Lord of Ashes
Chapter 1724

The Mentor Arrives (Bonus Chapter)

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What marked an intelligent lifeform?

What counted as awakening self-awareness?

This had once been a subject Saine had pondered as well.

At present, it seemed that the capacity for "shame" was also a sign that robots had awakened self-awareness.

Whether it was the change in Fumila's expression or the rise in her internal temperature during the subsequent experiment, both showed the all-around influence Yuli and Flame Mark had on Fumila after appearing in this laboratory.

The last time Saine had experimented on Fumila, she had not been nearly this sensitive.

Fortunately, the experiment did not last long. Saine still had other research projects to complete.

Even while his body remained eroded by the power of those peculiar fluorescent laws, he could still enthusiastically carry out all manner of research.

Was this the persistence mages displayed in their pursuit of truth?

A month and a half later.

Saine, who was in the laboratory, was suddenly disturbed by an outside force.

Before the Laboratory Table, the handsome mage who usually gave others an impression of refined gentility suddenly had a stiff, icy expression.

Because he had been interrupted, the Body Tempering Potion Saine had been preparing before him ultimately ended in failure.

Such was the rigor of mages during experimentation. The slightest disturbance or error could reduce all their painstaking effort to ashes.

This Body Tempering Potion was not some supreme, top-tier potion. It was merely a new research subject Saine had recently begun through studying the flesh and blood of a Level-6 Creature.

The cultivation methods of creatures from the Apocalypse Great World were rather unusual. They called the power they cultivated Source Power.

Moreover, every Apocalypse Creature possessed extraordinarily dense Source Power particles within its body. Even if they died in battle, that Source Power would not immediately dissipate,

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