chsdbacks Chapter 57 Compilation! Wood-type spell code
Chapter 57 Compilation! Wood-type spell code
Krom looked at Elena and beckoned, "Little Elena, you go first. Hold the wooden base with both hands."
Elena obediently stepped forward, placed her fair hands on the wooden base, closed her eyes, and began to slowly infuse light magic into them.
The plant, which was originally only the size of a palm, suddenly sprouted new branches and buds at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The branches slowly stretched out and soon grew to more than a meter tall, producing more than a dozen extremely plump new leaves.
Moreover, every branch and leaf began to emit a soft, pure white light, making the entire plant appear like an electrified glass tree, extremely sacred and beautiful.
"Not bad, the light is pure, and the foliage is lush. Your light magic has become much stronger since you visited me two years ago. It seems you haven't been slacking off in Silver Town." Krom looked at the glowing plant and smiled with great satisfaction.
Elena blushed and withdrew her hand, clearly pleased with the compliment.
As soon as their hands left the potted plant, it quickly returned to its original tender bud state.
"Um...who? You come here." Krom pointed at Jack.
He didn't know the boy, but since they were traveling together, he figured he might as well test him out of the way.
Jack was flattered by this, as it was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his abilities in front of a senior professor!
He stepped forward with great interest. To demonstrate his strength, he took a deep breath, frantically channeling his wind magic to its limit, and then slammed his hands hard onto the potted plant base.
"Splash—"
This time, the plant also grew to a height of nearly one meter, but it did not emit light.
Instead, all the branches and leaves began to sway and tremble violently, as if a small tornado had suddenly swept through the room. Several new leaves were even torn off by this fierce magic and fell onto the table.
"A wind mage... The mana reserves are not bad, meeting the standards for a second-tier mage."
Krom looked at the few fallen leaves, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly, and with a touch of heartache, he snatched the potted plant back from Jack's hands.
"However, your control over the elements is too aggressive and too impulsive. Wind shouldn't only be destructive; a wind that lacks flexibility won't go far."
Jack, who had initially wanted to show off, blushed at the professional commentary and reluctantly withdrew his hand, muttering under his breath, "I...I haven't even used my full strength yet, Professor..."
"Next."
Krom ignored Jack and turned his head directly, his green eyes fixed on Rom.
He laid so much groundwork before taking out this Spirit Wood, but in reality, this time, he only wanted to test Luo Mu.
He wanted to see what kind of surprise this "super-talented young man" whom his old friend Cassius had praised to the skies in his letter could bring him.
"Rom, please." Krom gestured for him to enter.
Luo Mu stepped forward with neither arrogance nor servility.
Looking at the wooden base covered with runes, he didn't expend his energy in a grand manner like Jack did. Instead, he calmly stretched out his hands and placed them on both sides of the wooden block.
As soon as he made contact, Luo Mu felt a warm, suction-like force coming from his palm.
He didn't deliberately mobilize his internal magic power, but the magic power within him was actually drawn by the runes on the wood and began to flow slowly and involuntarily, being absorbed into the root system of the plant through his palm.
At the very moment the magic was injected.
The scene before Rom's eyes suddenly distorted without warning!
The office, Professor Crom, Jack... all vanished from his sight!
Rom felt as if he had been pulled into an extremely vast and ancient illusion in an instant.
He found himself deep in a vast, primeval forest! Towering trees stood all around him, pressing down on him as if silently watching him.
In the air, there lingered an extremely ancient, whispering sound, like the rustling of leaves.
Luo Mu snapped back to reality, his gaze refocusing on the potted plant in his hand.
The runes carved on the wooden base began to slowly emanate a faint yet extremely complex eerie green light, as if they were activated code.
"This is... bio-encapsulation code?!"
He immediately realized that the carvings on the wood were not ordinary energy-absorbing runes, but rather [wood-type magic runes] used to communicate with the life of plants.
Just then, Rom's system panel emitted a blue light.
[Alert: An unknown interaction protocol interface has been detected!]
[Protocol Type: Wood-based spell underlying architecture.]
Connection successful!
[Attempting to decompile the underlying dictionary library for the Wood element...]
Luo Mu was overjoyed.
He originally just wanted to see this so-called "test tree," but he didn't expect that the props used by the high-level mages in Red Dragon City would come with such complete and high-level wood-type underlying code.
This is equivalent to plugging the USB drive directly into his motherboard without a password.
However, since the underlying structure of nature magic is completely different from that of fire and wind magic, it involves extremely complex carbon-based life cell logic, making the decompilation process very slow.
Luo Mu could only close his eyes, hold the pot of spirit wood in his hands, and stand motionless in place, patiently waiting for the progress bar to advance.
But to the others, the scene appeared extremely awkward.
A full minute passed, and the Spirit Wood in Luo Mu's hand did not emit even the faintest green light. The few tender leaves remained completely still, like a dead plastic potted plant.
"Romance?"
Elena stood to the side, looking at the unresponsive potted plant, feeling a little curious and even a little anxious for it.
"Shh, don't disturb him. The boss might be planning something..." Jack lowered his voice, he had great confidence in Rom.
After all, given the boss's exceptional talent, Jack wouldn't be surprised if he set the tree on fire right now.
However, as Professor Crom sat behind his large desk, looking at the unchanging Spiritwood seedling, the expectation in his eyes gradually cooled.
In the end, it turned into a barely perceptible sigh, and he shook his head silently.
The Spiritwood is extremely sensitive to magic. As long as there is even the slightest flow of magic, its branches will be activated, thus accelerating its growth.
In those forests teeming with magical veins, wild spirit trees can often grow into towering trees hundreds of meters tall. The elves can even build a vast forest city using just a few mature spirit trees.
But now, nothing has changed.
This means that the magic flowing through this young man is extremely insignificant, not even enough to stimulate a seedling to sprout.
"Cassius..."
Krom pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, feeling somewhat displeased.
"This is the 'peerless genius' you so vehemently recommended to me? What on earth has blinded you to send such a mediocre person with absolutely no talent to me?"