More than a decade spent focusing on a single core technology was nothing more than an ordinary interlude in Benjamin's long research career.
When he finally set down the energy pen he had been using to inscribe runes and looked up at the creation before him, now completely transformed, a sense of fulfillment that had fallen naturally into place rose within him.
The pool before him still bore its old name, the "Incubation Pool," but its essential nature had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation.
Benjamin had not only fully absorbed and optimized the foundation of the original Incubation Pool from the Lava Giant system, but more importantly, he had successfully inscribed into the core rules of the pool, in the form of wizard runes and alchemical matrices, the profound techniques from the Great Dao Library concerning the gathering of faith through the Incense Divinity Path, aptitude enhancement, and the transmission of life information.
The most obvious improvement lay in the starting point of the Black Giants.
The modified Incubation Pool produced Black Giants whose initial potential had been raised tremendously. Even the weakest could reliably reach Level 3!
This meant that every newborn Black Giant possessed considerable combat strength the moment it stepped out of the pool.
Of course, the corresponding cost was that the energy required to incubate each Black Giant had increased geometrically, making them veritable energy-devouring beasts.
But in Benjamin's view, as long as that [Level 7 Large Elemental Pool] was successfully installed, this problem would be solved with ease.
He had immense confidence in that.
Another, more fundamental change was that the Incubation Pool itself had gained the ability to "self-replicate."
By consuming enormous amounts of energy and specific materials, this primary Incubation Pool could split apart and produce fully functional subsidiary Incubation Pools.
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