However, Zuo Si obtained a technology from Erinikas that can make clones mature more quickly. Although the consumption of magical energy and materials will double, the advantage is that it can save precious time.
In addition, he had asked the Mind Flayer to make a series of preparations several days in advance, so just two days after exiting the virtual space of the replica of Waterdeep, the first batch of thirty professionals were connected to the bodies specially prepared for them.
Since the growth of clones requires complete immersion in a special alchemical solution, the first thing these people did after crawling out of the jar was to lie on the ground and vomit violently, spraying out all the liquid in their lungs, nasal cavity, mouth, esophagus and stomach, accompanied by violent coughing.
After the uncomfortable physiological reaction ended, they were surprised to find that they had left the virtual world and reappeared in the real world.
Most importantly, everyone is very young.
It is not difficult to tell from the appearance reflected on the surface of the glass jar that the physical age is no more than twenty years old, and all basic attributes are excellent.
Whether in terms of strength, nerve reaction, physique, or brain thinking speed, they are far beyond the top level of humans on Earth.
The only problem is that the ears seem to be a little pointed, and the skin color is slightly darker, and you can vaguely see a structure that looks like thin scales under the skin.
In addition, vision becomes extremely sensitive, and one can see clearly even in very dim light around.
One of the system architects accidentally fell and his arm was cut deeply by a piece of broken glass that fell to the ground. However, the cut healed on its own in just a few seconds.
All of this proves that these bodies created using magical cloning technology are not as simple as they appear.
"It's incredible! Human cloning, genetic modification, remote transmission of souls and consciousness... these things that cannot be done with technology in the real world are actually easily accomplished by a magical world with productivity at the level of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance."
Dr. White muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
As a genius in biology, viruses, bacteria and genetic engineering, he knew better than anyone how difficult it was 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, this is different from what most people believe, that half of their genes come from their father and half from their mother.
In a real human body, less than half of the cells belong to oneself, accounting for about 43 percent.
The remaining 57 percent is made up of non-human cells, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and a series of other microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye.
In particular, intestinal flora can even control a person's brain and eating habits to some extent.
fortunately!
Just when everyone was at a loss, a mind flayer appeared at the entrance of the clone culture chamber.
The alien-like appearance and octopus-like tentacles instantly scared these "muggles" back away.
Although they have read a lot of books about the magical world in the past few days, they also know about monsters like the Mind Flayer that feed on the brains of intelligent creatures.
But seeing it in a book is one thing, and actually encountering it is another.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here to take you to take a shower, change clothes, and eat."
The mind flayer used telepathy to reveal his purpose to the first experimental group of participants in the Fourth Scourge Project.
moment!
Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Dr. White hurriedly asked, "Where's Soth? Isn't he here?"
The Mind Flayer answered without hesitation: "The master is busy with something more important right now. He will make time to meet you later."
"Something more important?" Dr. White showed a curious expression on his face.
But unfortunately, the Mind Flayer obviously didn't intend to reveal too much. He just said "follow me" and walked straight outside.
A group of thirty people followed behind through the corridor and soon arrived at a huge public bath.
Since they were already feeling quite uncomfortable due to the sticky alchemical solution on their bodies, they did not have time to think too much and rushed to the shower head to rinse with water and apply soap and shampoo.
After cleaning up their personal hygiene, everyone quickly went to a place like a public canteen or restaurant to eat.
Although the food looked simple and the cooking method was crude, and could not be compared with the food in the replica of the virtual fantasy of Waterdeep, everyone enjoyed the meal very much.
Because they know that this is not a virtual world, but a real world.
I am finally no longer a soul left behind after death, but a living person with a body and various physiological needs.
In particular, various desires have begun to respond slightly under the stimulation of hormones.
Yes!
Live!
This is why thirty elites from various industries willingly signed the contract to sell their souls.
You should know that the biggest reason why the soul after death quickly forgets the memories of life is that after death and losing the body, the consciousness can no longer feel the pleasure, tension, excitement, anger and other emotions brought by hormones. After a long time, it will inevitably become numb, and eventually gradually lose the self and die completely in a spiritual sense.
Only by obtaining a new body and allowing their soul and consciousness to feel the stimulation brought by hormones again, can they truly feel that they are still alive and still have the joys, sorrows, anger, and desires of being "human beings".
While the experts and scholars were having dinner, Zuo Si had successfully used the power of the [Core of Misera] to open a permanent portal connecting to Faerun at the bottom of the central tower of the floating city.
This portal is so large that it is over thirty meters high and an astonishing forty meters wide.
Of course, if it is just a portal, it is obviously not enough for the magic net from the other side to cover the entire floating city.
So Zuo Si used the silver fire bestowed upon the chosen people by the goddess of magic without hesitation.
He opened his arms and continuously absorbed energy, weaving the silver fire into an enormous light curtain, and continuously expanded it outward until it completely enveloped the floating city from top to bottom and from left to right.
Seeing this scene, Tailantyr, who had been staying in the floating city, couldn't help but open his mouth slightly and asked in an unbelievable tone: "You...you have woven a large magic web within the floating city?"
"No, it's not weaving. I simply extend the magic web from the portal to this world. If the portal is closed one day, this part of the magic web will disappear as well." Zuo Si retracted the silver fire and explained meaningfully.
Just when Tailantyr wanted to say something, he suddenly saw a beautiful female figure with long black hair walking out of the magic net that had just formed.
Magic goddess midnight!
The great wizard who transformed into a lich recognized the visitor almost instantly, and hurriedly bent down and bowed deeply to express his respect.
Not only him, but several other liches who stayed here also had the same reaction.
After all, no arcane spellcaster dares to offend the goddess of magic easily. Otherwise, once they are forced to "disconnect from the Internet", it would be more painful than death.
In addition, since the Goddess of Magic herself is the embodiment of the magic web, she will be the first to notice special situations like this where the magic web directly extends to another material plane.
However, Midnight obviously didn't care about Tylantyr. Instead, he observed the floating city of Plantia with interest, and then asked in a slightly surprised tone: "Is this the world you passed by last time?"
Zuo Si nodded slightly. "That's right. Although it is very different from the floating city in the Netheril era, the magic civilization here has indeed developed to a very high level. It's a pity that some unexpected situations happened later, resulting in the death of most of the main mages of the civilization."
"Is it a magical plague?"
Midnight continued to ask in an uncertain tone.
Although she had long heard the stories about the "Son of Plague" preached by the Church of Talona, she had no idea how much of it was true and how much was exaggerated.
"Well, the bacteria and viruses from another world in my body mutated and killed more than 99 percent of the population in just a few months. At the beginning, 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 carry a plague in your body that is enough to destroy a world, so Talona is desperate to get you and make you her chosen one no matter what."
A thoughtful look appeared on Midnight's face.
As she spent more and more time as the Goddess of Magic, she had begun to feel the influence of her priesthood on her own thinking, personality, and behavior, and she immediately understood the thoughts of the Goddess of Poison and Disease.
To be exact, when Zuo Si passed through the portal, there was no other mortal in all of Faerûn who was so suitable to be the Chosen One of Talona.
Zuo Si spread his hands helplessly: "There is no way, I was simply forced to do this, I didn't even have the chance to choose, I could only passively accept everything.
However, the power of the Chosen One bestowed by Talona did help me get 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 repair the unstable Mysera Core over there?"
"Mysera's Core? Where did you get this thing?"
Only then did Midnight notice one of the greatest magical creations of the Netheril era placed on the other side of the portal.
"I stole it from the fallen Arcane Brotherhood. According to Akelom Grace, he found it in the ruins of a fallen floating city. It may be the best-preserved Mysera Core besides the Shade City that escaped to the Shadow Plane. What's more interesting is that my enemies wanted to use this thing to threaten to perish with me."
When saying this, there was clearly a hint of sarcasm in Zuo Si's tone.
Midnight couldn't help but laugh and joked, "Using pure magic network energy to blow up a planeswalker? They really made an unforgivable mistake."
"Yeah! I almost couldn't help laughing out loud at that time." Zuo Si sighed slightly.
Without saying a word, the Magic Goddess walked straight to the side of the Miserable Core and gently touched it with her finger.
moment!
The few very slight cracks inside the magic device disappeared, and were replaced by a more powerful and stable energy output.
After all this was done, Midnight asked with interest: "Are you planning to move this floating city to Faerun?"
Zuo Si shook his head slightly. "No, I don't have such plans for the time being. I just want to extend the magic network over here so that I can conduct more magic experiments and research. Of course, it is not ruled out that if we encounter some troublesome enemies, we will drag the entire floating city over to join the battle. Oh, by the way, I have some questions about time magic that I would like to ask you."
"Time magic?" Midnight frowned subconsciously.
“Please don’t worry. I will not use this magic easily in Faerun. I will use it in other worlds instead.
I believe you already know that I invented a spell called [Reverse Thousand Years] from the time reversal spell, which can make time act on a certain person or object.
If I now want to make this effect from temporary to permanent, is it possible to do so?"
Zuo Si asked very humbly.
Of all the people or gods he knew so far, no one could understand time better than the Goddess of Magic.
If I can't get help here, I'm afraid I'll have to take the risk of going to Dominaria to find the famous ancient mage who masters time magic - Tai Fili.
Midnight lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then quickly responded, "What you envisioned is indeed possible, but it requires legendary magic beyond the Nine Rings. I have constructed a basic spell model, and you can conduct in-depth research based on this idea."
After saying that, the magic goddess raised her finger and tapped Zuo Si's forehead lightly.
A large amount of obscure and difficult to understand knowledge frantically floods into the memory area of the brain.
A few minutes later, Zuo Si's dilated pupils began to refocus, and he touched his chin and sighed, "Reversing time for an individual by splitting the entire timeline? This is really a good idea."
“What I give you is just an idea and a concept. How to develop it depends on you.
Remember, legendary spells transcend the limitations of the magic network and come into direct contact with the manic raw magical energy, so their possibilities are endless.
But at the same time, using legendary magic requires taking huge risks.
The more powerful the legendary magic is, the higher the overall quality of the caster will be. "
Midnight warned in a serious tone.
Because there is no upper 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 is powerful enough to destroy a world or even kill a god.
Perhaps if it were any other legendary wizard, Magic Goddess Midnight wouldn't be so worried.
After all, due to the limitations of vision and knowledge, most of the legendary wizards in Faerun cannot reach such a height.
But Zuo Si is different! He is a planeswalker who can freely travel through different time and space, and unscrupulously collect and learn all kinds of knowledge and magic.
As time goes by, his knowledge of magic and arcane will inevitably accumulate more and more, eventually achieving a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Apart from anything else, the fact that his arcane spellcasting level had just crossed the legendary threshold and he had obtained six legendary spell slots was enough to explain a lot of things.
Zuo Si knew what the Magic Goddess was worried about, so he immediately smiled and promised, "Don't worry. I will be extra cautious in researching and using legendary magic to ensure that no unexpected situations occur."
"Then I'm relieved. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. You know, Xirik has suddenly become quiet recently, and I don't know what conspiracy he's up to. I have to make some more arrangements."
After saying that, Midnight instantly turned into a ray of light and disappeared on the spot.
It was obvious that she had no intention of spreading faith in this world.
Because the Goddess of Magic is the embodiment of the Faerun Magic Network, she is very different from other gods. She doesn't even need to frantically develop believers to increase her influence like other gods do.
Just the opposite!
As long as Faerun's arcane and divine arts are released through the magic network, the powerful position of the Goddess of Magic will be 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 network from Faerun to the world where the floating city is located.
If it were any other god, once they came, they would certainly do their best to recruit believers, and it would be best if they could completely monopolize the faith here.
After confirming that the magic goddess Midnight had completely gone away, Tailantyr asked cautiously: "From now on, can the magic network casting system be restored within the floating city?"
Zuo Si nodded slightly: "Yes. Currently, there are two magic systems coexisting. You can give full play to your imagination and creativity to conduct various research. In addition, how are the two guys I sent over last time?"
“We have cracked the secret of the [Ghoul Shepherd] profession, which can infinitely control undead creatures.
The woman named Kishā has been transformed into undead form, specifically to awaken the corpses in the graves.
Although the combat effectiveness of low-level undead is not very good, they can be used as laborers.
Especially in underground mines, a collapse often results in the loss of dozens or even hundreds of people.
So for us, no amount is too much.
In comparison, the situation of the necromancer wizard Ludewei is much more complicated.
This crazy guy has been working hard to learn necromancy magic since his arrival.
There are many horrific works being produced right now.
It’s a little hard to explain in words, just come with me and see it for yourself and you’ll understand.”
After saying that, Tailantyr ordered six construct golems to guard the portal, while he led the way towards the stairs leading to the upper level.
The two walked one after the other in the maze-like underground passage for five or six minutes before they came to a relatively empty room.
As soon as he walked into the door, Zuo Si immediately saw a huge creature that was sewn together with parts of the corpses of various magical creatures, and a bald old man who was constantly casting spells on this huge creature.
You don't need to ask to know that the bald old man with completely white hair is the "Necromancer Ludevic", who is well-known in the industry of Innistrad.
The huge monster on the ground, which was sewn together with the corpses of magical creatures, was his latest "work".
However, unlike before when he relied on electricity to drive these undead creatures, now that he has become a necromancer, he has adopted a dual power system that uses both negative energy and electricity.
Ludewei was so engrossed in his work that no one broke into his laboratory. He was still making the final touches on his work.
Zuo Si and Tailantier both saw that this undead creature was about to be awakened, so they did not disturb it and just stood aside and watched.
I don’t know how long it took…
Maybe it's a few minutes, maybe it's more than ten minutes or even half an hour...
When Ludewei finished the inspection, he rushed to the corner of the laboratory and pulled the power switch hard.
moment!
The blinding white electric light flowed along the cables directly into the body of the spliced undead creature.
The two protrusions on its chest and abdomen immediately began to glow, and became brighter and brighter.
At the same time, the huge undead creature that was originally lying on the ground slowly stood up.
At this moment, Zuo Si finally saw the true appearance of this thing, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Nothing else!
The appearance is really too scary, too weird, and too chaotic, making people feel numb.
Because in this one "work" alone, Ludevic used the corpses of two white dragons, one black dragon, one blue dragon, as well as but not limited to three trolls, two giants, and an experimentally transformed werewolf.
To be precise, the experimental subject is a mutant of the werewolf clan in the Innistrad plane - the dire wolf.
These guys are at least two meters tall and extremely strong when they are not transformed. After transforming, they are as tall as two floors and can easily tear an elephant into pieces alive.
Zuo Si originally planned to extract the beast curse contained in the blood of the terrifying wolf to upgrade his little werewolves.
But who would have thought that this experimental subject suddenly went crazy for some reason and was killed mercilessly by the guarding golem.
Right now, all of these bodies have been dismembered and re-stitched into a chimera, also known as a "chimera."
Most importantly, Zuo Si clearly saw flashes of lightning on the undead creatures from time to time.
"Hahahaha! I succeeded! I finally succeeded! Ever since I learned necromancy magic, I have successfully surpassed my past self."
Ludewi raised his hands and laughed wildly.
Just when he was about to give orders to the huge undead creature in front of him and tried to test its intelligence level, he suddenly discovered two people standing at the door.
Without any hesitation!
The necromancy wizard immediately rushed forward, not concealing his joy, and grabbed Zuo Si's right hand, saying in an excited tone: "Dear Soth! Thank you very much for bringing me here from Innistrad! Otherwise, I might never be able to see and learn the knowledge of necromancy, and obtain the corpses of creatures such as dragons, trolls, and giants as experimental materials in my life."
"You're welcome. We just need each other to get what we need. I will provide you with a good working environment, relevant expertise, and financial support, and you will use these materials and corpses to build a powerful undead army for me."
Zuo Si calmly withdrew his right hand and instantly cast a cleansing spell.
He saw it clearly just now. The other party's hand must have touched the huge undead creature more than once. He could even smell a faint stench of corpse when he got close.
Although he had done a lot of dissecting corpses and suturing before, he would always wash his hands thoroughly afterwards.
However, Ludewei did not notice this. Instead, he continued with a grateful tone, "Please rest assured about this. I promise that in three months at most, you will have an extremely powerful undead army and an assembly line for automatic production and processing of corpse snap creatures."
"An assembly line that automatically produces and transforms undead creatures?"
When Tailantier heard this, he was stunned.
You have to know that before, when Zuo Si created a construction production line using a series of Qualixu devices with different functions, he already felt that his three views were collapsing.
Now this will have an assembly line that can create undead creatures...
Punishment!
It's really too cruel!
If Lathander, the Lord of the Dawn who hates undead creatures extremely, were to learn of this news, he would probably summon his followers to launch an inter-dimensional expedition in a moment to completely purify the undead creatures here and Ludevic.
"That's right! Please see, this is the blueprint I designed in advance. Once it is built and as long as there are enough raw materials, it can produce more than 10,000 low-level undead and 1,500 mid-level undead every day. If you have abundant iron resources here, you can also equip them with sufficient weapons and armor."
When talking about his professional field, Ludvi immediately became excited, pointing at the drawing hanging on the wall and talking endlessly about its terrifying production efficiency.
I'm afraid most people on Innistrad don't know that this infamous necromancer genius is actually a very pure person.
The reason why he chose to open a corpse-smacking factory to make money was entirely to purchase more corpses of strange creatures in order to create more "greater" and more "artistic" works.
As for the ownership of the work, Ludewei actually doesn’t care at all, he just simply enjoys the process of constantly surpassing himself.
There was a time when the genius even toyed with the idea of transforming himself into a corpse-kabha creature.
But after coming into contact with necromancy, he quickly put this stupid idea behind him and began to develop a great interest in higher undead creatures such as vampires and liches.
If Ludewei was not unable to defeat any of the liches left behind in the floating city, he would have already started trying to capture a lich and bring it back to cut it into pieces in order to figure out its body structure and the secret of its immortality.
I have to say, this guy is really brave.
You know, liches are terrifying monsters in Faerun that can stop babies from crying!
But what about him? Not only was he not afraid, but he tried every possible means to lift the other person's head...
(End of this chapter)