After updating their current level information and submitting the gathered intelligence, the three of them exited the Rune Tower in the camp's center.

Just as they stepped out of the central Rune Tower, Amy couldn't help but sigh, "Well, this is really an 'exam'."

Jeming and his group found a relatively secluded corner, as figures in wizard robes occasionally hurried past, and the camp was permeated with a unique sense of busyness and urgency, as if every wizard was racing against time.

However, this atmosphere left Jeming and the others feeling a certain frustration.

"So, our permissions are just these?" Victor frowned, his tone tinged with unwillingness, "We can resupply, buy and sell materials, and even leave... but we can't take on missions. This means we'll still have to like before, stumble upon targets by sheer luck. The efficiency is too low."

Amy also felt a bit deflated, "Yeah, with our current strength, even if we've all advanced to First Level Wizards, the front lines are just minor skirmishes for us. The enemies we can handle do contribute, but in the grand scheme of the plane's war, it's like a drop in the bucket."

Jeming remained silent; he had thought about this problem before.

For First Level Wizards like them, the most suitable way to advance is usually to infiltrate the various towns and countries within the Elorcia Plane, using the secretive means of wizards to steal relevant intelligence and the deep knowledge of this plane.

This information is crucial for the strategic layout of the workshop and can naturally bring high contributions.

However, the current issue is that ordinary intelligence and knowledge of Elorcia, such as basic language, customs, geography, and the distribution of obvious powers, have basically been collected by the wizards who entered earlier.

To gain deeper information, one must infiltrate the core and upper echelons of this plane, even into the Divine Hall or the Imperial Palace.

Yet, Jeming and his friends were not specialized in infiltration or intelligence gathering, and they were not particularly skilled in such high-difficulty infiltration operations.

Moreover, for wizards like them who are good at research, the most suitable way to contribute is actually to sit in the rear, researching various novel materials sent from the front lines and the transcendent knowledge related to this plane.

Exploring their useful applications or finding ways to counter the transcendent beings of this plane.

If they were more advanced wizards, they could even directly study the essential rules of this world and find ways to hasten the infiltration of the plane's rules, fundamentally weakening the plane's resistance.

But the problem is—the timing of their arrival is somewhat awkward.

The materials and knowledge that are relatively easy to study and yield quick results have mostly been researched by the wizards who entered earlier.

The remaining topics are ones that require tremendous effort, with little prospect of a breakthrough in the short term.

Just as Jeming and Victor were feeling troubled by their current predicament, Amy, who had been typing away on her communicator, suddenly lit up and let out a soft exclamation.

"I know what to do!" Amy suddenly looked up, her tone full of excitement.

Jeming and Victor were stunned and asked in unison, "What way?"

Amy smiled mysteriously, "The camp here just locks us out of the mission system, preventing us from directly accessing mission intelligence. But that doesn't mean we can't learn related information from other wizards and handle it to earn contribution points!"

Victor's eyes lit up, "You're saying... buying intelligence with points? Or exchanging it for resources?"

Jeming heard this and nodded while stroking his chin.

This method is theoretically feasible; after all, as long as it's not highly confidential information, the workshop allows internal trade.

"A good method." Jeming also nodded but then frowned again, "But the problem is, we're newcomers and not familiar with this place. Most of the wizards in the camp are on missions, and even those resting wouldn't easily trade their collected intelligence with apprentice wizards like us. Who would take that risk?"

But Amy wore a confident smile on her face, "You don't have to worry. I know someone here."

"What?!" Jeming and Victor were almost simultaneously stunned, their expressions uniformly one of shock and incomprehension.

Jeming knew Amy was good at networking, but no matter how good she was, she shouldn't have extended her connections here, right?

"Amy, you… how do you know someone here?" Victor was more direct, his tone carrying a hint of disbelief, "Is it a clansman from your family? But I remember your family..."

Amy waved her hand, interrupting him, "Don't jump to conclusions. My family is very small; there are only three actual wizards including myself, and none of them are here."

She didn't keep them in suspense and instead pulled out a crystal ball engraved with complex runes from her pocket.

This crystal ball emitted a faint blue light and was her Fifth Level Witchcraft Artifact with the "Soul Search" witchcraft model inscribed!

"The person I know is the senior from the Academy who originally sold me this Fifth Level Witchcraft Artifact," Amy said, holding up the crystal ball with a hint of pride.

Jeming's eyes flashed with doubt, "Didn't you say this was a gift from your mother?"

"Come on, I said I got it through my mother's connections, not that it was given directly," Amy couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Victor also nodded on the side, "Wizards emphasize equivalent exchange and indeed wouldn't directly provide any resources."

Jeming nodded slightly but was puzzled: why maintain contact with the seller of a witchcraft artifact?

The Academy's sales system typically means witchcraft artifacts of this level would go to an Academy warehouse first, to be sold on behalf of the Academy, right?

Amy saw the confusion in Jeming's eyes and couldn't resist reminding him, "Jeming, not everyone has the privilege to freely purchase any level of witchcraft artifacts and knowledge as you do."

Hearing this, Jeming's expression became slightly stiff.

He had obtained the Second Level Cultivation Agreement early on, allowing him to infinitely acquire all witchcraft artifacts, materials, and knowledge, as long as he had enough points.

Because he was so used to it, and was always in contact with official wizards in his daily life, he had unconsciously ignored this issue all along.

Ordinary wizard apprentices can only purchase knowledge and equipment up to the First Level Official Wizard Level before advancing to a First Level Wizard.

However, most wizard apprentices don't have enough points to buy higher-level items, so they indeed don't pay attention to this issue.

Amy shook her head, "But this time's exam is unusual; almost everyone expected to be directly participating in realm warfare right from the start. So, we apprentices definitely tried every means possible to improve our survival and combat abilities."

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