Chapter 734: Chapter 623: Rule-Based Lifeforms and a New Plane War

Purgatory Sulfur Plane, Core Laboratory.

Jeming sat in front of the massive workbench, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the desk.

The projection page spread out before him was densely filled with records on the Unity Realm Stage.

Unity.

These two words in the Cultivation Immortality Realm symbolize countless legends, as well as countless tragedies.

So-called unity means merging oneself with the laws of heaven and earth, allowing the essence of the cultivator’s existence to resonate in harmony with the natural laws of the world.

Once successful, the cultivator is no longer "borrowing" the power of laws but becomes part of the laws themselves.

With every gesture, the will of heaven naturally follows; with every word and action, they align with the rhythms of the Great Dao.

Of course, most importantly, in this state, the cultivator no longer needs to rely on comprehension to understand the Great Dao, but instead makes it part of their instinct.

But the problem is that the fusion is bidirectional.

While the cultivator merges with the laws, the laws are also merging with the cultivator.

If the cultivator’s will is not firm enough and their Dao Heart not stable enough, they can be assimilated by the laws, losing self-awareness, becoming a soulless force of rules in the world.

This is Dao transformation.

Jeming recalled the records on the risks of Dao transformation from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, his frown deepening.

Those failed cases are shocking.

Most cultivators suddenly disappear during the unity process, as if they never existed.

They become incarnations of certain natural phenomena, repeating the same patterns day after day.

"Even if the Refining Void Perfection changes the form of life, the risk of Dao transformation remains high." Jeming stroked his chin.

The true form of Refining Void Perfection can indeed reduce the risk of Dao transformation to some extent, but only to a certain degree.

Conversely, the risk of Dao transformation still exists.

Jeming closed the projection, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes in thought.

The Great Dao Book Pavilion recorded various methods to reduce the risk of Dao transformation: special elixirs, auxiliary magical artifacts, specific mentality cultivation methods...

He would prepare all of these, but it still felt insufficient to him.

After all, these methods are mainly aimed at cultivators achieving unity in the Cultivation Immortality World, where the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, the operation of laws, and the interaction model between cultivators and the world are naturally adapted.

But here is the Wizard World.

The presentation of laws, interaction logic, and even some underlying rules have subtle differences from what he knows in the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

He couldn’t apply the experiences from the Great Dao Book Pavilion one hundred percent.

"I need more references." Jeming opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the cultivation tank in the corner of the laboratory, "Preferably those who are naturally integrated with the world rules, or have similar characteristics to these biological entities."

Studying their bodily structure, energy flow pattern, and form of existence might provide new insights into reducing the risk of Dao transformation.

Jeming stood up and walked to the communication platform, pulling up his task records.

As part of an Elite Combat Unit, he enjoyed double the rest period.

Since the last task ended, it hasn’t even been four hundred years, and he still had considerable rest time left.

However, given the current situation, prolonging rest is meaningless, it’s better to end it early and prepare in advance.

"End the rest period early." Jeming operated the communication platform a few times, submitting an application to the logistics department of the Nolun Workshop.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a reply came.

"Application approved. Jeming Elite Combat Unit, remaining rest period has been cleared. You may accept tasks through the Magic Network Terminal at any time."

Jeming nodded, turned around, and lay on the comfortable sofa, connecting his Spiritual Power to the Magic Network Terminal.

The systems related to the Elite Combat Unit have developed over thousands of years and are now extremely refined.

In terms of the Magic Net, the plane summoning for Elite Combat Units has also become increasingly standardized, with a new application called the Summoning System launched not long ago.

He pulled up the summoning interface.

A simply designed but highly informative page appeared in his consciousness, displaying various summoning tasks: plane expansion tasks issued by the Federation, assistance tasks requested by Wizard Influence, and bounty tasks personally issued by High Tier Wizards.

Jeming didn’t rush to filter them but instead browsed the system documentation first.

"Elite Combat Unit Summoning System, officially launched seventy years ago..." He quickly skimmed through the document’s content, sighing silently in his heart.

This system has taken over a thousand years to truly refine, evolving from a primitive state.

The earliest Elite Combat Units were almost like the Federation’s "consumables," being thrown into any hard battle, dying when dead, with survivors continuing to the next battle.

Later, the system gradually improved, with rest periods, treatment standards, and task grading being added one by one.

However, the most troublesome issue with implementing the Elite Combat Unit system has never been the system itself, but how to make the High Tier Wizards aware of its existence.

After all, the perception of time for wizards is vastly different from that of mortals.

For a High Tier Wizard, a single retreat for research could last thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Even among active High Level Wizards, many are at the front lines of battle, caring little for what happens in the rear.

Under such circumstances, transmitting information about the "Elite Combat Unit Summoning System" to the entire High Tier Wizard community is incredibly challenging.

Hence, the Elite Combat Unit system couldn’t rely on this summoning system for a long time; direct task assignments from the Star Ring Federation were sufficient.

The turning point came nearly a thousand years ago.

Jeming pulled up a public news record, boldly stating: "Starfall Wizard gains a Level One Cultivation Agreement through the Enlightenment Technique".

Level One Cultivation Agreement.

The weight of these four words is clear to any wizard.

That is the highest level of technical support policy from the Federation, which means the Federation will pour vast resources into supporting the development of this technology.

Throughout history, technologies that have received a First Level cultivation agreement have been few and far between, and each has thoroughly changed the landscape of the Wizard Civilization.

This news was like a bombshell, causing an uproar among the upper echelons of the Wizard World.

Countless High Tier Wizards who were in seclusion emerged, wanting to figure out what this technology was all about and how it qualified for a First Level cultivation agreement.

After coming out, they also learned about the changes that had taken place in the outside world over the millennium.

As more people understood, the Elite Combat Unit system became increasingly perfected.

After all, there were suddenly more "customers."

The High Tier Wizards who emerged realized they had missed more than just news during their seclusion; they had also missed countless opportunities to address tricky issues.

Those troublesome enemies, bizarre planes, and thorny anomalies could often be directly resolved by seeking out the Elite Combat Units.

The recruitment system truly started operating at that time.

Jeming withdrew his thoughts and began setting search conditions.

"Target Type: Plane-level Anomalous Creatures... Law Fusion Characteristics... Energy Level Five or Above... Task Type: Private Bounty or Federation Recruitment..."

He entered a long list of conditions and then clicked search.

The result appeared almost instantly.

Zero.

Jeming sighed, not too surprised.

The kind of creatures he was looking for, born inherently fused with world rules, were extremely rare, and with various conditions restricting, it was normal not to find any.

After all, the last similar creature Jeming encountered was that "Fungus Lord."

But beings of the Fungus Lord’s level of rules were too dangerous; something of a lower level would be better.

He didn’t close the page but instead locked his spiritual power on the refresh button, continually refreshing.

The tasks on the recruitment system are not all published at once.

High Tier Wizards can release new bounties at any time, and the federation’s logistics department would periodically release new recruitment tasks.

Sometimes, if lucky, a new task would appear the moment he refreshed.

Jeming was refreshing like this, while also diverting a bit of attention to other tasks being published.

An hour passed.

Two hours.

Five hours.

Jeming remained unfazed, his spiritual power steadily executing the refresh operation.

This level of repetitive action was no burden to him.

Ten hours later, a red prompt suddenly appeared next to the refresh button.

New Task.

Jeming’s spiritual power exploded almost instinctively, instantly capturing the newly appeared information.

"Private Bounty: Released by the Eighth Level Wizard ’Void Weaver’ Oston. Mission Objective: Assist in dealing with a plane’s law anomaly. Required slots: 1,000 Elite Combat Units. Reward: To be discussed."

Eighth Level Wizard.

Jeming felt a bit excited at this.

With the recruitment system in place, many High Tier Wizards also posted tasks on it, but the tasks really worth noting were those from Eighth Level Wizards.

After all, in this world, Eighth Level Beings are those standing at the top of the pyramid, and their private bounties have high value.

Moreover, the keyword "law anomaly"...

He quickly opened the task details, glancing at the plane description.

"The target plane contains a large number of native creatures deeply fused with world rules, with energy levels ranging from Third to Sixth Level. Due to mishandling, one of my ’Miniature Glazed Gardens’ also got involved with these rules creatures, needing immediate clearing..."

Jeming’s heartbeat quickened slightly.

Creatures deeply fused with laws.

Isn’t this exactly the kind of reference he was looking for?

He didn’t hesitate, his spiritual power darting towards the "Apply" button at the bottom of the task interface.

At the same time, he could sense numerous strands of spiritual power also surging towards that button in the same instant; evidently, other refreshing Elite Combat Units had also seen this task.

There were only a thousand slots.

And the number of applicants far exceeded this number.

At this moment, Jeming’s spiritual power exploded with astonishing speed.

His reaction time and focus far exceeded the typical Fifth Level Wizard—in fact, after multiple enhancements and cultivation technique boosts, his neural reaction speed was no less than that of a Sixth Level Being.

His consciousness was like a bolt of lightning, among all the competitors, and together with the first batch of fastest applicants, touched the apply button.

The system feedback arrived almost simultaneously.

"Application successful. You have gained a task slot. Task details and gathering coordinates have been sent to your private channel."

Jeming opened his eyes, a slight smile on his lips.

Out of those thousand slots, he got one.

He stood up, stretched his shoulders slightly, and walked towards the laboratory’s exit.

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