Chapter 339: Emerging Forces

Chapter 339: Emerging Forces

Let’s not talk about those Demon Kings for now. As for the Abyss… well, that’s a matter for another map. It wasn’t a place ordinary people could enter. The beings that could live in the Abyss were basically not normal humans or were special Outsiders. In short, all sorts of bizarre things could spring out from there, so the entrance to the Abyss had always been a heavily guarded location.

The Sanctuary Church even set up an extremely power ful isolation Magic Barrier there. It was a very troublesome barrier. Dan Marina had openly said that she didn’t want to trigger that barrier without a necessary reason. Unless she planned to change maps and stay in the sunless Abyss for a long time in the future, maybe she could try it. But so far, no one had forced her into a situation where she had no choice but to go to the Abyss.

In any case, matters of the Abyss were far too distant from Zheng Yichen’s side.

Thinking about the miserable state of those Demon Kings, Zheng Yichen felt that the other party’s connection to the Undying Witch probably wasn’t much either. “Speaking of which, why haven’t I found this kind of secret history in some books?”

“Because it wasn’t something worth recording. Those who once called themselves Demon Kings were eliminated before they could bring any harm to this world.”

“How pitiful.” Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but say. He already knew about the unknown beast incident. Annie had analyzed everything that could be analyzed. After asking her now, it felt like looking at the answer to a difficult math problem—the whole thing seemed rather dull. Zheng Yichen hadn’t delved deeply into magic research yet. As for this power involving Curses and the death domain… tsk, he would wait until he had studied the Life Domain knowledge thoroughly.

But now that he knew this information, he had to be wary of certain things. He also had some history with the Undying Witch. Even if what the Undying Witch was planning might not be targeted at him, getting caught up in it would be troublesome. It was never wrong to prepare in advance.

First, he needed to research the Awakening Potion… no, the Awakening Potion had too many issues and couldn’t be researched in a short time. He should research something else first.

After setting a task plan, Zheng Yichen returned to his Laboratory. He took out a batch of sealed containers. These containers held many preserved organ parts, most of which were eyes. Research on various Magical Beasts was easy to obtain materials for. With Annie’s help, Zheng Yichen created a Magical Modification machine. This machine could cultivate organs. As long as there was raw material, it could continuously produce new organs.

However, the machine wasn’t as fast as what Annie could do. It didn’t matter since he didn’t need any clones. Partial organ replication didn’t make Zheng Yichen feel any reservations. After all, conducting research this way could avoid excessive killing. Why not use this method?

“Hmm… the Sharingan. This is like imposing a permanent enhancement on the eyes. That’s a bit difficult.” Zheng Yichen muttered. Changes related to eyes were like Talents. One needed to possess certain characteristics to bring them out. For example, the eyes of some Alien Races that could turn into hawk eyes. This involved their Bloodline Talent. Even if someone transplanted the eyes of an Alien Race, they would only get an eye with better vision than their own.

Subsequent changes couldn’t be unlocked if the person themselves didn’t possess the Bloodline of the Alien Race, even if the eye itself had transformative characteristics. So, for Zheng Yichen to research an eye with its own ‘drive’, there were many aspects to study. Just the red part was easy to solve… he could cultivate and combine the eyes of other beasts or Magical Beasts. As for things like Magatama?

Although somewhat challenging, it wasn’t a big deal. The combination of cells was covered by knowledge in the Life Domain. This world didn’t have as much related knowledge as Earth, but some fields existed. Magic simply replaced the technological parts, so the paths taken were different. But the ends were the same. In fact, due to the characteristics of Magic, the development in the Life Domain in the Otherworld far surpassed that of Earth.

What really troubled Zheng Yichen were some features of the Sharingan. Super strong Dynamic Vision was easy to solve. The ability to see through and copy others’ moves… huh? If that could be done easily, those widely guarded Combat Techniques would have already become commonplace. As for the even more amazing eye abilities that came later, Zheng Yichen didn’t think he was amazing enough to make them just because he wanted to…

Being able to achieve the above two points was already satisfying enough. Evolution ability? Ahem, Zheng Yichen considered himself just a beginner. Being able to achieve the form was already the limit. To also achieve the spirit, he felt he might need half of Annie’s level to attempt it.

The Sharingan was so troublesome… how about making a Byakugan or something?

Shaking his head, Zheng Yichen pulled over a chair. He looked at the labels on the containers holding the eyes. After thinking for a while, he began designing a new plan. For now, he could only act from behind the scenes. He couldn’t step forward himself. His only subordinate was Carlin. As for sitting at home and planning strategies from a thousand miles away… that didn’t exist. The influence he could exert was by setting new rules through the Magic Weapon Summoning Book, indirectly manipulating people’s hearts.

As he calmed down and threw himself back into research, the situation outside was also changing rapidly. Clues about the Undying Witch appearing in the Forest allowed the Sanctuary Church to intensify their search for the Undying Witch based on that. Afterward, they indeed found many related traces. The Undying Witch’s trail once again surfaced quite noticeably.

Mercenaries active outside often saw teams belonging to the Sanctuary Church investigating something in the wild. Some even actively asked the Mercenaries they encountered, exchanging information about the area. This exchange was beneficial for both sides. Mercenaries might know certain traces but overlooked them due to lack of expertise. The Sanctuary Church members could identify them after learning about them.

And after the exchange, the Mercenary side could take precautions against potential threats in the area, avoiding unknowingly entering areas controlled by powerful beings they couldn’t afford to provoke and dying for no clear reason. Both sides were happy to engage in this mutually beneficial exchange, unless the Mercenary side itself felt guilty, had committed certain acts, or was under a bounty, in which case they would refuse to communicate when encountering Sanctuary Church members.

As traces of the Undying Witch increased, the atmosphere on the Continent grew more and more tense. Fortunately, the Magic Weapon Summoning Book had opened the Trading Module earlier, making many things simple. It didn’t affect normal order. After all, many merchants now basically didn’t transport goods through physical means. The only industry truly affected was the Coach business, since Coaches had to travel through the wild to the next city, and the risks during the journey increased significantly.

The Sanctuary Church was wealthy and powerful. Money was trivial to them. Some church members on important Quests even had a standard-issue Off-road Vehicle. This thing could adapt to many terrains, it was large, and could carry plenty of supplies. Not to mention provisions, just the combat equipment alone could be carried in two extra sets without affecting any movement. Plus, the Off-road Vehicle was the most durable kind, making it very popular among members on outdoor missions.

Some teams even specially added new Magic Rune Arrays to the vehicles. The interior couldn’t be modified, but the exterior didn’t matter. As long as key parts weren’t dismantled, even changing the outer skin was fine. So, these exterior modifications were very popular.

Now, there were even some Spellcasters skilled in engraving Magic Rune Arrays specializing in opening related modification shops… just to add some special Magic Rune Arrays for vehicle owners.

Amid the spreading tension, some emerging forces gradually began to show themselves. For example, the Magic Weapon Evil God produced by the Sanctuary Church’s experiments. After sufficient observation time, testers with related powers were gradually released. After all, if they did nothing and just kept a close watch, not many problems would be discovered. The power of this special Evil God needed to circulate to better reveal any drawbacks.

Although these people were related to the Sanctuary Church, the true inside story wasn’t leaked. Others only knew this was a force with a hierarchical relationship with the Sanctuary Church. There were many such forces, so one more didn’t seem strange. These people hadn’t appeared for long, but their popularity soared. They were very welcomed. Their direct combat power seemed weak…

Well, after the Magic Arms received an overall major upgrade, there weren’t many who could use the Holy Spirit Hammer. So, the number of those violent support Professionals directly decreased by a batch. Regarding this, Zheng Yichen already had a plan. The current situation was due to a flaw in his original design. The Holy Spirit Hammer should have been classified as an Intermediate Magic Weapon. It would have been more suitable to have a separate Divine Punishment Hammer in the High-Level Magic Soldier category… Should he make an adjustment?

Lower some parameters of the Holy Spirit Hammer. It didn’t need major modifications, just enough to downgrade its Magic Arms essence to Intermediate level. That would be equivalent to remaking a weakened version of the Magic Arms. As for the original Holy Spirit Hammer, he could modify its appearance while keeping the overall framework and core unchanged. Zheng Yichen had other things to do now and didn’t pay much attention to this matter. Any changes would wait until he finished his own tasks.

In short, these newly appeared support Professionals had stronger support abilities compared to previous support Professionals, which puzzled many people. They used the same buff-type Magic, but theirs just wasn’t as good as those others used. The more puzzled people were, the more it sparked exploration. So, this force became popular. At the same time, another force quietly began to show itself.