Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1072

Chapter 1055 One month, eliminate everyone!

Upon seeing this scene, the echoing form of Wizard Probus roared in fury. He raised the Phoenix Tail Bamboo, intending to storm into the laboratory, but for some reason, when he reached the laboratory door, he couldn’t enter.

Meanwhile, inside the laboratory, a dominant species of the Bitter Love Tree genus, ranking among the top three in its root system, stood prominently.

This Bitter Love Tree was a deciduous tree of the Bitter Love Tree genus, with purplish-brown bark and gray markings, and feathery leaves.

Its fruit resembled red concentric knots, so these lush green branches were adorned with numerous purplish-red concentric knots, the red fruit and green leaves creating a beautiful and sacred sight.

Wizard Probus stared at this magical plant, unable to take a single step forward.

His expression changed drastically, as if he had seen something terrifying. He automatically retreated, then, wielding the Phoenix Tail Bamboo—its leaves flowing with droplets of rage—he stood in front of the door, preventing anyone from breaking in.

In this way, it became the ideal world created by Locke’s dragon body, capable of blocking Moon Ring Wizards from entering Despair Valley, while Probus Wizard’s Echo could prevent those below Star Ring Wizard level from entering, or rather, could stop anyone who couldn’t withstand at least one of his attacks.

A Star Ring Wizard whose magic pressure had just surpassed 20,000 flew to Probus Wizard’s side. Looking at Probus, who resembled a black, mighty warrior wielding the Phoenix Tail Bamboo, he felt fear and unease, and dared not advance.

Inside the Despair Valley Laboratory.

The moment Locke entered the laboratory, he opened his eyes to see a soft magical glow. Multicolored magic lamps floated in the corridor, which was entirely made of silver-white magical metal.

The scene he witnessed was that of a wizard with gentle eyes, a buzz cut, and simple robes. Beside him was an assistant complaining to him.

The crystallized wizard assistant said to the buzz-cut wizard, “Lord Probus, it was these apprentices who broke the container of the plague mold, contaminating the entire land. Now, all the *Andrographis paniculata* species magical plants planted on those two thousand acres of magical fields are unusable.” “The spores

of the plague mold swim in the soil and water. Once the roots of magical plants absorb them, they become infected with root rot. Moreover, those plague mold spores can persist in the roots of magical plants for a long time. If a root touches a new patch of soil, it will cause that magical field to become infected—”

Locke saw the crystallization wizard assistant standing with his hands behind his back, sneering at them.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, and I don’t care who’s behind you. As wizard apprentices of Golden Crown Mountain, you must have some big shots behind you. Who doesn’t have some background to get into this top-level laboratory as an apprentice? But whoever did it, you’d better step forward. This huge compensation will make you a debt slave for the rest of your life!”

“I’m telling you, you’re finished.”

“Besides, Lord Probus, I think this whole batch of wizard apprentices is no longer worth keeping.”

“The reason is—”

A Star Ring wizard who had just entered from outside beside Locke asked in surprise, “Why can’t I mobilize my magic pressure?”

“Wizard Augustine, what did you do?”

Locke glanced at him and realized that what he saw was not the original appearance of the Star Ring wizard, but a strange apprentice with only one eye.

Locke, through his psychic abilities, could directly see the other person’s aura, thus recognizing her as a Star Ring Witch wearing the emblem of the Water Kite Dragon Garden. Judging from the various weatherman emblems on her robes, she was likely a weatherman.

Locke turned around and found six Star Ring Wizards and a Crystallized Witch nearing the second ring standing behind him.

Besides them, there were seven ordinary wizard apprentices.

He was clearly using the identity of that wizard apprentice within the laboratory.

Locke closed his eyes, clearly sensing an abyssal aura at the deepest part of the laboratory. The Abyss Queen, to prevent them from approaching, had likely borrowed some power from the wizard Probus to create this special world within the laboratory.

Logically, this should still be Probus’s world.

In fact, if he wanted to create his own ideal world outside, he could immediately enter the deepest part of the laboratory upon entering, but he couldn’t. Doing so would mean completely joining the Abyss and leaving the wizarding community.

A witch said with a proud tone, “This seems to be the Bitter Love Tree’s illusionary realm. The Bitter Love Tree is born with a natural magical structure containing various schools of illusion magic. Those who get close will unconsciously enter the illusion. People who approach the Bitter Love Tree will relive the most painful things they have ever felt in the world, and thus weep bitterly, hence the name Bitter Love Tree.”

“But judging from this situation, it seems it’s not just the Bitter Love Tree that’s at work.”

“What force has granted this Bitter Love Tree, a magical plant of the same genus, even greater magical power, creating this world of illusion and reality?”

“Because this isn’t an illusion. I suspect this is the inner world of the wizard Probus. Some magical plants of the Bitter Love Tree genus have been proven to influence the environment around the tree based on the wizard’s memories, forming a world of memories. Only under certain conditions can one leave this world of memories, or with magical pressure far exceeding that of the Bitter Love Tree itself. Of course, since the Bitter Love Tree in this laboratory is likely a Moon Ring magical plant, this method of breaking it is impossible.”

“After all, Moon Ring wizards can’t enter this laboratory now.”

Locke whispered, “This Bitter Love Tree must have evolved under the influence of the Great Magic: Evolution Garden. Is it you, the little princess of the Maupassant family?”

“Don’t call me Princess,”

the Maupassant family’s little princess said, crossing her arms. “Please call me Bailouluo. I am a wizard of the Summoning School. It’s a pleasure to meet you for the second time, Locke Augustine. I was truly rude to meet you the first time; I didn’t expect you to be such a wizard.”

Bailouluo extended her left hand to Locke, who shook it.

Bailouluo smiled.

Locke said, “This is probably the place where Probus’s memories are projected. If we want to enter the real laboratory, we need to meet certain conditions and decipher this memory world.”

Bailouluo said, “But I don’t know what those conditions are? And we seem to be Probus’s wizard apprentices in his memories right now.”

The other wizards eavesdropped on their discussion.

Hearing that this was a place of memories, they immediately began searching for a way to leave.

At this moment, the Crystallized Wizard standing before them, in his eyes, these people were not Star Ring Wizards or wizards nearing the Second Ring, but merely a group of Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices. He angrily rebuked them, “Do you have no sense of discipline? What are you doing, acting so recklessly?”

“I haven’t even bothered to argue with you about breaking the Plague Mold!”

The group of Star Ring Wizards looked at him speechlessly, seemingly feeling that things had gotten out of hand; now, a Crystallized Wizard had actually dared to challenge a High Ring Wizard.

The Crystallized Wizard looked at them with a cold smile.

“Everyone of you must write a self-criticism now, or I’ll kick you out of this lab immediately.”

“Immediately!”

A group of Star Ring Wizards exchanged bewildered glances. The Star Ring Wizard from the Sword Armor Dragon Garden whispered, “They don’t really want us to write self-criticisms, do they?”

The Star Ring Wizard from the Hammer Dragon Garden said, “Even if we don’t write them, what can they do to us?”

The Witch Bailou turned around, arms crossed, and said to the two, “You’re mistaken. Based on my understanding of some magical plants in the Bitter Love Tree genus, if you don’t meet their demands in this memory world, you might actually be expelled from this memory land. Perhaps this is what that Bitter Love Tree wants to do.”

The next moment, the Witch Bailou was tapped on the head. She glared angrily, her eyes seeming to say, “Who dares to tap me on the back of the head?”

She turned around and saw it was the Crystallized Wizard.

Bailou Maupassant was about to explode in anger, but remembering the Bitter Love Tree, she could only suppress it.

The Crystallized Wizard glared at her.

“I’m talking to you. How dare you look around and turn around while I’m speaking! You—”

At this moment, the wizard with a buzz cut and gentle features suddenly walked over and said to the crystallized wizard, “Sit, you’re too harsh on these students. There’s no need for that.”

Wizard Sit quickly stopped talking and then bowed to him.

“But, Lord Probus, these people—there are rules and regulations within the laboratory—”

Wizard Probus said, “Among the magical plants on those two thousand acres of magical fields, there are quite a few first-level magical plants. But I remember, none of those first-level magical plants have fully grown. And if an apprentice were to compensate for the loss of so many first-level magical plants, even if they were to go bankrupt, I’m afraid they still couldn’t afford it.”

“Those magical plants are all mine, so I think they don’t need to compensate. Is that alright, Sit?”

Wizard Sit bowed and said, “Of course, you are the head of the laboratory. But if you do that, it would be too lenient on these apprentices. They have made such a serious mistake, if I don’t punish them, others will be dissatisfied, and the morale within our laboratory will collapse. Great Wizard Probus.”

Wizard Probus sighed.

“Even for a second-circle wizard, the plague mold is invisible to the n*ked eye. To the apprentices, it’s just a bunch of transparent glass bottles. Their lack of awareness of the dangers of what’s inside these bottles is a dereliction of duty on our part. I don’t think it’s necessary to blame them too much.” “

Besides, even if you added them all together and multiplied them several times over, and sold them all, you still couldn’t afford to pay for it. Let’s just let this matter go.”

“77,

” said Wizard Probus gently.

The other Star Ring Wizards and Locke noticed this scene.

Some looked indifferent, while others looked surprised.

Locke glanced at Wizard Probus, surprised that this man was so easy to talk to. His apprentice wizards had accidentally contaminated twenty acres of magical fields with magical fungi, causing many first-ring magical plants to die, and he actually wanted to absolve them of responsibility because he felt the apprentices couldn’t afford to pay for it. Wizard

Sit said, “But that would make it difficult for me to lead the team.” Wizard

Probus said, “If that’s the case, then I can solve it. I’m currently compiling a wild evolutionary tree of the Heart-Bearing Lotus, and the information on Heart-Bearing Lotus is still very insufficient. This is a difficult task, and even if I give it my all, I may not be able to compile an evolutionary tree of Heart-Bearing Lotus.”

“Let these apprentices work with me. If I can’t do it, I’ll fire them all; if I can, then they can stay.”

“Sit, is what I’m doing fair?”

Wizard Sit nodded. “Oh, of course. It’s just that this is a small project for you, and I hope you can successfully publish your research results in ‘Evolution and Magical Plants’.”

Locke remembered that this was a journal from the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, a second-ring, first-district publication, mainly featuring articles related to evolution.

Locke flipped through the files on Wizard Probus in his hands and found that he had indeed conducted experiments related to evolutionary trees for a period of time in the Despair Valley Laboratory. This involved repeatedly comparing key plant factors and the plant essences of multiple magical plants to determine when a plant factor mutated and when and under what circumstances the plant evolved.

This was also very beneficial for evolutionary chemistry.

Although this was only basic research on the classification of magical plants, clarifying the evolutionary tree of magical plants could greatly benefit the ultimate magic based on evolutionary chemistry, and could optimize the spell model of the Evolutionary Moon.

It was estimated that Wizard Probus completed this research because his ultimate magic was the Evolutionary Garden.

Therefore, the scene inside this laboratory at this moment must be a historical event, not a fiction.

The wizard Sit walked away.

Wizard Probus gently told them, “I prefer to give others a chance. Perhaps it’s because when I was young, no one gave me one.”

“Those who have been rained on don’t want to see others get rained on. But you need to work hard. If I fail to complete the evolutionary tree of the Andrographis paniculata, then you’re out. I need to respect Wizard Sit’s opinion, and you need to respect his opinion as well.”

“Wizard Sit is a very serious worker.”

“Listen carefully, I won’t blame you for breaking a container of plague mold. I won’t investigate who did it. Don’t be too afraid, but you do need to reflect. If I really make you pay for it, then you’re dead.”

“Alright, come with me. You’re a team. If he makes a mistake, you’ll be punished too. The evolutionary tree of the Andrographis paniculata is a very difficult project. To complete it, it would probably require the entire Second Ring Foundation, after all, the Andrographis paniculata is a Star Ring Magical Plant. Many things from too long ago are very difficult to do. It requires money, people, time, and our occasional flashes of inspiration.”

“But as part of the evolutionary tree, I need to at least thoroughly understand two important characteristics of the Andrographis genus.”

“I need to know how these two important characteristics evolved.”

Locke knew this was what the wizard Probus was telling them, the condition for leaving this land of memories.

In other words, it wasn’t as outrageous as demanding a complete outline of the Andrographis genus’s history; it was simply about understanding how the two most important characteristics of the Andrographis genus evolved.

The wizard Probus’s figure gradually disappeared.

The female star ring wizard from the Water Kite Dragon Garden was dumbfounded.

“What does this mean? How could the person who conducted this research just disappear? Aren’t we his assistants?”

Locke glanced at him and said, “That might have been the case historically. But clearly, in this Land of Memory, we need to create the evolutionary tree of the Andrographis paniculata without him as the person in charge.” “

Andrographis paniculata magical plants have two main characteristics. The first is the energy-locking structure—the [fruit projectile propagation structure].”

“The second is the heart-piercing poison. The latter is the core toxin used in many first- and second-circle poisons in potion-making, and of course, it is also the core ingredient of many antidotes.” “

As we all know, second-circle potions are divided into five levels according to the level of the Destruction Flame, from orange potions corresponding to orange Destruction Flame, to blue potions corresponding to blue Destruction Flame, to gold potions corresponding to gold Destruction Flame, then red potions, and finally purple potions.”

“That is, orange potions, blue potions, gold potions, red potions, and purple potions.”

“Legend has it that concocting a purple-quality potion summons the most terrifying cataclysmic destruction in the world. Various documents describe it as extremely dangerous, capable of disintegrating magic and rendering spells ineffective, and it’s named the Emperor’s Blazing Fire. The main natural magical component of the Star Ring plant, the Heart-Piercing Poison, is the core ingredient of the blue potion [Heart-Piercing Potion], and a secondary component of the red potion [Vargos Potion].”

Locke thought of the Emperor’s Blazing Fire. Legend has it that the Emperor’s Blazing Fire was the ultimate weapon used by the Wizarding Lords during their autocratic era to threaten ordinary wizards throughout the wizarding world.

However, documents concerning this ultimate weapon are now lost; the White Wizarding Association doesn’t seem to have made it public.

But his current potion-making level is still at the orange stage, so this isn’t really relevant to him.

Locke and the wizard Anthony in the Sea Queen’s potion-making class seem to be at the blue stage, but he didn’t know why Anthony couldn’t perform Spirit Overlap before.

However, if the Emperor’s Blaze is the Destruction Calamity of a purple-quality second-ring potion, then it’s brought about by a Sun-ring potion, which is indeed a terrifying thing.

The female Star Ring Wizard of the Water Kite Dragon Garden said to Locke, “Mr. Augustine, I think we should divide the work since we have so many people. If we work together, we’ll be able to decipher this memory world quickly. You seem to have basic knowledge of potions, plus us—”

The Star Ring Wizard of the Sword Armor Dragon Garden said, “I also propose division of labor.”

The Star Ring Wizard of the Hammer Armor Dragon Garden, a rather fat man, saw Locke wave his hand at them, seemingly about to leave alone.

“Wizard Augustine, where are you going?”

Locke waved to the group.

“I don’t need cooperation. I will complete this project as quickly as possible.” “

You all have your own business.”

He left the stunned crowd behind.

Locke turned his back to them, thinking: Although my teacher told me to try to bring in as many geniuses as possible, the problem is that apart from the one from the Maupassant family, the others aren’t exactly wizarding geniuses. “If they’re useless, it’s better to just eliminate them. Of course, if they can break the Bitter Love Tree on their own, that’s their own skill.”

As for the Maupassant family—Ex’s purpose is unclear, I’m a bit unsure, it’s best to avoid contact with her. “

This memory world itself is Probus’s memory. I understand this memory world, which will help me investigate the truth. Moreover, this evolutionary tree diagram will greatly assist me in improving my evolutionary abilities.

The Bitter Love Tree can create such a memory world, trapping us Star Ring Wizards and preventing us from entering the real laboratory. It must be the power of the Abyss Queen, combined with the effect of Probus Wizard’s Great Magic: Evolution Garden.”

Locke quickly arrived at the laboratory’s file storage warehouse.

The moment he pushed open the door, he immediately looked at the magical record scrolls that should have been on the shelves, recording everything that happened in this laboratory, along with the matching True Sight Crystal Ball.

Unfortunately, when Locke looked at the warehouse shelves, he only saw a row of empty shelves.

Locke picked up one of the few scrolls on the shelf and examined them. He found they were plant essence atlases of magical plants similar to the Andrographis paniculata, created by the wizard Probus, along with several plant essence atlases of magical plants suspected to be the ancestors of the Andrographis paniculata.

“Have they gone this far?” Locke pondered. “Basically, the plant essence atlases of the magical plants that needed to be tested have been obtained. The rest is just figuring out how to compare them.”

Because the complete plant essence atlas was extremely large, he had several thick, dictionary-like notebooks describing the plant essence of a single magical plant, with 99% of the information being useless and repetitive. Therefore, he needed to find the key plant factors within them.

These key plant factors would be used to determine whether the Andrographis paniculata and other magical plants in this area had mutated, and by how much. If the mutation was small, it meant that the two were closely related; if the mutation was large, the two were more distantly related.

“The wizard Probus is surprisingly kind.”

Locke said, “If it’s come to this point, it’s nothing like what that Sit said, a project that might not be completed in a short time. This is clearly just a small project that Wizard Probus is confident in, trying to use this method to protect those wizard apprentices from being expelled from this laboratory?” “

Then now we only need to do two steps. The first step is to identify which key plant essences to use for comparison.

“Second, it’s possible that among these magical plants that have undergone whole-plant essence sequencing, they cannot explain the two key plant factor mutations in the Andrographis genus magical plants. Some supplementary information is needed. That would be more troublesome. If Wizard Probus’s early work, based on data, experience, and intuition, already included key magical plants related to the Andrographis genus—”

then Wizard Probus’s research level is quite impressive.

But considering that he is in this laboratory, preparing to advance to the Moon Ring Wizard level, and even applying for a second-ring grant for it, then this is a possible scenario.

Locke pondered, “If I just find some plant essence fragments that all magical plants need to survive, and compare them with these plants, I should be able to get results quickly.”

“If I’m lucky, and the wizard Probus has relatively complete preliminary data, then it won’t even take much time.”

“However, his resources are quite abundant. Ordinary wizards, when creating evolutionary tree diagrams, wouldn’t be willing to spend so much money on sequencing the entire plant essence genome; they’d only sequence a few key genes at most. Yes, for evolutionary wizards, looking at these complete plant essence genome contents is beneficial, not useless.”

Locke flipped through these plant essence diagrams.

He could also take a look at what interested him.

Then, he left the warehouse.

Walking down the corridor in the laboratory, Locke sometimes had the illusion that he was walking in a real laboratory corridor.

This indicated that in this world of memories, not everything was a memory; some important events or experiments might have temporarily placed him inside the real Despair Valley Laboratory.

Locke suddenly stopped and looked at the Ring Witch from the Winged Dragon Garden blocking his path.

“Is there something you need? I’m sorry about what happened to your colleague.”

The Ring Witch coughed; she knew Locke couldn’t be blamed, as even opening the laboratory door had been fraught with danger.

The Ring Witch whispered, “My name is Enid.”

“After you left, those people banded together, trying to eliminate you. They thought their numbers gave them the advantage,”

Locke said noncommittally. “So what’s your opinion?”

Enid, the witch, had witnessed firsthand the spectacular scene of Locke’s direct confrontation with the Star Ring Wizard, Probus, who had effortlessly slicing through the air. She said, “I believe that even a flock of sheep united cannot defeat a wolf. I want to ally with the strong; let me come and help you. I am also a breeder, and I know how complex the work of creating an evolutionary tree is. Searching for evidence of kinship among a vast amount of redundant plant essence information requires a large workforce.”

“Perhaps we are not enough.”

Locke handed her a document copied using the replication crystal matrix from the warehouse.

“Enid, thank you for your recognition. But you’ve misunderstood something. They are indeed sheep, but I am not a wolf.

Enid, this is the preliminary data prepared by Probus; let’s compete fairly.”

Enid opened her mouth, then looked at Locke’s back. She glanced down at the document in her hand and said to Locke, “Thank you, wizard of Golden Crown Mountain.”

Locke waved to her.

After turning a corner in the corridor, Locke felt two more waves of magical pressure approaching. One was from a Star Ring Wizard, and the other from a Crystallized Wizard approaching the second ring. The magical pressure was strong, but their life force was weak.

Locke frowned at this rather exaggerated method of breakthrough during the soul’s decline.

How come he hadn’t noticed before how absurd this method of advancement was?

Forcibly exchanging one’s life force for an increase in magical pressure by lowering one’s own life force was equivalent to exchanging life for power. Was

the way to advance to a formal wizard in the wizarding world—wasn’t it a bit primitive?

Locke paused for a moment, then said to the two approaching figures, “I reiterate my position. I don’t need assistants, I don’t need cooperation. You can compete with me fairly.”

The witch lifted her hood and said, “Boss, it’s been so many years since we last met. This is the first time you’ve seen me, and you’re already trying to drive me away

.

” “This really hurts me,”

Locke said, looking closely before smiling.

“It’s Barbara.”

“Your magical aura has changed so much over the years that I didn’t recognize you.

” Locke handed them a copy of the document.

“This is some information that Wizard Probus once prepared. Take a look; it should be useful.”

Witch Barbara took the document, glanced at it, and then said, “Boss, are you handing out this document to everyone you meet?”

“So many years have passed, and you still do the same thing.”

“Back in the Six Towers, I admired your determination because you dared to lead this rabble to the Cloud Ze Cup.”

Locke said, “But it turned out that this rabble won the Cloud Ze Cup and became the champion team. And Barbara, you later became a member of the ruling family of the Creeper Garden through your own abilities. Perhaps I will need your help in the future.”

Witch Barbara extended her right hand to Locke. “Just say the word.”

“I’m still very curious about what it is that made the Great Wizard of the Eye Demon ask for help.”

Locke shook hands with her, and the two smiled at each other.

“Barbara, I heard you have a reputation as a witch in the Rainswamp.”

Barbara laughed awkwardly.

“A nickname for a first-ring wizard, nothing to take seriously. Boss, you’ve actually heard of me.”

Locke nodded slightly.

“I heard it from Montgomery when the Creeper Garden sent people to entertain us.”

Barbara released her grip and said, “It’s just that I destroyed a few local dark wizard strongholds and obtained key bloodline factor data directly from them. I discovered that the bloodline experiments the dark wizards conducted, because they didn’t adhere to ethical and moral restrictions, had some unique aspects, so I could increase my bloodline research by intercepting their research results.” “

Plus, I was a bit ruthless and killed a few more dark wizards, so they smeared me, calling me a witch.”

“They called me a robber, a thief.”

“Boss, I’ve given up on breeding and am now fully committed to bloodline studies. This is what the Reptile Gardens required of me. Joining someone else’s family comes at a price; it will definitely be more restrictive than being free on my own.”

Locke nodded, not dwelling on it. He looked at another wizard, “And this is—”

Barbara the witch quickly said, “This is Wizard Roy, the Star Ring Wizard of the Reptile Gardens, my bodyguard assigned by the family. He’s a pure breeder.”

Wizard Roy nodded to Locke, showing respect but maintaining a distance, displaying a rather arrogant attitude.

Locke nodded back.

Locke said, “Barbara, I’m going to get busy now. You guys need to speed things up too; I won’t go easy on you just because you’re an old acquaintance.”

Barbara the witch said, “I don’t care. After all, I just want to get the ancient bloodline factors that might exist in the lab. Even if you get them, I can trade with you directly. Maybe you’ll even give them to me.”

Barbara the witch crossed her arms and leaned against the lab wall.

“It’s up to Roy,”

Roy the wizard said in a deep voice. “Making the evolutionary tree diagram of the Star Ring Magic Plants requires dealing with incredibly complex information. Even if someone finds a direction, it’s not easy; it’s pure hard work. Besides, even with preliminary data, you still need to design the key plant essence parts for comparing plant factors yourself.”

“This part of the design is where efficiency can be demonstrated,”

Locke nodded to him.

Locke turned and left.

After Locke left, Roy the wizard clenched his fists, suppressing his anger. As a Star Ring Wizard who could explain the world using his own power system, he was initially quite proud of himself. However, he noticed that Locke hadn’t said a single word to him from beginning to end.

This greatly displeased Roy, who had been waiting for Locke to greet him.

Roy clenched his fists.

“This Mr. Locke Augustine, Miss Barbara, he is indeed a good wizard. It’s just that he’s far too arrogant.”

“He underestimates the Star Ring Wizards of Rainswamp.”

“Perhaps it’s because he’s become inflated with the ego of a Star Ring Wizard.”

Barbara didn’t understand and asked blankly, “Really?”

“I feel that the boss’s attitude hasn’t changed, and he’s very humble. If we weren’t acquaintances of his, his attitude would definitely not be like this.”

Roy glanced at Barbara, wisely refraining from further conversation. Barbara was his teacher’s sister in the Reptile Gardens, belonging to his teacher’s faction. Therefore, if he offended Barbara, his own teacher would certainly be angry with him as well.

Barbara’s relationship with Locke Augustine was far too good.

Roy the Wizard suspected that continuing the conversation might even provoke Barbara.

So he remained silent.

Although Barbara wasn’t yet a second-circle wizard, and even if he turned against her, his teacher wouldn’t say much, there was no benefit to be gained, and a conflict created out of thin air was unwise in his eyes.

Roy the Wizard clenched his fist, thinking to himself: “Then I’ll have a contest with this Mr. Locke Augustine. If I win, I think he won’t be so arrogant in front of me anymore. Miss Barbara can also see the difference in our levels.”

Locke quickly found a laboratory and began organizing the data. Since it was just the few of them in the entire laboratory, Locke could use all the equipment within this memory world.

At the same time, Locke also found a map of the laboratory and used this memory world to learn about the interior of the Despair Valley Laboratory.

Locke was designing a comparison scheme for key plant essences when he felt someone was obstructing his path. He looked up at the young princess of the Maupassant family with a sigh and said, “Miss Bailuo, did you come here specifically to bother me? I see the other wizards are busy; if you don’t join in, you might be eliminated.”

At that moment, an inverted hourglass suddenly appeared beside everyone’s shoulders.

Locke’s pupils contracted. He reached out and grabbed the hourglass. Based on the hourglass’s time markings, Locke saw three months ahead.

“

I see,” said the witch Bailouluo. “The wizard Probus completed this task, which would normally take at least a year or two, in just three months in history.”

“This hourglass seems to be the deadline. If we exceed three months, will we all be eliminated?” “

Mr. Augustine, my brother sent me to help you. I don’t need to do it, because I’m a wizard of the Summoning School and know nothing about breeding or plant evolution. If you don’t need me, I can just watch from the sidelines.”

“I’m on your side in this competition,”

Locke glanced at her. Good, this person’s background perfectly matched his teacher’s requirements: to bring more people into Despair Valley who could further complicate the situation.

“Then, you can help me organize the data. I want to eliminate these opportunistic wizards as quickly as possible,”

and attract the true geniuses of the Rain Swamp!

One month later.

Inside the Despair Valley Laboratory, a group of Star Ring wizards had united, preparing to eliminate Locke first.

Although the three-month deadline hourglass had put immense pressure on them.

Because they suspected they might not be able to finish within three months.

At this moment, the Star Ring Wizard from the Sword Armor Dragon Garden glanced at them and tentatively asked, “A month has passed, let’s check our experimental progress.”

The Star Ring Wizard from the Armor Hammer Dragon Garden coughed.

“Because my expertise is not right, cough cough, this month, I’m still learning.”

The female Star Ring Wizard from the Water Kite Dragon Garden also guiltily looked away.

“I checked Probus’s past articles, but I couldn’t find the evolutionary tree of Andrographis paniculata.”

Enid, the female breeder at Winged Dragon Garden, said, “It’s probably not publicly available information. After all, the evolutionary tree of Andrographis paniculata is cutting-edge research. Don’t even mention you guys; even I’ve been finding it increasingly complex and headache-inducing this month. I’m starting to suspect that Probus’s experimental data is flawed. I’m preparing to do some key gene sequencing myself.”

“I think it’s not just us; even Locke Augustine is probably stuck. Probus—that person is indeed a genius, no doubt about it. I feel like it will take me at least six months to complete this project, no, possibly a year.”

Hearing this, the group of Star Ring wizards felt a sense of despair. A

wizard from Sword Armor Dragon Garden said, “No, in that case…doesn’t that mean none of us can pass?”

“What’s going on? That Probus wizard is so powerful! What’s a small project for him is an insurmountable problem for us!”

“We can’t even guarantee we won’t be eliminated ourselves, let alone unite to eliminate Locke?”

Roy the wizard approached with Barbara the witch, saying, “Don’t be discouraged. I suggest we strengthen our cooperation. We breeders will allocate the plans, and you non-professionals will follow our instructions. I estimate we can complete this project within three months.”

“The difficulties are the same for everyone. I imagine Locke Augustine is scratching his head in frustration right now.”

Barbara the witch glanced at him.

Roy the wizard seemed not to notice.

But the instant Roy the wizard finished speaking, the magic lights in every corner of the laboratory suddenly turned red, and the magic crystals in the laboratory emitted a sound.

It was Probus the wizard’s voice.

“So fast? You completed the plant sperm sequencing of Andrographis paniculata in just one month?”

“Then you and Bailouluo, come to my office. The rest of you can go back to your dorms to rest. Locke Augustine, your work efficiency is indeed very high.”

“I’m considering whether I should give you a more advanced project in this lab.”

“I often feel lost right now, but perhaps if more people like you discuss magic with me, I can escape this abyss of confusion and blindness.”

Everyone stared in disbelief, exchanging bewildered glances.

One month!

Locke Augustine solved what they considered an insurmountable problem in just one month.

Absurd.

Exaggerated!

Science fiction!

The wizard of the Sword Armor Dragon Garden was about to speak when suddenly his entire body emitted a red light, and the next moment, he vanished.

Wizard Roy’s expression changed drastically.

“Because Mr. Locke met the conditions for leaving the memory world ahead of schedule, we are all being expelled. If we resist this expulsion force with our magical pressure—I think Mr. Locke has already entered the deeper memory world of the Probus wizard, while we, as the eliminated, are to be directly eliminated.”

He couldn’t help but feel a sense of loss.

He wanted to resist this expulsion force.

However, a bitter tree, as large as a piece of wood, appeared before him.

That bitter tree was as tall as a mountain.

The next moment, he too was directly expelled from the laboratory

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