Tower Defense Game: My Kingdom of Eternal Life

"Your name is..."

Cheng Shen struggled to squeeze out the air from his lungs and passed through his leaky vocal cords.

Halfway through his words, he suddenly felt so stupid.

"I'm so stupid, really." He could obviously communicate with the other party directly through mental fluctuations, but he chose the stupidest way. Changing into an ordinary person's body seemed to limit his thinking.

The inside of the abdominal cavity where hemostatic powder was poured began to heat up.

But this is not a good phenomenon.

Cheng Shen had not yet treated the wound inside. If the medicine took effect in this situation, it would only make his wound more infected and fester. He did not waste time by trying to heal himself, and stepped forward to pick up the alchemist.

"May I have your name."

A ray of mental fluctuation spread towards the other party.

"You, you!..."

The alchemist was in so much pain that he could not speak due to the injuries to his arms.

Cheng Shen picked up the remaining anesthetic and poured it onto his arms hastily.

"If you dare to pretend to be stupid, I will let you know what real suffering of flesh and blood means."

He threatened calmly.

The thin alchemist in front of him measured the distance between him and Cheng Shen, as well as his casting speed, and immediately compromised.

"Hey... my name is... Morais."

He gasped.

Before Cheng Shen could ask again, he continued: "I don't care who you are, but you dare to sneak in here! The entire castle is under the control of that adult, and you will be discovered soon! You are finished

!”

"You don't seem to understand what I said."

Cheng Shen said calmly.

He picked up a scissor-like serrated knife next to him and clamped one of Morais' fingers. He immediately changed his color, "Wait, wait! I said...ah!!"

Snap.

Cheng Shen threw the knife back to the metal table and watched quietly as Morais screamed in pain.

He is not afraid of being heard. His previous observations have already told him that in this special area, every laboratory has a soundproof formation. Even if he shouts, no one will notice anything unusual here.

soon.

Morais stopped shouting because of the indirect effect of the anesthetic.

His face had become paler than paper, cold sweat was pouring from his forehead, and his eyes were gradually becoming distracted.

"Your age."

Cheng Shen asked smoothly.

"42..."

Morais answered subconsciously.

"Were you born here or did you come from somewhere else."

Cheng Shen continued to ask.

"I……"

Morais trembled when he heard his demon-like voice. He came back to his senses and gritted his teeth and said, "I'm from Moldo. My hometown was destroyed in the war. After many twists and turns, I ended up here and was taken in by the city lord."

Wanderer?

Cheng Shen nodded.

In this world where rules are digitized, wanderers are a very special group. In the process of wandering, they will experience changes that even they cannot detect, and travel through time and space to another area.

So he didn't ask what kind of place Moldo was.

That may be far away.

A distance that he might not be able to reach in his lifetime.

"How long have you been here and what do you usually do?"

He continued to ask.

"Twelve years!"

Morais gave a number without hesitation. He looked at Cheng Shen's face and continued: "I am usually responsible for conducting biological experiments and researching various medicines that are effective for different races."

"Potion?" Cheng Shen became interested immediately upon hearing this, "What have you researched?"

"The beast pills, red pills... and the two potions you just used were all researched by me! I will keep a copy of the finished potion formula and store it in the cabinet behind you..."

Morais said immediately.

Cheng Shen looked back at the blood-stained iron cabinet. There was a faint mental fluctuation on it. According to his speculation, it should be some kind of special arrangement similar to a memory rune that only the user could open.

"Go open it."

Cheng Shen said directly to Morais.

"I……"

Morais raised his two disabled arms and was about to defend himself, but seeing Cheng Shen's increasingly cold eyes, he still stepped forward and touched it with the hand that was pierced by the blade but could barely move.

.

Suddenly, he stopped, turned around and said, "I can give you all the formulas to save my life!"

"Get it quickly!"

Cheng Shen just urged in an impatient tone.

Morais looked aggrieved, but the fear of death in his heart still dissipated the courage he had finally built up.

Clang.

The cupboard door, which was covered in sticky blood, was opened.

Cheng Shen immediately stepped forward, pulled Morais aside, and reached out to take out a stack of information from the cabinet filled with bottles and jars.

He looked through it carefully.

There are many contents recorded in the data, but most of them are Morais' experimental records.

There are only a dozen actual recorded finished product recipes.

And the most valuable.

These are the two types that Morais took the initiative to mention.

Beast pill: After using it, you can enter a semi-animal state and gain additional ability bonuses. However, the side effects are extremely severe. Every time you use it, you will accumulate animal toxins in your body. Long-term use will completely alienate you.

Become a real beastly monster.

This kind of animal pill is made by extracting and condensing the bone marrow fluid of different organisms.

Depending on the source of the bone marrow, the effects of animal transformation are also different.

However, a person can only use beast pills made from the same biological source. Once used indiscriminately, he will transform himself into a monster. Morais only keeps two newly refined shadow demon rat beast pills here.

According to what he said, other finished products have been handed over to the castle in exchange for contributions.

The castle contribution he mentioned is also a very special thing.

But let’s not talk about it for now.

Red Pill: After use, the recovery speed of one's own health will be greatly enhanced, which lasts for ten seconds. The side effects are also extremely strong.

The effect of this red pill is to enhance recovery by overdrawing the life potential. Each time you use one, your life will be shortened by at least a few years, but in exchange, you will gain almost immortal vitality within these ten seconds.

There is only one sample of this red elixir that he has preserved.

Cheng Shen put it away directly.

In addition, there are about ten other pharmaceutical formulas with various special effects.

He quickly recorded everything in his mind through his powerful memory.

Turn your head.

Cheng Shen looked at Morais who was moving furtively aside.

"What exactly is the apotheosis experiment?"

he asked curiously.

Morais immediately pretended that nothing happened, "That's what other people are doing. The Lord of the City has always wanted to achieve immortality by changing his physical form... But their path is actually wrong!"

The second half of what he said was categorical.

When talking about this issue, Morais seemed to completely ignore his fear of Cheng Shen, shaking his broken forearm and saying excitedly:

"Flesh and blood is the most precious substance given to us by the Creator, and it is the biggest difference between life and death! But they want to abandon flesh and blood and replace it with a metal structure. They are basically blaspheming life! They are destroying themselves!"

"Those damn guys deserve to be burned to death!"

he said angrily.

"..."

Cheng Shen was speechless.

Morais just mentioned that he was unable to become a senior alchemist and participate in the deification experiment because he did not contribute enough. Now it seems that the reason why he cannot integrate into the top circle seems to be more than just that.

From what we can see so far, the owner of this castle is obviously determined to develop a mechanical technology tree, and Morais, as an alchemist with primitive worship, seems so out of place.

certainly.

This has nothing to do with Cheng Shen.

"Besides you, how many alchemists are there? What are their names and what do they look like?

Also, what specific matters need to be paid attention to when moving here?"

He continued to ask.

Morais has calmly accepted his fate, and now he only asks Cheng Shen to spare his life.

After hearing this, he immediately confessed all the information he knew.

"I have told everything I know! After you leave, I will treat it as if nothing happened and will never leak any information to the superiors!"

Morais said anxiously.

"Don't worry."

Cheng Shen turned around and looked at the various rusty tools on the operating table. He picked up a vise-like tool and said expressionlessly: "This matter is important. I need to confirm some details."

After a while.

Cheng Shen left the room with a bloody corpse.

Before leaving, he searched the room for all the useful items. This body could not open the system space, so he found a complete animal skin and wrapped it into a package and put all the mess in it.

Squeak...

The dark door was slowly pushed open, and a blood-red light broke through a gap in the darkness.

Cheng Shen touched his right eye, which had been replaced with a deified structure.

Buzz!

The moldy-colored gemstone eyeball immediately released colorful light, providing a faint light.

Cheng Shen turned around and closed the door gently, carrying the animal skin package that was still bleeding out, and continued walking deeper into the passage.

After his second confirmation...

No,

To be precise, it should be three confirmations.

After Cheng Shen made Morais experience the true suffering and weakness of flesh and blood, he also made him understand how fragile the soul consciousness is without the protection of flesh and blood.

After receiving slightly different answers three times, he already had a general understanding of the situation here.

A total of twenty similar laboratories are built in this passage.

The status and importance of each alchemist are distinguished according to the numbers on the house number.

Morais ranked 19th.

This undoubtedly shows that he is at the bottom of all alchemists.

The only room ranked lower than him.

Still empty.

The alchemists who own rooms ranked within the tenth place are basically seniors who are qualified to participate in deification experiments. Dr. Seaman, whom the two craftsmen mentioned before, owns the room ranked third.

Morais mentioned.

These twenty laboratories are alchemist's private rooms, and usually no one else is inside except the alchemist himself.

In addition, there is a Zero Laboratory at the end of the passage.

It is said.

That is the ultimate base for conducting deification experiments.

But as an outsider who was excluded from the circle of alchemists, his knowledge of this laboratory was limited to this name.

"Apotheosis Experiment..."

Cheng Shen groped forward, pondering this piece of information in his mind.

The owner of the castle wants to store his consciousness in a mechanical structure and gain immortality by replacing his body.

This experiment is not as simple as it sounds.

In fact.

The alchemy puppet technology in this world is already very complete.

Whether it is alchemical creatures like the petrified ancestors, puppet creatures with mechanical structures, or extreme creations such as flesh-and-blood demon puppets.

It can completely transfer a person's soul into it.

but,

Just like the human body grows and ages over time.

soul,

In fact, there is also a natural decline process.

Currently, the most reliable method of immortality that Cheng Shen knows is to advance to the extraordinary state. Once promoted to the extraordinary state, the existence time of both the physical body and the soul body will be extended for an extremely long time.

but.

This is just longevity.

Rather than the eternal life that the castle owner pursues.

These two words,

Easy to say.

But even a supreme existence like the One-Horned Star Spirit has a life cycle. Even a product of rules that are indescribable and incomprehensible like this world will also face a terrifying disaster such as the death of all things.

Cheng Shen naturally wouldn't think that the owner of this castle could surpass gods in his research on immortality.

But when you think about it, it might not be that simple...

Boom.

Suddenly something kicked under his feet.

Cheng Shen lowered his head and saw that the weak light illuminated a mutilated corpse. It was a young woman. Her body was covered with gaps that had been torn apart by wild beasts. Her wide-open gray eyes were filled with fear and pain.

"Number nine."

Cheng Shen glanced at the writing on the door next to him, and his mind automatically recalled the information provided by Morais.

Laboratory No. 9 belongs to an alchemist with a very cruel personality.

He is different from other alchemists. Alchemist No. 9 was originally the research creation of another alchemist. After being transformed, he gained extremely high wisdom, but he also became violent in character due to various cruel experiments.

Morais mentioned that batches of fresh experimental subjects were often sent to the castle.

Sometimes it's people, sometimes it's various creatures.

Experimental subjects that fall into the hands of other alchemists still have a certain probability of surviving. Of course, the end is not much better, but at least their purpose is for research. Alchemist No. 9 is purely for torture.

Cheng Shen was not sure whether other alchemists were as weak as Morais and whether they had any hidden means to save their lives.

Don't want to cause unnecessary problems.

About to leave.

But just as he stepped over the mutilated corpse, the door behind him opened with a creak.

A figure as thin as a child, with layers of wrinkles on his face, appeared in the door. There were clumps of black hair growing on the exposed skin of his face and arms, like a monkey that had failed to metamorphose.

"Who are you!"

He asked sharply with a ferocious look in his eyes.

Plop!

The animal skin package Cheng Shen was carrying fell to the ground. He slowly turned his head, and the bloody light reflected half of the rough human skin mask. Cheng Shen was chewing something in his mouth, and he saw that his skin suddenly grew thick black hairs.

!

Cheng Shen's one eye suddenly turned blood red!

bass!

He turned around and rushed towards the opponent, and the fierce force pushed him back into the door.

Boom!

The door of Laboratory No. 9 was immediately slammed shut!