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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 484

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:19:22 AM


Chapter 484: Flare Base

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Chapter 484: Flare Base

Sage returned to his human form. He also realized how silly it was for him to form a Body of Laws while still in human form. Hed made a huge mess out of his clothing for no reason. It didnt actually have any effect on the Body of Laws. He still had a giant cobra body at all times. The Human Seal was like a filter, one that made him conform to the human shape and outward form. It didnt matter what form he was in while his body transformed, it was his true body that was transforming, but the outward appearance of that body was filtered to appear human. He was actually just annoyed because hed had to undress, since his clothing was soaked with gross filth. It would have been much simpler to just slither into a lake and then back out again.

With the Flares collected, Sage gave the area a quick once over, using his Spiritual Sense at full blast to pick up the last few stragglers and ensure the area was empty. Once he captured the last few of them, he wasnt shy with the Flares base. They had spent a lot of time scavenging from the city and the surrounding areas. It may look like a junkyard, but Sage saw plenty of value in all the tools, parts, and even the metals and rubbers they were made of. While the cultivator world had all sorts of materials that could do astounding things, they were also lacking many things from the modern world. Sage wasnt a material scientist or an electrical engineer, there was no way hed know the exact processes involved in producing high quality steel or turning the sap of a certain tree into rubber. Just knowing the basics left him a far way from reproducing the steps himself with exacting detail.

He could of course use the scientific method to try and reinvent the wheel, so to say, but who knows how long that would take. He wiped the Flare base clean, sweeping up everything, not leaving anything behind. Even the buildings were torn apart and tossed into the Universe Ring to be sorted. It wasnt like he was strapped for space and at the very least he could use them as research materials to help him reverse engineer their methods of creation.

At that moment, he realized he had settled all the pressing issues. He was now free to do whatever he liked once again. Of course, he was still stuck on this foreign planet and he still had two years left before he could get back. Oops, that is one matter that needs to be solved.

Thinking this far, he realized he needed to handle those two loose ends. Even if Guan Zhenyan had told him how he could accomplish the two goals, it didnt mean they were solved. In fact, until the two years had passed and the Cloud Swallowing Thunder Eel was carrying him back, he would still have to worry about this matter. This chapter made its debut appearance via N0v3lB1n.

Sage couldnt help but appreciate the parallel technology development of the Scyzur using these crystals and human firearms. Surprisingly, he learned from the Flares that they also had a form of projectile weapon, but they didnt use gunpowder. They had no idea what he was talking about. They described something like a coilgun using electromagnets, but none of them knew how they worked. It was something from before the The Great Flare, and only the Hexacrats could still make them. He thought about trying to steal some, but he put that aside for later. Sage was still pretty sure that electricity didnt function on the cultivator world as it did in other places, and even if he did take one, how would he charge it?

While the mantis was flying towards the mines, Sage brought out a pile of Psionic Crystals. He was sitting inside the manor in the Universe Ring and he pulled them over from the underground storage area. He immediately started absorbing them into the core of his mental fortress, focusing on a specific circle this time. After a bit of experimenting he even found that he could focus upon exactly which symbol he wanted to light up and the absorbed Psionic Crystals would slowly awaken the larger symbols that led to his end result automatically. Remarkably, he found that the whole Spirit Tree operated on powers of two. The first crystal created the symbols within his mind. Two more crystals had revealed the four overlapping circles. Four more could unlock one of those large circles that signified the Internal, External, Perception, and Manipulation.

Previously, Sage had absorbed sixteen Psionic Crystals. Since the crystals were evenly dividing their power, that put him just three short of unlocking the four main rings. Only one of the rings had been illuminated, but he quickly remedied that by unlocking the other three. This is so just wasteful in comparison to the natives that crudely absorb a crystal and just end up with a random power.

While he found it inefficient in comparison, he had full control in comparison to the natives getting random psychic powers. Also, he wasnt facing a shortage of Psionic Crystals, so it really wasnt an actual problem. Sage decided to focus upon the second problem he had, the one that Guan Zhenyan had given him only one solution for. He picked out the symbol that the man had told him about, External and Manipulation path, the fifth major ring from the right.

There were so many formation-like symbols and shapes on the walls that it was daunting. Even with those directions, there were still a dozen symbols and arrangements of shapes inside the ring he was pointed to. Thankfully, he was told to find the symbol that looked similar to a Fire Controlling Array. Sage may not be a high star Blacksmith, but the Fire Controlling Array was one of the most basic things they had to know to forge magic tools. Since he found what he was looking for, he started absorbing more Psionic Crystals. He wasted a few experimenting, but before long the symbol in question was finally lit up. At that moment he suddenly knew the name of the technique: Ego Forge.




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