Chapter 262: How About This Expression?

Chapter 262: How About This Expression?

Beings possessing such power , using their power as a foundation, created high-level Magic Arms whose might was beyond doubt.

“Wouldn’t doing this seem a bit unworthy?” Dan Marina asked suddenly.

“… Do you think I don’t feel the same way?” Zheng Yichen rolled his eyes hard. “The problem is I can only make High-Level Magic Soldiers right now! I haven’t mastered the Magic Weapon Forging spells for even higher-tier Magic Arms yet!”

That was magic above High-tier Magic. If low-tier, mid-tier, and High-tier Magic represented the mortal level, then mastering magic above the high-tier level, using the traditional sword and magic ranking system, would be… a Saint-tier Mage.

Anyway, even though Zheng Yichen was very strong now, that was only the level of his body and the power within it. It didn’t mean he had the corresponding realm. Not to mention him, the magic mastered by the vast majority of Spellcasters now was within the high-tier level. Many people spent their entire lives stuck in the stage of learning Mid-Rank magic.

Zheng Yichen felt the difficulty of learning magic beyond High-tier Magic was probably the sum of all the previous rank magics multiplied by ten. This was still a conservative estimate he made, actually underestimating it a bit. In fact, right now, Zheng Yichen couldn’t even cast some of the more difficult spells among the High-tier Magic spells.

Light Tide? The difficulty of casting the Light Tide spell wasn’t actually high. Its so-called difficulty was more passively increased due to its immense consumption. Now, Zheng Yichen’s Mana fully met the standard to easily cast Light Tide. So even without using the power of a Magic Weapon, he could easily cast this spell just by following the Magical Grimoire.

“That really is a pity.”

“Yeah, yeah. I’ve been in this business for less than three years. It’s really embarrassing that I can’t transcend the mundane and reach sainthood.” Zheng Yichen rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and said, casually placing that mass of energy in front of Irene. “Can you try to separate them?”

“I’ll give it a try.” Irene was also a little excited. If she could thoroughly research this kind of fused, opposing energy, it would be a great help for some high-tier combination magics. The ratio for magic combination was too hard to grasp. It wasn’t just a simple ratio like a few to a few. If it were, at most, after trying a few dozen times, Irene could figure out the optimal ratio. This ratio was something like X.XXXX… with decimal points, where not the slightest deviation was allowed.

Trying with a brute-force method, even attempting thousands or tens of thousands of times, wouldn’t yield results!

Yet, this power maintained this balanced, fused state quite delicately. Even though it was very fragile, and a little external stimulation could cause it to explode, it was precisely this delicate balance that allowed the two forces to generate a new kind of power under this balance… If you observed carefully, within the intertwined red and blue power, there were fine, almost imperceptible strands of purple.

This was the newly generated power!

What was even more remarkable was that these were two opposing forces… If they could achieve a breakthrough in research results, wouldn’t fusing non-opposing forces become much easier?

“Is this all?” Irene asked eagerly.

“Uh, there’s a bit more. But this thing can’t be mass-produced, so use it as carefully as possible.” Zheng Yichen scratched his head and took out a few more well-preserved masses of ice-fire power. Due to the nature of the two energies, Zheng Yichen couldn’t infuse them with other power for sustenance. Even a little infusion of other power would break the original balance, and then… BOOM.

As for the purple at the fusion point… He scratched his head. It seemed this thing wasn’t there before. It appeared slowly after he completed the capture.

Seeing Irene’s even more excited reaction after discovering the purple traces at the fusion point of the ice-fire power, Zheng Yichen thought about it. Now probably wasn’t a good time to disturb her enthusiasm. It wouldn’t be too late to ask after she researched some useful results. Since she had that expression, it probably wasn’t anything bad.

“Don’t disturb me.” Irene took out several transparent containers and carefully placed the energies inside. These containers made Zheng Yichen glance once more at the transparent sphere he had tossed in his Personal Space, the one that once held the Space Fragment. They looked so similar on the surface!

After the fused ice-fire power landed in the containers, it was as if time had frozen, sinking into an eerie silence. Then, she placed all these containers into her Personal Space. The eyes of this Alchemical Avatar instantly lost their luster!

“…Uh, I think I should do some after-sales service for a few customers.”

Looking at this Alchemical Avatar, which lost Irene’s control, froze in its last movement, and fell stiffly to the ground, Zheng Yichen quickly caught it and couldn’t help but say.

“? After-sales?”

“Ah, it’s about doing some maintenance on sold items. Although these Alchemical Avatars are quite good, they don’t have an Alchemy Core added. Once something like Irene suddenly abandoning control happens, this kind of problem occurs. So I plan to design a new type of Alchemy Core. That core would take effect when the user no longer controls the Alchemical Avatar, continuing to maintain the previous actions. What do you think?”

“Not a bad idea, but you shouldn’t waste your energy on this for now.” Dan Marina chuckled and waved her hand. “Irene’s situation is just an exception. It’s too normal for her to overlook such details when she enters research mode. Other Witches, which one can’t manage dual-tasking? Even if not proficient, they can spare a bit of attention to manage the Alchemical Avatar. So, the design you mentioned isn’t really needed.”

“Tsk? Then forget it.” Since Dan Marina suggested this, and there weren’t many Witches using Alchemical Avatars anyway, related development wasn’t urgent.

“So, why are you always so keen on realizing your ideas?”

“Probably because I didn’t have the ability to realize my ideas before. Now that I have enough ability, I’m just so keen on it.” Zheng Yichen thought carefully before answering. Before Crossing Over, due to various conditions, he had too many ideas in his head. But these ideas were just ideas. Execution power was extremely lacking due to various external factors and insufficient ability. Now, he had power, knowledge, and lived in a world with special powers. He could completely turn his many ideas into reality. Under such conditions, what reason was there to find excuses to be lazy?

Not to mention his situation wasn’t that great either. What Zheng Yichen wanted wasn’t a life of hiding in the Underground Base, avoiding this and that. Because of his body, even if he couldn’t walk carefree under the sun, Zheng Yi wanted to soar unrestrained in the sky, not just in uninhabited wilderness areas!

…Now?

If he went out and flew a hard circle now, especially over populated areas, after the flight, a large group of people would immediately come to confront him. Fly a hammer! Zheng Yichen even missed flying sometimes now.

Sadly, to truly achieve this idea, Zheng Yi felt he still needed too much effort. Even the Witches couldn’t do as he wished in that regard, let alone him, whose current power was far inferior to the Witches. So the road was long, and he still needed to strive hard.

“So the question arises: what do you plan to do about the other Magic Arms? Irene has already left.”

“My god!!” Zheng Yichen immediately realized the severity of the problem. She went back to research the fused ice-fire power. According to Zheng Yichen’s original plan, aside from the two Magic Weapons, Xihe Sword and Wangshu Sword, there were at least four more Intermediate Magic Weapons to make. Without her, would he have to fall back on his old ways?

Just find a suitable Magic spell and shove it in? The reason Zheng Yichen’s output of Magic Arms had decreased recently was precisely this. The found magic spells weren’t always a perfect match. He had a bit of a compulsion in this aspect. The effects could have some extras, but absolutely couldn’t have less or have too large a deviation. Like when he was making the Sword of Promised Victory back then, he got stuck on the Light Cannon for a long time. That was the reason.

Recently, Zheng Yichen encountered such a situation again. He wasn’t some Magic grandmaster who could easily finely modify and adjust many existing, long-developed magic spells. The consequence of doing that would likely be exploding Magic Weapons. No one would use a Magic Weapon that blows up the user before even hitting someone, right?

Moreover, Magic Arms had been developing for a while. Newly made Magic Weapons needed to have a higher initial effect strength to keep up with the pace. Otherwise, they would end up ignored, creating a vicious cycle where their power increasingly lagged behind other Magic Arms.

Zheng Yichen hadn’t realized this problem at first. But recently, because of his many additions, the Magic Weapon Summoning Book became more popular, and this problem surfaced. The speed of Magic Weapon enhancement was exceeding Zheng Yichen’s ability growth. He didn’t want to make a bunch of things with insufficient initial effect power that would be ignored by others.

“…Maybe just delay it for now?” Zheng Yichen scratched his head and said somewhat uneasily. He didn’t know how long Irene would research. She probably had already entered her fervent research mode. If he disturbed her now, Zheng Yichen felt the best outcome would be the Projection he left with her being directly destroyed.

Since that was the case, he would just delay it a bit…

Thinking this, Zheng Yichen snapped his fingers and posted a temporary pinned post. This post was prominently displayed at the top. Even if others spent vastly more Mana on their posts, they couldn’t push it down. This was the benefit of being an admin. No matter how much someone spent desperately, for certain existences, it was just a matter of moving a finger, adjusting some 0 and 1 code.

The main content of this post was to announce that the time for this major Magic Weapon update would be slightly postponed. However, as compensation for the delay, the next update would additionally release new special Magic Arms!

He emphasized the word “special” with extra color to enhance the effect.

Even so, Zheng Yichen saw many complaints in the replies. He had mentioned new Magic Arms before. Now delaying it, it was normal for these Magic Weapon Summoners to feel unhappy. But due to Zheng Yichen being an admin, plus the clear hierarchy of strength and weakness in this world, they wouldn’t go so far as to curse… Well, actually, they didn’t dare, afraid of getting banned. And the person who could make the Magic Weapon Summoning Book was already considered a strong person in the impression of these Magic Weapon Summoners!

Hadn’t they seen some very powerful people also have Magic Weapon Contracts? Among them were the principals of certain Academies and the Presidents of certain associations—all individuals with formidable status. And none of them had managed to completely master the Magic Weapon Summoning Book through the Magic Weapon Contract, right? Didn’t that mean the Creator was even stronger?

You could internally dislike certain strong people, but at least on the surface, you should show sufficient or a certain degree of respect or awe towards those stronger than you. Of course, enemies were a different matter…

Zheng Yichen had no enmity or grievance with them. Many Magic Weapon Summoners had even benefited a lot because of Magic Arms. Of course, there wasn’t absolutely no hatred. At least, those who dealt in the Magic Weapon business held quite a grudge against Zheng Yichen. But now, the development and numbers of Magic Weapon Summoners had tended to stabilize. The initial shock to the Magic Weapon market had long since subsided. Physical Magic Arms had their advantages, and Summoned Magic Weapons had theirs. The former, after all, belonged completely to oneself. For people with heavier suspicions, it was more suitable, right? A physical Magic Arm wouldn’t rebel or suddenly fly away from one’s hand.

The reason for these small grievances was still largely due to the image Zheng Yichen established from being active in the Magic Weapon Forum during this period. It wasn’t like the beginning… where the few pinned posts he made didn’t even get many replies. At that time, others didn’t know much about the Creator either. What if they said something wrong and dug themselves into a hole? Many people, because of a single careless word back then, got themselves a powerful mute package and had to spend a huge Mana cost later to lift the mute.

—What are you blathering about? I’m the boss, what I say goes. Delaying the update is for higher quality. What the heck do you guys know?!

Looking at all those replies, Zheng Yichen directly made a new comment under his own post as a follow-up. Then he saw many new replies. This time, there were fewer complaints, and more praise instead. Well, reading these praises was definitely better than reading complaints, right? After playing around on the Forum for a while, Zheng Yichen, having adjusted his mood satisfactorily, closed the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. Then he saw Dan Marina’s slightly curved, smiling eyes.

“Why does your gaze feel so creepy?” Zheng Yichen felt if her eyes were a bit longer, the curve and squint a bit bigger, plus a crescent-moon upturned mouth… oh crap! How could he have forgotten something as important as emoticons when designing the Forum back then?!

No, it must be added!

“Is that how you speak to a beauty?!”

“Sorry, I’m too familiar with you, can’t stay serious at all.” Zheng Yichen yawned, his thoughts drifting a bit. After thinking, he casually drew the Rune Pattern of a modified Image Retention Spell. A comical facial expression appeared in the air. “Hey, how do you feel about this expression?”

“…Although it feels like a monster, upon a closer look, it has a uniquely vivid flavor. For someone angry, showing this to them would definitely produce a great effect. Is this a new effect you thought up for the Image Retention Spell?” Dan Marina clicked her tongue, examining this comical expression. The more she looked, the more she liked it. If she knew about it before, showing it to those people she had thoroughly tricked would definitely yield even more enjoyable results.

Isn’t happiness built upon the pain of others?