Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 760 Anomaly Analysis

Legendary Chief Salas flicked his hands, dispelling the mage's hand that had floated in front of him out of thin air.

He then turned and left the experimental table, whispering to the emperor who was sitting by the window gazing at the view above, "Your Majesty, the truth is probably as you predicted... These high-level evolved beings of the alien race are not much different from other ordinary demon lizardmen in terms of physical structure."

Dawson, still steadfastly standing by the lab bench, did not give up. He carefully placed the huge, intact monocle into an enchanted crystal jar and examined it closely through the crystal-clear glass.

He muttered to himself, "What a pity, what a pity... If it hadn't already lost its life force before being sent back, we might still have had a chance to unravel the biological mysteries of this Demon-Eating Eye."

The Great Bear Lake base is nearly 800 miles away from the capital. Even if the transport airship travels day and night without rest, it would still take a full day and night to arrive safely when fully loaded.

The already critically injured and dying evolved human captives seemed to have finally exhausted the last bit of energy to sustain their lives during the turbulent flight. Just two hours before arriving at the royal capital, they could no longer withstand the trauma of severed limbs and detached crystal armor. By the time the Son of Flame "opened the coffin" for their scheduled inspection, they had already become a cold, lifeless corpse.

This also rendered Harvey's idea of ​​risking interrogating the evolved beings through telepathy a complete waste of time.

The two chiefs, who had received the news early and were waiting, immediately took over the body of the hard-won evolved human and began the dissection in a hurry.

The final conclusion was that, apart from the strange giant eye on its chest and abdomen, its body structure was not much different from that of an ordinary lizardman.

"What kind of substance is that red crystalline armor covering its body? Why does it provide stronger magic resistance than its skin, and its defense is far superior?" Harvey tilted his head and asked.

As the United Kingdom has developed to its current state, Emperor Harvey's political affairs have become increasingly complicated, and he no longer has as much time as before to conduct his own experiments. Currently, all research projects targeting individual alien creatures have been entrusted to two legendary chief engineers.

“This red crystal is not a common magic stone mineral. I observed that it vaporizes and disappears instantly once it leaves the body of an evolved being… I judge that it may be a solid condensation of red light energy stored in its body.”

Clearly, the basis and inspiration for this conclusion come entirely from Harvey's theory of the three forms of magic transformation.

Since magic, as an energy substance, can freely transform between gaseous, liquid, and solid states, red lightning, which is also an energy substance, naturally possesses the property of condensing into form or dissipating into gas.

Harvey nodded, indicating his agreement. "The nature of this energy is still unknown... but what is certain is that it is definitely not drawn from the Magic Network's alternate dimension. It's just unclear where they obtain this energy from."

After Dawson carefully placed the specimen jar, he also joined the discussion with great interest.

"I suspect it might originate from a being within their race known as the 'Subjective Consciousness'."

He paused, a look of reminiscence on his face. "Does Your Majesty still remember the experience of entrusting me with the task of using mind intrusion to invade the consciousness of the Demon Lizardmen and gather intelligence?"

That perilous journey, akin to wandering through an abyss, made Dawson the first person to personally witness the birthplace and breeding grounds of this deep-sea alien race, and the things he saw and heard were utterly unbelievable.

Harvey suddenly realized, "I remember, when you were planning to return, you seemed to be suddenly locked onto by some terrifying being, and almost suffered a severe injury originating from the soul level." Dawson nodded with lingering fear, pointed to the huge eyeball placed on the shelf, and added, "At that time, I glimpsed a single eye as big as a full moon in the huge shadow at the bottom of what seemed to be the floating island!"

At the bottom of the floating island... there's also a giant eyeball?

This has never been verified. After all, in the numerous battles with the Lizardmen, the floating islands that emerged from the ground were often subjected to fierce and concentrated attacks, and eventually shattered and sank under the bombardment of heavy artillery. No one ever paid attention to whether they had eyes on their bottoms.

Salas shrugged and said, "His Majesty and we have long agreed that the floating islands are living organisms."

"The fragments of the floating islands salvaged by the army show that they do indeed share commonalities with deep-sea creatures such as corals... The same applies to the giant conch-like creatures of the Demon Lizardmen."

Harvey shrugged and made the final experimental ruling: "In that case, we can only assume for now that the innate abilities of the evolved beings originate from the hand of their own consciousness, similar to how a beehive controls a swarm of bees... and the single eye that grows from their body is the key to exercising those abilities."

Dawson rubbed his hands together and said, "So... we still have to do everything we can to capture a lively evolved human in order to completely unravel the true mystery of the Eye of the Devourer!"

……

The Starfire warriors, including Sek, also returned to the capital along with the airships that were transporting the alien prisoners.

Instructor Dean received the news early and arrived ahead of time at the airship landing field located on the northwest side of the military camp to wait for the arrival.

Looking at the group of young men he had carefully trained and nurtured, who now looked travel-worn and slightly injured, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction in his eyes.

"Equipped with demonic armor that can be described as having the strongest defense, you still managed to get yourself into this state during battle... You still lack too much practical experience!"

Dean gave a few harsh words of reprimand, then immediately ordered the special forces' logistics personnel to tow back the damaged armor of the soldiers for repair.

With an undisguised look of pride on his face, Sai Ke said with a grin, "Instructor, this operation was extremely dangerous. If it weren't for our rigorous training and the close cooperation of other combat units, we might have suffered casualties."

"Alien evolved beings...are their combat abilities really that terrifying?"

"Of course! That guy... uh, he's like a combat spellcaster who has awakened a powerful bloodline talent and advanced to a high-level one! He's agile and incredibly strong in close combat, and while he can fly, he can also unleash ranged magical attacks..."

"It can even traverse spatial dimensions like a legendary spellcaster. It almost escaped even when surrounded by hundreds of extraordinary warriors!" Gregor, with a wound on his forehead wrapped in thick bandages, hurriedly added from the side.

Dean nodded and sighed, "His Majesty's decision to assign you such a difficult task shows the high hopes he has for you. Fortunately, you have not disappointed..."

As His Majesty said, the Starfire Warriors are indeed the natural nemesis of alien races!
(End of this chapter)