"Didn't catch up?"
"No, no? He can't swim, can he?"
"What kind of path are you taking? It's really harmful to others."
"I told you it was a little dangerous before I led the way. Who was it just now who said it was okay as confidently as a student holding a cheat sheet?"
"Can this be called just a little dangerous!?"
In the white mist of the Sea of Knowledge, Ash and Sonia lay on the boat, panting. Their figures were as thin as the white mist around them, as if they would dissipate at any time. Even their arguments seemed powerless.
Just now, after almost an hour of sailing without any results, Ash couldn't help but suggest to Sonia that they explore the area indicated as "best not to go" on the map. Sonia, who had just entered the virtual realm, was also full of confidence, so the two of them broke through the white fog and entered the dangerous area.
However, not only was there no inheritance island in the danger zone, but there was a giant fish with wings. It directly overturned Ash's small boat and could also spray water cannons that could blast the sponge into splashes tens of meters high.
Ash and Sonia just touched the water cannon, and their bodies were peeling off as if they had been rubbed by sandpaper hundreds of times.
Fortunately, the boat was very sturdy and it still floated on the water even after it capsized. The two men rolled and crawled back to the boat, and used their hands to paddle the sea water to quickly leave the dangerous area.
The giant fish actually kept chasing and even flew towards the boat. Fortunately, Ash was quick-witted and used "Virtual Realm Exploration" to control the boat to speed up, thus narrowly avoiding the charge of the fish head and not losing their first drop of blood in the virtual realm.
After catching her breath, Sonia looked at the soaked Ash, a hint of doubt flashed in her beautiful eyes, and she asked casually, "Can't you kill that mudfish dragon?"
Ash didn't doubt him and panted, "If even you can't do anything, how can I possibly do anything?"
Is the viewer so weak
Many thoughts flashed through Sonia's mind, but they all fell silent in the end. Even if the End Viewer was very weak, she could do nothing about it. She couldn't kill the Viewer, and she hadn't found a way to resist the Viewer's control over her. Even Professor Trozan didn't notice the existence of the Viewer.
And after the Doomsday Viewer showed the ability to explore the virtual world, Sonia's mentality also changed subtly.
Even though she had just become a VoidWing Mage, Sonia knew the importance of the Void Realm to VoidWing Mages, and she understood even more how shocking the Doomwatcher's ability to see through the fog of the Void Realm was.
It is well known that no one can see through the fog of the virtual world, and this is also the reason why all magicians are equal - in the face of unknown risks and benefits, everyone is equal, the strong can also fall, and the weak can also have the possibility of reaching the sky in one step!
This is called equal opportunity!
And now, a being who can see through unknown risks and is superior to all magicians has appeared!
The best among magicians, the ultimate spectator!
If it was said that she had obeyed the spectator's orders before more or less out of helplessness, then Sonia's mentality has changed slightly now. She is impressed by the spectator's ability and even begins to look forward to a wonderful life led by the spectator, which is similar to the fall of evil.
Originally, Sonia wanted to ask the viewer why he chose her and what made her different from others. But she changed her mind and thought, what if the viewer suddenly realized, "Oh, that's right, why do I need you?" and then turned around and gave up on Sonia, then wouldn't she have missed an opportunity to become a superior person
Moreover, if she didn't have tyrannical strength, how did the viewer control her actions, see through the mist of the virtual world, and pull her into the dream trial
Be wary of spectators playing the underdog card!
Once Sonia is fooled by this, the audience might take advantage of the situation and arrange more severe punishment to treat her harshly!
"By the way, what kind of creature was that fish just now?"
Come on, come on, you even ask me such a common sense question, just pretend!
Sonia then cooperated with him and said, "The Mud Fish Dragon is one of the most common knowledge creatures in the virtual world. Killing it can gain various magic spirits such as the water magic faction and the earth magic faction. If this Mud Fish Dragon has killed other magicians before, there may be magic spirits of other magicians in its body."
There are only two kinds of intelligent creatures in the virtual world, one is the magician, and the other is the knowledge creature.
As the name suggests, as long as the sorcerer kills the knowledge creatures, he can obtain the knowledge they condense - the sorcerer spirit.
Unlike the inheritance left by the magician, the magic spirits dropped by knowledge creatures are not fixed. Although they are basically from the same faction, for example, the mudfish dragon will not drop a magic spirit from the fire magic faction.
But even within the same faction there are many different sorcerers, and the loot from lore creatures will change with each version.
For example, if a magician in reality invents a new knowledge system and summons a new type of magic spirit, then when other magicians kill the knowledge creatures in the virtual world, the new version of the magic spirit that was just invented not long ago may be directly exploded.
If the new knowledge system is too novel and crazy, it may even directly give birth to new species of knowledge creatures and expand the biodiversity in the virtual world.
Like 'equal opportunity', this is also one of the important prerequisites for equality among magicians: 'equality of knowledge'.
No one can monopolize knowledge forever. No matter how you cling to your newly invented knowledge, other magicians can still obtain your achievements in the virtual world. If you want to maintain your advantage, you need to keep innovating.
Those who cling to the old ways and hope that one invention will give them a permanent lead are no different from fools who stay in the same place in the virtual world for a long time.
If you don't take risks, the virtual world will swallow you up; if you don't innovate, reality will beat you up.
After introducing the creatures, Sonia couldn't help but probe: "Since you know there is danger in the fog, can't you detect what kind of creature it is?"
"I can't detect it. I only know the degree of danger to us in the fog, but I don't know what the danger is specifically."
Sonia was a little disappointed: "Then you will definitely not be able to find the golden fish."
"Golden fish?" Ash was a little confused, "What's that?"
Just like hearing someone ask her "1 plus 1 equals what", Sonia pursed her lips and suddenly had a thought: Is he trying to cultivate my obedience by asking me stupid questions? If I resist him, will he think that I am not loyal enough and then punish me severely
With this thought, Sonia became alert and answered this stupid question seriously: "The golden fish is a fish floating on the surface of the sea of knowledge. On the back of the fish is the time continent, and the time continent is where the two-winged magician goes..."
"Wait, continent?" Ash interrupted. "Then how big is this fish?"
"It's huge. No one has ever seen the whole picture of a golden fish. It is said that the smallest scale on a golden fish is equivalent to a large city that can accommodate a million people."
"Shouldn't such a big fish be easy to spot?"
"On the contrary, only a few lucky people can find the golden fish in the Sea of Knowledge, and without exception, those lucky people have become famous legendary magicians."
Ash said, "What good is it to find a golden fish?"
"Go to the Time Continent and become a two-wing magician directly."
"What?"
"Become a two-wing magician directly." Sonia suppressed her impatience, thinking that the children she met as a tutor were not so stupid: "The biggest difference between a one-wing magician and a two-wing magician is that one-wing magicians are all in the Sea of Knowledge, while two-wing magicians are all in the Continent of Time."
"When a one-winged magician gathers his magic power to the extreme in the Sea of Knowledge and spreads it out as silver wings, he will not be able to gain more magic power during the voyage. If he wants to reach a higher level, he must be promoted to a two-winged magician."
"The normal way to advance is for the magician to study knowledge, summon a two-winged magic spirit, and then find the door of truth from the two-winged magic spirit to cross the virtual realm. Then he will reach the second level of the virtual realm - the time continent. Only in the time continent can the magician absorb more magic power and condense the second virtual wing: the golden wing."
A one-winged magician sails in the Sea of Knowledge and gathers silver wings, while a two-winged magician walks in the Continent of Time and gathers gold wings... Ash has a preliminary understanding of the magician's power system, but has a question: "Can a one-winged magician obtain a two-winged magic spirit from someone else and then directly reach the Continent of Time?"
"Absolutely impossible." Sonia shook her head. "As long as the magician didn't summon the magic spirit himself, he wouldn't be able to find the door to truth in it. It's even difficult to search inside the magic spirit. The magic spirit is made up of knowledge. If you don't understand the structure of the magic spirit, how can you explore the secrets of the magic spirit?"
Now, Ash understood how a magician could be promoted: summon higher-level magic spirits, use the magic spirits to travel to a higher-level virtual realm, and then continue to summon higher-level magic spirits after becoming stronger, repeating the cycle over and over again.
Because of the two premises of 'equal opportunity' and 'equal knowledge', adventure and research run through a magician's life from beginning to end. No one can retire comfortably. As long as you are unwilling to give up your existing interests, you must continue to take risks and create benefits.
This process not only ensures the healthy development of the magician system, but also continuously optimizes the old white rabbit magicians who stop and are unwilling to strive... It sounds a bit like a KPI system! It would be perfect if there was a last-in-last elimination system!
After realizing that magicians were just another kind of worker, Ash suddenly became confident: when it comes to working or internal competition, he has never lost to anyone!
"Wait, if we can find the golden fish in the Sea of Knowledge and reach the Continent of Time, wouldn't that be a shortcut to advancement?"
"We prefer to call this kind of people 'stowaways', stowaways from the bottom to the top... That's why magicians want to find golden fish." Sonia shrugged: "Who can resist the temptation of getting something for nothing?... So can you find the golden fish?"
"I want, too."
"Then why are you asking me so many questions? Just keep sailing." Sonia looked at her somewhat illusory palm and said, "Don't go to places where battles will happen. I'm a little tired. If I sail one or two more areas, I will have to leave the virtual realm."
Ash nodded, he also felt tired.
The voyage through the virtual world was not without cost. While passing through the white fog helped them gather their magical power, it also tempered their spirits and consumed their soul energy. When their soul energy dropped to a certain level, they had to exit the virtual world and rest.
Every ordinary voyage contains countless precious miracles.
Ash opened the "Virtual Realm Exploration" and saw many "waste of effort" and "better not to go" statements as expected.
But this time, he actually saw a golden glow in the lower right corner of the map!
The prompt below the area is:
"welcome"!