Inscription Worm

"... Wait, you just said we could reopen the door using the coordinates of these bugs, right?" The slight apology that Yakumo Yukari had felt vanished instantly after hearing Chen Luo's unintentional honest remark.

"Uh, well, you misheard me," Chen Luo said with a straight face.

"You can open the door again, so why are you yelling at me like that!" Yakumo Yukari shouted, pulling Chen Luo 'Chen Luo ear and bringing her mouth close to his ear.

Sure enough, Chen Luo is cunning.

I felt a little guilty about this just now; it was such a waste of my feelings!

"Then you're wrong too!" Chen Luo grabbed Yakumo Yukari's ear and yelled in her ear!

Chapter 544 Engraving Insect

"To be fair, even if I just pinned all the blame on you, wasn't it all your fault? You were the one who closed the door, weren't you? And do you really think opening the door comes without a price?" Chen Luo said, tapping the floor with his crowbar... his staff.

"Oh, what's the price?" Yakumo Yukari watched Chen Luo put on a show.

Yakumo Yukari admitted that she had accidentally closed the door, which was indeed her fault, but she certainly couldn't admit her mistake right now.

"My entire fortune..."

"Is it that serious?" Yakumo Yukari was startled.

"...1/210," Chen Luo said after calculating in his mind.

"... That's it?" Yakumo Yukari looked disdainful.

"That's all? Do you know what this means? Never mind..." Chen Luo originally wanted to use the price of Yakumo Yukari's abilities as an example, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

Yakumo Yukari's Boundary Manipulation requires 20,000 Primogem.

Chen Luo already had the money, and he had already bought the other party's Boundary Manipulation, so he didn't need to buy the Gap/Space Manipulation ability at all. As long as he continued to explore Boundary Manipulation, he would be able to learn the Gap/Space Manipulation ability sooner or later.

Chen Luo just tested it out. Opening the door using these insects as a medium would cost 200 Primogem, meaning that opening the door 100 times would be enough to buy one Yakumo Yukari.

This is mainly because these insects themselves have very low intelligence. Fortunately, there are enough insects, otherwise the price might be even higher.

"This is blatant robbery!" Chen Luo felt a pang of heartache at the thought of needing 200 Primogem to open a door.

However, Chen Luo was actually quite lucky. At least something did come in from Different World, which created a connection. So, although it required spending Primogem, at least he could open the door.

If Yakumo Yukari had closed the door before the insects got in, then...

Enraged, Chen Luo strangled Yakumo Yukari to death.

Seeing Chen Luo's extremely angry expression, Yakumo Yukari also began to have doubts.

Was the price Chen Luo paid really that high?

"Should we try to find a way to compensate you?"

"No, we have to find a way to get those 200 Primogem back from Yakumo Yukari."

"Chen Luo..."

"Yakumo Yukari..."

"..."

"..."

"You go first..."

"You go first..."

"Can you two stop flirting over there? Come and see what my analysis is all about." MuQ waved his grimoire in front of Chen Luo and Yakumo Yukari.

"Oh, so what was the result?" Chen Luo asked quickly.

"The result is... not much. Due to the short research period, we can only roughly determine the nature of this insect."

"This kind of insect is a carefully cultivated creature similar to a familiar. The magic type is probably insect manipulation magic. Although not many people use this kind of magic, there are some, but it's rare to see an insect with such a disgusting shape," Patchouli said slowly.

In Gensokyo, there are actually insects.

Not some flower-eating insect, but an insect monster—Regulu Knightbag.

Lizungru is an insect spirit, or more accurately, a firefly spirit.

Fireflies are one of the few insects that are popular with humans. Because they are rarely exterminated, they are more likely to grow into monsters. Besides fireflies, butterflies are also popular and are prone to becoming monsters.

Riguru herself is rather inexperienced, but the opponent's bugs are quite troublesome.

Because the other party's ability is the ability to manipulate insects.

There's nothing wrong with controlling insects, but it's really not aesthetically pleasing that someone would control such disgusting insects.

Patchouli looked at the insects in front of her with disgust, then threw the analyzed insect on the ground.

Although these insects have been turned into puppets by Chen Luo and can no longer move without Chen Luo orders, their mere existence is already disgusting.

"However, setting aside its somewhat intimidating appearance, this insect is indeed well-bred. The characteristics I can detect alone include the ability to convert magical attributes and absorb the host's life force into magic power."

From a purely magical perspective, Patchouli quite admires the mage who can cultivate such insect-like stone golems.

But the problem is this thing is really disgusting.

"Is it possible that another function of this bug is to temporarily expand magic circuits?" Just then, Chen Luo, who was squatting to the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Huh? What's a magic circuit?" Patchouli asked curiously.

"Well, at least I didn't recognize these insects before. It wasn't until I Puppet Transformation them for a while and finally generated character cards for them in the Collective Network that I realized what these things were..."

"Engraving Insect," Chen Luo said, naming the insects.

Chen Luo's Collective Network has the function of identification and analysis. It will compile all the data of all the puppets and present it to Chen Luo in the form of cards, without any details.

Just like Yvette's slight obsession with cleanliness, such details can be learned through character cards.

However, the production time for these character cards is uncertain. The time required for successful production is not only linked to the character's strength and experience, but also to their intelligence. The clearer the character's understanding of them, the deeper the analysis can be done.

The problem is that these few bugs don't have much brain capacity; they're mostly driven by instinct. It took Chen Luo a while to figure out what this bug was after gathering hundreds of bugs.

Although Chen Luo does possess the ability to appraise objects, which he obtained from Liu Wenxuan, this ability hasn't undergone any conceptual modification. In other words, Chen Luo can only appraise objects from his own world; he cannot appraise objects from Different World.

After all, the appraisal eye only has 700 Primogem.

700 Primogem... What more could you want?

So, in a fit of anger, Chen Luo spent 1,000 Primogem to completely integrate it with his Stripping Ability, successfully conceptualizing it.

This also allowed Chen Luo to clearly perceive what exactly he was stripping away from the other party.

But this also rendered Chen Luo's discerning eye useless.

Chen Luo didn't mind, since Chen Luo was used to things from Different World. But this appraisal eye could only appraise things from his own world, so why would Chen Luo need it?

It would be better to completely integrate this thing into the Domination talent and use it as a peripheral accessory to Stripping Ability.

"So this is the world." After realizing that this thing was Engraving Insect, Chen Luo finally understood what world he had missed earlier.

It turned out to be someone I knew—no, someone from a familiar world.

Chen Luo 'Chen Luo Void Archive has just listed no less than 50 analytical results for him, because there are indeed quite a few film and television works that are related to insects.

Because there was too much knowledge in the Void Archive, there was also too much of a result for Ogiura. Moreover, Yakumo Yukari closed the gate too quickly just now, so she didn't see much clearly.

After learning about the Engraving Insect, Chen Luo seemed to no longer need the Void Archive.

"Hmm, is this another world that has been recorded in your world?" Yakumo Yukari asked in surprise.

"That's right. But it seems your world doesn't have that, which is a real shame." Chen Luo chuckled as he looked at Yakumo Yukari.

"And by the way, let me tell you, the knowledge of magic in this world is very advanced. Of course, you don't care about that. More importantly, this world is a world that plays with concepts, which feels quite fitting for you." This time, Chen Luo's gaze towards Yakumo Yukari was no longer teasing, but rather gloating.

Oh dear, I finally found such a world, and you've personally shut the door on it.

Surprised? Excited? Happy?

"Playing with concepts?" Yakumo Yukari was taken aback.

"Yes, that's right, it's all about manipulating concepts. And besides manipulating concepts, there's something special in this world called the Root. It's like something like the Heavenly Dao. In short, it's quite compatible with your abilities," Chen Luo continued.

"You might not remember this well, so come on, take a look at these documents." As Chen Luo spoke, he retrieved some information about the Root from the Void Archive, printed it out, and handed it to Yakumo Yukari.

After receiving the documents, Yakumo Yukari walked back to Yuyuko and began to read them carefully.

Chen Luo might cheat people, but he wouldn't lie about something like this.

Moreover, the other party's current demeanor is exactly like that of a swindler who discovers that customers are desperately in need of the items on his stall.

Now, Yakumo Yukari knew she was definitely going to get a severe beating from Chen Luo.

Although Yakumo Yukari was somewhat annoyed by the other party's confident demeanor, she also genuinely began to look forward to this new world.

As for the price to pay?

The price to pay is something that Yakumo Yukari will have to pay in the future; what does it have to do with the Yakumo Yukari of today?

"A world where magical knowledge is prevalent?" Patchouli was more concerned about Chen Luo's use of the word "magical knowledge" than Yakumo Yukari, who valued concepts more.

"Alright, we've finished studying these damn bugs. Let's go back to the bar and talk about it slowly. I reckon that person will stay in the bug storage for a while longer, so there's no rush. Besides, I need to make some preparations as well." Chen Luo said as he walked back to the bar.

Chen Luo knew about the Type-Moon World, but the anime was released many years ago, and Chen Luo needed to recall it properly.

This is the preparation Chen Luo needs to make.

Moreover, Chen Luo had to wait for Yakumo Yukari to finish reading those documents.

Damn it Yakumo Yukari, just shut the door down, making me spend 200 Primogem to open it.

This time, Chen Luo won't let her enter this world unless he gets 400 Primogem out of her!

And it's unknown whether Yakumo Yukari is willing to sacrifice even a little bit of her own abilities for this.

With the Stripping Ability, even Yakumo Yukari's SS rank ability can peel away a seed if the other party is willing to cooperate.

Doesn't this mean Chen Luo can get 20,000 Primogem for free?

Ahem, okay, a power seed and a power are completely different.

Even with Yakumo Yukari's power seed, it's highly unlikely that one could reach Yakumo Yukari's level.

After all, Yakumo Yukari wouldn't take too much risk, so even if the other party agreed to the separation, they could only get a tiny fraction of what they could get.

It can probably only be used for research purposes.

Although directly purchasing someone's talent with Primogem also starts from scratch, it allows Chen Luo to instantly acquire Yakumo Yukari's basic skills and then quickly improve his proficiency.

Instead of giving Chen Luo a half-dead seed when there isn't even a basic foundation, and then having him cultivate that foundation first before starting to develop further.

However, the Gap/Space Manipulation ability is quite convenient for traversing.

Although it's only a seed and therefore not very powerful, precisely because it's a seed, the cost of the Collective Network it occupies shouldn't be too high, and it might even be able to equip some dolls with it.

But how to fool Yakumo Yukari is the question...

Moreover, Chen Luo wanted the Primogem more than the seed of ability.

So if Yakumo Yukari insists, Chen Luo will help Yakumo Yukari even if he doesn't want the ability seed.

"... That's how it is. That world is a very prosperous magical world. Unlike our main world where a hundred schools of thought contend, in that world, the magical forces are undoubtedly the most powerful." Chen Luo said, sitting at the bar and explaining the basics of that world to Yun Lian'er and Patchouli.

"I see. Then it's definitely worth going to take a look. The problem is... we don't have the magic circuits of their world. So the magic... no, the sorcery of their world can probably only be used as a reference. But even so, it's still very valuable," Patchouli nodded.

For a Magus, pursuing more magical knowledge is undoubtedly the most important thing to do.

Although Yun Lian'er is extremely compatible with Patchouli in both magical attributes and magical research direction, in a sense, Patchouli already has enough to study with Yun Lian'er for the time being.

Unfortunately, although Yun Lian'er spent more than two years collecting magic books after becoming S-rank Talent User, she did not collect as many as she had imagined due to the break in the inheritance.

Therefore, Patchouli needs magical knowledge from other worlds.

In this world where magic circuits are needed to use magic, although magic cannot be used directly, it can be used after being modified.

Since it's all magic... trickery anyway, isn't it normal to modify it?

"Actually, that world is quite a strange one. The lower-level combatants focus on physical strength, the mid-level combatants focus on concepts, and the top-level combatants still focus on physical strength... It's very simple and straightforward," Chen Luo said after thinking for a moment.

"Are you referring to those mages when you say top-tier combat power?"

"Mm." Chen Luo nodded.

"At least from the perspective of the known Second Magic, Third Magic and Fifth Magic, let's leave the Third Magic aside for now, the Second Magic and Fifth Magic are magics that rely entirely on physical exertion."