"As for the dangers of the Astral Gate, Master Gilbert has already explained everything to me in detail!"
Lei Lin wore a smile at the corners of his lips, but his eyes were resolute beyond compare.
"But if we don't communicate with other worlds and obtain their unique knowledge and resources, how can we ever progress? To pursue the truth, I'm willing to give everything!"
A Wizard's thirst for truth was something no other creature could ever match.
When Robin saw the expression on Lei Lin's face, he let out a long sigh. "In that case, remember to prepare the specialized protective suits, and memorize the escape formulae..."
In the innermost section of Gilbert's underground laboratory.
Wave after wave of intricate and complex magical runes and patterns blanketed the surrounding walls. Lei Lin merely glanced around and immediately spotted several advanced formula runes he had never seen before.
"Advanced air isolation runes! And this incomplete runic pattern—I think I've seen it in ancient texts from the Dark Polar Domain..." Lei Lin marveled as he commanded the Chip to record every last one of them.
At that moment, a black membrane of light had surfaced around his body, like a protective suit enveloping him entirely, leaving not a single blind spot.
Moreover, the moment he had set foot inside, he had already undergone at least three rounds of sterilization-like procedures.
This biohazard-suit-like apparatus could effectively block the otherworldly contamination emanating from the Astral Gate, making it indispensable equipment for its study.
"Just from the sheer level of meticulous preparation, you can already tell how complex and terrifying the Astral Gate experiments are..."
Lei Lin sighed once more, and his gaze involuntarily drifted toward the center of the laboratory.
There, a massive cluster of starlight radiated brilliant luminescence, with something vaguely discernible inside—but even with Lei Lin's current eyesight, he couldn't make it out clearly.
"That is the true form of the Astral Gate itself. Simply maintaining this open state for a single day could bleed me dry..."
Lei Lin secretly calculated the cost in his mind. The expenditure required for the Astral Gate was truly terrifying. Even with his wealth, the thought alone was somewhat unbearable—no wonder some Morning Star Wizards had gone bankrupt pursuing their research into the Astral Gate.
"Hurry! Prepare for the experiment!"
Robin also wore a membrane of light as protection and was preparing something at a laboratory bench in the corner.
In truth, the position they occupied was still some distance from the actual Astral Gate. There, only Gilbert himself stood, eyes tightly shut, seemingly probing something with his Spiritual Power. Around Gilbert, a ring of golden magical symbols lay inscribed on the ground, flickering with dazzling brilliance.
The remaining students—including even an old man who had reached Third Tier Crystallization strength—could only obediently stay outside the runes, not daring to advance a single step.
"The Astral Gate's activation time is extremely precious. What we have now is the bare minimum—just enough to allow coordinate positioning with embedded Spiritual Power to pass through! You'll each try it one at a time in a moment!"
Gilbert's voice carried over to them.
"Lei Lin, since this is your first time participating in this kind of experiment, just watch what I do for now!" Robin said to Lei Lin beside him.
"Understood!" Lei Lin's eyes emitted a crystalline blue glow, fixed unblinkingly on Robin's every movement.
"Begin!"
Gilbert pulled out a golden crystal and tossed it straight into the blue flame at the very center!
Boom! The moment the golden crystal made contact with the blue flame, a violent reaction erupted immediately, sending out torrents of golden light that were then devoured by the blue flame.
Threads of blue energy spread along a specific magical circuit, flowing outward until they reached the three Tier Three Wizards in front, forming a slightly concave mercury-like mirror surface with a layer of black vortex at its very center.
"This feeling! It's somewhat similar to the spatial corridor opened by the ancient Teleportation Array, but the aura is far more violent and chaotic..."
Lei Lin silently compared the two in his mind.
A sliver of silvery-white Spiritual Power emerged from Robin's forehead, quickly taking shape in midair to form the outline of a flower bud, with magical runes flickering across its surface before plunging into the mirror.
"This space-time positioning experiment is quite simple—through the Star Gate, we continuously toss in positioning runes, hoping that by sheer luck one will drift into some world or be picked up by some intelligent being. Realistically, the odds are incredibly small; you might not succeed even once in ten thousand attempts!"
"So it's basically just gambling on luck?" Lei Lin mentally rolled his eyes, feeling rather speechless, but one glance at the pallor on Robin's face told him the task was far from as simple as it sounded.
"Back then, I couldn't even use Spiritual Power to probe the Dark Pole Domain through a Teleportation Array, and now the goal is to use Spiritual Power to pierce through an entire world! The difficulty is simply incomparable! Even now that I've reached Tier Three, with the assistance of a magical array, the challenge probably won't diminish by much..."
Crack! Suddenly, a sound like a snapping bean erupted from Robin's body, and he stumbled back several steps, his face deathly pale.