I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world

Chapter 361 Part of the Truth About Wizard Civilization

Chapter 361 Part of the Truth About Wizard Civilization

"You're back already?" Jemin looked Viola up and down; she still carried the residual energy aura unique to those who had been teleported over long distances.

"Only a few months? That dimension—has it already been completely over?"

The atmosphere in Professor Clark's office, filled with books, instruments, and unfinished alchemical constructs, was somewhat subtle.

Jemin looked at the senior who had returned, but with a look of dejection as if she had "completed her mission," and couldn't hide his surprise.

Viola slumped unceremoniously in a comfortable-looking armchair, rubbing her temples. Her tone was somewhat listless: "Fight? Strictly speaking, there wasn't any fighting at all. The level eight wizards at command headquarters made a deal with that artificial intelligence called 'Justice.' Now, it, along with the vast plane it controls and all its creatures, have been officially incorporated into our wizarding civilization."

Jemin paused for a moment, then nodded knowingly.

This is indeed a result that maximizes benefits.

That plane of existence has tens of billions of well-educated, intelligent humans, coupled with "justice."

This super management AI is practically a ready-made pool of high-quality recruits and talent.

All that's needed is to invest in racial adaptation technology to assimilate its humans into standard wizarding world humans, and we can obtain a valuable plane that can continuously produce a large number of wizarding apprentices, which is far more cost-effective than forcibly destroying it or leaving it unattended.

As for the artificial intelligence called Justice, it doesn't matter which power it works under; it only needs to complete its "task".

"That's incredibly efficient." Jemin became interested. "How exactly did it work? How did the level eight wizards persuade—or rather, 'persuade'—to be fair?"

Viola pursed her lips, seemingly bored by the uneventful process: "Nothing thrilling. It was just an eighth-level wizard, skilled in information intrusion and logical game theory, breaking through the dimensional barrier and finding the core interactive interface of 'Justice,' engaging in a protracted analysis with it about the survival of civilization, development efficiency, and resistance to potentially more powerful external threats in the future."

The core procedures of "confirmed impartiality" include a top priority directive to ensure the continuation of races under its jurisdiction. Having determined that joining the wizarding civilization was the better option, it readily agreed to the submission agreement.

Jemin listened thoughtfully, but a crucial question arose in his mind: "Wait, won't an eighth-level wizard be affected by the 'hope of justice' and the suppression of power when entering that plane?"

Upon hearing this, Viola gave Jemin a look that said, "You knew you'd ask that."

With an almost instinctive arrogance befitting a high-level wizard, she said, "It seems you lack a direct understanding of the power levels of high-level wizards. Simply put, in the currently known endless chaotic void, where level nine beings are absent, level eight wizards are invincible."

Jemin frowned, still hesitant. "I understand the power of an eighth-level wizard, but Justice," after all, is the creation of that sage.

Although he didn't show much, Jemin could basically confirm that the sage who created justice was definitely a level nine being.

Justice manifests itself in two main ways: suppressing supernatural forces is relatively easy, as there are many ways to achieve this.

The key point is the "hope" it employs; to achieve that effect, it involves distorting the laws.

The so-called distortion of the laws is the power to directly "modify" the world within a limited scope.

This power represents the essence of the ninth level. Wizards no longer call this power a law, but rather "authority."

Even without the active driving force of a level nine entity, which makes it seem rigid and passive, and its power level is also limited, theoretically it is not something that a level eight entity can easily challenge.

Hearing Jemin's analysis, Viola smiled but didn't answer directly. Instead, she looked at her mentor, Clark, who had been silent all along: "Mentor, what do you think? This kid seems to be getting stuck on a rut."

Mentor Clark put down a miniature gravitational singularity generator he was calibrating, pondered for a moment, and looked at Jemin: "Your observation and reasoning are very sharp, touching on the essence of power."

"This matter isn't exactly top-secret, but for strategic reasons, it's usually not explained in detail to low- to mid-level wizards. However, given the potential you've shown and the level-two training privileges you've obtained, knowing in advance won't hurt."

He paused, his tone becoming exceptionally solemn: "Jeming, remember, in the endless chaotic void that wizards have already explored, assuming no level nine beings directly descend to interfere, a level eight wizard can indeed be considered invincible."

Jemin held his breath.

Clark continued, "The most awe-inspiring abilities of Level Nine beings are twofold: first, the ability to distort the laws within a limited scope, what most wizards call authority; second, theoretically near-infinite power."

"But these two abilities are not uncounterable."

"First, regarding the distortion of laws. The solidification of laws by an eighth-level wizard," its core is not merely to solidify the laws they have comprehended, but more importantly, to solidify the foundation of laws upon which their existence depends.

"This allows level eight wizards to maintain their form, power, and cognition from being directly altered or erased when level nine beings modify the world, like a reef in a raging torrent—this is the prerequisite for being able to fight against them."

Viola added from the side, her tone becoming more serious: "This is one of the biggest trump cards that has enabled our wizard civilization to stand firm and even continue to expand in the multiverse. It must never be leaked."

Jemin seemed to understand something, but was still confused: "I get it. Through the solidification of laws, an eighth-level wizard can resist 'modification,' preventing them from being arbitrarily obliterated or distorted by a ninth-level wizard in a single encounter."

"But that only guarantees survival. How can we defeat them, or even force them to negotiate? After all, their power is theoretically limitless."

After all, from the day he became a wizard, the education he received taught him that an eighth-level wizard could not defeat a ninth-level being.

Clark nodded and continued, "That's the crux of the problem, and also a common misconception. The idea that Level 8 cannot defeat Level 9 is not strictly wrong, but it overlooks a crucial premise—it refers to a single Level 8 individual."

"Ordinary top-tier civilizations, even with multiple level-eight powerhouses, are often no match for the authority of level-nine beings, because they cannot resist such fundamental changes. But we wizards can."

"When multiple level-eight wizards, through a specific combined magic array and knowledge resonance, superimpose and resonate their respective solidified law domains, they can form a sufficiently powerful absolute domain," capable of counteracting or even partially offsetting the law-distorting effects of level-nine beings for a short period of time.

"What remains is facing the infinite power of the ninth level." Clark's tone softened as he said this, "It sounds terrifying, but the principle behind fighting it is surprisingly simple."

"As long as you can overwhelm your opponent with the burst of power in an instant, you'll succeed."

Jemin's expression changed slightly: "Instantaneous output power—overwhelming a being with infinite power? This—is this really possible?"

"Of course it's possible," Clark said confidently. "The so-called infinite power needs to be considered separately: output and reserves. Infinite energy doesn't mean there's no upper limit to instantaneous output power. Any being's energy output channels, soul capacity limits, and thought processing speed all determine the energy it can mobilize and release in an instant." Of course, when combined with authority, this limit can theoretically be infinitely increased, but achieving true infinity requires casting time.

"For an eighth-level wizard to fight against a ninth-level being, what they need to do is gather enough companions and use sophisticated joint spellcasting techniques to push the energy lever, and in a very short time, amplify and even increase our instantaneous output power to the point that, in that instant, we can surpass the limits of the opponent's mental processing."

Viola added with a smile and a hint of pride, "Doesn't it sound difficult? But actually, for us wizards who have been studying how to leverage knowledge to maximize elemental multipliers since our apprenticeship, this is our specialty."

"According to statistics within the civilization, usually only three to ten well-coordinated level eight wizards working together are enough to suppress most known level nine beings in terms of instantaneous output, forcing them to back down, negotiate, or even—perish."

Jemin was completely shocked; he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

He suddenly understood many things that he had previously found unclear.

"So, in other words—the wizarding power system, from the very basic education, is consciously cultivated in the direction of—how to outnumber the weak and fight against higher-level individuals?! Our research has never focused on the ultimate advancement of the individual, but rather on how to use knowledge and cooperation to form a 'cluster' capable of killing a level nine being?!"

Recalling the long-standing rumors: those nine elusive level nine wizards, who always lead an army mainly composed of level eight wizards, constantly expanding and conquering on unknown fronts—

A startling idea flashed through Jemin's mind like lightning, and he blurted out, "So! It's not that the entire wizarding civilization has an unlimited desire for expansion! It's that—those nine level nine wizards need more level eight wizards as soldiers," to expand their territory and deal with enemies or challenges at their level?!

Upon hearing this, Viola and Mentor Clark exchanged a glance, their faces simultaneously displaying a meaningful smile that neither confirmed nor denied the matter.

Seeing the knowing expressions on the faces of the two high-ranking wizards, Jemin knew that his guess was probably close to the truth.