Three days later.

Lor purchased all the selected witchcraft, carefully noted everything, constructed the Witchcraft Model, but did not immediately begin the simulation.

"What is the world of strings really like?" Lor's spiritual power sank into the Sea of Consciousness, looking at the Fourth Ring Sea of Consciousness Microscope Witchcraft Model, which exuded a terrifying pressure, his heart filled with anticipation.

He used his spiritual power to activate the Sea of Consciousness Microscope, deploying it fully.

"Buzz——"

"Is this... a string?" Lor looked at the scene before him, a bit shaken inside.

This time, using the Sea of Consciousness Microscope, everything in his view changed appearance.

The previously distinct Earth-Fire Elemental Particle Sea transformed into lines of red or yellow.

These lines were oscillating rapidly, seemingly without rest.

Occasionally, billions of lines intersected, forming massive spheres.

Even the smallest sphere looked like a towering mountain in Lor's eyes today.

Countless lines intersect in an instant, then separate, and intersect with other lines, complex but orderly.

"Are these spheres the elemental quarks, atoms, molecules, and similar particles?" Lor surveyed the strange Elemental Sea, feeling a slight obsession and thrill arising in his heart. "Truly marvelous!"

As he uncovered the essential mysteries of elements step by step, overthrowing previous worldviews and perceptions.

It did not make him feel frustrated, but instead made him more curious about more essential things.

"Elements are composed of particles, particles are made of strings, then what are the strings made of?" Lor's thoughts branched out, his heart full of curiosity.

Strings, he at least saw sporadic mentions on the forums.

But beyond strings, only the unknown remained.

"Someday, I will know." After a while, Lor took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and began to adjust his perspective, turning his gaze toward the Earth-Fire Meditation Rune Model.

At this moment, in his eyes, the Earth-Fire Meditation Rune Model showed endlessly intertwined red and yellow strings, constantly oscillating.

Compared to the strings of the Elemental Sea that form elements, the fluctuations were hundreds of times more intense.

Among these intertwined red and yellow strings, occasionally pure black strings flitted by and disappeared in an instant.

"Retrieving Space Rune from the oscillation of the strings, so that's what it means..." Lor looked at the transient black strings, feeling a numbness throughout his body.

Before seeing this scene, he thought that retrieving Space Rune from the oscillation of the strings meant slowly recovering micro fragments.

Just like stimulating Abyssal Creatures can yield tiny fragments of Abyssal Energy Runes.

Although it is still difficult, spending a few decades, it is not impossible to slowly piece together some Space Runes.

But now...

Billions of strings intersect to form an elemental quark.

Dozens of elemental quarks can form an elemental molecule.

And to form a complete basic rune requires around ten to the power of ten molecules.

This is simply an astronomical number.

The most crucial point is that every string representing a Space Rune may also vary.

He also needs to differentiate the strings belonging to a certain Space Rune from each other and then assemble them.

"No, that's not right!"

Lor took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, a gleam of reflection flashing in his mind, "If that's the case, then Space Runes cannot be retrieved at all."

"After all, without the Fourth Ring Sea of Consciousness Microscope Witchcraft, Spatial Mages cannot retrieve Space Runes, and how many wizards possess the Fourth Ring Sea of Consciousness Microscope?"

"Moreover, the foundational Space Runes that appear during the Rune Model advancement, there are just a few of them."

"If all other Space Runes needed to be painstakingly extracted this way, there wouldn't be so many foundational Space Runes available to posterity."

"There must be a special method that allows Spatial Mages to retrieve Space Runes more easily, quickly, and conveniently."

"What kind of method would that be?"

Lor quietly watched the fleeting Space Strings, summarizing patterns while his thoughts scattered endlessly.

At this point, there were no guides ahead of him, he had to think, to ponder everything on his own.

However, compared to that wizard who truly established the Space Wizard Faction, he still had advantages.

At least he knew that there was definitely a path ahead, and it was a glorious road.

Although he hadn't found the shortcut to that continent now, he would eventually find it.

But the wizard who truly established the Space Wizard Faction was different; when reaching this step, he would only feel confused.

He would doubt whether he took the wrong path, whether there was really still a path ahead, suffering near-desperate blows.

Back then, he might even have considered giving up.

"Compared to him, I truly am much happier." Lor pondered quietly, "Knowing that someone walked out from this path, I won't be confused again, I just need to find that path."

Research is materialistic.

1 is 1, 2 is 2.

Even without guidance, once someone has succeeded on this path, later pursuers will not be confused, instead, they will proceed steadfastly.

If someone made it through before, why can't he?

One day...

One year...

Ten years...

Unknowingly, Lor had submerged in his own Sea of Consciousness for thirteen years.

In the first thirteen years after coming to this world, he rose from an ordinary person to a renowned Third Ring Great Wizard.

For the next thirteen years, he constantly observed the rhythm of each Space Element String within Earth-Fire Meditation Technique, attempting to summarize the pattern.

Indifferent to events occurring in the outside world.

It seemed as though everything had frozen, unchanged, or perhaps... some changes occurred?

"Space... strings... pattern." Lor was entirely immersed in each pulsating string, the glow of contemplation in his heart becoming more brilliant.

He always felt like he was grasping something, but it seemed that a finger was caught, unable to fully tighten his grip.

"Pattern... rhythm... weaving."

...

The fifty-seventh floor of the Wizard Tower, at the entrance of Lor's abode.

Three Third Ring Great Wizards and one Second Ring Wizard gathered there.

Two of the Third Ring Great Wizards appeared elderly, with one exuding heavy authority, seemingly someone in a high position.

Another appeared rather ordinary, with eyes hiding a profound tale.

The other Third Ring Great Wizard, however, was youth-like, with a gentle aura.

The only Second Ring Wizard was a woman of outstanding appearance.

Apart from the young Great Wizard, the others' gazes toward the residence in front were filled with deep concern.

"Thirteen years, what in the world is Lor doing? Why hasn't he even answered a single communication?" Agular furrowed his brow deeply, filled with anxiety about the current situation of his most talented student.

If Lor had informed beforehand about plunging into research, he perhaps wouldn't be worried like this.

For a Third Ring Wizard, research lasting for ten or twenty years is normal.

But the crux of the problem is that Lor hadn't informed anything, and he even summoned Kateya back in advance, clearly intending for her to handle matters.

In the end...

The most crucial point is that the residence, being a first-level laboratory, absolutely guarantees privacy, making it impossible to probe Lor's current state.

Forcefully knocking on the door might cause even worse consequences.

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