Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 536 The Frost Mirror and the Analysis of the Unknown Natural Magic Structure

Locke placed his right hand on the magic alloy door of the Ice Mirror Chamber, his palm resting on it. He then rotated it slightly, unlocking the magic lock.

Immediately afterwards, the alloy door opened again, and a blast of cold air rushed out.

Ice marks appeared on the ground.

Locke took out a bottle of improved Holy Spring Dew potion from his Astral Ring. The Holy Spring Dew potion was made from the juice of seven improved versions of colorful lichen magic plants, so it could restore the wizard to his best condition and also increase his resistance to various environmental changes, such as heat or cold.

After drinking the Holy Spring Dew potion, Locke no longer felt the biting cold, so he entered the Ice Mirror Chamber.

The moment he stepped inside, the magic alloy door slammed shut.

In the dimly lit room, a beam of magical light shone, illuminating a mirror as large as a three-story building.

What a magnificent and majestic mirror it was.

The human body appears so small when standing in front of it.

The massive silver mirror continuously emitted arcs of electricity; the deep blue arcs revealed the powerful energy contained within its surface.

At the same time, Locke's reflection appeared in the mirror.

My reflection in the mirror was surrounded by countless electric currents, like a dazzling display of lights, making it exceptionally beautiful.

Locke looked at the mirror and whispered, "Is this the Frost Magic Mirror, which has a minimum price of 30 million magic stones and an average price of 50 million magic stones?"

An immense magical pressure, like an endless mountain, emanated from the surface of the magic mirror and rushed towards Locke like dark clouds pressing down from above.

At the same time, Locke's reflection suddenly magnified in the mirror, becoming as tall as a three-story building, and Locke's reflection emitted a bright blue magical light from its eyes, transforming into two magical eyes.

At the same time, his reflection spoke in a cold tone: "I am the spirit of the Frost Mirror. Please place the magical plant components you wish to test into the container and add the developing potion."

"Then put it into the Ice Magic Mirror."

"This is the control panel."

A magical light shone, illuminating a device resembling a stone lectern next to the magic mirror, and magical buttons began to flash on the surface of the lectern.

The spirit explained, "You will use the control panel to adjust the parameters and initialize the Ice Magic Mirror. You will also need to adjust the viewing angle of the items in the mirror, the direction of data collection, and identify which items are worth your attention and recording, and which can be ignored."

"Excuse me, do you need any instruction?"

Locke said calmly, "It is necessary."

The spirit of the Frost Mirror is a product of collaboration between alchemists and sorcerers. The alchemists provide the external device, while the sorcerers create the spirit's consciousness using incantations.

Locke walked to the control panel and took out a transparent solution from his astral ring, which was placed in a glass container. He had previously used a structural comparison machine and a layer-column elemental separation device to separate the special natural magical structural components inside the giant rubber duck crown pineapple and put them into the solution.

This step is also called "purifying substances".

In this way, the solution is not a mixture of magical plant juices, but some kind of single-element substance.

Locke had previously tested that directly administering this single substance to Lightning Bees could also cause them to undergo a rapid bloodline transformation, turning them into Lightning Bee Queens. The process was faster and the effect was more obvious. However, many Lightning Bees died after using this single substance solution alone.

The probability is about one-third.

Locke suspected that the deaths were caused by an excessive amount of the special natural magical structural components extracted from the giant rubber duck crown pineapple.

At this moment, Locke picked up a bottle of developing potion from the control panel, glanced at it, and then added the black developing potion into a glass container.

The "developing potion" can actually make the spiritual field of a certain substance visible to the naked eye.

In this way, it becomes easier to observe certain properties of this substance, especially those related to mysticism.

Immediately following, under the guidance of the mirror spirit, Locke stood in front of the magic mirror holding the glass container and placed it into the mirror.

The mirror's surface, like ripples on water, swallowed the glassware.

Then, the glassware appeared in the mirror's surface, as if it had become a reflection in the mirror.

A spell of ice enveloped it, and in an instant, the objects inside the glass container were frozen into ice.

It was extremely fast.

After the glassware was frozen into ice, its reflection in the magic mirror spun rapidly.

Locke quickly followed the mirror spirit's instructions, using the control panel to control the microscopic lightning magic inside the magic mirror, emitting an electronic torrent to observe a specific location of a microscopic part of the object. At the same time, the upper left corner of the magic mirror would display the microscopic structure of the observed natural magical components, as well as the spiritual structure and magical structure.

The Frost Mirror is a masterpiece created by alchemists, specifically the work of alchemists from the Land of Dragonfall.

The Frost Mirror is filled with small domains within the Evocation School's lightning magic subfields—high-energy electron flows within microscopic lightning magic.

In this way, we can use high-energy electron flow to observe the scene at the level of individual particles and deconstruct the three-dimensional structure of the single-element natural magic structure components separated from the magic plant at the particle level.

However, the high-energy electron flow will destroy the natural magical structural components.

While observing, they are also destroying what they are observing.

Therefore, it is necessary to use ice magic to freeze these natural magical components for a very short time to protect them from being destroyed the moment they are observed by microscopic lightning magic.

With the addition of the developing magic potion, the Lightning Mirror can not only be used to observe the three-dimensional structure of the natural magic structure at the particle level, but also to observe the three-dimensional structure of this natural magic structure at the spiritual and magical levels.

At this moment, Locke used the Lightning Mirror to perform a three-dimensional structural mapping of the natural magical structure of the Royal Lightning Field, taking three different levels.

This typically requires mapping hundreds of thousands of microscopic two-dimensional photographs of the components of this natural magical structure, which are then combined to create several three-dimensional images of the Royal Lightning Field on three levels.

Following the instructions of the mirror spirit, Locke manipulated the microscopic high-level electron flow within the magic mirror little by little through the control panel in order to map the three-dimensional structures of this new natural magical structural component.

As a third-ring level magical artifact, the Frost Mirror is powerful. Therefore, although Locke was not very familiar with it, he was still gradually analyzing the three-dimensional structure of this new natural magical component.

Or rather, discovering the existence of this naturally magical structural component is the most difficult step.

Deciphering the composition of this natural magical structure is only a matter of time.

Even if Locke's skills are poor, he can always improve if he tries a few more times.

The difficulty of using the Frost Magic Mirror, 90% of the challenge, is actually handled by the mirror spirit's automatic operating system, which is part of the three-ring magic artifact, the Frost Magic Mirror.

For example, the most difficult part is sample preparation, creating an ice layer. The quality of the ice layer determines the quality of the observation, but this step is done automatically by Mirror Spirit.

All Locke needs to do is put the sample into the magic mirror.

The more challenging data collection and processing were handled by the Mirror Spirit. Locke only needed to do the rest: select the collection points and the areas where data would be collected.

Even if the chosen collection point isn't ideal, you can just try a few more times.

However, precisely because the Three-Ring Magic Weapon is so powerful, it is used by many people.

Therefore, what truly limits Locke is the opportunity to use the Ice Magic Mirror.

After all, he only has one priority use right per week.

Even with priority access, you still have to wait in line. I waited half the night before it was my turn.

A whole day had passed, and Locke had taken tens of thousands of particle-level photos of the natural magical structure. Then, suddenly, the reflection of the sample in the Ice Magic Mirror disappeared, and in its place was a reflection of Locke as tall as a three-story building.

That was actually the spirit displayed by the Ice Mirror.

The spirit calmly said, "You have used this magic mirror for 12 hours, reaching the maximum limit for a single use."

Please come again next time.

"You may choose to leave your sample in this magic mirror, and no wizard other than you has the authority to take the sample from the mirror. You may also choose to take the sample away, but please note that the sample taken away cannot be used again."

"The samples you left in this magic mirror can be used again next time. Please record the relevant data so that you can continue the experiment based on the work you have already done when you use it next time."

"Welcome to use this magic mirror again next time."

Locke was speechless. He hadn't expected that a wizard could use a single Ice Mirror continuously for a maximum of 12 hours.

However, this is reasonable.

The Frost Mirror is a super breeder's device, a third-ring magic artifact.

Every day, a large number of wizards line up to use the Ice Mirror. There are only two Ice Mirrors in the entire True Knowledge Academy, so naturally, many people use them.

If a wizard were allowed to use it indefinitely, there's a high probability that someone would find a way to forcibly live in the Ice Mirror Chamber for several months, carrying a large amount of supplies.

Locke thought for a moment, "I've only finished about a quarter of the work so far, but that's because I'm not proficient yet. If I were more proficient, I should be able to reduce the time required."

Locke only realized after using the Frost Mirror that the level of proficiency in using this three-ring magic artifact could greatly determine the speed and quality of your results.

While the Ice Mirror is powerful, thus guaranteeing a lower limit to its use, the upper limit is still determined by the wizard.

The difference is like the difference between taking a photo with a mobile phone and taking a photo with a DSLR camera.

The more skilled a wizard is in using the Ice Mirror, the clearer and more accurate they can analyze the three-dimensional structure of the natural magical components.

Of course, to truly master the Ice Mirror, one must adjust the mirror spirit, which may require a second-ring wizard or even a third-ring wizard.

Locke understood why the researchers from the ordinary True Knowledge Institute would always show extreme envy whenever they mentioned that they could use the Frost Magic Mirror first every week.

After all, the more times the Ice Magic Mirror is used, the more proficient one becomes, which means that the chances and quality of achieving results will increase proportionally.

In a sense, researchers at the Advanced Institute of Truth did indeed enjoy tremendous preferential treatment.

Locke turned and left the Ice Mirror Chamber, leaving the sample inside the mirror. After all, once it was taken out, all the previous work would have to be redone.

Leaving the sample inside is relatively safe.

The Ice Magic Mirror is incredibly powerful; the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain can use it to conduct hundreds of experiments, and no one cares what they actually do with it.

Moreover, once the sample is taken out of the magic mirror, it will become invalid, so it is obvious whether or not someone touched it in the middle.

Moreover, with the guarantee of the third-ring magic mirror spirit, unless it is a third-ring throne wizard like Catherine the Witch, there should be no wizard who can take their own sample out from the Ice Mirror.

The sample prepared by a mere first-ring crystallization wizard like myself would never even be noticed by a third-ring wizard...

When Locke stepped out of the Frost Mirror, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was shining brightly, and the bright sunlight shone on his face.

Meanwhile, the researcher from the Ordinary True Knowledge Institute, who was waiting outside, looked impatient. He simply nodded slightly to Locke as a greeting, then strode towards the Frost Magic Mirror room, opened the magic alloy door, and went inside.

For ordinary researchers at the True Knowledge Institute, waiting for the opportunity to use an Ice Magic Mirror could take anywhere from half a month to a month.

They often need to apply to use the Ice Magic Mirror a month in advance.

Therefore, every opportunity to use the Ice Mirror must not be wasted.

Locke went to the Celtic team leader's office and asked him again for permission to use the Sunlight Mirror.

Team Leader Celt looked at Locke with a puzzled expression. "To verify the key types of natural magical structural components in magical plants, we only need to use a structural comparison machine, or, for a more rigorous approach, the Ice Magic Mirror."

"What do you need the Sun Mirror for? The wizards in our Group Six rarely use the Sun Mirror."

Locke knew that there was a Sunlight Magic Mirror worth 60 million magic stones in the public breeding room, and according to the contract, he also had priority to use it once a week.

Locke said, "Professor Celt, I have the right to apply, and my current experiment does indeed require it."

Indeed, the work of Group Six involves discovering new natural magical structural components, and the Sunlight Magic Mirror is rarely used. However, I do need to analyze the new natural magical structural components myself.

That means not only using the Ice Magic Mirror to analyze its three-dimensional structure, but also using the Sunlight Magic Mirror to analyze its functional characteristics at the particle level, spiritual level, and magical level.

Locke said, "In addition, I would also like to request the use of the Electromagnetic Magic Mirror from you."

The electromagnetic magic mirror was used quite frequently by the wizards in their six groups.

The three magic mirrors are: the Ice Magic Mirror for viewing three-dimensional structures, the Sunlight Magic Mirror for viewing functional characteristics, and the Electromagnetic Magic Mirror for viewing the natural magical structural components and their entire process of action within living organisms.

The Celtic wizard wanted to say something, but at that moment, an ordinary researcher from the Institute of True Knowledge in Group Six came over to report to him. The Celtic wizard could only immediately write his name on the two application forms provided by Locke.

He nodded to Locke, then looked at the researcher and said, "Have you gotten the results for the volatile substances that attract ant-like magical creatures to the Mighty Grass? According to my prediction, it should be structure 5—the natural magical component structure of the Oily Spell. If it's not structure 5, then it's structure 8. Show me the results."

After receiving the application form, Locke went directly to the other two magic mirror rooms in the public laboratory.

Locke waited for a long time before entering the Sunlight Magic Mirror Room.

The interior of the Sunlight Magic Mirror is extremely hot, and the mirror itself is as tall as a three-story building. There is also a mirror spirit inside that can assist in its manipulation.

Locke poured the developing magic potion into a glass container to prepare a sample. He then placed the glass container into the Sunlight Magic Mirror and began to analyze the functional properties of this natural magical structural component.

(End of this chapter)