Chapter 341: Introducing the Demon Net
Normally, culturing a clone takes at least two to four months to mature.
However, Zoth has acquired a technology from Irenikas that allows the clone to mature more quickly, and although it consumes twice as much magical energy and materials, it saves valuable time.
In addition, he had made a series of preparations for the Mind Flayer several days in advance, so just two days after exiting the virtual space of the replica of Waterdeep City, the first batch of thirty professionals were connected to the body specially prepared for him.
Since the growth of the clones required complete immersion in a special alchemical solution, the first thing these people did when they came out of the jar was to lie on the ground and vomit, squirting out all the liquid in their lungs, nose, mouth, esophagus, and stomach, accompanied by a violent cough.
After the uncomfortable physiological response is over, they are surprised to find that they have left the virtual world and reappeared in the real world.
The most important thing is that everyone is very young.
From the appearance reflected on the surface of the glass jar, it is not difficult to see that the body age is no more than 20 years old, and all basic attributes are excellent.
Whether it is strength, nerve reactions, physique, and the speed of brain thinking, they far exceed the top level of human beings on earth.
The only problem is that the ears seem to be a little pointed, and the skin is slightly darker, and you can faintly see what appears to be a thin scale structure under the skin.
In addition, the vision has become extremely sensitive, even if the surrounding light is very dim.
One of the system architects had a deep cut in his arm from a piece of broken glass that had fallen to the ground, and it only took a few seconds for the system architect to heal on its own.
All of this proves that these bodies, created with magical cloning technology, are not as simple as they seem.
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"It's unbelievable! Human cloning, genetic modification, remote transmission of soul and consciousness...... These things that could not be done in the real world with technology were easily done by a magical world whose productivity was at the level of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ”
Dr. White muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
A genius in biology, viruses, bacteria, and genetic engineering, he knows better than anyone how difficult it can be to clone a living person.
Not to mention the need to splice and fuse the genes of different organisms together to form a complete and coordinated organism.
In fact, unlike many people who think that half of their genes come from their father and half from their mother.
Less than half of the cells in the real human body belong to themselves, accounting for about 43 percent.
The remaining 57 percent is made up of non-human cells, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and a range of other microbiomes that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
In particular, the intestinal flora can even control a person's brain and eating habits to some extent.
Fortunately!
Just when everyone was overwhelmed, a Mind Flayer appeared at the entrance to the clone cultivation chamber.
The alien-like appearance, as well as the octopus-like tentacles, instantly frightened these "Muggles" back again and again.
Although they had read a lot about the wizarding world in the past few days, they also knew about the Mind Flayer, a monster that feeds on the brains of intelligent beings.
But it's one thing to see it in a book, and it's another thing to actually encounter it.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here to take you to the shower, change your clothes, and eat."
Through telepathy, the Mind Flayer revealed his intentions to the first experimental participants of Project IV.
Moment!
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
Dr. Wright hurriedly asked, "What about South?" Isn't he there? ”
Without thinking, the Mind Flayer replied, "The master is busy with something more important right now, and he will find time to meet with you later." ”
"More important things?" Dr. White had a curious look on his face.
But unfortunately, the Mind Flayer obviously didn't intend to reveal too much, just said a word to follow, and walked straight outside.
A group of thirty people followed them through the corridor and soon arrived at a large public bath.
Since they had already been quite uncomfortable by the viscous alchemy solution on their bodies, they didn't have time to think about it, so they hurriedly rushed to the bottom of the sprinkler head to rinse with water, and applied soap and shampoo.
After cleaning up the personal hygiene, everyone soon went to a place like a public canteen, restaurant, etc.
Although the food looks simple and the cooking techniques are crude, it can't compare to the food in the virtual fantasy world of Waterdeep, but everyone has a lot of fun.
Because they know that this is not a virtual world, but a real world.
He is finally no longer a soul left over from death, but a living person with a body and various physiological needs.
In particular, various desires have begun to react slightly under the stimulation of hormones.
Yes!
Alive!
This is the reason why thirty elites from various industries were willing to sign that contract to sell their souls in the first place.
You must know that the biggest reason why the soul after death will quickly forget the memories before death is that after death and the loss of the body, the consciousness can no longer feel the pleasure, tension, excitement, anger and other emotions brought by hormones.
Only by acquiring a new body and allowing the soul and consciousness to feel the stimulation of hormones again can they truly feel the joys, sorrows, and desires of being alive and still "human".
While the experts and scholars were eating, Zuo Si had successfully used the power of the [Core of Mythera] to open a permanent portal connected to Faeron on the lowest level of the central tower of the Floating City.
The portal was so large that it was over thirty meters high and forty meters wide.
Of course, if it was just one portal, it would not be enough for the magic net from the other side to cover the entire floating city.
Therefore, Zuo Si did not hesitate to use the silver fire given by the goddess of magic to the elect.
I saw that he opened his arms and continuously absorbed energy, weaving the silver fire into a huge and incomparably large curtain of light, and kept expanding outwards until it completely enveloped the floating city from top to bottom, from left to right.
Seeing this scene, Tyrantyre, who had been staying in the Floating City, couldn't help but open his mouth slightly and asked in an unbelievable tone, "You...... You've woven a vast web of magic across the Floating City? ”
"No, not weaving, I'm just extending the web from the portal to this world. If one day the portal closes, then this part of the web will disappear with it. Zuo Si retracted the silver fire and explained meaningfully.
Just as Tyrantiel was about to say something, he suddenly saw a beautiful female figure with long black hair come out of the magic net that had just been formed.
Midnight with the goddess of magic!
The archmage who had been transformed into a lich recognized the comer almost instantly, and hurriedly bent down and bowed deeply to show his respect.
Not only him, but several other lichs who stayed here reacted in the same way.
After all, no arcane spellcaster would dare to offend the goddess of magic easily, otherwise being forcibly "disconnected" would be even more uncomfortable than dying.
In addition, since the goddess of magic itself is the embodiment of the magic web, she will only be aware of the special situation of this kind of magic net directly extending to another material plane.
However, Midnight obviously didn't care about Tyrantiel, but observed the Plantia Floating City with interest, and then asked in a slightly surprised tone, "This is the last world you passed through?" ”
Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right." Although it is very different from the floating city of Netheril's time, the magical civilization here has indeed developed to a considerable extent. It's a pity that some unexpected circumstances happened later, which caused the main mages of its civilization to basically die. ”
"A magical plague?"
Midnight continued to ask in a tone of uncertainty that was not very clear.
Although she had heard stories about the "children of the plague" preached by the Church of Talona, she did not know how much was true and how much was exaggerated.
"Well, it's the bacteria and viruses in my body that mutated from another world and killed more than 99 percent of the population in just a few months. At first, I didn't realize it was my problem, until everyone around me died, but I was still alive. Zuo Si explained expressionlessly.
"I see! You have a plague in you that can destroy a world, which is why Talona is desperate to get you, and to make you her chosen one no matter what. ”
Midnight had a thoughtful look on his face.
As she became the Goddess of Magic for longer and longer, she began to feel the influence of the priesthood on her thinking, personality, and way of acting, and immediately understood the thoughts of the Goddess of Poison and Disease.
To be exact, the moment Zuosi passed through the portal, the whole of Faren could not find a second mortal who was so suitable to be the Chosen One of Talona.
Zuo Si spread his hands helplessly: "No way, I was purely driven to the shelves, and I didn't even have a chance to choose, so I could only passively accept all this."
However, the electorate power that Talona gave me did help me through the initial period of weakness, so I will repay her in my own way.
Oh, by the way, if it's convenient, can you help me fix that unstable Mithera Core over there? ”
"The core of Mithera? Where did you get this thing? ”
It was only at midnight that he noticed one of the greatest magical creations of the Netherriel era that had been placed on the other side of the portal.
"Snatched from the fallen Arcane Brotherhood. According to Aklem Grace, he found it in the ruins of a floating city that had fallen. Perhaps it is the best-preserved core of Mythera other than the Netherworld City that escaped to the shadow plane. What's even more interesting is that my enemies wanted to use it to threaten to die with me. ”
When he said this, Zuo Si's tone obviously had a hint of ridicule.
Midnight couldn't help but laugh and quipped, "Use pure magic net energy to blow up a brigade mage?" They really made an unforgivable mistake. ”
"Yes! I almost couldn't hold back my laughter. Zuo Si sighed slightly.
Without saying a word, the Goddess of Magic walked straight to the Core of Mythera, stretched out her finger and touched it lightly.
Moment!
A few very slight cracks in the interior of the device vanished, replaced by a more powerful and stable energy output.
After doing all this, Midnight asked with interest, "Are you going to transfer this floating city to Faerun?" ”
Zuo Si shook his head slightly. "No, I don't have any plans yet, I just want to extend the magic web so that I can engage in more magical experiments and research. Of course, it is not excluded that when encountering some troublesome enemies, the entire floating city will be dragged over to participate in the battle. Oh, and by the way, I have some questions for you about time magic. ”
"Time magic?" Midnight subconsciously frowned.
"Don't worry, I won't use this magic in Faeron easily, but in other worlds.
As I'm sure you already know, I invented a spell called Reverse Millennium from the Time Reversal Spell that allows time to be applied to a person or object.
If I want to change this effect from temporary to permanent now, is it possible? ”
Zuo Si asked for advice very humbly.
Of all the people or gods he knew so far, none knew time better than the Goddess of Magic.
If you don't get help here, you'll have to venture to Dominaria in search of the famous Ancient Traveler Mage who mastered the magic of time, Ty Fili.
Midnight lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then quickly responded, "The scenario you envisioned is indeed possible, but it will take legendary magic beyond the Nine Rings to do so. I've built a basic spell model that you can dig into along these lines. ”
With that, the Goddess of Magic raised her finger and tapped it lightly on Zuo Si's forehead.
Next Second......
A large amount of jerky and difficult knowledge rushes into the memory area of the brain.
After a few minutes, Zuo Si's diffusion Tong Kong began to refocus, and then touched his chin and sighed: "Is it possible to achieve a time reversal for individuals by splitting the entire timeline?" That's a really good idea. ”
"What I give you is just an idea and a concept, and it is up to you how to develop it.
Remember, the legendary spell transcends the confines of the web and comes into direct contact with the manic primordial magical energy, so the possibilities are endless.
But again, using legendary magic comes with a huge risk.
The more powerful the legendary magic, the higher the overall quality of the caster itself. ”
Midnight warned in a solemn tone.
Because there's no limit to the power of legendary magic!
As long as a legendary spellcaster has a high enough knowledge of spells, it is entirely possible to directly create legendary magic that can destroy a world or even kill a god.
Maybe with another legendary mage, the goddess of magic wouldn't be too worried about Midnight.
After all, due to the limitations of vision and knowledge, it is impossible for most of the legendary mages in Faeron to reach such heights.
But Zuo Si is different!
He is a traveling mage, who can freely travel between different time and space, collecting and learning all kinds of knowledge and magic without restraint.
With the accumulation of time, his magical arcane knowledge will inevitably accumulate more and more, and finally achieve a leap from quantitative to qualitative change.
If nothing else, the fact that the arcane spell level has just crossed the legendary threshold and obtained six legendary spell slots already tells a lot of questions.
Of course, Zuo Si knew what the Goddess of Magic was worried about, and immediately smiled and promised, "Please rest assured. I'm always going to be extra cautious when it comes to researching and using legendary magic to make sure there are as few surprises as possible. ”
"Then I'm relieved. If there's nothing else to do, I'll go back first. You know, that guy has suddenly quieted down lately, and I don't know what kind of conspiracy he's up to, so I'll have to make more arrangements. ”
With that, midnight instantly turned into a ray of light and disappeared in place.
Clearly, she didn't mean to spread faith in the world.
Because the Goddess of Magic is the embodiment of the magic web of Faeron, she is very different from other gods, and there is no need to even develop followers like other gods to increase her influence.
Quite the opposite!
As long as Faeron's arcane and divine spells are still unleashed through the magic web, then the status of the goddess of magic's powerful divine power is unshakable, and there is no need to spend time and energy to develop believers.
This is also why Zuo Si dared to extend the magic net from Fei Lun to the world where the Floating City was located.
If it is replaced by other gods, once it comes, it will inevitably do its best to develop believers, and it is best to completely monopolize the faith here.
After confirming that the Goddess of Magic had completely walked away at midnight, Tyrantiel cautiously asked, "From now on, will it be possible to restore the magic net spellcasting system within the Floating City?" ”
Zuo Si nodded slightly: "Yes." There are two systems of magic that coexist, and you can use your imagination and creativity to conduct all kinds of research. Also, how happened to the two guys I sent over last time? ”
"We've cracked the mystery of the Ghoul Shepherd's class's infinite control over undead creatures.
The woman named Kisha has been transformed into an undead form, specifically used to awaken the corpses in the grave.
Although the low-level undead are not very combative, they can be used as laborers.
Especially in underground mines, dozens or even hundreds of them are often lost in a single collapse.
So no matter how much is too much for us.
In contrast, the situation of the necromantic wizard Lu Dewei is much more complicated.
Ever since his arrival, this crazy guy has been learning necromantic magic.
A lot of creepy works have been produced at the moment.
The language is a bit cumbersome to explain, but you can see it with me for yourself. ”
With that, Tyrantiel ordered the six Constructed Golems to guard near the portal, while he himself led the way up the stairs to the upper floor.
The two of them walked in the labyrinthine underground passage for five or six minutes before they came to a relatively empty room.
As soon as he walked in the door, Zuo Si immediately saw a behemoth stitched together with parts of the corpses of various magical creatures, and an old man who kept casting spells on this behemoth.
You don't need to ask to know that the old man with white hair is the "Necromantic Wizard Lu Dewei" who is famous in the industry on Innistrad.
And the behemoth on the ground stitched together with the corpses of magical creatures is his latest "work".
It's just that unlike before, who relied on electrical energy to drive these undead creatures, he has become a necromancer at this moment, and has adopted a dual power system that uses both negative energy and electrical energy.
He was so selfless in his work that no one broke into his lab at all, and he was still putting the finishing touches on his work.
Both Zuosi and Tyrante saw that the undead creature was about to be awakened, so they didn't disturb each other, just stood aside and watched.
I don't know how long it took......
Maybe it's a few minutes, maybe it's a dozen minutes or even half an hour......
When Lu Dewei finished the examination, he rushed to the corner of the laboratory and pulled down the power switch.
Moment!
Blinding white electric light poured down the cable into the body of the spliced undead.
I saw that the two protrusions placed on its chest and abdomen immediately began to glow, and became brighter and brighter.
At the same time, the huge undead creature that had been lying on the ground also slowly stood up.
At this moment, Zuo Sicai saw the true face of this thing clearly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.
Without him!
It's too scary and weird. It's so chaotic that you can't help but feel your scalp tingle.
Because for this "work" alone, Lu Dewei used the corpses of two white dragons, a black dragon, and a blue dragon, as well as including but not limited to three trolls, two giants, and a transformation werewolf with experimental properties.
To be precise, the subject is a dire wolf, a mutant of the Werewolf race on the Innistrad plane.
These creatures are at least two meters tall when they are not moving, and they are extremely strong, and even two stories tall when transformed, and can easily tear an elephant apart alive.
Zuo Si originally planned to extract the bestiality curse contained in the blood of the dire wolf and upgrade it for the little wolves under him.
But who would have thought that for some reason, this test subject suddenly went berserk, and was killed by the guard golem mercilessly.
Right now, all these bodies are dismembered and re-stitched together into a chimera, the so-called "chimera".
On top of that, Zuo Si clearly saw the electric light flickering from time to time on the body of the undead creature.
"Hahahaha! It worked! Finally it worked! Ever since learning necromancy, I've managed to surpass my old self. ”
Ludewei raised his hand and let out a wild laugh.
Just as he was about to give an order to the huge undead creature in front of him and try to test its intelligence level, he suddenly found two people standing in the doorway.
Without any hesitation!
The necromantic wizard immediately rushed to the front, unabashedly detaching his joy, grabbed Zuo Si's right hand, and said in an excited tone, "Dear Soth! Thank you so much for bringing you here from Innistrad! Otherwise, I might not be able to see and learn necromancy for the rest of my life, and obtain the corpses of creatures like dragons, trolls, and giants as experimental materials. ”
"You're welcome, we're just taking what we need. I provide you with a good working environment, expertise, and financial support, and you use these materials and corpses to build a powerful army of the undead for me. ”
Zuo Si quietly withdrew his right hand and cast a cleansing spell in an instant.
He could see it clearly just now, the other party's hand had definitely touched the huge undead creature more than once, and he could even smell the stench of corpses when he got close.
Although he had done a lot of autopsies and stitches before, he would definitely wash his hands clean again and again.
However, Lu Dewei did not notice this, but still said in a very grateful tone: "Please rest assured about this. I guarantee that in three months at most, you'll have an incredibly powerful army of undead, and an assembly line of corpse-embedded creatures that can be used to automate production and processing. ”
"An assembly line that automatically produces and transforms undead creatures?"
Tyrante was stunned on the spot when he heard this.
You must know that Zuo Si has built a production line for the structure through a series of Kualixu devices with different functions, which has already made him feel that his three views are collapsing.
Now this will have an assembly line that can create undead creatures......
Punishment!
It's so practicing!
If Loshanda, the Lord of Dawn, who hates the undead so much, learns of this news, he is afraid that he will gather his followers to launch an interdimensional expedition in a few minutes, and completely purify the undead creatures here together with Lu Dewei.
"That's right! See, this is the blueprint I designed in advance, and once it is built and the raw materials are sufficient, it can produce more than 10,000 low-level undead and 1,500 mid-level undead per day. If you have an abundance of iron, you can equip it with ample weapons and armor. ”
As soon as he mentioned his field of expertise, Lu Dewei immediately became bright, pointing to the drawing hanging on the wall and talking about its terrifying production efficiency.
I'm afraid most people in the Innistrad plane don't know at all that this notorious necromantic genius is actually a fairly pure person.
The reason why he himself chose to open a corpse embedded bio factory to make money was purely to buy the corpses of more strange creatures in order to create more "great" and "artistic" works.
As for the ownership of the works, Lu Dewei doesn't really care at all, but simply enjoys the process of constantly surpassing himself.
There was a time when the genius even had the idea of transforming himself into a corpse-embedded creature.
But after being exposed to necromancy, he quickly put this stupid idea behind him and became interested in higher undead creatures such as vampires and lichs.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't defeat any of the lichs left behind in the Floating City, Ludevi would have already begun to find a way to catch a lich and bring it back to the big pieces, figuring out its body structure and the mystery of immortality.
I have to say that this guy's courage is really not small.
You must know that the lich is a terrifying monster in Feren that can stop children from crying!
But what about him?
Instead of feeling scared, he tried in every possible way to lift the other party's Heavenly Spirit Cover......