The Imperial Capital, the private laboratory building of Master Gosai.

Basement single room.

"Strange ceiling."

Ian opened his eyes and woke up from a brief break.

The gentle sensor light on the ceiling dimmed as he looked straight into the room, and as soon as he looked away, the light brightened in unison, allowing him to see the room clearly.

In addition to this rather advanced smart sensor lamp, the private laboratory room of Master Gosai is actually very simple.

In the whole room, the furniture is only a table and a bed, and the matching washroom, and nothing else, not even a bedside table to put things in.

Obviously, all the people who live here have not thought about their private life, it is just a place to sleep and rest, and once they wake up, they have to go to the laboratory to continue their work.

Ian doesn't resent the design, and even has a bit of a sense of intimacy.

What's more, he didn't really stay in a coma here for days and only woke up now.

Ian is just acting here.

When Master Gosai arrived around the Avak Territory four days ago and saw the 'seriously injured' Ian, he was 'shocked' and immediately used his privileges to send Ian and the others back to the imperial capital.

With a serious face, the old man told the worried elves such as Birch Ink Wind and Frost Butterfly that Ian's condition was very dangerous and needed to be treated in a closed manner.

His physical injuries may not be serious, but the real core problem is that as soon as he advanced to the second energy level, he tried his best to operate the essentia, harming the essence of life, which could cause the essentia structure in some of the sublimation organs to collapse.

This is a major event, which is basically equivalent to the loss of the fairy soul of the goblin, the destruction of the furnace heart of the ether armament, and the precursor of the cultivator's exhaustion of the demonic body...... For sublimators, if they are not careful, they will lead to the chain collapse of the sublimation organs in the body, and they will directly become wasted people, or even become monsters!

If there is no precious treasure of the level of traceable dettol, and the essentia environment in the body is directly reset, Ian's best ending may be to become a vegetative person.

Of course, the good thing is that Master Gosai and Isengard have traced the source of Dettol.

In this way, it will not be a problem to cure Ian, and the worst outcome will be to start practicing again from the source seed.

For a sublimator who has already gone through the road, it only takes a year at most to recover the strength of the first energy level, and it is just a matter of spending a little more potion money.

But the elves didn't know that—so they could only watch with tears in their eyes as Ian was sent away while they went to heal his injuries.

Moreover, the fairy souls that were rescued from the Avak laboratory also need to be dealt with by them, and in response to this matter, the fairy township has sent an envoy to preside over the reincarnation remodeling, so Birch and Mofeng have also been quite busy recently.

Frostbutterfly was smart enough not to say a word.

This reflects the importance of the common sense that Ian entered for Frostbutterfly in the first place - don't say it's good, say it too much, and keep silent during the critical period!

But, let's be honest.

It's one thing to deceive people, it's another to deceive goblins.

When Ian cheated on people, he never felt any guilt, and he didn't even have any fluctuations in his heart, he was as accustomed to it as breathing.

But once you cheat on the goblins, they are still the goblins who are very good to themselves and really regard themselves as friends......

The conscience will still sting a little.

It wasn't until the day after everyone returned to the imperial capital, when Hua Di was visiting, that he learned about the existence of traceable dew from Isengard's mouth, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

But treatment is still indispensable.

Theoretically, in the eyes of everyone, Ian has just finished his rescue treatment and is now recuperating in a closed environment, avoiding the interference of external essentia and psionic fields.

"Next time you want to disguise, it's best to really stab yourself, otherwise, it will be really difficult for me to see you so healthy."

These were the words of Master Gosai, who couldn't help but show a 'sure enough' expression when he found that Ian had opened his eyes as soon as he was with him personally, and his whole breath was healthier than that of a young dragon, and there was no so-called essentia damage.

"You can stay here for a few more days, there are a lot of things going on outside now, just to avoid the limelight."

He shook his head and gave advice: "When did you break through to the second energy level?" Don't tell me I'll do it in Nanling, in that case, Ling's camouflage ability will really improve a lot. ”

"Trouble Master."

Ian is still very grateful to Master Gosai for quickly understanding his thoughts.

The old man's just right performance made everyone believe in Ian's injury, and naturally they would not have doubts about the fact that Ian temporarily risked his second level to advance to the second level in order to deal with the crisis and was seriously injured.

In this way, he can become the second energy level without being too shocking...... After all, it was an adventurous move to save his life at a critical moment, and it was good luck to succeed plus the timely treatment of the Ellen family and Master Gosai.

If you are unlucky, plus you don't have that much background behind it, you will die directly.

No one dares to take that risk, so no one can advance like this.

During the time Ian was in a 'coma' and receiving treatment, a number of people came to visit him.

Needless to say, Easengard basically came over every day to take a look, Ian considered whether to tell him the truth several times, but thinking of the other party's royal mother, the emperor's grandfather, the prince's uncle, aunt and other shrewd royal relatives who did not look like people, he felt that it was better to wait, at least the current Esengard's social and secret skills have not been pointed to the point where they can be hidden.

The goblins and the group, the birch ink wind and frost butterfly, and a messenger from Paradise Township also came to visit Ian, who seemed to see that Ian was not in serious trouble, and recovered very well, and comforted the goblins and everyone, making everyone's faces look a lot better.

In addition, on the side of the alchemy circle, the two masters and their disciples also came over with Master Gosai to take a look at Ian's situation, and they also saw that although Ian's essembra was a little disordered, his structure was quite stable.

While discussing with his old friends, Master Gosai squinted at Ian, who was theoretically resting from sleep, causing the boy to apologize in his heart.

Even Tress came to visit Ian apologetically after finishing the surrounding affairs of the Awak Collar that had been all over the place.

This guy thought that he was arrested by the strong man, which caused Ian and his party to return to the imperial capital early, and was affected by the attack of King Tianhong.

If he had stayed in Teal City all the time and acted together......

"When the time comes, a large number of people will die."

Listening to Tress's broken thoughts at the window, Ian couldn't help but complain in his heart: "I'm just pretending to protect Frost Butterfly, how can I keep so many people in your team?" You have to make me take my life, right? ”

But then again, if Tres was there, it would have been a different plan.

And, this guy Tress ...... It's really life-saving!

When he and the deputy head of the Frost Trail chased the mountain giant tortoise, they also encountered the aftermath of the attack of the Tianhong King, and with the protection of this fourth-level level, Tress was not injured at all except for the tired points from beginning to end, and also picked up a lot of credit.

If it weren't for the fact that Ian was a prophet himself, he would have been somewhat suspicious of the ingredients of Tress's lucky boy.

Except for these people who have a lot of contacts on weekdays, Mikael, a big man, was busy and came to visit.

Although the second prince didn't say it, he obviously felt that it was his responsibility for Ian to be injured - after all, King Tianhong was his opponent, but the other party came to a surprise attack after he stopped, and it was extremely unethical and moral, and it was still difficult to prevent.

This is also the naivety of Mikael, who thinks that the Avak incident is a private skirmish between various countries, and that the Flying Flame Lands, after losing the Dead River Armament, are determined to do it as a pre-war propaganda mission to boost morale.

The determination of the two sides is not at the same level, but fortunately, Mikael also reacted immediately, and went toe-to-toe with Flying Flameland, and even hit a rake...... Well, it can't be said that the wicked sue first, because both sides are black, so it can only be said that the first strike is stronger.

Fortunately, there were basically no dead people this time, and the purpose of King Tianhong was to destroy the Avak Laboratory, so that neither the Empire nor the Grand Duke of Thorin could get the research results, but not to annihilate the living forces here.

Of course, the latter is basically equivalent to fighting a full-scale war with the empire now, and King Tianhong is not so stupid.

In addition to this, there are a few people who know Ian. But these people either didn't know that Ian was a patrol knight and was involved in Operation Awak, or they weren't so close and didn't know that Ian was injured now, so they didn't come.

After all, in today's imperial capital, there are too many big news.

Ian picked up a stack of newspapers from next to his pillow.

In just half a week, the Empire and the Flying Flame Land each poured all kinds of threats, smears and rumors at each other at the frequency of all-channel propaganda four times a day, and they had fun every day, and they could explode every day.

Something like: 'Even if the entire Grand Duke of Thorin dies, we won't take half a step back!' 'And 'Even if the Nemasas/Abasarom alliance collapses, we will keep fighting!' Almost every day, several remarks come to the people's delight of the people of Terra.

Obviously, the public opinion war between the two sides is not really aimed at persuading the other side, but at guiding the mood of the people and strengthening their cognition.

The border theater is tense, and every day there are air and space armor rubbing and colliding with each other in their respective airspace, although there has not yet been fire, but the hand-to-hand combat at the border has appeared more than a dozen times, and both sides have suffered casualties, and even brought out many martial arts heroes.

Of course, all this is on the surface.

Through Master Gosai's channels, Ian was keenly aware that the price of food in Southridge was rising rapidly - although the biological warfare in the Flameland had been contained, food had not grown so quickly after being affected.

And the situation in the west is definitely worse, but as the main war zone, with the material support of the entire Central Great Plains, at least there is no fear of starving to death.

In the same way, the situation is basically the same on the other side of the Flamelands.

Don't look at the Flying Flame Land seems to be some peerless villain, the ultimate villain, in fact, for them, the empire that is also engaged in biological warfare and espionage warfare is the ultimate villain of the worst human evil, and they are not lightly harmed.

The entire southwest of the Terra Continent is nervous, the sluggish trade route that Viscount Grant was worried about back then has now appeared, and his speculation back then was not wrong, but he was a frontier nobleman after all, and he couldn't grasp the most core information, so naturally he couldn't get the right answer and time.

However, for the people of the imperial capital, even if the war is imminent, it does not prevent them from still singing and dancing.

"Awake?"

With the sound of slow footsteps, Master Gosai came to the basement room with a cup of tea: "What's the next plan?" I guess there must be several sets of plans in place, right? ”

He sat on the edge of the bed and handed Ian a cup of tea, and Ian tasted it and found that it was a bitter barley tea, which would have a unique fragrance after drinking, which was refreshing and tasted quite good.

"Well, I'm still waiting to see how the situation develops, and then we will decide to go back to Nanling."

After putting down the newspaper and drinking tea, Ian answered the old man's question: "The current Ryan Territory is theoretically divided between me and the other mountain people, but I plan to use my relationship in the Worship Dragon Sect to actually control all the land in the hands of the mountain people knights and become the actual lord of the Ryan region." ”

"Then, I will try to open up into the interior of the Baisen Mountains, continue to unite the tribes of the mountain people and the original Warcraft Wasteland, develop new lands, and strive to expand the actual control area several times while the two sides of the empire and the Flying Flame Land are facing off."

"The only demographic issue to worry about, because of what Grand Duke Thorin has done, it should be enough to absorb more refugees from the West."

For Master Gosai, Ian has nothing to hide, the other party knows the identity of Hilliard's successor, and he also knows his true strength, and the silver chip must also know it in his heart.

This enthusiastic young man who lived through the golden age of Inaga II in the past is now dying.

Master Gosai didn't know if Inaga II was right or wrong, but he knew that the current empire was not what he wanted, and the echo experiment of the Defenders made him even more worried and disgusted.

So, he chose to trust Ian.

Believe in the hope of the future.

And Ian won't fail that trust.

"I see, no wonder you have to have the strength of the second energy level on the bright side when you take risks...... Do you intend to become the new Baron of Ryan, or even a viscount, through actual occupation and operation through relations in the future? ”

In this regard, Master Gosai snorted coldly, and said with a straight face: "Isn't it too early to start making this kind of plan now?" You are alone, even if you go to the Lai'an Collar and subdue those mountain people with the relationship between the second energy level strength and the Dragon Worship Sect, where does the specific manpower come from? ”

"The people can absorb the refugees, but what about the management?"

"I know that Qingchao is already working under you, and some of the funds for your lab will be moved back to Port Harrison, and I just pretended not to see it...... There's a good chance he'll be the captain of your escort, but he's only the captain. ”

"Even if you count the clansmen of your White People, outsiders will definitely have some secret resistance when they manage the original Ryan Territory."

"But if you choose locals, how do you guarantee their loyalty and competence? Not to mention that after attracting the displaced people, the displaced people in the western realm will definitely form a force themselves. ”

This is a very real problem, and Master Gosai obviously expected Ian to return to Southridge to secretly develop this matter, so he had already thought about the relevant issues for Ian.

- I have foresight and a silver chip.

Ian wanted to answer, but he knew it was cheating—whose leader was the prophet?

Oh wait...... It seems that without a prophet one does not deserve to be called a great power......

It seems that in this place of Terra, it is impossible to get good grades without cheating.

It's too much.

But Ian actually has a plan that doesn't use his own psionic powers.

"I'm going to drive an armor directly, and then beat all those knights, keep the obedient, and kill the disobedient."

Ian spoke lightly and bloody, causing Master Gosai to look ghostly: "That place in Nanling is not so polite. I know you better than you, master, as long as I prove that I have strength, beat them, and then give them a little sweetness, tell them that they can be promoted if they listen to me, and they will respect my authority as if they were emperors. ”

"They need a tyrant who is ruthless enough to lead them to live in the wild South Ridge - I don't kill people, they won't obey, and they won't trust my abilities."

"I also know that my appearance may make some people think that I am a good talker...... So I'm going to use the resources from the Imperial Capital to try to make a personal armor of mine, and use it to replace myself as a symbol. It can be regarded as training for the future Aether armament. ”

"Let's not talk about why you're so murderous...... Do you know what you're talking about? You want...... A man-made armor? ”

Master Gosai's expression was almost as if someone had said that he was going to refine an elite potion without any alchemy equipment empty-handed—this was simply taken for granted, what did Ian think the industrial system of the empire was, and what did he think the armor was? It was the essence of the Empire's top industrial technology, a creation that integrated most of the alchemy inscription techniques!

Unlike the Aether Armament, the Aether Armament is mostly a special sublimation creation for the Ascendant lineage, which is not necessarily developed for combat in nature, but is a scientific research reference created to explore the way forward.

Armor is a violent weapon with extremely high performance and a state-of-the-art weapon for mass production.

Its existence symbolizes a country's national strength itself.

The difficulty of making armor alone is equivalent to declaring that oneself alone is equal to the entire industrial production chain of the empire, which is equivalent to the collection of technologies of dozens of high-end related alchemy workshops!

Ian, of course, knew that the difficulty was roughly equivalent to pulling out a computer with bare hands.

— just within his reach.

"I'm not trying to build a high-end creation like the sixth-generation aerospace armor, its technical difficulty is comparable to that of ordinary etheric weapons."

Ian waved his hand, and he earnestly explained his idea to Master Gosai, "I just need to create an armor skeleton that can fit my abilities...... For example, I can use my goblin abilities to create power armor for Ice Blades and Arctic Storms. ”

"After all, no matter how weak an armor is, it must be able to carry more alchemy potions and raw materials than me and a waist bag, right?"

"In that case, I can use it to exert a destructive power far beyond my strength, which is completely enough in the countryside of Nanling."

"That's right." Master Gosai frowned and thought for a moment, realizing that Ian's idea was actually quite plausible.

Ian didn't set out to create equipment comparable to the armor in service, but rather to create an external potion rack that would maximize his status as an alchemist...... In this way, the idea is opened up, and it is only necessary to focus on the power furnace and maneuverability, and the actual combat effectiveness is even very strong.

But that's also the problem.

Does Ian have the technical reserves to do this?

- I can use the ether crystals to supply energy perfectly, and I still need to make a power pack?

Although Ian wants to say this, he actually has the relevant technical reserves.

Just in the silver chip, Ian has several different armor power furnace designs, and even the engine of a pumice flying machine.

Thanks to his fine tradition of tireless prostitution techniques, he now has a very rich reserve, with the laboratory help provided by Isengard, and the accuracy bonus brought by the Extreme Domain, it is not difficult for him to rub it out by hand.

In fact, he has prepared almost all the materials in the laboratory

"Doesn't seem like I'm worried."

Master Gosai could see from Ian's expression that this technical problem was not difficult for him, so he just shook his head slightly: "Since you have all the considerations and the decision to kill people, then I won't say anything." ”

"However, being a good lord is not the same as a good alchemist, and a good technician is not the same as an ascendant, and I hope you can be mentally prepared for it."

(End of chapter)