High Above

The more he looked, the more frightened Adalbert became.

The structure of the sublimated organs in Ian's body is completely different from that of ordinary sublimators. Not only does it have several additional structures, but the circulation of source material between them is also very harmonious. It is obviously an optimized and specialized version.

The part named ‘Extreme Domain’ in the notes is the core of this optimization.

With Adebert's technical strength, he could tell at a glance that this was an enhanced version that was obviously superior to today's common sublimation techniques. Its technical difficulty was that each 'Extreme Realm' needed to be passed through thousands of times. Experiment, and everyone’s optimization areas are different.

In other words, if you don't practice the 'meditation method' and don't enhance your calculation power, then in today's Terra, only a prophet like Ian can try and make mistakes again and again to find your own ultimate domain construction point. .

But even if there is a meditation method, if you are not a genius, it will be difficult to open it on your own... which requires a deep understanding of your own body.

In addition, the ether crystal on the young man's left hand made the dead king researcher feel that there was something wrong with his eyes.

"Aetheric Forge Heart?! Biological Aetheric Forge Heart?!"

Half-crouching beside Ian, Adalbert exclaimed and stretched out his hand, looking at Ian's cyan crystallized left arm: "It's still shrunk to such a small size - by the way, except for the core of the ancient dragon, you are actually And the Ether Furnace Heart?!"

The existence of the ancient dragon core really shocked Adalbert, but when he thought about Ian's identity and who his teacher was, the shock in his heart couldn't help but turn into a kind of remembrance and sigh - that was obviously The First Knight left his last legacy to his disciples, and Ian's actions have indeed lived up to the First Knight's expectations.

At the very least, the construction of Xiahui Territory is indeed getting better and better. Although Ian himself never publicizes it, the people in the territory are indeed living a happier life than before.

But the Ether furnace heart is different - the biological Ether furnace heart is controlled by only a few forces in the entire Terra. Ian's friends, the Ellen family where Isengard is located, is one of them, but their Ether furnace heart needs to be paid. As a price, the life essence' does not last long, and running at full power will also consume lifespan.

And the ether crystal on Ian's left hand... operates very gently and smoothly, and there is no need to pay for the high-quality energy that can be condensed at the third energy level, such as the source of life!

"It's perfect..."

Albert muttered.

Ian's left arm has been completely transformed into an aqua active crystal due to the source of the essence caused by Moran Steel and the Ether Furnace Heart. This is very similar to the body material of the crystal dragon. It's no wonder that everyone is fascinated by Ian's body. There is no doubt about the blood. This is indeed the atavistic characteristic of benign Warcraft bloodline that cannot be more obvious.

The boy's arms are well-proportioned and smooth, with slender fingertips that are a bit dangerous, almost like dragon claws. The color is translucent, and there are dots of source matter shining inside, and there is a layer of warmth flowing under the illumination of the laboratory light. The crystal light looks like a work of art.

In addition, there are many complicated inscription circuits on the inside of this arm. These translucent blue and white patterns are the defensive structures of the Fudo Castle series. Their existence strengthens this arm to the Alchemy Cannon City. The point where it cannot be hurt at all.

A lot of auxiliary lines were drawn on Ian's arm. Later, Adelbert would disassemble this work-of-art arm - Ian would take out part of his arm bones and lay several secret lines inside. Silver line and then put it back.

Thanks to the mithril given by Viscount Grant, and part of Ian's own secret collection, he can optimize the output channel of the ether crystal.

This is also preparation for the future where the 'Steel Drive Legacy' can integrate the abilities of Immovable Castle and Fairy, allowing him to use one circuit to display two completely different abilities at the same time.

The surgery on the arm was not difficult, and Adebert understood the specific procedure at a glance.

But modifications to the heart are more dangerous.

The researcher even activated his Dead Lord form at this moment. His scarlet eyes looked through Ian's skin and flesh, following the surgical auxiliary lines on the young man's chest to see the internal visceral blood vessels, neural network and source material structure.

For the operation, Ian has temporarily interrupted the circulation of body fluids throughout the body. This is nothing to a sublimator. As long as there is support from the source of matter, the cells will have energy supply. There is no need for cell oxidation reaction to generate energy. He can continue in this state. More than fifteen days, not to mention one operation, ten operations are more than enough.

The problem is that if you want to take out the heart and move the core of the elementium upward... this requires too fine an operation, and you need to connect every blood vessel and ganglion.

What's more, Ian also plans to lay a layer of 'flash silver skeleton' on the inside of his ribs. This kind of sublimated metal, the best in the electromagnetic system, has a very powerful electromagnetic amplification effect.

Adlbert could tell that Ian was planning to use his chest and ribs to create a 'magnetic constraint field', and the strength of this magnetic constraint field could be continuously strengthened with the strength of his source material.

In addition, with the Flash Silver Skeleton, Ian's control of electromagnetic force will be greatly enhanced. Adlbert can already think of where the other party plans to use the 'Clean Dust Dragon's Chest Shell'.

By that time, Ian's magnetic field manipulation ability may even be stronger than the Pure Dust Dragon itself.

But why did Ian create a magnetic confinement field? What was he planning to restrain within himself?

"Is it the leyline source crystal?"

The average scientific researcher would definitely not be able to keep up with Ian's ideas, but the researcher of the dead king quickly found the answer.

Adlbert suddenly said: "The earth vein source crystal needs to use ultra-high temperature liquid sublimated metal as an intermediary to release energy stably. This requires a certain amount of space, which is why you want to remove your own heart!"

"And your fairy bloodline can be used to control the three-state transformation, and can heat the metal to liquefy when needed. But if you want to avoid causing damage to the organs in the body, you need to use a magnetic confinement field to restrain the high-temperature plasma that assists in energy release. Stabilize body pressure..."

"This is a bomb! You replaced your heart with a super plasma bomb that can blow up the entire Xiahui City!"

Thinking of this, the researcher took a breath of cold air: "The core of the ancient dragon is reserved, the source of the furnace core is pressurized, the leyline source crystal has a stable voltage, and the etheric furnace core in the ether crystal is used as energy supply... You alone can provide energy. Higher than the entire city of Naumann City!”

"It's unbelievable. Your third-level output has surpassed the limits of all third-levels in the past. There is no Ascendant in the entire Terra who can have such an exaggerated foundation as yours at the second level!"

"But it's normal to think about it. The ether crystal is the prototype of the sublimation organ of the fourth energy level, and the core of the ancient dragon is simply the fifth energy level... Is this really the precursor to the third energy level? Ian, are you right? Are you researching something new?"

Adlbert has noticed something is wrong with Ian. This is not the normal advancement route for sublimators at all. It is too complicated and too powerful. If the original sublimation system is an old armor, then Ian now uses It is the ether weapon condensed by the latest technology!

"Yes." Ian did not hide it from Adlbert. The path of the arcane was not something that he could perfect and sort out by himself: "After I succeed in the experiment using myself as the experimental subject, I will sort out the information. For you..."

"Speaking of it, you don't seem to be a normal third-level person." Thinking of this, Ian suddenly became interested: "You are the dead king and a practitioner of meditation. Maybe you can also try this arcane method. road!"

"We'll talk about this later, Ian. You actually planned to do this kind of extremely difficult surgery yourself!"

After waving his hand, Adlbert couldn't help complaining: "You are too confident - you plan to do it yourself all the time, so why do you need us people to help you?"

"Yeah, so I was wrong."

Ian readily admitted his arrogance. He stretched out his hand to his fellow travelers and said with a smile: "So help me."

"...Okay." Although Adalbert didn't think much about it, he finally shook hands with Ian. He said a little unhappily: "You should trust us more."

"Yeah." Ian said softly, "I'm learning."

The operation begins immediately.

With Ian and Adlbert's ingenuity and technology, removing the heart is indeed just a piece of cake. Even the more complicated 'Flash Silver Skeleton Installation' will only take a while at best.

As for how to operate, Ian's 'auxiliary computing units' are completely sufficient.

Since there is help, Ian can anesthetize himself to prevent his body's instinctive reaction from hindering Adebert's operation - in theory, the sublimated person can fully control his own instinct, but Ian is always cautious and does not leave any room for failure. possible.

After drinking the soul-soothing potion prepared by Adalbert in one gulp, a cold feeling flowed down the mouth straight into the lungs, and then spread to the whole body.

Wherever the potion passes, both the body and the soul fall into silence, begin to hibernate and repair themselves - this is one of the best therapeutic potions, placing people in sleep to recuperate, and it is also one of the few that can have a full effect on the sublimated person. A highly effective anesthetic agent.

But under the influence of the silver chip, Ian's thinking was still very clear. While he was fixed on the operating table, he could clearly see that Adelbert had entered the state of the dead king, and there was also a faint blue gun in his hand. Ectoplasmic knife.

This is actually Adelbert's ability of the dead king, 'The Nether Blade'. It is supposed to be a two-handed sword about the height of a person. With one swing of the sword, it is enough to erode a castle to ashes and cut open the subspace. .

But now, it was just a scalpel, and facing Ian's body, which had eight layers of shields removed, leaving only the basic defense of flesh and blood, it was still a bit difficult to cut. Adlbert used some force to cut open Ian's body. chest.

"Is this the Immovable Fortress? Just relying on this body, you don't need any abilities to control the battlefield."

Adlbert had never fought with Ian, nor did he spar with each other on weekdays, because he actually didn't care about combat power at all. Knowledge and research were his foundation. This was the first time that he experienced Ian's strong basic qualities in person, and in his heart All that is left is sighing: "But even this kind of inheritance can continue to be optimized and become stronger."

Shaking his head, Adalbert used force, and then spread Ian's sternum to both sides, as if opening a door, revealing various flesh, flesh and organs in the body.

It has to be said that Ian's body itself is very well-proportioned, almost perfect. Both his appearance and body shape are like works of art.

But compared with Ian's inner self, his appearance is just ordinary beauty.

When he saw the arrangement and structure of the various sublimation organs in Ian's body, Adelbert subconsciously held his breath. He had never seen such a reasonable distribution of sublimation organs. Each one was located in its most suitable position. Each sublimation The organs all help and resonate with each other, producing greater effects than working alone.

In the young man's body, although the purple-red blood has stagnated, it still maintains strong activity. Among the organs, the muscles and visceral membranes have extremely regular inscription patterns, flashing with a light and dark luster.

Perfect creature.

This is the thought that flashed through Adalbert's mind - if there is a so-called 'perfect individual' in human beings, then Ian is undoubtedly the template for this.

Strong, tough, agile and beautiful...it's like a miracle carved in the world by the hand of fate.

But he knew deeply that Ian was not born like this. The young man is optimizing his body every moment, constantly adjusting his living habits and diet, and transforming himself into a more perfect body through hard training and even self-surgery like today.

Sublimation...that's what sublimation is all about.

Sublimate everything that was originally weak and clumsy into a new, more powerful form.

"Originally, I couldn't imagine how the pioneers who developed the way of sublimation were able to open up this path."

The researcher was silent for a moment, and he sighed with admiration: "But after meeting you, I understand what it takes to be the pioneer of a new path...what kind of person is a pioneer."

In Ian's chest, the purple-red heart was beating slowly. It was calmed by the soul-resting potion and seemed to have already known its next fate.

Adebert quickly and delicately cut off all the flesh-and-blood structures connected to the heart, and used his own Netherworld essence to solidify the condition of all wounds. He practiced meditation. He also had extremely huge computing power and carefully processed every nerve. and blood vessels, and then completely remove Ian's heart and place it in a storage vessel aside.

But this was just the beginning. Adebert looked attentively and slowly moved the core of the elementium hearth located under Ian's ribs upward.

The core of the source furnace has no entity in essence. It is the 'sub-entity powerful source seed' constructed by Ian using the core of the ancient dragon core and the ether crystal as the source in his own body. It maintains the sub-permanent power with the powerful calculation power of his soul. operation.

But just like the whirlpool does exist in the sea, the core of the source material has no entity, but the flesh and blood that the source material it controls passes through, and the true ether network formed by the fusion of silver chips and Ian nerves is 'sea water'. The operation process of these 'seawaters' is the so-called 'whirlpool', which is the essence of the heart of the source material furnace, a super-phase existence.

And Adalbert steadily moved up these silver ether networks, connected them with all the blood vessels and nerves originally connected to the heart, and stitched them together quickly and accurately.

Time passed by minute by second, and the scarlet halo in Adebert's eyes was swaying. Obviously, even if Ian was extremely cooperative, he still had to avoid performing such an ultra-high-precision surgery on an ascendant. It is also a hard job for him to affect the movement of the essence in Ian's body.

But after three hours, he still completed all the connection and transfer work.

But this is only the basis.

After resting for a moment and pouring himself a bottle of concentration potion, Adlbert took out the 'Earth Source Crystal' that Ian had prepared from the beginning.

Light blue mixed with pure white illuminated the laboratory. A pure white ectoplasm crystal released a spectrum of two colors of pale blue and pure white, flickering like a breath.

Adlbert placed it in the center of the heart of the source furnace, in the 'depression' that seemed to have been prepared long ago - and the moment this pure white gem was embedded in the center of the young man's chest, it immediately bloomed with streaks of white. The spiritual energy veins, using blood vessels and nerves as paths, spread toward Ian's chest and body.

At the same time, Ian's body and soul began to weaken. In contrast, the leyline source crystal became brighter and brighter. It was as if the leyline source crystal was absorbing Ian's essence and soul and nourishing itself. !

But Adelbert was not surprised. He raised the 'Netherworld Blade' in his hand, and the original knife instantly turned into a small sword.

The eyes of the researcher of the Dead King reflected every change in the spiritual field of the Earth Vein Source Crystal, and just as the light of this pure white gem was changing and changing like breathing, he took action!

I saw the tip of the Nether Blade quickly scratching complex inscriptions on the surface of the Earth Vein Source Crystal, reversing its operating logic in a small but fundamental way!

Suddenly, the bright spiritual veins extending from the earth vein source crystal dimmed.

But after a few seconds, a warm light lit up, making Ian's body shine crystal clear from the inside out. The many blood vessels and nerve networks in the body turned into clearly visible silk lines. Running and flowing slowly.

The Earth Vein Source Crystal is a rather peculiar psychic object. It is a natural aggregate of psychic energy in nature. The operation of its "natural form" is to draw psychic energy from all things around it to enhance itself.

But this process can be reversed. The earth condenses the ley source crystals, just like a creature reserves excess spiritual power in its body, and when needed, the earth will draw out the power from these crystals to carry out Self-repair and regulate ecology.

Adlbert reversed the operating logic of the leyline source crystal, converting it from a mode of extracting energy from the earth to a mode of releasing energy to nourish Ian's body.

Of course, this process is quite dangerous for ordinary people: if they are rashly connected to the crystal of the source of the earth's veins, the biological individual can easily be dissipated by the vast natural will inside the crystal and become a vegetative state.

But Ian's tenacity did not worry Adebert at all.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Adebert sensed that even after taking the soul-resting potion, Ian still had the energy to fine-tune the positions of the leyline source crystal and the core of the elemental furnace, and expand the internal space to accommodate the high-heat molten metal in the future. Chamber.

Researcher Dead Lord let out a long breath. Now that the most dangerous moment has passed, the elementium furnace heart has replaced the heart, using pure elementium to promote the circulation of body fluids in Ian's body.

But there are still many follow-up surgeries to be done - for example, using 'Moraine Steel' as the basis to fill and solidify Ian's chest, and the laying of the flash silver skeleton will also take some time.

It will also take some time to cast the mithril circuit of the crystallized left hand.

But compared to connecting the core of the elemental furnace and inlaying the leyline source crystal, this is a trivial matter. Ian can even do it by himself, but since Adalbert has already taken action, it is better to do it all at once.

For the next six hours, Adelbert concentrated on laying the skeleton.

And Ian's feeling is also quite amazing.

After removing the heart, Ian felt a burst of pure emptiness - human physical instincts cannot adapt to a body without a heart, just like a disabled person who will feel the 'phantom pain' caused by his lost limbs from time to time. There is also an extreme sense of emptiness in the heart, and this emptiness has nothing to do with the brain, but comes from the soul.

This kind of emptiness is like the feeling of a person who wants to do something very important, but suddenly forgets what he wants to do. He tossed and turned and couldn't remember even after thinking hard. If I have to use a metaphor, it is very similar to the feeling of being at a loss when a dream is shattered and a task that has been worked hard for more than ten years fails on the last day, a kind of complete nothingness and emptiness.

At this moment, even with Ian's will, he couldn't help but feel a sense of nothingness.

——Why do I have to work so hard?

The young man asked himself.

Although it is said that ‘the heart is of no use, just remove it’, but how is this possible? Replacing the heart with the heart of the elemental furnace is an extremely risky path. This kind of transformation of the self will cause distortion of human thinking. There were many similar examples on the earth in the past. Many people who carried out large-scale transformation of themselves suffered from ' Cyberpsycho', turning into a ruthless anti-human lunatic.

But it only took Ian ten minutes to make this decision, and he made the relevant deductions and final surgical plan within two hours.

Everything is to improve the strength... to go to the sky.

But...does it really make sense?

Ian knew very well that the existence of the Prison Star Prison, located five light years away, was an incredible barrier.

The creator of a prison based on light years can easily erase the entire Terra star field with just one finger. The existence of this barrier itself is larger than all the matter in the Terra star field combined. Billion times.

If it weren't for the existence of the sky-falling spaceship, its fall might have broken the Prison Star Prison, and the people of Terra today would have no possibility of escaping from the prison.

But let’s not talk about whether you can escape from the Star Prison through the cracks.

Even if he escapes from prison, what will happen?

Outside the prison are the guards guarding the prison. Such a powerful being can just press a button and the Terrans will have to go back and continue to be in prison.

Even if there are no jailers... but the universe that allows the existence of the Prison Star Prison, how much better can it be?

The situation in the outer universe may be worse than inside the prison. Maybe the entire outer universe has been destroyed by a terrible cosmic war?

And even if he leads these Terran people out of the Hell, they will not be grateful to him. They just want a peaceful life, they just want to hold the happiness in their hands, that's all.

They have not seen the stars since they were children, and they do not understand the distance at all, nor the meaning of exploration.

Even if it succeeds, humans will not be grateful to Ian.

It's so nihilistic, everything is meaningless.

Infected by this feeling of nothingness, Ian couldn't help but fall into hesitation and hesitation.

——Half a second.

After half a second, he threw away the nothingness.

"I don't care whether Terra appreciates me or not."

Feeling the slow beating of the heart of the source material, and the abundant and gentle ectoplasm of the leyline source crystal nourishing his whole body and soul, Ian slowly opened his eyes: "Whether they are hating or grateful, happy or desperate, it all depends on me. It’s irrelevant.”

His face was expressionless, and the silver-blue light flashed in his eyes: "I don't care whether they are willing or not, whether they want to leave the Hell."

"I'm just doing it for myself. For my own dreams. For what I insist on is right."

"That's all."

Time flows.

"The operation was successful!"

For a while, Adalbert's voice seemed to come from an extremely distant place, and Ian could even hear his friend exhaling a sigh of relief: "I have not betrayed your trust, Ian, the heart of the elementium, The earth vein source crystal, the flash silver skeleton laying, and the mithril circuit on the left arm have all been completed."

"Even if there are some details that need to be adjusted next, you should be able to do it yourself, which is better than me!"

"Thank you...thank you."

Raising his head with some difficulty, the young man looked at Adebert. He stared at the tired deceased king and showed a sincere smile: "Next time you need surgery, I will preside over it."

This is his most sincere thanks.

"Yeah." Adlbert couldn't help but laugh. He rarely saw Ian in such a tired and weak posture, and he really wanted to see him more.

But he was also very tired, so after briefly agreeing and giving Ian a few instructions, Adlbert went to the rest room nearby to rest.

——Surgery is much more tiring than fighting!

And Ian was sitting on the operating table, stroking his chest. The ribs and chest bonded with the advanced regeneration agent he developed were very stable, and it only took half a day to return to their original shape.

In addition, under his collarbone and in the center of his chest, there was a faint blue light that was flickering on and off, which was a sign that the radiance of the Earth Vein Source Crystal shone beyond the flesh and blood.

A strange psychic field covers Ian's body. Within this psychic field, Ian can draw the power of the earth for his own use - this is the third energy level of 'vision' and 'self-spiritual field'. area'.

Even if he is not there yet, with the help of the perfectly made leyline source crystal, this characteristic has begun to appear.

Closing his eyes, Ian mobilized the silver chip's log.

Then, a waterfall of information flows through.

[The holder is undergoing the pre-ceremony surgery of the ‘Steel Pioneer Heritage’...]

[The holder has lost his heart]

[The holder’s heart function is replaced by the ‘Essence Furnace Heart’]

[The holder obtains the energy module·Ley Vein Source Crystal]

[The holder obtains the ability module·Flash Silver Skeleton]

[The holder has gained enhanced abilities. The mithril circuit speeds up the conduction speed of the ether crystal by 3.7825 times]

[The holder’s true form of bloodline, Immovable Fortress, and true form of bloodline, Fairy, have been initially merged]

[The holder’s information has been updated]

【Ian Silverfeng】

[Bilaterally symmetrical humanoid carbon-based sublimation creature on Terra (Cretaceous People variant)]

[Special third level · Juvenile body · Authority · Naturally intelligent creature · Main intelligent creature in the star field · Psychically awakened individual · Peak individual ]

[Note: Through postnatal practice and self-transformation, this individual has become the most powerful, intelligent and perfect pinnacle individual of the same level in its race. Both physical and spiritual abilities have reached perfection. There are no records in historical records. There are individuals who can compare with it]

[Body material... Sublimation changes... A new path is being sublimated]

[Note: This individual is creating a new and never-before-seen sublimation path. This path is self-named ‘Arcane Path’ and has been added to the ‘Ether Flow Information Library’]

[Adjustment information...]

[Body material... Sublimation changes... Arcane magic is being sublimated]

[Strength Level: Core]

[Contains source material: 15892.6445 cornerstone units]

[Storage source quality: 350,000 base stone units]

[Tip: This biological entity has a variety of different sublimation modules in its body to supply and reserve energy for it. The general method of measuring the contained source matter cannot properly estimate its source matter potential]

[Tip: This individual creature is extremely special. It is necessary to activate the ‘Special Extraordinary Creature Protection Protocol’ and record its information into the ‘Ether Flow Information Database’ to avoid irreparable information loss]

【……】

"What?"

When he saw this, Ian's eyes widened. He didn't expect that his transformation would make Silver Chip so excited all of a sudden, throwing out a large amount of new information and vocabulary.

The peak individual...the ether flow information library...and the subsequent 'Protocol for the Protection of Special Extraordinary Creatures', each one seems to reveal a corner of the grand truth.

As he progresses and improves, and explores unknown areas, the secret behind the silver chip begins to gradually unfold to him!

But what happened next shocked him even more.

Because Ian felt it.

In other words, the prophet felt it.

There is a channel that originates from the far end of time and space... no, it originates from all things in the world, from the entire universe of time and space... The information in the ubiquitous 'ether' seems to have been touched on some key node. Then he sent a message.

The original ether flow that transcends time and space, and the great ether that runs through infinite parallel worlds, is vibrating as a whole.

It was an indescribable and unspeakable message. If I had to describe it in human language... maybe it was a greeting.

A gentle hello.

[Brothers and sisters whose location is unknown]

The grand message greets softly: [A pioneer walking on a new road]

[Your forerunners greet you]

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