Wizard: Unlimited Profession Slots Chapter 1243 - 501: Farewell in Dreams_3

A strong spiritual wave suddenly exploded in his mind.

But it was neither a sound nor a language, not even any form of information perceivable by human senses.

It was a pure, cold, indisputable rule concept—"equivalent exchange."

The cost is absolute, the exchange merciless.

In the temple of knowledge, there is no charity, only justice.

The consciousness of the book began to become clearer and more concrete.

Like a librarian who has just been awakened, deeply tired and impatient, it slowly sighed:

"Another insignificant being seeking knowledge..."

"Knowledge is the most expensive commodity in the universe, young Wizard.

Every truth is written in blood, every piece of wisdom comes at the price of pain."

"Now, tell me—what do you intend to use to pay your tuition?"

With this inquiry, the pages of the "Extraordinary Comprehensive Guide" began to flip automatically, revealing a detailed "exchange catalog":

[First Floor: Information Equivalence Exchange]

[Applicable Level: Apprentice-Moonlight Level Mage knowledge]

[Cost Type: Experience Memory]

[Exchange Mechanism: Surrender a complete learning experience in exchange for equivalent basic knowledge]

A concrete example appeared on the page, written in elegant fonts:

"Case: You can surrender the ’full memory of successfully casting Ring of Brilliance for the first time.’

Including the excitement, the sense of achievement, and all the insights drawn from it, in exchange for the ’summary of techniques for quickly mastering new Magic.’

The detailed explanation from the book appeared immediately:

"The acquisition of knowledge requires the precipitation of experience and accumulation over time.

When you lose this precious memory, you forever lose the ability to repeatedly draw wisdom and inspiration from it."

"But as compensation, you will gain the wisdom crystallized by other Genius Wizards I have witnessed.

Their experiences, skills, and lessons in blood and tears on the same path."

"This is the mildest form of exchange, the loss is controllable, but the gain is relatively limited."

[Second Floor: Potential Trade]

[Applicable Level: Dark Sun to Great Wizard Level knowledge]

[Cost Type: Future Possibility]

[Exchange Mechanism: Permanently give up the potential of a development path in exchange for deep knowledge in another direction]

The page displayed more complex exchange cases:

"Case: Surrender ’all possibilities of becoming an Alchemy Master,’ including related talent, intuition, and destiny’s favor, in exchange for ’the core secrets and forbidden techniques of Necromancy.’

"Mechanism Explanation:

This book will permanently mark on your ’potential spectrum,’ completely closing all development paths related to Alchemy.

From now on, no matter how hard you try, you cannot achieve true accomplishments in the field of Alchemy."

"But at the same time, the door to Necromancy will be completely open to you, secrets that originally required decades or even centuries of exploration will appear directly before you."

The book’s solemn warning follows promptly:

"Warning: Everyone’s potential is limited and precious.

Choosing one path means you can never walk another."

"This is not the allocation of skill points in a virtual game, but a real-life choice.

Once the exchange is completed, not even time reversal or fate reshaping can change this fundamental restriction."

"Please consider carefully: Are you willing to forever give up the possibility of becoming an expert in another field to become an expert in one?"

Seeing this, Ron felt a deep chill surge in his heart.

The cost of this exchange was far more severe and irreversible than he imagined.

But the pages continued to turn, revealing even more shocking options.

[Third Floor: Essence Transaction]

[Applicable Level: ???]

[Cost Type: Existence Trait]

[Exchange Mechanism: Surrender a core trait of your own in exchange for corresponding profound knowledge]

"Case: Surrender the ’ability for emotional attachment to family and friends,’ in exchange for ’absolute power control methods beyond emotional constraints.’

"Specific Manifestation: If you choose this transaction, you will gradually lose emotional connections with those around you.

It’s not simple indifference; it’s a complete loss of ’love’ perception from the soul level."

"You will become as rational and cold as an ancient war machine, no longer able to experience warmth, attachment, or protective instincts—elements of basic human emotions."

"But as compensation, you will gain unprecedented power control abilities, any Magic in your hands will achieve perfect precision, unaffected by emotional fluctuations."

"The danger of this exchange is:

Those who lose their emotions often lose the motivation and meaning to continue moving forward.

Power becomes strong, but existence becomes hollow."

After reading the detailed exchange catalog, Ron fell into a long silence.

Each option was filled with temptation, but also accompanied by terrifying costs.

This is the philosophy of the King of Absurdity:

There’s no free power, no cheap wisdom, everything acquired requires corresponding sacrifices.

The eyeball on the cover quietly watched him, waiting for his choice.

At this moment, Ron truly understood what is meant by "the weight of knowledge."