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Translator: AnubisTL
Golden Garden, within Jieming's private mage tower.
He was completely absorbed in analyzing the complex data streams flowing across the light screen before him—research data related to the Divine Power Faith Network of the Elosia Plane.
Suddenly, the magic net terminal on the corner of the laboratory platform emitted a notification sound distinct from regular communication requests.
Jieming's train of thought was interrupted. He frowned slightly and glanced at the terminal screen.
It wasn't a communication request from someone, but an automated notification from the magic net's official system.
The message was concise, cold, and devoid of emotion:
Notification: Confirmed by the Wizard Camp, Name: Anita Chuck, confirmed deceased on the 86547-5568 (Folded) planar battlefield on Standard Calendar day -37. Her direct mentor, Second-Tier Wizard Jieming, has had all related educational rewards and subsequent obligations officially terminated as of the date of this notification.
Jieming's fingers, gripping the data tablet, paused momentarily. His gaze lingered on the few lines of text for about two seconds.
Then, he gently placed the tablet back on the platform and shook his head with a hint of resignation.
His expression settled into an impassive calm, as if he had merely read an inconsequential weather report.
He refocused his attention on the intricate model of the Divine Power Faith Network, as if nothing had just transpired.
He had long anticipated Anita's fate.
A disciple who lacked unwavering resolve during her time at the academy, prioritizing flashy but impractical spells over a genuine reverence for knowledge and a profound understanding of power, stood little chance of survival when abruptly thrust into the brutal planar battlefield.
Ever since resolving his inner turmoil years ago, Jieming could only sigh at such outcomes.
He lamented the premature loss of a young life, but felt little else.
This wasn't due to innate coldness, but rather the vastly different scales of time between formal wizards and wizard apprentices.
Looking back, his so-called "master-disciple destiny" with Anita had lasted barely a few years.
Such a brief span was utterly insignificant within his current lifespan, measured in centuries and millennia.
In the vast tapestry of his memories, Anita was like a mayfly, flitting briefly across the scene, leaving behind a faint, almost imperceptible trace.
In truth, the perceived emotional detachment of many high-rank wizards stemmed from this very reason.
Without entering the ranks of formal wizards, an apprentice's meager sixty-year lifespan was but a fleeting moment in the eyes of formal wizards, who often lived for millennia or longer.
By the time a formal wizard emerged from a period of deep secluded cultivation, the apprentices they had once known would have been replaced by successive generations, reduced to mere dust in the annals of history.
Even formal wizards who failed to advance further were considered to have fleeting lifespans by their high-rank counterparts.
Unless they were exceptionally brilliant prodigies destined to reach the same heights, high-rank wizards rarely formed deep personal connections with low-tier practitioners.
After all, such relationships were inherently unequal, destined to end in sorrowful partings.
Anita's death was like a small pebble tossed into a calm lake, creating ripples that were brief and faint.
Yet it served as a reminder for Jieming.
After a moment's reflection, he opened his research log and added a new task to an inconspicuous corner:
Investigate the Chuck family's lineage and potential connections to the Elosia Plane's Divine Power Faith Network.
With this task added, he temporarily set the matter aside, immersing himself once again in his research on the Elosia Plane's Divine Power Faith Network.
Time flew by like an arrow, the days and months passing in a blur.
Unbeknownst to him, three hundred years had already elapsed since his return from the Void Domain Plane campaign.
For the past three hundred years, Jieming's life had been both disciplined and fulfilling.
His teaching duties, still largely ignored, had long since become a trivial footnote. He devoted nearly all his energy to his endless research.
Finally, on this day, he completed the analysis of most of the non-special biological samples he had brought back from the Void Domain Plane.
Vast amounts of data were organized and archived. Countless unique biological structures, energy utilization methods, and adaptive evolution strategies were understood, absorbed, and integrated into his knowledge system.
With the old chapter closed, a new creation began.
On a specially designed experimental platform at the center of the laboratory, a bizarre creature was now secured.
Its entire body was streamlined and spindle-shaped, resembling a meticulously crafted metal projectile rather than a flesh-and-blood organism.
The surface was covered in a smooth, dense biological keratin layer that shimmered with a cold metallic luster.
The head lacked distinct facial features, bearing only a pair of compound-eye-like crystalline structures and a sucker-like mouth for energy intake.
Short but intricately structured fin-like appendages extended from its sides, while the tail consisted of muscular tissue resembling a vector nozzle.
These were the Shuttle Hunters, Jieming's custom-designed cannon fodder units for aerial combat, based on samples from the Void Domain Plane.
Their design prototype stemmed primarily from the bizarre creatures he encountered during his exploration of the spatial distortion zone with Wizard Jack (Chapter 254), creatures naturally adapted for expressway flight.
Their most remarkable feature was their astonishingly extreme speed!
Through Jieming's deep optimization using alchemy and biomodification technology, combined with genetic enhancement, the performance of the new generation Shuttle Hunters had undergone a quantum leap.
Their growth floor had been significantly raised; upon hatching, they could reliably mature into first-tier creatures.
Moreover, their advancement potential far exceeded that of their naturally occurring counterparts. They possessed a high probability of naturally advancing to second-tier beings, and even a small chance of producing third-tier creature individuals.
Most importantly, Jieming's targeted modifications had dramatically enhanced the species' speed.
First-tier Shuttle Hunters could effortlessly break the sound barrier during cruising. Second-tier individuals routinely exceeded ten times the speed of sound, while third-tier creatures could unleash terrifying bursts of thirty times the speed of sound!
In short-range engagements, their breakthrough capabilities were nightmarish.
Moreover, Jieming had equipped them with a highly efficient, controllable self-destruct system inherited from the Black Giants.
At critical moments, they could accelerate themselves to their absolute limit, transforming into the ultimate weapon. By combining their immense kinetic energy with the bio-energy instantly released from within, they could unleash a devastating impact explosion.
To put it bluntly, these "Shuttle Hunters" were less combat creatures and more living missiles—basic biological intelligences capable of autonomously seeking out enemies and reproducing endlessly!
Their core purpose was attrition.
To this end, Jieming had synthesized the reproductive strategies of most low-level organisms from the Void Domain Plane, granting the Shuttle Hunters an astonishingly rapid reproduction rate.
These hermaphroditic creatures could lay eggs anytime, anywhere, with an astonishingly high meat-to-material ratio and developmental speed.
Given only the most basic biomass and energy, they could quickly multiply into massive swarms.
They required no complex tactics, no prolonged engagements. Their sole mission was to breach enemy defenses with unparalleled speed.
Then, at their target, they would unleash the most dazzling—and most lethal—burst of destructive light.
"Air cavalry and such are obsolete," Jieming murmured, gazing at the finished product on the laboratory terrace. His eyes shone with the critical admiration of a researcher beholding a perfect creation. "The dominion of the Void Domain Plane should be seized by such 'meteors.'"
After one final inspection, he lightly tapped the control panel, initiating the input of actual combat simulation parameters.
(End of the Chapter)
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