Cultivating in the Wizard World

Chapter 656: Chapter 558: Breakthrough Point

Jeming sat alone in front of the lab bench, the lighting in the laboratory adjusted very dimly.

Only the five masses of matter bound by the restrictive array in front were emitting a faint, even somewhat eerie glow.

These five samples were precisely the materials that the information biology reacted to in previous experiments.

They were Red Dust Qi, Death Sha Qi, Incense Poison, Power of Faith, and Magic Spirit Fragments.

Jeming’s gaze was deep as a pool, with his mind replaying like slides the test conducted earlier at the edge of the Information Plane.

"Interesting... why exactly these five?"

Jeming muttered to himself, his fingers swiftly drawing in the void, pulling out a detailed comparison table of data.

He scrutinized the fundamental nature of these five materials one by one:

[Red Dust Qi].

The entanglement of desires in mundane society, love and hate.

Its essence is "chaotic entanglement of causality."

[Death Sha Qi].

The extreme product of slaughter and destruction, its essence is the final echo of the death of numerous beings.

[Incense Poison].

The residue of malice refined from incense, the darkest, most twisted obsession of followers gathered together.

[Power of Faith].

The power of fervent prayers from the followers’ hearts, yet also entwined with countless appeals.

Moreover, the Power of Faith Jeming tested with was still unrefined, containing more impurities.

As for [Magic Spirit Fragments], they are essences of special emotional energy, a condensed collection of extensive beings’ seven emotions and six desires.

Jeming recalled the reactions of the information biology, sorting them by intensity.

Incense Poison > Power of Faith > Magic Spirit Fragments > Death Sha Qi > Red Dust Qi.

"The strongest effect... is it the type with the greatest amount of information contained in a unit material?"

Jeming furrowed his brows, immersed in deep thought.

"No, that’s not quite right..."

If sorted by the abundance of information, Incense Poison is undoubtedly the most bloated and heavy because it carries the most complex malice of billions of lives.

The unrefined Power of Faith follows closely. This order barely matches the practical effect in combat.

"But if we only look at the amount of information, Red Dust Qi should actually be second, yet the information biology’s reaction to Red Dust Qi is the calmest among these materials."

"And if we just consider the amount of information, the witchcraft model of high-tier witchcraft certainly contains a lot, but when high-tier witchcraft directly strikes these beings, they also appear very calm."

He tapped on the lab bench, endlessly screening various conditions in his mind.

Suddenly, a glint of brilliance flashed in Jeming’s eyes.

"No, that’s not right..."

Jeming suddenly remembered something.

What do those information biology normally interact with?

It’s the "pure" information environment of the Information Plane itself: rules, clarity, tightly controlled logic.

From the structure of the plane to their own composition, everything is filled with order.

And these five materials in front of them have one common aspect.

They are all "irregular."

Red Dust Qi is mixed with desire, Death Sha Qi is filled with destruction, Incense Poison distorts belief, Power of Faith is mixed with stray thoughts, Magic Spirit Fragments erupt with emotion.

All are "chaotic" information.

"Perhaps..."

A spark of inspiration flashed through Jeming’s mind.

"What triggers their reaction isn’t the amount of information, but the degree of chaos within the information itself."

He suddenly stood up, pacing back and forth in the lab.

Yes, that’s it.

These information biology are like precisely running supercomputers, only recognizing and compatible with "formatted" data.

And things like Incense Poison are like muddy tangles forced into a sophisticated instrument...

It’s not that the calculation power is insufficient, it’s just fundamentally incompatible.

"Witchcraft is a product of logic, so it can be reverse-parsed by the other side. When they endure witchcraft damage, those information biology indeed show no significant reaction. But Red Dust, obsessions, resentment... these things are inherently emotional, chaotic, and disordered from the start."

With his own deductions, the corners of Jeming’s mouth rose continuously.

"And these information biology’s algorithms are overly perfect. For these indigenous people living in a ’perfect algorithm,’ materials filled with chaotic information are not weapons at all, but logic viruses capable of destroying their individuals..."

"No wonder Incense Poison elicits the greatest reaction."

Jeming paused, excitement flickering in his eyes.

After all, Incense Poison itself is synonymous with "chaos."

From its inception, it was deprived of orderly thinking, billions of beings’ malice, obsession, and resentment forcefully compressed together.

These negative emotions entangle and twist with each other, and the degree of chaos far surpasses the other materials.

Even though Power of Faith has stray thoughts, the main body is relatively orderly Wish Power, hence its lesser reaction.

Magic Spirit Fragments are emotional eruptions, but overly eruptive emotions tend to be more orderly, causing a lighter reaction.

Meanwhile, although Death Sha Qi and Red Dust Qi possess chaotic components, they are relatively "pure."

Death Sha Qi is simply the echo of pure death, Red Dust Qi is purely an entanglement of desires, so their disorder dimension is single, causing the smallest reaction.

"No rush, we can’t draw conclusions hastily for now, we need more samples for confirmation."

Ultimately, relying on the researcher’s rigor, Jeming took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He raised his hand to open the Magic Network Terminal, quickly inputting the intelligence and analysis results he had summarized, then clicked send.

[Intelligence uploaded successfully]

[Recipient: Expeditionary Army Command]

After completing these tasks, Jeming leaned back in his chair, quietly waiting.

In less than ten minutes, a knock came from outside the laboratory.

"Master Jeming, Master Martin requests your presence at the core camp."

Jeming stood up, a slight smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Faster than he expected, it seems what he discovered is quite significant.

...

...

The core camp was not far from Jeming’s location, but it was heavily guarded.

Along the way, they passed through three security checks: Spiritual Power scanning, Law fluctuation detection, and Information Pollution screening.

Each one was several times more stringent than an ordinary Defense Array.

According to the leading wizard, this was because these information creatures inherently had the potential to replace a wizard’s soul information - known as possession.

Although such an occurrence hadn’t been discovered yet, the camp continually updated various inspection facilities just in case.

Jeming cooperated and passed all checks, eventually being led into a massive metal fortress.

The interior of the fortress was much larger than it appeared from the outside, clearly due to the use of space expansion Magic.

Over a hundred wizards were lined up on each side, each with an aura unfathomable.

The weakest was Sixth Level, and those dozen auras that made his heart palpitate were all Seventh Level.

At the center, the Eighth Level Wizard "Heart of Ashes" Martin sat calmly in the main seat, looking at Jeming.

Jeming took a few steps forward and bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Wizard Martin."

Martin waved his hand: "No need for formalities."

He paused, eyes directly on Jeming: "I’ve read the intelligence you uploaded. Now, I need you to confirm in person: how certain are those conclusions?"

Jeming pondered for a moment, organizing his words.

"Based on my calculations, the likelihood is high."

He stated truthfully: "From the five effective samples currently available, the pattern of ’stress triggered by information chaos’ closely aligns. But to fully confirm, more sample tests are needed."

"Five samples?" A Seventh Level Wizard nearby frowned, "The number of tests is indeed a bit low."

Jeming nodded, simply recounting his two experiences entering the Information Plane.

Of course, he didn’t mention the true origins of the Incense Poison, Red Dust Qi, and other Cultivation Immortality materials, merely calling them "fabricated Element condensates relying on self-implemented Fictional Laws."

...In a sense, it wasn’t a lie.

The High Tier Wizards present listened and exchanged glances.

"Fictitious Elements..." someone murmured, "Such things are indeed rare. I didn’t expect you to be able to create so many variants."

Martin didn’t speak, just pointed in the air.

The intelligence data Jeming uploaded was projected, with all the data, sequences, and analysis processes laid out.

"Take a look," Martin said.

Dozens of Seventh Level Wizards and over a hundred Sixth Level Wizards approached, carefully examining the data.

Some whispered discussions, some frowned in thought, and others directly opened their Magic Network Terminals, comparing records from previous experiments.

Moments later, a white-haired Seventh Level Wizard spoke first.

"Judging from the data, this pattern indeed has potential validity." He paused, "Reflecting on it, my squad had previously used Chaos Attribute witchcraft to attack those creatures, and the effect was indeed slightly better than other witchcrafts. At the time, I didn’t pay much attention; it seems now that the principle is the same."

"I have a similar case here," another Seventh Level Wizard interjected, "an apprentice accidentally used spiritual pollution Magic, and the information creature reacted much more intensely than usual."

More and more wizards began speaking, submitting unusual occurrences they had encountered in previous experiments.

Jeming listened quietly, becoming increasingly certain.

The discussion lasted for half an hour.

Finally, Martin raised his hand and pressed downward, and everyone went silent.

"Since it’s widely believed necessary to verify, let’s arrange personnel for specialized testing," Martin looked at Jeming, "How much of those... Fictitious Materials do you have left? I can purchase them."

Jeming quickly calculated in his mind.

There was no need for him to worry about the other assorted raw materials; those were things the Wizard Civilization itself could produce. What could truly be sold were the Red Dust Qi, Dying Qi, and Incense Poison.

Fortunately, he did have quite a stockpile of these.

"Enough to support over a hundred tests," he gave a conservative estimate.

Martin nodded: "That’s enough, I’ll take them all."

He didn’t even ask for a price.

"Heart of Ashes" Martin stood up, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"Draw from each team wizards skilled in spiritual pollution, emotional interference, and chaos laws to form a dedicated testing group."

"The testing group will have technical guidance from Jeming and report to me directly."

"Within three days, produce a complete testing plan."

Everyone responded in unison.