I Want to Become a Wizard

A bunch of simps.

Xu Zhi smiled faintly. But I liked it.

With only fifty slots available, demand naturally exceeded supply. Too many wolves, too little meat.

As a student at a prestigious university, Xu Zhi had been the type to grind hard back when he was studying.

He had talent for studying, but he could not have gotten this far without diligence. As a poor kid from the countryside, he had spent his school years grinding through problems and had barely played any games. Now, he naturally seemed utterly ruthless. "Without expert-level knowledge of evolution, you think you can play games?"

Let the world feel pain.

He was no longer the person he had been before.

He would no longer let those Sand Sculpture Players loaf around. He had to make them feel pressured. He wanted to create a species—a behind-the-scenes team—that would deduce the Myriad Realms for him.

He wanted the players in this sandbox to compete for survival, study the most profound knowledge, and do the hardest work for him! "Then let me see what level these people are at." Xu Zhi sat before the computer and casually opened a paper. As a behind-the-scenes big shot, a great creator, he naturally had to assess the capabilities of his employees.

The paper was titled:

"Biological Structural Morphology of a J-20-Like Fighter Jet: A Hypothesis on the Evolution of Hollow-Boned Vertebrate Birds!"

It went on at great length, nearly ten thousand words in all, with illustrations and text. It even included DNA structure diagrams and anatomical sketches of hypothesized biological evolution. Every point was supported by citations and reasoning, explaining the feasibility of the hypothesis.

Terrifying! Simply terrifying! Xu Zhi sucked in a breath.

How long had it even been? Who knew what these people had gone through! They had actually written such terrifyingly professional papers, so profound and inscrutable that he could not even understand much of the specialized knowledge.

He had thought it was an isolated case.

He opened another email. It was another paper, tens of thousands of words long and over a dozen pages, with incredibly detailed illustrations and text.

"Structural Deduction of Electric Eels: A Speculative Theory on the Evolution of Lightning Birds!"

Xu Zhi finally realized that these people were truly insane. Compared to when he had written academic papers in college just to hand in assignments to his advisor, they were a hundred times more serious, frantically consulting materials and constructing hypotheses.

—They were serious about playing games! Xu Zhi could not understand it either, so he could only have the Insect Nest Sub-Brain help screen them.

As for those who had paid others to write for them, he did not bother with them. If they truly lacked ability, they would be eliminated sooner or later anyway. After all, it was an elimination system.

"Looks like the Origin of Species Land of Myriad Realms, the homeland of all extraordinary lifeforms, is finally getting on track." Xu Zhi looked at the tiny sandbox in the yard.

"Come on, brothers, work hard!"

"Don't let someone else snatch your slot."

A group of little ants, spurred on by shame, were evolving like mad, competing with other species in the survival of the fittest, terrified that they would be kicked out of the closed beta slots.

The screening results should be out by tomorrow morning.

By then, there would be a complete reshuffling. He was looking forward to the results of their evolution.

Xu Zhi was quite satisfied with the situation here. Then he looked toward the Great Sandbox World. More than a day had passed since he had bestowed knowledge upon it last time, meaning more than a hundred years had passed there, and the beginnings of civilization had emerged.

Over those hundred-odd years, Babylon had experienced an extraordinarily peaceful era, as well as an era of explosive growth.

Back then, the Three Witches at Aimiya Pool had been on the verge of fighting to the death. But with the appearance of God of Wisdom Hermes, the tense atmosphere had once again been suppressed.

After hearing Hermes's words, witnessing his miraculous abilities, and seeing the beautiful blueprint of the future, the three of them began to research diligently. They pursued the power of longevity and immortality, along with the three branches of knowledge: alchemy, meditation, and witchcraft.

In the thirty-sixth year of Babylon, the Three Witches fully organized a method of meditation. Their spiritual power increased greatly, and they compiled it into a book—Wizard's Elementary Meditation and Introduction—which they bestowed upon the witches.

The tense relationship between the Three Witches was eased as a result.

The orthodox spiritual meditation method they had comprehended far surpassed Circe's indulgent method of letting the mind run wild. Under pressure from the other two, Circe stopped making moves against the men of the tribe and settled down as an orthodox witch.

In the forty-seventh year of Babylon, one of the strongest Giant Beast Species, the Baboco Giant Beast, attacked the tribe.

The Three Witches fought bitterly without pause. At the brink of life and death, Medea suddenly comprehended a spell: War Air Hammer. An invisible hammer of air descended from the sky, destroying swathes of trees, cracking the earth, and killing the Baboco Giant Beast. Medea, the witch who governed disorderly war and glory, bathed in blood and stepped into a new realm.

That same year, Cassandra gained an insight into heaven and earth while planting medicinal herbs and comprehended a healing spell, Spring Dew.

The following year, Circe suddenly comprehended an evil spell, Curse Doll.

In the fifty-seventh year of Babylon, witchcraft flourished. The Three Witches fully perfected the three major systems they had each pioneered. Meditation and witchcraft had achieved results, but the legendary mysterious art of alchemy, which grasped the truths of the world, remained beyond their reach despite their desperate pursuit.

In the one hundred and third year of Babylon.

Babylon had expanded beyond ten tribes and possessed thirty powerful witches.

The Three Witches of Babylon developed several complete branches of witchcraft and compiled Witch's Gate of Truth, recording seventeen spells. The witches wielded wooden staffs and conquered the Batu Qing'er Giant Tree Forest, clearing out powerful Giant Beast Species.

Wherever they went, Giant Beast Species wailed.

In the one hundred and thirty-ninth year of Babylon, Babylon was founded as a nation. This became the first year of the Babylonian state, with the Three Witches dividing the world among themselves.

The following year, civil strife broke out within the Babylonian palace, and living beings suffered greatly. Circe displayed terrifying power, fighting one against two. Curse Witch Circe defected, leading her witches far away and establishing the church faction known as "Thorns of Rose."

Thus began the first year of Babylon's turmoil.

Xu Zhi stood on his chair with a sigh, watching for a while through his binoculars before silently putting them away.

Only a short time had passed on his side. He had accompanied the girl to her class reunion, just finished organizing the players' sandbox, and posted an announcement, yet more than a hundred years had already passed over there, with so many wars and turning points erupting.

"I knew Circe was unwilling to accept it."

Xu Zhi smiled faintly. "Though she outwardly submitted to the orthodox meditation method—after all, it was three or four times faster than her crude method—behind the scenes, she still could not endure the lonely nights."

Over the years, Circe had been unable to restrain her desires in secret and indulged herself wildly. She simply had not been discovered.

Why hadn't she been discovered?

Because there were no shortage of men in the tribe, and she no longer dared lay hands on the tribe's men.

Over the years, she had secretly cultivated her spiritual power until it gradually surpassed the other two again. Then, behind their backs, she led a group of witches into corruption. They no longer preserved their chastity or obeyed the three iron laws of witches, becoming fallen Dark Witches.

After the founding of the nation, Circe could no longer endure it and finally began targeting men. After all, having only those evil-eyed monsters for so many years had been far too unbearable. She needed normal men, and men in the tribe gradually began to disappear.

Medea and Cassandra began investigating, and a great battle erupted. Circe fled in betrayal! Xu Zhi did not want to concern himself too much with wars and grudges; he cared only about the progress of civilization. "Meditation and witchcraft have both appeared. Unfortunately, that mysterious and elusive alchemy and its potions still haven't formed a system."

He was anxious inside, but there was nothing he could do. He could not rush it, so he slowly calmed himself. "Since they've already deduced the path, then I can begin cultivating along the route they've opened up as well—mental meditation and witchcraft?"

Xu Zhi smiled, finding it rather interesting. "The foundation of their entire civilization is built upon the Mental Gene of the evil eye. The Intelligent Sub-brain... I'll incorporate a gene into my genetic chain—the evil eye."