From Alchemy Apprentice to All-Powerful God King

The 26th year of the new imperial calendar.

The border of the Möbius Empire.

In late autumn.

Today is Val Town, the Hunter's Guild's Blessing Day, the Harvest Goddess's Blessing Ceremony.

Most of the town's residents were immersed in a solemn atmosphere, except for Matthew, who looked gloomy and somewhat unhappy.

"Matthew, are you going to the ceremony in the central square tonight? Goddess Elena will be blessing everyone in person! I heard she's from the Empire, and she's different from the girls in town! I can't wait."

Outside the old house, Jimmy, a chubby boy with curly hair, asked a question.

"No, I still have more than ten self-destructing bugs to refine, I don't have time to go. If the blessing is really useful, then let her bless the border and stop those alien beasts from coming over."

Matthew scratched his head. He had no interest in any kind of blessing or goddess now. In his previous life, what kind of beauties hadn't he seen on the internet?

When Elena entered the city, he went to join the fun and took a peek from afar. She was just a slightly cute blonde girl, and apart from her figure being far beyond that of ordinary people, there was nothing else about her that attracted him.

"Haven't you finished refining your magical insects this week yet?" Jimmy turned around and looked around the room.

Matthew shook his head and looked out the window. Several small birds had landed on a withered tree in the yard, chirping noisily and irritating him.

I don't know if I can refine this batch of self-destructing bugs today, otherwise I'm sure I'll suffer a lot of pain tonight.

"Sigh, you're unlucky to have ended up with Professor Flynn. I made some pancakes at home, I'll bring some over tonight," Jimmy said with a sigh.

This was the only thing he could do for his friend.

Jimmy then quickly ran out of the yard, eagerly anticipating Elena's blessing ceremony that evening.

Matthew found a stool, sat down, and continued to study the alchemy notebook that someone had left him.

A week has passed since he transmigrated to this world. He knows that he has no parents and has finally managed to sneak into the Hunter's Guild as an alchemy apprentice.

As a result, last week he was beaten to death by his mentor because he failed to produce the required number of exploding bugs.

This gave him the opportunity to travel to this body.

Looking at the large bruises still on his body, Matthew felt somewhat helpless. There was nothing he could do; the hierarchy in this world was extremely strict.

The guild's bishop, captain of the knights, and mage—these powerful individuals wield absolute authority in Val Town.

Ordinary civilians are merely resources they can manipulate at will; their lives or deaths are of no concern to them.

Matthew sighed briefly, then closed the alchemy notebook in his hand and walked to the alchemy table.

If he were only refining one-time magical insects, he could manage it, but the failure rate was a bit high.

But if it were a real demonic insect, he simply couldn't do it without magic.

Looking at the bottles and jars displayed in front of him, Matthew felt a headache coming on.

In the few days since he transmigrated, he has tried alchemy. If it were just some simple elements and potions, it would be no challenge for him, a chemistry professor from his previous life.

The problem is, the alchemy in this world refines insects!

"A small piece of the beast's heart, half a stalk of gray-tailed grass, a drop of the essence of an old ox..."

Matthew carefully followed the dosage instructions in the alchemy notebook.

"Then put the insect eggs in."

By the final step, beads of sweat had appeared on his forehead as he added the last drop of magic potion.

The nearly dried-out insect eggs became saturated again, and the white cocoon began to wriggle, constantly absorbing other materials from the surrounding area.

He has repeated this step countless times over the past few days, but the number of successful attempts is countable on one hand.

"It has to work!"

Matthew thought to himself, clenching his fists. If he couldn't finish this batch tonight, he definitely wouldn't go to the guild to accept the punishment; he would most likely have to start his wandering journey.

The sky gradually darkened.

As the eggs gradually fill out, the little black insects inside begin to try to emerge from their cocoons.

Matthew seized the opportunity and dripped another drop of magic potion to enhance the black worm's absorption ability.

But even this one drop, a tiny error can lead to a huge difference.

The black worm, half-emerged from its white cocoon, is feasting and its body is constantly changing, evolving into a disposable demon worm.

However, the next moment, a faint cracking sound echoed in the quiet room.

"Grass!"

Seeing the self-destructing bug with half its body split open, Matthew couldn't help but swear.

It failed again.

Unwilling to accept defeat, he picked up the demonic insect, hoping to use his experience from his previous life to find out why he had failed.

Unfortunately, nothing could be seen, which can only be attributed to the poor control of the last drop of magic potion.

"Give me the time and materials to experiment continuously, and I'm sure I can master it in less than ten days!"

But the reality is that he has neither the time nor the materials.

Seeing that only a small portion of the potion remained, Matthew subconsciously clenched his fist, forgetting that he was still holding the dead demonic insect in his hand.

A sharp pain shot through him, and at the same time, a drop of blood dripped down the lines of his palm and landed on the alchemy notebook.

The next moment, something magical happened.

The Alchemy Notebook was absorbing Matthew's blood, erasing the bloodstains almost instantly, and then floating up on its own without any human intervention.

Before Matthew could even react in surprise, a burst of white light erupted from it, instantly illuminating the entire room.

By the time Matthew recovered from the high-level dodge attack, the alchemy notebook had already disappeared.

Instead, a booklet appeared in his mind.

"Huh? This is... the cheat program has been credited?"

In his previous life, he had read many novels and stories. When he first transmigrated, he kept waiting, but when they didn't appear, he gave up. He never expected that they would actually appear!

Chronicles of Another World

[Alchemy Maniac: Increases the success rate of crafting any magical insect by 10%, and allows you to master any recipe without needing a teacher.]

The more times you refine the magical insects, the higher your success rate.

[Do you choose to inherit the tag? Successful activation will grant you tag capabilities.]

Looking at the words displayed in the booklet, Matthew didn't hesitate and immediately chose to inherit.

With a page-turning sound, a transparent label for an alchemy maniac popped up above their heads.

Seeing this, Matthew gradually raised the corners of his mouth and couldn't wait to start refining gold again.

This time, all the steps were the same as usual, with each ingredient being added one by one, but when he was about to drip in the magic potion, his hand stopped abruptly at just the right moment.

"It's done!"

Looking at the energetic self-destructing bugs in the alchemy platform, he found that they were of much better quality than those he had refined before, and were even comparable to those refined by senior apprentices.

The night was hazy, and the light outside the window gradually dimmed, but the clinking of bottles and jars inside never stopped.

Matthew didn't rest; he spent the entire day crafting self-destructing bugs.

[Alchemy Maniac Lv.1: 100/2000 experience points, success rate +15%]

"It can be upgraded!"

Matthew couldn't hide his smile. The self-destructing bug was almost finished, and he hadn't expected such an unexpected surprise.

"Keep going, it won't be long before it's finished."

As he finished crafting the last exploding bug and collapsed onto the ground, he heard the sound of pages turning in his mind once again.

[New Recipe]

[Exploding Bug 2.0: An upgraded recipe for the exploding bug. It is no longer a one-time use bug; it will split into more bugs and explode a second time.]

Matthew was surprised to see the new notification pop up, but a sense of urgency rose up as he glanced at the fading light outside the window.

"Damn, how time flies!"