Wizard: Stronger through Marriage

Chapter 1178: Chapter 544: Resonance Trap (Part 2)

David, Amy, Reina, and Zelros sat around the altar, each clutching scrolls, magic staffs, and fragments of ancient runes in their hands, working closely together to study the profound secrets implied in the ancient prophecy.

Reina exhaled lightly, her brows slightly furrowed, her gaze fixed on a silver-grey spore sample.

The sample was sealed within an array crystal sphere, its crystal surface reflecting faint, rhythmic light waves, rising and falling like breathing.

She held a slim silver needle in her right hand, carefully adjusting the energy flow inside the crystal sphere to probe the hidden mechanism within the spore.

"David, look here."

Her voice was deep and powerful, "After multiple observations and experiments, I discovered that these parasitic spores’ activity seems highly dependent on a ’dimensional resonance’ effect—they stabilize their structure and life force through resonating dimensional fluctuations."

Amy slightly frowned and gently tapped her staff on the ground, channeling domain energy to enhance the experimental equipment, "So they don’t simply rely on material form to exist, but maintain activity through a multi-space wave interconnection mechanism?"

"Exactly."

Reina continued explaining, a hint of weariness on her face faded due to excitement.

"This ’dimensional resonance’ is like tuning an instrument, encouraging the parasites to maintain form and ability through specific frequency oscillations.

If we can adjust or reverse this frequency, we might disrupt their internal structure and cause their functions to collapse."

Zelros pondered momentarily, his eyes flashing with a long-lost sharp gleam, "This is a critical discovery. If we use reverse resonance to destroy this fragile layer, perhaps this disaster can be reversed."

David clenched his fist, his gaze firm and profound.

"Reverse resonance... We need to accurately capture parasitic samples in a living state and conduct detailed analysis to modulate a targeted destructive frequency."

"But it’s an extremely dangerous and difficult task."

Amy warned, she glanced around the ruined camp attacked earlier—the broken walls still floating with residual unstable silver-grey spore dust, "The environment here still contains a large number of active parasites, we must be fully prepared."

Reina nodded in agreement, her gaze resolute.

"I am willing to personally infiltrate the most densely infected outer zones to capture a living sample. I understand the movement patterns of these parasitic tendrils and possess close combat ability, maximizing the avoidance of exposure risks."

As soon as she said those words, the room fell into brief silence.

Everyone understood that this was not only a highly perilous task but also a crucial wager against fate, striving for future hope.

Steady as the thick ice glacier, Zelros eventually broke the impasse, speaking in a slightly hoarse but powerful voice, "We will provide you with rune assistance and mental barrier support, while purifying the surrounding environment to reduce interference.

But remember, do not be careless, and retreat immediately if any anomalies occur!"

David took over the conversation, "I will personally lead the escort and use the Frost Wolf Bloodline to enhance defense and attack. We won’t let you fight alone."

Early the next morning, while a pale cold moon hung on the distant sky, they prepared to advance from the camp to the most severely infected zone.

Wind and snow entwined, like countless silver needles piercing the skin, each step solid yet seemingly advancing into an unknown abyss.

Reina wore light armor, stepping her nimble snow boots into the soft snow, her eyes shining brightly, yet unable to hide the dry crack emerging at the corner of her lips due to the severe cold.

The knife in her hand gleamed with cold light under the morning sun, every breath transforming into white mist, as if integrating with the heavens and earth.

The camp’s periphery was an open valley, permeated with countless cracks, resembling Giant Beast claw marks, rugged and uneven.

Silver-grey spore dust floated like ghosts, forming a chilling mist that made one’s heart shiver.

"We’re approaching the target area."

David quietly reminded, behind him the Frost Wolf’s ghostly image emerged intermittently, channeling Power of the Soul around the domain, erecting an invisible yet unbreakable barrier for the team.

This defense line seemed to condense all the Power of Frost in the Far North, forming an insurmountable barrier harmonizing with the wind and snow.

As the team advanced, the floating spores gradually grew denser, some even starting to congeal into tentacle-like entities, constantly writhing to breach the barrier and attack.

They moved quickly yet cautiously, each weapon swing precisely on target, neutralizing probing attacks into nothingness.

Suddenly, a massive cluster of silver-grey tentacles rushed out from the shadow, frantically whipping like serpent tails towards the target ahead—a large infected entity hiding in the deepest part, with twisted thread-like fungal networks under its skin, continually spreading and corroding human tissue but still barely showing signs of life.

Reina swiftly drew her sword to confront, the blade slicing through the air leaving a trail of cold light, cutting through some tentacles, yet the remaining parts regenerated instantly. Her brow furrowed tighter, accelerating her sword strikes while looking for chances to use the array bead to lock temporary space ripples, slowing its regeneration pace.

The battle was exceptionally fierce, but with exquisite coordination and magical support, they successfully subdued the infected and safely collected a complete cyst sample.

At this moment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but their sweat had already frozen into tiny ice beads dripping onto their collars, seemingly calm yet actually utterly exhausted.

Back at camp, Amy immediately placed the collected cyst into a special High Tier sealed magic crystal container and began detailed analysis guided by Chaos Runes.

Meanwhile, Zelros initiated a high-level consciousness linking ritual from the Star Pupil Race’s ancient texts, enabling everyone to achieve synchronized Spiritual Perception, speeding up the process of deciphering information flow.

After several continuous days and nights of striving, they finally found an initial solution: by simulating and reversely emitting specific frequency oscillation bands, the internal structures of parasitic filaments could self-collapse, creating a chain-collapse effect, fundamentally blocking its life activity support chain.

This achievement made everyone’s eyes shine brightly, rekindling the faith to continue resisting the dark erosion.

But they knew more time was needed for data accumulation, formula refinement, and overcoming the technical challenges brought by space oscillations to truly complete weapon development and widespread deployment.

The night was heavy, and the cold wind on the Far Northern ice fields was piercing, raising flying snow like countless silver blades dancing in the air.

Stars were barely visible behind thick cloud layers, only a few strands of cold light penetrating the mist.

Inside the camp, the fire crackled, illuminating everyone’s tense yet resolute faces.

After days of fierce battles and in-depth research, they finally drafted a bold and risky plan—to forge a mirror maze trap using the Heart of Ice, guiding parasites to plunge inside, then having David close the dimensional rift entrance, capturing and controlling the entire parasitic ecology’s mother stock in one fell swoop.

Amy stood at the camp’s center, the magic staff set with blue gemstones slowly rotating in her hand, its top shining with cold brilliance like an Ice Crystal star hanging in the Far Northern sky.

She closed her eyes to concentrate, deeply immersing her consciousness in controlling the Zero-degree Domain Law, condensing the icy energy in her hand into a gigantic cube structure virtual image.

"Heart of Ice..." she murmured softly, it was a magic crystal core possessing extremely strong Absolute Zero energy, an indispensable driving force for the mirror maze trap they’re designing this time.

With Amy’s slight wave of the magic staff, countless tiny ice crystals like snowflakes flew and connected in the air, refracting and intertwining into marvelous light spectra, forming a massive invisible yet impenetrable complex and enigmatic maze.

The surrounding air suddenly became dry and piercing, each breath seemingly frozen into sharp blades cutting through the lungs.

Eerie blue cold light flashed from countless refraction points, making this bleak and desolate place instantly filled with a mysterious and dreamy color.

"The light refracted from these ice crystals can not only confuse perception but also disrupt spatial fluctuations, effectively sealing the escape paths of parasitic phase folding."

Amy’s brows revealed unmistakable confidence, "Once they step into this area, they will be firmly trapped."