Chapter 65
The whirlpool, also known as the destiny shortcut, the stairway of advancement, and the last stroke of luck for the cursed, is an extremely rare natural wonder in the sea of knowledge.
Natural wonders are completely different from other existences in the virtual world. Knowledge creatures have habitats, legacy islands and adventure islands remain unchanged for thousands of years unless a sorcerer steps in, while natural wonders appear randomly in time and location, and disappear after a period of time, almost like the most made-up rumor in the legends of the virtual world.
Even the most unlucky sorcerer would eventually encounter knowledge creatures, legacy islands, and adventure islands in their lifetime, while even the luckiest sorcerer may never encounter a whirlpool in their entire life, truly the ultimate luck detector.
The reason why those who have seen a whirlpool are so envied and jealous is the whirlpool's tremendous power - virtual world transfer!
Sorcerers who step into the whirlpool will emerge from another whirlpool somewhere else in the sea of knowledge.
Although it sounds incredible, a simple spatial transfer, how could it arouse the sorcerers' craving?
This is because the whirlpool does not simply transfer, but allows the sorcerer to pass through the mysterious passage in the whirlpool, traversing countless areas of the sea of knowledge in just a few seconds; at the same time, the basic rule of "the farther the sorcerer sails in the sea of knowledge, the more arcane energy they absorb" does not fail either!
If two whirlpools are separated by ten thousand miles, then the sorcerer only needs to pass through this whirlpool passage, which is equivalent to sailing ten thousand miles in the sea of knowledge, directly absorbing enough arcane energy to condense complete silver wings!
How could this not drive the sorcerers crazy?
In theory, an ordinary sorcerer only needs two to three years of sailing to condense the silver wings, but the premise is that the sorcerer does not die in the sea of knowledge - in addition to the "death cooldown" where the more arcane energy, the greater the death penalty, sorcerers actually have a Damocles sword hanging over their heads: the more arcane energy, the greater the danger sorcerers will encounter!
Every time sorcerers open the Gate of Truth and enter the virtual world, the locations they descend to are actually different, not the end point of the previous exploration.
The more abundant the sorcerer's arcane energy, the closer their landing point in the virtual world is to the core areas of the sea of knowledge. The legacy islands and knowledge creatures in the core areas not only burst out more generous spoils, but are also more dangerous!
Countless formal sorcerers, on the verge of condensing the silver wings, were attacked by knowledge creatures as soon as they entered the virtual world, and when they turned to flee, they encountered even more ferocious knowledge creatures, getting taken care of by several knowledge creatures in turns, happily exiting the virtual world directly.
Exploring for a few minutes and cooling down for more than ten days is often the true portrayal of these "half-step grandmasters".
Therefore, the whirlpool is jokingly referred to as "the last stroke of luck for the cursed": not only referring to the sorcerer who encounters the whirlpool exhausting the luck of their lifetime, but also referring to the suddenly increased arcane energy making it quite difficult for the sorcerer to explore the high-risk areas of the sea of knowledge, and may even be beaten into depression by playing ranked matches in high elo after being in low elo.
That said, no sorcerer would not crave the whirlpool. And in places with a large enough sorcerer population, whirlpool lucky ones will occasionally appear one or two - for example, the senior who beat up Sonya this morning, Leone, her speed of condensing the silver wings was indeed a bit fast, and many students felt that she had encountered a short-distance whirlpool, everyone was so jealous they turned sour!
After listening to Sonya's introduction, Ashe was also excited. He was the one who needed strength most urgently now, and the more powerful he became, the more hope he had of breaking out of prison!
Also, with the sudden addition of three spirit weapons, his arcane energy was clearly insufficient.
The sword heart and wind wall were fine, but the earth sword spirit was a two-winged spirit weapon, consuming arcane energy like a gushing faucet, but its effect was less than one-fifth of its potential.
"You really don't mind?"
"I don't mind."
"You won't secretly resent me and take revenge on me?"
"I won't."
"You won't suddenly bring this up to accuse me someday?"
"I won't."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Observer, you are so dishonest, even deceiving a college girl like me." Sonya sighed, lowered her head dejectedly and stared at the whirlpool: "If we really miss this whirlpool, I will definitely bring up this old incident every time you do something wrong in the future."
"I really don't mind."
"I don't believe it, if it were me I would resent it for the rest of my life, and still remember on my deathbed that I missed a whirlpool opportunity."
Ashe was speechless: "That's you, not me, I'm not as...petty as you."
"I only believe in myself, so I believe you are that kind of person too."
Sonya pouted.
"I'm not selfish enough to think others are selfless. Anyway, I'll remember that I made a big sacrifice to accompany you this time, you'd better write it down in your little notebook and remember to give me a share of any benefits you get in the future."
Ashe was slightly startled, and suddenly felt that he had another reason to break out of prison.
Were there really no strangers worth caring about in this world? It didn't seem so.
"Of course, in the future whenever I have a piece of meat to eat, I will definitely call you over to smell the aroma."
"You little chatterbox..."