Chapter 119: The Method of Breaking Through

Lin Wei no longer paid attention to Shirley but focused all his concentration on the progress bar of the retina display.

Seeing Lin Wei’s calm expression, Shirley felt a slight relief in her heart. At this critical moment between life and death, her mind steadied because of Lin Wei’s composure.

Time passed by the minute and second. The stars in the night sky seemed to shift their positions, clouds thinned out, and the chirping of insects grew more piercing.

“Model construction complete!” The voice of the intelligent orb chip sounded in Lin Wei’s ear.

“Good!” Instantly, a three-dimensional image of the stone pillar prison appeared before Lin Wei’s eyes. To the right of the image, a dense array of parameter data was displayed in detail.

“Hm?” Lin Wei suddenly noticed that on the image of the stone pillar prison, there were scattered mottled light points moving erratically, some even merging to form strange symbols.

Without questioning the intelligent orb chip, Lin Wei turned his attention to the parameter data.

“This is... the residual magical energy of a formal sorcerer?”

Glancing at the annotations, Lin Wei’s eyes narrowed slightly as he concentrated deeply.

“Orb chip, what is the structural principle of this stone pillar prison?”

It seemed Lin Wei had an idea as he asked the intelligent orb chip.

“It is a one-time infusion model that maintains magical energy.”

The intelligent orb chip quickly responded.

“In other words, the formal sorcerer who constructed this stone pillar prison stored the spell through some means, then made it into an instant activation skill...” Lin Wei suddenly understood, “It’s very much like a one-time damage potion forged by an alchemist...”

“But this stone pillar prison seems somewhat different. It has a sustaining nature. Even after activation, it requires the formal sorcerer to pre-store magical energy to keep it functioning...” Lin Wei’s eyes lit up suddenly. “That means, as long as the stored magical energy supporting this spell disappears, the stone pillar prison will collapse on its own...”

Looking at the third-level sorcerer apprentice outside the stone pillar prison, who wore a nonchalant expression, Lin Wei knew that the magical energy reserve sustaining the prison’s spell was undoubtedly sufficient, at least enough to hold until the following day when the formal sorcerer arrives.

“Simply waiting won’t help us escape. It seems we have to try to break through...” Lin Wei acted swiftly. “Orb chip, analyze the flow of magical energy in the stone pillar prison and identify the points where magical energy dissipates the fastest!”

“Analyzing...”

“Analysis failed... The aggregation points of magical energy dissipation display irregular motion at all times...”

“Does the irregular aggregation point conform to any probability distribution?” Lin Wei inquired.

“Calculating... The irregular magical energy dissipation points do not conform to any probability distribution.”

Lin Wei clicked his tongue lightly. “Interesting. Truly the work of a formal sorcerer. I originally thought I could find the aggregation points and then induce magical energy leakage to drain them, but it seems it won’t be that simple...”

“In that case...” Lin Wei showed no sign of impatience. After a brief thought, he issued another command to the intelligent orb chip. “Orb chip, embed the stone pillar prison model into the Shadow of Holy Light model!”

Since pure mathematical calculations couldn’t yield the probability distribution function of the aggregation points, Lin Wei chose to solve the problem through the Shadow of Holy Light!

“Please select the simulation region, host.”

“Exclude all stone pillar prison areas belonging to myself, Shirley, and Ingmore,” Lin Wei replied quickly.

“Please select the simulation time frame. (Note: 1. Simulation time must be within 7 minutes; 2. Time segment must be less than 2 minutes.)”

The intelligent orb chip made a precise judgment, enabling Lin Wei’s magical and mental energy to sustain the operation of the Shadow of Holy Light model within the maximum limits.

“The next two minutes starting now!”

Lin Wei answered again.

“Shadow of Holy Light model established... Calculating magical energy dissipation aggregation points...”

Swish swish swish!

Streams of data flowed rapidly across Lin Wei’s retina display, tightly arranged on a pale blue screen, shifting swiftly from right to left like tiny torrents.

“Calculation complete!”

The chaotic data suddenly vanished from Lin Wei’s sight. The model of the stone pillar prison reappeared before him, but this time, the previously static image began to move rapidly. Mottled light points flickered across each stone pillar, lingering for varying lengths of time.

Lin Wei’s expression was calm and serious as, aided by the intelligent orb chip, he quickly recorded the positions and timings of the light points’ appearances.

Ding!

Two minutes passed in an instant.

Magical energy within Lin Wei surged wildly. Grain-sized black spheres appeared floating beside him.

“Mr. Lin Wei...” Shirley was puzzled by his sudden movement. Just moments ago, Ingmore and Lin Wei had both tried to break the binding power of the stone pillar prison by various means, but all had failed. Now, Lin Wei was awakening his magical power again, clearly intent on making another attempt.

“Could it be...” For some unknown reason, a strange feeling suddenly arose in Shirley’s heart, as if this possibility had just dawned on her, “Could he really break this predicament?!”

Shirley looked at Lin Wei with astonishment.

“Lin Wei, you...” Ingmore seemed somewhat disappointed. To him, Lin Wei’s actions looked like mere desperate struggles. He sighed but said no more.

Lin Wei was naturally unaffected by their reactions. His magical and mental power instantly surged to the extreme, hundreds of tiny black spheres drifting around him.

“Come! Let me see just how powerful the formal sorcerer’s methods really are!”

The hundreds of black spheres moved suddenly!

They bounced rapidly within the stone pillar prison, leaving behind lingering shadows.

The entire stone pillar prison seemed woven into a massive black cocoon, enveloping the three of them inside.

Ingmore and Shirley showed different expressions but both secretly hoped for a miracle.

“Oh?” The third-level sorcerer apprentice seemed to sense something and opened his eyes wide.

The lingering shadows already blocked his line of sight; he could no longer clearly see the figures of Lin Wei and the others.

“Your final attempt?”

The third-level sorcerer apprentice sneered. No matter what methods Lin Wei and the others used, to him they were futile. How could a few sorcerer apprentices break through techniques left behind by formal sorcerers? He knew deeply that the gulf between sorcerer apprentices and formal sorcerers was an insurmountable chasm.

“Keep struggling... Only when you reach the end will you realize that the more you struggle, the deeper you fall into the abyss of despair...”

The third-level sorcerer apprentice smiled coldly and closed his eyes once more to meditate.