Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 82 Flesh Remodeling Experiment

Various prosthetic parts kept flashing on the magic network teleportation array in the laboratory, and were moved and assembled in an orderly manner by the working alchemy beasts.

"Reiner, this is your new prosthesis." Harvey patted Reiner's shoulder and pointed at the brand new silver-white alchemical prosthesis on the hanging bracket.

Reiner excitedly leaned in to observe, "It's... beautiful! This armor, this alloy skeleton, and... it even has dual energy slots!"

This is an alchemical prosthesis that Harvey had customized for the "Man in the Mirror" of the Alchemical Exploration Society three months ago. It was a special model that he designed himself and the other party then perfected the details.

There is actually a reason why Harvey named it a "research-type" prosthesis. The alchemical prosthesis created by the Exploration Society is mainly used in the spellcasting world by activating it with special spells and acting according to commands.

However, since the prosthesis itself is a lifeless metal creation, it is as rigid as the zombie of the necromancer and can only perform some simple attack and defense actions.

Most spellcasters use alchemical prostheses, mainly to replace knight squires in providing close protection to the mage.

After all, creating an alchemical prosthesis only requires materials, money, and a few weeks of time, but training a knight with bloodline power takes more than ten years.

The energy supply of auxiliary prostheses is relatively widespread, and most of them are used in magic laboratories to assist research casters in conducting various research experiments with a certain degree of risk.

This "research-type" prosthesis has discarded the redundant structures of the combat prosthesis, enhanced some functions of the auxiliary prosthesis, and set up many upgradeable spare parts slots.

Reiner, who had experienced a soul transfer experiment before, lay on the experimental table with ease and cooperated with Harvey to quickly complete the soul transfer of the new prosthetic body.

After only a dozen seconds, the blue soul flame rekindled in the eye sockets of the new prosthetic body's metal head.

"Hmm... sir, I feel... as if I'm floating." Reiner propped himself up and tentatively touched the ground with his feet.

Harvey quickly warned, "Be careful, your current body is made of a mystical alloy. Although it is light, it is extremely hard. You need to control your strength."

Reiner nodded while holding onto the lab table. Accidentally, his metal palm left two deep palm prints on the hard surface.

"This...this...I'm afraid it will take me several days to adapt." Reiner was a little at a loss.

"It's okay, let's try the energy-gathering array's charging power first..."

Harvey took the experimental record manual and rigorously asked Reiner to complete a series of inspections on the new prosthesis.

The magic energy capacity is five times the original. Now, even if Reiner does not carry spare magic stones, he can guarantee at least three days of daily activities after completing the charging.

Harvey also simplified the complicated energy-driven inscriptions of the past and hid them all inside the outer armor, making the overall prosthesis look much more beautiful.

The main energy-supply inscription array is concentrated on the alloy skeleton and the energy core on the chest. This ensures that as long as Reiner's two soul cores in the chest and head are not destroyed at the same time, he can be reassembled even if he is blown into eight pieces.

Reiner stood in front of the semi-reflective glass wall and curiously touched the several connection sockets on his spine. "Sir, what are these sockets used for?"

He seemed to have a sudden burst of inspiration and asked with a smile: "Are you going to give me a pair of wings?"

"Theoretically, it's not completely impossible, but judging by the power output, you'd most likely explode into a ball of fireworks mid-air due to overload."

Harvey didn't discuss this idea with Reiner too much. After all, he had seriously considered the feasibility of the magic helicopter when he was at the School of the Undead.

Of course, the result is that the frequency and power consumption of energy output are not enough to support such meaningless inventions. Aren’t the various flying techniques of high-level spellcasters more attractive?

Harvey asked the work alchemist to bring a long metal box and place it steadily on the laboratory table.

"The slots on your back are for fitting this set of prosthetic accessories."

Harvey opened the box, revealing four neatly stacked, brass-colored mechanical tentacles. Each tentacle was tipped with the same three-toed claws as the Medical Alchemist's, adding a sense of strangeness and disharmony to these octopus-like tentacles.

"This thing looks just like Mr. Egno's magic vine..." Reiner muttered.

Harvey thought: This is Doctor Octopus's trump card...

"Try to assemble it first, and I will be responsible for debugging it for you." Harvey instructed Alchemymon to assist Reiner and completed the assembly of the six mechanical tentacles.

The tentacles made of special enchanted metal were obviously not light. After they were all installed on both sides of Reiner's spine, Reiner suddenly found it difficult to maintain his balance and could only hold on to the lifting bracket tightly, which looked very funny.

"Sir, I can't drive it at all! I can't sense the energy pathways within its internal structure!"

Harvey suppressed his laughter and quickly took out a long metal can from the metal box. After unscrewing it, a cold air came out of it, which was obviously the effect of the frozen magic stone embedded inside.

He manipulated the wizard's hand and took out a strange bone that was pure white in color, but with inscriptions faintly flashing on its surface - it turned out to be an entire human spine.

Then it was completely embedded into the spinal slot reserved on Reiner's back, and then the exoskeleton deck was closed.

Reiner was very confident that Harvey was performing all kinds of strange experiments and transformations on him that he didn't understand, but curiosity still made him unable to help but keep asking questions.

"Sir, what is this? Why does it look like a living person's spine?"

Harvey could only comfort him that it was definitely not a disgusting thing taken from a living person or a dead body, and in fact it was not.

This was an independent neural spine system that he had created using demon blood and other rare materials, reshaping his flesh and blood.

This is the key that allows Reiner to control the six mechanical tentacles behind him.

"Okay, try to drive them again."

Reiner didn't dare to let go easily, for fear that he would fall backwards if he let go. Harvey keenly observed that the energy inscriptions on his prosthesis showed a faint light through the gaps in the outer armor, extending all the way to his back.

A limp, hanging mechanical tentacle suddenly trembled as if it had been electrocuted, and then the three-toed claws at the end of the tentacle opened and closed gently several times.

"Huh? I think I'm feeling something. They... they seem to have grown onto me and become a part of me."

Reiner tried his best to control the power of energy transmission. The six mechanical tentacles that were originally drooping like dead objects all began to tremble and became more and more flexible, twisting and dancing like poisonous snakes lured by a recorder.

Harvey laughed out loud and couldn't help clapping: "Now I should call you, Dr. Reiner...hahahaha."

Reiner was so surprised and happy that he didn't even bother to respond to Harvey's nonsense teasing.

He released his hands and walked steadily on the ground, with six long mechanical tentacles waving flexibly on his back.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, one of the tentacles immediately whizzed in front of Harvey, opened and closed the grappling hook, and carefully straightened the crooked collar of his wizard robe for him.

Reiner turned his head to look at the metal laboratory table, and two tentacles immediately rushed to the front of the table. One of them flexibly picked up Harvey's feather pen, and the other pulled out a piece of white paper from the laboratory table and began to write his name quickly.

Reiner's tone was filled with barely controllable excitement.

"Sir, I can now... I can complete the experiment, record the experimental data, and assemble the parts at the same time... No! More than that! I... I think I can do four jobs at once!"

(End of this chapter)