Above the laboratory, they visited the residences of the mages. The rooms of low-level mages were very similar to double dormitories in universities, while the rooms of higher-ranking mages were very similar to one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments on Earth. Walking into these rooms, Xiao Chen did not feel like he was in another world at all. Instead, he felt like he had returned to his original world. Both the room type and the furniture style looked very familiar.
These rooms have been cleaned up thoroughly, with almost no personal belongings left. If no one is sent to live here in the future, these rooms will basically remain vacant.
When the elevator opened again, a wide hall appeared before everyone. On one side of the hall was a large soul room, and in this soul room there was a tall door. From the hanging windows on both sides of the door, one could see a sky bridge with a transparent arch on top connecting from the outside of the door to the black tower. This was the bridge they saw below.
"This is the Trial Bridge used to test souls." Tower Spirit said, "There are many magic arrays on this bridge. Souls, ghosts or spirits walking on this bridge can be subjected to various external stimuli and attacks. The weak ones among them will dissipate under external attacks, but those who persist and walk back and forth are the strong ones who are selected. These souls often become stronger after being repaired."
"Can we try it now?" asked Glade.
"Yes, but it will consume some crystals." Tower Spirit replied.
Glade took out the "Spirit Gathering List", searched it, and summoned a team of ten newly collected sea warrior ghosts. These ghosts were only of low-level strength.
"You actually have the holy book 'Spirit Gathering Book'?" said the tower spirit, "It seems that it makes sense that Adriana chose you."
Following the instructions of the tower spirit, Glade opened the soul room and controlled his ghost warriors to walk in. The tower spirit said: "The lowest intensity is to gather the positive energy in the sun and shine it on the souls traveling on the bridge. The newly born souls that can survive this exposure are likely to become ghosts or ghost warriors. The medium intensity trial will add offensive positive energy spells. Depending on the intensity, it can stimulate the souls between low and high levels and make them stronger. At the highest intensity, the entire trial bridge will become a positive energy luminous body, and the souls below the high level will be instantly wiped out."
Glad said, "Then let's try the medium intensity."
These sea clan ghost warriors were not strong and their consciousness was not very clear, but when they came to the gate, they showed strong resistance. However, under the control of the tower spirit, the door slowly opened, and then the light of positive energy lit up from the trial bridge. Under the coercion of Glade, these ghost warriors set foot on that road.
Positive energy shone down from the transparent dome, landing on the ghost warriors, causing pain on their dull faces. On the pillars of the Trial Bridge, beams of positive energy magic continued to shine on them intermittently, causing more damage. Glade held the "Soul Gathering List" and kept issuing orders to let them move forward, but these ghost warriors walked slower and slower, and it became more and more difficult.
Their illusory bodies actually began to emit black smoke as if they were burning, and it seemed that the power of the soul was leaving them every moment.
By the time this team of warriors reached the other side of the bridge and stood under the black tower, three of the ten ghost warriors, the weaker ones, had turned into unclear shadows, and one had completely disappeared.
"This is only half the journey. Walking back here again will be a complete trial." said Tower Spirit.
So Glade forced the ghost warriors to turn around and walk back to the White Tower. When they stumbled into the Soul Chamber of the White Tower, only five ghost warriors were left, and their shadows had become very faint, as if they would disappear at any time.
At this time, a mist was released from the Soul Chamber, entangling these ghosts. After about five minutes, the mist dissipated, and the bodies of these warriors became clear again. Moreover, they seemed to have a faint golden luster.
Glade took them back to his Spirit Gathering Roster and checked their data. The level and combat power ratings of these ghosts had increased, and they also had an additional skill of positive energy resistance.
He said to Xiao Chen: "This trial bridge is very useful. If the same ghost army can be repeatedly tested here, it will grow much faster. Maybe I should use this bridge more during the preparation time."
The last stop of the tour was the treasure house, which seemed a little empty. According to Tower Spirit, most of the equipment and props that could be used were used in the God-killing War. However, Xiao Chen still found a lot of rare magic raw materials here. If combined with the factories and laboratories in Hewan New City, it should be possible to research a lot of useful new things.
At the innermost part of the treasure house is the inheritance room that Tower Spirit had mentioned long ago.
It was a hexagonal room, with three black walls and two white walls except for the side where the door was opened. On each wall was a complex magic model.
As soon as Xiao Chen entered the room, he felt something was wrong. Mei Tiantian, who was following at the end, said, "No, this room is a small world, not a room located in the White Tower."
The tower spirit said: "You are very perceptive, worthy of being the inheritor of the Star Tower. The inheritance room is an independent space, there is a door leading to here from the top of the white tower and the black tower. The five most important holy magics of the Spirit Tower are recorded on the wall. However, if the God of Nature will disconnect the magic runes and magic power as you said, then these magics will not have much meaning."
"No." Xiao Chen said, "We are constantly improving the spellcasting method of the Source Tower. Now we have restored some simple magic by directly controlling the magic power. Maybe these holy magics are difficult to be cast in that way, but we have gained some insights in the process of learning these magics, and maybe we can gradually realize some of the effects."
Xiao Chen stretched out a hand, and several silver whips flew out from between his fingers.
"Mind Whipping. A classic spell from the Dream Tower." The tower spirit recognized the magic immediately.
"But this is performed using the Source Tower method." Xiao Chen pointed his finger forward, and the silver-white whip cracked in the air, then twisted into a dragon shape, waving its claws and teeth in the air before dissipating. Obviously, this magic was more handy and more powerful than when he used magic runes before. (To be continued)