Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 150: A Microcosm of Energy Depletion, The Dragon Bone Tower

“Mysterious Wooden Hut!”

The traveler was slightly stunned, quickly recalling the name in his mind.

Scepter? Dead Remains? Or Red Heart?

None of them!

It wasn’t like Black Forest and Night Owl either.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in the traveler’s mind, and he blurted out:

“You’re a Player!”

Not long ago, Night Owl had contacted him, inquiring about his absence from their gatherings.

He remembered Night Owl mentioning that the new member of Mysterious Wooden Hut was called Player, a powerful Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice.

Could this be him?

“Looks like you’ve heard about me from Night Owl. Saves me some trouble,”

Su Nan said, taking out the Mysterious Wooden Hut key.

Seeing the unique key shaped like a trading house, the traveler finally confirmed the identity of the person in front of him. He breathed a sigh of relief, and the apprehension in his eyes dissipated.

No matter what, they were all members of Mysterious Wooden Hut. Even if they weren’t friends, they weren’t enemies at least.

“You saw the fight just now?” The traveler asked.

“I happened to be there.” Su Nan sat down opposite the traveler.

“Then you should have heard, those two guys are from the Eternal Society.”

The traveler looked at Su Nan intently.

“You know the Eternal Society’s style. Approaching me at this time isn’t a good thing. You’re looking for me, not because we’re from the same organization, and you want to help out, right?”

Su Nan laughed, “I’m just here to ask for some information, about this ecological park.”

“You’ve been here for a while, haven’t you?”

Judging from the fact that the traveler could silently summon a Multi-Neck Dragon and find this canyon without stopping, it was evident that he was familiar with the place. He had been here for at least a few months.

The traveler nodded, acknowledging Su Nan’s statement.

“Time is short, I won’t beat around the bush.”

“I can tell you about the ecological park, but in return, you need to help me get rid of Bloody Hand and Sharp Mouth, and ensure my safe departure from the ecological park.”

“Deal!” Su Nan agreed without hesitation.

Seeing Su Nan’s quick agreement, the traveler looked at him in surprise. Night Owl was right, Player was indeed strong. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so confident after seeing Bloody Hand and Sharp Mouth’s strength.

The two then signed a sworn contract.

After the contract was established, the traveler felt a sense of relief.

Finally, he could breathe a sigh of relief.

With a powerful helper, even if Bloody Hand and Sharp Mouth came after them again, they would have a fighting chance.

Even if they couldn’t win, escaping should be no problem.

With the guarantee of the sworn contract, the traveler completely let down his guard towards Su Nan and continued meditating in his presence.

After about two hours, the traveler opened his eyes, his gaze as clear as a deity’s. His spiritual power had obviously recovered to its peak.

“Now, can you tell me about the ecological park?” Su Nan asked.

The traveler smiled cheerfully and stood up.

“It’s hard to explain just with words. I’ll take you to see some things, and we’ll talk on the way.”

The two walked out of the cave and into the sky above the canyon.

After slightly discerning the direction, the traveler took the lead and flew forward.

“Based on my investigations, this ecological park seems to be divided into three different areas.”

“The outermost area is Zone 1. Most of the creatures there are Sub-Dragon species. The Multi-Neck Dragon is the top predator in Zone 1’s food chain.”

“The place we are going to next is Zone 2. The creatures there are much stronger than those in Zone 1.”

Creatures stronger than high-level Sub-Dragon species?

Su Nan’s heart skipped a beat.

Could it be pure-blooded Dragon species?

If so, then entering Zone 2 with them would be no different from seeking death.

An adult pure-blooded Dragon species could only be dealt with by a Formal Wizard!

But looking at the traveler’s relaxed expression, it didn’t seem like what he thought.

Seeing Su Nan’s questioning gaze, the traveler smiled and didn’t explain, teasingly saying:

“You’ll know when we get there.”

Not long after, the traveler pointed ahead and said:

“Zone 2 is just beyond that.”

Su Nan looked in the direction he pointed. After careful observation, he discovered a faint, almost transparent membrane in the void hundreds of meters away.

Under the sunlight, it was almost indistinguishable from being transparent. Without careful observation, it was impossible to notice.

From a distance, the scenery behind the membrane was nothing special, still a lush forest.

But the moment they passed through the membrane, the scenery changed dramatically.

From a vibrant forest, it instantly became a desolate wasteland.

The ground, cracked like a spiderweb, was dotted with bare, withered trees and pale bones.

Everything visible was filled with desolation and death.

It formed a stark contrast to the vibrant Zone 1.

Just a membrane apart, a world of difference in environment. The sudden change left Su Nan stunned for a while before he recovered.

He looked at the traveler, who shrugged.

“Zone 2 was like this when I came here.”

“I haven’t figured out the exact reason yet, but it’s most likely related to energy deficiency.”

Su Nan pondered for a moment and landed in front of a pale bone, carefully observing it.

At a glance, he was instantly astonished, his eyes widening.

“Dragon Clan Remains!”

This time, it was the traveler’s turn to be surprised.

“You’ve seen Dragon Clan Remains?”

He knew about these remains being Dragon Clan because he had learned some information before entering the ecological park, but how did the Player know?

It was quite difficult to distinguish between pure-blooded Dragon Clan and Sub-Dragon Clan remains just by looking at their appearance.

“I saw them in a book.” Su Nan said casually.

For someone as “experienced” as him, distinguishing between Sub-Dragon and Dragon species was easy. There were many subtle differences between the two.

The traveler obviously didn’t believe this flimsy excuse, but seeing that Su Nan didn’t want to say more, he didn’t ask further.

“So the creatures that you mentioned living in Zone 2, stronger than Sub-Dragon species, are these Dragon Clan?” Su Nan pointed to the remains.

“That’s right.” The traveler nodded, looking around, a sense of desolation in his expression. “This ecological park’s Zone 2 was originally supposed to be an area for cultivating the Dragon Clan. Perhaps due to energy deficiency, this area gradually became abandoned, and those Dragon Clan eventually died out.”

Su Nan raised an eyebrow, “The barrier we just went through?”

The traveler understood his meaning and said, “I’ve tested it. It seems like only humans can pass through the barrier, Sub-Dragon species can’t. It’s likely that the deceased Dragon Clan couldn’t either.”

“Also,” the traveler pointed to the remains around them, “you can take a look. The essence of these remains has been completely extracted.”

Su Nan inspected them and confirmed that the traveler was right, the essence of these Dragon Clan bones had been drained, and they would shatter with a light touch.

He felt a bit of regret.

Pure-blooded Dragon Clan bones were extremely rare materials, but after this, they had become worthless trash.

But then he thought again, if not for this, these Dragon Clan remains would have already been taken by the traveler. They wouldn’t be left here like this.

“According to my speculation, this ecological park was built by a Wizard thousands of years ago. And it’s likely that the builder is already dead, leaving only this ecological park behind.”

“There should be some kind of magic formation set up in the ecological park that can extract the energy of living creatures. After the Sub-Dragon and Dragon Clan here died, their souls and flesh energy were extracted by the ecological park, used to supply the operation of the ecological park.”

“It’s through this method that the ecological park has formed a near-perfect energy circulation system, allowing it to operate continuously for thousands of years.”

“However, no matter how sophisticated the energy circulation system is, energy loss occurs during the circulation process. Over time, the ecological park’s energy began to run low, and it had to reduce energy supply according to the pre-set program. This resulted in a decrease in the density of energy particles, leading to mass death of various creatures in Zone 2, which has the highest energy consumption. Their death in turn fed the ecological park with a large amount of energy, allowing Zone 1, which has lower energy consumption, to sustain itself until today!”

The traveler spoke eloquently.

This was his speculation based on the information he obtained outside and the clues he gathered during his investigation in the ecological park these days.

He was confident that this speculation was very close to the truth.

He thought that Su Nan would be shocked to hear these words.

But when he turned to look, he found Su Nan’s expression calm and unruffled, as if he already knew this information.

“You don’t seem surprised at all?”

Su Nan glanced at him and said calmly, “When I saw those Dragon Clan remains, I already guessed what you were talking about. Any other information?”

Traveler: “…”

At this moment, the traveler was already incredibly surprised.

If it could be considered a coincidence that he could tell the Dragon Clan remains at a glance, then deducing the truth about the ecological park based on a single clue couldn’t be explained by coincidence!

The Player must be very knowledgeable about large-scale cultivation facilities like this ecological park!

He had accidentally obtained a Wizard’s tome about the ecological park, but did the Player do the same?

In fact, as early as when he saw the strange appearance of the Blood Light and Narrow-Jaw Dragon corpses, Su Nan had already guessed the reason why the ecological park could operate for thousands of years.

The appearance of the Dragon Clan remains further confirmed this point.

“Next, we’re going to Zone 3. That’s the core of the ecological park, where the power supply system is located.”

Coming back to his senses, the traveler looked at Su Nan with a complex gaze, and said before flying deep into the wasteland.

Along the way, there were numerous remains, almost every few dozen meters one could be seen, making one unable to help but imagine how lively and prosperous Zone 2 must have been when the ecological park was still intact.

There were probably thousands of Dragon Clan living here?

Su Nan’s guess about the builder’s rank rose again.

Only a True Spirit Wizard could raise so many Dragon Clan!

“The entire ecological park is actually a microcosm of the energy depletion on Star Light Continent.”

“If those Wizards hadn’t had the ability to expedition to the multiverse, and were trapped on Star Light Continent, they might have ended up like these Dragon Clan.”

After about half an hour, they passed through another barrier.

The surrounding environment changed again, turning from a desolate wasteland into a verdant grassland.

A towering silhouette, resembling a tower, stood in the distance.

Su Nan couldn’t see its specific form from far away.

“That’s the core of the ecological park.” The traveler pointed to the distant tower silhouette.

The two flew towards the tower silhouette.

As they got closer, Su Nan gradually saw the true form of the silhouette. He was shocked to find that the so-called tower was actually a huge, bone-white skeleton!

A massive Dragon remains towering over a thousand meters!

The entire skeleton twisted and coiled, standing upright like a giant tower. The huge dragon skull and the ferocious horns on its head pointed towards the sky, majestic and powerful, with an aura of indescribable grandeur.

The hollow dragon eyes stared at him, as if filled with a divine aura, as if they were truly watching him across time and space.

“This Dragon Bone Tower should be the control center of the ecological park, but there are formations inside. I can’t go in without the key.”

The traveler said with some regret.

Su Nan went straight to the Dragon Bone Tower.

The dragon head was followed by a spine-like dragon pillar, and at the bottom was a tightly closed bone gate.

Su Nan took out a Stone Magic Puppet and ordered it to push the door open.

However, the moment the Stone Magic Puppet’s hand touched the bone gate, it was engulfed by flames that appeared out of thin air.

The flames, with a strong sulfur smell, instantly burned the Stone Magic Puppet to ashes.

Su Nan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

This power was stronger than the Crystal Dragon’s Dragon Breath by more than a notch!

Even an Elite Stone Magic Puppet would likely be instantly burned to ashes if it went in!

“No use, the defense formation of the Dragon Bone Tower is very powerful. I’ve tried many times but can’t break through it.”

While speaking, the traveler’s gaze swept across Su Nan’s hands in surprise.

Where did that Stone Magic Puppet come from?

Even a space-type magic item of the Glow level wouldn’t be able to hold a Stone Magic Puppet, right?

Su Nan wasn’t surprised either.

After all, the builder of the ecological park was likely a True Spirit Wizard. The defense formations set up by a mage of this level, not to mention a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice, even a Formal Wizard couldn’t easily break through them.

This was probably just the outermost defense formation.

Of course, if he really wanted to break through, Su Nan wasn’t incapable.

He could use the most stupid but simplest method.

Using a vast number of puppets to continuously consume the energy of the ecological park, until the energy was exhausted, the defense formation would naturally lose its effect.

However, although the ecological park is currently in a state of energy deficiency, the remaining energy is still a huge number. If he uses the puppet tactic to consume energy, he would need a massive number of puppets.

Su Nan estimated that even if he poured in the resources of his current base and the entire Star Light Duchy, it wouldn’t be enough.

Or he could wait another hundred or so years, until the ecological park is in a more serious state of energy depletion, and then make his move.

However, besides the fact that the ecological park’s biological chain and ecological environment would be severely damaged, the key is that the Eternal Society has already discovered this place.

It goes without saying that those guys wouldn’t let the ecological park go!

It’s best to take control of it before the Eternal Society gets involved.

“Looks like we need to find the key to enter.”

Su Nan thought to himself.

But the question is, where is the key?

He turned to the traveler, who shrugged.

“Don’t look at me. I told you, I don’t know where the key is.”

“How did you know all this information?” Su Nan asked.

The traveler wasn’t like him, who had cheat codes. Based on exploration alone, it’s unlikely he could know so much about the ecological park.

Restricted by the sworn contract, the traveler didn’t hide anything and said frankly:

“I accidentally obtained a Wizard’s tome that described the knowledge of the ecological park. I got the lead on this ecological park from it, and then I searched for it in the Underworld for a long time before I found this place.”

“But the book didn’t mention where the key is, otherwise, I would have already taken control of the ecological park.”

Su Nan believed this.

If the traveler had the key, he would have many ways to get rid of Bloody Hand and Sharp Mouth, and he wouldn’t have been chased so badly.

At this moment, the two suddenly felt their expressions shift at the same time, and they both turned to look in the direction they came from.

Even two figures in the sky in the distance were flying towards them at high speed.

It was Bloody Hand and Sharp Mouth, who had just been shaken off by the traveler!