Chapter 723: Chapter 443: Thunder Light Stone_2
The original platform had now become the lowest point of the square, whereas the seats they currently occupied had become the highest point.
At the same time, Colin also noticed that apart from Ryden who was nearby, everything a little further away seemed to be veiled with a thin layer of gauze and was indistinct.
"Take a seat wherever you like, just standing here won’t give you a clear view of the witchcraft being displayed below," Ryden said as he took a step and led him to the two closest seats.
As Colin’s body fully settled into the pale green chair, the scene before his eyes blurred for a moment and then suddenly became clear.
Colin looked again, only to be astonished to find that the previously distant platform was now within arm’s reach, right in front of him and Ryden!
It was as if he and Ryden were not sitting on high but in the closest and most optimal viewing position.
This was clearly the effect of witchcraft.
He was unsure how it was achieved; it didn’t seem like any sort of visual deception. Colin could feel that the platform was truly in front of him, and he could clearly sense the powerful presence of Witch Beth on it.
After a while, Beth’s reading ended, and the Miracle Meeting officially began.
As per the established convention, this Miracle Meeting was held in Pansai City, so the first to present was Pansai City itself.
"Last time Pansai City... I remember they presented the latest discovery in the tree people field that could prolong life, no idea what it will be this time."
Ryden spoke, then sighed lightly, "It’s just a pity that due to the Tainted babbling, witchcraft research is hindered, and today’s Miracle Meeting is completely devoid of the grandeur of a thousand years ago."
"A thousand years ago, the Miracle Meeting was held annually, but each time, the emerging new witchcraft knowledge was countless. To save time, there were even limitations on the number of witchcraft research projects each Miracle City could present, no more than nine.
Even so, each Miracle Meeting’s new witchcraft knowledge presentation segment would still last at least a week."
Ryden’s eyes held a longing for those bygone wizarding years.
"As long as the Divine are defeated, there’s always a chance to return to the former glory," Colin remarked.
Ryden nodded.
Susu.
At this moment, a disturbance arose on the platform, a green twig suddenly sprouted from the center of the platform, and in an instant grew into a twisted vine.
"This is an ordinary Iron-eating Vine," an old wizard with silver-white beard appeared beside the vine and spoke gently, then with a slight wave of his hand.
A silver-white metallic grain fell next to the Iron-eating Vine, and in a flash, it too grew into a twisted vine.
Apart from the silver-white color, it was almost identical to the Iron-eating Vine beside it, whether in shape or size!
And Colin could feel that this metallic Iron-eating Vine was not simply similar in appearance; it also had the vitality of an ordinary Iron-eating Vine!
The metallic Iron-eating Vine was actually alive!
"One day last year, one of my students mutated and died because of the Tainted babbling, this metallic Iron-eating Vine is the research he left behind,"
the old wizard said with an even tone, his face showing neither sorrow nor joy, and continued to explain:
"As you can see, this pure metallic vine is alive. My student called the metal that composes the vine ’Activated Metal’.
The biggest difference between Activated Metal and any other metal is that it has biological activity..."
The old wizard briefly introduced the Activated Metal.
"What an incredible piece of new research!" Ryden exclaimed, "Those wizards who have mechanically enhanced their bodies might no longer have to worry about obstacles they may encounter when they advance to High Rank."
The surrounding seats also burst into noisy exclamations, clearly shocked by Pansai City’s latest research.
Colin’s face could not hide his astonishment; he understood what Ryden meant by the obstacle.
Wizards, when advancing to Third Rank, need their souls to attempt to leave their bodies repeatedly, to gradually adapt to the external world.
In this adaptation process, there was a very critical step—
That is, the soul returning to the body to receive nourishment from the physical warmth.
Only through the combined effects of the physical nourishment and the soul leaving the body to face external stimuli, can the soul truly transform, reaching the Third Rank, able to enter and leave the body freely.
However, those Second Rank wizards who chose to mechanically enhance their bodies usually found that upon advancing to the Third Rank, the body’s ability to nourish the soul was much weaker than that of other wizards who took different paths.
Many who opted for Mechanical Transformation have failed to advance to Third Rank because of this, falling back to Second Rank.
The fundamental reason is that the metal parts of the body are not alive; even though they can host the soul, they cannot nourish and sustain it.
And now, a metal with biological activity has been researched.
Even if it’s currently only possible to barely cultivate an Iron-eating Vine with a short lifespan, it’s believed that as research continues, future wizards could even transform into pure metallic bodies!
Colin was startled by his own thought.
A metal body has many advantages over a regular one... how should one put it, Cyber Wizards?
Although the metallic Iron-eating Vine displayed was still very far from a Cyber Wizard, Colin’s mood inexplicably brightened.
He thought of his former life, an age where technology advanced day by day... but anyway, at least the present world was still making progress.