Chapter 52, Worrying Academic Ability
"It's really shocking. Your hardware shouldn't be able to support such intense psychic energy." Arecino was already firing on all cylinders.
God's Eye, Evil Eye transformation plus the power of your own blood.
Six exoskeleton-like limbs also appeared on Arecino's side.
On the opposite side, Fugate still looked a little declining, still looking a little decadent.
A laser shot over, Fugate's eyes glowed blue, and the Eye of God also glowed blue. A layer of blisters appeared in front of Fugate, and the laser was immediately blocked.
"It won't be a problem for a while," Fugate said.
"How long can you last?" Arecino asked curiously.
"I can last all day," Fugate replied smoothly.
"It just so happens that I am too." Arecino smiled. Of course, Arecino was joking, because the evil eye was not enough to sustain a whole day's outburst.
The same is true for the blood of the evil moon in her body, but nothing can be compared to Fugate in terms of momentum, and Arecino has not really used his full strength yet.
But...
"Then, the warm-up is over, I will go all out." Arecino smiled.
The bloody spear instantly sprouted fang-like teeth.
"The hunt begins!"
"Then I have to be more serious." Fugate held his hands empty, and the water element formed a water knife.
Then the evil eye of the ice element also began to exert its power, the temperature dropped sharply, and the water knife turned into an ice blade.
"Please!" Before Fugate could finish his words, the ice blade moved forward, and the sound of metal clashing began.
"It's really dangerous, but if it's just like this, it won't trouble me."
"Yes, then what about." Arlecino fired out thirty-one moves in a row, each one directed at the vital point, while Fugate moved slowly, seemingly very slowly each time, but every time he hit the target just right. Arecino dodged the combo.
"Sure enough, it's just that there is no killing intention. It has no effect on you at all." Arecino put away the sickle.
Then he snapped his fingers.
But there was no spider thread rising in front of him as Arecino expected.
"The same tricks are useless to me." Fugate lowered his eyebrows and said casually, "Master [Servant], please appreciate my full strength."
"Steam venue!"
Violent steam began to spread throughout the world.
Arecino said with a solemn expression, "The ability to predict has been suppressed."
"If there is nothing in the heart, there will naturally be nothing on the knife." Fugate said casually. "The knife with nothing will naturally not exist."
"This is called 'casting something into nothingness'."
"No matter how advanced your 'realm' is, your external expression will ultimately rely on your 'hardware.'" Arecino said with a smile after taking a few cuts.
"If that's the case, then..." Arecino exploded with all his strength, violent flames enveloped the entire steam field, and the steam field laid by Fugate was directly forcibly overturned.
Fugate's figure appeared somewhat embarrassed on the edge of the huge pothole, with burn marks all over his body.
But the burns were healing rapidly.
This is the combined effect of six water thaumaturgy, psychic energy and Fugate's special physical quality.
"Are you going to kill me? Dear [Servant]." Fugate raised his hands to indicate that he had surrendered.
Fugate's current hard power is no match for Arecino. Facing Arecino with full firepower, he can only sustain dozens of more moves.
"You smooth-talking guy, I don't believe you will be defeated by me so easily." Although Arecino said this, he also withdrew his evil eye and blood power.
"I really tried my best." Fugate muttered.
"Hmph~" Arlecino said that he didn't believe it at all, but through this battle, Arlecino had figured out some of Fugate's strength.
In terms of physical attack, Fugate is able to reach the LV80+ level due to his superb skills, but his hard power (attack power) has not yet reached the standard and is still only LV65+.
The elemental control ability is still at LV90, the witchcraft is also at LV90, the survivability is at full level, and the body's resistance to the elements is much stronger than his own.
The resistance to curses is also very strong, and basically curses will not have any effect on it.
At the same time, most psionic witchcraft will be ineffective when facing Fugate, because Fugate knows how to counter psionic witchcraft better than Arecino.
Fugate's comprehensive ability is probably equivalent to the seventh seat among executive officers. It is not as good as that doll, but it is better than others.
"It seems that you are recovering well, so how does Charmian compare with you?" Arecino asked.
"Charmian is more proficient in martial arts than me." Fugate said. "After all, I am just a weak academic. Not only is he senile, but he is also retired. It is already very inhumane to be dragged into work."
"..." Faced with Fugate like this, Arecino didn't know what to say.
This guy knows what yin and yang is.
"It's a miracle that you survived for such a long time. If I had spoken like you, I would have been beaten to death." Arecino said.
She has stopped increasing the evil eye, and her whole body has fallen into a weak state.
But she was Arecino after all. Even if she was weak, she was still stronger than the average top powerhouse.
Arecino has not yet reached his peak.
But it's not much worse. Now that Arecino has been upgraded with psychic abilities, he is confident that he will not be weaker than any other being.
Of course, there is no need to compare the monsters in the top three seats in the Fools. According to Fugate, those guys are all genuine ‘monsters’.
Not only are they talented, but they are also very qualified, many of them are hundreds of years old.
His strength has already grown to the level of 'Demon God'.
It was far beyond what she, the orphan of the 'Er Moon' who had not yet reached her peak, could compare to.
Maybe when she perfectly develops her own bloodline and then transcends her own bloodline, she can be on par with those guys.
Fugate gave Arecino some nutritional medicines that would help the body recover.
Arecino was not polite, took it and drank it directly.
"Are all of you alchemists treasure chests like you?" Arecino asked, "As if you can pull out anything."
"You have to be good enough to do it. The pockets of the mediocre are often empty." Fugate and Arecino walked back.
Both of them coincidentally used the spiritual power to restrain existence, and passed by the members of the Law Enforcement Tribunal who came here to investigate.
"How long will it take to complete your new potion?" Arecino asked. "I have been looking forward to that scene for a long time."
"The time required is not certain. After all, we have no way to determine whether the special structure will affect the efficacy of the medicine." Fugate said, "Scientific research, oh no, it is about alchemy. There are often slight differences and thousands of miles. ”
"It's like Shadow Chasing Potion. After dilution, it will become [Diluted Justice Potion] instead of Shadow Chasing Potion."
"The deterioration of pharmaceuticals and how they deteriorate is also something we need to consider."
"Theory is theory, reality is practice, we will not make those stupid mistakes."
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"Teacher, I'm so bored these days." Hertara's voice came from Fugate's ear.
"What's wrong with you?" Fugate, who was doing the experiment, asked in a preoccupied manner.
"The little red-haired one at home has started traveling, and I don't have anything to do." Hetara said.
A series of shitty things happened in Mondstadt.
Dirty politics has once again won, and truth and justice have been silenced.
Although greater justice and truth came later, belated justice was not justice in Diluc's eyes, and he had withdrawn from the Knights and was not prepared to rejoin.
He chose to travel and seek revenge on the culprit of it all - the Doctor.
But obviously he chose the wrong person. [Doctor], the executive officer, was not something he could touch. With the help of Hetara, Diluc was able to survive until he was rescued by a person who claimed to be the Hokuriku Intelligence Organization.
From this Diluc also embarked on a journey of travel.
Hetara, the old lady who travels with her, is now at a leisurely pace. "Since you have nothing to do, come over and help." Fugate said.
"Teacher, aren't you working for the Fools? What is there to do?" Hetara asked.
"I was recently pulled by Charmian to learn alchemy, and I discovered a new track." Fugate said, "Maybe my alchemy level will take a big step forward with this."
Hetara asked Fugate to wait, and then the illusory projection appeared.
"Are you here to study and improve alchemy?" Hetara appeared in the laboratory.
It was immediately felt by Xia Mian.
"You're here, Hetara." Sharmian greeted happily.
"Long time no see Charmian." The two best friends greeted each other, and then Hetara realized something was wrong.
"Speaking of which, Charmian, why is your alchemy platform the largest?" Hetara asked.
According to the rules of the laboratory, the alchemy platform of the person leading the experiment is the largest.
"It's simple, because Charmian's alchemy level is now better than mine." Fugate said cheerfully, and he really didn't seem annoyed at all.
Fugate talked about Charmian's development of the [Jade Potion] and the discovery of the overhead structure Shadow Chaser Bottle.
Hetara also asked for the formulas of [Jade Potion] and [Justice Potion].
Although the Justice Potion is not needed, my little red hair still needs the Jade Potion.
"Since you are here, help quickly." Fugate assigned several tasks to Hetara without any courtesy.
Hetara didn't complain and went straight to work.
"Are you doing this? Are you bringing ghosts here to work?" Arecino asked with a strange look on his face during his daily inspection of the pharmacy laboratory.
"Hello, I am Hetara, the apprentice of Master Fugate. As you can see, I have been dead for hundreds of years and then suddenly I was pulled out to work." Hetara greeted Arecino.
"Uh~Hello, you can call me Arecino." Arecino was still a little nervous facing the ghost.
"Don't worry too much, Mr. [Servant]." Fugate said, "Hetara is my apprentice. She is closely related to my destiny and is a person I can trust."
"In addition, you may not know that [Doctor] just had an affair with Hetara."
"Oh? What is it?" Arecino suddenly became interested.
"You should know [Doctor]'s recent actions in Mondstadt, right?" Fugate asked.
"I still know something about this. It's mainly to supplement the Abyss Investigation Team of the Fools, so we need to recruit some recruits in Mondstadt." Arecino said, "But I don't know the specifics. I only know that it is said that [Dr. Very well done.”
"It was indeed done very well." Fugate said, "However, sacrifices are inevitable in this process. Coincidentally, the sacrifice this time was Hetara's direct descendant, Cripps."
"...Is it such a coincidence?"
"The fact is that it is such a coincidence that Cripps is also the father of Diluc, a junior whom Hertara is very optimistic about."
"I know a little about Diluc. Because of Diluc's matter, the Fools and the Hokuriku Intelligence Organization have been at odds recently." Arecino said, "For this reason, a lot of agents have been transferred from me."
The Hokuriku Intelligence Organization was founded by the young wolf Rustan five hundred years ago to protect Mondstadt in the darkness.
It has been developing and growing secretly over the years, and now it is not a weak organization, and can be regarded as one of the best in the entire Teyvat continent.
The confrontation between the Fools and the Hokuriku Intelligence Organization is big news.
However, because the confrontation between the two sides was basically in the dark, not many ordinary people knew about it.
"Then I agree." Arecino recognized Hetara, and said that although he could not do it personally for [Doctor], he would be able to provide as much help as needed.
"[Doctor] has really done all kinds of bad things. Even his colleagues can't see him well." Hetara complained.
"That's right. That guy [Doctor] is not very popular among fools. If he were to compete with Arecino, he would have been killed long ago if it wasn't really difficult to kill him."
"Speaking of which, the mentor looks like he is very familiar with [Doctor]." Hetara asked.
"That guy interrupted my resurrection ceremony and asked me to come back to life in advance." Fugate said.
Seeing Hetara fail to configure the potion and pour it directly into the waste pool, Fugate couldn't help but complain, "I say Hetara, if you are not good at multitasking, use less. Look how much is wasted."
"That's long-winded." Hetara said, and then began to carefully prepare the potion.
After all, he is also a gold-level alchemist. After getting serious, not only the success rate has increased, but the quality has also improved.
"Speaking of it, mentor, do you have any ideas for us to get physical bodies? Hmm~ Or abilities." Hetara asked, "Although we can live very well relying on spiritual energy, we still miss having physical bodies. Time.”
"I don't have any solution for this at the moment." Fugate pondered for a moment and said, "But I can study it next."
There are many ways for a spirit body to obtain a physical body. The most common one is to directly forcibly occupy the physical body.
The current situation is somewhat similar to that of several apprentices of the subspace demon who are also able to do this.
But occupying other people's bodies naturally has various disadvantages. The most important one is that it will pollute one's own existence and make one no longer pure.
Naturally, they don't want to do this kind of thing that affects development.
"I guess you've been waiting for this kind of biotheory topic." Fugate said.
Fugate also thought about this. Perhaps he could use similar means to make his body recover faster and eliminate the sequelae of the forced escape ceremony as soon as possible.
And after Fugate searched his memory bank, he found a lot of techniques that could be used for reference.
I'm going to draw some prizes after I'm done with this period of time. It just so happens that I haven't drawn any prizes for a long time.
With Hetara's help, Fugate's research progress was much faster. First, Charmian's [Jade Potion] was diluted and improved.
A bottle of [Baoyu Potion] can maintain its efficacy under the action of ten kilograms of diluent.
The diluent uses 30% specially made high-energy nutrient solution, 30% pure water, 30% slime condensate and 10% [Dragon Essence] as the base dilution.
[Dragon Essence] is the dragon lizard essence extracted and liquefied and diluted by Xia Mian.
Each young dragon lizard can produce three copies in a week. In order to complete the experiment, the number of dragon lizards raised increased from one of each kind to three of each kind, which met the needs of the experiment.
"I really miss Kuru. If he were here, I could just leave the thesis writing to him." Hetara said with great nostalgia.
After completing the experiment, Charmian and Fugate gave Hertara the task of writing the paper.
Charmian and Fugate are optimizing the refining process.
And try to replace more labor with machines.
Fugate's current mechanical research technology is already very powerful and can definitely surpass most Fontaine researchers.
"Stop complaining, or you can help us optimize the process." Xia Mian said.
"Forget it, forget it." Hetara smiled twice and continued to write the paper.
Compared with writing a paper, this optimization process is the most grueling. It requires careful attention and the ability to understand the specific meaning of each alchemical action.
The paper is easier to write, as long as you understand the theory.
You only need to write a rough outline of the operation. Anyway, not many people in Teyvat can understand a paper of this level.
Those mediocre people in the Jiaoling Academy are probably at the level of kneeling down to read. Not to mention reading the Heavenly Book, that's pretty much it. They can't understand it anyway.
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Half a month later, after taking the Adventurers Association express lane, the paper had successfully arrived in Xumi.
In fact, the sages really can't understand the paper of Fuquet and Charmian, even if the person reading this paper is Cyrus, the great sage of the Su Lun sect. After all, Cyrus is mainly studying elements, so It is also excusable.
But Kyulesh had his own way.
"Good disciple, come and help the teacher read this paper." Gulesh said to his student Lisa.
"Is it the paper sent back by those big shots again?" Lisa also straightened her hat.
As someone who has reached the threshold of [Gold]-level alchemy, Lisa is currently the only person in the Order who can understand these papers and manuscripts.
"Yes." Gulesh rubbed his brow in distress and said, "These old guys are really looking for trouble for others."
(End of chapter)