"Lift gently and move slowly."
Huo Yuhao was holding a special energy separation knife and a soul power syringe, and he was facing a ten-year soul ring up and down his hand. Standing next to him was Teacher Yu Yu, who had returned to teaching in the academy after returning to the academy.
Listening to Yu Yu's reminder, Huo Yuhao subconsciously came up with the Xiaolongbao eating formula of "open the window first, then drink the soup".
A few days ago, when Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen finished studying the carving of sealing core arrays and asked him to borrow the research materials of the "Artificial Soul Ring" research group, Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao that he could go to Teacher Yu.
Xuan Ziwen has never dealt with this topic, and his understanding is relatively limited. However, Yu has been a deputy in this research group before, so he knows more about the relevant situation, and it is easier to explain the relevant information to Huo Yuhao.
After being approached by Huo Yuhao, Yu Yu first gave him a bunch of theoretical basic information, and after he briefly read it through, he took a look at the relevant experimental data, and finally took Huo Yuhao directly to this special laboratory to experience it in person. .
The construction cost of this special-grade laboratory is extremely high, because it not only has very high earthquake resistance and sound insulation requirements, but also makes extensive use of the sealing core array that Xuan Ziwen just taught Huo Yuhao.
These core arrays are distributed in every corner of the room. After being manually opened, they can have a strong sealing effect on the objects on the operating table in the center of the room.
In fact, this laboratory can be said to be specially prepared for the "artificial soul ring" research team. The sealing core arrays spread throughout the room mainly serve two functions: first, to suppress the soul power in the soul beasts that are the subjects of the experiment. flow to ensure the safety of researchers, and secondly, when the soul beast used for the experiment dies, the soul power of the generated soul ring is suppressed to the greatest extent from escaping, extending the available research time.
The energy separation knife currently held by Huo Yuhao looks similar to a utility knife on the outside, but it is actually a level six soul guide. Its main function is to separate the soul power from the mixed energy body.
As for the other soul power injector, it is also a special soul guidance device developed by the "Artificial Soul Ring" research team, specifically used to inject foreign soul power into the soul ring.
According to the records of previous experiments, artificially injected external soul power can generally exist stably in the soul ring for half an hour to an hour. The entire research team was completely stuck after reaching this step.
At this time, there was a canine ten-year soul beast that was killed after anesthesia on the operating table in the center of the room.
As an indispensable experimental raw material, soul beasts account for the majority of the research team’s expenses. Even if they only use ten or century-old soul beasts, they are not cheap. The Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s soul beast resources are not as good as those adjacent to the Star Dou Forest. Shrek.
Now the entire research team has not even understood the ten-year soul ring. The cost of a thousand-year soul beast is frighteningly expensive, and there is absolutely no need to use such high-end materials.
If it weren't for Huo Yuhao's special status, Yu Yu would not be willing to temporarily bring a ten-year-old soul beast to him for training. The research team's funds are so small that they can spend every cent in half.
Huo Yuhao was wearing a mask and goggles, holding an energy separation knife and a soul power syringe. He looked exactly like a surgeon performing an operation.
If the lighting were a little darker and the environment a little filthier and bloody, it would be similar to the image of a crazy butcher.
Killing the soul beast and dissecting the soul ring with your own hands is much more exciting than dissecting a frog in the experimental class, but the amount of bleeding is not on the same level.
While Huo Yuhao used the energy separation knife to separate the soul power from the soul ring, Electrolux in the second sea of consciousness also carefully felt and experienced the process of separating the soul power from the original power in the soul ring. This could play a role in his soul research. A good reference.
The touch of the soul ring is very wonderful. In order to facilitate the user's operation, the energy separation knife has enhanced the feedback feeling when the blade body and the soul ring are in contact.
When the soul ring just separated from the body of the soul beast, it felt crisp and hard, and the energy separation knife felt like it was touching a thin layer of glass when it came into contact.
As time passed and the soul power was gradually separated, the soul ring itself became more and more fragile and chaotic, and the touch became like mud.
In the sea of spirits, Brother Tianmeng and Bingdi looked at Huo Yuhao's research with a complicated mentality.
After all, Huo Yuhao was conducting experiments at the cost of the soul beast's life. Although they completely understood this, they still felt a little uncomfortable and felt weird.
Even though the Ice Emperor guided Huo Yuhao to obtain the ice jade scorpion soul bone, Brother Tianmeng did not hesitate when he guided Huo Yuhao to hunt the ice silkworm to obtain the soul ring...
The purpose of the research on "artificial soul rings" is also to reduce dependence on soul beasts. Once this research is successful, unnecessary hunting of soul beasts can also be greatly reduced.
Yu Yu was explaining the key points of the operation to Huo Yuhao from time to time, and revealed some relevant research results by the way. Electrolux accepted all the instructions.
Ever since Electrolux put forward the idea of "soul" to Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao's frequency of running to the library has increased again. He has also used his identity to check out a lot of relevant research materials, which earned Xuan Ziwen some praise. His eagerness to learn reminded Huo Yuhao to bite off more than he could chew and to review and absorb in a timely manner.
The experiment of separating soul rings was also a brand new experience for Huo Yuhao. Although he had merged the origins of Brother Tianmeng and Ice Emperor, at that time his attention was all focused on other things and he had no time at all. Carefully understand and study.
Huo Yuhao now has more authority and time to access research materials about soul beasts, and does not have to focus on cultivation like Huo Guai in the original work. Under the relatively complete scientific research system of the Sun and Moon Empire, his current status is more In line with the soul master's position as a scientific researcher, these research materials are of great use to Yi Lao and himself.
Although Huo Yuhao can research Yi Lao faster than in the original work with the support of more ample time and more detailed research data and gradually improve and complete it in the future, instead of leaving half-finished products in a rush before his death. The soul system is very confident; but this is not the reason for Huo Yuhao to sit and wait for food.
After all, he is also a researcher himself, and his mentors and friends all have great expectations for his future. It is impossible to rely on others to help with everything, otherwise wouldn't others be able to do it themselves? Maybe these research materials on artificial soul rings can be of great help when conducting research on soul guidance devices in the future. It would be beneficial to learn more.
While Huo Yuhao, fully dressed as a doctor, was operating on the soul ring, in Shrek Academy, Ling Luochen was caressing Xiao Xiao's hair with a look of distress.
Students in the inner academy do not have holidays, and Ling Luochen went on a Shrek Supervisory Team mission after returning from the competition. Unexpectedly, he met Xiao Xiao who was distracted just after returning to the academy.
Of course, this time Ling Luochen learned the lesson wisely and went out of his way to buy two standard invincible shields produced by the Sun and Moon Empire before carrying out the mission. The little savings he had left were completely wiped out again.
As the only surviving member of the original Shrek Seven Monsters, Ling Luochen and Xiao Xiao, two fellow sufferers who were also tricked by Xuan during the competition, saved their lives at the critical moment of life and death. Their feelings for each other quickly warmed up. When they were in Xingluo City, they often talked about their lives all night long, and they could already call each other elder sister and younger sister.
"Sister Luochen, I, I..."
Looking at Xiao Xiao's choked and sobbing appearance in his arms, Ling Luochen had a hint of sullenness in his eyes.
Who made Xiao Xiao so sad?
I want to kill him!
After meeting Xiao Xiao in the college, Ling Luochen knew that there must be something going on when he saw her distracted look and her expression as if she was holding something back, so he forcefully led Xiao Xiao into his dormitory. Be prepared to ask questions about what happened.
Sure enough, after Xiao Xiao was led into the dormitory obediently, the emotions surging in her heart immediately burst out like a dam bursting, and she has been crying with Ling Luochen in her arms until now.
Ling Luochen helped Xiao Xiao to the bed, put her head on his lap, touched her head, and comforted her dutifully.
"It's okay, it's okay, sister is here. What's going on, Xiao Xiao?"
After crying for a long time, Xiao Xiao's mood calmed down a little, and then he said with red eyes and choked with sobs:
"Hurt by love...Sister Luochen, I'm lovelorn!"
"What?!"
Ling Luochen felt as if he was struck by lightning. A moment later, an image of a pink-haired figure immediately came to mind.
Wang Dong was also a member of Shrek's team that was later replaced. Although Ling Luochen was not familiar with him, at least he knew him and knew Xiao Xiao's immature feelings for Wang Dong.
Xiao Xiao said that she was heartbroken, so besides Wang Dong, who else could be the doggy man who played with Xiao Xiao's feelings?
"You little bastard, I'm not done with him!"
Xiao Xiao quickly grabbed Ling Luochen's sleeves and shook his head:
"No, Sister Luochen... I have never established a relationship with him. In fact, it shouldn't be considered a lovelorn... It's just that now... it's completely impossible for me and him. He didn't dump me."
The fact that Wang Dong is actually a daughter must not be revealed to the public now. Xiao Xiao still has some moral integrity.
What would happen if someone dared to spread the news about Wang Dong?
The principal and deputy sect leaders of the Haotian Sect went down the mountain to hunt you down overnight.
Xiao Xiao didn't lie either. She and Wang Dong were indeed incompatible. She was just a beauty-controlling person, not awkward!
However, such a loli face-controlling Xiao Xiao ended up getting paired up with the muscular black millet and cabbage... It can only be said that this is really a bad taste of a certain writer who forcibly digested the Shrek Seven Monsters.
I get goosebumps just thinking about it. This is another girl whose character and life have been distorted due to the needs of the plot.
"Alas... Xiao Xiao, you... Wang Dong, that bitch is not good enough for you! We will meet someone better in the future! Someone who is stronger than him and has a handsome face is waiting for you!"
"Missing you is Wang Dong's biggest mistake in his life. He will regret it in the future."
Ling Luochen was still reasonable. After listening to Xiao Xiao's explanation, she suddenly realized that she and Wang Dong had never established a relationship. No matter how the current situation looked, it was Xiao Xiao who pursued Wang Dong but was rejected, not Wang Dong. Luan Zhongqi proposed to break up.
It would be too unreasonable to accuse Wang Dong under such circumstances! Xiao Xiao has the right to pursue, and Wang Dong naturally has the right to refuse.
Ling Luochen couldn't say the words "Why do you refuse such a good girl like Xiao Xiao?" because as long as the genders are swapped and you think about it, you will know how absurd this logic is.
Whether Xiao Xiao is a good girl or not has nothing to do with Wang Dong! Because you are excellent, I should accept the pursuit. Should women from all over the continent be willing to become Mr. Mu's harem?
"Woo..."
Xiao Xiao choked on what she still wanted to say.
"Don't cry, don't cry, sister will help you keep an eye out for someone more handsome and better!"
"There can't be anyone better than him. I don't know any of those outstanding boys in the outer courtyard..."
Ling Luochen knew that Xiao Xiao was right. She also had no experience in dating between men and women and didn't know how to comfort her.
Two noobs pecking at each other can't produce any results.
"Sister Luochen, I, I really don't know how to face him. I have been avoiding him for the past two days and I don't dare to meet him at all."
Facing Xiao Xiao, whose eyes were full of sadness, Ling Luochen bit her lips and weighed it repeatedly before suggesting:
"Since you don't know how to meet, it's better not to meet at all. Escape is shameful, but useful."
"But I still have to take classes with him... It was because of Wang Dong that I signed up for the attack department with him, but now..."
Xiao Xiao rubbed her head against Ling Luochen's lower abdomen. She was hurt too deeply. At this time, Ling Luochen who sincerely comforted her, enlightened and considered her gave her a great sense of security and dependence. It was the life-saving straw she clung to.
"Speaking of which, Xiao Xiao, I wanted to ask before on the field, why did your second martial soul have a hundred-year-old yellow soul ring attached first? This is a waste of your talent and potential. If it is inconvenient If you say anything, just pretend that your sister has never asked."
When Ling Luochen pointed this out, Xiao Xiao immediately blushed, her expression full of shame and slight regret.
"Nothing, this... Actually, during the first-year assessment, in order to increase the chance of winning for Wang Dong and I's team during the three-person team battle, I added a soul ring to my Jiufenglai Yixiao in advance. As a result... … Even after using this trump card, we couldn’t beat Dai Huabin and the others, and we suffered a huge loss.”
"Ugh... I was so stupid back then. Once the soul ring was attached, I couldn't take it off. It should have been reserved for a ten-thousand-year soul ring. I impulsively used a hundred-year soul ring to solve the problem, but I didn't. You can take the regret medicine."
Ling Luochen was stunned.
"This...how could...this be the reason?"
"The correct way to use the Twin Martial Spirits has been passed down for ten thousand years. Even if you don't know it, don't others understand it? There are so many elders in the academy who are paying attention to you. Didn't Elder Xuan and Dean Yan stop you? Why? How can they allow a first-year exam to waste your bright future?"
Xiao Xiao's voice was as thin as a mosquito: "I applied for this soul ring with my head teacher, Teacher Zhou... She even praised me for being a team player and knowing how to think about my partners. Every time I think back to myself, I feel like a fool. , My heart hurts so much, please don’t talk about this, okay, Sister Luochen?"
Ling Luochen suppressed the words that she wanted to scold Zhou Yi and sighed:
"Okay, okay, sister, listen to you. Just now, when I suggested you not to see him, I didn't mean not to go to class. If we can't offend him, why can't we hide?"
"Eh?"
"Xiao Xiao, do you still remember the exchange application notice issued by the academy last month? No one from the martial arts department has signed up for exchanges so far, and there are not even enough people to go to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for exchanges."
"Sister Luochen, actually Ning Tian signed up two days ago. You may not have seen it when you just came back. Her name is on the latest public list."
"Hmm... Okay, that's just one person. Xiao Xiao, as long as you sign up, you can avoid Wang Dong for at least three years. After three years, you will all mature and grow up. Wang Dong should also realize that he misses you What a huge loss, it’s time for him to beg you. Beating your wife feels good for a while, chasing her to the crematorium... Or maybe you have found your Mr. Right? "
Xiao Xiao knew that the problem between herself and Wang Dong was not what Ling Luochen thought at all, but Ling Luochen's comfort still made her feel a lot more relieved, and she even felt a little happy.
"It's impossible, Sister Luochen, I'm a student of Shrek."
"Hmph, so you don't refuse to stay away from Wang Dong?"
"But I am a student of the martial arts department. Is there any need to learn soul tools? I spent three precious years just to escape from my own feelings. This is why I hurriedly added a second martial soul for the first-year exam. The hundred-year soul ring looks very similar..."
"This is completely different!"
Ling Luochen smiled and said: "You are a control and auxiliary system, not a power attack or agility attack system! The soul guide itself has a very considerable benefit to you, and the Sun and Moon Empire is not a restricted area for soul power, and no one can stop it. You go over there and continue practicing!"
"Otherwise, why do you think Ning Tian is willing to apply for exchange? She is the young sect leader of the Nine Treasure Glazed Sect. Doesn't she see the problem more clearly than we do?"
"Even if you feel that you can't learn soul tools when you reach the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the worst thing you can do is to continue practicing martial arts in another place. Xiao Xiao, tell the truth, do you think the things taught by our outer academy can really speed up your training? How fast is the martial spirit cultivation speed?"
Xiao Xiao rubbed her head against Ling Luochen, obviously not wanting to answer the question that the two of them knew well.
Ling Luochen smiled knowingly.
"And my sister can tell you from personal experience that the teaching resources of the inner courtyard are no better than those of the outer courtyard. In the final analysis, it still depends on the students' own efforts and how many elixirs and treasures they have taken, and they must complete thirty inspection missions before they can graduate. , who are out killing evil soul masters all year round, think about how much time the students in the inner courtyard can stay in the academy?"
"You can probably imagine the quality of teaching that we inner-college students receive when we don't stay in the college for a few days before setting off again to perform tasks, and the teaching is intermittent and not continuous at all. It's not systematic."
Xiao Xiao said softly "Hmm".
"Forget it about worrying about being robbed of jobs by soul tools and resisting offensive soul tools. I don't know why the elders are so prejudiced against defensive soul tools. Xiao Xiao, you said that when you were in that cave, if We all have invincible shields or other defensive soul tools, will there be such heavy casualties?"
Xiao Xiao shook his head repeatedly.
"So, if you really don't want to meet Wang Dong, I think it's actually good to go for exchanges and studies. Babies like you will be popular wherever they go. Of course, sister is just a suggestion. The final decision can only be made by yourself. make a decision."
"If you are afraid of traveling far away by yourself and don't trust the Sun and Moon Empire, the worst thing is that my sister can go with you."
Xiao Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Ling Luochen, his eyes widening.
"Sister Luochen? You are one of the Shrek Seven Devils. You have sacrificed so much for me. I feel sorry for you."
"Little fool, how could it be just for you? Of course a cautious person like me, sister, will not make promises casually. Also, there are no Shrek Seven Monsters now. Four of the original seven are dead and one is disabled. Even Xiao Tao has been He was kidnapped, and now I’m the only one left.”
As he said that, Ling Luochen also had a look of loneliness in his eyes.
"Our so-called Shrek Seven Monsters... have really set a lot of records. It was the first time we lost the competition, the first time we lost more than half before the competition... I'm afraid we will become a joke in the future."
"No, Sister Luochen, you are my most respected senior sister!"
"But history books are not written by us. Since we are destined to become the laughing stock, it is better for me, the only survivor, to bring an end to this generation of Shrek's Seven Devils."
Ling Luochen gently stroked Xiao Xiao's hair:
"Actually, I am somewhat interested in soul guides. I can't learn anything in the inner courtyard. I just have some qualifications. I only have less than half of my thirty life-threatening inspection missions left..."
"This time, another inner courtyard disciple who was traveling with me was ambushed because of his hasty advance and needs to cultivate for several months. You are afraid of being a sister because you don't want to continue to wander between life and death with your fragile Soul King cultivation and body. Go online.”
"Going on a study tour with you is not only to protect and accompany you, but also to give myself a good vacation and breathe a sigh of relief. I should already be the Soul Emperor in three years. By then, I will continue to perform the mission of avoiding the Supervision Team. Presumably the survival rate can be higher... After all, the two soul emperors Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao saved their lives when we were in trouble."
Seeing the self-deprecating smile on Ling Luochen's lips, Xiao Xiao's heart suddenly tightened.
Even if it's not for myself, even if it's just to help Sister Luochen...
Since we don’t know how to meet each other, it’s better not to meet each other...
I'm sorry, Wang Dong... No, Dong'er, I really don't know how to face you. Maybe a short separation can help us understand our hearts more clearly, right?
(End of chapter)
