Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

Isaac quickly took out his binoculars from his backpack.

With the optical field of view expanded, countless bird-like gastrulation animals can be seen circling and flying in a certain area, with dense trees growing below that are difficult for even sunlight to penetrate.

A dull, heavy sound suddenly rang out, causing even the huge trees to sway, and flocks of birds resting in the trees to quickly fly into the air.

The leaves on the treetops rustled, indicating that some enormous creature was moving through the forest.

"It looks like it's right there."

Isaac put down his binoculars and ran towards his target.

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We arrived at the place we had just observed, which had now become a Gastrea camp.

This is a waterfall deep in the forest.

The waterfall's astonishing flow of water creates a spray that makes it very unstable to stand on. In addition, the ground is covered with slippery moss, so one needs to be extra careful when moving.

The Gastrea noticed Isaac's arrival and roared as they pounced on him.

A flash of blue lightning struck, and all the Gastrea were instantly reduced to a pile of minced meat.

Brushing off the blood and chunks of flesh splattered on his body, Isaac looked into the depths.

It towers over all the creatures around it, and as expected, it has a funnel-shaped beak. Perhaps due to lingering characteristics of being born a fish, its eyes look quite different from those of a herbivore, and the shape of its beak is more like that of an Eastern white stork or a pterosaur than an archerfish.

The most striking feature is its swollen and full abdomen. Its bulging shape resembles a fully inflated balloon, as if it could float away into the sky at any moment. The pectoral and dorsal fins have degenerated and disappeared, replaced by five fingers resembling human hands and feet.

Compared to his bloated belly, his arms and legs were far too short.

"It looks like her belly is too big to walk."

After the compressed mercury was shot into the object, the limbs had difficulty capturing the opponent, let alone bringing food to their mouths or moving their bodies freely.

That creature was clearly a failed product of a Gastrea virus's distorted evolutionary path. Even if left unattended, it would soon be eliminated by nature. How did it manage to survive until now?

Surprisingly, this question was quickly resolved.

The Gastrea, which looks like a monkey demon, skillfully climbed onto Pleiades's balloon-like belly with its claws. The Gastrea shook its body and made a shrugging motion, spitting out a fish from its throat to feed Pleiades.

"Then, it's time to make a move."

Isaac smiled and extended his palm.

As bright red lightning coiled around his hand, tiny specks of light slowly began to gather on his palm.

Isaac wanted to see if combining the knowledge from that book on quantum mechanics with alchemy could work.

Quantum mechanics is a science about the motion of microscopic particles, and its core content is to describe the wave-particle duality of microscopic particles.

The motion of microscopic particles is similar to that of waves, and when microscopic particles are observed and measured by some experimental methods, they exhibit particle properties such as kinetic energy, mass, and electric charge.

One of the derivative technologies is laser.

Of course, these are relatively basic and easy to understand aspects of quantum mechanics.

The energy in Isaac's palm was constantly gathering, entwining, and colliding with each other.

The surrounding air became scorching hot in an instant.

Angus also noticed the change in the air. He looked at Isaac beside him and saw that the light in Isaac's hand was getting brighter and brighter.

It felt an unprecedented threat, but it was completely unable to move. It could only aim its tiny mouth at Isaac and spray high-pressure mercury at him.

The light gun, composed of high-pressure mercury, hurtled towards Isaac, whose hand was already filled with the light points.

Bang!

With a soft sound, a beam of light shot out like a sharp sword.

The beam of light instantly pierced through the massive Pleiades from mouth to tail, turning the high-pressure mercury in its path into a puddle of liquid.

Pleiades exploded in the immense energy of the beam, its body fragments turning to ash before even hitting the ground.

But the beam of light did not stop.

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At the same time, on another battlefield.

"Commander Tang! Order a retreat! We are no match for it!" shouted the policeman holding a rifle.

They were a small team personally led by my father.

Before them stood a massive mountain, or rather, a colossal Gastrea.

Aldebaran.

Its enormous, mountain-like body shrouded a squad of police officers in shadow.

"No... we can't let it go any further." My voice was very weak.

Myo-dang's original weapon was a holmium greatsword that could only be wielded with both hands, but he is now unable to wield it.

His left hand and right foot had disappeared from his body.

"Damn it! This guy is truly immortal..." I looked at Aldebaran approaching them, but there was no fear in my eyes.

"My lord is the legion commander!"

"Come on! Let's settle this once and for all..."

Swish!

A blinding flash of light appeared, and everyone immediately closed their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, they were surprised to find that Aldebaran had not attacked them.

Looking up, Aldebaran's head had suddenly disappeared.

Chapter 322: Direct Conflict

"What...what happened?"

Everyone stared in disbelief at Aldebaran's head, which had suddenly disappeared.

"Now! Everyone, attack Aldebaran's heart!" I shouted.

Although it's unclear why Aldebaran's head suddenly disappeared, it presents a good opportunity.

Besides the head, another weakness of gastrulators is their heart. Since they can survive by cutting off the head, the heart can be destroyed as well!

The police officers snapped out of their daze and quickly drew their weapons, aiming them at Aldebaran's heart.

Shouts and gunfire rang out continuously. The attack was concentrated on one point.

Gradually, Aldebaran's tough skin was broken open, and a large hole was blasted into its heart.

"it is good!!"

Looking through the massive wound at Aldebaran's shattered heart, I roared, feeling victory was within my grasp.

However, things are not that simple.

Aldebaran's head, which had been severed by the light, suddenly began to sprout large chunks of flesh from the interface, gradually forming a new head. The wound on its heart also began to heal rapidly.

boom!

The police officers who rushed to the front were slammed to the ground by Bi Suwu's huge hand seal.

"Damn it! Is he really immortal?"

"Commander! Retreat immediately! We can't win in our current state!"

I gritted my teeth, clenched my fists so tightly that my nails dug into my flesh.

Given the current situation, if they continue to fight Aldebaran, they will surely die here; its power has completely exceeded their expectations.

However, if we retreat...

I glanced at the camp, my aged face filled with resentment.

"Oh no!"

A policeman suddenly shouted, his hand trembling as he pointed in the direction of Aldebaran.

"Gastrea, assemble!"

"What!?"

All the police officers looked up and heard the roars of flying Gastrea coming from the sky. Large numbers of Gastrea also emerged from the ground. The total number was probably close to a thousand.

These Gastrea gathered menacingly around Aldebaran, staring intently at the police officers; their red eyes sent chills down everyone's spines.

"Retreat!!" I shouted.

Upon hearing my command, the police officers began to retreat.

Every second spent on this battlefield could turn you into Gastrea's meal.

"roar-----"

As Aldebaran roared to the sky, the Gastrea gathered there surged wildly toward the police officers.

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“What immense power!” Isaac exclaimed.

He looked at the mountain peaks he had leveled with his attack, and the deep ravines that stretched into the distance.

Isaac didn't expect this move to be so destructive.

"However, there are still some minor flaws."

As he said this, he looked at his palm. His palm was covered in a large, charred patch. Most of it was carbonized.

Although my hands were properly protected during the particle gathering process, I still suffered a hand injury at the final moment of launch because the particles and waves were difficult to control and maintain balance.

"Never mind, it's all a small matter."

Electricity crackled around his hand, and the charred marks vanished instantly.

boom--

Just then, Isaac heard an explosion in the distance. He turned around and saw smoke rising not far from the camp.

"They started fighting so quickly?" Isaac quickly took out his phone to call Woody.