Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 63 Safety Keywords?
Su Ming silently mourned for Stanton for a few seconds.

He asked a question: "If the Bone Fortress is lost, can Elisa's form survive on its own?"

"It'll do, since the life core is in Elisa's body."

Su Ming paused for a moment. If Violet had concealed her Elisa form, it was clear that she was preparing to abandon the Bone Fortress at that time.

"Why?" he asked, looking up.

The scholar's eyes darted around slightly. "Because of your plan, I saw hope of escaping, and to realize this plan, we must use Elisa's power."

“But once Elisa’s seal is broken, your life will be on a countdown, right!” Su Ming became agitated.

At that time, Zi Jin didn't know that Su Ming had the means to cure her. Therefore, she didn't intend to live.

“Su Ming, this body has many flaws, weak resistance, and is plagued by diseases. Without the magical support of the Bone Fortress, I wouldn’t be able to move for more than a few months,” Zi Jin said. “At that time, no matter what I chose, the hope was slim.”

“I originally wanted to make a final contribution. I had even thought of my will, but I fell ill before I could finish writing it.” The scholar recalled the situation at the time, “I was still feeling sorry for myself for not having done so many things, when you suddenly pulled me out of my predicament—meeting you was my good fortune!”

“I should be the lucky one,” Su Ming said.

"So, you are essentially one soul with two bodies, primarily in human form?" he continued to ask.

"That's correct."

"Then you can switch between the forms of the Bone Fortress and move around, right?"

“Elisa’s magical manipulation abilities surpass those of the Bone Fortress,” Violet argued.

"So why didn't you use the form of a bone fortress like when we first met?" Su Ming persisted, undeterred by the change of topic, pressing for answers.

The scholar remained silent for a long time.

"Su Ming, do you remember what shape the bone fortress was when you first saw it?"

Su thought for a moment, "When it was born, it was a sphere, and then on the sea cliff, it became a cylindrical tower."

"So if your body were transformed into an incredibly complex shape, and you didn't even know how to move, what would you do?" Violet asked rhetorically.

“No, with your strong learning ability, you can train in spatial geometry and such!” Su Ming said.

"No!" Violet's attitude was firm. "I will absolutely not go back until you change the Bone Fortress back to a circular shape!"

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The next morning, after Su Ming regained his magic power, he constructed the gearbox and drive shaft for one of the steam engine units.

"The No. 1 power unit is complete," Su Ming said.

This time, the equipment was much larger. Violet released several force shields, stepped on them, and jumped onto them to begin studying their structure.

"Why aren't you using levitation anymore?" Su Ming asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Didn't you tell me to practice force fields more?" the girl replied.

The two had conducted light tactical training that morning, which included a section on force fields. Violet couldn't effectively absorb the impact and was always easily bounced back. Su Xiang devised a strategy: the triangle support method—each time she used a force field, she had her mindlessly release three auxiliary force fields in the opposite direction as fulcrums.

This way, no matter how strong the enemy's attack, Violet can remain stable.

"The stability of a triangle!" Su Ming instructed.

Zijin tried it out and found it worked well. She cast spells quickly and didn't mind simultaneously unleashing three small force fields.

The only problem is that Miss Scholar's sense of space isn't very good; she sometimes gets dizzy even with the simplest tetrahedral structure, so she definitely needs some practice.

"Master this first, then you'll need to practice the reverse slope force field." "Reverse slope?"

Su Ming gave a brief explanation of the principle of reverse slope armor.

"So it's about using a tilted force shield based on the direction of the enemy's attack?" Violet tried to understand.

"The direction of the support shield also needs to be adjusted accordingly, otherwise it will still be knocked away."

Violet decided to forget about all that for now and continue practicing with the planar force shield. She looked up and noticed something interesting on the equipment, so she climbed even higher.

"The structural complexity has increased a lot. Su Ming, throw a Wither Ball at me, let's see how much your magic power has improved," Violet said to Su Ming.

"Oh." Su Ming casually flicked his finger, and a small withering orb flew towards the girl. The latter was focused on the device, didn't even look up, and reached out to catch it.

Unexpectedly, the orb suddenly cracked open and unfolded in a completely different form.

"The Claws of Restraint!"

Black bone claws appeared out of nowhere and suddenly grabbed Violet's body. She screamed and fell from the top.

She raised her hand to cast a levitation spell, but the sixth finger of the Binding Claw reached out and scattered the magic gathering in her hand.

"Imprisonment Claw - Six Fingers" is actually a modified version!
Su Ming had been secretly watching the commotion, and when he saw Zi Jin fall, he resigned himself to his fate, got up quickly, and ran over to catch her.

Unexpectedly, he received a physical object. Caught off guard, Su Ming twisted his waist and fell to his knees, collapsing to the ground in a disheveled state.

The girl lay on the ground, stunned, with Su Ming's hand pinned beneath her and his head resting on her stomach. This was the first time Su Ming had successfully ambushed her.

Su Ming pulled his hand away, clutching his knee in pain and rolling on the ground. Zi Jin sat up, placing one hand on Su Ming's waist and the other on his knee, and released a water-based external injury healing spell.

In the dim light of the spell, Su Ming's pain was quickly relieved.

"Su Ming, let's make a deal: don't launch sneak attacks when we're doing research," Zi Jin said, the light from the runes turning her pupils a deep blue.

"Okay." Su Ming exhaled, still a little shaken. "Should we agree on a safe word or something?"

"Safe words, what are those?"

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We arrived at the uninhabited island around noon. It was a small, ring-shaped island with a small bay in the middle, but the water wasn't deep. There was some vegetation on the island, and flocks of seagulls inhabited it.

"Shall we have seagull meat tonight?" Su Ming suggested.

Zijin said that catching birds was no problem.

Su Ming shut down the steam engine, furled the sails, and moored the Zhiyuan 100 meters from the island.

Violet turned on the communication tower to receive public weather broadcasts from the Dwarf Continent.

“There’s a major storm tomorrow, an orange alert level, and we’re within the affected area,” she told Su Ming.

"What sea conditions does the orange level correspond to?" Su Ming asked. The scholar looked at him, her eyes clear.

Very well, two illiterate people! Su Ming resigned himself to his fate.

Fortunately, they had already obtained several books on navigation from Charles. The two halted the installation of the new steam engine and began studying navigation together.

According to the textbook, encountering a storm at sea is extremely dangerous and requires all-out effort. Island locations, however, offer a significant safety net, greatly reducing the level of danger.

(End of this chapter)