The light of the holographic projection intertwined into a gorgeous sea of stars in the laboratory. Countless double helix DNA strands representing the lowest logic of life slowly rotated in mid-air, accompanied from time to time by the low and coercive dragon roar.
Pheobe stood in front of the operating desk and pushed an extremely detailed data report in front of Ian·Bones. Those eyes like autumn water showed Blink's unique enthusiasm for scientific researchers.
"Ian, you should know very well that our experiments in trying to reproduce the bloodlines of several other 'Dragon Kings' Pure-blood in the Empire have been making difficult progress. This is mainly because those old monsters are still alive, and there is strong repulsion at the legal level."
Pheobe said while swiping his fingers in mid-air to pull out a brand new and extremely complex bloodline gene map.
"However, after conducting an in-depth dissection and bloodline stripping of the 'ancient dragon' in this world (KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!), I discovered an astonishing fact! Because of the subtle differences in the underlying laws of different universes, there are many 'blank anchor points' in the genetic sequence of this alien dragon that we can use."
Pheobe became more and more excited as he spoke, and his fingertips moved rapidly on the virtual screen. "So, I boldly changed my thinking. I plan to use the gaps brought by these differences in laws to artificially create a new generation of 'Dragon King Bloodline', and then perfect them Fusion! As you can see, I have achieved great success in stages."
Ian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his deep gaze was like the most precise searchlight, scanning the complicated data in one glance.
According to the report, Pheobe actually deeply genetically recombined the ancient Dragon Bloodline of this different world with the most common Dragon Blood vein among Harry Potter Universe, giving birth to a heaven-defying bloodline that she named "New Generation Fire Dragon King"!
Not only that, she even frantically collected various Dragonkind genetic samples from other dimensions in other worlds, and added them all as supplementary materials. At the end of the data, she also added the bloodline of this new Fire Dragon King The complexity was compared with the Albion "Thunder Dragon King bloodline" and "Water Dragon King bloodline" that Empire has been studying locally.
The conclusion is: perfect! There is no rejection reaction, and the potential even has a faint tendency to surpass the first generation Dragon King!
You must know that "Dragon God Project" is one of the core trump cards carefully prepared by Ian in order to hit the illusory "Twelfth Tier position" in the future. He has extremely high expectations for the final results of this research.
"What do you think?" Pheobe looked at her husband expectantly.
"Judging from the current data, there are no physical or magical flaws that can be faulted." Ian gave a fair evaluation, but then changed the subject and frowned slightly, "But there are two fatal problems hidden in it: the first is Dragonkind's 'Inherited Memory', and the second is 'Dragon Tongue Magic'."
Ian stretched out his finger and circled a special gene chain on the holographic projection. "Although the New Generation Fire Dragon King you created can engrave magic in the instinct through genes and pass it on to the next generation, it cannot be connected to the 'Primordial Memory Bank' of our local universe Dragonkind. '. You said that you taught it to use Dragon Tongue Magic, and that it mastered it at the speed of light because of the physical fit. But... because we Arcanist ourselves have not mastered all the secrets of Dragon Tongue Magic, we don't know the upper limit and limit of this magic at all."
Pheobe was not discouraged by Ian's pickiness. Instead, he held his chin and fell into thinking.
"If this is what you are worried about, we may be able to find a way to have this New Generation Fire Dragon King 'replace' the original one in our universe. Or to say the least, we can use some kind of hacking method to deceive the law system responsible for the inheritance of Dragonkind's knowledge and allow our Creation to forcibly access that memory bank."
"Excellent reverse thinking," Ian nodded approvingly, but his eyes were still sharp, "But this is not the hidden danger that I am most worried about. You ignored one of the weirdest and most dangerous characteristics of the Dragon King's bloodline."
"Oh? What is that?"
"The mechanism of reincarnation." Ian pointed out the blind spot sharply.
"We all know that those ancient dragon kings will not really die after the death of the body. As long as there is another dragon in the universe whose blood purity reaches a certain threshold, the dead dragon king can follow the pull of Bloodline Law and directly deprive the young dragon of its will, inherit the title, memory and power of the dragon king, and complete the 'reincarnation' of the corpse!"
Ian looked at Pheobe with burning eyes. "And this New Generation Fire Dragon King you created is missing exactly this puzzle piece of the law of reincarnation in its blood."
Pheobe followed the guidance of Ian and carefully checked the missing link in the genetic map, and then showed a puzzled smile, "You are right, it cannot be reincarnated. But isn't it a good thing? Your New Generation Fire Dragon King The bloodline is extremely pure, and it is definitely the body-stealing vessel that those old monsters dream of. Without this reincarnation mechanism, we would have completely eliminated the possibility of those old dragon kings using our Creation to Resurrection!"
"Your awareness of precautions is very good." Ian acknowledged his wife's caution, "However, from a long-term resource planning perspective, this has become a bottomless pit. In order to cultivate this New Generation Fire Dragon King, Empire has invested immeasurable resources. If it unfortunately dies in a future inter-dimensional war, do we have to start from scratch and spend massive resources and time to build another one?"
Ian paused and gave the final solution. "So, the most perfect way is: we must tailor a set of 'Internal Reincarnation System' for this batch of 'new generation dragon kings' that is similar to the old dragon kings, but completely independent and closed! In this way, even if they die in battle, we can quickly regenerate them in the cultivation cabin of the Empire at a very low cost."
"Good idea!" Pheobe's eyes lit up instantly. It was as if she had been injected with a shot in the arm, and all the fatigue she had just felt was gone. With this clear research direction, she could not wait to weld herself on the experimental table right now.
However, before she got into crazy work, she suddenly remembered something and her eyes became playful.
"By the way, busy man, don't forget to meet your 'new wife'."
"New wife? Where did I get my new wife?" Ian was confused.
"Of course it's Wiz. But for now, it seems you still have to put some effort into pursuing her." Pheobe blinked narrowly.
Ian gave her an extremely speechless look, and at the same time, he glanced at Hermione who was hiding in the corner and eavesdropping. Seeing that Hermione showed no signs of attack, he nodded expressionlessly, not intending to dwell too much on this dangerous topic.
"By the way," Pheobe obviously didn't intend to let him go just like that. She came over like a cunning fox, "This time you went to that world (Black Clover) and stayed for a full fifty years. How many women did you bring back?"
"Not one." Ian replied calmly.
"Really? Are you so honest?" Not only Pheobe, but also Hermione in the corner cast suspicious glances.
"Huh... In the long years, there have indeed been several meaningless romantic relationships." Ian shrugged, "Maybe it can't be said to be completely meaningless, at least it left some pleasant memories. As for the truly emotionally involved bond? There was only one, but unfortunately, it ended without any problems."
"Oh? Could it be that our invincible Majesty Arcane Emperor, who rules all the worlds, was sometimes dumped and heartbroken?" Pheobe reached out his hand unscrupulously and squeezed Ian's handsome face as hard as a child.
Ian slapped her hand away angrily. "I'm not that fragile yet."
"Seriously, are you really okay?" Pheobe put away his joking expression, with a touch of gentle concern in his eyes, and gently stroked his hair.
"This is not the first time I have been rejected, and it will certainly not be the last. In a long life, you must learn to accept regrets." Ian said calmly.
"It's good if you can have this mentality. Okay, I won't chat with you anymore, I'm going back to work on my Dragon God system!" Pheobe waved his hand and plunged into the vast sea of data again.
After leaving Pheobe's laboratory, Ian went straight to the area where Lily was.
As soon as he walked outside the door, he saw Severus·Snape standing outside the door like a silent statue. Seeing Ian approaching, Snape did not speak, but slightly raised his chin as a signal. Ian also nodded in response, indicating that he knew what he was thinking.
Opening the door, Ian sat down opposite Lily.
"Tell me, what's going on? Why didn't you let me get involved in your project before?" Ian asked straight to the point.
Lily sighed and rubbed his swollen temples, "Actually, the cause of this matter really has nothing to do with you. I encountered a bottleneck in my research before, and I complained a few words to Severus. In order to comfort me, he told me not to worry. If I really can't figure it out, I will definitely help solve it when you come back."
"Then what?"
"Then I don't know why, but I suddenly lost control of my emotions. I lost my temper at him and even had a hysterical quarrel with him. I only had one paranoid thought in my mind at the time: I must complete this project independently before you come back to prove that what he just said is wrong!"
"I understand. Then did you find out Source that you lost control of your emotions?" Ian asked patiently.
"After you came back, I immediately started Zhi Nao's 'psycho-psychoanalysis mode' and conducted an in-depth brain scan on myself. It turned out that... my sudden outburst was actually due to my subconscious anxiety about certain legacy issues far away in the Empire."
"James?" Ian guessed the answer immediately.
"Yes." Lily nodded bitterly, "Obviously, deep in my subconscious, I still have a deep sense of guilt for the way and attitude I have always treated him. When Severus said those words, this suppressed guilt instantly found a breakthrough, allowing me to completely break my defense. But fortunately, I have calmed down now."
"Then how do you plan to deal with this bad debt when you go back?"
"Couple psychotherapy." Lily's tone revealed a desperate determination, "The three of us - me, James and Severus - must sit down for a thorough psychological intervention and communication. We must sort out this abnormal marriage relationship, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous..."
"This is a very mature and rational decision." Ian nodded in agreement, "But before that, you'd better go out and have a good talk with Snape. The guy outside the door is so worried that he almost turned into a stone."
"I will, I do owe him a solemn apology." Lily nodded.
Ian was silent for a moment, then suddenly let out a long sigh, and his tone became extremely serious. "Since today's topic is about apology...Lily, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest apology to you again for the series of manipulations and calculations I did against you in the James incident."
In order to completely tie Lily and Snape to the Arcane Empire's chariot, Ian did secretly add fuel to the flames, taking advantage of James's character flaws to make some less than honorable arrangements.
"That's not necessary, Ian." Lily smiled gently, "Actually, from your standpoint, I have already understood why you did that in the first place."
"Even so, I still feel sincerely grateful for your tolerance and generosity."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and those old grudges finally disappeared completely at this moment.
"Okay, let's not talk about these heavy topics. Let me see the results of your efforts to compete with me." Ian brought the topic back on track.
Lily immediately switched to working mode. She entered a series of instructions on the console, and the holographic projection changed instantly, showing an energy crystal model exuding a mysterious halo.
"This is the 'Arcane Spark' I created based on the 'Divine Flame' of the god of this world, a one-to-one reproduction and deep optimization." Lily's tone was full of pride.
"The biggest function of this Arcane Spark is that it can perfectly convert the believer's 'Faith Power' into pure magic! Moreover, unlike the original Divine Flame, which can only be used as a temporary energy pump, Arcane Spark The transformation of is permanent! This means that as long as we are willing, the Arcanists of the Empire can open up a new path to Infinity expand their magic reserves by absorbing faith!"
"It can even be said... this is a road leading to a new magic system!"
However, after hearing this report that was enough to subvert Wizarding World's common sense, Ian not only did not show joy, but instead frowned deeper and deeper.
As a pure Arcanist, Ian hates the power system of "faith" and "Shinto" from the bottom of his heart. In his view, this kind of power seems to be a shortcut, but in fact it is a fatal yoke. If Arcanist really Start relying on Faith Power, then when one day he decides to overthrow the so-called gods in the world, the underlying logic of the entire universe is likely to collapse due to backlash. What's more, faith, something that gathers the distracting thoughts of hundreds of millions of mortals, itself contains extremely terrifying spiritual toxins.
"Concerning the backlash issue of Faith Power, how far has your research progressed?" Ian pointed directly to the core.
"Hitting the nail on the head." Lily sighed and called up another top-secret file, "According to our vivisection data, whether it is Divine Flame or Arcane Spark, they have no confidence in impurities. There is an absolute upper limit to the 'purification ability'. And this ceiling is 'Seventh Tier'! Once this limit is crossed, mortal thoughts that cannot be completely purified will be like poison and begin to irreversibly pollute the user's soul!"
Ian glanced at the experiment report. The experimental subject in the report was the Heaven Realm supreme ruler they captured alive in this world, and the supreme demon king who ruled Hell!
Both of these old monsters have reached the peak of Seventh Tier, and both have energy organs similar to Divine Flame in their bodies. The Heaven Realm ruler feeds on absorbing faith, while the Hell demon king feeds on devouring negative emotions. But without exception, after reaching Seventh Tier, obvious and irreversible corruption and distortion have appeared in the depths of their souls!
This is equivalent to chronic suicide.
"Do you have an idea to solve this fatal flaw?" Ian asked.
"We have a preliminary plan." Lily replied confidently, "I plan to combine 'Arcane Spark' with the 'Sacred Flame' we obtained before to use the in-depth rule Fusion, and use the all-burning characteristics of Divine Flame to enhance the efficiency of the purification process a second time."
"What a brilliant idea! Are there any other discoveries?"
"Except for purification, I have successfully reproduced the remaining 90% of Divine Flame's abilities. But there is only one core mechanism that I have never been able to conquer - that is 'Causality Empowerment'!"
Lily called up a projection of a battle video, "When we arrested the two rulers Heaven Realm and Hell, they used their own Law of Causality to release an extremely terrifying 'Holy Spell'! The power of that spell actually crossed the barrier of the level, bursting out the destructive power of the 'Eighth Tier level'! If it hadn't been supported by the absolute defense matrix of Floating City at that time, our expedition team would have suffered heavy casualties!"
This video made Ian also take a breath of cold air. It can make the magic explode, which shows the abnormality of Law of Causality.
Lily continued to show her failure record, "In order to crack this secret, I created a large number of clones of different levels, and used the research results of Hermione to forcibly inject a large amount of positive (good) and negative (evil) karma into these clones, trying to get them to release Holy Spell through Arcane Spark."
"The result is: The clones from First Tier to Third Tier did successfully use Law of Causality to increase their spell power by one level. But! Once the clone's strength reaches Fourth Tier Above E, this mechanism is completely ineffective! Although Holy Spell can still provide a certain degree of increase, it will never be able to produce a qualitative change across levels like the god Heaven Realm!"
Seeing these data, Ian's eyes suddenly lit up! A flash of light in his mind split all the fog like lightning!
"I understand! I understand everything!" Ian slapped his thigh suddenly, "Lily, do you still remember the group of angels and Demons I studied in the <Black Clover> world?"
"In that world, angels and Demons can also use Law of Causality to slightly increase their spells! But the reason why they can do it is because their 'soul structures' are fundamentally different from ordinary people! The gods of this world, their soul structures are actually the same as humans, and they rely entirely on external organs-that is, 'Divine Flame' to mobilize cause and effect!"
Ian's brain began to operate at high speed. He immediately called up the operating system and forcibly merged the two research data from completely different dimensions together!
"So, the ultimate answer to break this deadlock is: Fusion! We need to modify the underlying logic of 'Arcane Spark'. When Arcanist is ready to release Holy Spell, Arcane Spark will no longer be just It is an energy pump, but serves as a frequency regulator, temporarily forcibly changing the 'soul vibration frequency' of Arcanist into a co-frequency state similar to Aqua, an alien god, or Underworld Demons!"
"As long as the soul frequency matches the band of the law, we can perfectly call Law of Causality and release the real, perfect Holy Spell that transcends levels!"
Looking at the new design diagram on the screen that had been modified by Ian and had a perfect closed-loop logic, Lily was trembling with excitement. "Genius... a genius idea with no flaws! This will definitely work!"
Ian didn't talk nonsense, and directly packaged and transmitted all the top-secret data about Demons and the angel's soul anatomy that he had collected in the <Black Clover> world to Lily.
"With these data, you can conduct independent tests on the two sets of soul models. The remaining finishing work will be left to you."
"Demons and angels from Black Clover World? This is so interesting. I want to see what is the difference in the nature of their souls between them and the gods and demons in this world..." Lily stared at the freshly released data with bright eyes, mumbling words, and had completely entered a state of selfless scientific research madness.
Seeing her like this, Ian wisely did not disturb her anymore. He quietly exited the laboratory and made a "you can go in" gesture to Snape who had been waiting outside when he went out.
Standing in the corridor of Arcane Base, Ian originally wanted to go to Hermione or Pheobe for a while, but considering that those two women are probably just like Lily now, they are jealous of the new topic, and there is a high probability that they will not even let him in.
"Since no one at home pays attention to me..." Ian touched his chin helplessly, with a smile on his lips.
"Then we can only go and see that cute lich store manager Wiz."
Along with a burst of space ripples, the figures of Blink and Ian disappeared from the spot.