A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

Normally, it takes at least two to four months for a clone to mature.

However, Zuo Si obtained a technology from Irenicas that could mature clones more quickly. Although the magic energy and materials consumed would be doubled, it would save valuable time.

In addition, he asked the Mind Flayer to make a series of preparations several days in advance, so just two days after exiting the virtual space that recreated Waterdeep City, the first batch of thirty professionals connected to the virtual space specially designed for Its prepared body.

Since the growth of clones needs to be completely immersed in a special alchemical solution, the first thing these people do when they climb out of the jar is to lie on the ground and vomit, draining the liquid from their lungs, nasal cavity, mouth, esophagus and stomach. It all spurted out, accompanied by a violent cough.

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 his physical age is no more than twenty years old, and his basic attributes are excellent.

Whether it is strength, neurological reactions, physique, or brain thinking speed, they all far exceed the top level of humans on earth.

The only problem is that the ears seem to be a bit pointed, and the skin is slightly dark, and there are faint structures that appear to be thin scales under the skin.

In addition, his vision has also become extremely sensitive, and he can see clearly even if the surrounding light is very dim.

One of the system architects fell down accidentally, and his arm was cut deeply by a piece of broken glass that fell to the ground. It healed in just a few seconds.

All of this proves that these bodies created using magical cloning technology are not as simple as they seem.

"It's unbelievable! 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 whose productivity is at the level of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance."

Dr. White muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

As a genius in biological, viral, bacterial and genetic engineering, he understands better than anyone how difficult it is to clone a living person.

Not to mention the splicing and fusion of genes from different organisms to form a complete and coordinated organism.

In fact, unlike most people who 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 itself, about 43%.

The remaining 57% is made up of non-human cells, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a series of microorganisms that are invisible to the naked eye.

Intestinal flora, in particular, 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 cultivation chamber.

The alien-like appearance and the octopus-like tentacles instantly scared these "Muggles" back.

Although they have read a lot of books about the magical world in the past few days, they also know about mind flayers, monsters that feed on the brains of intelligent creatures.

But it’s one thing to have seen it in books, and it’s another thing to actually encounter it.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to take you to take a shower, change clothes, and eat."

Through telepathy, the Mind Flayer made his intention known to these first batch of experimental participants of the Fourth Scourge Plan.

moment!

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Dr. White hurriedly asked: "Where is Soth? Isn't he here?"

The mind flayer answered without thinking: "The master is busy with some more important things right now. He will make time to meet with you later."

"More important things?" 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 him through the corridor and soon arrived at a huge public bath.

Since they had already been made quite uncomfortable by the thick alchemical solution on their bodies, they didn't have time to think too much and rushed under the nozzle 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 very simple and the cooking techniques were rough, which could not be compared with the food in the virtual fantasy world of Waterdeep City, everyone ate happily.

Because they know that this is not a virtual world, but a real world.

Finally, he is no longer the remaining soul after death, but a living person with a body and various physiological needs.

In particular, various desires have begun to have some reactions under the stimulation of hormones.

Yes!

Stay alive!

This is the reason why thirty elites from various industries were willing to sign the soul-selling contract.

You must 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 joy, tension, excitement, anger and other emotions brought by hormones. Over time, Nature will inevitably become numb, and eventually gradually lose oneself and die completely in a spiritual sense.

Only by obtaining a new body and allowing their souls and consciousness to continuously feel the stimulation of hormones again can they truly feel that they are still alive and still have the joys, sorrows, joys and desires of being a "human being".

While a group of experts and scholars were eating, Zuo Si had successfully used the power of [Mithra's Core] to open a permanent portal connecting to Faerun at the lowest level of the central tower of the floating city.

This portal is so big, with a height of more than thirty meters and a width of an astonishing forty meters.

Of course, if there is just a portal, it is obviously not enough for the magic network from the other side to cover the entire floating city.

So Zuo Si did not hesitate to use the silver fire given to the electorate by the goddess of magic.

I saw him opening his arms to continuously absorb energy, weaving the silver fire into a huge light curtain, and constantly expanding outward until the floating city was completely wrapped from top to bottom, left to right.

Seeing this scene, Tyrantir, 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 weaved a large magic network within the floating city?"

"No, it's not weaving. I just extended the magic network from the portal to this world. If the portal is closed one day, this part of the magic network will also disappear." Zuo Si took back the silver fire and explained meaningfully.

Just when Tyrantir was about to say something, he suddenly saw a beautiful female figure with long black hair walking out of the newly formed magic net.

Magic goddess midnight!

The archmage who had transformed into a lich recognized the person almost instantly, and hurriedly bent down and bowed deeply to express his respect.

Not only him, but also several other lichs who stayed here had the same reaction.

After all, no arcane spell caster dares to offend the goddess of magic easily, otherwise once they are forced to "disconnect", it will be even more uncomfortable than death.

In addition, since the goddess of magic herself is the embodiment of the magic network, she will be aware of special situations like this when the magic network directly extends to another material plane.

However, Midnight obviously didn't care about Tyrantir. Instead, he observed the floating city of Plantia with great interest, and then asked in a slightly surprised tone: "Is this the last world you passed by?"

Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right. Although it is very different from the floating city in the Netheril era, the magical civilization here has indeed developed to a very high level. It's a pity that some unexpected situations happened later, which led to Basically all the main mages of its civilization are dead."

"Is it a magical plague?"

Midnight continued to ask in an uncertain tone.

Although she had long heard the stories about the "Sons of Plague" preached by the Church of Talona, ​​she didn't know how much of it was true and how much was exaggerated.

"Well, it was the bacteria and viruses from another world in my body that mutated and killed more than 99% of the population in just a few months. At the beginning, I was still unconscious It's my own problem until everyone around me is dead, but I'm still alive." Zuo Si explained expressionlessly.

"That's it! You carry a plague in your body that can destroy a world. That's why Talona desperately wants to get you and makes you her chosen one no matter what."

A thoughtful look appeared on Midnight's 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 behavior, and she suddenly understood the thoughts of the goddess of poison and disease.

To be precise, when Zuo Si passed through the portal, no other mortal in Faerûn could be found who was so suitable to become Talona's chosen one.

Zuo Si spread his hands helplessly: "I can't help it. I was just pushed to the shelves. I didn't even have a chance to choose. I could only passively accept it all.

However, the power of the elect given by Talona really helped 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, could you help me repair that unstable Mythra core over there? "

"Core of Mythra? Where did you get this thing?"

Only then did Midnight notice one of the greatest magical creations of the Netherese era that was placed on the other side of the portal to visit.

"Snatched from the ruined Arcane Brotherhood. According to Akram Grace's statement, he found this thing in the ruins of a floating city. Perhaps it was something other than escaping to the shadow plane. Outside the City of Shadows, there is currently the best-preserved Mythra Core. What’s even more interesting is that my enemies wanted to use this thing to threaten to die with me.”

When saying these words, Zuo Si's tone was obviously ridiculing.

Midnight couldn't help but laugh and joked: "Using pure magic network energy to blow up a planeswalker? They really made an unforgivable mistake."

"Yes! I almost couldn't hold back my laughter at that time." Zuo Si sighed slightly.

Without saying a word, the goddess of magic walked directly to the core of Mythra, stretched out her finger and touched it lightly.

moment!

A few very slight cracks inside this magic device disappeared, replaced by a more powerful and stable energy output.

After all this was done, Midnight asked with great interest: "Are you planning to transfer this floating city to Faerûn?"

Zuo Si shook his head gently. "No, I don't have this plan yet. I just want to extend the magic network to conduct more magic experiments and research. Of course, I don't rule out dragging the entire floating city when encountering some troublesome enemies. Go and join the war. 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 won't use this magic easily in Faerun, but will go to other worlds to use it.

I believe you already know that I invented a spell called [Reversal of Thousand Years] from the Time Reversal Spell, which can make time act on a certain person or object.

If I now want to change this effect from temporary to permanent, is it possible to do so? "

Zuo Si asked for advice very humbly.

Of all the people or gods he knew so far, no one understood time as well as the goddess of magic.

If you can't get help here, you may have to risk a trip to Dominaria to find Ty Fili, the famous ancient planeswalker who masters the magic of time.

Midnight lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and quickly responded: "The situation you envisioned is indeed possible, but it requires legendary magic beyond the nine rings to achieve it. I built a basic spell model, you can follow This idea needs to be studied in depth.”

After saying that, the goddess of magic raised her finger and tapped Zuo Si's forehead lightly.

The next second...

A large amount of unfamiliar and difficult knowledge flooded into the memory area of ​​the brain.

A few minutes later, Zuo Si's dilated pupils began to refocus, and then he touched his chin and sighed: "Is it possible to reverse the time of an individual by splitting the entire timeline? This is really a good idea."

"What I gave you is just an idea and concept. It's up to you to develop it specifically.

Remember, legendary spells transcend the limitations of the Weave and are in direct contact with the wild, raw magical energy, so the possibilities are endless.

But again, using legendary magic comes with huge risks.

The more amazingly powerful the legendary magic is, the higher the overall quality of the caster is. "

Midnight warned in a serious tone.

Because the power of legendary magic has no upper limit!

As long as a legendary spellcaster's spell knowledge is high enough, it is entirely possible to directly create legendary magic that can destroy a world or even kill a god.

Perhaps if it were another legendary mage, the magic goddess Midnight wouldn't be too worried.

After all, due to limitations in vision and knowledge, it is impossible for most legendary mages in Faerun to reach such heights.

But Zuo Si is different!

He is a planeswalker who can freely travel through different time and space, collecting and learning all kinds of knowledge and magic without restraint.

With the accumulation of time, his magical and arcane knowledge will inevitably accumulate more and more, and eventually achieve a leap from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the arcane spellcasting level has just crossed the legendary threshold and obtained six legendary spell slots can already explain a lot of problems.

Of course Zuo Si knew what the goddess of magic was worried about, and immediately promised with a smile: "Don't worry. I will be extra cautious when it comes to researching and using legendary magic to ensure that there are as few surprises as possible."

"Then I'll be relieved. If there's nothing else to do, I'll go back first. You know that Cyric has suddenly become quiet recently, and he doesn't know what he is up to. I have to make more arrangements."

After saying that, Midnight turned into a ray of light and disappeared from the place.

Obviously, she has no intention of spreading faith in this world.

Because the goddess of magic is the embodiment of Faerun's magic network, she is very different from other gods. She does not even need to develop followers like other gods to increase her influence.

Just the opposite!

As long as Faerun's arcane and divine spells are still released through the magic network, the goddess of magic's powerful divine power will remain unshakable, and there is no need to spend time and energy developing followers.

This is 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, he would definitely do his best to develop followers once he came. It would be best if he could completely monopolize the faith here.

After confirming that the magic goddess Midnight was completely gone, Tyrantir then cautiously asked: "From now on, can the magic network casting system be restored within the floating city?"

Zuo Si nodded slightly: "Yes. Currently, two magic systems coexist. You can use your imagination and creativity to conduct various researches. In addition, the two magic systems I sent over last time How’s the guy doing?”

“We have cracked the mystery of how the [Ghoul Shepherd] profession can infinitely control undead creatures.

The woman named Kisha has been transformed into an undead form, specifically used to awaken the corpses in the tomb.

Although the combat effectiveness of low-level undead is not very good, they can be used as laborers.

Especially in underground mines, dozens or even hundreds of mines are often lost in a single collapse.

So no amount is too much for us.

In contrast, the situation of the undead wizard Ludvi is much more complicated.

This crazy guy has been working hard to learn necromancy magic since he arrived.

There are a lot of creepy creations being produced right now.

It's a bit troublesome to explain in language. You'll know after you and I take a look at it in person. "

After saying that, Tyrantir ordered the six construct golems to guard near the portal, and he took the lead towards the stairs leading to the upper floor.

The two walked one after another through the maze-like underground passage for five or six minutes before arriving at a relatively empty room.

As soon as he walked in, Zuo Si immediately saw a huge thing sewn together with parts of the corpses of various magical creatures, and a bald old man who kept casting spells on the huge thing.

You don't need to ask to know that the balding old man with all white hair is the "Necromancer Ludwig" who is famous in the industry in Innistrad.

The huge thing on the ground sewn together with the corpses of magical creatures is his latest "work".

It's just that unlike the previous time when he relied on electric energy 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 electric energy.

Because he was so selfless in his work, no one broke into Ludwei's laboratory and he was still making final touches to his work.

Zuo Si and Tyrantir both saw that this undead creature was about to be awakened, so they did not disturb each other and just stood aside and watched.

I don’t know how long it took...

Maybe a few minutes, maybe ten minutes or even half an hour...

After Ludwe completed the inspection, he rushed to the corner of the laboratory and pulled the switch hard.

moment!

The dazzling white electric light poured directly into the body of the spliced ​​undead creature along the cable.

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 lying on the ground slowly stood up.

At this moment, Zuo Sicai clearly saw the true face of this thing, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Without him!

The appearance is really too scary and weird. It's so chaotic that it makes one's scalp numb.

Because in this "work" alone, Ludwig used the corpses of two white dragons, one black dragon, and one blue dragon, as well as but not limited to three trolls, two giants, and one with a Experimental transformation into a werewolf.

To be precise, the experimental subject is a variant of the werewolf tribe in Innistrad's time and space - the dire wolf.

These guys are at least two meters tall when they are not transformed, and are extremely strong. After transforming, they are as tall as two stories and can easily tear an elephant into pieces alive.

Zuo Si originally planned to extract the lycanthropy curse contained in the blood of the terrible wolf and upgrade it for his little werewolves.

But who would have thought that this experimental subject suddenly went crazy for some unknown reason, and was mercilessly killed by the guarding golem.

Now, all of these corpses have been dismembered and re-stitched together into a chimera, also known as a "chimera."

The most important thing is that Zuo Si clearly saw flashes of lightning from time to time on the undead creatures.

"Hahahaha! It worked! It finally worked! Since I learned necromancy magic, I have successfully surpassed my past self."

Ludwig raised his hands and laughed wildly.

Just when he was about to give orders to the giant undead creature in front of him and try to test its intelligence level, he suddenly found two people standing at the door.

No hesitation!

The undead wizard immediately rushed forward, without concealing his joy, grabbed Zuo Si's right hand, and said in an excited tone: "Dear Soth! Thank you very much for bringing me here from Innistrad! Otherwise , I may never be able to see and learn the knowledge of necromancy in my lifetime, and obtain the corpses of creatures like dragons, trolls, and giants as experimental materials."

"You're welcome, we just get what we need. I will provide you with a good working environment, relevant professional knowledge 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 cast a cleaning spell instantly.

He could see clearly just now that the opponent's hand had definitely touched the huge undead creature more than once, and he could even smell a faint smell of corpse when he got close.

Although he had done a lot of things like dissecting corpses and suturing before, he would definitely wash his hands clean repeatedly afterwards.

However, Ludwei did not notice this. Instead, he still said in a very grateful tone: "Please rest assured about this. I guarantee that in three months at most, you will have an extremely powerful undead army and a can use Automated production and processing of corpse-embedded biological assembly lines.”

"An assembly line that automatically produces and transforms undead creatures?"

Tyrantir was stunned on the spot when he heard this.

You must know that Zuo Si used a series of quarish devices with different functions to build a structure production line, which already made him feel that his three views were collapsing.

Now this will have an assembly line that can create undead creatures...

Punishment!

It’s too much punishment!

If Lathander, the Lord of the Dawn, who hates the undead so much, learns of this news, he is afraid that he will summon his followers to launch an interdimensional expedition in a minute to completely purify the undead here together with Ludwi.

"That's right! Please see, this is the blueprint I designed in advance. Once completed and as long as there are sufficient raw materials, more than 10,000 low-level undead and 1,500 mid-level undead can be produced every day. If you have abundant iron resources here, You can also equip it with sufficient weapons and armor."

As soon as he mentioned his field of expertise, Ludwig immediately became energetic, pointing at the drawings hanging on the wall and talking about its terrifying production efficiency.

I'm afraid that most people in Innistrad's time and space don't know at all that this notorious necromantic genius is actually a quite pure person.

The reason why he chose to open a corpse-embedded biological factory to make money was entirely to buy more corpses of strange creatures in order to create more "greater" and more "artistic" works.

As for the ownership of his works, Ludwig actually doesn't care at all, he just enjoys the process of constantly surpassing himself.

There was a time when the genius even entertained the idea of ​​transforming himself into a corpse-embedded creature.

But after coming into contact with necromancy, he quickly put this stupid idea behind him and began to develop a huge interest in advanced undead creatures such as vampires and lichs.

If he hadn't been unable to defeat any of the lichs who stayed in the floating city, Ludwei would have already begun to think of ways to capture a lich and bring it back to pieces to understand its body structure and the mystery of immortality.

I have to say, this guy is really courageous.

You must know that lichs in Faerûn are terrifying monsters that can stop children from crying!

But what about him?

Not only did he not feel afraid, but he tried every possible means to lift the opponent's Heavenly Spirit Cap...