Chapter 280: Magic Steel
Doudou had the weakest magic power here, so when Su Su stopped recording the magic script, his sensory experience dropped several notches at once.
Still, judging by the look on his big cousin's face, he was better off not disturbing him for now.
All the tissue and cells in the culture tank had collapsed. All that remained was a pool of murky liquid, and the catalyst had lost its activity as well.
Yet the culture tank did not seem entirely lifeless. Instead, a faint, strange reaction had developed, carrying a trace of magic power.
Unlike the awakened magic power of a Magic Being, this aura was like—if he had to describe it—the power of obsession that naturally gathered under special environmental conditions. In other words, it was more like a supernatural natural disaster, such as the Dread Marsh.
But since it lacked any sense of rampant malice and contained little ill intent, he was not sure whether it counted as a calamity.
"What's going on?"
Puzzled, Qin Xiaoxia poured in some more nutrient solution to see whether anything would change.
After several minutes, there was still no reaction.
He drew out some of the residual liquid with a dropper, placed it in a new culture tank filled with nutrient solution, then added a little of Baru's blood. Several minutes later, there was still no obvious change.
Baru's cells were tough, though. Even in this less-than-clean environment, they had not died. With the fresh nutrients added, they probably would not die anytime soon.
A few minutes might sound brief, but none of the substances involved were ordinary. Their extremely high activity, combined with the influence of magic power, usually meant signs appeared within minutes.
"Su Su, can you see any unusual results?"
At her Mentor's question, Su