A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 636 A Huge Pit

As Jiang Shuzhou's laboratory, Wardland has never been quiet for a moment. Countless immature experimental products have been locked up here by Jiang Shuzhou for experimentation.

Jiang Shuzhou originally did not intend to open it up, because once some things break free of the cage, they will be difficult to control once they develop.

Almost every researcher faces the problem that they may accidentally create something that they cannot control. The most frightening thing is that the thing they create is stronger than themselves.

This is commonly known as creating a father for oneself. Theoretically, Jiang Shuzhou also created one, which is the Blood and Flesh Mother Tree. If Jiang Shuzhou did not use his own soul to control this thing, it would probably have turned the world upside down long ago.

Previously, Jiang Shuzhou didn't have enough soul to control those dangerous creations, so in order to prevent them from creating a father for him, he either had to destroy them humanely or freeze them temporarily.

Now it's completely different. Since Jiang Shuzhou broke through his limits, he can feel that every inch of Wardland is under his control.

Without a doubt, Jiang Shuzhou can now control 100% of anything he invents.

For this reason, many projects that were destroyed or shelved because they were too dangerous were restarted by Jiang Shuzhou, and even many new technologies were added.

In addition, Jiang Shuzhou added many environmental tests to test these new projects.

This is why Wardland has suffered so many misfortunes.

Of course, these participants are now also part of the test and variables.

Therefore, almost every participant will encounter various difficulties and obstacles upon arrival.

This is Jiang Shuzhou's large hand exerting tremendous force.

"That's really good."

Inside the villa, Jiang Shuzhou rubbed Chahara's head while watching the contestants' performances with great interest.

Of course, there's also Roland outside.

This feeling is like that of an old man in a monitoring room—very relaxed and comfortable.

While others were fighting to the death, Jiang Shuzhou was observing the experimental results.

"Sigh, I still feel like I was too kind, that I actually gave them a chance to be resurrected."

Jiang Shuzhou sighed, feeling that he had been somewhat merciful.

Chahara wagged her tail but didn't say anything. She didn't care much about these things; all she knew was that her master was petting her again.

"Damn it! Why am I always being chased and beaten up?!"

Roland was running at top speed, trying to shake off the fleshy creatures that were relentlessly pursuing him.

In stark contrast to Jiang Shuzhou's carefree life, Roland experienced firsthand what it meant to be on the verge of life and death.

Although she knows magic, there are just too many of them!

It's like it grew out of the ground—no, the other party actually grew out of the ground!

In any case, Roland's magic will eventually run out, while these flesh and blood creatures that grow from the ground are endless.

"Why isn't that guy being attacked?"

As he ran, Roland pondered this question in his mind.

Could it be that the other party has some special methods?

Or is the other party's identity special?

After thinking it over, it seems that there are only these two points.

However, Roland quickly ruled out the other party's identity.

After all, in terms of status, Roland was a member of the Soth Academy, so he could be considered a direct descendant.

If there's no preferential treatment for this, then who can?

Could it be that the esteemed person himself is taking action?

This is impossible!

He shook his head, trying to banish this absurd conclusion from his mind.

"There must be some special method involved."

It's no wonder Roland didn't expect this, since the organizers usually don't participate in these kinds of competitions, except in one case: if the organizers are just looking for fun.

But is that kind of person?

In Roland's view, that was absolutely not the case.

A young, accomplished, and knowledgeable person like this must have a very calm and steady personality. They are obviously very intelligent and would never be someone who just wants to have fun when they have nothing better to do.

All I can say is that Roland is still young; sometimes, being erudite and having a great time are not mutually exclusive.

Knowledge is experience, while a love of play is a personality trait; there is no absolute conflict between the two.

As Roland ran, he was also calculating something in his mind.

"arrive!"

When Roland reached a certain point, she roared and then cast a ground-shattering spell.

Splash, splash.

Suddenly, the once-hard ground cracked open, revealing a deep pit.

This is the deep pit that Roland saw at the beginning.

Running away is just waiting to die, and that's not Roland's style.

So she used magic to cover the pit with stone slabs, creating a simple trap.

Then, simply lure the enemy to that spot, and with a single spell, the fragile stone slab will instantly crumble.

Then, all the enemies, along with the stone slabs, will be swallowed up by the deep pit.

This is about making good use of the terrain to achieve the desired effect.

"Perfect!"

Roland said with a smile.

However, she soon stopped laughing.

A deafening roar resounded.

At first, Roland didn't know what was going on, but then she quickly found out.

The enormous pit was slowly closing in.

Only when he realized this did Roland understand that this was not a deep pit, but a giant mouth.

The earth trembled twice, then returned to calm and the deep pit disappeared as if it had never existed.

"Congratulations! You have completed the achievement 'Farmer' and received 1000 Chaotic Feathers."

The system's voice rang in Roland's ears, pulling him back from his shock.

In any case, she did gain some benefits.

And that's not all.

The time spent amidst the blood rain was also transformed into chaotic feathers.

However, the items that could be exchanged for Chaotic Feathers were all somewhat strange, with many having either strong side effects or unclear effects. For rational reasons, Roland decided not to use them.

"Perhaps we could make a deal?"

Roland muttered to himself.

"Great idea, I'll steal it and install it in the next version."

Jiang Shuzhou said this from inside the portable villa.

Jiang Shuzhou saw everything Roland did clearly.

Through the system, he was able to monitor every contestant, both for research purposes and to provide Jiang Shuzhou with amusement.

Of course, sharing is worse than enjoying alone, so Jiang Shuzhou plans to edit together clips of these contestants, add some catchy titles, and post them online.

Jiang Shuzhou even came up with a title for it.

Beauty and the Beast? Shocking! A woman escaped an encirclement in the wilderness using this method! Onlookers exclaimed, "We're speechless!"

As for what kind of website it is?

Mortals are the network, while the extraordinary are the magic network.

Although Jiang Shuzhou destroyed this thing, he is rebuilding his own magic network. Judging from the situation, it won't be long before it covers the entire Mage Alliance.

As for being shameful?

Anyway, it wasn't Jiang Shuzhou who lost his person, as stated in the contract, and besides, the benefits weren't withheld from the participants.