Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems

Chapter 425: You've Deeply Changed This Place

White Dragon Tower, in the bedroom, Locke sat on the bed, having completed today's meditation. At the same time, he was contemplating whether to accept that project from the Star Domain Sea.Undoubtedly, that project was very suitable for the competition he was currently going to participate in. The only problem was its difficulty.

It was simply too difficult.

Locke himself wanted to work on that Star Domain Sea project. The reason Witch Sophia had entrusted that project to him was because his compatibility with this project was very suitable, and at the same time, she also believed he had the means to complete this project.

Locke himself was also confident. After all, he had the Synthesis Cube, which could skip a large number of experimental steps and capture the correct direction. So he would definitely work on this project, but the question was whether to make it the competition entry.

"To complete this project, no matter how you look at it, requires an investment at the million magic stone level," Locke pondered. "If I don't use this competition opportunity, who knows how long I'd have to wait to save up this money on my own. Moreover, using it for the competition is most appropriate."

"I'm just afraid this research group can't keep up with my ideas."

Having high aspirations but low ability was the problem most likely to appear in a small mentor's research group.

After all, not everyone pursued high-difficulty research. Many wizards were more realistic. For wizard society to develop, it needed both wizards pursuing ideals and down-to-earth wizards doing results transformation and improvement-type breakthroughs.

Many small mentors, because they took steps that were too large and ignored the current level of their platform, easily ended up with nothing accomplished, ultimately drawing water with a bamboo basket.

"I'll take it step by step," Locke thought. "For now, I'll tentatively confirm this project as the main direction, then continue reviewing materials according to this direction. After Montgomery, Barbara, and Tacitus finish writing their project proposals, I'll comprehensively consider how to select the topic."

Locke then began the day's full work schedule.

Time passed quickly, and a month went by.

During this time, Locke's daily routine consisted of meditation, practicing mental power compression technique skills, then guiding students and having those forty-plus wizard apprentices review materials. Before the four mentors selected their topics, he had them understand some foundational content so they could immediately enter a working state in the future.

In the fragmented spare time between guiding these students and his own cultivation, Locke also used these scattered moments to review breeding method materials, and during this period cooperated with Wizard Takla to complete the supporting magic for Connected Branches magic and Diamond Succulent. At the same time, he had to seize every second to study the preparation method for Hive Mind Potion.

Locke truly utilized his time to the extreme. For an entire month, he only slept two nights, maintaining the minimum amount of sleep to prevent problems with his soul.

There was no other way. Once he had more projects, he needed to balance his time between cultivation, doing projects, and teaching students.

Among these three aspects, whichever aspect he spent more time on would reduce the time spent in other areas.

Which would then affect his achievements in other fields.

Once he took the wrong path, it would affect his future.

A month later, Locke and Wizard Takla together completed the supporting magic for Diamond Succulent, "Mayfly Flower Cannon," and at the same time learned the First Circle plant magic "Connected Branches."

Inside Lewis Underground Research Institute, Wizard Takla appeared very excited. He used Mayfly Flower Cannon to manipulate six Diamond Succulents, and at the same time used Connected Branches to interconnect the magical energy of the six Diamond Succulents. As a result, the six Diamond Succulents formed a disc shape that appeared behind him.

Wizard Takla said to Locke, "Director, your concept is truly wonderful. Rest assured, I won't tell anyone about the modified 'Mayfly Flower Cannon' that we created together."

Locke nodded slightly.

Wizard Takla hesitated, under the dim lighting of the underground research institute. "Director, I also want to join your research group. The research results for Diamond Succulent have already come out. The completion report and completion budget afterward can be done by the students."

"There's not much I can do next. Perhaps letting this old man enter your research group to assist you would also be acceptable."

Locke shook his head slightly. "But Wizard Takla, you've also seen the intensity of participating in the Cloud Marsh Cup. Montgomery, Barbara, Tacitus, and the others haven't slept a single night this month."

"Are you sure you want to enter our research group? Can you withstand this competition intensity?"

Speaking of which, it was also amusing. The wizard mentors themselves were certainly the most rushed about the competition project, so the students weren't as busy as them. Currently, those students hadn't officially joined the group yet. Locke had only negotiated with the library for them and had the library director open Level 4 clearance for his project group's students, allowing them to freely review materials in the library.

Instead, these First Circle wizards had each gone a month without sleep.

Wizard Takla hesitated, still not daring to continue requesting to join. He was a hundred years older than Wizard Tacitus. Although his appearance was that of a middle-aged man, he was actually over four hundred fifty years old.

His soul structure wasn't as stable as that of young First Circle wizards.

If he went too long without sleep, problems would definitely occur.

In the collective Sleep Ghost incident thousands of years ago, many wizards were First Circle wizards. The older the First Circle wizard, the more likely they were to develop "Sleep Ghost Disease" during prolonged periods without sleep.

Once Sleep Ghost Disease appeared, it could only be controlled, not cured.

This disease was one of the incurable diseases in the wizard world, even more terrifying than Elemental Imbalance Syndrome, because Locke at least hadn't yet encountered information about the cause of this disease.

Not sleeping, besides possibly inducing "Sleep Ghost Disease," also had many other problems. Wizard Takla was already too old, and his soul had many hidden injuries left from being exploited for labor in the past.

He even suffered unbearably during the full moon in the middle of the month due to side effects left on his soul from desperately doing experiments when he was young.

Wizard Takla sighed. "Alright, such high-intensity research tasks are indeed no longer suitable for me. Doing research requires a strong and healthy body and soul. Otherwise, just that enormous consumption is enough to destroy a person."

Doing research required not only intelligence and wisdom but also an iron constitution.

Because much research required constant repetitive labor, and moreover, one couldn't see any progress bar at all. The torment and persistence involved were unimaginable.

Those who hoped to immediately receive rewards would, in such circumstances, easily form negative feedback and thus give up on research. Or turn to those projects that almost certainly produced results.

Locke looked at Wizard Takla, whose eyes flashed with regret, and smiled, "You can properly write the completion report for this project. Moreover, I also want to use this Diamond Succulent to participate in another competition."

"I'm currently participating in three competitions consecutively and am stretched too thin, so you go participate in this competition for me. I can just have my name listed."

Locke explained, "This is a breeder competition called the 'Light-Shadow Cup' held by Sunshade Peninsula. All competition entries are required to be consumables, the same positioning as our Diamond Succulent."

"Our advantage lies in reasonably utilizing Diamond Succulent's elemental backflow mechanism, while at the same time using 'Connected Branches' to develop corresponding supporting spells. The 'Light-Shadow Cup' is just an internal competition within a wizard land. Outsiders can also enter that wizard land to compete, so you make a trip to Sunshade Peninsula in my place."

Wizard Takla's originally somewhat disappointed eyes immediately showed a glimmer of light. "I can do that. After Lewis Research Institute perfectly completes its mission and is disbanded, I originally didn't have any other work. Being able to assist Director, you is also my honor."

Locke smiled and said, "I've already applied to the Plutarch family for 50,000 magic stones in travel expense subsidies for you. It's not much. Mainly because Eric's faction is watching from the side, so applying was relatively difficult."

"However, I believe Diamond Succulent will definitely win a ranking in the Light-Shadow Cup."

Wizard Takla said, "Good. Being able to cooperate with Director, you is truly wonderful, even more exciting than the several hundred years I've spent in this Land of Six Towers."

"Director Locke, speaking of which, you may not believe it, but you've truly brought a different kind of color to our Land of Six Towers."

"Moreover, you've also deeply changed Miss Alicia."

Wizard Takla said to Locke, "After I pack up and make preparations, I can depart."

Locke reminded him, "Bring along a few capable commoner students from the research institute. They can help you quite a bit on the road, and you can also train them along the way. Only after these people grow up can they truly change the current environment of the Land of Six Towers."

Wizard Takla nodded deeply in agreement.

Locke said to him, "Alicia made an appointment with me to go to White Dragon Street today. I'll be leaving first."