At the Gates

Su Luo returned to the Laboratory deep within the mountain, gathered scattered rocks, and, using her own pure Mana as a base, began efficiently crafting "Mana Beacons " by hand.

This task was effortless for him; it was simply a matter of shaping, maintaining the Spell's consistency, and infusing energy.

In a short period of time, hundreds of ordinary-looking, rough-surfaced, grayish-white stone spheres, about the size of Fist, were produced.

When these beacons are not activated, their presence Convergence, indistinguishable from the stones in the mountains.

Once activated at a set time, a wisp of pure Mana sealed within will be revealed, luring Mutated Beasts with frenzied allure.

The beacons operate intermittently to avoid attracting an excessive Beast Tide that could lead to chaos. The Mana they emit effectively attracts Mutated Beasts, guiding them along a pre-designed, relatively flat path to a natural ravine below the cliff where the Laboratory is located.

First, the outermost beacon lights up briefly to attract the Mutated Beasts, then immediately goes out.

Once the Mutated Beast arrives at the location, the beacons in the inner circle will activate...

In the center of the pit lies the Pure Mana Beacon, where the goods are even purer and in greater quantity.

If an ordinary Mana Beacon is to Mutated Beast what Peashooter is to a python.

The pure Mana Beacon at the bottom of the pit is to the Mutated Beast what the Gloom-shroom is to the Yamata no Orochi.

The pit itself has been transformed by Su Luo into a giant Fire Element Conversion Field.

The Super-Large Incinerator is a super-large incineration Spell combination that relies on terrain advantages and is supplemented by a large number of Constant Spells such as [Spread], [Burn], and [Energy Guidance].

Its bottom and four walls were treated by Su Luo and stabilized with a powerful Fire Element Guidance Array.

The timed activation instantly detonates a massive amount of Fire Element energy, forming a blazing white flame powerful enough to melt steel. The Mutated Beasts lured into the pit are also turned to ash within the timed interval.

In this extreme incineration, the bio-energy within the Mutated Beast's body is rapidly Infestation by Fire Elements and transformed into pure and Berserk Fire Element energy; while the malevolent Aberration Energy, due to the instantaneous Annihilation of its carrier, is exposed to the air and quickly dissipates and disintegrates.

The vast and pure Fire Element that was transformed was gathered together by the magic array, forming a visible crimson energy stream.

The Fire Element that had been Infestation was guided along a pre-set channel to Su Luo's Laboratory, where it entered Mana Conversion Device led by Su Luo and slowly reversed back into Mana.

The entire process can be considered semi-automatic. Su Luo only needs to sit in the core of the Laboratory and maintain the final reversal step of the conversion device. The external beacon attraction and the purifying fire in the pit all operate automatically according to the preset time sequence.

Of course, he also had an extra task: to eliminate those S-class and above Mutated Beasts that were too powerful to be instantly killed by the incinerator.

Su Luo first stood on the mountaintop and looked at the approaching Beast Tide in the distance.

He then burned and killed two S-class Mutated Beasts, and captured dozens of A-class and B-class Mutated Beasts.

He still needs to learn [Body Modification (Blue)], but without the materials on hand, it's too slow to learn.

Unfortunately, without the complete set of sophisticated equipment found at the Hudu Underground Research Institute, the dissection work was indeed much slower.

However, Su Luo was trying to escape at the time and couldn't take her with her.

Without tools, the dissection was much slower, but that's okay, at least there was something to learn.

Su Luo returned to the Laboratory with the corpses, simultaneously maintaining the Mana Conversion Device and dissecting the B-grade Mutated Beasts.

Thanks to the extensive practice he had done at the research institute, he already had very little knowledge left regarding B-grade Mutated Beasts. After dissecting more than a dozen B-grade corpses, he completely mastered the relevant parts.

Next are the A-level Mutated Beasts, which correspond to the strength of level 4 monsters. Their Constitution Attributes have generally entered the astonishing range of 10-12 points, and their strength is officially measured in "tons".

Before reaching 10 Attribute points, the Optimization mainly focused on the physical structure itself. After reaching 10 Attribute points, the physical body, deeply immersed in Aberration Energy, experienced a qualitative leap in strength.

Su Luo began to feel some pressure; the difficulty and amount of related knowledge had reached an exaggerated level.

Because they have already fully entered the extraordinary realm, and they've started with a high-level game right from the beginning.

The way the Mutated Beasts operate and their physical structure, driven by Aberration Energy, differs greatly from the physical structure and underlying logic of beasts nurtured by Mana.

The examples of Mana creatures and the methods of releasing Mana described in the [Body Modification (Blue)] Skill Book differ significantly from the Mutation real-world samples presented here.

But it's okay, there's always something to learn.

After waiting for four or five hours, the "Mana Pool" that he had simply and crudely created in a corner of the Laboratory was finally full.

It was merely a pit carved out of the rock strata, surrounded by a dense array of binding and stabilizing Spells. Its capacity was roughly equivalent to the total Mana of twenty Su Luos, and half of it naturally dissipated in three days.

Currently, maintaining all Constant Spells throughout the entire process consumes only about 0.1 "Su Luo" per hour, which can be easily supported by the dual-cycle Su Luo AFK Dual-Cycle Method.

The Dual-Cycle Method has once again improved her ranking. After days of study and accumulation of knowledge, Su Luo has Optimization the Dual-Cycle Method once more.

In my opinion, Su Luo thinks it's no worse than a level 10 blue skill.

Although Su Luo does not have any related blue skills.

That's called confidence...

Finally, Su Luo took out a newly made special biological container, which contained a wisp of Aberration Energy that was constantly struggling, twisting, and radiating extreme malice.

"Wow! Joan of Arc is eating mud ducks!"

"It wasn't easy! After all this time, I can finally start researching you!"

Su Luo felt extremely distressed.

The twentieth day since the arrival of the visitors from another world.

Louyi and Kuaiji.

It was as if the earth itself was rotting and rising.

A writhing black line, which initially trembled slightly on the horizon, then Spread irresistibly to both sides until it swallowed up the entire eastern view.

That wasn't an army; it was the embodiment of disaster, a raging torrent of flesh and blood, a distorted mass of life that engulfed everything.

Tens of millions of mutated creatures have formed this Ocean of death.

They are no longer independent individuals, but terrifying Aggregation Body squeeze, Trample, and tear each other apart, yet strangely surge in the same direction.

The ground groaned dully under the pounding of countless limbs and the Trample of heavy hooves, and the dust raised obscured the sun, turning the afternoon sky into a gloomy dusk.

The air was filled with a pungent, fishy stench and a frenzied, low-frequency roar—the disgusting howl of billions of Mutated Beasts.

In this surging tide, occasionally some even more despairing silhouettes will rise up.

Giant worms that move slowly like small hills, their bodies covered with bony plates and constantly opening and closing suckers; or strange flying birds with wingspans large enough to briefly block out the shadows of a street, emitting Screech like banging on a blackboard.

A world-destroying wave is closing in on the city...