Chapter 938: Chapter 936: Modification Attempt
Richard walked into Research Room No.2 and quickly adjusted various equipment. After a moment, he solemnly pressed a red button.
The central laser generator buzzed, rapidly emitting high-energy lasers, striking the material in front, mixed with Uranium 235 and Uranium 238, prompting the separation of the two isotopes.
Richard observed the results and nodded in satisfaction after a moment. However, he didn’t stop there; he turned and left Research Room No.2, heading to a more distant room to adjust other equipment—using the energy of the Ancient Tree Species Ximu to purify Uranium 235. The process was far more complex than what was shown on the surface.
“Cracking, clicking…”
Vague sounds kept echoing.
The Ancient Tree Species Ximu located in Research Room No.3 could not hear these sounds at all because Research Room No.3 was specially modified. Under the effect of the spell magic rune, it nearly completely isolated the transmission of outside sounds and energy. Yet, if anything unusual happened inside, it would quickly be transmitted to the outside, creating a sharp sound to trigger an alarm; in a sense, it was like a prison.
At this moment, the Ancient Tree Species Ximu quietly resided in Research Room No.3, continuously maintaining the state of drawing energy from the void and supplying it. The expression on the face of the tree trunk was calm and somewhat numb, as if it had seen through everything and given up hope.
However, a few minutes later, the face on the tree trunk suddenly curved its mouth, revealing a somewhat smug expression. It then quickly returned to normal, gradually shrinking back into the trunk, disappearing.
Outside Research Room No.3, on the open ground near the main laboratory, a lounge chair was placed there.
But today, the lounge chair was somewhat neglected, not receiving the usual affection from Witch Demon Elder Ah Fu.
At this moment, Witch Demon Elder Ah Fu was vigilantly watching Research Room No.3, and after a long observation, he muttered to himself: “No movement, huh? It seems the tree inside doesn’t intend to cause trouble right away. That’s normal, after all, vigilance is highest in the beginning, and it’s not ready yet. So when does it plan to cause trouble? Tomorrow? The day after? A week later? A month later? Six months later?”
He stroked his chin, his expression somewhat conflicted, feeling that he lacked information and found it difficult to guess the real answer.
Finally, taking a deep breath, he gazed deeply at Research Room No.3 and said slowly: “Inside tree, you’d better not cause trouble. If you do, make sure Richard the lad is present, not just me, or if I catch you, hmm… I won’t let you off lightly.”
Having finished speaking, he withdrew his gaze and, his imposing demeanor suddenly sighed again, his brows tightly furrowed, saying: “But come to think of it, as long as that tree isn’t stupid, it will certainly act only when I’m alone. Although I’m not really afraid, if it turns out I can’t handle it…”
“Alas, must really work hard, right?”
Witch Demon Elder said, his facial expression twisted a bit, and he gestured to the distance with his hand.
“Come over.” Witch Demon Elder shouted aloud.
A two-and-a-half-meter-tall swollen skull that was originally standing foolishly with its back to the Witch Demon Elder heard the Witch Demon Elder’s words, did not move its lower body, and twisted its upper body 180 degrees to look at Witch Demon Elder.
After staring at Witch Demon Elder for about three seconds, it realized Witch Demon Elder’s order, turned back its upper body, moved its legs, and walked heavily toward Witch Demon Elder.
“I need to modify you a bit to deal with the tree in the room,” Witch Demon Elder mumbled as he looked at the skull, tapping on its body.
After tinkering for a while, Witch Demon Elder’s eyes fell on the skull’s arms. He pursed his lips and said, “Previously, to make you more agile, I wanted to install an arm on your chest. But… for combat, it didn’t help much. To significantly boost your fighting power, perhaps installing another pair of reverse arms on the shoulder would be better, which can accommodate both front and back fights. Moreover, the new arms can hold long-range attacking weapons, seeking opportunities to ambush the enemy…
Of course, this is just the first step of modification. Next, we’ll upgrade more areas so that even if you can’t truly defeat the tree in the room, you can delay for a while—delay until Richard returns, that’s best, so I don’t have to take action.”
Witch Demon Elder kept talking, while the tall, swollen skull looked bewildered at Witch Demon Elder, ghost fire burning in its eye sockets.
It’s a skull, though modified, it’s still essentially a weak skull, unable to understand Witch Demon Elder’s overly complicated words.
Witch Demon Elder also realized this, waving his hand: “Alright, no more nonsense, let’s start quickly. Now, let me first remove your arms to see if I can modify the shoulder part.”
Saying this, Witch Demon Elder reached for the skull’s shoulder.
His heels slowly lifted.
Lifting to the highest.
Then Witch Demon Elder’s hand stopped in mid-air, facing the skull.
Witch Demon Elder looked at the skull, and the skull looked at Witch Demon Elder.
About three seconds of staring, Witch Demon Elder couldn’t hold it anymore, mainly due to sore toes. He shouted with irritation: “What are you looking at? Haven’t you noticed you’re a bit too tall? I can’t reach, you know?!”
The ghost fire flickered in the skull’s eyes, still looking bewildered at Witch Demon Elder. It’s just a skull with very low intelligence. During modification, due to some mistakes, its intelligence was even damaged; aside from direct commands, it struggled to understand more complex words.
The staring continued.
Another three seconds passed. The sore toes could no longer last, and Witch Demon Elder didn’t want to fuss by casting a spell, so he had to put his foot flat.
Taking a deep breath, Witch Demon Elder looked at the skull and said, word by word: “Now, crouch down for me, lower yourself a bit, can you do that!”
The skull finally understood, “Boom,” sitting heavily on the ground. The rıghtful source is 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥
“I told you to crouch, not sit…” Witch Demon Elder’s whole face almost wrinkled into an old chrysanthemum, finally sighed, waved his hand, “Forget it, forget it, just leave it at that. Sitting is lower than crouching, indeed easier to operate.”
The skull listened to Witch Demon Elder’s words and, somewhat understood, nodded, and suddenly sat up.
Witch Demon Elder couldn’t help but want to curse, but uttered only one word and forcibly stopped.
“Very good, very good.” Witch Demon Elder squeezed the words out through his teeth, not wanting to say anything more, reaching directly for the skull’s left shoulder, forcefully removing an arm.
After removing it, he said to the skull: “Hold this yourself!” and shoved it into the skull’s other hand.
The skull reacted, pathetically holding its left arm with its right arm, while Witch Demon Elder seriously studied the structure of the skull’s shoulders, contemplating how to install two arms without affecting it.