Chapter 1392 - Future Allies
Chapter 1393 - The Mysterious Adept
Chapter 1394 - Clash of Principles
Chapter 1395 - Principle Battle
Chapter 1396 - Forced into Retreat
Chapter 1397 - The Association Calls For Help
Chapter 1398 - Strange Negotiations
Chapter 1399 - Secret Discussions
Chapter 1400 - An Unexpected Decision
Chapter 1401 - Forceful Teleportation
Chapter 1402 - First Foray into Battle
Chapter 1403 - Terrifying Battlefield
Chapter 1404 - Assignments of Battle
Chapter 1405 - Association Battle Squad
Chapter 1406 - The Weakling Squad
Chapter 1407 - The Might of the Powerful
Chapter 1408 - Pulling the Team Together
Chapter 1409 - Battle of the Stars
Chapter 1410 - World Power
Chapter 1411 - Battle of the Ultra-Grades
Chapter 1412 - Fiveface’s Despair
Chapter 1413 - Post-Battle Spirits
Chapter 1414 - Principle Crystal
Chapter 1415 - The Association’s Open Conspiracy
Chapter 1416 - Battle for the Slope
Chapter 1417 - Inch By Inch
Chapter 1418 - The Elderly Adept’s Suggestion
Chapter 1419 - A Terrifying Explosion
Chapter 1420 - Chaotic Melee
Chapter 1421 - Zagu Falls
Chapter 1422 - Division of Spoils
Chapter 1423 - Sinai’s Clone
Chapter 1424 - The Powerful Clone of Sinai
Chapter 1425 - Might of the Fire God
Chapter 1426 - Fragments of Divine Authority
Chapter 1427 - Conclusion of the Great Battle
Chapter 1428 - The Fourth Major Adept Organization
Chapter 1429 - Academy Celebrations
Chapter 1430 - Old and New Crimson
Chapter 1431 - The Ceremony
Chapter 1432 - The Association’s Gift
Chapter 1433 - Overwhelming Power
Chapter 1434 - A Temporary Farewell
Chapter 1435 - Advancing to Fifth Grade
Chapter 1436 - Planar Suppression
Chapter 1437 - Eye for an Eye
Chapter 1438 - Intimidating the Association
Chapter 1439 - Punishing the Witches
Chapter 1440 - City in Space
Chapter 1441 - A New Body
Chapter 1442 - A Strange Invitation
Chapter 1443 - Camp Obligations
Chapter 1444 - King’s Advice
Chapter 1445 - Broodmother Lasbes
Chapter 1446 - Ancient Secrets
Chapter 1447 - Enemy Tracks
Chapter 1448 - Martin’s Sigh
Chapter 1449 - Recruitment Orders
Chapter 1450 - Responding to the Summons
Chapter 1451 - An Old Acquaintance
Chapter 1452 - Terrifying Numbers
Chapter 1453 - War Potential
Chapter 1454 - Try Not to Compare
Chapter 1455 - Strange Seed
Chapter 1456 - A Crude Boor
Chapter 1457 - Old Man José
Chapter 1458 - Plane Gere
Chapter 1459 - The Impulsive Orcs
Chapter 1460 - Secrets of the Gods
Chapter 1461 - Divine Beast Tamer
Chapter 1462 - Ultra-Grade Battle
Chapter 1463 - The First Battle Concludes
Chapter 1464 - Tomb of the Dragons
Chapter 1465 - Devastation
Chapter 1466 - Mysterious Light Array
Chapter 1467 - Gere Orcs
Chapter 1468 - The Worth of an Ant
Chapter 1469 - The Calamity of Wintercastle
Chapter 1470 - The Interrogation Room
Chapter 1471 - Road to Improvement
Chapter 1472 - Foundations
Chapter 1473 - A Mysterious Visitor
Chapter 1474 - Principle Infiltration
Chapter 1475 - Urgent Reports
Chapter 1476 - The God of Tyranny
Chapter 1477 - Clash of the Powerful
Chapter 1478 - Visiting Sarubo
Chapter 1479 - Business and Conversation
Chapter 1480 - Horr’s Clone
Chapter 1481 - Killing A Clone
Chapter 1482 - Divine Authority and Divine Virtue
Chapter 1483 - Examining the Loot
Chapter 1484 - Change in Mentality
Chapter 1485 - World Altar
Chapter 1486 - Mysterious Entity
Chapter 1487 - Snorlax’s Death
Chapter 1488 - Holy Snorlax
Chapter 1489 - Adjustment of Power
Chapter 1490 - Plane Mutas
Chapter 1491 - A Slaughter
Chapter 1492 - Orc Main Temple
Chapter 1493 - The Earth Prophet and the Dark Dragon
Chapter 1494 - A Brutal Battle
Chapter 1495 - Death Tides
Chapter 1496 - Desperation
Chapter 1497 - An Unbearable Sight
Chapter 1498 - The Final Banquet
Chapter 1499 - The Orc Pantheon
Chapter 1500 - Battlefield Harvest
Chapter 1501 - Battle of the Gods
Chapter 1502 - Hunting Mark and Tracking Arrow
Chapter 1503 - A Savage Fight
Chapter 1504 - To the Death
Chapter 1505 - Greem’s Harvest
Chapter 1506 - The Primordial Kindling
Chapter 1507 - Mini Fire World
Chapter 1508 - Sunfire Cape and the Ancient Red Dragon
Chapter 1509 - Mary’s Future
Chapter 1510 - Alice’s Pain
Chapter 1511 - The Fruit of Bliss
Chapter 1512 (END) - Fate’s Final Chapter
Prologue
2032, Earth.
After many years of development, the first generation of the Biological Assistance Chip was released.
This Biological Assistance Chip was said to work by being embedded into one’s DNA and would perfectly merge with the host, fully utilizing the current abilities of the host and assisting them in all facets of their lives, whether they be work, school, or entertainment related.
Of course, in order to avoid the chip becoming too intelligent and taking control of the user, the first generation of the chip didn’t possess a complete, working artificial intelligence, but only had simple data storage and analysis functions. However, It was still capable of accomplishing work that required a huge amount of data processing, and, thus, was able to assist the user with complex tasks, which would normally strain the mind.
As one of 50,000 lucky people across the world, Li Xun had been selected as a first batch user and was given the Biological Assistance Chip, which he had always dreamed of, right after product launch.
Inside his home, Li Xuan unwrapped the package, which had made all his friends green with envy, and took out the Biological Assistance Chip.
In this day and age, technology had become quite advanced. The so-called Biological Assistance Chip was not one of those antique silicone chips, which needed to implanted, but a milky white orb that one would swallow. It was pill sized.
Following the instructions in the user manual, Li Xuan swallowed the orb and lay flat on his bed, patiently waiting for the chip to be absorbed into his body.
The white orb disintegrated in Li Xuan’s stomach, slowly seeping into his cells, and then penetrating deeper into his physiology before embedding itself into Li Xuan’s DNA and becoming part of his body.
The Biological Assistance Chip had now become an essential part of his life, able to enhance all of his senses to assist him.
But, as other users of the chip were busy getting used to a whole new set of senses, Li Xuan, who was obsessed with data and computing, was busy connecting the chip to the Internet.
However, as he was getting ready to experience the pleasure diving into the world of data, at the very moment that the Bio
logical Assistance Chip connected to the link that led him to the vast amount of data in the new World Information Network, the immense ocean of data contained within immediately swallowed Li Xuan’s small, weak soul consciousness.
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Chapter 1
In a dark, oppressive swamp filled with a thick, wet fog.
Even the harshest sunlight was unable to penetrate the low clouds and gloomy fog, so anyone walking through this area would feel a constant chill on their skin.
There were small, foul-smelling ponds everywhere one looked. These ponds were inhabited by a myriad of strange creatures. Whenever wanderers visited, this desolate and silent land would become a paradise for those creatures, many of whom fed on flesh and blood. Demon Rattans, Scavenger Crows, Ghost Nannies, and Giant Swamp Alligators. Each of these terrifying demonic beings made travelers avoid this place like the plague.
But, right in the center of this swampy land, where no reasonable living human being could bear to live, a dark looking tower loomed over the surrounding land.
It was a tall stone tower, with a height of over a hundred meters.
Its foundation was made entirely of augite, so when the darkness of night came, the entire tower would radiate a chilly and silent glow, making it especially attractive to evil spirits and wraiths.
Maybe it was because of a lack of basic maintenance and care, but the lower part of the tower was completely entwined with the crazily growing vines of a demon rattan, making its surface look like it was filled with wooden spikes that shined like metal. If any ordinary man became entangled in these vines, all the blood in his body would be sucked out. Eventually, his corpse would join the others in the huge pile of bones lining the base of the tower.
The sky darkened with the coming night, a candle was lit inside the tower.
Dim candlelight leaked through the narrow window in the side of the tower. Not only did it’s light not bring any warmth, but, instead, would send a shivering sensation crawling down one’s spine and through their heart.
Greem, who had just turned fifteen, was sitting in front of a worn-out wooden table. There was a thick magic book unfolded in front of him, which he was silently making a copy of. Although he had arrived in this world two years ago, the discomfort of his soul still gave him frequent headaches.
His mind was distracted, the scenes of what happened back on Earth continually flashing through his eyes. In his distraction, the tip of his writing brush paused for a moment, causing a big lump of ink to well up on the crude goat skin.
“Damn it! I failed again!”
Greem’s brows knitted into a tight frown. He couldn’t control himself and clenched his fists. He wanted to scream out in anger, but he took a deep breath and held still for a while. After a long time, he finally managed to suppress the urge.
This world was no longer the Earth that he was familiar with, and the body he was now inhabiting was not his original body either. It once belonged to an Apprentice Adept, whose name was Greem. In brief, he was just a wandering soul, who managed to take over this body right at the moment when the original Greem died.
Retaining nothing from his original life, he traveled from Earth, where magic didn’t exist, and came to this world of advanced magic, where foul demons and nonsensical creatures freely roamed. This world was a place where Adepts stood at the top. The process of adapting overwhelmed Li Xuan, such that he almost ended it all right there, but luckily, after merging the memory fragments that left in this body, Li Xuan had gained a basic linguistic ability. Otherwise, just with the weird pronunciations and grammar in this world, along with the completely different alphabet, which looked like swimming tadpoles, would be enough to torture him to death.
Even so, the headache that frequently struck him troubled him deeply.
In this place, he never dared to expose his real identity. He could only use Greem’s name, trying his best to struggle to survival in this tall tower.
Although he was simply an Apprentice Adept living under Great Master Anderson, his glorious status would draw envy from most people living in this world. However, only those people who actually lived in this tall tower would know that not only was this not an enviable position to be in, but could actually be considered a terrifying form of torture and punishment.
An Apprentice Adept’s basic job was to work diligently and conscientiously, taking care of the daily life of their Great Master, in this case, Great Master Anderson. They were also in charge of cleaning up the magic experiment equipment, keeping the inside of the tower clean, taking care of those demon creatures outside of the tower, and… being a part of Great Master Anderson’s experiments.
Although the last job was rare, when the wagons that brought slaves or condemned prisoners were a few days late, Great Master Anderson, who easily became frustrated when there was a lack of beings to experiment on, would order a random apprentice to become his temporary lab rat.
It was said that Mary, who came from Ante Province and lived next to Greem, was ‘fortunate’ to become the experimental ‘partner’ for Great Master Anderson last month. She didn’t die from the magic experiment, although her body was seriously ‘contaminated’, and she had some horrifying mutation now. Since she came out from the laboratory, wearing a thick cloak which covered her entire body, she had just hidden in her room and never left.
Many Apprentice Adepts thought that Mary might have died in her room.
But Greem knew the truth: Mary was still alive.
At night, in the unnatural stillness of that tower, he could hear the sounds of agonized groan scratching against the wall. Because of that, while everyone else was asleep, he would throw some food, which he had snuck back to his room, into her room through those tiny windows on the tower.
Although Greem had his own problems to deal with, he still had some compassion inside him, from his time back on Earth, so he felt he should try to help Mary, as best he knew how.
Today, the headache came at the wrong time. It chose to strike him right when he was making a copy of the book. He was low on money, yet he had wasted another piece of goatskin paper.
Although it was just a crumpled and crude goatskin paper, it was worth about two silver coins. In this world, the most commonly used currency was the gold coin. A gold coin could be exchanged for ten silver coins, and a silver coin could be exchanged for ten copper coins. Five copper coins was about how much money most people in this world made a day.
Hence, for most, an ordinary looking piece of goatskin paper was considered a huge fortune. But in this place, it was just rubbish that an Apprentice Adept could simply throw away.
However, within the tall Adept’s tower, nothing was ever, truly free.
Greem was required to pay for Room, food, and board, along with the cost of learning with his own efforts. The only ways to earn money required one to walk out from the tall Adept tower, and either feed those brutal and ferocious demon creatures, take care of those eerie and strange demon plants, or searching out and harvesting the magic materials specified by Great Master Anderson. One could also earn money by cleaning out some of the dangerous areas within the tower.
When carrying out these tasks, they would put on a magic talismans made by the Great Adept himself, which would allow them safe passage through the magic formation around the tower. But in this mysterious and strange world, no mere talisman could allow one to consider themselves absolutely safe. Every couple of months there was always an incident where a few unfortunate guys would be devoured by demon creatures or plants when taking care of them. Sometimes people were struck down by magical energy while cleaning up some experiment of the Great Adept.
Therefore, most of the time the safer tasks would be taken by senior Apprentice Adepts, and, as a result, the weaker Apprentice Adepts could only pick more dangerous tasks to earn their money and knowledge points so they could continue th
eir magic training.
Money was, of course, used to buy one’s daily needs, while knowledge points were used in buying knowledge. It was a currency system created by the Great Adept himself. In the library within the tower, each magic book was labeled with different knowledge point values. Borrowing books would require knowledge points, not money.
The apprentices had to work hard to earn knowledge points, but those hard earned points would only allow them to borrow the book for a very short amount of time. The time was so short that it was totally not enough for an apprentice to master all the knowledge within the book. Therefore, most of the apprentices had made a habit of copying the books themselves.
Whenever they borrowed a magic book, the apprentice would put all their efforts into copying the knowledge they needed, so they could continue to study in future. Copying books required ink and goatskin paper. Obviously, these were not free either, and thus the Apprentice Adepts needed even more money.
Of course, if an Apprentice Adept came from a rich family, then they could spend a huge amount of money in exchange for knowledge point. The exchange rate between them was one knowledge point cost one hundred gold coins.
For example, the ‘Glossary of Demon Creatures’, which Greem had borrowed today, had cost him three knowledge points. He could only borrow it for half a day. With Greem’s copying speed, based on his best estimation, he would have to borrow it three times in order to make a complete copy of this book.
This would cost him a total of nine knowledge points. Greem would have to leave the tower two weeks in a row in order to earn these nine knowledge points.
So he didn’t feel even the slightest bit upset for wasting a piece of goatskin paper, but he was furious that he had wasted two hours of his precious time of copying the book.
Greem took another deep breath, and did his best to stamp out his anger, as doing so would help his book copying later, however, in the next moment, a familiar beeping sound suddenly resounded in his brain.
*Beep* “Biological energy has reached the required amount. Biological Assistance Chip, serial number ZXJ9521 initiating…”
Greem let out a cry of surprise.
“Biological Assistance Chip!”
Once upon a time, during the tough time when he had just arrived in this new world, Greem had indulged himself in fantasies where he became a mighty immortal who traveled to a new world with a divine weapon. But too bad for him, besides giving him a frequent migraines, the damn chip had never shown any signs of activating. Surprise, surprise… it had finally decided to work today!
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