Stray Chapter 178: We’re covering you from behind
Although it is not clear what the Whispering Lady's plan is, he can at least confirm one thing, and that is that the demon is not ready to use violence to bring himself to submission, perhaps because he needs to slowly corrupt himself , need to disintegrate their resistance from the most fundamental spiritual will?
Xia Ran is now confirming or testing this speculation. Naturally, she feels a little unscrupulous. It can only be said that the unreachable is always in turmoil, and the favored is always fearless.
Huh? Is there something wrong with this statement?
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"Naturally there are, you just need enough patience and a little practice."
After a very brief moment of silence, a deep female voice resounded in the air.
Accompanied by the whispers of the demon god, the surrounding scenes suddenly switched, the originally narrow room suddenly widened, and the area increased by an unknown number of times.
Xia Ran saw that the hardwood table in front of him disappeared without warning, replaced by an alchemy table, and the surrounding bookshelves were also replaced by storage racks, with a large number of materials placed on them .
He just glanced around and found out which materials included plant roots, stems, flowers and leaves, ore fragments and powders, animal bones and scales, and even human skulls... It looked very scary .
In this dazzling switch, the young magician was unable to react for a while.
"Although this is only a fantasy at the spiritual level, I can make its laws and rules completely equal to reality, whether it is the change of matter or the reaction of energy..."
The Whisper of the Demon God then sounded again——
"You can practice unlimited times here, you won't really consume rare and precious materials, all you need to pay is your mental strength... If you really master the formula, you can make it here , then the same can be done in reality.”
Is there still such an operation?
Xia Ran was startled, do you want to cheat like this?
"If you are going to make this potion, you should use the blood of the frost dragon as the core, right? Then there are five kinds of materials that need to be changed..." Ms. Whisper ignored what he was thinking, and spoke plainly. Guidance begins.
Xia Ran's heart froze, and she quickly focused her attention. Her body moved almost subconsciously. She quickly took the corresponding materials and used the instruments on the alchemy platform to process them.
grinding, distillation, separation...
On the alchemy base purified from the core material, follow strict steps to add subsequent auxiliary materials one after another...
These are the basic operations that he had learned when he brushed his proficiency before, so it's not a big problem. However, this is far from enough. After all, alchemy in the true sense is not a formal chemistry, but a skill that belongs to the mysterious field.
Because alchemy sees not only the chemical reaction that occurs after mixing two or more substances, but also the change in the nature of the original magic power contained in the magic material itself, and it is precisely because of the existence of the special factor of magic power, That led to the difficulty of grasping alchemy.
The chemical reaction itself must be taken into account, and the magical properties of the materials used in the current step must appear as expected before or immediately after the reaction, or at a certain stage during the reaction. changes...
This is already a very troublesome restriction-
There are many steps that need to be operated, time is not necessarily ample, some may even only take a blink of an eye, and the operation must be strictly grasped.
Sometimes it is necessary for the operator to use his own magic power or mental power to induce targeted activation. It is impossible to foolishly wait for the original magic power contained in the material to change naturally, it will definitely not keep up.
And the variables of the material itself are also very large. It is very likely that a certain material is only one gram more, or the growth year is a few more years or a few days less, the amount of original magic contained in it. There is a good chance that there will be significant differences.
——Mephala is probably also for complete simulation, not making all the materials the same, but different.
Therefore, there will also be time errors in the change response, from a few seconds to a few minutes, or even a few hours or even a longer time, which may be accelerated or slowed down.
And not only the difference in time, but also the size of the reaction is likely to be affected, so a series of follow-up reactions will come, so the following material processing and alchemy operations should also be relativity. You can't just keep throwing materials into the pot without looking at anything.
Not even stir-frying vegetables, let alone alchemy.
All in all, it's very complicated. Xia Ran's forehead was sweating unknowingly, and her mental power was also rapidly depleting. The reality of this environment is really equivalent to reality...
How complicated is this? It can be said that from the first step of making the alchemy base, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, because the alchemy base that he made would always have some deviations than expected, so that the materials he had processed in advance could not be used at all. .
It may be more or less and needs to be processed again. However, the time is limited. If the auxiliary materials are not added as soon as possible to mix and react, the characteristics of the alchemy base itself will quickly volatilize and lose in a short period of time, and other changes will occur.
Once he can't keep up with the speed, for example, if he carefully calculates how many grams of materials should be added or removed, and if he wastes too much time when carefully adding and subtracting, then it will be completely useless.
The same is true for the following steps. He almost desperately found that it seems impossible for him to get the results that fully meet the expectations in each step.
Because some stages only have extremely short reaction time, it is impossible for him to calculate the amount of deviation in an instant, and then instantly reprocess the previously prepared materials to make them just meet the standard, and seize the time to add them in .
In addition, the difference in the medicinal power of the medicinal materials itself needs to be considered. There are really too many factors and variables that need to be paid attention to and calculated, and the requirements are also very precise and complicated... One wrong step, wrong step, the error seems to be like It snowballs more and more.
What the hell?
Is this work really something people can do? Could it be that a master-level alchemist who can make gold-level potions has over 100 agility and intelligence, and can move in one hundredth of a second as a time unit, and the calculation speed can be compared to that of a computer?
Fail, fail, fail...
Time is passing quietly. If it weren't for the fact that these materials were all false, Xia Ran suspected that he had wasted hundreds of thousands of points. It was precisely because he had no worries, he dared to grit his teeth and continue to waste time and time again. Material.
Since Mephala said yes, then this method definitely works, maybe he just hasn't gotten the hang of it yet.
The only thing he needs to have is a good attitude. He can't be discouraged and give up the opportunity directly...
That's it—
Until the mental power almost bottomed out, Xia Ran had to end her practice, but she was not able to succeed once.
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The group of lost people seem to have reached an agreement, but it seems that because they don't have enough materials on hand, they are not in a hurry to settle things first.
If they didn't say anything, Xia Ran would be happy to pretend not to know. After all, he made a mistake in his estimation in advance, and some overestimated himself. What is a 90% probability of failure, which is a 100% probability of failure.
——Even if the risk is someone else's, he is more hopeful to be successful, and he can share more.
In this way, he followed Mephala in the spiritual space to study the wisdom of magic diligently at night, and spent half of the time to continue to work **** alchemy proficiency; when he was on the road during the day, he fixed himself on a bantam , followed the team forward, and took the opportunity to meditate to restore the spirit.
Because he's not part of the team, it's normal to be reticent, and a group of melee combatants don't have much to discuss with him.
In addition, he wears a mask, so others can't see his face or know his mental state. Naturally, it's not clear that this powerful and mysterious legal senior is actually a dog behind his back.
However, the hard work always pays off. In addition to the skyrocketing proficiency in alchemy skills, in the field of magic, he was also pushed by the devil to walk a long way, and began to exceed specifications. Master the magic of Illusion, Summoning and Destruction.
However, the point is not how many related low-level spell skills he is sure to complete, and how many advanced skills he has comprehended, but that he pulled away from the original angle and began to try to look at the field of magic with an extraordinary vision.
It is not a simple cramming to accept knowledge, he will work hard to dig out the thoughts from various angles, and have his own thinking in his heart.
Because they brought a group of robbers, the next march was slower. It took everyone three days to arrive at the abandoned mine that had recently restarted, but it was not a problem, Xueman. The time given by the city is quite sufficient.
——Actually, given the specific time, it can be seen that Xueman City is in a hurry, and I don’t know where the construction needs so much copper. It is said that the three nearby Xueman City The copper mines have been operating day and night.
But it doesn't seem to be enough. Even such a remote and dangerous mine is still not spared... Obviously there are not enough manpower, but I don't know where it was used, and there is no place for the construction in the city. It requires a lot of labor and input of copper resources.
This is a steep high mountain, with rugged rocks, almost no grass, and the peak is so high that it seems normal if there is a dragon resurrected on it.
Leaving some of the guards behind to guard the group of robbers with the staff stationed here in the mine, the rest followed the lost people into the mine, and even the leader of the robbers was taken along.
——After all, he is a small boss with both physical strength exceeding 50 points. Even if his skills can't keep up, it would be a pity not to use his combat power.
Originally, the robber leader wanted to die rather than give in, but since he confessed once before, it would be easier to cooperate the second time, probably because of the mentality of breaking the pot.
The most important thing is Xia Ran's threat. He has learned the advanced summoning magic of the "Resurrection Zombie" spell - "Enslaving the Dead".
Anyway, all I want is the fighting power of the robber leader. As for whether to live or die, although this influence is still there, it is not too big...
So the leader of the robbers, who was uncooperative when he was beaten to death, was invited out of his cell by a mysterious and powerful magician with good wine and good food. He explained his plans slowly and showed some magic on the spot. After the power of evil.
He couldn't say a word of refusal, but silently picked up his job and said "really fragrant" with a sincere expression.
The interior of the mine is dimly lit, and many places are supported by wooden frames, but there are also many collapsed forks. In the main workplace or rest place, there are windproof lights or torches.
There are also people working, but they look like thieves. They don't dare to make too much noise, and they have to carefully **** their ears to listen after a few digs.
Because the undead in the deep ancient Nord tombs have been awakened, and some have even entered the intricate mines, wandering aimlessly in it, it is very likely that they will be attracted by silence.
The group summed it up and felt that the best way to clean up the ghouls wandering in the mine was to enter the deep tomb passage as quickly as possible.
Because it's too dangerous to fight in a narrow mine, and the space is so small, Xia Ran was afraid that if he went out with a fireball technique, everyone would die in the mine accident... And Nord crypts are often built very solidly , there is quite a spacious space to display.
"It's your weapon...it's time for you to go ahead and build your career."
Xia Ran handed the hatchet to the bandit leader and patted the other party's shoulder earnestly.
"What if I encounter a ghoul?" asked the robber leader suspiciously.
"Don't be afraid, you can just go up and hack with the guys, they are not dangerous..." Xia Ran said solemnly.
No danger? The leader of the robbers suddenly felt relieved, holding the axe, he held his head high and walked at the front, but soon, he realized that something was wrong, and when he looked back, he saw that group of people and the guards of the brigade were far behind him. looking.
——At least 20 to 30 meters away.
"You...what are you doing..." The robber leader held back for a long time before asking such a sentence.
"We'll cover you from behind." Xia Ran said sternly.
"Shouldn't the cover come closer?"
"What are you afraid of? We have dozens of guys here to protect you. If something goes wrong, we will throw them all over!"
The robber leader's face suddenly turned green.