Chapter 661 - 472: Awaken! The Miracle Creation of Alchemy
Chapter 661: Chapter 472: Awaken! The Miracle Creation of Alchemy
Elder Gu suddenly spoke.
Raylo’s heart stirred.
’Perhaps this is the true purpose of this Mobile Workshop.’
It wasn’t a weapon, nor was it a simple dwelling.
It was a mobile Holy Hall of knowledge, the spark of a civilization.
The three of them didn’t linger in these areas. Their objective was clear: the control center.
Only by gaining control of the Alchemy Workshop would anything else matter.
Following the workshop’s layout, they soon found the location at the very center of the massive cube.
Another door.
But this door was even more magnificent than the last.
When Master Barnaby opened it using the same method, a circular, panoramic room appeared before them.
The room’s walls were made of a deep black crystal.
In the very center of the room stood a circular console, covered with countless buttons, levers, and rune panels.
At the center of the console was a sunken spherical device. It looked as if light once flowed within it, but it was now completely dark.
"This is it! This is the heart of this Miracle Creation!"
Master Barnaby shot forward, his hands practically caressing the console, his eyes filled with obsession.
He moved quickly around the console, muttering all sorts of obscure alchemical terms and miming operations, his fingers hovering over the buttons and panels.
Raylo and Grand Elder Gu didn’t disturb him, merely watching in silence.
Time ticked by, minute by minute.
Tiny beads of sweat formed on Master Barnaby’s forehead, but his expression only grew more ecstatic.
He snapped his head up to look at Raylo, a fire burning in his eyes.
"My Lord! I’ve figured out the basic operating method! But..."
His tone shifted as he pointed to the lifeless spherical device at the center of the console.
"But its Energy Core is completely depleted. Over the centuries, every last bit of Magic Power has drained from all the Magic Cores."
Hearing this, Raylo’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.
A depleted Energy Core was no small problem.
The energy required to power such a massive alchemical creation would be astronomical. Ordinary Magic Cores wouldn’t even come close.
"What Level of Magic Cores are needed?"
Raylo asked.
"Based on the load capacity of the Energy Circuits and the node design, it needs Tier Five Magic Cores at a minimum! And not just one or two!" Master Barnaby said, a hint of worry in his voice.
"The Energy Matrix here has eighteen main nodes. That means we need at least eighteen Tier Five Magic Cores just to awaken it from its slumber and restore its normal functions!"
Eighteen Tier Five Magic Cores.
A number that would make any Lord’s heart ache.
However, Raylo just gave a faint nod.
He casually took a plain-looking cloth pouch from his Spatial Bag and placed it on the console.
The mouth of the pouch fell open, and dozens of crystals rolled out, shimmering with multicolored halos and pulsating with immense Magic Power.
Every single one was Tier Five.
"Go on, Master,"
Raylo said, his voice laced with anticipation.
"Let this big fellow, who has slept for a hundred years, open its eyes again."
Master Barnaby had eyes only for the circular console.
He reached out with his gaunt hands, his fingertips gliding gently over the dust-covered rune panels.
"Perfect... It’s too perfect..."
He murmured to himself.
"The design of the Energy Circuits, the nesting of the Rune Matrix..."
"Phillips... truly a legendary Alchemist at his peak!"
Raylo didn’t interrupt.
He just stood quietly to the side, watching the Alchemy Master, who was completely lost in his own world.
"My Lord."
After a long while, Master Barnaby finally pulled himself out of his obsessive state.
He turned around, took a deep breath, and tried to keep his voice steady.
"The eighteen nodes of the Energy Core have been confirmed. We can begin."
Raylo nodded.
"Then let’s begin, Master,"
Raylo said.
"Y-Yes, My Lord!"
As if snapping out of a trance, Master Barnaby picked up a dark red Fire Element Magic Core and walked to the first node on the console.
It was a metal base shaped like a blossoming lotus, with a socket in the center perfectly sized to hold a Magic Core.
His hand was trembling slightly.
It wasn’t just from excitement, but also from nervousness.
Activating such a legendary creation that had lain dormant for centuries, Master Barnaby was so nervous he was starting to sweat.
He closed his eyes and took another deep breath.
When he opened them again, all emotion had vanished, replaced by absolute focus and calm.
He reached out and, steadily, gently, pressed the Fire Magic Core into the socket.
"CLICK."
A crisp mechanical sound echoed.
The petals of the metal base instantly closed, tightly enveloping the Magic Core.
Immediately after, slender, silver energy conduits extended from beneath the base like living vines, precisely piercing the interior of the Magic Core.
"HUMMM..."
A low hum emanated from deep within the console.
A dark red line of light, following the Energy Circuit connected to the first node, lit up in an instant like a burning fuse!
’Success!’
A sharp glint flashed in Master Barnaby’s eyes.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he immediately picked up the second Magic Core and moved to the next node.
A Water Magic Core.
"CLICK."
"HUMMM..."
Another line of azure light flared to life on the console, intertwining with the previous dark red one.
Wind Element...
Earth Element...
Thunder Element...
Master Barnaby’s movements became faster and more fluid.
One, two, five, ten...
As each Tier Five Magic Core was precisely socketed, the light on the console grew ever more brilliant, ever more complex.
Eighteen streams of differently colored energy, like eighteen awakened Giant Dragons, surged and roared through the complex Energy Matrix, finally converging on the lifeless spherical device at the very center.
The entire control room was bathed in the magnificent light.
Waves of immense energy pulsed outward like a tide, one after another.
When Master Barnaby inserted the final Space Element Magic Core into the eighteenth node.
"BOOM!"
The entire Alchemy Workshop shuddered violently!
The spherical device at the center of the console suddenly erupted with a blinding white light!
In that instant, the eighteen streams of energy fused perfectly into one!
"Energy Core, activate!"
Master Barnaby roared with all his might.
The moment the words left his mouth, an incredibly thick pillar of pure energy shot skyward from the spherical device, slamming into the dome of the control room!
On the dome, a massive Alchemy Array was instantly activated!
Light flooded along the Array on the dome like an unleashed flood, spreading madly to every corner of the Alchemy Workshop!
Raylo could clearly feel the metal floor beneath his feet vibrating gently.
He could hear a series of dull rumbles from within the walls, like the heartbeat of a Giant Beast.
He could see the Magic Runes, dormant for a century, light up one after another like awakened stars, shining with brilliant light.
The steel Giant Beast, having slept for a hundred years, was waking up!
「Outside, the scene was completely different.」
"RUMBLE... RUMBLE..."
The entire steel Giant Beast trembled violently.
On its dark silver metal shell, all the Magic Runes had lit up, shimmering with a dreamlike, iridescent glow.
"Quick! Fall back!"
Kado was the first to react. He roared, commanding his people to retreat to a distance.
The moment they had just pulled back to a safe distance.
"SCREECH! GROAN!"
A series of grating sounds of twisting, warping metal came from the bottom of the steel Giant Beast.
The eight massive, spider-like mechanical legs, which had been retracted, began to slowly unfurl!