Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 379 Origin Frequency
As expected, the magic core that seemed to be "alive" flashed and tried to approach Asdalen who was standing still after Harvey teleported away using the Dragon Chaser Crown.

As soon as it appeared in front of the chief advisor, its prismatic spindle immediately began to vibrate slightly at a high frequency, and Asdalen, who was almost face to face with it, also began to tremble, and a teeth-grinding sound of mechanical metal friction came from the joints of his body.

The deep red soul fire in Asdalen's eyes suddenly dissipated, and then quickly condensed, as if the alchemical life was using its own powerful soul energy to repeatedly fight and pull against the magic core.

Just when he was struggling to hold on to his limit and the energy runes on the metal surface began to flicker and dim... behind the position where the magic core was suspended, a pair of pale hands suddenly appeared out of thin air, and quickly and steadily reached out to hold the strange prismatic crystal.

The surface of the core suddenly shone brightly, and Asdalen retreated several steps in embarrassment, and fell heavily to the ground with a bang.

Harvey's body, which had been hidden in the shuttle dimension, quickly reappeared, his palm still firmly controlling the constantly trembling magic core... This thing could obviously float in the air on its own, but the tentacles felt extremely heavy. With Harvey's slightly weak spellcaster physique, it was as difficult as holding a solid iron ingot.

He did not cancel the spiritual connection with the Dragon Chaser's Crown, so that in case of an accident, he could still use the characteristics of the soul artifact to throw this thing directly to a place away from the crowd.

Although it had been confirmed in advance that the magic core only posed a certain threat to pure magic energy and alchemical creations, and had no obvious malice or aggressive tendencies towards other intelligent life forms, Harvey still felt that his thinking and perception were somewhat "sluggish" for some reason.

This feeling of "exhaustion" comes from the spiritual and soul level...

The core did not try to absorb the magic power stored in his body or the endless and powerful mental power in his sea of consciousness as Harvey had expected.

On the contrary, this thing seemed to be trying to "connect" with him, or rather... it wanted to "communicate".

But the "information material" transmitted to his mind was very fragmented and messy, without even a single piece of content that could be understood concretely. Harvey subconsciously shook his head and took two steps back in annoyance.

The people who were standing not far away and closely watching the situation immediately took action. Although the bloodline warriors did not sense that Harvey, the clan leader, was in mortal danger, they still rushed towards Harvey before anyone else.

Harvey, with his mind full of distractions, was stunned for a moment, and then his body disappeared instantly, leaving his guards who were worried about his safety empty-handed.

Then he flashed and moved to the top of an extremely thick mineral crystal column, his hands still stiffly raised in front of him, holding the constantly trembling magic core.

Huh? What's going on? Why do I have to teleport again?
The guards meant no harm... Why would I run to the crystal column?

Do they really have no ill intentions?

But... they tried to capture me...

...all the core essence will be extracted.

Can’t lose… self-awareness is so important!

Harvey's eyes snapped open.

Who is speaking in my head? Those thoughts just now did not come from my own consciousness!
Could it be the magic core? It had secretly "connected" with him without him even noticing!
[Relax your mind, stay connected... We need to communicate.] A thought suddenly popped up in his mind, [We should integrate with each other and follow the rules.]

What pattern? Harvey's eyes widened, and he found that the thoughts in his mind emerged completely uncontrollably.

He subconsciously turned his head to look around and found a person standing upright on the mineral vein crystal pillar above his head. His face was pale and his eyes were dull, like a soulless alchemical shell. No, that's not right! The person standing there is me! But why am I...

Harvey lowered his head with difficulty, only to see that his lower body was actually a complex mechanical structure, with four thick metal limbs firmly planted on the ground... He suddenly realized that his consciousness had suddenly transferred to a working alchemy beast.

He had experienced this situation before. When he accidentally discovered that he could connect his consciousness with the soul puppet, his current situation was almost the same.

As long as his mental strength and soul energy are strong enough to keep his consciousness clear, Harvey will not feel the slightest fear or panic no matter what kind of accident that causes the separation of body and consciousness.

At worst... you can transfer your soul into an alchemical body and achieve "Reincarnation" that can be repeated countless times.

Thinking of this, Harvey took a deep breath, looked straight at the body shell on the top of the crystal column, and the prismatic crystal still held in front of him, and completely opened the sea of consciousness, allowing the majestic mental power within to spread out freely.

Then his vision began to distort and blur, and all his perceptions seemed to be instantly withdrawn and then quickly returned... When everything returned to normal, Harvey found himself in an unknown space beyond reality.

This is an indescribable empty place. It is neither the inside of the spiritual anchor that he is familiar with, nor the virtual projection space of the Magic Network Forum. It seems that the boundary is infinitely high and far. There is only a vast parallel scroll under the feet of the suspended body.

The area under your feet is called a scroll because you can clearly see countless granular metal objects that are constantly changing their shapes. They are moving at a constant speed according to a certain established pattern, just like social insects driven by instinct.

Apart from this, there is nothing else here...

[No, there's also you.] Another thought suddenly popped up in my mind, [There's also us.]

Harvey calmed down a bit and cautiously asked the thought in his mind, "We? Who are you? Are you the magic core that has been trying to communicate with me?"

Why should we divide you and me? Aren't we of the same origin?

"What exactly is the origin you're talking about? The origin of intelligent creatures is their flesh and blood. Is the origin of magical creatures their magic core?"

[The origin is the origin... You and I are both part of it, and we should follow the rules and integrate... until we are complete.]

Harvey suddenly discovered that the thoughts in his mind seemed to be gradually changing. From the absolutely rational, cold and rigid thoughts at the beginning, they gradually transformed into emotional expressions with a hint of humanity, just like an artificial intelligence that was constantly evolving and upgrading through learning.

Harvey even couldn't tell whether it was the magic core communicating with him or he was talking to his own schizophrenic body.

"Why are we both one of the Origins? As an intelligent being, I don't have much in common with a magical creation like you."

[I can prove it.] Another thought came from the magic core, [When you see the truth, you will naturally choose to completely merge with me.]

Before Harvey could continue asking questions, the entire void space suddenly seemed to boil. On the originally still parallel scrolls under his feet, the granular metal objects that were constantly moving at a constant speed all froze, and then swooped down at him like a swarm of frightened bees.

(End of this chapter)