Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

"What is this guy's background!"

Stassin looked at Richard, who had dispersed the witchcraft, with a somewhat frightened expression.

Even he could only manage a draw with that Magic Beast. Yet this somewhat crippled guy could actually scare it away with Forth Level power!

This is simply unbelievable.

The intelligence that described the Forth Level Hidden Monk was completely underestimating his strength.

Suddenly, Stassin felt a chill down his spine, as if some terrifying creature was watching him. He looked carefully, only to see Richard giving him a deep glance, with a meaningful smile on his face.

Stassin's heart trembled.

"Has he discovered me?"

But in the next moment, Richard diverted his gaze, somewhat regretfully saying to Avery, "It's a pity it got away. If we could capture that Magic Beast, it would have significant research value."

Avery promptly responded, "No worries, no worries, scaring away such a Disaster Beast is already a huge blessing."

After saying this, Avery tentatively asked,

"Friend, have you really never encountered a similar situation before? You are incredibly brave facing this thing."

Facing the charge of that Magic Beast, even Avery, despite being Fifth Level, felt a slight tremor in his heart. Few could remain unperturbed, with a calm heart, as a mountain charged at them.

Richard responded with laughter, "Haha, Director Avery, you've been in your clerical position for too long. Though that Magic Beast seemed incredibly fierce, in reality, it's just a slightly stronger Magic Beast.

We may not compare physically to beasts, but we are smarter than them. With some tactics, these Magic Beasts can be defeated by us."

Richard's composure left Avery somewhat astonished, as he had seen such composure only in Griego. Previously, he thought this composure came from Griego's transcendent strength, but now, perhaps it had nothing to do with strength, but rather stemmed from a powerful inner self.

"Friend, I will heed your advice." Avery said solemnly to Richard.

Suddenly, Avery noticed the Black Crow that had been on Richard's shoulder was now gone. Though the method of thwarting the Magic Beast was definitely the work of that Black Crow, now that the Magic Beast had been driven away, why hadn't the Black Crow returned?

Noting Avery's gaze, Richard gave a mysterious smile and shook his head slightly. Upon seeing Richard's demeanor, Avery immediately understood where the Black Crow had gone.

In the Void, Ulysses watched Stassin's projection, stifling a bored yawn.

Stassin's level of infiltration was relatively shallow, so Ulysses easily bypassed his observation, entering a deeper stage within the fold.

"Gah, I hope to see something useful. Otherwise, it'll just waste my time of preaching."

...

After the Magic Beast was dispelled, the Space Rift in the sky swiftly healed itself. On the ground, the fainted Control Bureau agents were awakened one by one. Looking at the sky, then at each other, they had no idea they had just walked the edge of Hell.

Meanwhile, inside the city, the Miracle Sect's church erupted into frenzied cheers.

The Magic Beast's invasion seemed overwhelming at first, but due to the Disaster Big Snake, no civilian was harmed as the surrounding residences were empty. If the rating of this invasion disaster were considered, it would surely be Fifth Level, yet the damage caused was astonishingly minimal, only a few building losses.

This rare occurrence, since the onset of invasion disasters, led the Miracle Sect's believers to think it all stemmed from their faith in the Miracle God, the Great Sage. So after the rift disappeared, Richard immediately realized he had gained many more devout believers, even a few fanatics.

However, it seemed the believers weren't wrong. After all, this disaster was indeed quelled by the "Great Sage."

After the Magic Beast's invasion, Avery quickly departed. As the Director of the Control Bureau, he had many matters to handle daily. But before leaving, he handed a research report on the invasion disaster to Richard.

Having witnessed Richard's strength, and with Richard's attitude being amicable enough, Avery believed the Control Bureau's investigation into the invasion disasters could lead Richard to some discoveries.

In the Control Bureau L-1 Base underground, Richard perused the data in his hands, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. After finishing, he organized the material, placing it on the table beside him, gazing forward deeply in thought.

The data showed Richard's previous judgments were not wrong, even somewhat conservative. According to the Control Bureau's records, the world had contact with at least ten other worlds with entirely different rule environments.

The term "at least" is because only ten worlds have actually merged with the Control Bureau, meaning there is mutual integration of lands. Maybe there are more worlds without substantial convergence with this world.

"Is it truly a multi-world collision?"

In the vast Star Realm, the occurrence of ten worlds colliding with one world is a tiny record, but not zero. Perhaps he had encountered a super rare time-space phenomenon this time.

However, Richard's intuition told him this matter was absolutely not that simple.

He reopened the data and identified the pages concerning the Great Catastrophe.

In the history of the Four-Eyed People, the Great Catastrophe held a crucial status. This disaster struck so suddenly that the World Guardian of the Four-Eyed People World at that time was torn apart by the abruptly appearing plague beast pack before preparing, dragging the entire Four-Eyed People society into the dustbin of history.

Currently, Avery, Griego, and even Stassin, who had already defected, were Hidden Monks prior to the Great Catastrophe, notably the type who had long stopped concerning themselves with worldly affairs.

This allowed them to escape the destruction brought about by the sudden onset of the Great Catastrophe.

After the Great Catastrophe, these Hidden Monks re-emerged to rebuild Four-Eyed People society, creating the current Four-Eyed People society by uncovering relics.

For so many years, they have been searching for the cause of the sudden cataclysm. Although they have yet to uncover it, one thing is certain—there was no such thing as an invasion disaster in the past.

It was merely the accidental entry of some strange creatures.

Moreover, most of these creatures were very friendly, with only a few showing aggressiveness.

Richard picked up the documents and flipped them to the page regarding the research on the beasts of calamity.

According to the Control Bureau's research, these beasts possess resurrection abilities. In the past, the Control Bureau killed the same beasts of calamity several times, but they would revive each time and retain the memories of the previous battles.

But this fact-proven research contradicts Richard's common knowledge.

Resurrection, this defying method, whether by wizards or gods, or even Abyss Demons, is a method with extremely high costs and risks. Moreover, after resurrection, there will inevitably be some losses.

Some suffer from permanent decrease in spiritual power, others have severely injured souls, or need to remake their bodies, and so forth.

At least in all of Richard's experiences, there is no method allowing a wizard's strength to revive without loss. Not to mention multiple perfect resurrections.

There's a noteworthy point in this record.

That is, invaders other than the beasts of calamity can be eliminated normally. Even if they do revive, their strength significantly declines. And according to Griego's observation, these non-calamitous beasts who revived exhibit evident flesh transformation characteristics after resurrection.

Whether elemental creatures or undead creatures, upon resurrection, they show flesh transformation contradictory to their nature.

This forces Richard to ponder its implications.

"No, ultimately, it must be tested by practical actions. Thinking alone definitely won't yield the answer to the problem."

Richard shook his head, casually opened the Secret Realm Rift. But the next moment, his brow furrowed.

"Hmm?"

In his perception, some power seemed to block his connection with the secret realm. As a result, the rift that should have led to the secret realm, leads to the gap between curtains instead.

Richard continued to try opening it, but still couldn't.

"Could it be related to this world's peculiar situation?"

Richard had never seen such a situation, and could only speculate on the phenomenon through variables.

A hint of excitement appeared on Richard's face: "This world is getting more interesting."

This body is a clone, so he didn't worry at all, only having a thirst for knowledge.

With a step forward, Richard's figure appeared in Anderson's office.

Startled by Richard's sudden appearance, Anderson was taken aback.

"Lord Richard, why are you here."

Richard straightforwardly asked: "Does your Control Bureau have a very large secret place?"

"A very large secret place?"

Anderson was puzzled by this request; large and secret seem like conflicting elements. However, Richard had already partnered with the director; theoretically speaking, Richard could even be considered his superior now.

The superior's request, as long as it doesn't violate principles and discipline, must be done no matter how absurd it may be.

After thinking for a while, Anderson's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Lord Richard, I do know a place that fits your requirements. About a hundred kilometers away, there's Moonlight Mountain, where a mine abandoned long ago exists. During its mining operations, a huge natural cave was discovered there. This cave was a prayer site of a tribe before the cataclysm, inhabited by some alien creatures. We sealed the cave after handling it.

I don't know if it can meet your needs."

Richard nodded slightly, having locals makes things easier.

"Mark it for me; you don't need to worry about other matters."

Anderson asked his secretary to find a local map and marked the mine location in red.

Richard glanced at the map, matched his location, smiled slightly at Anderson, and then vanished from the office.

...

Moonlight Mountain is a small mountain, its highest point barely reaching five hundred meters. At its foot, Richard saw an abandoned town. From the railway and cableway connected to the town, this should be the miner town left over from the mining of that year.

After ensuring he found the right place, Richard directly spread his spiritual power to search for the cave Anderson mentioned. Soon, he found a cave with its entrance sealed in the mountain's belly.

The cave was very large, ample enough to hold several standard-sized football fields. Though it might be a tight fit for the whole calamitous Big Snake, it suffices as a research site.

But before that, he must first reinforce this cave.