nagpurpolice Chapter 42 First Attempt at Fusion
Chapter 42 First Attempt at Fusion
The man before me, Kavi, had lost the arrogance he once had on the ship, and had become much thinner than when he first boarded.
He looked extremely haggard, and when he saw Li Ang and the badge on his chest, his face turned deathly pale, as if he had seen a ghost.
With a "clang," the sack on his shoulder slipped from his hand and hit the ground with a dull thud; it must have been filled with some kind of ore.
Kavi's legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his body trembling violently as he kowtowed and begged for mercy incoherently.
"Lord Li...Lord Li Ang, no...Young Master Li Ang, it's not my fault. Back then...back then it was all Matthew, that traitor Matthew forced me to do this. He told me to hit you, I didn't dare disobey him. Please, let me go. I'm just a useless handyman now, please just let me go."
His forehead slammed against the cold floor with a thud, a sound filled with despair and fear.
Looking at his humble and pathetic appearance, Li Ang felt little pleasure, only a sense of pity.
He shook his head, walked straight past the side, and headed towards his dormitory.
Only when Li Ang's footsteps disappeared at the end of the corridor did Kavi dare to stop kowtowing. He collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, his face showing a mixture of relief and disbelief.
Li Ang returned to his dormitory, closed the door behind him, and then sat down at his desk, immersing himself in the world of books.
The pages turned with a soft rustling sound, but his brow furrowed as he read on.
The book clearly explains the basic principles of pharmaceutics: primary pharmaceuticals are usually stable fusions of the properties of two materials.
Intermediate-level potions involve a complex balance of three to five materials, with the difficulty increasing exponentially.
Most of these potions can only be used by a level 2 certified wizard.
Some of these potions even require a Level 3 senior wizard to control.
His envisioned muscle-building potion requires the simultaneous blending of six main and auxiliary ingredients, including sunflower, dragon's blood fruit, and frost-patterned tiger blood.
This has entered the realm of high-level potions, and those who can wield high-level potions must be at least level 4 high-level wizards.
In other words, she needs to be at least at the level of Instructor Eve; neither Instructors Karin nor Edwin are suitable.
A chill ran down his spine. He, a level 0 apprentice who had just condensed two stars, actually dared to dream of refining a high-level potion comparable to the mark of a level 4 wizard? That was utterly delusional.
The huge sense of disappointment was like being doused with ice water, leaving him momentarily stunned, and the confidence he had built up from his initial success almost completely collapsed.
He leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, trying to dispel the feeling of powerlessness in his heart.
Let's be realistic and change direction right now. We can just copy some medicine and start working on it. It should still be possible to do so now.
But a hidden impulse within Li Ang made him unwilling to give up.
This time, he didn't want to be smart enough to back down. Even if he failed in the end, he wanted to try his best this time.
Rekindling his fighting spirit, Li Ang began to devise a solution.
The advantages brought by the cheat code [Facility Upgrade Panel], the resources of Eve's Mentor Workshop, and the different ways of thinking he brought from his previous life... these are all his reliance.
Li Ang suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze hardening once more. Sitting here daydreaming wouldn't solve anything.
He stood up and went to his mentor Eve's workshop again.
Using his badge access, he carefully retrieved the necessary materials.
Eve, his mentor, granted him access to the materials, and this support alone strengthened Li Ang's resolve.
【High-quality crystal crucible Lv1】Preheating complete.
The [Magic Heat Furnace Lv1] provides stable heat energy.
Li Angning calmed his mind and concentrated his mental energy, meticulously sensing all the changes inside the pot through his connection with the crucible.
Various materials were added in sequence.
At first, the liquid could barely maintain a balance, and the energy flows of different colors tried to merge under the guidance of mental power.
But when the fourth material, the highly active blood of the Frost-striped Tiger, was dripped in, the balance inside the crucible was instantly broken.
As if cold water had been poured into boiling oil, the liquid in the crucible suddenly boiled and exploded.
The colors instantly became chaotic, and a violent energy turbulence surged wildly within the crucible, with a scorching heat emanating from it.
Li Ang groaned, feeling as if his mental energy had been pierced by countless red-hot needles, and a sharp pain shot through his brain.
The crucible was vibrating violently, and the liquid inside was making a dangerous gurgling sound, its color rapidly changing between crimson and pitch black, threatening to completely spiral out of control or even explode at any moment.
He gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, and poured a large amount of mental energy into the silver stirring rod in his hand, doing his best to maintain the energy stability inside the crucible.
At the same time, the Breeze spell was activated to guide and disperse the violent energy flow inside the pot.
"Don't blow it up, or everything will be ruined."
With his best efforts, the vibrations of the crucible gradually weakened and eventually subsided.
However, the liquid medicine inside the crucible had now completely turned into a viscous residue of strange color and pungent odor.
"Huff...huff..." Li Ang gasped for breath, staggering back two steps.
He leaned against the cold control panel, his face pale, his mental energy almost completely depleted.
One failed attempt at refining almost drained all his mental energy, demonstrating the terrifying power of high-level potions.
Li Ang looked at the pile of rubble and felt a pang of heartache.
Although Eve paid for all the materials used in the development of this competition, the act of wasting materials was enough to make him feel bad for a while.
He forced down his heartache and carefully savored the entire process of refining the medicine.
"The energy reaction was too rapid, almost instantaneous..."
He muttered to himself, enduring the headache from mental exhaustion, and continued his analysis.
"As a stabilizer, the powdered *Stone Root Grass* has negligible effect on this level of conflict..."
He keenly grasped the key point:
"Moreover... these six materials, the sunflower is hot, the dragon blood fruit stimulates blood energy, and the frost-patterned tiger blood is even more violent... they all tend to be fire-attribute. Like things repel each other, making it easier to trigger violent reactions. Ordinary stabilizers, unless guided by strong mental power, are simply not enough to neutralize this violent conflict between people of the same attribute."
However, this failure was not entirely useless; at least Li Ang knew the direction to take in the future.
"We need... a more powerful stabilizer, or a fundamental change in the approach to fusion."
Li Ang checked the time; it was almost evening. He cleaned up the slag in the crucible and carefully cleaned the workbench before dragging his somewhat tired body out of the workshop.
The cafeteria was filled with the aroma of dinner, but Li Ang had no appetite at the moment. He only ate a small set meal before returning to his dormitory.
Close the door, turn on the magic lamp, and soft light fills the desk.
He spread out a piece of parchment, picked up the [Inferior Gray Feather Pen] that had been upgraded to Lv2, took a deep breath, and focused all his attention on devising a plan to improve the muscle-building drug.