Chapter 863: Preliminary success_3
After passing checkpoints guarded by magic servants, magic locks, magic traps, and mechanical traps, Noland Lee and Selena entered an elegantly decorated Underground Magic Laboratory.
Unlike the metal-laden laboratories of scientific civilization, Noland’s Underground Magic Laboratory contained very few metal objects.
Culture tanks from the technological side were replaced by rectangular wooden boxes crafted by Nature Magic.
The lid of the box was a single piece of glass, allowing Noland to peer inside clearly.
All the accessories associated with the culture tanks, such as the base, liquid transport pipelines, and internal mechanical arms, were replaced with formations crafted using Nature Magic, Earth Rock Magic, and magic pipelines.
In short, Noland had retained the majority of the culture tank and base functions while transforming them into something resembling a wooden coffin with the style and design philosophy of magic…
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If the glass lid were replaced with a patterned wooden board and placed on top, the contraption would indeed look exactly like an upright wooden coffin…
Be it the style or the appearance, Noland was indifferent.
As long as the magic-crafted culture tank was functional, that was all that mattered.
His ideal Underground Space would feature five levels of Underground Magic Laboratories.
With Selena commanding the magic servants to work day and night, only the first to third underground levels had been completed.
Noland was now on the First Underground Level.
This level was lined with dark brown wooden floors and many bookshelves stacked with books, decorated just like a library.
In the central area of this level, magic servants were tirelessly constructing culture tanks specifically prepared for Nicolette’s soul.
Noland did not come here for the culture tanks.
He and Selena bypassed the bustling magic servants and stepped into the rotating staircase leading downward to Underground Layer 2.
This level was much quieter by comparison. noveldrama
Apart from the magic servants keeping watch, no other person or magical creation lingered here.
Noland reached an open space, picked up the Magic Pouch at his waist, and dumped a large amount of Alchemy Material onto the Ground Level.
The Ground Level, altered by Nature Magic, was soft and Toughness and even capable of automatic repair.
The Alchemy Material that fell to the ground wouldn’t break from their landing nor would they damage the floor.
Half a minute later, mountains of Alchemy Material accumulated on Underground Layer 2.
Noland used “Mind Capture” and simultaneously controlled several Rune Staffs to start constructing the alchemy array.
The core component of the “Supreme Calculation” Alchemy Suit, the “Supreme Calculation Formation”, covered an area of over a hundred square meters and reached about 3 meters in height, with millions of alchemy runic patterns.
The moment the array was activated, it would shrink from a massive structure to the size of a palm.
Only after completing this step would the array be considered successfully constructed.
The “Computing Array Blueprint” that Noland originally acquired was only 20% complete. It was Denise Green who helped him draft it.
To nail this extremely complex Alchemy Creation in one go, Noland transferred a part of “Supreme Computational Power” to Selena, allowing her to draft the Alchemy Blueprint on his behalf.
This operation was a success, raising the completion percentage of the blueprint from 20% to 100%.
Another advantage was that Selena, by mastering the blueprint, became a qualified assistant.
Noland transferred to Selena the basic and intermediate theoretical knowledge of Alchemy through “Mind Infusion”.
Leveraging her years of accumulated scholarly Experience, Selena easily mastered the art of Alchemy and assimilated it.
With her assisting by using [Mage’s Hand], Noland greatly reduced the time it took to create the Array.
The two of them divided the Array in half, each taking responsibility for one area.
About four hours later, the Stereo Array took on a rudimentary shape.
Comprising a complex pattern of straight lines, diagonal lines, and zigzags, the Array stood before Noland and Selena,
As it was created using a large quantity of Thunder Beast Blood and glowing Alchemical Reagent, the Stereo Array resembled a vividly colored metallic jungle.
Every so often a multicolored Radiance would zip through the Array.
Noland only needed to infuse a large amount of Soul Energy to activate the Array, shrinking it down to a palm-sized Alchemy Creation.
Before taking this step, Noland briefly left the Laboratory.
He took a Public Vehicle to fly away from Island 33, and, accompanied by Selena, met with Nolin, who was busy in another Island’s Magic Laboratory.
Since Sidney Palmida had sent people to probe the place, Nolin’s Magic Laboratory entered a state of lockdown, with no additional Wizards coming or going.
Beyond human physiological needs, Nolin, as a Synthetic Human, was immersed in the task of self-teaching magic knowledge, trying to understand the Magic Energy of This World.
Only by thoroughly researching Magic Energy could she hope to create an “Ability Neutralizing Pulse Projector” targeting magic.
It had been nearly 10 days since Nolin last saw other Mankind in the lab before Noland and Selena entered.
The sound of the opening Laboratory door caught her attention.
“Nolin, I am about to fulfill my promise,” Noland approached her steadily, his voice gentle:
“I have crafted the alchemy array designed to receive personality data. Now, I will remove your Synthetic Human Main Control Chip.”
Nolin set down the Magic Pen, closed the Magic books in front of her, and slowly stood up, her expression slightly nervous:
“Yes, Sir…”
After a half-second pause, she asked:
“Could you tell me, Sir, what success rate you have predicted? I’ve been reading books on Souls lately… To be honest, I’m quite confused about my own situation. In the eyes of Wizards, the Soul is the origin of life. Without a Soul, there is no life.”