Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 139 - 39 Academic Discussion

Chapter 139: Chapter 39 Academic Discussion

The next morning, after nearly ten hours of lingering, Richard dragged himself out of bed after a brief rest.

To a wizard’s physique, yesterday’s vigorous activities were hardly a major strain.

Ulysses was peeking around the doorway and, upon seeing Richard get up, spoke with a hint of exclamation in his voice,

“Gah, your mating session is finally over. I must say your race is very strange, shouldn’t mating be over as quickly as possible? But you guys always take so long.”

Richard glared at him: “Don’t try to apply bird logic to humans.”

After donning his wizard robe and leaving the bedroom, Richard felt a long-lost sense of peace in his heart now that he had no tasks. He pulled out a crystal ball from his pocket, injected a bit of magic power, and a three-dimensional image projected out of the crystal ball.

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The content of the image was the anatomical atlas of the Spider Knight.

In the Underground Insect Nest, Richard had only managed to identify the weak points of the Spider Knight and had not conducted an in-depth study of its other parts.

Now that he had the time, he naturally needed to conduct a thorough investigation.

The Spider Knight’s transformation was exquisitely intricate; every time Richard looked at the modification of the Spider Knight, he couldn’t help but marvel at the miracle of technology.

Combining two different species was not a difficult task, and even a Wizard Apprentice would be able to achieve this with wizard’s Synthetic Beast technology.

But being combined is one thing, existing stably is another.

For the flesh-spliced Synthetic Beasts, their life entered a countdown from the moment of completion, with their survival time typically measured in days. Most stable Synthetic Beasts were created from living flesh paired with cultivated demonized organs.

At least the Synthetic Beast technology of the Black Tower Wizard Academy had not reached a higher level.

But the Spider Knights created by these insects were different.

The upper half of the Spider Knight was a Black Crystal Insect, while the lower half was a spider creature, a species distinctly different from the Black Crystal Insects.

Logically, merging these two creatures would result in a severe rejection reaction, arising from the mismatched muscles, blood vessels, and even nerves; wizards would have to use large doses of anti-rejection potions to eliminate this reaction.

Yet, the Black Crystal Worm Clan had managed to greatly reduce the bodily rejection between the two through a precise neural connection—the connection between the Black Crystal Insect’s flesh and the lower half’s spider flesh was extremely limited, consisting only of connected nerves, some muscles, and the non-rejecting exoskeleton. With fewer points of contact, the intensity of the rejection naturally decreased.

If this precise and remarkable neural connection technology could be fully deciphered, it would represent a major breakthrough for Richard’s Synthetic Beast technology… but that required full decryption.

Using the complete body of a Spider Knight, Richard had spent an entire half-month in his laboratory. During this time he tried to unravel this technology, but regrettably, his level with Synthetic Beasts was inadequate, as was his talent in this area, and he did not discover anything in that half-month.

This forced Richard to look for other methods.

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“Teacher, long time no see, how have you been lately?”

At the War Beast Department of the Floating City Fortress, Richard looked at Jolod with a beaming smile.

Right now, they were in a massive underground factory teeming with cultivation tanks filled with green liquid. Inside the tanks, various organs floated up and down, occasionally scooped out by passing wizards for use in creating Synthetic Beasts.

This was the Synthetic Beast Factory of the Floating City Fortress, where Jolod usually worked. Hundreds of wizards labored day and night to produce synthetic creatures, yielding up to a thousand First Level Synthetic Beasts and nearly a hundred Second Level ones daily.

Even so, the production of Synthetic Beasts was barely keeping up with the demand.

In the past two years, the White Wizard Army had successively conquered several Insect Countries, and the wizards’ occupied territory had nearly reached a quarter of the Insect Nest World.

Apart from the formidable combat capabilities of the White Wizard Army, the strategic issue of the Black Crystal Worm Clan also posed a problem.

During wars, their resistance was weak, retreating again and again, leaving only some insects to undertake guerrilla warfare in the Underground Insect Nests, while the main forces and the Mother Worm retreated to other Insect Countries.

This enabled the White Wizards to achieve in two years what would normally take nearly twenty years of warfare.

“It’s okay, the war is going smoothly, I have a lot of work on my hands, but the rewards are also good.”

Seeing his student visit, Jolod was naturally pleased.

He had always been worried about his few students running into trouble, but as it stood, even the most unreliable Chax had only suffered minor injuries.

“Did you come this time for some active flesh?”

Richard shook his head repeatedly at the question: “No, no, no, can’t I come over to see you?”

“Alright, I know you lot,” Jolod said with a smile, waving his hand and leading Richard to a private room.

Inside the room was a desk and a bookshelf covered with books and notes, while the walls were hung with numerous anatomical atlases.

“This is my office.”

Jolod sat behind the desk and pointed to a chair in the corner of the room, gesturing for Richard to sit down.

“What problem have you encountered?”

Richard gave an awkward smile and pulled out an Image Capturing Crystal Ball from his Magic Pocket.

“Teacher, take a look at this.”

As the image played, Jolod’s expression changed instantly.

“Good stuff, such a complete Spider Knight dissection atlas… did you make this?”

Jolod’s gaze was focused as he looked at the images. Even though he was the minister of the War Beast Department, his experience with the Spider Knight’s body was limited to just a few incomplete specimens.

Those bodies were blasted into a mess by Wizards using spells, with organs carbonized where they should have been carbonized, and shattered where they should have been shattered.

It was said that over at the White Wizard’s research lab, there were two complete Spider Knight bodies, but Jolod, as the War Beast Department minister, obviously couldn’t get involved. He could only rely on those incomplete bodies to piece together a dissection atlas.

“I did, I guess I’ve mastered about thirty percent of what you taught me,” Richard said modestly.

“Thirty percent?” Jolod shook his head, “At least seventy percent, the completeness of this image is such that even if your senior brothers came, they couldn’t do much better.”

Shifting his gaze away from the atlas, Jolod asked the question again.

“What problems have you encountered?”

Richard pointed at the image: “Teacher, now I have a treasure trove, but I don’t know where to start with it. As you know, my talent in Synthetic Beasts is nothing short of remarkable, but it would take me decades to get any significant findings from this material.”

“So, what are your thoughts?” Jolod heard something unusual in Richard’s words.

His student always had unconventional ideas, not sticking to the ordinary thought processes.

Maybe this time he was going to come up with something new.

“My idea…” Richard smiled, his eyes flickering uncertainly, “My idea, you might not accept it, teacher.”

“Oh?” Jolod’s eyebrows raised, “Let’s hear it.”

Richard sat up straight, his expression serious: “I want to organize an academic seminar within our master-apprentice group to discuss this Spider Knight dissection atlas.”

“…”

After hearing Richard’s idea, Jolod fell silent.

His student was right; he was indeed onto something new.

“…An academic seminar.” Jolod pondered for a moment, “Richard, I think you should know the rules of Wizards. Research is a very private matter, and the knowledge derived from it is a treasure among treasures. An academic seminar will definitely reveal a lot of knowledge; you’re suggesting giving away our findings for nothing.”

Richard shook his head: “How could it be for nothing? Everyone attending the seminar will hear the content and can express their opinions.”

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“What if someone doesn’t voice their opinion?” Jolod tapped the table, “A Wizard who only absorbs others’ knowledge but doesn’t share their own is the one who gets the most out of it.”

Richard smiled slyly, wisdom flashing in his eyes:

“That’s why I said it’s within our master-apprentice group, teacher.”

Such an obvious problem – how could Richard not have thought of it?

“You lead the discussion, teacher. You’re the main speaker, and we, your students, are here to participate in the discussion and provide ideas. We are all Wizards now, and our perspectives on things are no longer as superficial as an Apprentice’s. We might provide you, teacher, with some interesting insights.

And since everyone is your student, having more participants in the discussion is better. If no one discusses, the knowledge won’t be taken by outsiders, it’ll just be like a class.”

Jolod fell silent for a while, Richard’s words tempting him.

Wizards and Wizard Apprentices were indeed different; his few students were all Wizards now, some even stronger than himself. Their views and insights on certain matters must have their own uniqueness.

Jolod had always believed that Wizard research should remain highly private, even between mentor and apprentice.

But Richard’s idea had opened another door.

After a long silence, Jolod spoke: “Indeed, it’s a good idea, but it’s a bit too bold. For this seminar, only you, Anna, and Chax may participate. The few of you get along well, and exchanging ideas won’t be too awkward.”

Richard nodded. Jolod was right; he wasn’t very familiar with some of his senior brothers, and starting a seminar rashly would just lead to an embarrassing stalemate.

Now that the academic seminar was settled, Jolod immediately used the Communication Crystal Ball to inform Anna and Chax.

“Hey, teacher, your crystal ball can connect to the Communication Crystal Ball network to notify other Wizards?” Richard asked, somewhat surprised.

“This isn’t the command center’s Communication Crystal Ball, it’s a little gadget made by Anna. It can do short-distance communication by adding names to a list. Get one from her when she comes over.”

Richard looked at the Communication Crystal Ball, his mind slightly stirred.

If the Magic Fluctuation it emitted was weak, it would be quite suitable for Black Wizards to communicate behind enemy lines.

Before long, Anna and Chax arrived one after another.

Anna seemed to have been injured during this period, as one of her arms had been replaced with a mechanical one, and Chax had also made some modifications to his body, now possessing four arms. The additional two arms were particularly conspicuous.

“I’ve called you here for a reason; your junior brother just brought up an idea that I think is very good,” Jolod said calmly.

“Oh, junior brother, what new ideas have you come up with this time?” Chax came over to Richard familiarly, making faces at him.

“It’s simple; I’ve obtained a Spider Knight dissection atlas and wanted to hold an academic seminar with you and teacher leading.”