Chapter 172: In-depth Analysis of the Creation Pod and Resurrection Technique (2-in-1, 7000 words)
"It's here!" Fang Yu pointed with Wilde's doting gaze at a boulder at the foot of the mountain that was at least ten meters high. The soil under the boulder quickly surged, forming a slope of more than ten meters, guiding the boulder that had lost its center of gravity to roll down.
After Fang Yu and Youzi jumped down from the mountain, they opened the arcane map and flew around the entire Omiz Peak to supplement the map information.
Finally, after six four-ring detection tests, an entrance information finally appeared on the map.
The entrance is located behind a large rock at the foot of the mountain.
After the boulder rolled away, a deep cave appeared on the mountain.
"Master, how did you know the entrance was at the foot of the mountain?" Yuzu asked curiously, with purple stars appearing on her body.
Fang Yu chuckled, "Adrian's cozy little house only covers two hundred square meters. Does it really need an absolute defense that can protect a five-kilometer radius and consume fifty thousand magic crystals a day?"
"This mountain is over four thousand meters high. He placed absolute defenses at the top, which perfectly covers the entire mountain. And of the hybrid creatures mentioned in the letter, quite a few can't fly. For example, the scorpion-tailed bear, a cross between a scorpion and a bear, weighs over eight hundred kilograms. Does he always transport them down the mountain and release them?"
"So, there must be an exit at the foot of the mountain that leads to his life laboratory."
Fang Yu and Youzi used the detection technique to detect again, and after confirming that there was no problem inside, they threw a lighting technique inside.
After all, it had been sealed for more than ten thousand years. Fang Yu took out a gas mask and put it on his head, then he and Youzi entered the mountain through the cave entrance.
The entrance to the cave is very large, and the inner corridor is about eight meters in diameter, which is enough for three large trucks to travel side by side.
After walking a few hundred meters, a slope suddenly appeared in front of Fang Yu. After walking down the slope for dozens of meters, he seemed to have entered a huge dark cave.
"There seems to be a lighting array here, Master." Yuzu flew over a magic array. "Yes, that's right. As long as we place the magic crystal, the lighting system will be able to resume working."
Fang Yu threw a 30-point diamond into the magic circle and injected a little magic power.
In an instant, the entire cave lit up.
Just like the Lorin Tower demiplane, there is no light source, but it is very bright, as if it were daytime.
"Holy crap! What a darn big deal! The mountain must have been hollowed out, right? What kind of creature is he trying to create?"
Fang Yu looked at the scene in the cave in amazement.
He had previously flown around Mount Omiz and knew that this stump-like mountain was about three thousand meters in diameter and about four thousand five hundred meters high.
But now, looking from a distance, the diameter of this cave is about two kilometers, and the height, according to the size of the cave top shown in perspective, roughly calculated using trigonometric functions and applying the perspective formula, is at least 3,000 meters high.
Around the cave, there are densely packed sealed glass culture chambers. Some of the chambers are empty, while the creatures inside some have turned into a pile of strange-looking skeletons.
In the center of the cave is a complex and huge magic circle. A platform more than ten meters high is closely integrated with the magic circle. Glass fragments are scattered around it. Judging from the fragments, the broken glass is at least fifty centimeters thick.
This platform... looks familiar.
Fang Yu slapped his forehead. Isn't this the base under those small culture chambers next to it? It's just more complicated after being enlarged at the same proportion.
So... these broken pieces of glass are the fragments of the original culture chamber on this huge magic circle?
How big is this incubator?
What is being cultivated inside?
Could this thing be the mother nest mentioned in Adrian's letter?
Fang Yu thought about it and cast a 4-ring identification spell on the base.
Name: ????????
Function:? ? ? ? ? ?
history:? ? ? ? ? ?
Fang Yu couldn't help but take a breath.
This was the first time he encountered something that even the Four Rings Identification Technique could not identify.
This shows that the level of this thing has far exceeded the 7th ring. It is at least a 9th ring Mathematical Olympiad facility, or even higher!
This definitely couldn't be something that Adrian, a level 13 intermediate mage, could do. It could only be the work of the legendary mage Lisia!
Yuzu had no idea what this thing was, as there was no corresponding record in its database.
Oh, and try those small incubators.
Fang Yu found a small intact culture chamber and performed a four-ring identification technique on it.
This time, the identification technique successfully displayed the identification information.
Name: Creation Chamber (Replica), a five-ring arcane facility.
Function: The lowest level creation chamber, which can replicate the body of an ordinary organism or any designated part of the body using only one cell. However, the replicated organism has no spirituality or instincts, cannot breathe or have a heartbeat on its own, and will lose all vitality within minutes after leaving the creation chamber.
Usage Restriction: Arcane Wizard 7th level or higher.
Damn!
Is this a clone?
No, it's not a clone. Cloned organisms are alive. Obviously, what is copied using this creation chamber is just a body. Even biological instincts such as breathing and heartbeat do not exist.
This thing is good for cultivating transplant organs, and the cultivated organs are autologous, so there will be no rejection reaction during transplantation.
However, it seems that it is of no use now, and I have no intention of developing in the direction of organ transplantation in the short term.
This thing is too sensitive, the inspection is very strict, and the market is not big, so there is no need to take the risk.
Fang Yu smacked his lips regretfully, then walked to a larger culture chamber and performed an identification technique.
Name: Creation Chamber (Hybrid), a seventh-ring arcane facility.
Function: Used to cultivate common hybrid organisms, fuse the life seeds of different organisms, and hybridize new life.
Usage Restriction: Arcane Wizard 11th level or higher.
I guess griffins are bred using this thing?
Are there different levels of this creation capsule?
In addition to these two types of creation capsules, there is also a larger creation capsule, but the fourth-ring identification technique is no longer effective for this type of creation capsule, which means that the item level of this creation capsule has exceeded the seventh ring.
It’s a pity that these things are of no use to me and I can’t use them in the short term.
Looking at the time, there was only half an hour left before the switching deadline. Fang Yu prepared to move the big rock back and continue to block the cave entrance.
What was that nest used for? And why was it broken apart? Could it be that the contents had escaped?
The Creation Chamber... What exactly is this Adrian trying to do? Is he really going to become a god?
etc!
Fang Yu stopped, his eyes flickering. "Yuzu, the identification information from that ordinary creation chamber just now said that a complete body can be replicated with just one cell, and this body doesn't have any physiological reactions. It should be no different from a corpse, right?"
Yuzu thought for a moment. "Based on the description, it should be like this. Arcane mages have studied death very thoroughly. After a human dies, their spirit dissipates into the astral realm. When any intelligent creature is born, it acquires spirit from the astral realm. This is why life can continue endlessly."
"A body that loses its spirituality loses all physiological responses. From this perspective, this body, created through creative growth, is truly no different from a corpse."
Fang Yu's breathing quickened. "To revive someone who has been dead for ten years and has no body, a 9th-level Great Resurrection Spell would be needed. But if I use this Creation Chamber to create a new body for her, wouldn't a 5th-level 'Resurrection of the Dead' be enough to revive her?"
Yuzu was stunned, and after thinking for a while, she said, "It probably won't work, because he died too long ago."
"'Resurrection of the Dead' can only revive those who have passed away within ten days. During these ten days, the spirit of the deceased has not yet been widely dispersed in the astral realm, so it is not difficult for the astral realm to reunite the spirit of the deceased."
"However, if the deceased has been dead for too long, their spirit has already spread widely, and the astral realm will require a greater price. The 5th ring of 'Resurrection of the Dead' cannot meet this requirement."
After a person dies, their spirit enters the astral realm, just like a drop of ink falling into the ocean. When it is first dropped, the ink does not spread too much, so it is not difficult for the astral realm to collect the spirit of the deceased.
But if this drop of ink was dropped into the ocean ten years ago, in ten years, this drop of ink would have almost been diluted into the entire ocean. At this time, it would cost too much for the star realm to collect these spiritualities.
Therefore, if the deceased has been dead for too long, the difficulty of the spell will increase, because the conditions required by the astral realm will become more and more demanding.
If a person dies for more than two hundred years, there is no way they can be resurrected. This is because the soul returns to the astral realm every moment, and the astral realm divides the soul into newly born intelligent creatures every moment.
The total amount of spiritual energy in the astral realm cycles approximately every 500 years. That is to say, if the deceased has been dead for more than two hundred years, it means that at least 40% of the spiritual energy that originally belonged to him has been redistributed by the astral realm to new intelligent creatures.
What's more, perhaps in the past two hundred years, a considerable number of these spirits have cycled two or three times and no longer bear the spiritual imprint of their original owners.
If a person loses more than 40% of his spiritual power, he will have no consciousness after resurrection and will be like a walking corpse. There is no meaning in resurrection.
Hearing what Youzi said, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Compared with the "Great Resurrection" that can only be performed at level 17, the "Resurrection of the Dead" that can be performed at level 9 is undoubtedly a closer target for Fang Yu.
Fang Yu is no longer the arcane novice he was more than two months ago. He has increasingly understood how difficult it is to improve the level of a mage.
Each level up requires more accumulation than the previous one, and the difficulty of cultivation will become greater and greater, and the speed will become slower and slower. Fang Yu has calculated that it will take at least one and a half months to reach level 4.
It takes longer to upgrade from level four to level five.
At this rate, it may take two to three years to reach level 9.
And it might take another three or four years to reach Adrian's level 13.
In the era of the Great Mystic Law, this speed of cultivation can be said to be unprecedented and unparalleled.
Patrick O'Shea, the previously mentioned Son of the Demonic Web, the fastest-leveling legendary wizard in history, and a level 41 legendary wizard, was already 42 years old when he was promoted to level 13.
Adrian was officially promoted to a 13th-level arcane mage at the age of 51.
By this time, they had all received over thirty years of arcane training.
As for level 17, which is called the legendary reserve, haha, it’s not a question of how much time it takes, but a question of whether you have the fate to do it.
Countless arcane mages are stuck at level 16, unable to take this step forward until they die of old age.
Even Patrick O'Shea was promoted to level 17 at the age of 88. It took him 46 years to go from level 13 to level 17!
It was more than all his previous practice time combined.
Fang Yu's biggest worry was that even if he reached level 17, where he could master the Great Resurrection Technique, decades would pass. By then, even if Fang Daqiang and his family could use arcane magic to prolong their lives, would Chen Wanyu suffer memory loss or other problems after her resurrection due to the loss of too much spiritual energy?
This is something no one can guarantee.
Therefore, when Youzi told him that even if he created Chen Wanyu's body through the creation chamber, he would not be able to resurrect her with a 5th-level spell, Fang Yu was so disappointed and frustrated.
"But..." Yuzu hesitated to speak.
"But what?" Fang Yu asked weakly.
Silver starlight flickered around Yuzu's body. "Master, what I'm talking about now is a study on resurrection during the Great Arcane Age. However, this study was terminated by the Supreme Mage before it even entered the experimental stage because it violated arcane ethics."
"If this research is on track, after using the Creation Chamber to create a deceased body, it is indeed possible to use the fifth ring of 'Resurrection of the Dead' to revive those who have been dead for more than ten days."
Fang Yu was shocked, his eyes showing an anxious look: "What kind of research is this?"
Yuzu flashed back and forth for a full ten seconds. "Due to the constraints of arcane ethics, I can only describe the principles of this research, and cannot reconstruct a specific spell model based on this research. Furthermore, during the course of this narration, any questions you ask me will remain unanswered. Do you still want to listen?"
Fang Yu took a deep breath and nodded firmly.
"This research was led by the Kolande Basic Magic Research Institute of the School of Life. At that time, some mages from the School of Spells and the School of Enchantment also participated." Yuzu chose her words carefully to avoid touching the arcane ethical laws in her body.
"Resurrection is actually a complex spell. In essence, the caster offers materials of equal value to the astral plane, making a deal with the astral plane, allowing it to gather the spirits of the deceased."
"While casting the spell, the Life School portion of the spell model will animate the deceased's body. The Enchantment School portion of the spell model will then combine the deceased's spirit with their newly animated body to achieve resurrection."
"The most difficult part is actually offering materials of equal value to the Star Realm."
"Within ten days of death, you only need to replenish the Star Realm with magic crystals of equal value. Because at this time, the Star Realm collects the spiritual energy of the deceased and does not need to consume too much additional spiritual energy."
"If the deceased has been dead for too long, the astral realm will need to extract the deceased's spirit from the entire astral realm. In this process, the astral realm will lose a considerable amount of spirit. According to calculations, if a person has been dead for more than 30 days, the astral realm will lose at least 10,000 spirits in order to extract this person's spirit."
"And if it exceeds a year, the deceased's spirit will have completely permeated the astral realm, and the astral realm will need to consume at least an additional 300,000 spirits."
"Even though one million spiritual beings are only a drop in the ocean for the astral realm, if the loss is too great, it could potentially trigger a spiritual tide in the astral realm."
"The spiritual tide will cause all planes to be unable to obtain spiritual replenishment for a short period of time. Newly born intelligent creatures during this period will experience mental changes, or even be born without any spirituality at all."
"Therefore, without spiritual replenishment, the Astral Realm will refuse to search for the souls of any intelligent creatures that have been dead for more than ten days."
"And the only thing that can solve this problem is the Nine-Ring Great Resurrection Technique."
"The essence of the Great Resurrection is to transform the arcane mage's mental power and the trade items sacrificed to the Astral Realm into spirituality through the magic network, fully compensating for the spiritual losses of the Astral Realm."
"Only mages above level 17 can convert mental energy and traded items into spirituality."
"This is also why, even in the Age of Great Arcane, with so many arcane mages capable of performing Great Resurrection, the queues are still so long."
"Arcane mages also need to replenish their lost mental energy and cannot cast this spell frequently. A 17th-level arcane mage will need at least ten years to replenish the mental energy lost each time they cast this spell."
Although Youzi was slow to get to the point, Fang Yu still listened attentively. This information seemed useless, but since Youzi could not provide the corresponding spell model, every bit of information was worth paying attention to.
"In TR 631, a research team from the Kolande Institute of Basic Magic was clearing ruins from the Age of Savagery 33,000 years ago when they discovered a massive burial pit containing the remains of nearly 300,000 people."
"Initially, they thought it was the tomb of an emperor from the Barbaric Age, when human sacrifice was common. Although the scale of this burial pit was unprecedented, it was not incomprehensible."
"But as the ruins were cleared, the researchers were surprised to discover that this wasn't a tomb at all, but a large arcane magic array."
"And the only function of this magic circle is to sacrifice spiritual energy to the astral realm."
"After research, these researchers have come up with a bold hypothesis. During the 30,000 years of ignorance, the shamans of certain tribes or nations already mastered the art of resurrection. At that time, the bargaining chips used to compensate for astral spirituality weren't arcane mages' spiritual power or other sacrifices."
"The sacrifices back then were even more direct. They simply killed a corresponding number of intelligent beings and used their spirits as a sacrifice to the astral realm!"
"They even figured out the specific number of sacrifices required, which shows that this type of resurrection technique was already very mature at the time."
"And this inference has also been confirmed in the murals of another relic."
"The murals at another site clearly tell the story of a witch king who ruled the area at the time. After a series of rituals, he was resurrected 33 years after his death and led his army to destroy several surrounding countries."
"As we all know, the arcane system hadn't yet taken shape during the Age of Savagery. The highest level of shamanic sorcery found in the ruins discovered today is only equivalent to the current level of five-ring arcane magic. In other words, using the spirits of the dead to offer sacrifices directly to the astral realm, even with only the power of the fifth ring, it's still possible to resurrect the deceased who have been dead for many years!"
"After reaching this conclusion, the Corlander Research Institute submitted an opening report to the Council of Arcane Law. After three rounds of review, it was ultimately rejected by the Supreme Mage."
"Master, this story is over."
The pomelo regained its pale yellow glow.
"Hu~" Fang Yu let out a breath.
No wonder this research was rejected by the Supreme Sorcerer.
Killing 300,000 people to save one person is indeed only possible in a slave society.
However, this is indeed a path.
It is definitely not possible to kill so many people. Even if I have the ability, I can't do such a thing.
But if you plan it carefully, maybe you can do it without killing anyone.
"Master, don't be too disappointed. Even if it takes a long time to reach level 17, you are the greatest genius in the entire plane. I have never seen any mage cultivate at your speed. I believe that as long as you continue to practice, you may be able to reach level 17 in less than 20 years."
Seeing that Fang Yu hadn't said anything, Youzi's body lit up with pink stars as she tried to comfort Fang Yu.
Fang Yu's eyes flickered. "Yuzu, the question I'm asking now has nothing to do with the topic of 300,000 people being buried alive. I'm simply asking about spiritual matters after death. It shouldn't touch upon the laws of arcane ethics, right?"
Yuzu was confused, the stars in her body flickering. "That depends on your question, Master. Do you really want to continue this research? If you really kill so many people and cause a shift in your stance, the ethical laws within me will automatically remove the control your Eseron Core has over me."
"At the same time, you will not be able to enter the Lorin Tower again."
Fang Yu shook his head: "Of course I won't kill so many people, you're overthinking it. I just think that maybe I can find a better way to meet the requirements of the Star Boundary."
Yuzu was skeptical and worried: "Well, you can ask, and I will answer you within the scope of arcane ethics."
"After a person dies, how long does it take for the soul to enter the astral realm?" Fang Yu took a deep breath and asked the first and most important question.
Yuzu's eyes twinkled. "This is just basic knowledge. It doesn't violate arcane ethics. On the seventh day after a person's death, their spirit completely enters the astral realm."
"It's precisely because the spirit enters the Astral Plane on the seventh day that the spell 'Resurrection of the Dead' is a fifth-ring spell. Most of the time, the spirit of the deceased hasn't yet entered the Astral Plane, so there's no need to offer a trade item to the Astral Plane."
"After seven days, until the tenth day, the spiritual gathering has not yet been completely dispersed by the spiritual wave. The astral realm can hand over this part of spiritual energy without having to spend any additional spiritual energy."
7 days? It seems there is indeed a reason for the seventh day.
"Second question." Fang Yu thought for a moment, "Is there a spell or arcane device that can collect the spirit of someone who has just passed away naturally?"
Yuzu's eyes flashed again. "Your question states that it was a natural death, which does not violate the laws of arcane ethics. I can answer that."
"Yes, after you obtain the 19th level authority of the Lorin Tower, spiritual bottles will appear in the Piedmont Alchemy Company. Each bottle can hold 10,000 spiritual points."
"If the deceased did not object during his or her lifetime, within seven days of death, draw a corresponding magic circle beneath their body. This magic circle will then guide the deceased's spirit through the magic net and be injected into the corresponding spirit bottle."
"This section is quite sensitive, but since the deceased died of natural causes and it was not against his or her will, it does not touch upon arcane ethics. Please choose your next questions carefully."
Fang Yu's eyes flashed with excitement. So that's how it is. That's good.
"One last question." Fang Yu took a deep breath. "If too much spiritual energy is collected in one area, will it have any negative impact on that area?"
Yuzu was stunned, the stars flickering within her body. After a long period of calculation, she finally spoke, "You've considered this very comprehensively, but there hasn't been much research on this topic before. There was only one paper in TR877 that tracked and analyzed spiritual changes in a certain region over a hundred years."
"According to the conclusions of this paper, the connection between the astral plane and the plane world does have a certain regional nature. If the spiritual energy of intelligent creatures in a certain region is not returned to the astral plane on a large scale, then the newly born intelligent life in this area may suffer from a general lack of spiritual energy."
"In other words, it means a lowered IQ."
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Then I feel relieved."
(End of this chapter)
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