"Huh?"

Link was silent, his face becoming more and more unsightly.

Since I came to the Star Fortress, nothing has been comfortable.

"How did he die?"

A moment later, Link asked.

Christina shook her head, indicating that she didn't know the specifics either.

The black smoke in the air outlined a sentence: "I just received Jimny's suicide note and death, I don't know the details." ”

"Hmm."

Link nodded in understanding.

Even if you are promoted to a full-fledged wizard, you don't have much free time.

Studying, researching, and career take up too much time, how can there be so much free time to run around.

Up to now, except for a few trips to the Otherworld, in the wizarding world itself, Link's activity trajectory has been delineated in the Rivothoth area.

Not to mention visiting Tudor or the entire West Coast, not even the Mitchell district.

Unless, like Jimny used to, he traveled around with caravans all day long.

Thinking of Jimny, a hint of loneliness flashed across Link's face.

Of the five teenagers who left the Quate Islands together, another died.

There are only three left.

There is one more passer-by in my life.

Link still vividly remembers the bracket that evening, when Jimny poured the crumbs of the snack in his palm back into his mouth, squinting his eyes and savoring the happiness.

What a simple young man.

Maybe it's because I just saw a ruined planet that is very similar to my hometown in my previous life, and I was hit hard, and once the "Occlumency" stopped working a little, my mood would be flooded.

That's not good.

With a long sigh, Link adjusted his state once again, and decided to put these things aside, and first finish the main business of this time, the exchange and study, and then talk about the rest.

"Pex, are you docked?"

Link turned his head to Pex, who was leading the Academy's twenty apprentices to confront the Shadowcity team, and shouted at him.

"Team leader,"

Pex was still staring at the deputy leader of Shadow City, and replied loudly, "We have no problem, the other party has a problem." ”

"What's the problem?"

Link frowned, he really didn't want to make a fuss.

"The people of Shadowcity say we must go into the world of ruins behind them."

Pex explained the reason for the confrontation, emphatically, "You don't even want to enter with us!" ”

Link looked back at Christina and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"One...... Rise...... Enter. ”

Christina struggled to say a word, and turned towards the Shadowcity team.

A tentative little dispute just subsided.

Communication, or competition, starts from the moment we meet.

Competing for time to enter the world of ruins is an offensive test for the Shadowcity apprentices.

If there is a first concession, there will be a second, a third, and a second concession.

The so-called inch by inch, that's it.

Under the constraints of the leaders of the two teams, the two apprentice teams no longer fought against the ox, but prepared separately.

On the academy's side, Lannie. After consulting Link and Page, Taylor officially began to perform the duties of captain.

She first put the two vice-captains, Luna. Colonna and Jillian. Clark called to the side.

Unify thinking, negotiate the division of tasks, and refine the management and command of the team.

Lannie had apparently thought about it on her way to the Starry Sky Fortress.

She planned to divide the eighteen team members into four groups, one group for vigilance, two groups for reconnaissance, three groups for searching for supplies, and four groups for missing points.

Vice Captain Luna leads the first and second teams, and Vice Captain Jillian manages the third and fourth teams.

Lannie herself is in charge of the overall situation.

This plan was approved by Luna and Jillian.

Subsequently, the three captains began to carry out the grouping scheme.

Break up all the small teams and complete the mixing of personnel into four teams.

The operation on the Shadowland side is similar, with only minor minor differences.

Once the apprentice teams of the two parties are ready, this is the official start of this exchange and learning.

Together with Christina, Link applied to Towerling, the transportation hub, for permission to use the portal to enter the world of ruins.

This starry fortress is an asset belonging to the entire wizarding world, but any wizarding organization registered with the Supreme Council can use it for a fee.

However, unless otherwise permitted by the High Council, members of the Wizarding Order who come to the Star Fortress are not allowed to "hang out" on the Star Fortress, and can only transit through the transportation hub.

This is the nature of the application submitted jointly by Rivosos Academy and Shadowcity.

The transportation hub management tower spirit, after the arrival of the Shadow City team, adjusted the relevant parameters of the portal.

It's just that I haven't opened the right to use it.

Obtained two open permission credentials from Link and Christina.

When the Shadowcity team arrived, the dim door of light was lit up again.

"Ready! Let's go! ”

Link confirmed the teleportation coordinates to the intelligent golem arranged by the academy and waved to the apprentice team.

Everyone didn't dare to delay, and immediately put on the isolation suits prepared by the smart puppet.

This time, Pex took the lead, Link broke off, and twenty-two mermaids walked into the portal.

"Out of ...... Hair. ”

On the Shadowy City side, Christina also ordered that the time to speak would catch up with Link, who had deliberately lowered his speaking rate.

They were also led by the vice-leader, with Christina staying at the end.

Both teams stepped into the portal at about the same time.

Another sense of alienation from time and space.

With the natal sorcery "armor" on, the "Defender 3202" suit in the middle, and the isolation suit outside, Link stabilized himself in full armor and found himself standing on the roof of an abandoned skyscraper.

The apprenticeship was not far in front of him.

In Lanny. Taylor, Luna. Colonna, Jillian. Under Clark's command, the four groups of men and horses have a clear division of labor, either vigilance, or reconnaissance, or information collection, or checking for gaps.

Pex's levitation in the air, invisible, and only Link could see some of it.

Link immediately floated into the air without any smoke and fire, and disappeared from his figure.

From now on, everything depends on the apprentices' own abilities, whether they can find valuable items, and the total value can surpass that of Shadowcity.

The team leaders and vice-leaders, Link and Pacx, must not interfere in this area.

Although the academy didn't say it explicitly, it could be guessed that the team leader's intervention in the search for supplies would definitely lose points.

The main task of the team leader is to ensure the safety of the apprentice team, and to guard against the shameless and humiliating attacks of the main and deputy leaders of Shadow City.

The Shadowcity party appears on top of another abandoned skyscraper.

The two sides are not far apart, visible to the naked eye, and look at each other in the air.

Christina and her vice-leader took the same actions as Link's side.

They all stand in the air, following stealthily.

The four of them glanced at each other and did not communicate, but they had some tacit understanding with each other.

For a long time, neither side will attack the other's apprentice team.

Unless something unexpected happens, such as a team that has a valuable discovery, it can lay the foundation for this exchange and learning in one fell swoop.

That's what it means to be equally powerful.

There is no sword to use, and there is no sword, it is two different things.

If only one team has an official wizard to follow, or if there are more official wizards and one side has fewer official wizards, the balance will be broken.

Whether the apprentice team will suffer from the dimensionality reduction of the official wizard depends on the intention of the other party's additional official wizard.

If you want to fight, you can fight, and if you don't want to fight, you don't want to fight.

The team of apprentices who are intimidated will always be in an atmosphere of uneasiness.

Hence the formation of unequal competition!

(Nuclear...... ）

As the team of apprentices searched down the building, Link saw more and more traces of his past life.

Somehow, this world of ruins is not affected by time.

More than 6,000 years have passed, and there is no sign of weathering or decay in the buildings, decorations, and furniture.

Looking at the familiar decoration style, looking at the workstations that look like lattices, looking at the computers, Link seems to have returned to the modern world of the 21st century.

It's nothing more than a modern world of the twenty-first century with no one.

It's like in "I Am Legend", virologist Robert lives alone in empty New York, unaccompanied and unresponsive.

Link had already identified that if this ruined world was really his hometown in his previous life, then this area that had just been discovered was listed in Shanghai!

The skyscraper he is in now is the third tallest building in the world, the Shanghai Central Building.

The skyscraper where the Shadow City team is located should be the Shanghai World Financial Center.

Link had never been to Shanghai in his previous life, but he liked to study various maps, and he had learned more about the topography and various buildings of Shanghai.

Thinking back to his past life like this, he turned a corner and several huge maps appeared in front of Link's eyes.

The world map, the country map, and the Shanghai listed map are listed in order.

Three groups of apprentices have already arranged for people to take pictures of the map.

Valuable items and materials contain information and knowledge.

Glancing at the three maps, the name of a building caught Link's eye, and he couldn't disperse for a long time.

Shanghai Planetarium!

It's not that this building is special, but the word "astronomy" makes Link have a flash of inspiration and think of the "Great Universe Meditation Method" that he created.

He is lacking data on specific cosmic objects.

Now that there is an opportunity, how can we not take the opportunity to collect relevant data, lest we have to "rack our brains" and search for memories in the small reserves of astronomical knowledge in our previous lives.

"I'll go somewhere else and take a look, you keep an eye on it."

As soon as he thought of it, Link slapped the "telecommunication technique" and told the words to Pecke, then turned around and floated towards the fire escape.

The normally closed fire door blocked the view of Pecks and the apprentices.

Link summoned Flando, and shared with Flandor the addresses of the Shanghai Planetarium and some of Shanghai's most famous universities and research institutes, as well as all the memories of the Shanghai listing in his previous life.

Without the need for "telepathy", Link was able to communicate with Flandor on a psychic level.

"Got it?"

"Understood, sir, Flandor will definitely find the knowledge and information that the master needs."

Flandor patted her small chest and nodded vigorously, giving assurance.

"Then go, be careful, if you encounter danger, go back to the 'small world' immediately, don't fight hard."

Link admonished, as if the old father was worried about the safety of his little daughter who was about to leave for a long time.

"Uh-huh, thank you for your concern."

Flandor had a big smile on her face, happy to respond.

The old man really cares about her.

"Go ahead."

"Master, Frando is going."

Watching Flandor turn into a phantom, piercing through the walls of the building, and then turning into a wisp of breeze, he immediately drifted towards the first stop, the Shanghai Planetarium.

Link spun around sharply, staring blankly at Christina in the corner, who had touched her invisibly after Flandor left.

After a few moments, Link gave up on his intentions.

This is not a real person.

"Something?"

"Psychic Communication" is used again.

It's not that Link doesn't want to use the more secrecy "Mind Link", it's that this witchcraft is not taught in the True Spirit Wizard course of the High Academy.

Conventional channels also do not find information and literature related to "Psychic Link".

It is said that you must join the True Spirit Wizards Federation, a looser organization, in order to obtain all the learning materials and learning privileges of Psychic Link.

Christina nodded.

A wisp of black smoke appeared in the air, twisting and winding like a snake, outlining a few lines.

"This is my doppelganger phantom, and it lasts for a short time, long story short."

"I can give you all the biochemical modification materials I received, and I can also provide you with some of my flesh and blood for you to study."

"I only have one favor, please help."

"Let my child be a normal person."

As the black smoke writhed, Christina's hands caressed her little belly, and her eyes flashed with maternal love.

When they first met at Starry Sky Fortress, Link realized that Christina was pregnant.

He was surprised at first, could it be that Christina had met someone who could be trusted for life?

It wasn't until he saw the sentence "The person who transformed her was swallowed by me" that Link guessed the whole picture.

I won't describe it specifically, it's nothing more than those bad things in the world.

Sin, disgusting, lustful to kill and then fast.

Link thought for a moment and replied, "I can only do my best, I can't guarantee it." You know, biochemical modification is very difficult to reverse. ”

Not......

It's really hard to reverse.

For example, in the fairy world, the front-line medical department of the Paro Sage Legion cannot reverse the aberration of the elves.

It was Link who made the difference.

"Yes."

The black smoke outlined the word, and it vanished with Christina's apparition.

Link turned away from the fire escape and found the group that had advanced a considerable distance, standing side by side with Pecks, looking down at the orderly search of the apprentice team.

I have to say, Lanny. Taylor is extremely good, and these peak third-class wizard apprentices who have touched the official wizard's side are also top talents.

After entering the state, each of them showed extremely shrewd ability and profound knowledge.

All the materials that have some value, especially the carriers of knowledge and information, are all looted.

Thankfully, the academy has been thoughtful enough to equip the apprentices with a space storage gear.

Otherwise, the last weight can crush everyone in the apprentice team.

There was a loud bang.

This was followed by a continuous boom of explosions.

Suddenly, it came from the direction of the Shadowcity team.

Lannie immediately reacted and issued an order: "One group expands the alert area, the second group approaches to reconnoitre, the third group continues to search, and the fourth group is transferred to the reserve. ”

"Yes."

The team members responded in unison.

The educational system of the college always has a variety of links to strengthen teamwork.

In the course or in extracurricular practice.

A typical example is the annual grade competition of junior colleges.

Except for a few one-on-one fights, most of them are in the form of teamwork and confrontation.

At the advanced college level, internships are held in small groups halfway through the post-graduate program.

Therefore, the wizard apprentice or official wizard of the academy, once they enter the task state, can quickly break up the mixed formation and cooperate with the execution.

Eighteen members of the team acted swiftly as instructed.

Lannie summoned two more vice-captains and whispered, "What happened over there in Shadowcity is unknown at the moment, but we must be vigilant in case the worst happens." ”

After a pause, Lannie emphasized: "I think the three of us must unify our minds from now on and be ready to attack at any time. ”

This is to treat the movement on the Shadow City side as an extremely important discovery, rather than a danger.

Ready for war.

"Yes."

Luna and Jillian agree with Lanny's worst-case scenario.

The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers.

Even if there is no major discovery on the Shadow City's side, even if the Shadow City is in danger, the first attack will always have an advantage.

As for the two team leaders on the other side, they have their own two team leaders to deal with, and they don't need to think about it.

What they have to do is to win this exchange and learning.

Formal way, the competition to see who collects more valuable materials is to win.

Launching an attack, destroying the opponent, is also a win.

The academy only looks at the results, so they just hand over the results.

It doesn't matter how it happens.

(End of chapter)