Wizard's Journey

Chapter 214 Cave Laboratory

At the mouth of the camphor tree, Green flew into the towering, hundred-meter-high opening that resembled a long loaf of bread.

Now, with the discovery of the secret of the camphor ant and the development of the "camphor ant free fluid," this camphor tree dungeon has been cleaned up countless times by the wizard legion. Most of the other camphor tree dungeons in this shadowy land have been in the same state.

Green was officially recognized, and the Operations Command recorded a third-class honor badge for his meritorious service. He will be awarded the badge by the Seventh Ring Tower once the Demon Hunting Expedition concludes.

If you use a badge of honor, you'll basically be in a dominant position in a small area during the next Demon Hunter Expedition.

Without embarking on a long underground flight, Green, who had infiltrated the camphor tree, was not far from the myna bird. With his abundant magic power, Green performed a long-distance teleportation spell and disappeared on the spot.

The next moment, Green's vision blurred, and he found himself on a closed underground lake.

"Wow, my dear young master, you're back!"

The myna bird perched on Green's shoulder, savoring a fleshy berry unique to the world of Shadow Mystery. Its feathers shone brighter and brighter, and its body seemed to have gotten a little fatter, plump and chubby.

Green hummed in agreement, glanced at the crystal turtle floating quietly on the lake, then at the laboratory carved into the stone wall in the distance. Nothing had changed. He asked, "Has nothing happened here all this time?"

The myna bird tossed aside the half-eaten fleshy fruit and smugly shouted, "What else could happen? With your loyal servant Little Eight here, those lackeys of the little wizards can be easily dealt with."

The myna bird was referring to the roaming legions of slave monsters.

"Owner."

Crystal turtles can only maintain a body length of one meter in this small underground lake area, and possess the characteristics of immortality and eternal life.

Green stood silently on the smooth surface of the lake. No one could see through the wise eyes beneath the greyish-white mask of truth and know what he was thinking. After a moment's thought, Green did not immediately dive to the bottom of the lake to study the secret of the lightning mirror, nor did he pay attention to the crystal turtle's soul servant. Instead, he walked straight to a stone cave laboratory carved into the rock wall.

As Green stepped onto the lake, ripples spread out, creating a clear, tinkling sound.

With a gentle wave of the magic wand, as the magic surged and flowed, a magic circle above the laboratory entrance emitted a dazzling light. Then, the strands of fire seemed to come alive, nimbly circling around before gradually dissipating.

"Oh...this poor fellow, he hasn't starved to death yet." The myna bird spread its wings and covered its head, putting on a hypocritical and compassionate posture.

On the experimental table, a golden Amoonro with a crystal-clear, fiery physique was fixed in place. The golden flames on its tail were almost invisible, and a bucket of nutrient solution had long since dried up, indicating that it had entered a state of suspended animation.

The left forelimb of this golden Amonro has been cut off and placed in a tissue research specimen. Many small tubes are inserted into its tail, seemingly collecting and storing the golden flames for Green to study in the future.

On the lower left side of the abdomen, there is a delicate metal zipper that seems to be frequently opened to allow for a more direct observation of the internal organ structure and function.

As for the other two, the Golden Amonro of Glazed Flame, they were sent by Grin to the volcanic cluster to collect fire crystals. With Grin's wizard mark, other demon hunters would not mistake them for hostile creatures native to this world.

"Amonro's life adaptability is very strong, at least much stronger than that of humans in the wizarding world."

As Green filled the empty bottle with nutrient solution, he glanced at the golden flame collection device, which was still far from meeting his requirements.

Ignoring the lab bench, I looked elsewhere.

It was also a stone test bench. High-purity fire crystals were arranged by Grin using a six-star magic circle. A simple crystal cover was placed on the test bench to ensure that the energy did not leak out to the greatest extent and to gather the fire attribute energy within.

In the center of the magic circle, thirty-seven bright red fruits burned silently, it was unknown how many more years it would take for them to fully hatch.

Green actually planned to use the wizard's magic circle to gather high-purity crystal energy instead of the incubation method of lava lake and lava core. Now it seems that it has already had some effect and has not produced a major rejection.

Green nodded in satisfaction.

If these lava embryos can successfully hatch, they will surely become one of Green's precious experimental specimens in the future. Studying certain characteristics of this elemental life is one of the most basic ways for a first-level wizard to advance to a second-level wizard.

Of all the various advancement methods Green knows, studying the characteristics of these elemental beings is the most universally helpful for wizards to master the ability to elementalize their bodies.

On the other side of the experimental table, in a dozen large tanks of nutrient solution, chunks of biological material were soaking, some of which glowed with a fluorescent green color.

Green approached and observed them closely for a moment. The nutrient-rich chunks of meat had begun to soften, and the muscle tissue fibers were starting to detach, slowly wriggling like jelly.

These are the activated flesh and blood that Green meticulously cultivated according to the highest requirements of synthetic beasts for activated life forms.

"Activated flesh and blood" refers to the process by which the cells inside an organism begin to differentiate consciousness after death, devour each other, and form "life extension." The black wizard, on the other hand, carefully cultivates these strange cells to nurture them, and finally selects a large number of super cells that can support "intensification and fusion" to fuse into the life body of the synthetic beast.

While the entire process appears utterly evil on the surface, from the highest perspective of the rules of knowledge, it represents a milestone breakthrough for the dark wizard in his research on the mysteries of life and death.

Although Grimm later traded some of these activated flesh and blood at the Space Fortress using witch essence, it was still far too little compared to the needs and capacity of a true dark wizard.

However, it is sufficient if it is only used for experimental synthetic beast research.

After walking around the laboratory, Green finally arrived at the center, where a ball of pitch-black flames was burning fiercely, and at the center of the flames was the golden lava core.

At this moment, the lava core appeared unchanged. Even though it was enveloped and melted by the primal fire of the Greedy Flame Giant, it still attracted fire elemental energy from all directions. With each heartbeat, the surrounding fire elemental rules would subtly become disordered.

"The secret of the 'Clad in Fire' physique lies in its molten core?"

Green stared at the golden blood vessels on the lava core, making this guess in his mind.

The golden patterns on the lava core bear a striking resemblance to the fiery, glassy physique of Amonro lying on the experimental table.

Furthermore, the golden flames of this Amonro's tail that dispel fire elemental energy seem to have a similar effect to the disordered fire elemental rules and disrupted flame rules during the pulsating of the lava core.

After observing silently for a while, Green glanced at the Glazed Flame Amonro on the experimental table, whose life dormancy was gradually reviving. He ignored it and left the laboratory.

It seems that the mutation and evolution of the Greedy Flame Giant by absorbing the Lava Core will take a long time to complete, which is one of the reasons why Grimm did not go on the free mission with Millie.

Without the support of the Flame Giant, Grin's combat ability will be significantly reduced.

Returning to the calm lake surface, the crystal skull slowly emerged from the turtle shell and said gently, "Master, the mystery you entrusted to me has been successfully sealed into this crystal using the essence of the water here."

The crystal turtle slowly opened its mouth, and a crystal-clear stone appeared.

Inside the crystal, the struggling enigma Amonro is vividly depicted, while within Amonro's belly, the dim shadow of the Blood Doll is projected, lifelike and vivid.

Green held the crystal in his hand.

The mystery Amonro sealed within this crystal is the same mystery Amonro that Grimm's Blood Terror Doll was previously sealed with. Now, Grimm has used the Crystal Turtle's special ability to create a second seal.

As for this crystal, since one of the materials used to synthesize the Blood Terror Doll is Grimm's blood, Grimm intends to use some of its hidden connections to create the core of a flying magical artifact for remote mental control.

Flying magical artifacts may seem unimportant, but when traveling long distances, they not only save magic power but also accumulate speed bonuses, greatly saving wizards' time. This makes them a preferred choice for many wizards who have mastered alchemy techniques.

After putting away the crystal, Green sank to the bottom of the lake with a "plop".

(End of this chapter)