The days are spent catching spies and cleaning up pirates day after day.
Li Nuo was a man of two generations and had rich experience in fishing.
He accurately grasped the psychology of Lape Chanal's employer.
He insisted on bringing the corpses of one or two undercurrent spies every day to report to Lape Chanal.
He would also bring an extra one every now and then to let the other person experience what it means to be surprised.
After delivering the body in the evening, Li Nuo would go to the Treasure Sea in night cover and guard the sea monster that was communicating with the undercurrent spies.
The process of sweeping away the Kraken can be described in one sentence:
Float the boat for half an hour and blow up the boat for three seconds.
Li Nuo first had to spend half an hour destroying the pirate ship's diving array and letting the ship float to the surface.
Then, he could spend three seconds to use thunder clouds to smash the sea monster and the ship together.
It's not like he has never tried the trick of boarding a ship on his own initiative and using the "Two Fingers of Death" to fight the sea monster inside the ship.
To be honest, it's really better to secretly use psychic magic and thunder clouds to attack without the Siren noticing him.
Although the Kraken is vulnerable to the "Two Fingers of Death", it can't withstand their large numbers, and it doesn't take advantage of "Perception Blockage" or "Mind Control".
Li Nuo could only use "Group Disability Technique" and "Fear Technique" to slow down their attack, but he would still inevitably face an attack like an ant biting an elephant.
At one point, Li Nuo was almost hit by the venom spells sent by the Kraken in a group, and the fire broke through the magic shield.
Since then, Li Nuo has honestly adopted the strategy of "float for half an hour and blow up the ship for three seconds" to deal with all sea monsters.
After two weeks of intense work, Li Nuo made a lot of money.
In his spare time, he made more meta-reactors and other magic items as backup.
[Soul Strength] 6000
[Energy value] 15/336 (40+296)
[Energy value reserve] 5.4 million points
[Cash and equivalents] 3.7 million
[Number of meta-reactors with 0.01% completeness] 45
The so-called "cash and equivalents" refer to gold coins and unsold Haiyuan alloy.
Li Nuo dug a cave on Snow Mountain No. 1, and under the cover of mineral exploration, he set up an alchemy array in the cave.
This magic array occupies a cave with a depth of 50 meters, and is specially used to transform the standard trident into abyssal alloy.
Li Nuo now has about 75 kilograms of Haiyuan alloy.
When it was impossible to extract any profit from the pirates, Li Nuo would secretly sell the Abyssal Alloy to Rappe Chanal in exchange for gold coins.
The energy reserve comes from the dragon collection Li Nuo collected from pirates, as well as a large number of trivial items.
The data of soul strength has not increased but decreased compared to half a month ago.
This is mainly because Li Nuo converted it into elemental energy.
These elemental energies eventually became 25 meta-reactors with a completeness of 0.01%.
So far, the number of meta-reactors placed in the magic pocket has reached 45.
They can generate approximately 12.6 million points of lightning energy in 6999 seconds.
The energy intensity is amazing.
But it's not enough.
"Magic Shield" and magic metal armor are resistant to lightning energy.
Assuming that the lightning energy resistance is 99%, the total strength of the ten-ring wizard's "magic shield" is 500,000 points.
Then, Li Nuo must output 50 million points of lightning energy at one time to be able to penetrate the ten-ring wizard's shield defense system.
50 million points of lightning energy correspond to 178 meta-reactors with a completeness of 0.01%.
If we take into account situations such as "missing", "missing", and "lightning being reflected", Li Nuo would have to prepare hundreds more yuan reactors on this basis.
Only in this way can he immediately launch a second wave of offensive if the first attack fails.
Therefore, 45 yuan reactors seem very powerful, but in fact there is still a long way to go.
That evening, Li Nuo finished delivering the spy's body to Lape Chanal, but he did not go to sea to guard the pirates as usual.
Perhaps because he was too diligent, the pirates greatly reduced the frequency of plundering at sea in the next few days.
Judging from the information available, Li Nuo may have to wait a few days to allow the pirates who have repeatedly failed to take a break before he can start his business of guarding pirates again.
Although leeks grow quickly, you should give them a long time, right?
Li Nuo happened to also want to take a short vacation for himself.
He returns to the Inner Circle house and plays with the SnowWings.
Dinas ended her daily meditation and began to use the magic food processor to prepare today's dinner.
While cooking, she said to Li Nuo:
"Li~ I've finished learning the four-ring rebirth spell~ My teleportation distance now reaches 369 kilometers!"
Li Nuo picked up the Snowwing cat, rubbed the cat's head, walked into the kitchen, and said with a smile:
"Very good, Dinas. I just found a new way to make a fortune, and I need you to cooperate with me. In a few days, I will prepare the vehicle and take you to the sea."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Dinasi nodded repeatedly, feeling happy that she could finally help Li Nuo.
"Oh, one more thing." Dinas dug into her magic pocket and took out a classic metal box.
She put the metal box into Li Nuo's hand:
"Nicole's soul seems to be waking up. Take a look, her soul has changed a lot recently."
Li Nuo put the soft cat around his neck, hung it on his shoulder, and then opened the metal box.
This box is specially used to store soul stones.
Among the soul stones is Nicole's soul in the state of soul weaving.
As a remnant of the Midas Dynasty, Nicole was trapped in the magic circle space for many years, and was almost completely contaminated by the Blood Sun Seal.
When the soul-stealing wizard planned to sacrifice Nicole's soul to the heir of the Blood Sun God Seal, Li Nuo took action decisively and snatched Nicole's soul from the opponent's hands.
Also taken away by Li Nuo along with Nicole's soul was the angel seed in her soul.
The angel seeds are transforming Nicole's soul into an angel soul.
This is a long process, taking about three months.
Counting the days, nearly two months have passed since Li Nuo left Midas Island.
In another month, the angel seeds will complete weaving Nicole's soul and transform her into a specific angel soul.
Li Nuo aimed at the girl's soul in the soul stone, threw the deconstruction spell, and refreshed the opponent's panel information.
…
[Name] Soul Weaving: Artificial Angel Y-II-02
[Remaining duration of soul weaving] 31 days and 1 hour
[Final product of soul weaving]
50% probability of being "Young Sagittarius Heavy Artillery Angel"
30% probability of being "Young Scorpion Assassination Angel"
19% probability of being "young Gemini twin angels"
There is a 1% probability that the soul weaving will fail, and the soul and materials will be scrapped.
…
The remaining duration of the soul weaving was as Li Nuo expected.
But the result of soul weaving seems to be quite different from his impression, right?
Li Nuo called up the previous decomposition results to check.
really.
Before, there was only a 7% probability of being a "young Gemini twin angel", but now it has become a 19% probability.
Under the circumstances, the probability of Heavy Artillery Angel dropped significantly.
Let’s look at Nicole’s soul in the soul stone.
Li Nuo's eyes widened.
Nicole no longer looks like the skinny, malnourished and shriveled girl she used to be.
Her facial features haven't changed much, but her cheeks have some baby fat, which makes her look cuter and her body curves become fuller.
Could it be that during the process of soul weaving, the changes in Nicole's own soul will affect the final result of soul weaving?
Or will the final result of the soul weaving change, which will in turn affect Nicole's appearance?
Li Nuo thought for a few seconds, but couldn't find a definite answer.
However, one thing is certain.
He had to start preparing the culture tanks and culture materials that Nicole needed.
In the contaminated field of the Blood Sun Seal, Li Nuo used a proactive and enthusiastic way to deconstruct the training device of the Giant Shield Angel.
He gained the "lingua franca of the angel corporate complex" and a lot of common sense necessary to cultivate artificial angels.
Nicole now only has a soul and no body.
It doesn't matter, Li Nuo knows what to do.
All artificial angels initially have only souls and no bodies.
You only need to put Nicole's soul that has completed the weaving work into a sealed culture tank and put in the culture materials, and the angel seeds in the soul can automatically complete the work of condensing the angel's body.
It is worth noting that Nicole’s angel seed was severely damaged.
If the damage to the angel seed is not reflected in the step of weaving the soul, it will most likely be reflected in the step of condensing the angel's body.
In other words, there is a high probability that Nicole will fail in the step of condensing the angel's body in the culture tank.
This is Li Nuo's speculation.
He made preparations for this.
1. Prepare the culture tank and culture materials as usual.
Second, let Dinas prepare the high-level resurrection spell "Resurrection from the Dead" to resurrect the soul. This spell needs to be authorized by the professor before it can be used, and will consume at least 3,000 points of rebirth magic power and a large amount of magic materials.
Both strategies can guarantee that Nicole's soul will have a body, the difference lies in whether it is "original"...
Li Nuo told Dinas his arrangement at dinner.
He asked the other party to search for a suitable magic laboratory in the inner circle in the near future, and asked that it must be secretive enough.
Li Nuo also took out the magic materials of the sea beast leader and gave them to Dinas to make culture fluid.
Li Nuo used deconstruction to confirm that Dinas could not make wands, magic robes and magic rings.
But she has mastered "Potion Making" and is currently level 45.
This magic knowledge course is one of her required courses, and she often has to practice it in the professor's sub-plane.
Li Nuo left the task of preparing the culture solution to her without any problems.
The two biggest headaches for Li Nuo were how to explain the sudden appearance of a living person next to him, and how to deal with the prying eyes attracted by Nicole.
As an artificial angel, Nicole is bound to perform in extraordinary fields.
It's okay for a short time, but over time, it will inevitably attract prying eyes from the Wizards Advancement Association.
If someone is interested in connecting Nicole's performance with the "Winged Giant" in Convergence City, it will be troublesome.
Wizards' curiosity about strange and extraordinary things can be said to be terrifying.
As a man who takes one step and sees three steps, Li Nuo needs to think of ways to cover up Nicole's identity in advance.
Li Nuo and Dinas discussed this matter.
The two of them didn't think of any good solution for the time being.
After all, Nicole doesn't have a body yet, and it's unknown what extraordinary abilities she possesses.
We still have to wait for a while, and Li Nuo uses deconstruction to observe Nicole's "characteristics" and "skills" before he can make a conclusion.
After dinner, Dinah meditated at home.
Li Nuo received Selina's letter and went to meet her.
The two of them talked about the recent pirate trends in the study room where the miniature ocean was suspended.
In the past half month, Li Nuo had been guarding the pirate team of about a thousand Kraken.
Basically every shot he takes is crisp and clean.
Except for the fact that the ocean-going fleet encountered pirates on the first night due to lack of experience,
The rest of the night, he would kill the pirates before the ocean-going fleet could get close to the ambush site.
Moreover, Li Nuo is not greedy.
He does one job a night, not much.
In an ideal world, Selina would at best find that there were fewer robberies occurring at night recently.
but…
But the majestic sight of thunder spanning the sky and raining down on the sea is really eye-catching against the background of the deep night sky.
Several ocean-going fleets saw thunder and lightning appearing on the horizon.
Moreover, these fleets all arrived at the Suman Islands smoothly after reporting that they saw thunder and lightning striking the sea.
Selena is extremely busy dealing with official duties every day, but this does not mean that she is a fool.
This phenomenon once or twice can also be explained by accidental natural conditions.
But with thunder and lightning striking the sea for half a month, it would be difficult for her to realize that this was unusual.
Recalling the dark clouds containing thunder and lightning energy summoned by Li Nuo when he faced Dicra Fagan's personal butler...
Selina subconsciously connected the thunder and lightning that appeared on the sea with the thunder clouds summoned by Li Nuo.
She looked at Li Nuo, who was sitting across the table with a calm expression, and said tentatively:
"Many wizarding forces have reported that short-term lightning phenomena have often appeared on the sea recently. I remember that you are very knowledgeable in the field of lightning magic. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Li Nuo picked up the tea cup and took a sip:
"Has any fleet been damaged by lightning?"
"No." Selina shook her head.
Li Nuo smiled slightly and said:
"Then as an expert in the field of lightning magic, I suggest that you don't pay attention to this occasional natural phenomenon."
Selina was very familiar with this look on his face, which obviously meant "I'm doing things, but you don't ask."
Selena pursed her plump lips, curled her lips slightly, and gave Li Nuo a look that said, "I knew it was you."
She revealed the matter tacitly and asked:
"Do you still remember the nine-ring metal combat wizard Berkeley, who was bewitched by the Metal Ancestral Dragon and betrayed Hotams?"
"Well, yes." Li Nuo nodded:
"You came to me tonight to talk about this? But what does the matter of the Metal Branch have to do with the Deep Sea Branch?"
Selena said:
“There is still a relationship.
“There are many combat wizards from the Metal Branch in the maritime support team sent by the Deep Sea Branch.
"They will go to sea with the deep sea wizards, and they will be responsible for repairing the magical mechanical ships destroyed by pirates."
Li Nuo thought about it and found that among the support team he met, he did see a metal wizard:
he asked:
"Well, what then?"
Selena spread her hands and said:
"Within one year at the latest, the Metal Branch will be closed by Hotams and will no longer recruit students in the short term. Existing members will either give up their current magical attainments and switch to other branches, or they can only sign a voluntary risk-taking contract Book, draw a clear line with Hotams and become an independent metal box wizard." (Note: This involves a later main line, not Hotams's stupid decision.)
Li Nuo raised his eyebrows:
"Is the matter so serious? Doesn't that mean that the wizards of the Metal Branch were abandoned by Hotams?"
Selina rubbed her eyebrows:
"Yes, it can't be helped, Jarvis.
"When practicing the "Metal Thinking" meditation method, the wizard needs to integrate the "Thinking Metal" left by the Metal Ancestral Dragon into the body. This magical creation from the Metal Ancestral Dragon will turn the wizards of the Metal Branch into puppets of the Metal Ancestral Dragon.
"Hotams suspects that this is an insidious layout deliberately left behind by the Metal Archosaur when it left this world. The purpose is to have the ability to respond to everything when it returns to this world."
Li Nuo asked in thought:
"Then can you change the meditation method of the metal branch? I think the meditation methods of some metal wizard forces have nothing to do with the metal ancestor dragon, right?"
Selena shook her head:
"It's not that simple, Jarvis. Hotams and the metal wizards have understood that their meditation method also requires the use of metal magic creations left over from the Dragon Age.
"Hotams suspects that the entire group of metal wizards is the result of the secret layout of the Metal Archon Dragon, and is inextricably linked to the Metal Archon Dragon."
Selina looked at the thoughtful Li Nuo and said:
"Maybe you don't know yet. Recently, there has been a lot of quarrels in the witch chief council.
"On board the aliens and their starships controlled by the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department, except for the metal plates with the 'dragon claw' pattern, there are no clues related to the metal proto-dragon.
"Even if Hotams has announced to the public the flaws and origins of the 'Metal Thinking' meditation method, it still cannot make all the council-level professors agree with the view that 'the Metal Archosaur is still alive'.
"The vast majority of the members of the Council of Witch Leaders insist that 'seeing is believing'. Unless the Star Witches send back the news that they have observed the Metal Ancestral Dragon, they will never believe that the Metal Ancestral Dragon is still alive just because of Hotams' few words." Stay alive."
Selena sighed softly:
"Alas, whether others believe it or not, Hotams intends to eliminate 'metal' from the academy."
"What do you mean by 'erasing metal' just now?" Li Nuo asked in confusion.
"That's literally what it means."
Selena raised her white arms, swept around the room, and pointed at the furniture made of metal:
"For example, lamps, candlesticks, tables, chairs and benches made with metal magic. All these things that use metal materials will be replaced by Hotams with wood products made with natural magic, or stone products made with rock and earth magic.
"Of course, this is an internal decision by Hotams, and it will only replace the metal objects inside the academy. Hotams has no control over the metal objects outside the academy."
Li Nuo was stunned for a moment and then asked:
"What about magic vehicles such as magic cars and magic mechanical ships? They can't all be replaced by wood and stone products, right?"
"Although I don't want to say it so extreme, yes, Jarvis, all metal products in the academy will be replaced with wood products and stone products. A small number of them will even be made into ice products and water products."
Selena said:
"I estimate that this transformation plan will be implemented within two years at the earliest. By then, most of the metal products in Hotams and the territory under his control will have been replaced."
Li Nuo's heart skipped a beat, and a gleam appeared in his eyes.
He immediately realized what Selina's purpose was for coming to him tonight.
"I understand, Selena." Li Nuo smiled:
"You are fulfilling the soul contract between you and me. According to the relevant content in paragraph 2, after obtaining important information, you must share it with me as soon as possible. As a price for obtaining information, you can obtain valuable knowledge from me .”
Selena responded with a smile:
"I knew it would be easiest to talk to you. You should know what knowledge I want."
Li Nuo smiled dumbly and shook his head:
"Hey, of course I get it. You want to know about the Dreadsail Pirate Kingdom, right?"
Selina tapped her chin lightly, with strong longing in her eyes:
"Can you satisfy my curiosity in this regard? If I have to become a Star Witch in the future and leave this world, then my only concern is to let the Suman Islands embrace peace."
A deconstruction technique followed Li Nuo's gaze and was thrown towards Selina.
Li Nuo consumed energy and refreshed the opponent's panel information and memory fragments.
The memory fragment shows:
Selina's operation of using the "Erase Metal" plan in exchange for intelligence was the result of her own careful consideration and repeated weighing, and was not interfered with by others.
Judging from the sight of her tossing and turning in bed, she indeed dreamed of saving the Suman Islands from the Kraken.
Li Nuo faced Selena who revealed her wish, stared into her eyes for a few seconds, and finally said:
"Based on your longing for peace and your loyalty to the contract, this deal can be concluded."
Li Nuo raised a finger:
"But we have to take it step by step, Selina. I need to understand the specifics of 'erasing metal' before I can decide what level of Terrorsail intelligence to reveal to you."
"Okay, no problem. This plan cannot avoid the ears and eyes of other wizarding forces installed in Hotams. It will spread in the Unas Ring in up to half a year."
Selena said solemnly:
"But I guarantee that the information you get from other channels will definitely not be as detailed as mine. As long as it does not involve vital secrets, I will inform you of any changes in the plan as soon as possible."
Li Nuo nodded slowly:
"Well, I believe you, Selena."
(End of chapter)
