Wizard's Journey

Chapter 551 Failure After Failure

Failure, failure, failure, and yet another failure...

In his experiments alone, Green faced dozens of failures every day in his search for a carrier of annihilating energy. This was the “life of failure” that Green had become accustomed to every day, and he had been doing it for hundreds of years.

But how could those who only see Green's success and glory know about the sacrifices he made?

Loneliness, exhaustion, and the oppressive feeling of hopelessness loomed over Green like a mountain, but Green could only cut through the thorns, grit his teeth, and move forward little by little, searching for the ray of dawn behind the towering mountain.

The process of seeking truth through endless failures is what Greene accumulated day after day in his "Book of Truth".

"Waaaaah! You owe me my number one, you have to give me my number one! I want my number one right now, waaaaah!"

Hachi stood on the experimental table, crying heartbrokenly. In the depths of his pain, he desperately whined and rolled around on the table, pointing his wings at Green as if he wanted to fight him.

Grimm, who attempted to complete a more advanced synthetic beast experiment using a secondary fusion nature soul created from the Abyss Soul Fusion Tree, failed!

Rubbing his temples, suppressing his weariness and disappointment, Green forced a smile and coaxed Xiao Ba.

"Oops, I failed by accident, hahaha. Actually, look, this Mystery Number Two is quite interesting too. Doesn't it look just like your old mud beast? Wow! Look, it can even poop! Ugh, it stinks..."

A soft puddle appeared; Mystery Number Two had diarrhea, and the excrement flowed down the lab table onto the floor.

Green covered his nose and yelled towards the door, "Lab! Come clean up right now, and bring some air freshener!"

The chimera evolution experiment failed.

Because Grimm activated the source of magic in the Nest World, even with the protection of the Bone Clock Tower Stigmata Wizard, he still lost extra Soul Seeds during his time as a formal wizard.

Therefore, at this point, all that remained for Grimm was the ability to summon elemental creatures, research synthetic beasts, and finally, the two Soul Control Seeds.

After a long period of research into annihilation energy experiments, hoping to alleviate the atmosphere of failure and relieve the long-term boredom and fatigue, Green finally managed to coax Enigma No. 1 from Little Eight with countless kind words, and took the Soul Control Seed to begin the Enigma No. 2 synthetic beast experiment.

But it failed.

This must have been incredibly upsetting for Xiao Ba, who had a penchant for taking on followers. He reacted with a fit of rage, crying, and even threatening suicide, much like the crazy rural women Green had seen in his childhood.

Little Eight avoided the excrement that Mystery Number Two had produced, but still relentlessly pointed at Green and cried loudly.

"Waaaaah, who wants this stinky thing! The activated cell conflict has resulted in a constitution below level two. Not only does it have no abilities, but the internal structural conflict also accelerates cell aging and death. A short-lived failure that might die tomorrow, I don't want it! Waaaaah, I want my Mystery Number One!"

On one side, Labs was quickly cleaning up the debris from Mystery One while spraying some non-irritating air freshener into the laboratory, while on the other side, Green continued to coax Little Eight.

"You can't just focus on the shortcomings of number two. Actually, it does have its own advantages."

"What are the advantages?"

Xiao Ba's words left Green speechless: What were the advantages of this failed experiment?

After looking at it up and down three or four times, Green couldn't utter a single word. After an eerie silence in the laboratory for a while, Green suddenly laughed and said, "Look, its big eyes are so bright and innocent, so bright, so cute, and they even sparkle!"

The intelligent mechanical puppet, Lab, who was cleaning the room, suddenly added, "Young master, that's because it has no intelligence at all."

Even so, Xiao Ba slowly turned around and looked at the pair of "sparkling" big eyes of Mystery Number Two.

Those big eyes really do look...

"Gah!?"

Suddenly, Hachi cried out in alarm, and Green also felt a sense of foreboding. It turned out that the cellular conflict within the failed synthetic beast had reached its peak, and its soft body began to tremble violently, on the verge of collapse.

"Oh……"

Green turned around, looking dejected.

With a "poof" sound, Mystery Number Two's body shuddered violently and then collapsed completely, like a lump of mud, onto the table, returning to its original state as a mass of activated cells.

"Waaaaah, look, look, even its bright, innocent eyes are gone! You stay with me, Number One! You stay with me, Number One! I want my Number One! Waaaaah!"

Green suppressed his frustration and continued to soothe him, "Haha, Number One is no good. How about this, next time I'll play Enigma Number Three with you, okay?"

"No! I want my number one, I..."

Bang!

Suddenly, Green slammed his hand on the experimental table, making a loud clanging sound. The props on the table shook, and in an instant, Xiao Ba covered his mouth with his two wings, not daring to utter another word.

Labu, who was standing to the side, also jumped up with a "thump," seemingly startled.

"Hmph! If this won't work and that won't work, then I might as well become your underling."

Green said with a gloomy expression.

"Uh... okay."

Xiao Ba was stunned and silent for a moment, seemingly unable to believe Green's decision, and blankly agreed.

"Good!? Good...good my ass!"

Green was furious. He yelled at the motionless Lab, "What are you looking at? Are you a low-level or high-level AI, evolving to be so human-like? Get out of here after you're done cleaning!"

"Ah! Yes, young master!"

Rab ran out with a creak, seemingly frightened by Green's somewhat angry outburst today, and refused to stay in the lab for even a second longer.

Green turned his head and looked at Xiao Ba, who was looking at him with some fear on the experimental table, and let out a long sigh.

"Hmph, I've made up my mind!"

Xiao Ba asked tremblingly, "What was decided?"

Green's wrinkled face gradually darkened, taking on a sinister air, leaving Xiao Ba somewhat bewildered. Instinctively, Xiao Ba took a few steps back, bumping into a large specimen container.

"Um... young master, what do you want to do? We can talk this over."

Grimm suddenly chuckled eerily, "Heh heh heh heh, I've decided. Next time I return from the Demon Hunting Expedition, I'll synthesize you a mystery... a monstrous... Great Demon King!"

"The Mysterious Demon King!?"

Xiao Ba jumped up with a "whoosh," his eyes sparkling as if he had seen something.

"Kichiku" refers to something as cruel and ruthless as a demon or beast, attacking and inflicting cruel physical and mental abuse on the victim. It originated from the evil version of a bard's novel.

(End of this chapter)