The fabrication of metal parts is mainly done by hand for Lin Suo.
True·handcrafted grinding.
During the whole process, there is significant consumption of magic power as it needs to gradually alter the metal’s structure, integrating the corresponding magic potion.
Like crafting other witchcraft tools, it starts with the materials as a primer, arranging the corresponding witchcraft arrays, first inscribing the runes, then sequentially gathering, arranging, and resonating!
Shaping it into form.
Lin Suo’s headache-inducing micro-inscription technique is actually about shrinking the witchcraft arrays proportionally, to achieve effects no less potent than those of normal size.
Dr. Piao Piao gave a shortcut method.
Engrave the Shrinking Spell!
That is, Lin Suo creates an enlarged version of the witch tool prototype, then permanently shrinks it through the Shrinking Spell, so it remains forever in a reduced state.
This state can easily be disrupted by surging magic power.
Therefore, special materials that stabilize the witchcraft array are also needed.
A powder named [Stubborn Stone], whose name Lin Suo had mocked before, has also been purchased by him.
Now it’s in the experimental stage.
The records of assorted First Rank witchcraft in the "Late Bell Wizard Unified Sect Inheritance" are quite comprehensive, presumably related to their sources; it’s all they could get.
Still, it has brought immense help to Lin Suo.
Underground testing ground.
Lin Suo holds a pistol the length of a forearm, next to it lie bullets three fingers thick.
The Synthesis-enhanced powder of Stubborn Stone has truly outstanding results.
The inscription of the shrinking array is going very smoothly as well.
In no time, a thin layer of grey light envelops the giant pistol, visibly shrinking to a size he is familiar with.
The same operation also has to be performed on the bullets.
However, this also causes his alchemy Skill Level to soar rapidly. He takes great joy in this, feeling like he has found a comfortable position.
[Basic Alchemy+4 (76/100), Advanced Alchemy (769/1000)——Witchcraft Tools Study, Bomb Study]
It won’t be long before he can automatically learn the Micro-Inscription Technique.
This wave, this wave is called creating something out of nothing.
The quartz clock ticks and tocks, and before one realizes it, six days have passed.
Lin Suo looks at the two freshly made pistols in his hands, nodding in satisfaction.
One of them is named [Bee Swarm].
The magazine uses the combination of familiar swallow frog’s stomach sac + three years’ worth of Void Grass + Ordering Technique array = an automatic reloading submachine gun.
The bullets are inscribed with First Rank witchcraft 〈Molten Lava Fireball〉, filled with a large amount of highly synthesized explosive, generating a strong explosive effect.
The weapon is silver-white, inscribed with First Rank witchcraft 〈Bee Swarm Command〉 and 〈Energy Drain〉 capable of shooting out fifty high explosive bullets in one second, theoretically powerful enough to deal with witches of the Third Ring or below.
The maximum burst duration is only 5 seconds, anymore would burst the barrel, don’t ask, it’s been blown up before.
The other weapon has a longer barrel, frosted texture, pure black in color.
Lin Suo calls it [Thunder Snake].
The magazine technology is the same, but the bullets are different. Thunder Snake places more emphasis on piercing and speed, with ammunition long and thin, just slightly larger than a needle.
The bullet inscribes First Rank witchcraft 〈Magnetic Floating〉.
The gun body is inscribed with First Rank witchcraft 〈Explosive Propulsion〉 and 〈Thunder Snake〉.
This device is the real trump card for a killing blow, given that Plant Control is too comprehensive, and before the Skill Level rises, its power is worrisome.
[Bee Swarm] for suppression, [Thunder Snake] for the kill!
And in this world, there are only the ancient matchlock guns, which have been phased out. Neither dwarves nor goblins continue with gunpowder, instead opting for the more "witch-like" liquid explosives.
Magic Ring witchcraft is just like a signature skill; without a high Skill Level, cultivating it makes Lin Suo anxious and fearful.
There are two Level One extreme witch tool guns now, and the safety has definitely improved by more than one notch.
The cost is around twenty thousand magic stones, and there are materials left over, but currently there is a shortage of bullets, which requires Lin Suo to accumulate over a period of time.
Having crafted his trump card mental weapons, Lin Suo also breathed a sigh of relief.
Last time, due to the Demon Spirit Shark devouring the power of the curse, his wizard realm progressed by leaps and bounds before he had the chance to condense the second Level One magic ring and explore the effect of the Power of Synthesis.
Now, he is already facing the problem of a breakthrough.
However, regarding Second Ring witchcraft, he hasn’t decided on which one to choose yet; there are many decent witchcrafts in the Late Bell Inheritance.
He is mainly hesitating between strengthening his Level One magic ring first, experimenting with the sly operations of the Power of Synthesis, or following the formal wizard path, focusing on one particular school.
To facilitate future breakthroughs beyond the Ninth Ring.
The thing about magic rings is, there are no quantity limits within the same rank, but if you advance in rank, you can only have one previous rank magic ring, and once you’ve condensed the Second Ring, you can’t go back and condense the First Rank anymore.
It made him quite melancholic.
"Or try to merge the Level One magic ring with the Second Ring into one?"
"To focus only on cultivating one ring thereafter?"
"It feels promising..."
Lin Suo scratched his head, also fearing he might ruin himself in the process.
"Screw it, the synthesis has never failed, and if I can’t advance after the synthesis, at worst, I’ll just blow up the magic ring and suffer some soul damage for a while and start over..."
"I’m still young, and the overall environment is safe enough for me to afford mistakes!"
Lin Suo didn’t just try for the sake of trying; he plunged straight into action.
First, make about two hundred Evil God Synthesis corpses.
Ensure his own safety, then perform the risky experiments.
[Rank: Level One Earth Knight (289/1000); First Ring Wizard (901/1000)]
[Transcendent: Magic Power Breathing Skill (521/1000); Moon Pupil Meditation Method (756/1000); Starry Sky Meditation Method (211/1000)]
He glanced at his rank.
There are only 99 more points needed for First Ring Wizard to break through, and the progress slows down towards the end of the progress bar. Lin Suo estimated that it would take at least two more months, which is enough time for him to create two hundred corpse bodyguards, then experiment with First Ring synthesis.
By the time he finished everything, it would almost coincide with the time for his breakthrough.
Then he went back to his room and slept to recover his state of Dragon Spirit and Tiger Strength.
He spent several days making a large amount of ammunition, especially the high explosive bombs of the "Bee Swarm", stockpiling a lot.
Then he started to dissect the bodies of the Earth Cave Spiders, occasionally going to the Administration District to check the official bounty announcements from the city.
He specifically sought out traffickers and rapists, capturing them to experiment on.
Even so, he had to perform the Demon Spirit possession and activate Absolute Rationality, as his faint heart couldn’t handle it and was itching tightly again.
As a result, what he frequently muttered recently was "I’ve fallen," "I’ve gone bad," "I’ve become an evil scientist," and the like.
Every time after stitching and leaving the state of Absolute Rationality, he had to take some time to recover.
But all this was only temporary.
After a period of adaptation, all the monsters of the Monster Salt Swamp, and the Sahuagin from the seashore, who have been very active recently, ended up on his experimental table. There were also some magic potions, ores, and rare monster carcasses bought from passing merchant ships.
He gradually mastered the part about life transformation in the Late Bell Inheritance, as well as several kinds of First Rank witchcrafts from a few transformation schools.
Bloodline Fusion Technique, Forced Fusion Technique, Life Blood Pattern Technique, three of them.
There were also experiment notes, "Four-Arm Growth Conditions," "Banshee’s Throat Transformation Technique," "How to Solve Magic Energy Rejection."
This greatly enriched his knowledge of biology.
Time imperceptibly moved into early February.