only had five people, which was still far from being a "large-scale march."

Lowering the scope aimed at the tower, HK416 speculated with no small amount of malice: "Building a tower in the forest, do they think they're elves?"

“A murderous elf is no laughing matter. Three at seven o’clock.”

"Should we eliminate them, Sister 45?"

"No, stay hidden. We're here to infiltrate, not to annihilate."

There's something UMP45 didn't say. Based on the intelligence she obtained from "Griffin," even as one of the most elite teams of automatons, it's impossible for just the four of them to "annihilate" these wizard death stars. It's more likely that they would be destroyed by the wizards using various strange witchcraft the moment they were exposed... That's probably why the assistants appeared.

As he pondered, his gaze seemed to inadvertently sweep over a figure shrouded in a white robe.

UMP45 never fully trusted this "assistant," just as she still treated the box held in the "assistant's" hands.

"...Activate the shielding system and continue forward."

"Yes!"

Unlike stealth fighters created by Earth civilization to evade radar detection, automated humanoids that frequently need to perform various missions in other worlds do not require radar detection—under normal circumstances, no radar would react to a unit of this size. What automated humanoids need more is the ability to conceal their location, temperature, and various stealth capabilities against smell-sensitive objects.

To meet the various needs of automated humanoids, shielding systems that combine optical concealment, infrared concealment, magnetic field concealment, and many other capabilities have emerged. Admittedly, such high-strength composite shielding systems consume a lot of the automated humanoid's computing power and the upper limit of the modules it can carry, but their role is equally significant.

As the wizard apprentices passed by less than twenty meters away, the 404 squad slowed down and drove right past them. Throughout the process, the other side did not notice anything unusual. In some ways, it was even comparable to the formal wizards in front of the interdimensional expeditionary force, except that one relied on technology and the other relied on "mutation".

Perhaps they thought no one on this continent would be foolish enough to challenge the authority of wizards, or perhaps they thought that areas outside the tower were dispensable to wizards. Throughout the entire process of Squad 404 arriving at the foot of the tower, apart from encountering a few wizard apprentices who couldn't even be detected by the shielding system, they basically didn't encounter any warning or counterattack devices.

However, such "good luck" can only last to this extent.

HK416 and UMP9 remained vigilant, holding instruments that resembled enlarged mobile phones—which they had taken from inside the "Griffin"—about half a meter away, pointing them at the gray-white tower in front of them. In less than three seconds, the screens of the instruments turned crimson, with various red danger values ​​appearing on them.

"Do wizards all live in this kind of environment?"

"radiation?"

He handed the instrument to HK416, who had a curious expression, and explained nonchalantly as the latter stiffened upon receiving it: "The high-intensity radiation field means that no normal life can stay here for more than half an hour. This is even with the tower itself having established an internal radiation shielding field. If this field is broken, the various rays alone can wipe out the population within a 300-kilometer radius and cause various complications to organisms within a 500-kilometer radius."

Looking incredulously at the values ​​displayed on the instrument, any one of which would be fatal to an ordinary human being, yet they all converged at this moment—inside the tower before them.

"But these humans..."

"You still think they are human?"

"What do you mean?"

"How about we aim the instrument at them?"

Under UMP45's ill-intentioned gaze, HK416 finally couldn't resist his curiosity and pointed the instrument at a wizard apprentice passing by. Compared to the detection of the wizard tower, the detection of the wizard apprentice was obviously much faster, and the result was obtained in less than a second.

While the deep yellow detection results weren't quite as dire as those inside the tower, the various data were still alarming. Until he witnessed it firsthand, HK416 couldn't imagine that a human could survive under such harsh conditions, and that he seemed to be able to move freely like an ordinary person...

“Every wizard is a source of radiation, perhaps infected by this tower, or perhaps for some other reason. Our mission is to determine whether it is the former or the latter.”

As she said this, she turned her gaze to Eve, who had remained silent throughout the journey, clutching the box in her hand.

“We need to be able to get into the tower without attracting the attention of these wizards.”

"..."

The “assistant” remained silent, but responded with action, extending his hand directly under the wary gazes of the 404 team members—ignoring all the warning measures on the tower and touching its surface in front of everyone.

Then, accompanied by flashes of bright white electricity, the magical energy on a large section of the wall was directly expelled.

"That's really brutal."

The leader of Squad 404 offered no comment, but instead took out a directional explosive device, attached it to the device, and raised his hand to signal to UMP9 behind him.

With a low thud, a small section of the wall, insignificant compared to the entire 800-meter-tall tower, was blasted through. Thanks to the shielding system, the sound and light did not attract the attention of the wizard apprentices in the distance. Taking advantage of this opening, Squad 404 quickly rushed into the tower.

While the radiation is fatal to ordinary people, it is only enough to make automatons feel the heat of the air. Unlike normal humans, their circulatory system allows them to convert some of the radiation into energy to maintain their movement. The part that they cannot absorb because they cannot analyze it is blocked by the shielding field.

"We only have thirteen minutes, hurry up."

Wizarding Civilization: Chapter 738 Wizard Tower (Part 2)

Existing contact suggests that wizards are a class-based group, not only in terms of the strength of the power they wield, but also in terms of their place of residence.

Compared to the dense crowds surrounding the town outside the tower, the figures inside the tower were noticeably sparser. The intrusion point that Eve had selected was located in a blind spot, so there was no situation where she was discovered as soon as she entered.

Are these people here legitimate wizards?

【no】

This time, it was Lin Yi who turned his attention from the base battlefield to this side. With the successful infiltration of Squad 404, Lin Yi also focused more on this side - especially on the various written media and book records that Squad 404 came into contact with.

Lin Yi's magical ability to "master languages" allows him to easily understand the meaning and information carried by these words, including the basic information of the second-ring tower whose full name is "Double-Patterned Wizard Tower".

[The lowest level is third-level wizard apprentices; you can try pointing the detectors at those people.]

UMP45 readily complied—even she herself found this unreasonable obedience unbelievable, Lin Yi continued to explain as the detector screen displayed a deep yellow hue.

Every wizarding apprentice carries radiation. From first-level to third-level apprentice, the radiation field changes from pale yellow to dark yellow. Formal wizards may have undergone some kind of 'sudden change,' their radiation field exceeding 'harmful' and reaching 'lethal' levels… well, that's what the red value on the detector indicates.

The current situation didn't allow UMP45 much time to dwell on its doubts. For now, it had to suppress its various fantasies about the owner of the voice behind the box and lead the members of Squad 404 to continue towards the upper part of the Wizard Tower. The information stored in the records of the underground wizard apprentices was limited, and there was not even a description of how to make wizard apprentices undergo a "sudden change" from relatively harmful radiation to relatively lethal radiation. It could only start from the upper part.

In the process of moving forward, Lin Yi also figured out the general concept of the Wizard Tower, or rather, the entire wizarding civilization, regarding the "Wizard Tower" facility.

The Wizard Tower is a tower-shaped structure that combines many functions such as offense, defense, education, and experimentation. It is usually closed and serves as a means for wizards to acquire knowledge. In case of an emergency, the "Tower Spirit" of the Wizard Tower will be activated, transforming it into a weapon of war.

Of course, this kind of "weapon of war" is different from the weapons in the human concept. At least the wizard tower cannot extend a cannon or simply transform into a missile silo. The wizard tower's combat mode is mostly manifested in the various enhancements and amplifications of wizards, as well as the weakening of resistance to enemy attacks.

In other words, the Wizard Tower in war mode is a large-scale group benefit buff for friendly forces, and also a large-scale group debuff for the enemy. This benefit is not only reflected in the amplification of the wizard's spells, but also in the strengthening of the spell model, the replenishment and restoration of spell energy, and so on.

Of course, higher-level wizard towers may have richer and more powerful functions, but for this wizard tower that has only been promoted to the second-ring level, such capabilities are already the best that the Twin-Patterned Wizard Academy can achieve after plundering all the resources of the West Coast continent.

As a facility with both powerful functions and high costs, the importance of the Wizard Tower itself is self-evident. In many cases, the Wizard Tower represents the foundation and origin of a wizarding organization. Even if more than half of the wizarding force is wiped out, as long as the Wizard Tower can persist, the wizarding organization will gradually recover.

If the wizard tower is destroyed, even if the wizard organization's strength is preserved, they can only exist as wandering wizards until they obtain a new wizard tower.

In a sense, the Wizard Tower is equivalent to the existence of the wizarding organization itself. At least for the Dual-Striped Wizarding Academy, this two-ring tower built by second-level wizards is equivalent to the Dual-Striped Wizarding Academy itself. Wizards with Wizard Towers are completely different from wizards without Wizard Towers.

It is precisely because of the importance of wizard towers in various fields that the more powerful the wizard, the more powerful and comprehensive the function of the wizard tower they build. This is evident from the second-circle wizard tower of this dual-patterned wizard academy. In order to facilitate the calculation and judgment after obtaining the information about wizard towers, Lin Yi directly compiled the relevant data and listed it in the information receiving center of the automatic humanoid.

Wizard Tower (Second Ring - Belongs to the Academy of Two-Striped Wizards)

817m in height

Covering an area of ​​1574 square meters

……

Attached:

Tower Spirit X1 (Basic AI Level - Currently Closed)

Constructs x12 (10 for human-level wizards – equivalent to a level 3 wizard apprentice or higher, but below a full-fledged wizard; 2 for military-level wizards – equivalent to a full-fledged wizard)

Energy Pool (78%, capable of charging a wizard apprentice 5014 times, a full-fledged wizard 141 times, and a second-level wizard 15 times)

……

Internal structure:

Bottom to Middle Level - Wizard Apprentice (Level 3, 500-650 personnel)

Mid-level to high-level – Formal Wizards (Level 1, 30-40 members)

High-level to top-level – Formal Wizard (Level 2, 2-3 members)

Just as G11 was staring blankly at the information that had suddenly appeared in her mind, the long list of text at the end was directly converted into a form that she could understand.

Wizard Tower (Second Ring - Belongs to the Academy of Dual-Striped Wizards) - Buff Status

The power of witchcraft is increased by 100%, the casting speed of witchcraft is increased by 120%, and the energy recovery speed is increased by 300%.

"Ugh... Am I still not awake? Why am I seeing game scenes in real life? Ah, I'm going to die, I need a hug from 416 to come back to life..."

The next second, the black muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at G11's head: "Want a hug with bullets?"

"Haha...no need."

Ignoring the playful antics of her teammates, UMP45 remained engrossed in a series of detailed data that even the owner of the wizard tower might not possess. From this simple scene, she saw not only the ability of the entity behind the "box" related to "Griffin" to directly transmit information to the automated humanoid information receiving device, but also its terrifying data collection, calculation, and statistical capabilities.

Putting myself in her shoes, even if I dismantled the entire tower and let her measure and carry out her work piece by piece, I still couldn't achieve this level of skill. This wasn't due to a lack of time, but rather limitations in vision and methods, not to mention the final description that resembled a video game RPG...

It's not difficult to complicate simple things. A simple phrase like "one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree" can inspire hundreds or even thousands of words of reflection. Of course, whether it's actually meaningful is up to the individual to decide. The real challenge is to simplify complex things, and even more so, to reduce such complex data to just a few numbers in such a short time.

This has already transcended the realm of mere science.

Wizarding Civilization: Emu? Chapter 739 Tower Spirit (Part 3)

UMP45 didn't reveal its inner thoughts on its face. Instead, it followed the "map" that identified the entire tower and approached the middle level of the Wizard Tower. It was initially worried about whether the shielding system would be effective against a formal wizard-level being, but it felt relieved after receiving Lin Yi's reminder.

Most of the formal wizards in the Wizard Tower are not present.

They are still struggling on the battlefield of the expeditionary force. Even if they notice the abnormality of the wizard tower, they cannot rush back immediately. After all, based on the previous analysis of the various abilities of those wizards, their "spatial transfer" can only move within a range of fifty kilometers at most. Moreover, the distance and accuracy will decrease as the number of people increases. At this moment, the distance between the wizard tower and the base is more than seven hundred kilometers.

Compared to the information available to lower-level wizard apprentices, the records of mid-level formal wizards are significantly more complete. They include not only various methods for transforming a wizard apprentice into a formal wizard (almost all of which rely on external stimulation, with a failure rate and mortality rate of 92.7%, many of whom survived after failing and became mentally impaired, but were then directly thrown onto the testing table by the wizard to be "consumed," and their fate naturally fell into the category of "death"), but also how to train one's mental strength and how to mobilize the mana existing in the atmosphere to form magical abilities.

Yes, it's not about controlling, but about mobilizing.

According to the records, Lin Yi confirmed that the wizards themselves do not possess a large amount of energy. According to the wizards, it would take more than half of a wizard apprentice's mental energy reserves to form a "fireball" using only the wizard's own energy. However, in reality, wizard apprentices can release fireballs more than ten times continuously, and depending on the power, it is even possible to release them hundreds of times.

What grants wizards this ability is mana, which exists in the atmosphere. Wizards use their mental power to construct magical models and then project them into reality—causing a reaction in the mana in the atmosphere. Ultimately, this manifests its power in a form similar to a chemical reaction. This is the principle of witchcraft. In this process, the wizard merely uses their mental power to create the "fuse" for this series of reactions; the "fuel" comes entirely from the mana itself. Relying on this method, almost every wizard can mobilize power hundreds or even thousands of times greater than their own limits. This power is precisely the source of their ability to add a "+" to the "1"...

Only by recognizing our own insignificance can we command the greatness of the world.

Lin Yi stared at the words on the title page of the book titled "The Principles of Wizardry" for a moment before turning his gaze to other books.

Lin Yi made three new discoveries in these books.