Chapter 609: Player and Job Change
“Do you know why I called you here?”
Upon seeing the arrival, I temporarily set aside my work and turned to Wan Zhuang, who had come alone. “Is it just you?”
“Yes, just me.”
“Not bad. I’m talking about your talent; talent determines a lot of things, and not everyone qualifies to wield extraordinary power. Is earth energy fun?”
As I asked, I checked his information. Players created from the fruit of the Wanlian Main Network Tree have their data shared within the main network tree, which belongs to my Great Knowledge Tree system. Therefore, I can access this information directly with the highest permissions.
“Uh… I’m still not very familiar with it…” Wan Zhuang said humbly. He naturally wouldn’t dare say it’s fun, fearing such a response would be too childish and wouldn’t reflect a serious attitude. However, he had been so excited he couldn’t sleep when he discovered he could control earth energy!
He had explored it on his own for quite some time.
“Is that so? That’s fine; anyway, you know what earth energy is. But it’s not the extraordinary power I had prepared for you.” I didn’t mind his lie, as I genuinely didn’t care about earth energy.
The predecessor of earth energy, earth vein energy, has a very low energy level; its main feature is a regional attribute that gives this energy a sense of belonging. After being transformed, the primary characteristic of earth energy is its ability to carry information almost without loss, while the other features are quite ordinary.
Relying on this energy to cast spells is less effective than directly manipulating elements.
Moreover, the ability to manipulate earth energy is a trait of the Wanlian Main Network Tree. Its fruit grants players an almost instinctive capacity to control earth energy.
This is an additional benefit, but what I genuinely want them to master is the power of knowledge.
I could say that the fruits they consume are experimental products, the initial version from which summaries and iterations lead to newer products.
As first-generation players, no one can say whether they are good or bad; after all, the first generation is either unique, with each subsequent one being a poor imitation, or they are sacrificial products of continuous iteration, gradually falling behind in innovation and being eliminated.
For these players, figuring out how to bestow them with extraordinary power has been a difficult challenge I have been tackling.
The techniques of the Great Knowledge Sharing Technique have not reached my expectations.
On a theoretical level, I can see the possibility of using the Great Knowledge Sharing Technique to share power, but currently, I cannot break through the boundary between theory and reality.
Thus, I can only resort to another method.
Since the fruits of the Wanlian Main Network Tree cannot grant players the ability to wield the power of knowledge, then let the “fruit” itself carry the power of knowledge; this doesn’t have a particularly high threshold.
Taking advantage of this feature, I designed another special phase for players.
“Job Change Ceremony.”
In fact, in this phase, “job change” is just a descriptor, while “ceremony” is the real key.
This ceremony will determine how this player’s “game account” can wield my power of knowledge.
Currently, I have set two jobs: one is “Swordsman,” and the other is “Mage.”
The realization of these two job characteristics is the concept of “game job equipment.”
By completing the application of the power of knowledge through the game equipment system, players can bypass the direct manipulation of the power of knowledge and still utilize its effects.
I’ve employed this almost bug-like method before; the last time was to bypass the manipulation phase of earth vein energy to complete the Earth Vein Identification Technique.
Let’s not forget that the most refined technique I have developed for the power of knowledge is the “Annotation Technique,” which pairs perfectly with the Box of Books.
The “Swordsman” profession is essentially a martial artist who can wield swords or blades.
The martial artist isn’t the focus; the weapon is. The power of knowledge’s annotations grants their weapons extraordinary power, such as “Sharp,” “Heavy Strike,” “Sturdy,” and “Lightweight,” etc.
These annotation powers bestowed on weapons can generate a “skill tree” on the player’s skill panel.
Once they become proficient, I will also unlock a customization mode for them to explore freely. As for the things they combine, naturally, they will belong to me.
After all, I am not a philanthropist.
As for the Mage profession… it is also generated through the Annotation Technique for spell ceremonies. Let’s not forget that the power of knowledge has long been able to derive rune ceremonies.
With rune ceremonies, coupled with annotation operational methods, a person can release spells without needing to construct spell ceremonies themselves. The process of manually casting spells is nearly unnecessary; the caster only needs to “read the spell” to release it.
However… the power of spells… probably only reaches the level of “minor spells.”
Yet, with no suppression of great weakening spells here, even the “Small Fireball Spell” among the minor spells has considerable power.
Currently, many of the player’s skills belong to the type of “brain-dead release,” and they can hardly understand why extraordinary power is used this way.
It’s just like in the Witch Academy, where everyone stares at the spellbook, but does anyone seriously study how to cast spells?
Yes, but very few.
However, players don’t need to consider so much; they just need to focus on casting spells in combat or swing weapons. As the mastermind behind it all, I have many considerations.
“Alright, try to connect your mental power to this.” I extended my hand and then looked at the male named Wan Zhuang before me.
Soon, a complex and ever-changing ritual rune floated in my palm.
This rune is what I will later incorporate into the free job change ceremony on the fruit of the Wanlian Main Network Tree. Once new fruit matures, players will be able to start their job change by meeting specific conditions.
But for them as first-generation players, it will naturally take a bit more effort.
“What exactly is this?” Wan Zhuang, knowing he couldn’t refuse, still instinctively asked out of fear of the unknown.
“The Job Change Ceremony is your real turning point in mastering extraordinary power,” I simply explained to him.
“Job… change? Am I really becoming a player? Just like those who once invaded our world…” Wan Zhuang thought of the game with grasping this item and then recalled how his own world and civilization were invaded by the so-called players.
“No, it’s not the same. There’s an essential difference between you and those players. Those guys are merely parasites occupying other people’s bodies, while you are true players who master extraordinary power.” I deceived him, “So hurry up, connect your mental power to this rune; it should be simple for you.”
“Okay!” Wan Zhuang firmly nodded, then mobilized his limited mental power to touch the rune.
The meditation method I taught them is ordinary meditation, not the Witch Meditation Method, which only a preparatory witch can use, as it utilizes the Primordial Dream World to refine mental power, ultimately condensing it into a thread of mental power. Ordinary meditation merely possesses the capacity to interfere with extraordinary energy.
As Wan Zhuang’s mental power touched the rune, it suddenly exploded into countless small glowing ritual runes that enveloped Wan Zhuang.
His personal information panel also automatically popped up.
The job change ceremony, aside from emitting light that caused Wan Zhuang some discomfort, also brought an invisible wind that rustled his clothes. Aside from feeling a bit mentally exhausted, there was nothing else unusual.
Everything ended so quickly.
At this moment, a UI interface he had never seen before suddenly appeared on his information panel.
He scanned the information on it and saw two very prominent icons and words displayed before him.
“Swordsman… Mage…”
He instinctively read the names of the two jobs aloud.
“Yes, these are the two jobs you can choose from right now, one melee and one ranged; there’s not much difference, so pick based on what you like,” I said.
However, for those who have never touched extraordinary power, the Mage profession, which presents extraordinary power more perfectly, would likely be more popular.
“Mage! I choose Mage!”
Wan Zhuang unhesitatingly chose the profession he yearned for the most, which was indeed as I expected.
“Alright, I hope you won’t regret your impulsive decision later,” I shrugged and said as he pressed the job change button without hesitation.
After making his choice, he subconsciously looked at his hands, hoping to see some visibly noticeable change.
“What’s wrong? Want to see if your body has mutated?” I reminded him, “Open your personal information and check; you should have unlocked a skill tree.”
“This… really exists!” Wan Zhuang looked at the newly appeared information panel and then at the black “skill tree,” with only the bottommost one displaying the “Small Fireball Spell” skill illuminated.
“Take this; casting spells as a Mage requires a casting medium, which is your weapon.” I casually cut a wooden stick and threw it to him.
In fact, this is an ordinary wooden stick; of course, it can also be a player’s weapon.
The weapon he holds is essentially a medium formed through the power of knowledge’s annotation technique, used to cast spells, just like how a Swordsman needs a weapon to launch attacks.
A Swordsman can likewise use a wooden stick as a weapon, as long as they are not afraid of it breaking.
However, Swordsmen can also directly learn “Sturdy,” so they need not worry about the fragile stick breaking.
At this moment, Wan Zhuang hurriedly caught the stick but was momentarily stunned.
The rough surface of the stick was a bit harsh on his hands, and the cut was still fresh; it was evidently just chopped off, and it did not look like a “staff” at all.
But whether he understood it or not was irrelevant; as long as he could use it, that’s all that mattered.
The annotations that can be carried on the “staff” are probably “Element Amplification,” “Energy Gathering,” “Element Activation,” etc.
However, the power of these annotations cannot be borne by ordinary weapons; if it were my Box of Books, it would be easy to create. However, the wooden stick Wan Zhuang is currently holding might show cracks or similar phenomena after he uses the “Small Fireball Spell” once.
Thus, this relates to the “durability” problem of weapons.
Later, they can directly see the durability statistics of some weapons through the Identification Technique.
Truly considerate.
“Can… can this also be used as a weapon?” Wan Zhuang still asked in disbelief.
“Why not give it a try?” I said indifferently, “Cast a Small Fireball Spell at me.”
“At… at you?”
“Yes, hurry up. I don’t want your spell to cause a forest fire. I can quickly extinguish the spell effect; that’s all. You just need to familiarize yourself with the casting process,” I explained.
“Alright, please be careful.” Wan Zhuang quickly nodded and began to cast the spell. This was his first attempt at spell casting, but until he saw the progress bar indicating he was casting, he was bewildered as it wasn’t what he imagined!
However, the branch he held began to display the annotations and spell ceremony for the Small Fireball Spell.
The fire element energy in the surrounding environment began to madly converge, and the gathering trajectory even formed a fiery vortex.
As the progress bar continued, the mysterious runes on the front of his “staff” formed a marvelous ceremony, followed by a fireball approximately the size of a human head appearing before him.
The flickering flames of the Small Fireball Spell reflected in his eyes, showing his overwhelming desire and joy for extraordinary power!
He! Finally grasped extraordinary power!
Although, in his excited vision, everything seemed to take a long time, the entire casting process lasted only about a second.
There was no self-energy supply, no mental power control, no framework for the spell ceremony, and none of the complex variables of manual spell casting. To release a Small Fireball Spell in a second is already quite remarkable.
Of course, Wan Zhuang didn’t have much of a participatory feeling in it.
One second would be enough to get a Witch Academy student killed, but for someone who had never interacted with spells to learn a Small Fireball Spell at this efficiency is quite extraordinary; just constructing the spell ceremony alone could take a long time.
So, one second is the limit for an ordinary person with no understanding of spells, and it is also my current limit.
However, I do not rule out that my annotation technique might break through again and compress this casting interval.
As that Small Fireball Spell flew toward me, I simply reached out and extinguished it, as if I were putting out a small flame.
Without the suppression of great weakening spells, the power of a Small Fireball Spell is nearing that of a regular Fireball Spell under such suppression.
But to me, it still seems quite weak.
“This…” Wan Zhuang looked in disbelief as that fireball was extinguished by a single hand, almost doubting the power of the spell he had released…
“No need to think too much; our power difference is too vast. The power of this fireball is enough to send an ordinary person to hell; it could cause serious injury at the very least. How was that? Your first spellcasting was great, right?”
“Too… too great! Is this extraordinary power?!”
“Yes, it is a manifestation of extraordinary power.” I nodded, of course, this reflects the power I possess, “But power is merely a tool to achieve goals, not a honey to make you addicted to, nor is it a capital for you to flaunt. Understand? This power is a tool for you to stand on this ruins, to protect yourselves and your kin, and rebuild your civilization.”
“Yes! I understand!” After being admonished by me, Wan Zhuang quickly realized, then felt a wave of horror; he really hadn’t thought too much earlier; it was simply…
“Once you understand, leave. Don’t obstruct here; the remaining abilities you can explore on your own.” I waved my hand to send him away.
After all, there’s no meaning in keeping him here; I have complete control over his data, and he doesn’t significantly impact me wherever he is.
“Yes, I’m leaving now…” Wan Zhuang hurriedly expressed his gratitude, almost kneeling and bowing his head; he thought he would have to stay and cooperate on some research but was surprised that it was not the case at all.
I must say, Wan Zhuang felt immense pressure every time he faced the Catastrophe Witch; when she encouraged him to leave quickly, he was all the more eager to do so.
As for extraordinary power… with a system like this, why would he worry about unclear exploration?
He was merely someone stepping into modern civilization. After all, modern individuals can usually figure out a strange model of phone with some tinkering, not to mention a system that is easy to understand!
