my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 91: Reaching the sky in one step...?
"Your reason?"

Grand Duke Russell looked very patient, but who dared to test his patience?

"I don't think I have the qualifications for you to recruit me personally, let alone twice, but I believe His Highness is not doing it casually. I hope to know where my value is, otherwise I don't want to make a choice easily even if I die. "

"Don't think too complicatedly, what do you think is the most valuable thing about yourself?"

"The Knower?"

"Yes." The Grand Duke clicked on the book Wang Shui had just opened on the desk and said, "I need your power, and I need you to join the Russell family's research team to study mobile armor and weapons, that's all."

"Me? Although I am a knower, my knowledge system is not perfect. And with the resources of the Russell family and [Elela Empire], there should be no shortage of top researchers, right?"

He was still asking questions, but Wang Shui seemed to have vaguely thought of something.

"Scientists are not omnipotent. The more powerful researchers are, the narrower their research directions will be. At a certain level, no one but themselves will be able to set foot in their field, even if they leave detailed research reports and samples.

As they are buried in history, those top research results will also be buried with them. "

"So, you encountered technology that requires archeology, and things that ordinary people cannot learn, so you need the power of a knower... but I am just a knower who has not grown up?"

The Grand Duke nodded:

"What I want is you who have not grown up. You are the 42nd Master I have recruited. The previous ones have achieved achievements in various fields, but they all have a common problem - paranoia.

In addition to the "limitations" of their own emotions, the Knowers will also show paranoia about knowledge that is difficult to master.If they cannot conquer it for a long time, they, or you, will reduce their interest in other knowledge, and their learning ability will be locked in a certain direction, even if that direction is just an unimportant and replaceable technology. "

Wang Shui's heart was shocked and he finally couldn't control his expression.

"It seems that you have already encountered it. You are locked by some kind of knowledge." The Grand Duke's tone was very sure.

Yes, Wang Shui thought of his botany research, and that on his way here, apart from memorizing information, he had been studying plants the rest of the time!

Obviously botany cannot bring him much direct improvement in combat power, and it does not help the development of the base, but he has been immersed in research for about two months.

“Your level is still very low and your knowledge reserve is relatively small, so you can still be saved.

As long as a large amount of professional knowledge satisfies you in a short period of time, you will return to the erudite state. After that, scientifically arranging erudite learning can basically prevent paranoia.

Are you arrogant?The learning bonus effect of Arrogance is relatively poor, but the stability is very good. You have good potential. "

"Thank you for the reminder," Wang Shui bowed again. Just relying on the Grand Duke's reminder, a bow is not too much.

"But I still feel that the dream system is more conducive to my development. The fantasy world of accelerated time is too important for the master, and in the fantasy world, there are always technologies that are difficult to achieve in the main world.

If you can accept it, I want to develop in the dream system first. When my knowledge accumulation reaches a bottleneck and research starts to become difficult, it will not be too late to join the Russell family.

The family only needs to provide me with a large number of keys to the fantasy world and the knowledge required for erudite learning. "

Wang Shui thinks this reason is very good.

And he really thinks so. He treats the system boss as a school. After he has learned enough, he will go out to find a job. How normal.

"You don't think that time acceleration has no side effects, do you?"

"what?"

Both of them were confused. The Grand Duke didn't expect Wang Shui to say such childish words, and Wang Shui really didn't know.

"[Fantasy World Creation] is indeed a unique technology of the dream system, but [Time Acceleration] isn't it?

Do you simply think that acceleration is not burdensome because your body does not get older every time you experience acceleration, and redundant memories will be slowly deleted?Has no one ever told you about the acceleration rules in the fantasy world? "

"I..." Wang Shui was speechless for a moment, and the image of a puddle of meat sauce flashed in his mind.

"You really don't know?!" Even Sylvia exclaimed.

For a moment, the depressing atmosphere in the room was actually relieved by Wang Shui's cuteness.

"Hahaha, you guy, I see that you are easy to handle and have a good mind, but I didn't expect you to be a reckless man. Hahaha, I didn't expect you to be a reckless man.

[Time Acceleration] technology is not a secret. It is nothing more than wrapping a certain physical space in a [Time Bubble] and accelerating the world's deduction through huge computing power.

Locking your body state with a time mark can prevent you from aging, but your soul cannot be locked. You have to experience the deduction of the world yourself. Therefore, after the acceleration is over, in order to synchronize the soul and body, the soul must be traced back.The process of looking back is to strip away the excess soul and dilute it.

The dream system has the function of helping awakened people retain learning and training memories, but the stripping of a large number of souls is unavoidable. "

The Grand Duke smiled and talked a lot, Wang Shui already understood: "So..."

"So every time time accelerates, it will cause damage to the soul, and the more profound the memory, the more things learned, and the more serious the damage will be. And the higher the level of transcendental beings, the more difficult it is to recover naturally."

Wang Shui calmed down and his eyes became serious.

"With your current second-level situation, you can only accelerate once every four months at the fastest, and when the acceleration ratio is around 300, the acceleration time cannot exceed 10 days." This sentence was Sylvia's reminder. She originally thought that Wang Water knows.

"However, your suggestion also makes sense. There is indeed some incredible knowledge in the fantasy world." The Grand Duke suddenly changed the subject.

"I agree with your idea, but you must be cautious in the erudite course. You must study according to the safe zone stepped by other knowledgeable people. Some knowledge is more dangerous than paranoia. You also need to upgrade your level to be able to withstand more knowledge. "

Given this kind of face, what else can Wang Shui say?

"Thank you again for your patience and help, I am willing to be your help."

Wang Shui finally chose to bow his head, but he was a thief. He did not say that he would join the Russell family, but wanted to become an assistant to Grand Duke Russell himself.

"Interesting, your courage is much greater than your strength, okay, I will pay attention to you, don't let me down."

After saying that, the Grand Duke stood up and seemed to be leaving.

"Don't you need to sign a contract or something like that?"

"The system can detect the contract on the awakened person. It is not necessary. Besides, a verbal agreement is enough, isn't it?"

Before leaving, the Grand Duke wrote the simplest agreement to Wang Shui with his eyes - "Be obedient or disappear."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"It's on my lap." Sylvia sighed after watching the whole process.

"It's not easy. What I want to buy for my thighs is my future."

"But he offered a high price, and even came to recruit you personally. If it were me, I would agree."

"When he opened his mouth, I knew I couldn't refuse, and what he needed me to do would never be as easy as he said, but if I continued to refuse, it would only lead to death...

Alas, it's just a matter of changing my boss and continuing to work. The dream system isn't that good either. It won't tilt resources toward me.

I care more about the fantasy world and the issue of time acceleration than the future. Are the consequences of soul stripping really serious? "

Wang Shui returned to his seat, looking at the books in front of him but unable to concentrate. He wanted to hear the opinions of Sylvia, the former fifth-level awakener.

"It's serious, but it's not serious. Even fifth-level awakened people can go to the fantasy world to escape for a year or two and relax their spirits. But if you can reach fifth-level, it's enough to have fun in reality. Otherwise, you will have to come back." To nourish the soul.

As for you, as long as your soul is strong enough and recovers quickly enough, it is no problem to visit a few more worlds. The system will calculate and prompt your soul before it may suffer irreversible damage. "

Is this a blessing among misfortunes? Wang Shui has not been reminded yet, and he should still have a lot of time to become stronger. "You must be careful when choosing a fantasy world in the future."

Wang Shui sighed and lay down on the desk.

He always felt that there was not enough time, but tonight felt a bit long and boring.

Finally, his somewhat erratic attention fell on the card album in the tray at the corner of the desk.

This seems to be given to me, right?But Werther didn't seem to say.

Wang Shui picked it up and wanted to open it to take a look, but the card book was directly connected to his system interface:
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[Secret Card Book·The End of the Journey (Gold)]

[Card set: 1]

[Secret Card: 132/1000]

[Features·Traveler: In non-competitive mode, the effect of secret cards containing the "Travel" label is increased by 100%, and the stability of the space effect is increased by 350 (anchored value). 】

[Features·Champion: The card book automatically maintains the status of the secret card. When the durability of the secret card is higher than 30%, it can be repaired quickly. When it is lower than 30%, the holder can send the secret card to any "Secret Society" store to enjoy free Repair services. 】

[Note: This card book only remembers that Mr. "Rhett Sparks Russell" won the championship in the 995th "Star Secret Society Master Invitational Tournament" using the "Traveler" theme card deck! 】

【Commemorative Number: Russell-013】

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Wang Shui immediately sent the information to Sylvia and also searched online.

Then, he easily found the information in the card book.

The world's championship souvenir is limited to a thousand copies. Each card book contains a complete championship card set and comes with a lifetime warranty.

As for the numbers represented by abbreviations after the price, they have no practical meaning. They are just for your eyesight.

"I think you should confirm it. This is obviously more than the reward you deserve." Sylvia said tactfully in a low voice.

After all, even if she sold all of her former fifth-level hunting group, it would still not be enough for a fraction of this card book.

Wang Shui was very obedient. He went directly out to find the manservant Witte and asked.

Werther maintained a perfect polite smile and said:
"Of course this belongs to you, Lord Benjamin. It is not convenient for us to protect you in the dream system, so we give this deck to you. I hope you can rely on it and your own strength to protect yourself."

"Is this also a test?" Wang Shui immediately thought of it.

"Of course, no. If you encounter a crisis that you cannot handle, please contact us as soon as possible. This deck gives you time to react.

By the way, your identity has been permanently registered, and starting tonight, you are the real [Benjamin M. Russell].

However, the Duke prefers that you keep a low profile, and researchers should not participate too much in battles and the like. "

"But why did you give it to me so early?"

"Sure enough, you noticed that there has been a little disturbance recently, but I will always be by your side to protect you, don't worry."

Of course Wang Shui was relieved. After all, he was protected by the Russell family. If the family couldn't protect him, there was no point in worrying.

He came to the single sofa and sat down, holding the wealth in his hand, and his excitement could not be suppressed for a moment.

And Werther, who was standing beside him all the time, always reminded him of the extremely confident words at the banquet——

"Leave the rest to me."

"Witt, I have a question for you."

"Of course, I will tell you everything I know."

"Are you...seventh level?"

Werther's smile grew even brighter:

"Of course not. Level seven requires not only talent, hard work and resources, but also sufficient experience and experience, as well as the essential luck. I am only at level six, and I have been stuck at level 69 for many years."

"Many means...three digits?"

Wang Shui adjusted his tone more carefully, but it was obvious that he was using this kind of fun to lighten the atmosphere. Werther just smiled and shook his head:

"I'm about the same age as you, I'm just more talented in fighting."

Witte's statement did not satisfy Wang Shui. He continued to ask: "Is your talent so strong that you are not afraid of the seventh-level demon hunter [Li Junqing]?"

"Of course not. Li Junqing is not an ordinary person. He is also one of the most capable people in the seventh level. But I have the Russell family behind me. I only need to hold him back for a few seconds and everyone will be safe."

Wang Shui was a little confused. In his world view, the power of a single person in the extraordinary world is extremely strong, and it is also promoted on the Internet. Those legendary characters are not ordinary happy enemies, they are literal There was a big falling out.

Isn't level seven not strong enough?

"How is combat power defined? What's the point of level? What's the point of battle master? In the end, it's all about fighting for power?"

"Of course it makes sense." Werther replied following Aqua Regia's murmur,

"Personal combat power is the threshold for people to be qualified to fight for power, which is very meaningful.

The combat power competition between middle and low levels mainly depends on the level. Before the third level, the extraordinary ones with higher levels will generally have stronger combat power.

After the third level, the battle master system is a very helpful reference. You will know who is strong and weak after fighting.

Of course, in my opinion, there is no difference below the golden badge, but getting the crystal badge means that the combat effectiveness has reached a new stage.

In the crystal stage, the traditional levels are no longer comparable to the influence of technology and combat thinking, and are not even as obvious as the bonuses brought by extraordinary professions.

Of course, the above excludes the interference of mobile armor, an epoch-making strategic weapon, but in the end we still have to fight for the above. "

As he spoke, Werther pointed at the ceiling, and his tone became a little emotional.

After that, he also took out a crystal badge and showed it to Wang Shui. It had a number "31" written on it, followed by a sword-shaped star.

Wang Shui was thoughtful and analyzed in a low voice:

"In other words, when you fight Li Junqing, the demon hunter can't defeat the Russell family?"

“The Witcher organization is quite large, even larger than the Russell family, but due to their purpose and organizational structure, their power is far less concentrated than the family.

However, you don’t have to worry about who is afraid of whom, our relationship with the Demon Hunter organization is quite good.

Just like this alchemy exhibition, after we learned about the planet-level destruction crisis, didn't Mr. Li Junqing personally come to help? "

Oh, it turns out we have such a good relationship.

Hey wait!What crisis? !

(End of this chapter)