I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 171 The Work of the Logistics Department (Part Two)

After a brief recollection, Jemin tallied the number of logistics wizards on this expedition: over two hundred and seventy.

Compared to the total number of wizards, which exceeds 30,000, the proportion of logistics wizards is even less than 1%!

"The logistics department... is so small?!" Jemin couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, then realized something and his face turned somewhat grim. "Doesn't that mean..."

Viola nodded in agreement and continued, "You'll have plenty of work to do later, so cherish this 'ease' while you can! I suggest you apply for a few more energy potions..."

Watching Viola gracefully walk away, Jemin's lips twitched slightly: "Now... it's 'relaxed'?!"

If I remember correctly... I haven't slept a wink for the past few days, have I?
If this is considered "easy," then what about being "busy"?!

Wait!

If you say so...

I came here to fight, so why have I unknowingly become a beast of burden?!

Are cattle and horses the ultimate fate of logistics-type wizards?!

Leaving aside the wavering Jemin, as time went on, the logistics wizards discovered more and more things.

It can be said that in just a few days, hundreds of rare resources have been found!

This fully confirms the intelligence released by Master Elwin—this plane is indeed a huge treasure trove!

Even some energy crystals that can be used as general energy in wizarding civilizations—such as pure elemental crystal cores and magic crystals—are practically everywhere in this Frostfire Plane!
Deep within almost every lava vein or at the bottom of a cold spring, there are large clusters of unmined primordial crystals with astonishing energy concentrations, making the eyes of every wizard who mines them gleam.

However, besides studying these precious and unique resources, the most important task for the logistics wizards at this stage is to analyze intelligence on local creatures and elements.

This is to provide support for frontline combat wizards and to provide a basis for high-level wizards to formulate long-term strategic plans.

Because of the severe shortage of manpower, even a low-level wizard like Jemin, who specializes in alchemy and runic literature, was assigned a seemingly simple but actually important task—analyzing the biological intelligence of the lava giants.

He needs to conduct a detailed dissection, analysis, and study of the captured lava giant.

Understand their weaknesses, physiological structure, elemental affinity, and even their social habits.

"Bring it in," Jemin said via the internal communication rune.

Soon, a team of alchemical puppets and some low-level wizards transported a lava giant, who was bound by a magic circle and had fallen into a coma, into the temporary laboratory where Jemin was located.

Even in its unconscious state, this lava giant emanated a suffocating heat.

It stands seven or eight meters tall, with broad shoulders resembling two small hills.

Its body is made of twisted, solidified reddish-brown rock, covered with irregular edges and cracks, as if it were a demon that came straight out of a volcano.

Tiny lava flows simmered slowly on the surface, meandering like blood vessels through the cracks in the rocky skin, emitting a faint smell of sulfur and burnt odor.

Its limbs are as thick as giant pillars, and it has only three fingers and three toes, but the front of each toe is thick and has black nails, like an extremely sharp iron shovel.

Its eyes were pure energy, like two still-burning embers, emitting a faint red glow even when closed.

A faint steam was escaping from its mouth and nose, proving that its internal temperature remained high.

Despite being captured and suppressed, each of its breaths made the surrounding air scorching and dry.

As Jemin put on the specially made rune gloves, the light from his "All-Purpose Eye" suddenly shone brightly.

He wanted to dig out all the hidden secrets from the body of this lava giant.

With the activation of his "all-seeing eye," his eyes no longer focused on the physical appearance visible to the naked eye.

The world had undergone a dramatic transformation in his view.

The soft flames of the Blazing Grass, the energy fluctuations inside the Ice Explosion Crystal, and the microscopic movements of every tissue in the Lava Giant's body were all clearly visible.

"Start analyzing," Jemin muttered to himself as he turned on the recorder beside him.

As he activated the Eye of All Things, Jemin also activated alchemy. His mental power, like a tidal wave, accompanied the insightful power of the Eye of All Things and began to penetrate the body of the lava giant in every crevice.

First, there's the external tissue. What appears to be a hard rock on the surface is, through the microscopic vision of the "all-seeing eye," that Jemin discovers that it is not a simple mineral deposit, but rather a different kind of highly active skin and body tissue!
These "rocky skins" are composed of an extremely dense and elastic mineral crystal, and even under microscopic vision, tiny energy veins can be seen constantly shimmering inside.

When these crystal structures are subjected to external impacts, they partially disintegrate and then rapidly draw energy from their interior to refill, forming a terrifying self-repairing ability.

Even more astonishing is that the seemingly flowing lava on their bodies is actually a form of their skin!
It is not a simple external secretion, but an external manifestation of the living plasma blood inside the lava giant's body.

These plasma liquids are rich in fire elements, which not only supply energy to the whole body, but also exchange heat with the external environment to maintain stable combustion in their core furnace.

Under normal conditions, this thin layer of living lava covers the "rock skin," giving the lava giant its signature crimson sheen and terrifying heat.

After verbally reciting this information to the recorder next to him, Jemin then turned his attention to the Lava Giant's overall physical attributes.

"Fortunately, I am also good at rune literature, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to calculate this thing."

Muttering to himself, Jemin calculated the energy fluctuations within the lava giant's body and the efficiency of its energy system.

He discovered that even though the living specimen looked like an ordinary adult soldier, the "All-Seeing Eye" assessed its energy density, power matrix, and internal elemental circulation, revealing that it possessed a physique far exceeding that of ordinary organisms.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the most ordinary lava giant, once it reaches adulthood, can easily reach the level of a first-level being in terms of physical fitness and energy.

And if they are elite individuals similar to those who fought against the wizard cannon fodder in the past, each one of them can even reach the level of level two.

He continued to delve deeper into the interior of the lava giant, searching for the secrets of its sensory and physiological systems.

The visual system of lava giants is completely different from that of humans. Their eyes are not made up of lenses and retinas, but rather two "lava cores" that emit a scarlet glow.

Through his "all-seeing eye," Jemin discovered that they are organs that are extremely sensitive to fluctuations in elemental energy and heat.

They can directly "see" the trajectory of heat flow in the air, the frequency of lava pulsations, and even sense the faint energy radiation of distant elemental arrays.

Their need for visible light is extremely low; their vision is based on the pure perception of fire. Even in darkness, as long as there is heat or fire, they can see as clearly as in daylight.

Its auditory system is even more peculiar.

Jemin did not find any obvious auricles, but he sensed a series of tiny resonant cavities and mineral crystals inside the lava giant's head.

These crystals can capture vibrations. They are not sensitive to high-frequency sounds, but they have an amazing ability to distinguish low-frequency infrasound and underground vibrations.

Lava giants can easily sense the movement of distant armies, the activity level of magma inside volcanoes, and even anomalies that are about to occur deep within the Earth's crust through this method.

This is a highly adapted earthquake or vibration sensing capability for volcanic environments.

What surprised Jemin even more was that the lava giant, a creature with obvious elemental characteristics, actually possessed a complete digestive system!

Through his alchemical analysis and "all-seeing eye," a complex and efficient digestive tract was revealed within the lava giant's body.

It is not the intestine of a traditional organism, but is formed by the solidification of multiple layers of lava, which can directly digest and break down minerals.

This lava giant does not rely entirely on elemental energy for survival; it can even eat living creatures—Jermin found undigested remains of living beings in its internal esophagus.

This undoubtedly overturned his traditional understanding of elemental beings.

This digestive system means they can obtain energy from a wider range of sources, supplementing the lack of pure elemental energy.

He also noted that, despite appearing to be active magma and rock, the creature needed to breathe.

Even when bound by witchcraft and in a coma, regular heat waves and weak air currents could still be seen flowing in and out of several small cracks on its head and torso, indicating that breathing was also a necessary condition for their survival.

This breathing is not simply for oxygen exchange, but more like for internal heat pumping and element conversion, ensuring the stability of the core furnace and eliminating metabolic impurities.

Without a doubt, the lava giant is extremely adept at fire-based attacks.

Their bodies can transform into scorching magma and flames at any time, and a single strike can ignite everything around them.

They are naturally immune to the effects of fire, high temperatures, and most toxins that are based on the body.

Their core furnace can convert all fire energy into their own power, making any fire magic as effective as a tonic for them.

Through further research, Jemin discovered an astonishing characteristic of the Lava Giant race.

If a lava giant is exposed to excessively high temperatures for an extended period, such as in the core of an active volcano, or under the influence of powerful fire magic for a long time, its entire being will undergo a qualitative change, transforming into a semi-liquid lava state.

In this state, its "rock skin" becomes softer and more fluid, its body loses its fixed shape, and physical attacks are almost ineffective against it, as the attacks will either penetrate directly or be absorbed by the lava.

Moreover, even if a part of the body is damaged, it can regenerate by absorbing lava from the surrounding environment, or even through amazing natural regeneration!
This indicates that their body tissues can freely switch between "rock solid" and "molten lava" states.

Moreover, by extracting external lava, they can greatly enhance their strength and regeneration speed in a short period of time.

This is a terrifying adaptability that makes them virtually invincible in fire environments.

not only that.

Jemin switched the focus of his "All-Seeing Eye" to the internal heat stabilization mechanism of the lava giants, and he was surprised to find that these creatures were not actually afraid of low temperatures in the short term!
If the lava giant is suddenly attacked by extremely low temperatures, such as the frost breath from the Frost Darkness Yeti or the ice magic of a wizard, its seemingly hard rock skin can cool rapidly, forming a structure with loose pores.

This process is similar to the physical phenomenon of "thermal expansion and contraction." The living lava inside temporarily contracts towards the core, while a porous and hard insulating layer quickly forms on the outside to keep the hot core furnace inside the body warm.

This mechanism allows them to temporarily resist the damage from freezing, so small-scale low-temperature attacks are not as effective as one might imagine.

But this resistance comes at a price.

Once the entire system is in an extremely low temperature, in this "low-temperature stagnation" state, the lava giant will not be destroyed immediately, but the circulation of its life energy will become sluggish.

This causes its powerful regenerative ability to drop significantly, and its movement speed to become slow, as if it has entered a state of hibernation or stiffness.

This discovery made a bright light shine in Jemin's eyes:
"Records of potentially efficient kill methods deduced based on research..."

He quickly drafted a preliminary tactical analysis and prediction on the Magic Network terminal:

"We can start with a cryogenic attack!" Jemin noted in the report. "Using ice magic or other cryogenic attacks, we can force the lava giants' outer skin into an insulating and heat-preserving 'rigid' state. In this state, their regenerative abilities are greatly weakened. Then, we can kill the lava giants more efficiently through physical attacks!"

Ordinary fire attacks are almost ineffective against them, and purely physical attacks are also difficult to take effect when they are in a liquid or regenerating state.

However, by combining low temperatures and physical attacks, their two major defensive advantages can be perfectly circumvented.

"In addition, spells that cause suffocation may have an unexpected effect, but they cannot kill the lava giant effectively. However, they can slow down the lava giant's movements for a short period of time."

However, Jemin also knew that most sorcery that causes suffocation works by cutting off the respiratory tract of a living organism, and it probably wouldn't be effective against a physiological structure like a lava giant.

However, the types of witchcraft invented by wizards are vast, and if you look carefully, you can find the witchcraft you need.

"In addition, high-frequency sound waves can also cause effective damage..."

He immediately uploaded the analysis report to the Magic Network and sent it to the senior commanders in the war zone.

"Indeed, every living thing has its weaknesses."

Rubbed his tired forehead, Jieming smiled slightly and turned off his "all-purpose eye".

(End of this chapter)