"Roar--"
A shrill howl burst out from the zombie's throat. The fluorescent light on the restraint platform beneath him flashed, and the power of the rune circle surrounded it, forming several thread-like halos that locked its body tightly.
The light in the studio was dim, with only a lamp engraved with a lighting circle hanging above the restraint table, projecting a dazzling light onto the zombie's body.
The dark yellow and dry skin, the left half of the thin body is completely covered by the mechanical body, and even half of its face is covered with mechanical devices-a mechanical eye that is constantly expanding and contracting, and bones and teeth made of Thrall metal.
If it is said to be a mechanical puppet, I am afraid that even the wizards of the Mechanical School will not deny it.
Wei En stood in front of the restraint table, his red eyes illuminated even more dazzlingly. His spiritual power covered the inside and outside of the zombie's body, and he carefully observed the changes in its body, not missing any part.
He silently compared the changes in each mechanical body in his mind. Compared with the last experiment, the stability of this zombie creature was stronger, the fluctuations of the original core were more stable, the solidity of the mechanical body and the operation of the rune array were all better. Tends to be orderly.
If it fails again this time, I will have to apply for research funding again...
It looks like a simple semi-mechanical body, but it actually costs a lot to build. Among them, the mechanical arm and mechanical leg cost thirty gold pounds, and one mechanical compound eye cost eight hundred gold pounds. In addition, the mechanical heart device on the chest as the second core of the origin cost one thousand gold pounds... The cost of a single experiment is as high as Two thousand gold pounds.
Coupled with the simultaneous experiments of other personnel in the institute, research funds of 50,000 gold pounds are used every day.
Even the financial resources of the Teresa family are staggering, let alone Dean Josue of the Von Enriso Research Center.
Especially in the past few days, the short skeleton wizard squats at the entrance of the institute almost every day, staring sincerely at every vehicle that enters the institute to transport materials with his red eyes, while reading and writing in the notebook he carries. Write and draw.
His serious look even made Teresa suspect that he was stealing research results, and she once arranged for legendary guards to follow him...
"Roar--"
At this time, an even more ferocious roar interrupted Wei En's thoughts.
"Huh? Has the original core power generated by the promotion been successfully diverted?"
Under his mental perception, he saw that the original core of the zombie's head, which had been enhanced by promotion, emitted a black light invisible to the naked eye, flowing downward along the bone lines made of Thrall metal and flowing into the heart of the machine.
Hiss, hiss...
After receiving more power injection, the gears in the mechanical heart rotated rapidly, making a hissing roar.
The rune patterns on the surface of the exposed gears are connected smoothly, activating the tightly arranged metal-devouring magic circle at all times, swallowing the metal around the binding platform and strengthening the alloy strength.
After trying a variety of methods, Wei En and other staff at the institute determined the goal of the upgrade plan after the zombie transformation - the improvement of the original immortal body remains unchanged, and the mechanical part focuses on strengthening the metal strength!
Originally, he hoped that when the zombies were promoted, the mechanical body would be like the immortal body. After the captain level was promoted to the minister level, he would have some extraordinary properties, such as sharp nails, tearing properties, etc.
After several experiments, he decisively gave up this idea and instead made the mechanical body's strength comparable to or even surpass the improvement of the immortal body.
Although the difficulty of the experiment has dropped sharply, there are still many things missing.
To this end, Wei En intensively absorbed the rune knowledge in his mind and spent three days learning the drawing of sixty runes and ten rune arrays, creating the devouring metal array, mechanical strengthening runes, and reference A mechanical heart rune device made by the Heart of Elements.
Different from the core runes of the Heart of Machinery in the mechanical reinforcement system of the Mechanical School, the Heart of Machinery rune device is used as the second origin of undead creatures, thereby strengthening the control of undead creatures over the mechanical body.
At the same time, he also innovated a joy potion suitable for undead creatures based on the joy potion, and named it the undead joy potion. Its effect is to strengthen their spiritual power during the experiment. Use this to survive the long experiment...
Although there were too many twists and turns and obstacles in the process, Wei En tried his best to do his best with the rich basic knowledge in his mind!
Not only that, he even planned an improvement plan to improve the mechanical undead...
"The 63rd mechanical undead promotion experiment, target: zombie, level: captain level, transformation part: half body, material list: ghost stone, Thrall metal, iron and new three-type alloy."
"Rune: Soul Fusion Rune, Earth Spirit Rune Array, Devouring Metal Array (new type), Mechanical Strengthening Rune (new type), Mechanical Heart Rune Device (new type)."
"Potion: Potion of Undead Joy (New Type)."
"Record 1: When the zombies that have undergone fusion and transformation have devoured enough undead original cores to reach the critical point of promotion, they will first activate the mechanical heart rune device. In this way, after the promotion is completed, part of the improved original power will be diverted to the mechanical heart. , and gradually reach equilibrium."
"Record 2, the mechanical strengthening part. After activating the metal-devouring magic circle, swallow the prepared metal materials (worth two hundred gold pounds), and then activate the mechanical strengthening runes to strengthen the mechanical body."
"Conclusion: The zombies were promoted successfully, the mechanical heart formed the second original core successfully, the mechanical body was strengthened successfully, and the experiment of related transformation between the mechanical heart and the mechanical body was successful..."
After recording the entire experimental process, Wei En placed the parchment on the workbench aside and pressed another runic circle on the restraint platform.
As the power of the magic circle runes shone, the beam of light on the restraint platform slowly passed through the zombie's body, and a stiff voice sounded.
"The Undead: Zombies."
"Toughness level: 243 (100~400)"
"Spirit Level: 122 (100~400)"
"Origin: 11+11 (10~50)"
"..."
This is an attribute detection instrument specially made by Wei En based on the panel. The values are adjusted based on his own basic attributes as a reference. It is considered the biggest invention in this period of time.
But when he heard the zombie attribute values in the instrument, he couldn't help but frown.
The physical strength of this zombie has almost doubled compared to the 100 that ordinary undead creatures have when they are promoted to ministerial level. The mental strength has also been slightly improved, but its original value has been reduced a lot.
After thinking for a few seconds, he understood. His eyes fell on the mechanical heart on the zombie's chest. It seemed that after the source power was diverted, the total amount remained unchanged, but the source of the single core decreased.
"In this case, the original power it needs to advance will be doubled..."
Thinking of this, Wei En stepped forward to close all the rune circles and release the restraints on the zombie.
"Ho, ho ho..."
The zombie noticed that the restraint on his body disappeared, opened his mouth slightly, let out a few low roars, and slowly jumped off the restraint platform.
Bang, plop!
Kneel down?
Seeing this scene, Wei En reached out for the parchment and added at the end: After being promoted, the coordination of the body has been greatly reduced.
"how are you feeling?"
"Ho, ho ho... ok, ok, great!"
The zombie habitually kneeled on the ground with its immortal leg and tried to lift the mechanical leg and move it a few times.
"Legs, legs, I, I seem to feel the weight..."
"weight?"
Under the coverage of Wei En's mental power perception, he could see that the power flowing through the rune patterns on the mechanical leg only flowed from the mechanical heart, and the original core of the brain did not control it.
It turns out that the single-core origin cannot carry the operation of the mechanical body, and it needs to be upgraded to the original power of ordinary zombies after promotion...
"Are you feeling hungry too? Do you want to devour it?"
"Yes, yes..." The zombie suddenly raised its head. On its face, one white and one black, one immortal and one mechanical, the similar pair of red eyes flickered, and some mucus overflowed from the corners of its mouth.
"Hold on."
Wei En didn't care about its desire to devour him. He took out a few ministerial undead origin cores from the space ring and threw them on the ground, "Eat it."
It is pure origin extracted from undead creatures. The price of one piece is twice that of ordinary minister-level undead creatures. I don’t know how much technical content it contains...
The zombie rushed over, grabbed the original cores, and threw them into its mouth. The deep and dark mist rose and enveloped its body. A large amount of original power was swallowed and absorbed by the two cores on its body, with almost no trace of it spilled and wasted.
"Oh, the swallowing efficiency has also been improved..."
Wayne recorded another entry on the parchment, then shined the light on the restraint table on the zombie again, observing the changes in its body.
"Toughness level: 255"
"Spirit Level: 140"
"Origin: 22+22"
"..."
Hearing the sound coming from the mechanical device, Wei En just wanted to curse: Fuck!
An origin core worth eight hundred gold pounds increases the 11 points of origin of a single core?
In order to meet the requirements for this zombie to advance to the director level, that is, to reach the level of 50 origins in a single core, it will cost at least two thousand gold pounds...
Based on this calculation, if a captain-level zombie is upgraded to a director-level mechanical zombie, the cost will be as high as 6,500 gold pounds?
The price of a top-notch director-level undead creature is only five thousand gold pounds...
"If a director-level undead creature is used for mechanical transformation and improvement, it should only cost three thousand gold pounds. It is still too expensive..."
Wayne shook his head. Based on this calculation, his previous thoughts were a bit naive.
Unless there are ready-made transformation materials in the world of the undead, plus an assembly-line mechanical transformation factory, coupled with a steady stream of original cores...
Thinking of this, Wei En looked thoughtfully at the zombies that had devoured the original core. It was necessary to go to the world of the dead in the future.
It is not only necessary to recover those undead creatures with the identity of "Deadpool", but also to conduct an on-site investigation to see if the idea of building a mechanical transformation factory in the world of the undead is possible.
"What now? How do you feel?"
"very good!"
The mechanical zombie spread out its two hands and shook them. The rune array on half of the mechanical body flashed, reflecting the other half of the withered immortal body, and it jumped a few times very nimbly.
"No, this feels great!"
"Ho ho ho...power, power..."
Wei En frowned slightly and waved his hand to let the ghost cast a bone prison spell.
"Omu, farewell, Reham." (Bone Prison!)
A weak deep black light flashed through, and several grid walls made of crystal white bones trapped the zombie inside.
[Your spell Bone Prison (God of Death) successfully controlled the undead creature-zombie. Evaluation: A minister-level undead creature needs to consume ten points of spiritual power? Reward: +5 survival points. 】
Of course it comes in handy!
Wayne curled his lips, "It's not an ordinary ministerial zombie, but a walking five thousand gold pounds..."
"Hoo—hateful wizard, why are you trapping me?"
"Although I admit that you are much better than those evil wizards, this does not mean that you have the right to imprison me!"
"Did you hear that?"
The zombies were pulling at the dense white bones, and neither the sharp bone fingers nor the mechanical body could break the bone prison made of the bones of the legendary Skeleton King.
"Shut up!"
Wei En glared at the zombie coldly, and the cold aura emanating from his body made it shrink to a corner of the bone prison in an instant, its red eyes flashing fiercely, as if it was frightened.
"If I didn't need you for further experiments, I would dismantle you right now!"
During this period of time, due to the failure of the experiment, he dismantled not only 500 but also 300 zombies.
If it weren't for the soul-eating spell, the source of the overflow of dead zombies in this studio would have scared Sawa from taking a step forward.
Coupled with the improvement of his strength and the wrestling with the creatures of the abyss, once it breaks out, his aura will be much colder than before.
Although he had only learned eight spells to meet the basic requirements for promotion to the Great Wizard, if he were to fight against himself ten days ago, he would be able to win with almost no injuries.
Wayne looked at the clock and saw that an hour had passed since Ronan called him.
Well, there's still some time.
With this in mind, he activated the black communicator, faced the rising gray fog, and said lightly: "Help me connect to number 11346, Teresa Illina Silvera."
This experiment was successfully completed, and it was time to prepare a phased research report.
Otherwise, if the research center continues to consume funds without producing any output, Dean Josue's skull face may be scratched to pieces.
"Director, are you finished with your experiment?"
As the passage was connected, Theresa's figure appeared on the illusory screen. Her eyes were red at this time, the bags under her eyes were much thicker than before, her hair was messy, and she looked very tired.
Seeing her appearance, Wayne touched his nose unconsciously.
During this period of time, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the experiment, he had almost fully arranged Teresa's work.
From the purchase and application of various consumables to the collection of data and the preparation of experimental progress reports, Teresa did everything. If he hadn't fulfilled his previous promise and promoted Krista Kanava to his assistant and shared part of the work, the daughter of the Silvera family would have collapsed on the experimental table from exhaustion.
"It's done, the results of the experiment..."
Teresa clasped her hands together and stared at Wayne with her bloodshot eyes under her gold-framed glasses, feeling that her heart was almost in her throat.
Adolph and other researchers who had finished the experiment also became nervous.
Success, must be successful!
"Very successful!" A smile appeared on Wei En's calm face.
"Succeeded..."
Teresa murmured something again and turned her eyes to the side, as if asking: Did you hear it? Am I hallucinating, is it a success?
"Deputy Director, the Director said that the experiment was successful!" The tentacles under Adolph's feet slid and appeared on the screen, and he shouted excitedly: "We succeeded!"
"Successful..." Krista collapsed to the ground, it was not easy.
Osana jumped up happily. Although her progress was the slowest, she was the most hopeful that the research on this topic would be successful.
The experiment has not ended yet, but Osel and Escobar, who heard the sound not far away, hugged each other, "Did you hear it? The director's research was successful!"
At this time, the honest and kind-hearted Escobar no longer cared about the poison that was eroding his body. He only felt that all the efforts were worth it, even the ferocious zombie they tied to the restraint table. Looks pretty.
"Roar--"
Teresa received an affirmative answer, and a bright smile gradually bloomed on her face. Looking at Wayne on the illusory screen, her nose felt sore, and her eyes slowly filled with tears.
"That's great, Mr. Director... wu wu..."
Wayne looked at the excited people on the screen and waited quietly for them to calm down.
Compared with these researchers, he knew that he was not qualified as the director.
Except for necessary subject experiments, he almost never asked about anything, and Teresa led them to complete many things.
Also because he is not with von Enriso, he does not have to bear the cynicism of other research institutes, let alone the attention of Dean Josue and the others...
Fortunately, the result is good!
"Okay, everyone."
Seeing that the two witches Krista and Osana also joined the sobbing team, Wayne had to interrupt them and said: "The experiment has achieved initial success, but there is still a long way to go before the entire research is completed. It’s a ways to go.”
"Yes, director!"
Teresa and others quickly wiped their faces and lined up to look at the illusory screen.
"Of course, you still need proper rest."
Wayne pointed at Teresa and chuckled: "Especially you, Teresa, take a good rest in the next few days. I will need your help for subsequent experiments."
"Sorry, Director." Teresa's face turned red.
"I'm not blaming you, I just hope you understand that the success of this project cannot be achieved without your efforts, let alone your help."
"Without Teresa's resource allocation and timely replenishment of undead creatures and various consumables, our experiment would have been terminated a few days ago."
"Krista is the best-performing researcher so far, especially the discovery of the fusion experiment, which has greatly improved the research progress."
"Osana..."
"And Escobar, Dean Josue is also putting a lot of pressure on you."
"The above are all our efforts," said Wei En, his smile faded a bit, "but I hope you can continue to maintain it after the break."
"Understood, sir!"
"I know, I will..."
"Well, let's start recording."
Wei En looked at the researchers who were excited again, took the parchment and recited: "The whole process of this experiment is..."
After he synchronized the experimental process and specific data, he also specially showed the mechanical zombie creature trapped in the bone prison and asked Teresa to take pictures as material for the research report.
"It will be named 'Mechanical Undead No. 1'. I will continue to use it to complete subsequent research." Wei En pointed at the mechanical zombie and said: "That's it for now. After you have a rest, you will report according to the current progress. Research report. But..."
"Teresa, please discuss with them. Some things involving innovative production will be reserved for the time being. For example, the instrument for observing data, the potion of joy for the undead and the several rune arrays used for mechanical transformation have not been announced yet. when."
"I took note of my strengths."
Theresa nodded excitedly, and the hand holding the quill couldn't stop trembling.
After more than twenty days and three hundred thousand gold pounds, they were finally able to submit the research report.
It's time for those bastards in Benoy to see the strength of Research Institute No. 66 and change the reputation of Director Wei En!
"Also, regarding the next experimental arrangements."
Wayne put away the parchment and continued: "One is that all of you should try your best to complete a zombie promotion experiment. I believe it goes without saying that you should know how this result will help you."
Teresa and the others nodded sharply.
Even though the ministerial-level mechanical zombies are not very powerful, they are the result of their research institute. Only if everyone has one can they stand out.
"The second one is the experimental preparation for promotion from the minister level to the director level. After this period of time, I believe you also understand that improving the strength of the mechanical undead means spending a lot of gold pounds. Teresa, I'll leave it to you. According to the previous Prepare your list ten times..."
"ten times?!"
Wayne scratched his head unnaturally. He had spent nearly two hundred thousand gold pounds in these days. Ten times that would be two million gold pounds, which was indeed a lot.
"But for the next experiment, we will do two machines at the same time. Everyone over there will cooperate to make one machine, and I will make one machine here. This can reduce the cost by two-thirds."
"Understood, Director." After Teresa recorded it, she then reminded: "Actually, as long as the results of the phase are compiled into a research report, Dean Josue should allocate another fund, and our family..."
"Forget it about your family," Wei En shook his head, "If the funds are not enough in the future, I will think of other ways, such as those magic circles and observation instruments, I should be able to make some money."
After all, Teresa was using her family's gold pounds. Even if she didn't care, if she kept spending, the subsequent returns would not be clear.
Wei En does not want the Silvera family to announce that the mechanical undead is a great invention created with their funding in the future...
"There is one last arrangement..."
"You say."
"You should still remember that I reserved a few slots under the mechanical heart rune device of the mechanical body, right?"
Teresa and others were stunned for a moment, then turned their eyes to the chest of Undead No. 1, where there were two finger-sized grooves under the flickering cover of the circular mechanical heart device.
"Remember."
"That's where I prepared the installation location of the rune array board that can be used to enhance the strength of the mechanical undead..."
Rune array board?
Teresa and the others looked at each other in confusion, what was that?
Wayne showed a mysterious smile and said, "Wait a moment, I have prepared a detailed plan."
(End of chapter)
