Lost Narrative Poetry

Although he doesn't know what Ms. Whisper's plan is, he can at least confirm one thing, that is, this demon is not prepared to use violent means to make him surrender. Perhaps it is because he needs to slowly corrupt himself and needs to start from the beginning. The most fundamental way to dismantle one's own resistance in mind and will?

Xia Ran is now confirming or testing this guess, and his behavior is naturally a bit unscrupulous. It can only be said that those who cannot get it are always in turmoil, and those who are favored are always confident.

Um? Is there anything wrong with this statement?

"..."

"..."

"It happens naturally, you just need enough patience and a little practice."

After a very brief moment of silence, a deep female voice sounded in the air.

Following the whisper of the devil, the surrounding scene suddenly changed. The originally narrow room suddenly widened, and the area increased several times.

Xia Ran saw that the hardwood table in front of him disappeared without warning, and an alchemy platform rose up in its place. The surrounding bookshelves were also replaced by storage shelves, with a large number of materials placed on them.

He just took a cursory glance around and discovered that the materials included plant roots, flowers and leaves, ore fragments and powder, animal bone scales, and even human skulls...it looked very scary.

In this dizzying switch, the young magician was unable to react for a moment.

"Although this is just a spiritual illusion, I can make its laws and rules completely equivalent to reality, whether it is changes in matter or energy reactions..."

The devil’s whisper sounded again—

"You can practice unlimited times here without actually consuming rare and precious materials. All you need to pay is your mental strength... If you really master the formula and can make it here, then in The same is true in reality.”

Can such an operation still be possible?

Xia Ran was immediately shocked. Do you want to cheat like this?

"If you are going to make this potion, you should use the blood of the frost dragon as the core, right? Then there are a total of five materials that need to be changed..." Ms. Whisper ignored what he was thinking and started talking straightforwardly. guide.

Xia Ran's mind froze, and she quickly concentrated her attention. Her body moved almost subconsciously, and she quickly took the corresponding materials and processed them using the instruments on the alchemy table.

Grinding, distillation, separation...

On the alchemical base purified from the core materials, subsequent auxiliary materials are added one after another according to strict procedures...

These were all basic operations that he had practiced when he was gaining proficiency before, so it wasn't a big problem. However, this is not enough. After all, alchemy in the true sense is not formal chemistry, but a skill that belongs to the mysterious field.

Because alchemy looks not only at the chemical reaction that occurs after two or more substances are mixed, but also at the change in the nature of the original magic contained in the magic material itself. It is precisely because of the existence of special factors such as magic that causes The elusiveness of alchemy.

The chemical reaction itself must be taken into consideration. The magical properties of the materials used in the current step must change as expected before or immediately after the reaction occurs, or at a certain stage during the reaction... …

This is already a very troublesome restriction——

There are multiple steps that need to be performed, and time may not be sufficient. Some may even only take the blink of an eye, so you must strictly grasp the timing to operate.

Sometimes it is necessary for the operator to use his or her own magic power or mental power to carry out targeted induction and activation. If one cannot stupidly wait for the original magic power contained in the material to change naturally, he will definitely not be able to keep up.

Moreover, the variables of the material itself are also very large. It is very likely that a certain material has only one gram more weight, or the year it was grown is a few years longer or a few days shorter. The amount of original magic power contained in it is very likely. There will be a significant difference.

——Mephala probably also wanted to completely simulate the reality, and did not make all the materials the same, but different.

Therefore, its changing response will also have uncertain time errors, ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes, or even a few hours or even longer. It may speed up or slow down.

And not only the difference in time, but also the size and strength of the reaction are likely to be affected, so a series of subsequent reactions will come, so relative adjustments must be made to the subsequent material processing and alchemy operations. You can’t just continue throwing material into the pot without looking at anything.

Even stir-frying is not done this way, let alone alchemy.

All in all, it was very complicated. Xia Ran was sweating on her forehead without knowing it, and her mental power was also being consumed rapidly. The simulation of this environment was completely equivalent to reality...

How complicated is this matter? It can be said that from the first step of making the alchemy base, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, because the alchemy base produced always had some deviations from what was expected, resulting in the materials he had prepared in advance not being used at all. .

There may be more, or there may be less and need to be processed again. However, time is limited. If the auxiliary materials are not added as soon as possible for the mixing reaction, the characteristics of the alchemy base itself will quickly evaporate and lose in a short period of time, and other changes will occur.

Once his speed cannot keep up, for example, if he wastes too much time carefully calculating how many grams of materials should be added or subtracted, and carefully adding or deleting, then he will be completely useless.

The same goes for the following steps. He discovered almost desperately that it seemed impossible for him to accurately obtain the expected results in every step, without missing a beat, which would lead to changes in the next step.

Because some stages only have an extremely short reaction time, it is impossible for him to instantly calculate the amount of deviation, and then instantly process the previously prepared materials again to make them exactly meet the standards, and seize the time to add them.

In addition, the difference in potency of the medicinal materials by year also needs to be considered. There are really too many factors and variables that need to be paid attention to and calculated, and the requirements are also very precise and complicated... One wrong step, one wrong step after another, and the mistakes will snowball. Accumulate more.

What the hell?

Is this work really something that humans can do? Could it be that a master alchemist who can make gold-level potions has an agility and intelligence of over 100, can move in one hundredth of a second as a time unit, and has a calculation speed comparable to that of a computer?

Failure, failure, failure...

Time passed quietly. If these materials were not false, Xia Ran suspected that he had wasted hundreds of thousands of points. It was precisely because he had no worries that he dared to grit his teeth and continue to waste materials again and again.

Since Mephala says it's okay, then this method is definitely effective, and maybe he just hasn't grasped the key yet.

The only thing he needs to have is a good mentality, and he cannot be discouraged and give up the opportunity directly...

that's all--

Until his mental strength was almost at the bottom, Xia Ran had no choice but to end the practice without success.

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The group of lost people seemed to have reached a consensus, but it seemed that because they did not have enough materials on hand, they were not in a hurry to settle the matter first.

They didn't say anything, so Xia Ran was happy to pretend not to know. After all, he had miscalculated beforehand and overestimated himself. What is a 90% probability of failure? It is simply a 100% probability of failure.

——Even if the risk belongs to others, he still hopes to succeed so that he can get another share.

In this way, he followed Mephala in the spiritual space to diligently learn the wisdom of magic at night, and spent half of his time to continue to work hard to improve his proficiency in alchemy; when he was on the road during the day, he fixed himself on the pony and followed the team. Go forward and take the opportunity to meditate to rejuvenate yourself.

Because he himself is not part of the team, it is normal for him to be taciturn and not talk much. A group of close combatants don't have many topics worth discussing with him.

In addition, he was wearing a mask, so others could not see his face or know his mental state. Naturally, it was not clear what this powerful and mysterious veteran of the legal system was actually doing behind the scenes.

However, hard work always pays off. In addition to his skyrocketing proficiency in alchemy skills, he was also pushed by the devil to go a long way in the field of magic, and began to master illusions beyond specifications, Summon and destroy three types of magic.

However, the point is not how many related low-level spell skills he is sure to complete or how many advanced skills he has mastered, but that he breaks away from the original perspective and begins to try to look at the field of magic from an extraordinary perspective.

He does not simply accept knowledge through cramming. He will work hard to explore the thoughts from various angles and have his own thoughts in his heart.

Because they brought a group of bandits with them, the subsequent march was a little slower. It took everyone three days to arrive at the abandoned mine that had recently been restarted. However, this did not matter. Over there in Xueman City The time given is quite sufficient.

——In fact, after setting a specific time, it can be seen that Xueman City is in a hurry. It is not known where the construction requires so much copper. It is said that there are three copper mines near Xueman City. They are all running day and night.

But it seems that it is still not enough, even such a remote and dangerous mining site is still not spared... It is obvious that there is not enough manpower, but I don't know where exactly it is used, and the construction in the city does not show that there is any place that needs a lot of occupation. labor and input into copper resources.

This is a steep mountain with jagged rocks and almost no grass. The peak is so high that it reaches the clouds. It seems normal if a giant dragon is resurrected and entrenched on it.

Some of the guards were left behind to guard the group of bandits with the people stationed here in the mine. The rest followed the lost people into the mine, and even the bandit leader was taken along with them.

——After all, he is a small BOSS whose physical strength has exceeded 50 points. Even if his skills cannot keep up, it would be a pity not to make full use of this kind of combat power.

Originally, the bandit leader wanted to die rather than give in, but since he had confessed once before, it would be easier to cooperate the second time, probably because he had more of a mentality of breaking things.

The most important thing is the threat from Xia Ran. He has learned the follow-up advanced summoning magic of the "Resurrection Zombie" spell - "Slave the Dead".

Anyway, what is needed is only the fighting power of the bandit leader. As for whether he is dead or alive, although this influence is still there, it is not too big anymore...

So the bandit leader, who was originally refusing to cooperate even if he was beaten to death, was invited out of his cell by a mysterious and powerful magician to entertain him with wine and food. He slowly explained his plan and also demonstrated the evil power of magic on the spot. .

He couldn't say any loud words of rejection, he just silently picked up his job and said "It smells so good" with a sincere expression.

The interior of the mine is dimly lit, and many places are supported by wooden frames, but there are also many collapsed roads. Windproof lights or torches are only installed in the main working places or resting places.

There were also people working, but they looked like thieves. They didn't dare to make too much noise at all. After digging a few times, they had to carefully prick up their ears and listen.

Because the undead in the deep tomb of Ancient Nord have been awakened, and some of them have even entered the intricate mines. Wandering aimlessly in them, they are likely to be attracted by the silence.

The group of people summed it up and decided that it would be best to clear out the corpses wandering in the mine, and then enter the deep tomb passage as quickly as possible.

Because it is too dangerous to fight in a narrow mine, and there is only so little space, Xia Ran is afraid that if he goes out with a fireball spell, everyone will die in the mine accident... And Nord underground tombs are often very solidly built, with considerable Spacious space to display.

"This is your weapon... It's time for you to go to the front and make contributions."

Xia Ran handed the short-handled ax to the bandit leader and patted the other party's shoulder with a serious word.

"What if we encounter a corpse?" the bandit leader asked doubtfully.

"Don't be afraid, you can just go up and chop them with the guy. They are not dangerous..." Xia Ran said seriously.

Nothing dangerous? The bandit leader immediately felt relieved. He held the ax and walked at the front with his head held high. However, he soon realized that something was wrong. When he looked back, he saw the group of people and the guards of the brigade far behind him. watching.

——At least twenty or thirty meters away.

"You...what are you doing..." The bandit leader held back for a long time before he asked.

"We'll cover you from behind." Xia Ran said seriously.

"Shouldn't I be closer to cover then?"

"What are you afraid of? We have dozens of guys here to protect you. If anything goes wrong, we will throw them all over!"

The bandit leader's face suddenly turned green.