Chapter 283: Went out to play?!

Chapter 283: Went out to play?!

If one carefully searched Zheng Yichen’s Personal Space, they would definitely find products from Earth. Those were things Zheng Yichen had casually made during his rest time whenever he thought of something, after he decided to change his mindset. He had even made things like fidget spinners and Magic Cubes. Some things couldn’t be made with current conditions, but that didn’t mean conditions would never be sufficient.

Walking alone, Loris arrived at the elevator. A passing Ghost Maid saw this and, very naturally, bowed to Loris. Then, she acted as if she saw nothing and walked past the elevator entrance… She seemed quite accustomed to this. Taking the elevator to the exit of the Underground Base, she reached out and opened an Armory that Zheng Yichen had preset here.

Looking at the vehicles stored here—Magic Cycles, cars, race cars, etc.—she casually selected one Magic Cycle and stuffed it into her Personal Space. She understood and had mastered how to use these vehicles. It was just that Zheng Yichen hadn’t noticed this, so he didn’t know…

Leaving the exit of the Underground Base, Loris scanned the nearby environment and gave a slight nod. She took out the Magic Cycle she had selected from the Armory and also took out a helmet, putting it on. While the protective effect of the helmet was useless, it could conceal her appearance. And since Zheng Yichen said this thing was part of the set, she might as well wear it. After putting it on, she quickly took it off again.

This helmet was for adult use. Zheng Yichen hadn’t made a helmet for a child. It was too big for her. Hesitating for a moment, Loris simply threw the helmet back into her Personal Space. There was no need to break her current maintained state just for a bit of fun. As for driving the Magic Cycle, she had deliberately chosen one that looked ‘smaller,’ although this Magic Cycle’s appearance had nothing to do with being small. It was actually more rugged.

But when Loris rode it, she could easily reach and control everything she needed to.

With the roar of the Magical Modification engine, the Magic Cycle let out a fierce growl. The tires strongly ground against the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust, and then it sped away at an extremely fast speed. The powerful wind pressure, which could distort a person’s face, was dissolved into a gentle breeze by an invisible force before it even touched Loris’s cheeks. From a distance, one could clearly see a trail of dust constantly lengthening.

“Ah~ So tired. I’ll rest for a bit.” Zheng Yichen yawned and lazily walked out of the Laboratory, starting to patrol his ‘territory.’ Looking at the Alchemical Puppets walking around and maintaining their work state, they really were a great bunch of employees. Besides not being real people, everything else was just too good.

“Oh right, where’s Loris?” Zheng Yichen, who wanted to chat with Loris, realized he couldn’t seem to find his own Loli. Not in his room, nor in hers. Could she be with the Ghost Maids?

Zheng Yichen thought for a moment and strode toward the room where the Ghost Maids lived. It was a very large room. The Ghost Maids basically lived communally. Previously, most of them lived in the Castle. But now, they could split their time between both places. When they occasionally missed the Castle, they would go back. The rest of the time, they mostly stayed here, after all, their master lived here too.

Besides, Zheng Yichen had many interesting things here. If these Ghost Maids hadn’t lived at the Castle for so long, they’d probably stay here even longer!

Arriving at the Ghost Maids’ room and seeing the scene inside, Zheng Yichen’s eye twitched slightly. He suddenly felt that if this room were filled with the smell of cigarettes, it would be even more fitting. The Ghost Maids on their day off were gathered and playing Mahjong. Two tables! And there were at least three Ghost Maids spectating beside each table. The reason there wasn’t a third table was simply that there were only two sets of Mahjong here…

Seeing Zheng Yichen’s dragon face peeking in, the Ghost Maids playing Mahjong froze for a moment, becoming somewhat flustered and stiff.

“Uh, such a simple and honest reaction,” Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but say, waving his Dragon’s Claw. “Don’t mind me, don’t mind me. Your time off is for you to use freely. Um, does anyone know where Loris went?”

The Ghost Maids all shook their heads. They were specifically assigned to serve Loris. When Loris had needs, they were naturally on call. When not needed, they simply had no way to find where Loris was.

One of the Ghost Maids seemed a bit hesitant. She hesitated for a moment, then took down the ‘keyboard’ she was carrying and quickly typed a few strokes. As expected of a combat-type Ghost Maid, her typing speed left afterimages… Fortunately, the power of Magic was miraculous enough. The core of this keyboard was specifically designed only for typing, with no other functions. Therefore, with sufficient ‘computational power,’ it could react promptly.

‘Master went out.’

“What? She went out?” Zheng Yichen blinked his eyes, his expression somewhat blank. Loris going out was a big deal! At least up until now, Zheng Yichen knew the number of times Loris had gone out could be counted on one hand! Now he had encountered it, which immediately piqued his interest immensely. “What did she go to do? It’s not that some special situation is about to happen again, is it?”

The typing Ghost Maid shook her head and quickly typed out another sentence. “Master went to play.”

“…Play!?” Zheng Yichen rubbed his eyes, making sure he hadn’t misread. Really went to play? This, this, this… this was just unbelievable. “And she didn’t take me along! You all keep playing.”

Zheng Yichen waved his claw and strode away from there. After thinking, he realized he had no way to directly find Loris. The Magic Weapon Summoning Book? Uh, this thing wasn’t a Mobile Phone. You couldn’t just post something and @ the target to get a notification. To see a notification, you had to take out the Magic Weapon Summoning Book first. Who would carry the Magic Weapon Summoning Book around all the time for no reason? That thing wasn’t small, unlike a Mobile Phone.

Tch, he needed to hurry up and think of ways to further improve the Underground Base later, Zheng Yichen muttered. There were no outsiders in the Underground Base; most of the workers were Alchemical Puppets, so Zheng Yichen hadn’t installed any surveillance here. Well, now he couldn’t find someone. Could he really post a ‘My Loli is missing, what should I do?’ help thread in the Magic Weapon Forum?

Tch! What a joke… He was the esteemed NO.1 Creator in the Magic Weapon Forum. Posting such a thread would be too embarrassing, wouldn’t it?

Use a secondary account? Forget it…

Just as Zheng Yichen was squatting by the elevator entrance, lost in his own indecision, he saw the elevator’s operational indicator light up. Huh? She’s back?

The elevator door soon opened, and Loris walked out. Zheng Yichen noticed her hair was slightly swept back, as if it had been blown by the wind for a long time. Before transmigrating, Zheng Yichen also liked speeding on his bike, especially when there was a breeze. On one hand, it was thrilling; on the other? On the other hand, of course, it was because this kind of ‘natural wind’ hairstyle was floaty and cool!

“…” Seeing Zheng Yichen squatting at the elevator door, his two bright dragon eyes fixed intently on her, Loris reached up and lightly pressed down the slightly floating strands of her hair. After thinking, she said, “I’m back.”

“Take me with you next time.”

“You’re too conspicuous.”

“Wow! That hurts!” Zheng Yichen rubbed his chest, feeling very conflicted. The dragons in this world couldn’t be like the Dragon Clan or Magical Beasts in some other XX novels, where upon reaching a certain level of strength, they could directly transform into Humans. So how was that method achieved?

Again, while some Magic in this world made Zheng Yichen feel it was impressive even without understanding it, there was also much that was quite ‘scientific.’ Transformation wasn’t impossible, but it could only occur in changes from weak to strong. It just so happened that the Human’s base level was the most average. This average nature made it easier for the Human body to transform into certain existences, but it was difficult for certain existences to transform into Humans. Because ‘average’ meant it lacked distinctive features!

Therefore, Zheng Yichen was especially conflicted about this!

MMP, other aspects don’t follow science, so why is it that only this aspect is so damn reasonable? Since there are already aspects that don’t make sense, why not make them all like that? Why make it half and half!

Loris gently shook her head. “Use an Avatar.”

“An Avatar can’t compare to the real body,” Zheng Yichen said helplessly, scratching his head. “So, uh, Loli, how many times have you done this?”

“…Not many. Around a dozen times,” Loris said, tilting her head slightly. Zheng Yichen’s eye couldn’t help but twitch. So what exactly had he missed? He had already been very punctual lately, stopping work and leaving the Laboratory during meal times or rest periods… Alright! He would just give himself a two-day weekend!

Tch!

Ultimately, Zheng Yichen returned to the Laboratory somewhat gloomily, working with renewed vigor to speed up cleaning up the final part of the compatibility formula. That Loris would go out to play was something Zheng Yichen hadn’t anticipated at all. But she was, after all, a Witch. She couldn’t be treated as a child just because of her appearance, as this was only Loris’s second form.

After completing the preparation of the compatibility formula, Zheng Yichen immediately activated the finely-tuned and maintained Alchemical Avatar and arrived at Kaja. He wanted to take Loris with him, but she refused again. Appearing in the wilderness was fine; her power was very difficult to conceal. Even with clothes made from Zheng Yichen’s Dragon Scales covering her body to suppress the emission of her power.

That only prevented effects on contacted objects. The external fluctuations still existed. Even if they were faint, they would immediately be exposed if encountered by certain beings from the Sanctuary Church, especially when the Sanctuary Church’s Saintess was still in Kaja.

In the end, only Zheng Yichen alone came to Qin’s place. That woman Dan Marina, he didn’t know what she was doing. Normally, when he came to Kaja using his Avatar, that woman would always manage to pop out from some unknown corner near the city gate.

“A new Magic Potion formula? Are you planning to be prolific?” Qin glanced at the Paralysis Potion formula Zheng Yichen took out, and then at the accompanying experimental data. “This… could be positioned in the mid-to-low range.”

After some thought, she gave a relatively accurate standard. The Magic Potion Zheng Yichen brought out wasn’t like the Fixation Potion, which directly worked based on the strength of the effect—the greater the consumption, the shorter the duration. This one was different. It would only reduce its duration based on the user’s drug resistance…

No other condition would affect the duration. And paralyzing the pain nerves, while this would reduce some of the user’s surface perception, the other effect was quite good: liberating the brain’s restriction on the body’s power output… Hmm, how could she understand this directly? Because in the explanation, Zheng Yichen had specifically added a note to this sentence, giving a simple explanation. Even though Qin didn’t have much knowledge in this area, her experience and insight existed.

So even with a simple explanation, she could understand immediately.

“You plan to pair this potion with the Fixation Potion, right?”

“Don’t you think this combination would be very useful?” Zheng Yichen said. The Fixation Potion eliminates worries about side effects the body might produce. The Paralysis Potion eliminates the impact of pain on performance. Even though pain can be a great stimulus for explosive power, there is a limit. Once it exceeds a certain point, pain no longer stimulates an outburst; it directly causes paralysis…

“It is indeed good. They can be paired… but what about the success rate?”

“Cough, I just successfully tested this thing this morning. I haven’t had time to test the success rate yet, but it won’t be lower than forty percent.”

“That’s fine then.” Qin nodded. Forty percent was just a conservative lower estimate. Without detailed testing, it already had such a success rate. The result of later tests would probably be even higher. Even if it were just twenty percentage points higher, that would be quite good. “The split will still be the original one. The same goes for the Fixation Potion.”

“I just need to make a profit. I don’t really understand these business matters,” Zheng Yichen said. He really didn’t understand business well. He only provided a formula; the main planning and execution were handled by Qin. When you don’t understand something, don’t interfere with your own ideas. He was very clear about this and didn’t want to split his focus too much on this.

The Witches could do this; they had lived too long, and their strength was sufficient, giving them the qualifications to ‘play’ like this. How many years had Zheng Yichen been in this world? Even though he had achieved things others wouldn’t in decades, it still wasn’t enough to be considered at the high end.

“Hurry to the Auction. If you wait any longer, your item won’t be able to join.”

Close to the Auction’s opening time, once past that point, the Auction would no longer accept new items. After all, the previously accepted items needed time to be properly organized and adjusted. To be an exception, unless the new item had very special value, it could be added as an extra.

The weight of the Magic Potion Zheng Yichen brought out didn’t reach that level.