Chapter 267: Chapter 266 Magic Rune Research Chapter 267: Chapter 266 Magic Rune Research “Pat-pat, pat-pat…”
The rain persisted as Richard returned to the laboratory.
Laboratory, main lab.
Richard walked in, set down his dripping umbrella, glanced out the window, and it was already getting dark.
He turned around to light the room’s oil lamp and candles, tossed the invitation onto the lab table carelessly, and took steps toward a huge culture cabinet against one wall.
Pulling out a large number of culture media from the cabinet, Richard observed them with his naked eye.
“Hmm, contaminated with bacteria?” Richard’s eyes flickered as he added strong acid to the clearly substandard culture media, releasing a pungent smell as the colonies and contaminants quickly died off.
Next, Richard placed the culture dishes that couldn’t be inspected with the naked eye under a microscope.
“Hmm, seems like the mutation isn’t quite right; this looks like a failure.” Richard twirled the microscope’s knobs, observed while speaking, and then unceremoniously added strong acid to the failed culture media, and once again, the pungent odor filled the air, and the bacterial colonies quickly perished.
As the pungent smell slowly dissipated, Pandora, sleeping on the bed in the corner, had just peeked her head out from under her white feather pillow, sniffed the air, and burrowed back into her nesting place.
Richard didn’t pay much attention to Pandora and picked up a new petri dish to inspect.
“This one…” Richard hesitated for a moment, then spoke, “This one meets the requirements, although there might be too many. The cell confluence is now about 80%, so it should go through subculture. After the subculture, we’ll see how it reproduces.”
While talking, Richard began the operation, and shortly after, successfully divided the colonies from the old culture media into several parts, each transferred into new culture media for continuous cultivation. He tagged them properly and made careful records.
So Richard kept working, and after an extensive period, he slowly exhaled a turbid breath.
Cultivating cells was indeed a tedious and boring task. Until success is achieved, it’s hard to determine how long the cycle would be, and how much time and effort it would require. And despite the investment of time and effort, success wasn’t guaranteed.
But Richard was unwilling to give up so easily, especially since his research on the “Spartan Heroic Potion” and “Bloodline Seed” was nearly complete. What remained was the production and application of “Divine Blood.”
The remarkable effects of “Divine Blood” were beyond question. Only a minuscule amount could induce an immense enhancement of the body’s third peak. What if the quantity was small, or even large—what incredible effects might it produce? Richard looked forward to this.
Although for now, the process was monotonous, Richard believed there would be surprises on the successful day. For the moment, it was best to maintain an ordinary mindset, treating it as a regular activity to relax the mind.
With that thought, Richard turned and walked to the lab table.
He lit many candles, gathered a few mirrors, adjusted their angles to focus the abundance of light onto one spot.
Richard took out a White Jade Plate and placed it in the light, put on a monocle to magnify the details on the White Jade’s surface.
After all this setup, Richard brought the Space Iron Ring near to the White Jade, ready to engrave the Magic Rune onto it. This time, the Magic Rune required even finer work, at a scale of 100 micrometers, or 0.1 millimeters. Essentially, the slightest mistake could result in great error, leading to failure.
Richard took a deep breath, steadied his spirit, controlled his heartbeat to remain stable, enhanced his perception, and began the operation.
His fingers moved smoothly, the delicate lines appearing on the White Jade, and then slowly extending and bending…
After a while, one line was completed, and Richard began to etch another.
Finally, Richard completed the engraving of a full set of Magic Runes on a White Jade Plate.
But Richard didn’t stop; after taking a short break, he began working on a second White Jade Plate, then a third, a fourth…
Only after finishing five White Jade Plates did Richard stop, took a deep breath, and his gaze grew solemn.
What followed was the focus of today’s research—testing some mechanisms of the Magic Rune White Jade’s operation. Put simply, it was to figure out what defined a successful Magic Rune and what constituted a failure.
Richard first picked up the first Magic Rune White Jade and initiated the infusion of energy to activate it.
As the free Energy Elements surged from his palm into the White Jade, Richard felt the White Jade vibrating, the Energy Elements rapidly circulating within it, passing through the many Magic Rune pathways, reaching the endpoint.
Multiple streams of Energy Elements collided, resulting in a reaction, followed by the release of a spell.
A small flame appeared, hovering more than ten centimeters above the White Jade Plate, burning quietly.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
After approximately twelve seconds, the White Jade Plate cracked with a “snap,” and the flame extinguished.
Richard’s eyes flickered, thoughtful, “Is it because the White Jade Plate’s carrying capacity reached a certain limit, that is, 12 seconds of time?”
Richard picked up a second White Jade Plate and began to operate, doubling the output strength of his mana.
Another flame appeared, still hovering more than ten centimeters above the White Jade Plate, larger than before and burning more vigorously.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Four seconds, five seconds…
Just over five seconds, the White Jade Plate cracked with a “snap.”
“So, although there is a certain relationship between carrying capacity and time, it is mainly the total amount of energy input that is at work. Therefore… doubling the intensity halves the time, but… there seem to be some other influencing factors.”
Contemplating, Richard picked up a third White Jade Plate, this time not directly pouring in mana, but rather worked on it with the Space Iron Ring—cutting through a lot of the normal Magic Rune lines with a vertical slice.
With a light “snap,” Richard held the White Jade Plate, poured in his mana, and attempted to activate it.
The White Jade Plate vibrated but did not produce any flames.
It maintained this state for about more than ten seconds, and with a “snap,” the White Jade Plate shattered.
Richard narrowed his eyes and took up a fourth White Jade Plate for additional processing. This time, instead of cutting through the normal Magic Rune lines, he carved many superfluous Magic Rune lines for random connections, thereby destroying the Magic Rune’s internal structure.
After finishing the processing, as soon as mana was poured in, the White Jade Plate cracked with a “snap.”
“Hmm…” Richard’s eyes narrowed into a slit.
He took the fifth White Jade Plate, also the last one, and began processing.
This time, the improvement took a particularly long time because Richard had carved another spell’s Magic Rune on the White Jade Plate to see what the effect of activating two entirely different spells at the same time would be.
Energy was poured in.
Richard’s eyes flickered, he poured in energy again.
Richard’s brows furrowed as he continuously increased the intensity of his energy the next moment, mobilizing large amounts of free Energy Elements within his Magic Origin, crazily infusing them into the White Jade Plate.
At this moment, the White Jade Plate in his hand was like a black hole, no matter how much energy was poured into it, there was no response.
Just as Richard was beginning to doubt whether he had picked up a fake White Jade Plate, suddenly the White Jade Plate started to vibrate.
Then, a strong force emerged, as if a living thing was preparing to struggle out of his palm.