Chapter 90: Not the Vampire You Think

As a lich who no longer has any worldly desires, doing experiments is one of the few entertainment activities for Amberxiu.

After all, you can't make money every day. When there is no money to make, you can only do experiments to pass the time. If it is an experiment related to making money, Amber Xiu will be even happier.

In theory, the power of the Golden Throne can give Ambershu endless wealth and power.

Coupled with Amber's two legendary blessings of virtual soul and material conversion, a self-sufficient cycle can be achieved. Given enough time, it's not far for him to become the richest man on the continent.

But ideals are beautiful, and reality is a little cruel.

It’s not that this theory is invalid, but that the blank soul created by the virtual soul has a very low IQ.

Lined up in front of Amberxiu were five new types of "undead" that he had just created.

In terms of material transformation, under the condition of equal mass, the higher the density of the material, the more gold will be consumed when changing its properties.

The five new "undead" bodies are made of books, leather, steel, sand and gold, weighing one kilogram each, and the blank souls put in are all of a relatively accurate strength of 100 souls. This is the soul strength unit set by Amber himself. The souls of ordinary humans fluctuate between 80 and 130 souls. The blank souls made by Amber himself will be relatively standard, and the experimental error will be smaller.

When transforming properties, the difference in gold consumed by different materials is huge, with the cheapest and the most expensive having a difference of a hundred times. The small skeleton made of one kilogram of gold consumed seventeen times the gold of the same weight when the material was transformed into the "corpse" property. Perhaps it was related to Amber's lack of skill in operation, but this cost was undoubtedly unacceptable.

And the final experiment proved that no matter what material is used, the faith recharge efficiency generated by the created undead puppets is not much different - they are all very poor.

Amber Xiu roughly estimated that after the golden throne made of one million gold coins was completely consumed, it would require about several million blank souls of standard strength to pray for it, and it should be able to be restored within a day.

However, blank souls have the possibility of evolution. The newly created little guys have low IQs, but as long as Amberxiu relaxes the restrictions on blank souls, they will have the opportunity to become smart, and the efficiency of faith recharge will then increase accordingly.

Moreover, the undead are easier to keep alive. As long as they sleep, they can automatically absorb dark magic to maintain their activity, with basically no cost.

In other words, the more undead there are and the longer the time, Amber's income will snowball.

After all, the undead are immortal, and if there are no casualties in battle, their numbers will only continue to increase.

Given Amber Xiu enough time, he might really be able to achieve golden freedom in this way.

The only limitation is the upper limit of the Golden Throne. Amber Xiu guessed that this throne also has an upper limit, but it has not been tested yet. Anyway, it is definitely more than a few million. Legendary abilities also require constant exploration and practice to be fully mastered.

After the basic data test was completed, the question finally came back to the quality of the undead puppet.

Although a blank soul is highly plastic, no matter how it is adjusted, it cannot reach the basic IQ of humans and needs time to grow.

Therefore, using gold to make puppets is a pure loss, because gold has a high density, and the blank soul needs to consume more power when controlling the body, which makes it look small and bulky, and only has some advantages in resistance. It has no combat power, no advantages in faith output, and the cost is super high, so this material can be directly excluded.

Maybe after Amber becomes Gold Free, he can get two Gold Death Knights to play with.

However, the "undead puppet" made of sand gave Amberxiu a little surprise. After the blank soul was integrated into the scattered sand, it was able to control every grain of sand. Moreover, it learned to move like quicksand without Amberxiu's guidance, and showed a very good talent for imitation.

The little guy looked at his brothers and sisters around him, sometimes turning the pages like a book, and sometimes rolling around like a silly boy.

Curiosity is the source of wisdom. It is obvious that this little guy made of sand has a higher IQ than the other four. Although the faith recharge effect when ordering them to pray did not meet expectations, this little guy is a promising talent.

As for the other four... I'm sorry, we need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure now.

In order to test the influence of material form on the blank soul, Amber tried water flow, iron sand and gold sand that he scraped off with great pain.

Finally, an interesting conclusion was drawn: the loose "corpse" seemed to really strengthen the wisdom of the blank soul. The same gold made the little skeleton look stupid, but the gold sand looked more lively. Although it was still too heavy, its external sensing ability was indeed improved, and it also showed its natural imitation ability.

This discovery is very interesting, but Amberxiu has not been able to come up with a reasonable explanation for the time being. He can only guess that the loose body structure allows the blank soul to have a larger contact area with the outside world, allowing it to perceive more information.

This guess may not be reliable, and more practice is needed. But this is the experimental result. The only problem is that running water is the best choice, but water will evaporate. Once it evaporates, the poor little guy will completely die.

So, after many experiments, Amber Xin finally confirmed two materials as the new undead puppet.

One is broken glass and the other is sifted sand.

The density of these two materials is not much different, and the conversion cost is also within an acceptable range. Moreover, glass and sand are relatively stable and not easily damaged by the environment. Amber made five of each and released them in the castle like the mercury zombies, and will observe their growth after a while.

Perhaps it is time to cultivate high-level undead using conventional methods. It happens that Dahei and Erha were saved by Amberxiu. I will continue to help them create bodies in a few days. At most, I can spend some money to replace the bones with other materials.

The faith recharge provided by high-level undead with independent consciousness should be much greater.

The experiments were always too busy, and the gold coins were never enough. After Amber finished sorting out today's experimental records, he opened the Codex of the Dead and sent a message to Rose of Withering: [Ms. Rose, do we need to adjust our transaction? The Alchemy City has disappeared, and I'm afraid it will be a mess here for a while. ]

After waiting for a while, there was still no reply from Withered Rose. Amber looked at the group chat again and found that it was unexpectedly lively today.

[Crown of the Headless Horseman: Are those elves really ready to take action? ]

[Pale Little Skeleton: I heard that they have already started to gather their troops. Fortunately, we came back early, otherwise we might have run into the elves' army.]

[Crown of the Headless Horseman: It was all thanks to you that you were decisive and ran away directly. Fortunately, fortunately.]

Amber Xiu's facial features wrinkled up. What are you two doing in a group chat? Are you showing off your affection? But what are these two talking about? Amber Xiu was about to check the previous chat history when he suddenly found a new user.

[Don't like humans: Haha, it's not just the elves, the desert dwarves are also preparing to take action. As you know, Ryan has recently beaten the desert dwarves so badly that they have lost several oases. The Alchemy City is such a large territory, the desert dwarves have been eyeing it for a long time. ]

Who is this user named [Don't Like Humans]? The dead can sleep for decades. Amber Xiu hasn't seen this person speak since he joined the Mourning Poetry Society. He suddenly appeared today, so he had to get to know him.

[Ultraman Tiga: Hello, senior. I am a newcomer. Are you also a lich? I have a design for the transformation of an alien skeleton. I wonder if you are interested.]

[Doesn't like humans: Oh, a newcomer, I haven't seen a newcomer join in many years. But I'm not a lich, I'm a vampire, I don't usually use skeletons. ]

Amber: ...

The name of vampire made Amberxiu feel a little uncomfortable. After all, there were too many "cases" related to vampires recorded in the Code of the Undead, and all of them had a miserable end because they fell in love with the food on the table.

So much so that when Amber saw the vampire, he subconsciously felt that there was something wrong with the other party's XP.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Perhaps because he was silent for too long, the vampire senior sent a message.

[I don't like humans: I'm not the vampire you think I am! ]

[Ultraman Tiga: No, no, no, you misunderstood. I don’t discriminate, really.]

[I don't like humans: Look at my name, isn't it obvious? ]

[Crown of the Headless Horseman: Haha, besides humans, aren't there elves? There are several cases in the code involving vampires, orcs, and even mind flayers. You guys are even more creative than druids.]

[Don't like humans: Get lost, you who rides a bone dragon, you dare to talk about vampires? ]

[Pale Little Skeleton: What? Do you have any problem with the Dragon Clan? Do you want me to bring my clan members to visit your home for a few days?]

Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Amber Xiu felt a little embarrassed. It was his silence that triggered the war.

At this time, Withered Rose, who had not replied to the message, spoke in the chat group: [You just said that the elves and desert dwarves are mobilizing their troops? Are they all heading towards the Alchemy City? ]

As expected of the Queen of the Undead, the others immediately quieted down as soon as she opened her mouth.

[Don't like humans: This is normal. The Alchemy City occupies a large area of ​​fertile land. Although the main city is gone, other areas still retain a complete alchemy process system. Who wouldn't want to grab it? Especially the desert dwarves. They were beaten by Lion and couldn't fight back. It's reasonable for them to want to change the territory. ]

Amberxiu recalled the territories of various countries. The Alchemy City bordered the Silvermoon High Court and the Golden Kingdom in the desert. On the contrary, the strongest Ryan Empire was separated from the Alchemy City by an entire desert.

Ryan probably also coveted the heritage of the Alchemy City, but he was out of reach and could only watch the desert dwarves occupy the territory and get a chance to catch his breath.

Amber Xiu asked curiously: [What's going on with Silvermoon High Court? The elves rarely wage wars against other countries, right? Have they been raising the price of materials crazily recently? They have already offended many people. Aren't they afraid of being beaten up by the remaining kingdoms? ]

[Dead Rose: I also received news about this. The elves have indeed assembled an army, and there seems to be a hidden reason for their behavior of raising the price of materials, not just to destroy the economy of other kingdoms. The Silver Moon High Court has only allowed entry but not exit for some time, and all news has been blocked. I don’t know what exactly happened. ]

Only in and no out?

Amber Xiu vaguely remembered that Isabel also mentioned that her former teacher went to Silvermoon High Court and never came back, so she was targeted by the lord. Otherwise, with a formal alchemist as a teacher, ordinary lords would not dare to act recklessly.

What the hell are those elves in Silvermoon High Court doing? Are they going to become gods and then collapse like they did in Alchemy City?

But that shouldn't happen. No gods will care if an alchemist commits suicide, but it's different for elves. There are a lot of gods in the elven pantheon who take special care of their own people and it's impossible for them to meet with any serious accidents.

[Dead Rose: Brother Tiga, are you still planning to stay in the Alchemy City? It's about to become a battlefield. The desert dwarves are trying to survive, so they won't give in. The elves have always been strong, and they will definitely fight to decide how to divide a kingdom.]

The words of the Withered Rose made Amberxiu fall into deep thought. Although he had the power of the Golden Throne, he was no longer the bottom of the legend.

But the war between the two kingdoms cannot be resolved by one or two legends, and staying here is indeed likely to cause trouble.

But the question is, where can he move to?

I have almost adjusted my mentality. To express my apology, I will update more than 10,000 words today! As usual, one update at noon and two updates at night

(End of this chapter)