Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 113 - 13 Pioneer Civilization

Chapter 113: Chapter 13 Pioneer Civilization

In a corner of the warehouse, a crystal card lay quietly on a shelf.

The card’s exterior bore many scratches and signs of wear, and a considerable part of it was missing. Yet, Richard could ascertain that this was definitely not a product made by a wizard.

Richard picked it up, and in an instant, information transmitted from the Miracle Furnace.

[Material: Unknown Crystal Chip]

[Extractable Information: Basic Life Creation Technology (Severely Incomplete)]

[Extraction Cost: Forty spiritual power]

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As Richard read the information sent from the Miracle Furnace, his pupils shrank suddenly.

“Basic life… creation?”

Creating life was not about crafting Synthetic Beasts; life must have stable heredity, self-growth, and stable reproduction. Synthetic Beasts could neither grow on their own nor reproduce, not to mention establish heredity based on reproduction.

Within the Alchemy School, creating life was a lofty goal out of reach, and countless wizards had struggled their entire lives without coming a step closer to it.

“Ulysses, have you seen something like this before?” Richard asked quietly.

His voice trembled slightly; the information from the chip was somewhat too frightening. If a civilization possessed the technology of life creation, then were wizards their creations?

Was the Wizard World their cultivation garden, and was the conquest of the world by the Wizard World just like a staged play?

Ulysses glanced at the crystal chip, “Ga, what is this? Never seen it before.”

Richard took a deep breath, striving to calm himself down.

“Ulysses, do you think there’s a possibility that we were created by someone, rather than having evolved from natural life?”

Ulysses was somewhat puzzled,

“Ga, what kind of muddled questions are these? Isn’t creating life a normal thing?”

“What?”

Richard froze for a moment, then he asked urgently,

“Are you sure it’s about creating life? As in creating life that can reproduce stablely, inherit stablely, and grow stablely from nothing?”

“Ga, indeed I never mentioned it to you. A considerable part of the races within the Gods Civilization were created by the now vanished Titan Civilization.”

Ulysses’s response left Richard somewhat stunned; suddenly, he realized that even in his past life, humans were not Earth’s first wave of life.

“Tell me more about this.”

“Ga, the upper echelons of your Wizard Civilization should be aware of these matters,” Ulysses flew in front of Richard, “Taking the Titan Civilization I know as an example,

the Titan Civilization, according to the term used by the Gods Civilization, is referred to as the Pioneer Civilization. That is, a civilization that once existed, but now has become extinct, disappeared, or degenerated.

Such civilizations are widespread among world communities, and every civilization the Gods Civilization has come into contact with bears traces of Pioneer Civilizations.”

Ulysses’s words were undoubtedly a thunderbolt to Richard, causing some of his longstanding beliefs to be shattered.

His experience from his past life led him to believe that the emergence of a civilization requires hundreds of millions of years from primitive life forms. Yet in this world, perhaps civilizations were not so difficult to come by.

“Ga, do you have any more questions?”

Richard steadied his mind and shook his head, then pocketed the crystal chip.

“Nothing else.”

Since Pioneer Civilizations were common, Richard felt a weight lift off his chest.

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Upon leaving the Black Stone Mountain Range, Richard returned to the Academy and selectively reported the wizard remnants found in the Black Stone Mountain Range. After reporting, the Academy did not demand Richard to hand over any of his gains.

Richard was one of their own, after all; the water hadn’t flowed to a stranger’s field.

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Later, Richard cut in half the Ao Steel piece handed to him and gave it to Jolod, instructing him to contact the members inside the association to see if anyone was interested.

Although valuable, Richard, who did not specialize in Alchemy Machines, found limited use for Ao Steel, and keeping half for future upgrades to his Alchemy Golem was likely sufficient.

Apart from that, there was another reason Richard was selling the Ao Steel—he was in dire need of Magic Stones.

The Adaptation Body was a gold-devouring beast, and now that Richard had obtained an Alchemy Golem, should he wish to retrofit it, he’d have to spend a fair amount of Magic Stones to acquire the basic knowledge of Alchemy Machinery, then another sum to perform the retrofitting.

His current Magic Equipment, while adequate during his Apprentice years, was inadequate for a wizard. Upgrading the Magic Equipment would also be costly.

Additionally, Richard had yet to complete his Bloodline Alchemy, with buying Bloodlines representing another expense.

All of it was money.

Following this, Richard immediately returned to the Tower of Truth.

Back in the Wizard Tower, he plunged into the laboratory and began to extract the information from the chip.

In an instant, the familiar sensation of a heavy hammer smashing into his head assaulted him again. This feeling was the first since Richard had become a wizard and his spiritual power had undergone a qualitative change.

After completing the extraction, Richard absorbed the white light. In an instant, millions of characters surged into Richard’s mind, nearly causing his brain to crash.

Fortunately, with decades of meditation, his spiritual power had reached fifty-five points, allowing him enough remaining energy to pull through.

After receiving the millions of characters of information in his mind, Richard immediately began to sort it out.

The information extracted from the chip was incomplete, with many parts lacking context and necessary annotations, rendering them useless.

Yet even so, the information that Richard managed to understand, though with difficulty, acted like a key, unlocking the door to a New World for him.

He recorded this information in Chinese to prevent it from being stolen.

Organizing the information took Richard nearly half a month, during which he hardly slept or rested.

After he had finished, Richard slumped down in his chair, his face filled with happiness.

Of the information preserved by Pioneer Civilization, only three hundred thousand characters were useful, but even that small amount significantly advanced his understanding of bloodlines and cells. Since this knowledge was rather fundamental, it laid a solid foundation for Richard, greatly benefiting his future research in these areas.

Richard massaged his temples, “Pioneer Civilization… I’ll have to keep an eye out for news about this. A single incomplete chip brought such benefits; I can’t imagine how great it would be if the chip were intact.”

Three months later, Jolod arrived at the Tower of Truth.

“You’re lucky, a member of the club has been searching for Ao Steel for over three hundred years, and this piece of Ao Steel just happened to solve his problem.”

Speaking, Jolod handed over a bag of Magic Essence to Richard.

With a sweep of his spiritual power, Richard found that the bag contained a total of two hundred and twenty pieces of Magic Essence, twenty more than the market price, which was equivalent to twenty thousand Magic Stones.

“Thank you for your trouble, teacher.”

With that, Richard took out twenty pieces of Magic Essence from the bag and handed them to Jolod.

Jolod frowned, “What is this for?”

Richard calmly responded, “Teacher, you have worked hard for the Wizard Commerce over the years, and I, who can offer no help, can only assist with Magic Stones.”

Jolod’s expression eased slightly, “The Wizard Commerce’s affairs are progressing slowly; I am currently looking for suitable Magic Potion formulas.”

“You have had a hard time.”

After seeing off Jolod, Richard immediately went to the commercial level of the Tower of Truth.

Having gained knowledge from Pioneer Civilization, Richard decided to fully complete his own Bloodline Alchemy Formula.

During his Apprentice stage, Richard had only performed Bloodline Alchemy twice. The reason the third Bloodline Alchemy was not completed was mainly that it required an exceedingly rare bloodline that even the Wizard Commerce at Black Tower Wizard Academy did not sell.

However, the commercial level of the Tower of Truth essentially gathered all Wizard Commerce’s shops, making it easy to find such a bloodline.

After searching around, Richard finally found the remaining two types of bloodlines needed for his formula at a famous seven-star Wizard Commerce, and also stumbled upon a type of honey rich in Life Energy.

“Seventy Magic Essence, thank you for your patronage.”

The clerk handed over quartz tubes containing two types of bloodlines to Richard and also gave him a ten-pound jar of honey.

The honey was mainly for feeding Holy Tree Elves. Before this, Richard tried many types of honey, but none were effective, offering very limited growth for the Holy Tree Elves.

According to Fuzzy Ball, Holy Tree Elves should have their own cultivation method, but it was monopolized by the Nobles.

Therefore, Richard could now only rely on feeding them honey in the hope that they would grow from the accumulated energy.

On the way back to the Wizard Tower, Richard passed through the eleventh floor of the residential level. In an open area, a group of wizards was building a massive structure that resembled an ancient Roman Beast Fighting Arena.

The wizards constructing the Duel Arena appeared extremely robust, their Life Energy so dense it was nearly tangible.

Curious, Richard stepped forward to ask, and a bald wizard in a white robe responded enthusiastically.

“Friend, we are building a Duel Arena.”

“A Duel Arena? Are Otherworldly slaves going to duel and perform?”

The white-robed wizard shook his head, “What’s so interesting about Otherworldly slaves dueling? We’re going to have duels between wizards!”

“Wizards dueling?” Richard was stunned, wondering which wizards would engage in such foolish acts.

“Yes, friend, I see you are also one who pursues physical strength. Don’t you ever feel an itching in your hands? That’s your body craving battle,” the white-robed wizard patted Richard, and a huge burst of Power came at Richard’s shoulder.

Richard’s expression remained unchanged as he instantly activated his Bloodline, causing the muscles in his shoulder and arm to swell, resisting the force.

“Hmm? Impressive Flesh Control.”

The white-robed wizard was surprised. As a wizard who specialized in physique, Richard’s ability to change impressed him greatly.

“Friend, would you like to join our Jialong Club? The club is filled with wizards who specialize in physique and have deep research in flesh and blood,” he offered excitedly.

Richard was a bit confused, “Jialong Club? Is it a society? I’m already a member of one.”

“No, no, no, a club is a club, a society is a society,” the white-robed wizard explained, “A club is just a place for a group of wizards with common interests to gather. It’s not secret.”

With that, he pulled out a metal card from his Magic Pocket and handed it to Richard.

“This is our club’s card; if you’re interested, you’re welcome to join us.”